skippy
Active member
All,
I realise this could apply to lots of caves however last week, I had a near miss with a couple of rouge boulder in Pasture Gill pot.
Two medium(rugby ball sized) boulders dropped out of the rift above the flat out crawl that bypasses the 6th pitch. Thankfully landing between my ‘open scissored’ legs. The caver behind me witnessed this and choose not to follow me and managed to free climb the pitch.
What is more of a concern is there was an earth tremor in that area this week that could potentially de-stabilise more material:-
‘The UK Geological Survey website records there was a 2.5 mag earthquake near Litton today (May 16 2025) at 01:36:25.1 UTC at location 54. 161 -2.153 at a depth of 5 km. In the website it states:-
Felt in Litton, Kilnsey, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Hawes, Buckden, Settle (North Yorkshire), Kendal, Cowgill (Cumbria) and in several other towns and villages, mainly within around 30 km of the epicentre. Reports described, "deep distant rumble", "bed shook and bedroom television rattled", "deep shudder", "like large truck coming up the lane" and "vibration felt through wooden bed frame".
So, anyone visiting that cave(or any other in the area) please be careful in the crawl.
Keep safe.
I realise this could apply to lots of caves however last week, I had a near miss with a couple of rouge boulder in Pasture Gill pot.
Two medium(rugby ball sized) boulders dropped out of the rift above the flat out crawl that bypasses the 6th pitch. Thankfully landing between my ‘open scissored’ legs. The caver behind me witnessed this and choose not to follow me and managed to free climb the pitch.
What is more of a concern is there was an earth tremor in that area this week that could potentially de-stabilise more material:-
‘The UK Geological Survey website records there was a 2.5 mag earthquake near Litton today (May 16 2025) at 01:36:25.1 UTC at location 54. 161 -2.153 at a depth of 5 km. In the website it states:-
Felt in Litton, Kilnsey, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Hawes, Buckden, Settle (North Yorkshire), Kendal, Cowgill (Cumbria) and in several other towns and villages, mainly within around 30 km of the epicentre. Reports described, "deep distant rumble", "bed shook and bedroom television rattled", "deep shudder", "like large truck coming up the lane" and "vibration felt through wooden bed frame".
So, anyone visiting that cave(or any other in the area) please be careful in the crawl.
Keep safe.
