FishFright
More wheels than sense
Dave Webb has uploaded his wonderful film about the attempted rescue of Neil Moss in Peak Carvern
Attn: Ex cavers - The Neil Moss Tragedy film
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wiggydiggy
Legendary Member
I'll watch this later thanks, I've read the story before but the efforts to get him were nothing short of superhuman. The cave was flooding at the end so the rescue had to be abandoned for a time, when they returned he'd passed.
This story and the Nutty Putty death of John Jones absolutely convinces me never to go caving.
This story and the Nutty Putty death of John Jones absolutely convinces me never to go caving.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I'm a touch claustrophobic anyway and the Nutty Putty incident makes me sweat just reading about it.
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- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Ditto re claustrophobia.
I truly wish I had never read about the Nutty Putty incident. I thought about the horror of it for many weeks after. None to keen on thinking about it now, tbh.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
By coincidence I watched a video about this terrible incident a few weeks ago, after it popped up on my screen. What a horrible way to die! I've never at all fancied crawling through such narrow gaps, for what I don't know! Looking for gold or diamonds I could understand, but just to say you've gone in and got out successfully, no thanks!
I've only been 'proper', as opposed to a kiddies day out, caving once.
It can be quite scary at times; especially when crawling through a gap about 18" high. Though that gap has not moved or narrowed in thousands of years, you just know it's going to drop and squish you!
I'll watch the video later. Coincidentally, I'm thinking of visiting Peak Cavern next weekend.
It can be quite scary at times; especially when crawling through a gap about 18" high. Though that gap has not moved or narrowed in thousands of years, you just know it's going to drop and squish you!
I'll watch the video later. Coincidentally, I'm thinking of visiting Peak Cavern next weekend.
oxoman
Well-Known Member
I used to cave quite a bit in the 80s and remember going down Alum pot near Ingleton and there was one section blocked off with bars. This was due to a cave diver going down and getting caught up in a flash flood due to an unexpected storm. He's still down there. I've been down peak cavern as well in the past, what you see as a tourist is just scratching the surface. Loads beyond, all prone to flooding very quickly. As a caver you always looked down at uk cave divers as absolute nutters.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Aye, it must have been a horrible way to go, not to mention awful for those that tried to save him and his family.
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FishFright
More wheels than sense
I caved in the 90's and one of mates went on to be a serious cave diver. Yes he is a bit of nutter.
My only dig started as very minor but lead to the opening of the top entrance of Darfar Pot in the Manifold Valley. It was a nicel little adventure and it is a nice thrill to be in a passage never seeen by humans before less than 20 miles from my then home.
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
No, they are welcome to it, thanks all the same.
oxoman
Well-Known Member
I used to volunteer occasionally at peak cavern. Best memory was transporting a very long pipe through the Castleton at Christmas and nearly wiping the decorations out as we went through. Even more fun getting it down. From memory they got it upright somewhere down there and put measuring instruments on top of it. Much fun and real ale was had.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
We, as in family visited Cheddar Gorge caves on a day trip, while on holiday in Weston-Super-Mare in 1976.
https://www.cheddargorge.co.uk/ticket/gorge-and-caves-explorer-ticket I suppose that's the closest I've been to caving.
https://www.cheddargorge.co.uk/ticket/gorge-and-caves-explorer-ticket I suppose that's the closest I've been to caving.
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
My kids went to Hag Dyke, up Great Whernside, Kettlewell, north Yorks with The Scouts, one of the accomodation rooms is called The Priestman Room, in honour of David Priestman, who was killed by a massive rock fall at Dowber Ghyll Passage in 1959, caving no thanks, one activity my kids were not allowed to do
