Red Bull Bulletin

[Tricky Dicky]

The latest issue of The Red Bull Bulletin magazine has an article on cave diver Andy Torbet with a nice photo of him in a flooded Finnish mine. You can often find the free magazine in outdoor shops, climbing walls etc, but there's an online bit here: https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/theredbulletin/wisdom-from-the-wild-adventure-lessons

Not so sure about their claim of Scotland’s deepest cave being Cave of Skulls.................
"Deep below Scotland’s West Highlands, cave diver and adventurer Andy Torbet is trapped in a watery underworld. He’d been exploring the Cave of Skulls, which, at depths of 48m, is the country’s deepest pothole system."

 

[cavingbiker]

Google AI
AI Overview confirms there claim for Cave of the Skulls using the search request of "which is the deepest pothole in scotland"

At 48 metres (157 feet) deep, the Cave of the Skulls is the deepest natural pothole (vertical cave system) in Scotland. [1]

Location and Details

• • Location: Situated south of Duror on the north-western slopes of Meall Ban, overlooking Salachan Glen in Argyll. [1]
  • Discovery: Found by members of the Grampian Speleological Group in 1977. [1]
  • Structure: Consists of four distinct pitches:
    • First pitch: 5 metres
    • Second pitch (Popleton Pot): 12 metres
    • Third pitch (Dealer's Drop): 6 metres

 

[alanw]

Assynt - Deepest caves

www.ukcaves.co.uk

List of caves in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The deepest cave in Scotland is Uamh an Claonaite in Assynt, 110 metres (360 ft) deep

Claonaite (Uamh an) - Scottish Cave and Mine Database Site Details

 

[langcliffe]

Google AI
AI Overview confirms there claim for Cave of the Skulls using the search request of "which is the deepest pothole in scotland"

At 48 metres (157 feet) deep, the Cave of the Skulls is the deepest natural pothole (vertical cave system) in Scotland. [1]

Location and Details

• • Location: Situated south of Duror on the north-western slopes of Meall Ban, overlooking Salachan Glen in Argyll. [1]
  • Discovery: Found by members of the Grampian Speleological Group in 1977. [1]
  • Structure:Consists of four distinct pitches:
    • First pitch: 5 metres
    • Second pitch (Popleton Pot): 12 metres
    • Third pitch (Dealer's Drop): 6 metres

I think that saying Google AI, or any other LLM for that matter, "confirms" is a little naïve. You missed out the bit at the end where it acknowledges:
"AI responses may include mistakes."

 

[mikem]

Depends if he means deepest below the original entrance, as a lot of claonaite is above (Rana Hole having been dug through to meet it).

Was back in Feb / June 2010:

1K views · 63 reactions | Back in 2010 I attempted to explore the unknown underground and underwater passageways of The Cave of Skulls in thhe Scottish Highlands. | Andy Torbet

Back in 2010 I attempted to explore the unknown underground and underwater passageways of The Cave of Skulls in thhe Scottish Highlands.

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An article at the time claims the same thing:

Cave Of Skulls - Andy Torbet takes on Scotland's deepest cave

& A previous repudiation:

Thread 'Badgers defeat Scotland's deepest cave'

Dec 1, 2014

Well it's a oldish report and not entirely serious, but for whatever reason its the most popular report on the Badges site 
Why not share hey, and enjoy the weirdness that is writing in third person!



Uamh Nan Claig-Ionn (Cave of the Skulls) ? Scotland [14/07/11]
Chris A & TomTom

Oc aye laddy, BBPC rocks into Scotland, destination, its deepest cave.

After 7 hours driving and covering an impressive 400 miles across 3 countries finds the great explorers within some miles of Scotland?s deepest cave. Armed with the knowledge that the cave is in a fenced off area, by some...

• TomTom
• Replies: 2
• Forum: Sporting Trips in The UK

Above magazine also has some US caving:

Tears Of The Turtle - Sidetracked

www.sidetracked.com

 

[mikem]

Mind you, AI is using a holiday cottage website as it's main reference!

It goes on to say: (Note: In humorous news reports, severely damaged public roadways like the unpaved U70 road leading to Cape Wrath have also been colloquially dubbed "waist-deep potholes", but Cave Of The Skulls remains the true geographical record-holder.)

 

[mikem]

Actually there is only a 20m difference between claonaite and Rana entrances, so the claim seems to rest on skulls being "the deepest natural vertical pothole" - whilst asking Google for the deepest cave, then AI correctly brings up claonaite

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