Wade of Wade's Entrance and SE Pot.

[psychocrawler]

A recent club trip to GG via Wade's Entrance prompted the question "Who was Wade?".
Limited research afterwards has drawn a blank in terms of a reference. Northern Caves states "Descended 1957 BPC". Anyone know more?

Also interested in SRT rigging for SE Pot if it exists. I found only 2 spits (one of which refused my crappy old bolt hangar and resulted in a refusal from me) for the large dry shaft and nothing for the narrow clean 'wet' shaft below the 'last' pitch of Flood Entrance. I didn't look at the scaffolded hole further along towards Bar Pot.

 

[susie]

The entrance was first opened by Eric Wade who upon failing to get down Flood Entrance, dug in the adjacent shakehole getting through after an initial voice connection.

 

[Antwan]

The entrance was first opened by Eric Wade who upon failing to get down Flood Entrance, dug in the adjacent shakehole getting through after an initial voice connection.

 

[psychocrawler]

Thanks Susie. Was this with the BPC in 1957?

 

[susie]

Thanks Susie. Was this with the BPC in 1957?

Yes.

 

[Grimster]

A recent club trip to GG via Wade's Entrance prompted the question "Who was Wade?".
Limited research afterwards has drawn a blank in terms of a reference. Northern Caves states "Descended 1957 BPC". Anyone know more?

Also interested in SRT rigging for SE Pot if it exists. I found only 2 spits (one of which refused my crappy old bolt hangar and resulted in a refusal from me) for the large dry shaft and nothing for the narrow clean 'wet' shaft below the 'last' pitch of Flood Entrance. I didn't look at the scaffolded hole further along towards Bar Pot.

My father in law

He's not with us any longer but I do have a handful of old images scanned from slides I'll look at uploading and linking here if there's any interest.

 

[ianball11]

Yes please

 

[Pitlamp]

Yes please!

 

[Grimster]

OK, I only have a few, I'll talk to my mother in law next time I see her and see if she has any more.

Locations etc. are unknown by myself, but maybe someone will recognise them. I've linked as the forum, at least for me expands images massively to fit the page using the img tags.

www.ganked.co.uk/images/2009-09-09_51.JPG

www.ganked.co.uk/images/2009-09-09_53.JPG

www.ganked.co.uk/images/2009-09-09_56.JPG

And the man himself:

www.ganked.co.uk/images/img018.png

 

[TheBitterEnd]

Is 2009-09-09_59.jpg Weathercote Cave?

 

[Swallowneck]

Superb the lot of them.

 

[ianball11]

Wonderful, well there he is (what a moustache).
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[al]

Looks like Hull Pot to me.

 

[psychocrawler]

Alum Pot

 

[Fulk]

I would guess (1) Greasy Slab, Alum Pot; (2) ditto; and (3) Main Shaft, Alum Pot. As for the fourth, I've no idea.

 

[Chunks]

Alum Pot! With the first one most definitely the greasy slab. Some seriously impressive ice formations 

As for the man himself, not sure what entrance he is stood in.

 

[Bottlebank]

Fourth one could be the exit from Upper Long Churn.