Wezzit?

[grahams]

Lockey Gill?

 

[kay]

No, not Lockey Gill. I had to look that one up. Now I know quite a bit more about the Girvanella Band than I used to.

 

[kay]

I can't give a clue for this, so if there aren't any other suggestions before 9.30 tonight, I'll draw it to a close.

 

[kay]

I can't give any clues to this (I didn't really think this through before I posted), because it'll just lead people to firing off random numbers to me, and that would be unfair to Skippy who correctly identified it as one of the Ling Gill caves. It is in fact Ling Gill Cave 1, towards the top of the Gill. So over to you, Skippy.

 

[skippy]

I was sure I'd passed it many years ago whilst in the gorge..actually, I was with the late Andy Farrow.

Anyway, lets try this. As there are no intrinsic features of the big pitch, I will include a photo of the passage that leads to the pitch head.

 

[Pitlamp]

Hell Hole, Appletreewick?

 

[Ian Ball]

Well that looks aptly named

 

[ChrisB]

Well that looks aptly named

My first thought was "I don't know where it is, but if it's not in NFTFH, it should be!"

 

[Pitlamp]

Assuming I'm right, it's a short but very interesting pothole. At the foot of that shaft is a pool against the wall. The water normally flows off from the pool down a steep slope of cobbles (towards the photographer in the above shot) into the rest of the known pothole. The pool is a choked sump; I've been in it a body length or so. I always assumed it was an inlet sump.

But . . . on a trip in dry conditions a few years ago the water descending the 21 m shaft was cascading into that pool with nothing flowing down the cobble slope. This means that the pool is a downstream sump, perched curiously at the head of the slope. In uber-drought there's very little water sinking into it and as it's at the head of a slope it's a prime candidate for siphoning. If the sump could be dried up and then dug, who knows where it may lead? This pothole still holds many secrets . . . .

Always meant to have a play with this one but my projects list is so rammed I've never got around to it. If anyone else fancies a go, in drought, feel free. It's a fair way to the rising in Trollers Gill. Be good if you could P.M. me if you do have a go, so any findings can then be incorporated into the next Northern Sump Index.

But . . . was I right Skippy?

 

[skippy]

My first thought was "I don't know where it is, but if it's not in NFTFH, it should be!"

Hell Hole it is...Over to you Pitlamp.
I've always said its like a mini version of a NFTF classic.
In fairness, the pitch head is not as awkward as the approach suggests.

 

[langcliffe]

In fairness, the pitch head is not as awkward as the approach suggests.

Depends on how much water there is!

 

[Pitlamp]

As I type I’m being measured for a new drysuit in Leeds. (More expense!)
Please can someone else jump in?

 

[Ian P]

An easy one.

 

[skippy]

Cats Cradle pot?🤣

 

[langcliffe]

Aquamole?

 

[Pitlamp]

Thanks for jumping in Ian. Knit one, pearl one, eh?

 

[Fulk]

Lancaster Hole?

 

[andrewmcleod]

I bet you can't get that many things (a big round-bar carabiner, a more modern but still not small I-beam carabiner, and two maillons) in an IC anchor
I would have a guess but the mind is blank.

 

[Ian P]

Lancaster Hole?

That’s the one 👍

 

[Ian P]

I bet you can't get that many things (a big round-bar carabiner, a more modern but still not small I-beam carabiner, and two maillons) in an IC anchor
I would have a guess but the mind is blank.

Apparently one Carabiner and one rope is the “standard” 🤷‍♂️.