Notts III rope

[snebbit]

Does anyone know if the fixed rope up to inlet whatever-it-is that lets you sneak round to Notts III from the bottom end of Notts II still exists?

 

[Pie Muncher]

It should be, however after severe flooding(Storm Denis I think) the rope was carried up the pitch so you couldn't reach it. I think it was re-bolt climbed to free it and drop it down. Could always happen again.

 

[Pitlamp]

Well, you know what they say; belay your rope at both ends!

The dive through is much easier.

 

[MJenkinson]

Well, you know what they say; belay your rope at both ends!

The dive through is much easier.

It was there a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Emsy]

Well, you know what they say; belay your rope at both ends!

The dive through is much easier.

Especially when the sump isn't there and you can crawl through

 

[thehungrytroglobite]

Especially when the sump isn't there and you can crawl through

does the sump disappear?

 

[Pie Muncher]

I've never know it to.

 

[Emsy]

The two times I've been there in full diving kit in recent years (can't remember when, sorry) I just crawled straight through. So its well worth sticking your head into the crawl to see if its passable. It wasn't a hideous duck either.

 

[Pitlamp]

Agree with Emsy; it does unroof in dry weather.

If the rope up to the overhead route has floated out of reach in a flood, it's possible to go through the intermittent sump once things have dried up to sort it out from above (i.e. without having to re-bolt up to it, which I guess also has conservation implications).

 

[snebbit]

In case anyone needed more proof for some reason, the rope's in decent condition and is belayed to a Yorkshire Terrier sized boulder at the bottom.

The deviation snapped on me when descending, but my underground colleague @rm128 kindly replaced it. If anyone wants to reclaim the rotten krab let me know, otherwise I'll send it for destruction testing...

 

[rm128]

On the subject of the sump, there appeared to be airspace as far as the eye could see from both ends last night. I wouldn’t have wanted to do it as a duck, but maybe it’s a sign that it does open up more than people think.

Is someone actively digging in Inlet 17 at the moment?

 

[Pitlamp]

The unroofed sump is a long, wide, low airspace bedding - made easier by having a diving line to follow as directional reference.

 

[Alex]

The rope was definitely there a few weeks ago, it seems to be tied down with a hose to stop it floating up the pitch. I personally won't trust it as I went up there years ago and they anchors were very rusty then.