Trips & Reports

How would YUCPC’s official Snack Master wish to spend his first birthday as a caver? By making pancakes in a cave of course! Alum Pot was the destination of choice for the party and the weeks leading up to the trip were filled with excited anticipation from those of us attending, and fierce jealousy from those losers who would already be home with their families, or on ‘non-fancy’ skiing holidays by the 20th of December. Will picked me and Abbie up from... read more

73 anchors, ~190m of rope

Boxhead - It’s a Cracker - Will and Abbie // It’s a Cracker - Boxhead - Asher, Sophie and Elly

Its apparently been a while since a report was written for Notts 2, so I'll take that responsibility upon myself. I had not yet done Nots II and didn't know what to expect from it other than descriptions of the scaffolded entrance. We had two trips going in at different times; We were the second trip. Weather on Leck Fell was pleasant enough and we quickly got changed, leaving our SRT kits behind. I completely fell for a joke about... read more

I made it to Notts!!! It was on my cave to-do list for over a year, and when I finally got there I even managed to cajole my way into being allowed to rig. Viki asked which route I’d prefer, saying that Centre Route was more straightforward to rig, but that Twilight Zone was more ‘fun’. Since Viki’s idea of fun often translates for me as ‘fun but scary/tiring/impossible/Viki pls push me up this climb I can’t do it’, I... read more

After an enthusiastic start to the weekend (Notts Pot on Friday, Nick Pot’s ‘Traverse in the Gods’ on Saturday), Will and I decided we may as well commit to a full weekend of big trips. Strategising on the sofa at NPC the night before, we both agreed that Sunday had a real Lost Johns vibe about it… couldn’t really tell you why, that was just the vibe. After consulting Alfie, Will told me that a Lost Johns trip (Dome Route)... read more