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Rumbling Hole via Short drop cave and Lancaster police station

Alex Ritchie · Nov. 7, 2009, 6 a.m. 5 people · 3 hours and 30 minutes
Cavers Mike Skyrme, Chris Scaife, Pete D, Dan Jackson
Date/time entered Sat 7 Nov 09 — 06:00 2009-11-07 06:00
Date/time exited Sat 7 Nov 09 — 09:30 2009-11-07 09:30
Trip type Sport
Country United Kingdom
Clubs BRCC
Rope descent 35m
Rope ascent 35m
Notes

Another trip another CRO involvement, though this time it was not me who was in need!

Dan got to the bottom of the second pitch in Rumbling hole and declared it too wet. Knowing it was wet I was wearing a diving hood. Coming out I could hear Pete shout something about where they were going but I had no idea what he was saying. Apparently he left a bit of rope to point the way.

Anyway me and Dan enjoyed a few hours down short drop, wondering where the feck everyone else was. Apparently they went down Peterson pot, where only Chris fit. No one else came through so he just sat a waited and waited... (he did not have his SRT kit and did not want to meet anyone coming the other way).

Well anyway we eventually saw Daz who told us we need to get CRO so we did. By this point I was freezing and my undersuit completely soaked and I did not feel I had the energy to go after Chris myself, so sat around for CRO to turn up. Then was sent to Lancaster police station with Mike I think? to give a statement for some stupid reason, before returning back in the dead of night to find out Chris had now completed the through trip and came it in Mystral.