LOG BOOK ENTRY: Wed
13th Feb. — King Pot.
Rick Scott, Pete Hall, Sues (Barking)
Barker, Ray (unfinished business) Duffer, Neil (capt.)
After the
usual late start at the farm and at Bernies the three o’clock caving club got
to Kingsdale on a beautiful sunny, snowy afternoon.. The entrance was open but
surrounded by deep snow. The pitches were found to be rigged with rope by the
N.C.C. but, of course, we didn’t use it but put our ropes on alongside. Anne’s
and Jane’s pitches were climbed. The descent was made without incident to
We
continued to the main drain and went to the upstream and downstream sumps. We
then had a look at the sump bypass: Giles and Ray gibbed immediately but the
rest of us decided to have a go. Twenty minutes of digging and bailing failed
to increase the airspace by one iota so we decided just to get on with it. Neil
went through and said it was OK so Rick and I followed on our backs with noses
in the roof, the passage continuing as mostly crawling with occasional
chambers.
A side
chamber contained a fantastic Angels wing with beautiful stals and a calcite
flow. The upstream section of the
A swift
exit was made to the duck where Giles and Ray had lowered the water by an inch
or so. Then we made fast back to the last pitch to warm up but we soon cooled
down when the boys produced cakes, sweets, drinks and chocolate and wouldn’t
give us any.
Bumbly
Barker produced the largest array of photographic equipment in any pothole in
the Dales which consumed copious quantities of time. When he tried to get it
out again at the top he was told to off”. After another photo session at
Kakemono Hall involving a tape measure!??? we exited in two groups emerging at
11pm and missing the pub.
Pete
Hall.
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