2014 | University of Leeds Speleological Association

Adventures in the New World

Katey Bender - December 18, 2014 0

Adventures in the New World Thursday, 18 December 2014 - Tuesday, 23 December 2014 Although Id had to return to a part of Canada with no caves, a year without caving was simply unacceptable. Id met Mike and Andrea Futrell, a pair of American cavers from Virginia, on Cambridge expo over...

How not to climb at Ilkley

Rob Watson - December 3, 2014 0

How not to climb at Ilkley Wednesday, 3 December 2014 Not really a caving adventure but a trip of such incompetence that its story must be told. Nadia and I caught the 12:32 train for Ilkley. It was an absolutely glorious day and the views were spanking. It was a proper early...

Rowten Pot

Rob Watson - November 29, 2014 0

Rowten Pot Saturday, 29 November 2014 The Friday saw a great event take place when Rowan Scott (CPC, sick mind) arrived with his van in time for some interesting tomato soup from the Waitrose Skip and some fried vegetables. We arrived at training to find few people present; Rowan completed the...

CHECC 2014

Rob Watson - November 21, 2014 0

CHECC 2014 Friday, 21 November 2014 - Sunday, 23 November 2014 After a week of deadlines and stress I was looking forward tremendously to an opportunity to get quite fucked and see some of my friends from around the country, and CHECC is the pinnacle of such social events. The drive...

Tatham Wife; An Early Start

Nat - November 15, 2014 0

Tatham Wife; An Early Start Saturday, 15 November 2014 An early start (HALF SEVEN!!!) saw us set off to the dales after packing ropes the night before; Matt and I were heading to rig, with one of us being distinctly more alert than the other, (everyone was boring and went to...

Giants Hole

Rob Watson - October 25, 2014 0

Giants Hole Saturday, 25 October 2014 We disembarked at a reasonable hour in the morning, though it was without one member of the party as Rochelle had failed to wake up. We arrived in Hathersage at about 11 and ate a decent breakfast in the Outside caf. After sufficient consumption, we...

Gouffre De La Baume Des Cretes

Noel Snape - October 18, 2014 0

Gouffre De La Baume Des Cretes Saturday, 18 October 2014 We had met up with our friend Joe for a weekend of caving in the Doubs region in France, a nice stop-off to break up the journey home from Southern Europe. We stayed in an excellent “Gite Speleo in Montrond-Le-Chateau. Baume Des...

Upper Flood

Rob Watson - October 12, 2014 0

Upper Flood Sunday, 12 October 2014 Saturday night of Mendip saw a number of exciting developments come about. One of these was that no one else wanted to go to Upper Flood, one of the prettiest caves in the UK, apart from Nat and I. After offering it to John and...

Mendips 2014 (alternate version)

Brendan Hall - October 10, 2014 0

Mendips 2014 (alternate version) Friday, 10 October 2014 After turning up a fashionable half an hour late to the chapel, we embarked on my favourite trip of the year: Mendips! Upon arriving in mendips was pleasantly surprised to see the Shepton hut had undergone a major refurbishment, it now had a brand...

GIAG 2014

Rob Watson - October 4, 2014 0

GIAG 2014 Saturday, 4 October 2014 4 hours sleep saw me feeling surprisingly fresh at 7:30on Saturday. Lots of running around and frantic battery charging ensured that the necessary faff occurred (shit weather predicted for the morning) and Brendan and I arrived at chapel last at half 9. Everyone was quite...

Laddermeet

John Holloway - September 28, 2014 0

Laddermeet Sunday, 28 September 2014 I had an early start to my birthday with my alarm going off at 7. The train journey was longer than usual as we were diverted via Cas Vegas, so we made it to the Chapel a bit after half past 9, where we met Chris...

Lower Long Churn Cave ‘“ Alum Pot

John Holloway - September 20, 2014 0

Lower Long Churn Cave ' Alum Pot Saturday, 20 September 2014 Maz had chosen this trip for her birthday. Luckily there was no rain forecast. We arrived at an empty Alum Pot Lane early in the morning and made our way past Alum Pot. Kev and Vicky went to Upper Long...

Roaring, Sunset and walkies

Rob Watson - September 20, 2014 0

Roaring, Sunset and walkies Saturday, 20 September 2014 - Sunday, 21 September 2014 After a successful International Freshers Fair, it was decided that we would not be leaving until Saturday rather than Friday as proposed. I awoke to much action, and decided to ignore it and eat my breakfast. Peachey and...

Gingling Hole

John Holloway - September 6, 2014 0

Gingling Hole Saturday, 6 September 2014 As the date of the permit drew nearer, the forecast was good so we decided to get a trip going. Shezi unfortunately injured herself while cycling. Her place was taken by the youngest Brook who was happy to be on the rigging team. We met at...

Hell Hole

Nat - September 5, 2014 0

Hell Hole Friday, 5 September 2014 The day before had seen me move into Beamsley Terrace; to celebrate this occasion alcohol (or liquid painkiller as it is now known) was consumed into the early hours of the morning. At 9 I managed to get Brendan up with Peachey being told that,...

Grotte Roche, a case of

Noel Snape - August 29, 2014 0

Grotte Roche, a case of Friday, 29 August 2014 Better get some cream for that. Despite sounding more like the name for an unfortunate itchy condition than a cave, this was a nice fun trip with Paul, who lives locally in the Vercors. It is situated in the Bourne Gorge, and was...

Gouffre Berger

Holly Bradley - August 24, 2014 0

Gouffre Berger Sunday, 24 August 2014 Yes! Yes! We got to the bottom of the Berger. We attended the joint RRCPC and CSCA (Combined Services Caving Association) trip to the Berger which turned out to be highly successful, with around 40 people bottoming the cave! Amazing considering how unlucky other clubs...

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