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Cave and Mine Exploring => General Chatter => Topic started by: Doug Thompson on Feb 13, 2015, 10:49 PM

Title: anyone know what has happened at Bull pot
Post by: Doug Thompson on Feb 13, 2015, 10:49 PM
rock fall apparently but not much information
Title: anyone know what has happened at Bull pot
Post by: Dylan Roberts on Feb 14, 2015, 05:01 AM
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/man-killed-in-caving-accident-at-bull-pot-ingleton-1-7106098
Title: anyone know what has happened at Bull pot
Post by: Lee Johnson on Feb 14, 2015, 02:20 PM
Saw this this morning, told Mike as he was here. Very tragic.
Title: anyone know what has happened at Bull pot
Post by: Tim Watts on Feb 15, 2015, 02:41 AM
sorry, was in the process of posting this on here the afternoon it happened when i got distracted by the kids....

http://cro.org.uk/incident-082015-feb-12-thu-18-35-bull-pot-kingsdale-north-yorkshire-cave-rescue/

Word has it that the boulders had never been seen as unstable/unsafe - just goes to show i guess.

very very sad day.
Title: anyone know what has happened at Bull pot
Post by: mike leahy on Feb 16, 2015, 06:39 PM
check out uk caving a lot a peeps reccon it was due to an earth trema in the area