Trips & Reports 2017

If a cave may be apportioned personality – and, in their enduring capacity to effortlessly evoke such divergent emotions and sentiment with even the slightest aberration between the volume of a cascade or the mangled path of a boulder choke, I believe almost sentient personality is certainly allowed – Swan Dike Pot introduced herself to us a year ago as a stubborn recluse. Swan Dike, which breaks out into the day beside the road which cuts a thin grey path... read more

As it was nearing our callout time, it was decided that Peter and Martin would head to the surface to delay a call to cave rescue for another hour. At this point we were still confident that with some extra help Joe would pop through with no more bother. As they made their way up the pitch, I went into the squeeze to get an idea of Joe’s situation. I took a few of his items back to the chamber... read more

Another successful voyage for Captain Walmslers and 1st Lt. Finbarr Buxton. With a fair wind, they sailed from the port o' Providence Pot, navigating the narrow straits of Dowbergill without charts, to arrive on the sandy shores of Dow Cave. After an arduous 2:45 hrs on the high seas they were rewarded with a warm can of pomegranite rubicon and a bag of hula hoops.