Hi Alex
Obviously, all our cave descriptions are carefully reviewed as part of the process... but they won't always be 100% right.
We had some very detailed discussions with the author of the description on this matter, who is extremely familiar with the cave and who was with a team who remember it before and after the change and took careful notes on the matter; a scramble up blocks before, but an exposed and overhanging climb after, in need of a ladder unless you are a super-climber. They were very confident that something had changed.
The suggestion of Storm Desmond in 2015 having shifted some boulders was put forward as an estimated date and event for the change (but this was only an estimate).
It is possible if you do not recall such a thing from 2021, either you are a super-climber and just wiggled up with ease, OR there may be an obscure/nonstandard route avoiding this new climb. Perhaps, as you suggest, a low route with the water which is only possible in mega-low water? Or an alternative route through the newly moved rocks has opened?
If you (or anyone) fancies visiting the cave and taking some careful notes/observations, we can always update the description accordingly.
This is one of the joys with the cave descriptions being online; they can be easily updated in response to feedback... we have just updated the extensive Easegill description following feedback from two separate sources that it was misleading about the climb up into Stop Pot when coming from Eureka junction (both had continued too far upstream without spotting it behind them). The wording has been amended to clarify this and the description republished.
Feedback always welcome:
https://cncc.org.uk/caving/report/topo-error.php
Cheers!
CNCC