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Improvements at the Belfry
The caravan has been stripped and is now brought down to the
chassis which is being given to Walt Foxwell.
An attempt is being made to clear the cowsh from the
Belfry track by the farm method of brushing muck off the hardcore surface. So far it seems to be working well. The old stove in the Belfry (only two years
old!) has been replaced with a fairly new plush enamel surfaced type it is
said to be much more economical with the choke about three hoppers full per
day instead of over double that number.
Regarding the new Belfry a meeting is being called with the
Somerset Playing Fields Association and representatives of the Club. More details later.
Walt Foxwell has fenced both his side and the clubs edge of
the new track with the required style and fencing posts. The club has supplied posts and barbed wire
for this purpose. As soon as the
modifications have been made within Walts yard his wall can be breached and
the cattle grid at the entrance to the Belfry car-park can be laid. When the new track comes into operation
members are asked to bear in mind that they are not able to use this track and
that they must park their vehicles in the Belfry car-park.
Arrangements are being finalised with the Wookey Paper mills
regarding the lease of their land that will make the shape of the Belfry site
square and the later we can extends the car park to the other side of the new
track.
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EARLY REMINDER SUBS ARE DUE ON JANUARY 31st. 1968!!
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GREEN SHIELD PINK SHIELD FAG COUPONS are still wanted.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP THE BELFRY TO HAVE A GOOD SET OF TOOLS
CROCKERY EATING IRONS ETC. THEN GIVE ALL YOUR COUPONS STOP TO PHIL TOWNSEND OR
GORDON TILLY now.
They cost you nothing!!
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Club Headquarters: – The Belfry,
Hon. Sec: – A.R. Thomas,
Uphill,
Hut Warden: – P.T. Townsend, 154,
3.
Editor: – D.J. Irwin,
Road
1QA
Report on the 1968 Annual General Meeting
By Alfie
Whether it was the effect of holding an A.G.M. for the first
time on licensed premises or just a fluke, the exact quorum needed for the
meeting to start was obtained at the exact time advertised, an the meeting thus
got away to a good start.
Sett was immediately elected chairman, in accordance with
the tradition of the last few years. Immediate business such as calling tellers and collecting ballot papers
and resolutions was soon over, and the first report presented by the Hon. Sec.
In a brief and factual report, he listed the work which he
has got through during the year, but he said he had been held up on one or two
points by not having the address of one of the clubs trustees. This was immediately produced for hum and
after some discussion on the trustees in general, it was decided not to ask for
any changes.
This report was followed by that from the Hon. Treas. He said that the effect of raising the
membership fee had not adversely affected the membership. The Hut Fund was doing well, but more members
should contribute. It was agreed that
Jock Orr should try and get some money for the fund during the dinner. (£10 was raised Ed.) Some £751 had been raised since the last
A.G.M. A query about the Ina Dear
Memorial Fund led to some discussion, and it was agreed that Bob Bagshaw could
reinvest this fund together with the interest to date, in whatever he thought
best. More publicity should be given to
the fund, as there had not been a single applicant yet.
The Caving Secretarys report followed. The year started badly due to the foot and
mouth epidemic, but activities had increased, in particular digging at St.
Cuthberts. The Guest Leader system had
produced two guest leaders. There was no
discussion on this report.
To the surprise of those present, the Tacklemaster produced
a written report. We now had 960ft. of
ladder and 1,418ft. of rope. In reply to
a question from the chair, he said that the recommendations of last years
A.G.M. had resulted in nylon being used throughout for rope.
Due to a sudden attack of appendicitis, the Hut Warden was
not able to be present or to give his report, and this was agreed to be left
out and supplied later for records.
The B.B. Editor then gave his report. Many changes had been made since the new
Editor took over, and more were contemplated. However, the policy was to keep the unique features of the B.B. as built
up by past editors. The Caving
Publications were now (once again) in the same hands as the B.B. This report was greeted with acclaim.
The Caving Publications report followed. The Editor, Bryan Ellis, announced his
retirement as part of his master plan to remove all his caving
responsibilities. He said that he was
still prepared to act as distributor for these and other publications. During the discussion on the report, Dave
Irwin said that
had edited the caving reports for ten years, and had built up a series of
serious reports of which the club could be proud. A vote of thanks to
The Librarians report came next. He said that more use has been made of the
library, but he was somewhat concerned about the number of books outstanding,
in some cases by as much as three years. A discussion followed, at which it was agreed to leave the disciplinary
action to the new committee. A
suggestion was made that the offenders names should be printed in the B.B.
so if you have a library book out, you have been warned!
