Ogof Carno trip 19/10/2003
Selenite Rift
All pictures by Peter Wilton-Jones. Some pictures taken on way out of cave. Click the thumbnails for the full sized pictures.
Huw at the gated entrance to the adit
Some Herald moths just inside the entrance
Tarquin pointing out geological stress damage in a partially bricked section, about 500 metres in
Huw with The Piddler, the longest 'rusticle' in the adit, which always dribbles
Chris with more rusticles in the adit
Tarquin 1000 metres in, the entrance can be seen as a spec of light in the distance
Just over 1000 metres in, the limestone is reached and a few cave digs appear. From here on, the limestone is strong enough to support the roof, and it is mostly unbricked
Tarquin 1700 metres in, the entrance can still be seen in the distance
1760 metres in, the entrance to dripping aven is finally reached by Chris
Some 16 year old concrete derived stal under the concrete floor of the Dripping Aven
Chris in the continuation; Adrian's Crawl - blasted to make it large enough for cavers
Adrian's crawl ends at a hole in the floor
The hole opens onto a 10 metre ladder
Tarquin on the ladder, which lands in Carno's Last Stand, a reasonably large chamber
Tarquin in 'Desperate Duck'
Huw in 'Desperate Duck'
Chris being forced back into 'Desperate Duck' for a picture
After a series of crawls Chris and Tarquin stand in Dune Chamber
Beyond Dune Chmber is a wall with a choice of over or under - Chris and Tarquin again
Huw climbing the wall with Tarquin traversing. We then bypass the mud silo, where it is easy to fall in, and very difficult to get out
In the bypass, we get better acquainted
It's a male bonding thing - Chris, Huw and Tarquin
After a step over a deep rift, Chris sits at the head of Silo Pitch
Chris climbing Silo Pitch. At the bottom, the passage leads through the Brickyard and over the deep Pandora's Pot
Tarquin in an awkward rift between Pandora's Pot and Cough And Drop
Just before Cough And Drop, Tarquin and Huw stand in a section of large passage (for Carno)
Cough And Drop is followed by Full Moon Crawl; Tarquin in a squeeze in the first half of the crawl
Tarquin at the middle of Full Moon Crawl. On the return, we take the squeezes and climbs of Over The Moon to bypass from here to the Brickyard
Chris starting the second section of Full Moon Crawl
Huw in the second section of Full Moon Crawl
Tarquin in the second section of Full Moon Crawl
The 'Black Man's Nob' with a perfectly named 'Mars Big One' in Upstairs Passage
No teeth please - Tarquin getting far too friendly with the 'Black Man's Nob'
Upstairs and Downstaris end in Whale Chamber, the biggest chamber on the trip; Huw, Chris and Tarquin
Tarquin 'rope walking ;)' up The Blowhole
Huw, Tarquin and Chris in the passage beyond Whale Chamber, the biggest seen on the trip
The same people in the same passage - again
Chris in Selenite Passage. The selenite covers the wall making it look like wrinkled plastic
A close-up of the selenite in Selenite Passage (also starring Peter's hand!)
Huw at the gated entrance to the adit
Some Herald moths just inside the entrance
Tarquin pointing out geological stress damage in a partially bricked section, about 500 metres in
Huw with The Piddler, the longest 'rusticle' in the adit, which always dribbles
Chris with more rusticles in the adit
Tarquin 1000 metres in, the entrance can be seen as a spec of light in the distance
Just over 1000 metres in, the limestone is reached and a few cave digs appear. From here on, the limestone is strong enough to support the roof, and it is mostly unbricked
Tarquin 1700 metres in, the entrance can still be seen in the distance
1760 metres in, the entrance to dripping aven is finally reached by Chris
Some 16 year old concrete derived stal under the concrete floor of the Dripping Aven
Chris in the continuation; Adrian's Crawl - blasted to make it large enough for cavers
Adrian's crawl ends at a hole in the floor
The hole opens onto a 10 metre ladder
Tarquin on the ladder, which lands in Carno's Last Stand, a reasonably large chamber
Tarquin in 'Desperate Duck'
Huw in 'Desperate Duck'
Chris being forced back into 'Desperate Duck' for a picture
After a series of crawls Chris and Tarquin stand in Dune Chamber
Beyond Dune Chmber is a wall with a choice of over or under - Chris and Tarquin again
Huw climbing the wall with Tarquin traversing. We then bypass the mud silo, where it is easy to fall in, and very difficult to get out
In the bypass, we get better acquainted
It's a male bonding thing - Chris, Huw and Tarquin
After a step over a deep rift, Chris sits at the head of Silo Pitch
Chris climbing Silo Pitch. At the bottom, the passage leads through the Brickyard and over the deep Pandora's Pot
Tarquin in an awkward rift between Pandora's Pot and Cough And Drop
Just before Cough And Drop, Tarquin and Huw stand in a section of large passage (for Carno)
Cough And Drop is followed by Full Moon Crawl; Tarquin in a squeeze in the first half of the crawl
Tarquin at the middle of Full Moon Crawl. On the return, we take the squeezes and climbs of Over The Moon to bypass from here to the Brickyard
Chris starting the second section of Full Moon Crawl
Huw in the second section of Full Moon Crawl
Tarquin in the second section of Full Moon Crawl
The 'Black Man's Nob' with a perfectly named 'Mars Big One' in Upstairs Passage
No teeth please - Tarquin getting far too friendly with the 'Black Man's Nob'
Upstairs and Downstaris end in Whale Chamber, the biggest chamber on the trip; Huw, Chris and Tarquin
Tarquin 'rope walking ;)' up The Blowhole
Huw, Tarquin and Chris in the passage beyond Whale Chamber, the biggest seen on the trip
The same people in the same passage - again
Chris in Selenite Passage. The selenite covers the wall making it look like wrinkled plastic
A close-up of the selenite in Selenite Passage (also starring Peter's hand!)