Bernies bottom

Alex Ritchie · Jan. 24, 2026, 6:20 a.m. 6 people · 4 hours and 13 minutes

Cavers Mike Bottomley, Dave Ottewell, Emma, Andrew Richards, Pete Hall

Date/time entered Sat 24 Jan 26 — 06:20 2026-01-24 06:20

Date/time exited Sat 24 Jan 26 — 10:33 2026-01-24 10:33

Trip type Digging

Region North Yorkshire

Country United Kingdom

Clubs NONE

Rope descent 5m

Rope ascent 5m

Notes

This is my first cave on Scalesmoor, and it has a pitch though an easy ladder. Only takes 10 minutes to reach the start of the dragging and another 5 minutes of crawling to the final crawl at the front. (I did not go right to the front) In the end I Pulled 34 trays 20m (680m) . Then filled up more for Emma to pull for 22 trips, making a total of 56 trays dragged. No idea how the front is getting on. Pete and everyone except me and Emma were still keen on digging and are likely still down there as I write this.