Yearly Archives: 2022

Kristian Brook, Rob Eavis, & Joe Buck Everything was new. The oversuit, new. The harness, new. The light, new. I was ready to reborn as a Derbyshire caver. Setting off from Glossop I was the first at the Eyam car park as I could drive in my oversuit as it...

In London for work, and coming off from nights. I knew if I headed up north I’d just spend the weekend sleeping and then head back down into to smog of the capital unrested and uncaved. Plus the sheer amount of wasted diesel was another detractor to the idea...

Cave:GG, bar to main, again! Alternate, Headingley to Chapel to Bramley Trip attendees: Adam Baldock, K Brook, Lea Giguere-Richards, Anne Applet, Charlie Crossley, Sam Lastname It's still leg day. But I need something to do with my legs! The call has been going out for days that we needed another driver for today's...

Team: K Brook, and K Brook It was leg day. It's always leg day. Weather was shite but I'd set my objective. I will touch Gimmer. The original idea was to climb Gimmer Chimney if weather was permitting, but weather was not permitting, and I could not find a partner, so a...

Trip members: K Brook, Mirim, Joan, Sam, Joe, Alexander (Rory), Josie (make it to the end of the year and I'll remember your last names) Nearly a trip member: Michael Bringham It was leg day. It's always leg day. Raised up bright and early at 6AM to get my shit together and set off....

The Hydrophobic Butcher It was leg day. It's always leg day. We had such good plans. Go to Mossdale, Finish off the Great Aven bolt climb, go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over. But Mike had to go clubbing the night...

Random little post-convention trip. Grammer will be lacking Finding the Faff in Lost Canyon Date: 21/6/2022 Trip attendees: James Hoffman (The Main Instigator), Taylor Clarke (The Master Rigger), Jay Slewfoot (Mr Tie Dye), Ian Flom (The Token Diver), Lydian Warren (The Recruit) It was leg day, it’s always leg day. I had one...

Went to the states. Here's the rant. Grammer will be lacking. K Brook's NSS trip to the NSS convention 2022 in Rapid City, South Dakota; Nice to meet you. Dates: 11-18/6/2022 It was leg week, because it's always leg day. So my mother (Carolina Shrewsbury, nee Brook) and step father (Willian Shrewsbury)...

30.04.2022 - Mike, Rob, Dinny I wanted to recce the cave after agreeing to re-survey it with Becka (I'd never been). Very dry conditions across the Dales. Arrived at the Fell in glorious sunshine and the key was hidden behind some moss and nettles in the wall. Entrance pitch rigged, down...

The aim: to retrieve the equipment inquired about above, which was installed in the days when digging in the Hunt Pot Inlet seemed like a fun and realistic thing to do (2017). It turns out getting a job in another country reduces the likelihood of these endeavours being a...

After a morning of pranging about the quesilldas breakfast, I happily agreed to a Gingling trip with Rob as it was a cave I hadn't done before and sounded like my kind of fun (no ducks, sumps or wet suit required - and some nice narrow pitch heads rather...

I wrote a rant. You could too. Nettle Pot is draughty Date:29.1.22 Trips members: K Brook, G Tawy, D Botcherby The winds were high as we met at the Oxlow car park. Just bought my simple and this was a god send for the upcoming trip as I had only ever caved on...