Date archives: 24 November 2015

My first trip down Oxlow mine: A tale of confessions and shat bricks

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I am indeed going to start my first trip report with a confession: I really don’t like heights. Like I REALLY don’t fucking like heights. So logically I joined a caving club, with the opportunity to put myself at the top of rather large heights, in the darkness, underground. But...

A Trip to Ride of the Val… Down James Hall Over Engine Mine (JH).

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Myself, Helen (leading), Rachael, Leo and Jethro set out on a very muggy Saturday morning to go to do Ride of the Valkyries, going down JH, through the far sump connection, up Calcite Aven and along Ride of the Valkyries to Salmons Cavern, then back again. We arrived at Rowter...