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Bar pot via Bar pot and Stile pot

Alex Ritchie · Feb. 14, 2026, 7:10 a.m. 2 people · 6 hours and 40 minutes
Cavers Rob C
Date/time entered Sat 14 Feb 26 — 07:10 2026-02-14 07:10
Date/time exited Sat 14 Feb 26 — 13:50 2026-02-14 13:50
Trip type Sport
Country United Kingdom
Clubs Out On Rock
Rope descent 55m
Rope ascent 30m
Notes

Dropped in via Bar, Robs SRT setup caused him to have trouble as the rope would not slip through the crab as it was pressed against his body.

Anyway we carried on down the Whitehall pitch causing us no issues, decided to come back the other way after the squeeze though I think we both would have been fine. Dropped down the main pitch Rob a little nervous about the re-ascent. We then headed the the main chamber with super hand-held light, lighting the whole place up making it so we can take some amazing shots. We then did the same in Mud hall with me on the traverse to give the place scale awesome shot.

We headed out up Bar (Rob took a while due to scareing himself on previous ascent, caused by the rope slipping out of the jammer). We carried on out the trade route and de-rigged the top of whiteahall pitch. (It can do with a backup anchor for the climb down to it, which is akward to reverse). Rob did not want to do anymore ascending and I felt like and adventure so we went out Stile, well attempted to.

I attempted it first, and found I could not get very far, without Rob pushing my feet as there's nothing for your feet and you have to be quite fresh to drag yourself up the knotted line up a tight passage. Rob tried next but had no one to push him, we tried it with SRT, I tried pulling him up through my mini traxxon, but was not strong enough (Might had worked if I put my SRT kit on too and sat down on my jammer, or even a Z-rig) but we decided to forget this and go out Small Mammal, only there was no rope.

As I was on the otherside, I could continue out Stile, which I did and was a right struggle getting the bag up the 5m entrance climb. I then reach Stile, rigged the pitch (using a deviation rather than that stupid long y-hang) and then went and de-rigged bar while Rob was prussicing this. Rob had no issue going up the 20m pitch.