After an interval for tea no actual tea to drink, as members
had been drinking beer pretty steadily since the meeting opened (another
advantage for the venue!) The Belfry
Engineer gave his report. He said that
owing to imminence (?) of the new Belfry, only a minimum of work had been done
on the present structure. During the
discussion, it was asked why Walt did not use the new track. The Hon. Sec. explained the position, and it
appeared that all was well and that Walt well be using it soon.
The final report was on the Long Term Plan by Alfie. As time was beginning to be short, he gave a
brief synopsis of the report, but said that after many delays in the
negotiations, it would appear that we would definitely get a grant and it would
definitely be 50%. However, it was still
a year away, and he expected that the actual cheque would arrive so that
building would occur in 1970. He had one
more meting to organise and then one with the representative of the National
Playing Fields Association at the Belfry site. After this, there would be nothing to do for a year and, knowing this,
he had not put his name forward for the 1969 committee since there was no more
to do. There would, however, be a lot to
do in 1970 and he would be available then if required. A vote of thanks was given to Alfie.
The first members resolution was that proposed by Sett
and Mike Palmer advocating a two tier committee structure and which was
circulated to all members before the meeting. This provoked a long discussion. The Chairman said that he intended to stimulate a discussion on this
point. He had seconded the resolution so
that the point could be debated. A
further issue was brought into the debate that of the method by which we
elect the committee members and whether we should elect people to individual
offices rather than to the committee generally. Many points if view, representing a wide selection, were made by various
speakers.
Eventually, both the resolution and a proposal to elect by
individual office were defeated (2 in 8 in favour respectively). The general opinion was summed up by Bob
Bagshaw who said that he felt that the present system was the most workable.
A resolution that the A.G.M. starting the morning in future,
proposed by Andy MacGregor and seconded by Mike Palmer was passed (20-3).
A resolution that the Cuthberts Guest leader System be made
permanent, proposed by Dave Irwin and seconded by Roy Bennett was passed
(24-1).
A resolution that the articles of association produced for
the Long Term Planning Committee be used to form the basis of a more formal
constitution, proposed by Alfie and seconded by Phil Townsend, was passed
(20-0) nem. Con. This will be submitted
by Alfie to the 1969 Committee.
The chairman declared the meeting closed at 5.45pm.
Ed. Note: – This report, will compiled by the same
person as the Official Minutes, differs from these by being condensed to some
extent and by being presented in a rather more chatty form.
Letter To The Editor
To the Editor, B.B.
Homeleigh
Bishop Sutton
Dear Sir
At the recent A.G.M., a number of questions arose on which
discussion had to be curtailed owing to lack of time. In particular, the idea of a second committee,
and the whole question of how we elect club officers saw a number of strong
views expressed without time for these to be fully developed by their
protagonists. Many members would, I
think, agree that there is not sufficient time at formal meetings for these
ideas to be given a good kicking around.
What happens, of course, is that anyone who has an idea of
this type does his best to sound out club opinion by suitable nattering at the
Wagon, the Hunters and the Belfry even, perhaps, down a cave. I understand that a suggestion has been made
that a certain day in the month is going to be advertised as one on which older
members could well forgather. Might it
not be a good idea to advertise a time and a place at which everyone who held
any views on club matters could turn up and give those views an airing? With any luck, this might not only clear the
air before the A.G.M.s and Committee Meetings and provide committee members
with a sounding board to get the feel of club opinion, but it could provide a
useful training ground for future committee members. Members who live in the district would get a
good idea of how any particular bloke would behave if he were elected to the
committee; what he proposed to do, and how well he was likely to do it.
The idea of an Upper House has been decisively rejected by
the club and the legislation might well have been complicated, but a Lower
House needs no legislation at all, and might provided the ordinary member of
the club (of which I am example) with a chance to keep abreast with current
thought and to contribute any ideas we might have. It would be interesting to see what your
readers think of the idea of such an informal get together from time to time.
S.J. Collins, 7-10-68.
Speech Communication Underground
By PREW
During the last decade several people have attempted to
communicate from the surface to underground by various methods. The most reliable of these, at present, is
probably the compact Stenophone using a single insulated wire and earth
return system. Communications up to 20
miles may be had with a pair of these units. However, underground they suffer from two disadvantages.
