Thurs trip 31/05/12

[John Nicholson]

On another matter...
I don't want to set off from Bangor when there does not seem to be any 'leader' for this trip.

It seems that Mike L may come, or may be late.  But I don't want to arrive at Cilcain Bridge to find a gang of nice people who have never done OHA before.

I suppose we can always do Poachers again.

[Ian A]

I am going Les .... Mick may not have been entirely accurate with his description :whistle:

[John Nicholson]

Thanks again for a wonderful and quite 'sporty' trip.  Despite all Ian's warnings about the mud, he did admit to me (twice) that OHA is a 'fantastic' cave.  We only did a fraction of it, and I was very aware that we all got covered in mud, but Ian's suit remained relatively clean.

As someone said on the trip OHA is very similar to Poachers, but every quality is much greater - the big chambers are bigger, but the squeezes are tighter, the boulders are bigger and coated with slippery clay, the ups and downs are much greater - so there is a lot of scrambling, and there are many more divergent route - so lots to explore.

I definitely want to go again, but to take it slowly, and probably a whole day trip rather than a Thursday evening rush.

[Ian A]

[quote="JohnNicholson" post=6715] Despite all Ian's warnings about the mud, he did admit to me (twice) that OHA is a 'fantastic' cave.  We only did a fraction of it, and I was very aware that we all got covered in mud, but Ian's suit remained relatively clean.[/quote]

True, true and true

[Tony Adams]

here's my vid of the trip (my very first). Its a bit short, had battery trouble (seems to be a re-occuring event for me, maybe i should learn from it, oh, well).

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JKMpYFYkNU&feature=youtu.be[/video]

[John Nicholson]

Excellent Tony!