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Tatham wife hole via Tatham wife hole

Alex Ritchie · Jan. 19, 2025, 8:10 a.m. 3 people · 4 hours and 50 minutes
Cavers Olly (BSCC), Jason Rodgers
Date/time entered Sun 19 Jan 25 — 08:10 2025-01-19 08:10
Date/time exited Sun 19 Jan 25 — 13:00 2025-01-19 13:00
Trip type Sport
Region North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Clubs Out On Rock, BSCC
Rope descent 45m
Rope ascent 45m
Notes

A joint trip with Out On Rock and BSCC. I rigged the way in as Olly wanted a trip where he was not thinking and leading. The duck was quite waterlogged, but once through I was able to dig out the floor and lower it by about 6 inches, so the other 2 did not get as wet as me. Further downstream, I then followed a passage on the left near North Branch inlet to a miserable duck. We went as far as the last pitch that don't really go anywhere. On the way out Jason got tired and spent some time under the waterfall on the 4th pitch, there's no deviation or anything to keep you out of the water here, unless you make use of spits! Anyway heading out Ally slipped coming off the second pitch badly jarring his knee and needed help getting off the pitch. Thankfully it did not swell too much, other was we would have to drag him out and even harder down the hill.