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Galeria Garimpeiros

6 Aug ’11 | Posted by Henry in caving, photos, Wales| 0 comments

Inspired by the promise of ‘pretties’ on the survey, Colin and I planned to reach Passion Fruit Chamber in Ogof Draenen and take some photos. Unfortunately for us the ‘muddy and intimidating duck‘ in Y Gwter Fawr Streamway became too tight for us to pass so had to turn back. The mud could be easily [...]

Rotting scorpion rice-whiskey anyone?

18 Oct ’10 | Posted by Henry in caving| 2 comments

The last few weekends have largely revolved around getting the ACC freshers down caves, and hopefully not scaring them too much in the process. On the 10th Oct, we organised a huge day trip down to Craig-y-Ffynnon and managed to get 3 groups past the boulder choke climb and to the Hall of the Mountain [...]

Geryon’s Lair

12 Sep ’10 | Posted by Henry in caving, photos| 0 comments

This weekend was Oli’s last chance for a caving trip before she heads out to Syria, so with Rich we decided to go see the amazing formations in Luck of the Draw at the southern end of Ogof Draenen. Our goal was to find the Geryon formation in the Cantankerous Surveyors Series. After some faff, [...]

Return of the rain

23 Jul ’10 | Posted by Henry in caving, photos| 0 comments

Our weekend’s caving in Yorkshire was pretty much a washout. Continuous rainfall and lack of permits severely limited our options, though on the Saturday we tried out Rowten Pot. With my SRT kit already out in Greenland, probably down a moulin somewhere, I had to use one of ACC’s, and unsurprisingly found everything to be [...]