Shelob's Lair

[Cave Mapper]

.. just stumbled accross this trip report, never heard of Shelob's Lair. Where is it?

http://www.white-rose.org.uk/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=229

 

[simonsays]

Border of mordor?

 

[Alex]

My guess would be Langstroth pot. Long entrance crawl check, Wharfdale check, diving (free diving) check.

Also I think is grade 5, check.

 

[Cave Mapper]

It sounds a bit harder than Langstroth Pot, and it says the sump is 'unrecorded'.

 

[Rob]

It's in Derbyshire, obviously......
http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=10141.msg132861#msg132861

 

[Alex]

But it says

With huge amounts of water blasting down Wharfedale

Last time I checked that's in Yorkshire.

 

[bograt]

One of JSB's in Middleton Dale, Derbyshire.

 

[bograt]

After reading this report, I can only conclude that two Tolkein fans saw a spider and thereby named their caves, However, the one in Debyshire was back in the '70's.

 

[Alex]

Okay so its in Derbyshire, can mods move this to Derbyshire forums? We can't have Derbyshire caves mucking up the Yorkshire forums now can we.  :chair:

 

[Rob]

I was joking, sounds nothing like the Derbyshire one, although i've never been there.....

 

[Alex]

Hmm, well I will go back to my original conclusion. The only reason the sump was unrecorded was probbably meaning "unrecorded" was that there was no pictures of it.

 

[Cave Mapper]

Found it. I think it's Hagg Beck Sink. There's a bit of info online if you Google it.

Are we going to get a write-up in Descent at some point, or did I miss it?

Sounds like a good effort by the digger's anyway. Well done.

 

[Pete Brookdale]

Looks delightful!

 

[Pete Brookdale]

oops

 

[martinm]

Shouldn't this thread now be re-titled:-  Hagg Beck Sink  :-\

 

[Beardy]

cave mapper i think the ref is

WRPC Journal 2001 WRPC Cole, A. Hagg Beck Sink p33 2001

regards
Beardy

 

[Cave Mapper]

cave mapper i think the ref is

WRPC Journal 2001 WRPC Cole, A. Hagg Beck Sink p33 2001

regards
Beardy

I don't have that Journal to hand, so I don't know what's in the article, but browsing the WRPC news archive it sounds like the breakthrough was in early 2006:

"Its gone! ... They have discovered some big passage and nice formations, unfortunately its stops too early at a large sump ... The sump is at the end of a very large passage".

I guess full details will be revealed in the forthcoming WRPC Journal