1) Difficult to maintain continuous communication
with the surface whilst moving due to having to wind or unwind the wire onto a
reel and repositioning the earth connection.
2) The wire itself is a nuisance and must be laid
with care away from routes where cavers may inadvertently cause damage to
it. This is difficult in many cases,
particularly on a rescue where speed is essential.
Despite these disadvantages and hand held telephone is easy
to use and reasonably robust. With the
above disadvantages in mind it was decided to attempt underground communication
by one of other two methods.
1) Radio Frequency Transmission or
2) Magnetic Induction system.
Unfortunately R.F. transmissions suffer from high losses
when passed though solid media such as rock or water. These losses occur at all frequencies except
low ones in the region of the Long Wave Band and lower. A small transmitter was built and used with a
conventional transistor portable but the range of the system was far too small. An increase in transmitter power would be
possible but then one would fall foul of the G.P.O. and it is very doubtful
whether a licence would be granted for rescue purposes. The reason being that Long Wave is usually
reserved for world wide submarine communications.
With the above problems in mind the second system was
attempted. The principle of Magnetic
Induction System is simple to understand. A magnetic field shows little or no loss when it passes through a medium
such as limestone. It can be shown that
if a point (e.g. the receiver) moves away from the centre of a coil of wire
that is generating a magnetic field then the field at the point decreases as
the inverse cube (i.e. if the distance is doubled the field will be reduced by
eight times). This means that if any great
distance is to be used a high magnetic field will be needed.
Assuming that a high magnetic field can be produced it now
has to be varied in amplitude and frequency on order to convey speech. This may be done by the use transistor
amplifiers (Ref.1). Thus the transmitter
consists of a powerful amplifier, a telephone battery and a coil of wire
capable of producing the magnetic field. The receiver will consist of a similar coil of wire followed by an
amplifier that can magnify the small signals that will be picked up by the
coil. This amplified signal will be
passed on to a pair of earphones.
It is interesting at this stage, to note that before the
advent of high power transistors this apparatus would have not been practical
in a portable form. Had it been
constructed using thermonic valves, the power supplies (in battery form) would
have been enormous. However, transistors
have come to the rescue and the whole transmitter/receiver (for 2 way
communication) and batteries can be contained in two small ammunition
boxes. The aerial coils alone remain the
problem. By necessary, for communication
over a reasonable distance, say 500ft., the aerial coils must occupy the
largest area practical and contain as many turns of wire as possible. If these two conditions are upheld then the
aerial will become somewhat bulky and difficult to move.
However there is some consolation in that the shape of the
aerial coil is relatively unimportant (not so if the device is to be used for
surveying or direction finding) and it may be unwound from a small drum onto
the floor of some convenient chamber. The problem of moving still exists!
Enough has been said about the advantages and disadvantages
of the Magnetic Induction System, practical results are what really count.
A simple transmitter and receiver were built using, not
speech, but a continuous tone. The aerial
coil was only 18 diameter and the transmitter was only capable of supplying a
few watts of power into the aerial coil. This apparatus was used to transmit the tone from Goatchurch Cavern to
the hill directly above. The equipment
was moderately successful and the tone was picked up though some 50 or so feet
of rock. It was obvious a more powerful
transmitter and a more sensitive receiver were needed. This modified apparatus was eventually built
and was capable of supplying nearly 100 watts of power into the aerial coil, it
also had an improved receiver. The first
snag was that 50 cycles mains hum caused by earth currents associated with the
electricity grid system being picked up by the sensitive receiver. This has now been overcome by filtering similar
to that used on the G.P.O. telephone system.
This new equipment was tried out in St. Cuthberts Swallet
from High Chamber to the surface. The
transmitter was taken underground and set up with an aerial coil 1 metre in
diameter. The receiver was placed on the
surface as near vertical above the transmitter as could be ascertained from the
survey. The receiver aerial was also 1
metre in diameter. Due to our unfailing
confidence in the system a single wire telephone was laid to High Chamber so
that communication could be obtained in the unlikely event of the Magnetic
Induction System not working! The first
results were disappointing as no signals were received. The transmitter coil was then unwound on the
floor of High Chamber to form a coil of about 4 metres in diameter. The receiver aerial coil remained at 1
metre. Immediately a signal was received
on the surface, firstly a tone was transmitted followed by speech. When used with a continuous tone it was
possible to locate the approximate position of High Chamber on the
surface. This was made possible by the
directional properties of the aerials. This experiment would appear to give approximately to same position as indicated
by the survey.
