YUCPC Trip History

Here you can see the list of pretty much all the trips YUCPC members have been on over the years. Members can also submit reports which will hopefully help others to avoid problems or just for some inspiration! Use the filters below to view by year or cave.

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Trips & Reports 2012

Saturday August 11th 2012 Stota Jama Members: Alexander Stelfox,  Christopher Jones,  Laurent Michaux,  Louise Bell,  Matt Gosling,  Sam Briscoe
Saturday August 11th 2012 Skednena Jama Members: Alexander Stelfox,  Christopher Jones,  Laurent Michaux,  Louise Bell,  Matt Gosling,  Sam Briscoe
Friday August 10th 2012 Postojnska Jama Members: Christopher Jones,  Laurent Michaux,  Louise Bell
Saturday July 28th 2012 Death's Head Hole down to Lost John's Master Cave for a photo shooting Members: Andy Hurlbatt,  Sophie Hentschel
Saturday July 21st 2012 Ireby Fell Cavern down Ding, Dong, Bell, Pussy Members: Marion Holloway,  Sophie Hentschel

Sophie wrote...

“Girls just wanna have fun!” We definitely had fun on that ICOG (inter club only girls) trip down Ding, Dong, Bell and Pussy in Ireby Fell Cavern. Our plan was to perfect our rigging skills in a more interesting setting than good old Sell Gill. As Maz and I were to take the train to Leeds where Ruth would pick us up in her car, we initially intended to use ULSA gear to avoid having to juggle with personal gear and... read more

Sunday July 15th 2012 Goredale Scar - Centre Route Members: Andy Hurlbatt,  Caitlin Brumby,  Laurent Michaux,  Mandy Fu,  Mike Rippon,  Toby Buxton
Saturday July 14th 2012 Small Mammal Pot From Small Mammal to South East Aven via Whitehall Members: Mandy Fu,  Marion Holloway,  Sophie Hentschel

Sophie wrote...

It was Toby’s birthday weekend away and permits had been sorted out for the club for several Gaping Gill routes. Maz and I really wanted to get some SRT and rigging practice on a girls’ only trip, as we didn’t want to be an obstacle for others who intended to cover more distance with more exciting trips such as Dihedral. Also we thought that it would be good not to have the feeling of having to “perform” in front of... read more

Saturday July 14th 2012 Bar Pot - Gaping Gill (Dihedral) Members: Mark Sims
Saturday July 14th 2012 Gaping Gill (Dihedral) Members: Toby Buxton
Saturday July 14th 2012 Gaping Gill (Dihedral) - Bar Pot Members: Andy Hurlbatt,  Laurent Michaux,  Steven Spall
Saturday July 14th 2012 Stile Pot Members: Caitlin Brumby
Wednesday July 11th 2012 Juniper Gulf Members: Kevin Francis,  Lieke Oosterkamp,  Toby Buxton
Tuesday June 5th 2012 Yordas Cave Pull-through Rigging Extravaganza Members: Andy Hurlbatt,  Caitlin Brumby,  Catherine Moody,  Sophie Hentschel,  Toby Buxton

Caitlin wrote...

What a brilliant trip :) After strapping myself up with about 40 krabs (because that's how many we had in the boot), and sliding down to the first drop some short jokes already came my way. The first bit didn't take long, although I did get a tad confused about what ropes we had, and with Mike saying we were going to drown if it rained, I deceided to just get going and let Toby worry about that. On my way to... read more

Tuesday June 5th 2012 Yordas Cave - Yordas Cave Middle entrance - middle entrance through trip Members: Catherine Moody,  Mike Rippon
Monday June 4th 2012 Borrins Moor Cave with a little stroll into Long Churn and Diccan Members: Sophie Hentschel

Sophie wrote...

The Monday bank holiday greeted us with sunshine and warmth in the morning as we set off to Alum, where an exchange trip between Diccan and Alum was planned. John and Mike were to walk up the hill before Andrew, Toby and me, and begin their pleasantly wet journey through Diccan. In the meantime, Toby was trying to gather enough underlayers having forgotten his thermal bottoms. In the end he had to wear his new, £200 Montane trousers, which were... read more

Monday June 4th 2012 Alum Pot - Diccan Pot Members: Andy Hurlbatt,  Mike Rippon,  Toby Buxton
Monday June 4th 2012 Marilyn Pot - Stream Passage Pot via Mud Henslers Members: Adrian Turner,  Catherine Moody
Sunday June 3rd 2012 Sell Gill Holes Cave rescue training Members: Sophie Hentschel

Sophie wrote...

