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High gill lower cave

Alex Ritchie · June 2, 2024, 6 a.m. 4 people · 3 hours and 50 minutes
Cavers Byron, John (JP), Rob C
Date/time entered Sun 2 Jun 24 — 06:00 2024-06-02 06:00
Date/time exited Sun 2 Jun 24 — 09:50 2024-06-02 09:50
Trip type Exploration
Region North Yorkshire
Country England
Clubs OUT ON ROCK
Rope descent 8m
Rope ascent 8m
Aid climbing 8m
Notes

The 4 of us carried large rucksacks full of caving and climbing gear, trying our best to keep it dry in the wet entrance crawl. We noticed a lot of the water actually does not come from the waterfall but infact comes from a unexplored passage on the left (may sump after 5m). John Climbed the pitch, first with trad but found it too dodgy so we grabbed the drill and John climbed using a combination of trad and bolting, placing 3 before we got up there. We explored all the way to the boulder choke which was mainly crawling not walking like the guide said. There's is a possible way on through the boulders, but it was vert loose and moving. We found no significant inlets to explore up here. We rerigged for SRT placing a bolt at head height and left the rope in there in-case anyone else wants to take a look.