Tag: giants-hole
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A fantastic Caving Crew trip doing Giants
2 June 2021
A fantastic Caving Crew trip doing the Gavel/Short drop exchange trip a few weeks ago. Some highlights from the Short drop team: Surprise Tony Seddon±Prettier than expected exit'Getting Charlotte's wellies wetªAwesome first deviations at SRT from Mat and Charlotteª¨Mineral time with Mat'Great timing by AlexUnusual deviation derigging for me A great little trip! Originally posted […]
It was raining as we headed to Giants last autumn
28 February 2021
It was raining as we headed to Giants last autumn. Maybe that's why it was just me and Hazel. Everyone else knew better. We kitted up in howling wind, and donned SRT kits for what I'd promised would be a "wet" trip.As we wandered down the entrance, I noticed there was less water than expected, […]
Last Autumn Anna Alan and I did Giants Round
23 February 2021
Last Autumn, Anna, Alan and me did a Giants Round Trip with a visit to East Canal via Geology Pot. Some of my highlights:·Jamming in St Valentine's Sump®Anna in the traverse of doom when I told her that me and Kim had free traversed it "did you shit your pants?"'µDescending Geology Pot¸Seeing the toad and […]
How would you describe Giants Hole round trip
17 February 2021
"How would you describe Giant's Hole Round trip to similarly skilled cavers?", I asked Jon, Siobhan, Alison & Jas after our trip last September. There's only so much I can say:'¡Chocolate biscuits get soggy when you add water'¡Giants is a "P8.5" on the P wetness scale, '¡I'm told Siobhan actually said "Tim, I hate you" […]
The day we escaped to a Scottish bothy
9 May 2020
It's hard to believe that just 3 months ago, we decided the weather looked so unpleasant, I suggested we spend a day in a Bothy. Carrying a wood from Glen More, we arrived at the Bothy and piled wood on the fire, creating a haven of warmth from the swirling snowstorm outside. Things started to […]
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