Katie
Well-known member
DCRO received an email from an observant member of the public. Whilst on a nice walk near Castleton they had spotted a sheep behaving oddly - upon closer inspection they realised the sheep was stood near a small crack in the rock, through which a second sheep could be heard, but not seen (Like some sort of confused Victorian child)
Yesterday a small team of 3 DCRO team members met to investigate. We carried a small amount of caving kit - assuming we would deal with a small job there and then. If it was more complex we would return in greater numbers with more equipment.
We soon located the 'crack that baaa-ed'
The floor was not far away, although the gap was narrow and walls vertical so the sheep was not going to self-rescue!
A rope was rigged and I abseiled in to investigate. Thankfully the walls were all pretty solid, and the random rocks well wedged in place!
The sheep stood very quietly and calmly as it was wrestled into a harness (not easy in such a narrow space!)
And then hoisted the short distance to the surface.
Once released it just stood and starred at us for a while. Maybe saying thanks, or maybe just wondering what kind of looneys do this for fun?
Then it wandered off to graze, a bit muddy but none the worse for it's underground adventure.
Whilst my lightweight kit for an easy job did include a helmet, SRT kit, rope and dog harness it did not include an oversuit......
Yesterday a small team of 3 DCRO team members met to investigate. We carried a small amount of caving kit - assuming we would deal with a small job there and then. If it was more complex we would return in greater numbers with more equipment.
We soon located the 'crack that baaa-ed'
The floor was not far away, although the gap was narrow and walls vertical so the sheep was not going to self-rescue!
A rope was rigged and I abseiled in to investigate. Thankfully the walls were all pretty solid, and the random rocks well wedged in place!
The sheep stood very quietly and calmly as it was wrestled into a harness (not easy in such a narrow space!)
And then hoisted the short distance to the surface.
Once released it just stood and starred at us for a while. Maybe saying thanks, or maybe just wondering what kind of looneys do this for fun?
Then it wandered off to graze, a bit muddy but none the worse for it's underground adventure.
Whilst my lightweight kit for an easy job did include a helmet, SRT kit, rope and dog harness it did not include an oversuit......
