Thursday 12th September 2019 Trip - Ogof Cefn Y Gist Ca

[Vikki Sestan]

Hi All
 
Here’s the details for this weeks trip
 
Location :  Ogof Cefn Y Gist Cave

Meet Place : Meet at the layby on World's end (google link - https://www.google.com/maps/@53.0221367,-3.1452379,0a,90y,351.54h,81.39t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sST8qn_0AXlrZBkTV5KEHzg!2e0?utm_source=mstt_0)

Meet Date : Thursday 12th September 2019

Meet Time : 6.45pm

Requirements : Wellies, overalls, helmet, lamp â€" kneepads a good idea if you have them.
 
 
Notes: Tom has kindly offered to lead a trip around this cave. It’s not a massive cave but not one we’ve done before and interesting nonetheless. There’s no SRT but it can get muddy so change of clothes a good idea.

It would be really handy to know if you are coming (no worries if you aren’t or don’t know).
 
Thanks
 
Vikki

[Tony Salusbury]

Layby looks a little small

[Ian A]

It's a car park .... wait till you see the cave entrance lol  :woohoo:

[Tony Salusbury]

[quote="Ian" post=36549]It's a car park .... wait till you see the cave entrance lol  :woohoo:[/quote]

Bet you can still just walk in though

[Steven Tate]

I'll be out and will give a lift if anyone wants one.

[Ian A]

[quote="WelshSossy" post=36550][quote="Ian" post=36549]It's a car park .... wait till you see the cave entrance lol  :woohoo:[/quote]

Bet you can still just walk in though[/quote]


Bet how much?   :whistle:  :whistle:  :whistle:

[Dave Tyson]

Wirral Caving Group did a trip here (I did it twice) in 2011 see:

http://www.wirralcavinggroup.org.uk/trips/cefnygist.html

Binks passage is quite pretty and worth the effort, but the entrance series is low and wet so you WILL need a full change of clothes. As noted in my description don't leave anything valuable on the ledges of the main passage as they will fall off into inaccessible areas! The entrance series is a bit unstable so try not to press on the walls and ceiling!

The water that sinks here reappears in Ogof Llyn Du (Ragman passage) in Minera quarry, hence the interest in this cave as it must lead to an extensive set of passages. Unfortunately the limestone is weak and when NWCC tried to expand the passage downward with s lot of Dr Nobel's linctus it brought the roof down :-)
Binks passage slopes up towards the surface so a bit of digging would provide easier access (or a through trip) - my guess is that this hasn't been done to protect the formations.

This is a rarely visited cave!

Not sure if I will be out this week - up in Scotland at present...

Dave

[Tim Watts]

i'll be out if i can find my caving gear - its been a while! :-D

[mike leahy]

[quote="timwatts" post=36557]i'll be out if i can find my caving gear - its been a while! :-D[/quote]. Who's this

[mick murphy]

he won,t be out Mike if he is it will be late as he has probably left his caving gear on the rig and he we make some excuse he had to go back and get it, mick

[Doug Thompson]

Think I had better do some digging.

[mike leahy]

[quote="Doug" post=36563]Think I had better do some digging.[/quote]. Again

[Doug Thompson]

[quote="mike leahy" post=36566][quote="Doug" post=36563]Think I had better do some digging.[/quote]. Again[/quote]

Well this hole won't dig itself  and winter is coming.
We don't want to lose the whole dig when the weather comes in.

[Gregory Collins]

Working tonight and next Thursday.  Definitely up for a trip in two weeks time just before Hidden Earth.

[Les Williams]

So nobody has posted anything up about this trip.
Did it not happen or was it so bad that people are too traumatised to mention it ever again?
 :whistle: