langcliffe
Well-known member
There are a number of caving archives which are not locked behind Club website logins which are well worth browsing through. I thought it would be interesting to have a thread of little gems which people may like to share when they come across them. It may also serve to draw attention to the wealth of material that is out there.
This first offering is from the Harold Wadsworth Hayward collection hosted by the British Geological Survey. It shows someone on the New Roof Traverse in Lost Johns during a trip by Leeds Cave Club in 1933. They got at least as far as Battle Axe, via Cathedral and Dome. There were about ten people on the trip, two of whom were women.
The gentleman in the photograph does have an electric light on his head, but no helmet. He is wearing clinker-soled boots, and his main protective clothing is a raincoat.
https://geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk/asset-bank/action/viewAsset?id=161873
This first offering is from the Harold Wadsworth Hayward collection hosted by the British Geological Survey. It shows someone on the New Roof Traverse in Lost Johns during a trip by Leeds Cave Club in 1933. They got at least as far as Battle Axe, via Cathedral and Dome. There were about ten people on the trip, two of whom were women.
The gentleman in the photograph does have an electric light on his head, but no helmet. He is wearing clinker-soled boots, and his main protective clothing is a raincoat.
https://geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk/asset-bank/action/viewAsset?id=161873