Another enjoyable trip in this nice cave including a through trip
to a second cave as a bonus.
I rigged the drop into the water below the entrance to Calf Holes
and waited in the daylit section below for the others to arrive.
We stripped off SRT kit and set off through the cave. It was very
similar to the Fisher Street end of Doolin River Cave with wide
passage and flowing water with the roof low enough to require a
crouched position.
Soon we were at the low crawl leading to The Contortion which is
the link with Browgill Cave. After passing this easily as you just
slip down legs first and then follow through a very short low
section, we were back in easy passage until arriving near the top of
the waterfall, where we followed a flat-out crawl and short
hands-and-knees crawl leading past the waterfall to the short easy
clamber down to the stream beyond.
All that was left was a short walk back to daylight at the large
entrance to Browgill Cave. Here, Karen elected to follow the short
walk back along the surface to Calf Holes, while we three decided to
retrace our steps back along the underground route which was fun the
first time and would be more fun the second time!
Getting back up through The Contortion was a bit of a pain as
those with long legs (such as me!) cannot get their knee underneath
in order to push up through the restriction to return to Calf Holes. It just means a little bit if a struggle as
there isn't enough room to move your arms and shoulders around where
you would want to.
I was soon through and waited for the others as Boyd was also
finding his legs a bit too long as well, and his light went out to add to the fun! A
quick tap on the side and he soon got it on again.
We made our way back through Calf Holes and then joined Karen, who
was waiting by the entrance.We got our SRT kit back on and prusiked back to the surface to join her.
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