Trips & Reports
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
