Me Jake and Tony scuttled into Pirate Chamber in Shatter series on Sunday. We bumped into you guys on the the PSG trip up on the green. Ten minutes bailing the first duck after the 10 foot overhang, tight, wet, intimidating but all through and up on to Gour Pool duck. If you have seen it you will know it looks nasty and frankly daft as a way on but 20 minutes bailing and through it we go. The 4 meter aven and scalloped tube to Pirate are well worth the trip. Ripped my side lamp off my helmet on the way back out. Gour Pool is simpler on the return but the final duck (first on the way in) fills up behind you when you are in the Shatter passage so best not to linger too long beyond as you cant bail it from the downstream end. That said by the time you get to Pirate you will be cold enough to feel the need to exit anyway. We all felt the air could do with more O than CO2 once beyond the gour pool sump/duck but that could be rather more to do with being over 40 and pushing the edges of our waning stamina.
Shatter pot could do with a belay point back from the pitch as its a bit risky life lining from the pitch head with no back up. All in all a stunning trip with only our ladder left rigged on the 20' on the exit (there were four there when we arrived) 5hrs down and believe me the first pint was nectar.