The conclusions of these experiments are simply these: –
Firstly, a large aerial coil at least 4 metres in diameter is needed if a
reasonable range of operation is to be had, this means that the equipment can
only be used in certain parts of a cave and difficulty would be experienced in
moving the apparatus quickly from one point to another. Secondly, more power is needed from the
transmitter involving bigger and heavier batteries and the difficulty in
obtaining larger transmitter. At present
the transmitter will last for about 45 minutes on a battery that cab be housed
in a .303 ammunition box.
Ref: – Proceedings of the British Speleological Association
Papers presented to the Annual Conference. No.1. August 1963 – A Device for
Surveying and Speech Communication Underground – H. Lord, B.Sc., Ph.D. p.25.
The Belfry
The role of Hut Warden is at best an unwelcome task. In the coming year it is hoped that the load
could be shared between the users of the Belfry. As Hut Warden I cannot be present as often as
is necessary. As far as possible, when
necessary, a deputy will be appointed for the weekend whose task will be merely
to collect the dues and look after the keys. Also he will ensure that the Belfry is left tidy. The Temporary Bed Sheet will be returned to
me during the following weekend together, of course, with the money. I ask for the co-operation of all members
using the Belfry to make this scheme work.
Phil
Townsend
Hut
Warden.
Monthly Notes No.19
By Wig
About mid-October an eight foot deep hole appeared in the
field opposite the garage near the Belfry. It was immediately fenced by the tenant farmer Walt Foxwell. Walt was
approached by Roger Dors, who incidentally has been been caving for a couple of
years now who asked him if he could dig there with helpers but was
refused. The reason being that the lead
in the sub-soil would cause harm to his cows who graze there.
Its interest lies in fact that St. Cuthberts lies about
100yds. to the S.W. and should a system lie in this area and possible connect
with the Cuthberts system then it could have proved to be worth while a
dig. Various holes have been reported to
exist under the garage but they have always been quickly filled in. Another site if interest is opposite the
entrance to the Belfry drive. Two
sinks exist about 10 and 30ft. respectively from the road. Permission was sought form the Farmer earlier
in the year by Wig, Prew and Bob Craig but were refused because the farmer
had seen three cavers hoping over the wall to inspect the site. The gated entrance to the field was only
50yds. away! Perhaps it might be the
time to remind members to use the gateway to any field.
HUNTERS HOLE Dears Ideal
This has been dug on several occasions in the past and is
now currently being dug by the Emborough team Keith Franklin and Phil
Coles. The latest report is that there
are two dangerously poised boulders at the entrance to the dig that have to be
cleared out of the way before digging can commence. Cavers inspecting the site should be warned
of this potential danger.
St. Cuthberts Swallet Report Part A Discovery and Exploration. 36 pp Price 6/-.
The second part of the planned 15 part report on the cave
was published on the 5th October at the Annual Dinner and within the first week
on sale was out of print such was the demand! A further printing is taking place and more copies should be ready for
sale by earlier December and those of you requiring a copy should contact Dave Irwin
or Gordon Tilly at the Belfry or through the post to Bryan Ellis. The reserve copy list of people is growing
and it seems that the second 100 copies will sell out pretty quickly so again
get your name on the list now. The
advantage of having your name on the reserve list is that you get all parts of
the report a week before publication date and you can be sure of getting a copy
before it goes out of print; this applies to both members and non-members.
The third part of the report Gour Hall Area will be
available in January. This will include
a detailed survey of the area (totalling 968ft. of surveyed passage)
description, Route Severity Diagram and photographs. The Rabbit warren and Rabbit Warren Extension
and Catgut will be ready for sale about Feb-march time price about 3/- each.
St. Cuthberts Dining Room Dig. A 30ft. extension was broken into during
mid-October.
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In the 18th century, Dr. Calcott of the
of Noah when he visited
wrote about the bones that had been found in the cave they confirmed that the
flood had completely covered the earth and that the water had poured away down
swallets and holes in the ground. He
added How else could we account for bones discovered in caves fathoms deep
beneath the earth?
The Times carried an article on Mendip Caverns on the
10-8-1882.
