The team were called to a walker with a knee injury (m,17) in Crummack Dale. The team mobilised, but were quickly stood down whilst en route, as the casualties companions informed North Yorkshire Police that they had assisted the injured male off the fell, and would transport him to hospital themselves. Some team members had already arrived at the rendezvous point, including a team doctor, who decided after assessing the casualty… ...
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Roman building in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Image taken using Olympus TG_4 and Samsung Galaxy smartphone, Wi-Fi connection utilising Olympus Share App; camera mounted on a 12 metre telescopic pole. The building is north/south aligned through long axis, ...
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With Nick, Tav and Jake. A cold evening with an easterly wind, but the sky was clear and we had a fantastic view of the stars. Underground it was quite a bit warmer. As I drilled the holes to continue the passage expansion at the bottom of the rift ...
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A caver (m) was reported overdue by his wife, having been expected home before nightfall. Whilst enquiries were being made, and Cumbria Police were talking again to the caller, the caver returned home. Other than conducting initial inquiries, no other ...
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North Yorkshire Police requested assistance in recovering a deceased casualty (m,20) from the foot of Malham Cove. He was carried to a team Land Rover for transport down to the village. A small-scale search at the top of the Cove produced his possessio ...
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With Jake, Nick and Matt. Vince doing the digging bit, Matt hauling up the rift, Jake started on the shuttle but came up to load the skips, Nick did the haul and shuttle. The bang had a reasonable effect and there was plenty of fractured rock to mo ...
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Solo It was very windy walking up across the field, cold too coming from the east. Along to the current end of Merlin's to drill some holes, heading west following a narrow, partially sediment filled fissure from the lowest point in the rift. 7 hol ...
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The next instalment of our caketastic adventures can now be viewed on YouTube ...
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With Jake and Tav. It's been a tad damp over the past few days; I got a report of Chamber's 3 and 20 in Wookey Hole flooding, the wettest seen in 20 years and as I drove past Gough's Cave in Cheddar this morning that too, was spewing torrents of wat ...
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The team were called to a walker (f,41) suffering respiratory distress whilst climbing Pen-y-ghent. On arrival, team members found the casualty (with her walking partner) to be in a very distressed state, near the top of the crags at the south of the mountain. The walker and her partner were made safe, and moved to gentler ground near the ridge, and their dog was led down the crag to safety… ...
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An assemblage containing an assortment of animal and bird bones and including a single pot sherd was found during clearance works to enable an adventure caving route in Wookey Hole cave. The pdf below is a summary of the assemblage. ...
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On a gloriously sunny 5th November 15 provisional members gathered in the Long Common Room. It was the first visit to SWCC for some and for several more, today would see them complete their first ever caving trip. They were supported by a team of curre ...
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On a gloriously sunny 5th November 15 provisional members gathered in the Long Common Room. It was the first visit to SWCC for some and for several more, today would see them complete their first ever caving trip. They were supported by a team of curre ...
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With Jake, Tav and Pete Bolt. I tried out a new plastic oversuit I had purchased online for £25. It was okay but the wearing of two long sleeved thermal T's was an error, I was very warm. Anyway, at the sharp end, while I drilled and 'capped' the obstructing rock in the floor of the dig, Tav fettled the skip run, Pete was clearing away and loading the skip to Jake, who was on the haul and shuttle. Interestingly I found that dolomitic conglomerate splits better using double black cartridges where a comparable sized boulder of limestone can be split with a single black cartridge. The split boulder of 'dol cong' required some chisel and bar work to extricate it from the sediment but the task was completed. I swapped places with Tav and he started to fill bags with sediment while I set about using more rock splitting technique to remove a couple of stubborn obstructions along the skip run. That done we cleared the stack of bags that Tav had accumulated. Tav carried on digging for a little longer and it was quite late, by our usual standards, when we decided to finish the session. There is a very neat stack of bags and rock in the entrance ready for clearing mid-week. The helmet mounted video camera (SJ4000) that I had thought to try out was not a complete success - I guess I should have turned it on properly as I discovered in a quiet moment between hauling skips ...
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The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a a casualty (m,17) with a suspected lower leg fracture, about 1 mile from a road. YAS had no resources to attend, due to high call demand. The team responded and provided pain relief to the casualty before moving him to a local farm where assessment and splinting was undertaken. The casualty was then conveyed to hospital by a relative for… ...
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The team were called by North Yorkshire police to a walker (f,20) who had suffered a dislocated knee after slipping whilst climbing up the south face of Pen-y-ghent. In full winter conditions, the casualty was assessed, splinted and given pain relief before being carried by stretcher to a team vehicle, which then carried the casualty down to Stainforth village for transfer to a road ambulance, for transport to hospital. Volunteer… ...
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17th November 2016: with Jake. With hindsight, perhaps it shouldn't have come with too much of a surprise to find the dig under a considerable depth of water. We didn't really think there had been that much rain lately, but we knew that this area ...
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From the Caver Keith Film Studios comes this heart-warming tale from the underworld of triumph over adversity, where friendships are made and broken, adventures abound and cake rules supreme.This is part one of a five part mini-series which ends when M ...
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