Ian Peachey joined us in the BPC hut on Saturday night. The next morning he offered to teach Warren (ULSA), John and me some basic SRT rescue techniques, and soon after breakfast we set off from the BPC hut to Sell Gill, Fossil Route. Walking through Horton and the green country side was very pleasant, until we noticed a sheep in a field that clearly seemed to be in agony. It was lying on its back, the head twisted to... read more

Sunday June 3rd 2012 Rowten Pot Members: Andy Hurlbatt,  Luke Brownbridge,  Mike Rippon,  Toby Buxton
Saturday June 2nd 2012 Bar Pot Round Trip via Mud Hensler's, Mud Hall, Main Chamber, and Sand Caverns. Members: Andy Hurlbatt,  Caitlin Brumby,  Sophie Hentschel
Saturday June 2nd 2012 Corky's Pot - Gaping Gill (Main Shaft) Members: Chuck Holder,  Mandy Fu
Saturday May 19th 2012 White Scar Cave Members: Alexander Stelfox,  Andy Hurlbatt,  Laurent Michaux,  Louise Bell,  Matt Gosling

Laurent wrote...

The trip started out nice and early at the container as we had to get into the cave before it opened to the tourists. Having been down the cave many years ago as a tourist I was looking forward to the trip. After a drive from York straight to the cave we met up with Matt in the car park. The wind in the car park ensure we were awake as it was chilling and fairly strong. After Matt had... read more

Saturday May 12th 2012 Providence Pot - Dow Cave Or "Masochist's Paradise" Members: Adam Walmsley,  Laurent Michaux,  Sophie Hentschel

Sophie wrote...

Two weeks without caving had already passed, and I started to get impatient to get some new bruises and experience yet again some real physical exhaustion. Luckily, every time this happens, a John Holloway comes along and offers to take me on a more interesting trip. During YUCPC training on Thursday, we started hatching plans for a little bit of weekend hardship, and were looking for at least one other team member. John was being mysterious about the cave he wanted... read more

Saturday April 28th 2012 Flood Entrance - Bar Pot Members: Alyssa Scott,  Andy Hurlbatt,  Sam Briscoe,  Sophie Hentschel
Sunday April 22nd 2012 Trou des Charrues - La Carrière des Grands Malades Members: Kevin Francis,  Matthijs Bouwman,  Mike Rippon
Saturday April 21st 2012 Speleorally Basilica - "Cathedral Assault" Members: Elena Maters,  Jonathan Booth,  Kevin Francis,  Matthijs Bouwman,  Mike Rippon

Jonathan wrote...

http://www.rtbf.be/video/v_speleologie-a-la-basilique-de-koekelberg?id=1722653&category=info

13 photos by Jonathan...

Friday April 20th 2012 Grottes de Floreffe Members: Jonathan Booth,  Kevin Francis,  Matthijs Bouwman,  Mike Rippon

Mike wrote...

A walk-in cave under a castle with a chamber full of 6-12% Belgian beer. 'Nuff said

Saturday April 14th 2012 Ireby Fell Cavern Rigging practice Members: Andy Hurlbatt,  Matt Gosling,  Sophie Hentschel,  Toby Buxton
Sunday April 8th 2012 Peak Cavern Easter trip through main streamway Members: Andy Hurlbatt,  Sophie Hentschel

Andy wrote...

A fun Sunday Stomp along the main stream way to see the sumps, with a deviation to take a peak at Ink sump, and a diversion past Galena Chamber on the way back.

Saturday April 7th 2012 Knotlow Cavern Chocolate bunny challenge Members: Andy Hurlbatt,  Sophie Hentschel

Sophie wrote...

On Saturday we changed our plans from going to Oxlow to going to Knotlow instead, trying to get into Hillocks Mine via Meccano Passage as suggested by Tom and Dave (SUSS). Driving to Knotlow took an hour instead of the promised 20 minutes, partly because the Sat Nav was not very precise with the directions it gave. A further complication was the equally imprecise description of how to find the entrance to Climbing Shaft provided by our friends from SUSS,... read more

Andy wrote...

You missed out the part where we (unnecessarily) walked about a mile to find the entrance ...

Sophie wrote...

shhhh what happens at Knotlow stays at Knotlow ^^