Overhear in the Waggon and Horses
Wow
I was just wondering if I knew her sister then I
realised it was probably her mother.
– Bxxby Bxshxw
Overheard at the Belfry
.
If the Hut Warden has difficulty in keeping the Belfry
clean why dont we have a paper Belfry and burn it each week
Pxxl Kxxgstxn
St. Cuthberts Practice Rescue
By Keith Franklin
As is now custom, a full scale mock rescue was held this
year in St. Cuthberts Swallet on September 15th. The main object of this years exercise was to
try and acquaint other clubs rescue teams with routes and difficulties
involved in a rescue from St. Cuthberts. To this end the B.E.C. team was augmented by Shepton Mallet C.C.,
members. The rescue may best be
summarised by abstracts from the log and various comments made at the time.
11.30hrs. Victim and party (1) into cave.
12.30hrs. Carry started from just below Plantation Junction
13.15hrs. Carry at point just upstream of
Dining Room. Telephone laid to top of
Everest.
13.45hrs Change over to party (2) at top of Boulder Chamber.
The time for the first section was 1½ hours. The carry was fairly simple with little
difficulty. Party (1) were very tired
and perhaps the changeover point could be re-sited at the bottom of Boulder
Chamber.
14.10hrs. Carry in Maud Hall.
14.30hrs. Carry at start of the Wire Rift.
14.40hrs. Near serious accident, when foot
square of false stal. flooring collapsed under weight of member of carrying
party causing him to fall 10ft. He was
unhurst.
15.10hrs. Difficulty in Wire Rift.
15.25hrs. Changeover to Party (3) at bottom of
Ledge Pitches.
The second section took 1hr. 35mins. The Wire Rift proved difficult in spite of
the lessons learned in the previous practice held there. There were no other problems found on
route. Again, perhaps, the changeover
should be made earlier, say in the middle of the Wire Rift to help solve some
of the problems there. There was also
insufficient care in the handling of the victim during this carry. (Ed. Note: – Yes, I agree. After passing the ladder at the bottom of the
Wire Rift poor positioning of the carrying team resulted in about 3 out of the
7 doing any effective work).
15.40hrs. Carry at top of Ledge Pitches.
16.10hrs. Carry at top of Arête.
16.20hrs. Changeover to Party (4)
The time taken for the third part of the rescue was
55mins. No difficulties were found in
the actual carry although some confusion existed in who was in command of this
party. It is essential that only one
person controls the rescue at any ONE time. The pulling up the Arête was unsatisfactory in that there was too much
jerking on the hauling rope.
16.35hrs. Pull started up Entrance Pitch
16.37hrs. Carry at top of Entrance Rift
16.50hrs. Victim out of cave.
With the final section taking 30mins. the total time of the
rescue was 4½ hrs. which was a distinct improvement on the last full scale
attempt. The
over the
for certain types of rescue and now some definite policy will be needed as to
which route shall be used. The exercise
was a complete success in its intention of introducing other clubs to the
rescue problems found in St. Cuthberts and indeed of giving rescue experience
in general. It is very interesting to
note that both Parties (1) and (2) were very tired at the end of their carry of
approx 1½hrs. Yet in Swildons carries of
up to 6 hours are common. Perhaps this
is why rescues are so long in Swildons. Maybe next year the B.E.C. should hold its full scale rescue in Swildons
using an exchange party system.
In all 32 people took part inn the rescue with only 10 from
the B.E.C.
Personnel involved in the practice Rescue were: –
P. Franklin Victim
S. Tuck Telephones
K. Franklin Surface Organisation R. Cross
Carrying Teams: –
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R. Craig |
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R. Bennett |
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D. Gillespie |
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D. Herbert |
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M. Mills |
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M. Webster |
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D. Harding |
Shepton Mallet C.C. |
P. Townsend |
B.E.C. |
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A. Butcher |
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A. Meaden |
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M. Pryor |
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D. Irwin |
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B. Ellis |
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D. Turner |
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A. Phillpott |
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W. Ball |
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D. Godden |
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K. Barber |
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D. Tombs |
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G. Bull |
W.S.G. |
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S. Potler |
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D. Kelly |
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R. Witcombe |
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R. Ausell |
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D. |
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P. Sievert |
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A. Tricky |
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O.C. Lloyd |
U.B.S.S. |
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M. Morley |
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K. Franklin.
