Pot!

[phizz4]

Three of us were involved with some scout leader training in Giants today, in the roof of the entrance passage leading to Upper West Passage, when a group of three cavers passed underneath. The smell of cannabis from at least one of them was almost overpowering. Certainly gave us a new slant on pot holing! It lingered for several minutes, so perhaps a new hazard to consider along side the radon?

 

[cap n chris]

This has been a regular feature of caving in the UK and overseas for decades. Nothing new about it.

 

[phizz4]

This has been a regular feature of caving in the UK and overseas for decades. Nothing new about it.

Not for me it hasn’t, I must have led a very sheltered caving life.

 

[pwhole]

It reputedly protects against radon damage, but nobody has managed to finish writing the proof yet

 

[Fulk]

I fully agree with phizz4 (at least, the first half of his comment ).

 

[Wolfo]

Very common with digging crews...
I dig a lot

 

[mikem]

A lot more cavers used to smoke underground, non cavers seemed to increase during lockdown

 

[Oscar D]

Three of us were involved with some scout leader training in Giants today, in the roof of the entrance passage leading to Upper West Passage, when a group of three cavers passed underneath. The smell of cannabis from at least one of them was almost overpowering. Certainly gave us a new slant on pot holing! It lingered for several minutes, so perhaps a new hazard to consider along side the radon?

Complaining for complaining sake - get a hold of yourself pal.

 

[Pipster]

To be honest Oscar, given the language used it the original post, I read it as more of an observation than a complaint. And even if it was a subtle complaint, it's not complaining for complaining sake; phizz absolutely has the right to complain - believe it or not, not everyone wants to smell it.

 

[Oscar D]

To be honest Oscar, given the language used it the original post, I read it as more of an observation than a complaint. And even if it was a subtle complaint, it's not complaining for complaining sake; phizz absolutely has the right to complain - believe it or not, not everyone wants to smell it.

It is complaining for complaining sake because there’s nothing that can be done about it - slight smell of weed in a publicly accessible place isn’t the end of the world.

Winging about it online isn’t going to make a difference - what do you want to do? Send in the cave police?

 

[Slug]

Very common with digging crews...
I dig a lot

I'd have thought Whizz would have been better for that....

 

[paul]

Moderator Comment: OK - let's keep things civil and have a reasonable discussion. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

 

[georgenorth]

I'd have thought Whizz would have been better for that....

We prefer mushrooms - no need to bother with the digging, just imagine your own cave

 

[Lankyman]

The smell of cannabis from at least one of them was almost overpowering

When I started caving we had to make do with the solvent and glue we made our wetsuits from. Kids today have it too easy.

 

[RobinGriffiths]

Speaking for myself, I'd be wary about going underground with anyone who was pissed, stoned or high on anything apart from the smell of their own farts.

 

[phizz4]

Complaining for complaining sake - get a hold of yourself pal.

I wasn't complaining, it was an observation, made in what I hoped was a light hearted way, as something in my very sheltered 50 years of caving that I had never, knowingly, encountered before. I've encountered it driving along the road and being overtaken by cars emmiting more cannabis fumes than petrol fumes though.

 

[Cantclimbtom]

Speaking for myself, I'd be wary about going underground with anyone who was pissed, stoned or high on anything apart from the smell of their own farts.

I'd prefer to be stuck behind a "smoker" than a farter