Comments | willmate: Cave in the community

willmate

Cave in the community

Jul 09, 2006 23:08

As part of my caving social outreach programme, I took nisaba, denalyia and magfish to the South Wales Caving Club, at Penwyllt, in the Brecon Beacons this weekend, to introduce them to the non-goth version of the world below ground. Initial prospects weren't too bright, what with Aideen's claustrophobia, and Peta's fear of looking daggy. Aideen and Christa arrived at ( Read more... )

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nisaba July 9 2006, 23:10:09 UTC

Salubrious Passage

That was the wet, dank, dripping, slimy one, wasn't it?

Sorry, that dosn't actually narrow it down much, does it...

willmate July 9 2006, 23:22:43 UTC

You can try pretending you hated every minute of it.

Of course, Jenny should have the photos to prove otherwise...

magfish July 10 2006, 08:03:06 UTC

breaking Aideen so that she climbed like a caver, rather than a climber was particularly satisfying

never, i tells ya, never! i may have looked like i was sprawled (giggling helplessly) over that rock on my stomach yesterday, but inside i was still climbing. and i'm off down the castle straight after work this evening to make sure my skills are still intact! ;-)

anyway, thanks for inviting me this weekend, i REALLY enjoyed it! oh, and i had a dream last night about climbing down through the corkscrew again - does that mean i'm officially a goner?

willmate July 10 2006, 11:20:10 UTC

anyway, thanks for inviting me this weekend, i REALLY enjoyed it! oh, and i had a dream last night about climbing down through the corkscrew again - does that mean i'm officially a goner?

Yeah, I think you should enjoy climbing like a climber while you can - soon you'll be using the brute force and ignorance method I employ.

I'll be sure to invite you along next time! (Are you around August bank holiday weekend?)

magfish July 10 2006, 11:55:03 UTC

if i'm not going to a friend's wedding on the saturday (still undecided on that one) and my VIP tickets for reading don't come through (90% likely to come through), then i'd definitely be free! already wondering if i could get from reading to caves during the day and drive back in time for bands in the evening...).

willmate July 10 2006, 13:30:15 UTC

already wondering if i could get from reading to caves during the day and drive back in time for bands in the evening...

Nutter! You have got the bug :)

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willmate July 10 2006, 13:29:13 UTC

Your post comments are very kind - thank you so much for the encouragement of our beginner caving skills!

You all had the right attitude - I don't expect you to be amazing at caving, but the fact that you all gave it a go, and didn't give up when it got a bit tricky, that was the important bit. For a first trip, you all did really well (according to magfish, someone suggested it was a tough 1st trip, and would often be a 3rd or 4th trip, so well done!)

Digging weekend will be the weekend of my 31st birthday, and I'm planning on being in Wales for that, now that I know nisaba doesn't hate the place!

If you need to know where to get better gear, let me know, I can probably point you in the right direction.