The Simpson-Swinsto Non-Exchange
By John Riley
The 12th October was quite a wet Saturday following a rather
wet week. We were told that the
Simpson-Swinsto link would not be impossible under the conditions but rather
interesting. This remark did not help
us to overcome the festering instinct but the trip did not turn out to be so
desperate as thought: although is was quite sporting.
Phil Kinston, Colin Priddle and John Riley intended joining
Bill Ball and others of the Westminster S.G. in an exchange trip.
Eventually the tackle was sorted out and two parties decided
on. Bill Ball, 2 others of the W.S.G.
and the B.E.C. contingent set off to tackle Simpsons. The other party after a much later start (it
was learned late) tackled Swinsto.
The first 500ft. of Simpsons are not too strenuous crawl,
after which the streamway falls rapidly in a series of pitches, some quite wet
but not greater that 35 feet until the final pitch (Slit Pot) of 80 feet.
The entrance to Slit Pot involves squeezing through a very
tight slit and sliding down carefully on to the ladder which hangs in the water
for the full 80ft. The bottom of Slit
Pot is just before the final pitch in Swinsto.
On reaching the bottom of the pitch no sign could be seen of
the other party and the Swinsto streamway was followed to the next pitch where
45 minutes kip was had to the deafening roar of the waterfall. A trip back to Slit Pot; another 30 minutes
wait and still no sign of the other party. It was decided to visit the pitch again before returning through
Simpsons in order to make utterances up the pot but I doubt if anyone heard
above the roar of the water!
The return through the slit did not prove to be as difficult
as feared and we were soon sitting in the New Inn where
off the barmaid.
The other party had reached Slit Pot about an hour after we
had left after having a very late start and an extremely wet trip. However, in spite of not making the exchange
it was a very worthwhile trip.
Unfortunately little has been heard from the more active
climbers, especially the Hard men. Perhaps they are too busy pushing up their standards to bother come
on, lets have a write up of some desperate route.
Grochan, seems to have been as popular as ever this year. One just never seems to be able to exhaust
the supply of climbs. However, I think,
a change is needed perhaps a visit to the Lakes,
Climbing News
By Malcolm Holt
A particularly interesting climb proved to be Meshack
(HVS) at Tremadoc. Accompanied by Pete
Sutton and Bob Sell we manage to muster up enough courage to have an attempt
despite the very wet and saturated rock. The first pitch, a delicate slab, resembled a waterfall and so we
decided to borrow the first pitch from another climb. This proved reasonably straight forward except
for patches of mud. We were soon on the
first stance where we joined several others. Fortunately, there was ample room and we made ourselves fairly
comfortable whilst waiting for another party to finish off our climb. At length we saw the last man disappear from
view and Pete led off in brilliant form negotiating a series of difficult crux
moves, consisting of awkward mantelshelves, laybacks and a hand traverse made
even more difficult by cascading streams pouring over the rock. Protection for the leader proved fairly good,
there being several good jam nut runners and also a well placed peg which could
be used for aid but probably made the move more difficult (as I found out).
Clogy Moss was visited by Dave Stele and accomplice. An attempt was made at Narrow Crack. They were forced to retreat from the third
pitch due to wet rock, and after abseiling down were unable to retrieve their
rope. Upon returning the following day,
after quite a struggle, they finally managed to retrieve the rope. The rope, after being out through the night
in heavy wind and rain would make a better caving rope than climbing rope any
offers? (any comments Ed!).
Ever thought of doing the north face of the Eiger? Ian Clough, who accompanied Chris Bonnington
in the first successful British attempt, gave an entertaining lecture at
the same time as them with virtually no climbing experience managed to make it
to the summit. Whilst a fairly competent
English and German team fell to their deaths, which goes to show there is a
fair amount of luck involved. An
excellent book on the subject is The White Spider by Heirich Heller which
gives fairly detailed accounts of all ascents plus a route guide.
Address Changes
S. Grime, Flat 8,
Inverkiething,
A. Meaden,
Yeovil,
M. Webster,
Patchway,
R. Richards, 6 Spring Street, Paddington,
C. Hall, ?
J. Butler,
J. Bugler, ?
Phil Kingston Postal Code BS5 6HF.
Mr. & Mrs. D. Glover, Longwood,
Forest Lane
Hants.
J. Orr, Hen Carrog, Rhosgoch, Amlwch, Anglesey,
A. Coase, 4 Sutton Close, Oadby, Leicester.