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The Peak Cavern keyholder team are delighted to announce that......(yes, I know the cat is already out of the bag
, but....)
courtesy of Martyn Grayson
"The connection between Titan & JH is now open, thanks to the efforts of SUSS. They managed to pump out the connection last weekend. now we have air flow, the rest should dry out making the digging out of the silt / spoil easier.
As you’re aware I’ve been quietly coordinating getting this section of cave back open to the wider caving community. The loss of the connection was caused by both Dams high in Leviathan not been able to take the volume of water. This was caused by a combination of blocked grills, loss of capacity due to filling with mine tailings and a damaged pipe letting the water from the lower dam cascade down the pitch instead of draining away via the pipe network into Speedwell.
The pipe on the lower dam is still in need of repair and will be completed before the coming winter."
Many people have been involved but special mention must go to the following -
- Ben Thompson } SUSS
- Tan Thonskulprasert } SUSS
- Micheal Holiday } TSG & SUSS
- Ben Alston } SUSS
- Tom Batten } SUSS
- Joe Walker } SUSS
- Glen Sankey } SUSS
- Jonah Shrive } SUSS
- Alistair Gout } TSG
- Jessica Eades } TSG
- Richard Tooley } TSG