Report by Jules Barrett
Cavers: Jules Barrett
(EPC), Simon Hodgson
(potential new member), other non-EPC novices
I was running a novice trip anyway on this Saturday and since Simon was
new to
caving and wanted a novice trip I invited him along. We met at the
Woodbine cafe
in Hope and had a look at the weather forecast and a chat about water
levels.
Water levels had dropped from very high levels the week before but
heavy showers
were forecast for later in the afternoon. With that in mind we decided
that the
Giants entrance series would be a good choice. This would allow us to
monitor
water levels in the cave and exit would always be possible if
necessary. After
getting kitted up at the Giants car park we headed to the cave to find
the
stream with a good amount of water for the season. We headed in looking
at
various cave features on the way and soon were down at Garlands Pot. I
lowered
the team down Garlands and we went for a brief look down the Crabwalk.
We turned
around at Chert Hall and Simon and the rest of the team came back up
Garlands
Pot on a ladder. From there we headed back up to Base Camp Chamber and
Simon and
I went up the upper stream passage to visit the downstream end of Sump
1. After
climbing into the roof we traversed in the roof of the upper stream
passage to
the P-bolts at the end where I lowered Simon back down to Base Camp
Chamber. On
the way out we made the short detour to visit the upstream end of Sump
1 before
exiting.
A good trip. Simon got
his trip underground and
it was good to see him moving well through the cave. I hope that he
will
continue his association with the Eldon.
Simon Hodgson on the
ladder at Garlands
Pot.
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