P8 / Jackpot - 02 May 2007

Wednesday May 2nd 2007

Members present: Adam Wilkinson,  Chuck Holder,  Simon Herrod

Midweek caving!!
Chuck, Simon and I decided that a trip to P8 would be fun to do on Wednesday afternoon. We met at the container at 11.30ish and packed the ropes to go two different ways. (we hadn't decided which route to take.) P8 is normally a wet cave but after this lovely weather it was pretty dry. We managed to get very far down the cave because of this. Normally you stop just after true second pitch, but we explored lots of different passage ways further on. We followed a small grotty passage which opened out into another wide passage like the stream way. We had to turn back as it was starting to become maze like and the water further down was deeper. We all had a shot at rigging and derigging as well. Once we got out we met some people who were going to go cave diving in P8 in the bit further down than we got. We got to the cave at about 3.00 and got out at about 5-6ish, even though we went further than normal. We went to the pub after and had a nice meal and couple of drinks. We even tried to find the "super sexy superstore" but didn't know where it was. We got back about 9.30-10.00ish which was just like normal time. All in all a fun trip made better by the fact I wasn't in Uni or work.
:) :)