Sunset Hole, quick query
- Thread starter christine
- Start date
Sunset is pretty high up on Inglebough, so its gonna react very quickly to weather - that is water levels will go up and come down pretty fast. However the ground is pretty water logged at the minute, so it'll react to small amounts of rain.
The forecast is a bit iffy for friday night and saturday morning and Inglebough tends to have its own crazy weather system, so its going to be difficult to guess if its gonna be okay or not. Best to keep an eye on things and see whats happening on the morning your planning on going.
Having said that, Sunset is pretty straight forward, so as long as its not raining when you go and you rig the small climbs and run away if its deathy you'll most likely be okay.
I'd most definitely have a back up plan though. For small pitches and weatherproof, Sell Gill is probably your best bet.
B
The forecast is a bit iffy for friday night and saturday morning and Inglebough tends to have its own crazy weather system, so its going to be difficult to guess if its gonna be okay or not. Best to keep an eye on things and see whats happening on the morning your planning on going.
Having said that, Sunset is pretty straight forward, so as long as its not raining when you go and you rig the small climbs and run away if its deathy you'll most likely be okay.
I'd most definitely have a back up plan though. For small pitches and weatherproof, Sell Gill is probably your best bet.
B
HardenClimber3
Member
Well, last Saturday four of us went down Sell Gill (two each way). Bit of water running in wet way, but ok. Slight drizzle but some rain forecast. When we emerged it had stopped raining.
The Wet way was 'interesting'.
The Dry Way was really quite wet (and with the new hang, if it is wet, you really do need to use the deviation on the bottom pitch).
The ground is very wet and Sunset can get very wet..
The Wet way was 'interesting'.
The Dry Way was really quite wet (and with the new hang, if it is wet, you really do need to use the deviation on the bottom pitch).
The ground is very wet and Sunset can get very wet..
Attachments
HardenClimber3
Member
I remember once going down Sell Gill dry way as far as the top of the second pitch, and getting thoroughly soaked just going down and up the entrance pitch, even though the 'catchment area' for this pitch is small.
It looks, HardenClimber3, from your picture of the wet entrance as though there was a risk of being knocked off your feet and down the pitch ? ?
It looks, HardenClimber3, from your picture of the wet entrance as though there was a risk of being knocked off your feet and down the pitch ? ?
HardenClimber3
Member
Fulk said:
The passage between the oxbow and daylight was not too bad - you could get well up in it. If you did FB
you could see a video of me losing my footing on the final climb (but obviously was 'on' a rope)
Pitlamp
Well-known member
mikem said:
There are plenty of large standing waves on Clapham Beck as I type (Thursday evening) due to a big flood going through the GG system this afternoon.
Chris - I wouldn't bother hauling your tanks all the way up here this coming weekend; there should be at least some conventional caving to do though.
MJenkinson
Active member
If its gonna be this wet I might be tempted to go and see GG main chamber giving it some.
Andy Walsh
Member
in 1982 i was on a rescue to Sunset Hole to my surprise parts of the entrance passage had flood debris +foam on the roof even the semi standing up bits where narrow(so small cross section) A surprise to most at the time but it was very wet indeed
andrewmcleod
Well-known member
River outside my house (confluence of the Twiss and the Doe forming the Greta in Ingleton) was very high earlier this evening; falling now.
Similar threads
