ref. Mendip Wezzit

[Pierre]

How on earth can the destruction of the rock be justified in the name of conservation of what in the long term are renewable phenomena.

Calcite might look pretty but caves are about more than that and the essence is surely the rock.

 

[cap n chris]

I imagine many would disagree - certainly most cavers seem far more impressed by pretties (and photograph them accordingly) than they are by acres and miles of blank grey limestone. Sacrificing a few cubic metres of rockface, out of a total of billions, in order to preserve a unique and magnificent flowstone cascade seems entirely reasonable.

 

[droid]

Plenty of caves/potholes wouldn't be accessible if it wasn't for 'chemical persuasion'.

It's a non-debate IMHO.

 

[Andy Sparrow]

Pierre Chevalier may be an unfortunate choice of pseudonym.  A quote from the classic book, 'Subterranean Climbers' by Pierre Chevalier:

Gisele Truffot was responsible for cranking the magneto that would give the spark for the explosion a hundred and twenty feet below. 'Come on, Gisele,' they said, 'open the deepest chasm in the world!  There was a dull rumbling and a few seconds later banks of thick black smoke came rolling out of the gulf.'


BTW what's the French for tosser?

 

[cap n chris]

Branleur, IIRC.

 

[Pierre]

BTW what's the French for tosser?

Moineau will do

 

[Ali M]

How on earth can the destruction of the rock be justified in the name of conservation of what in the long term are renewable phenomena.

Calcite might look pretty but caves are about more than that and the essence is surely the rock.

The choice is yours - a short length of tunnel (4 -6m) being engineered to connect two nearby passages (and which hopefully will enable us to keep Portal Pool open for longer each year) or 3km of passage remaining closed for general trips.

 

[mrodoc]

How on earth can the destruction of the rock be justified in the name of conservation of what in the long term are renewable phenomena.

Calcite might look pretty but caves are about more than that and the essence is surely the rock.

The choice is yours - a short length of tunnel (4 -6m) being engineered to connect two nearby passages (and which hopefully will enable us to keep Portal Pool open for longer each year) or 3km of passage remaining closed for general trips.

that's a no brainer.

 

[cap n chris]

When complete, perhaps it should be named Lobotomy Bypass.