Jingling Pot - The Vice (HD)

[Ian A]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU9y19c9jlw

[Doug Thompson]

Nice video's Ian :woohoo:

[Andrew Farrow]

speechless - great vid - but WTF was dan doing ??

[Danny Sutton]

If you watched the video, you would of clearly seen, what i was doing was trying to get out.

my fat arse would not allow this though.

the weight should soon fall off me though, after Ian told me yesterday that i would have to stop drinking rebull, i've not had any today, the lack of sugar should soon kick in and the weight will just drop off me.

[Ian A]

[quote="Mad-Dan" post=12769] after Ian told me yesterday that i would have to stop drinking rebull.[/quote]

I did too lol  

[John Nicholson]

I think it is fantastic how Tim stays calm and supporting all through Dan's agony.
I assume all the others slipped through the vice easily.

[Ian A]

Tim was laughing and the others made less of a meal of it - I made a few choice comments as I went up (first) to video the fun  

[Danny Sutton]

i wasnt in agony John, i was never stuck, it is just that progress was slow as i couldnt bend my legs, and what you cant hear in the video is tim and dylan laughing their arse off at me.

that is not the worst ascent i've had to do, it is also not the tightest, not by a long shot.

[mike leahy]

you do realise you came through the narrowest part of the vice and if you where facing the other way (like you did on the way down) you would of shot up that like a cave snake. fatty  

[Danny Sutton]

[quote="mike leahy" post=12783]you do realise you came through the narrowest part of the vice and if you where facing the other way (like you did on the way down) you would of shot up that like a cave snake. fatty  [/quote]

I know, but if i did it the easy way, how boring would this video be.

entertainment.

[mike leahy]

showbiz darling showbiz. i knew you where in the wrong game

[Dave Tyson]

I see Tony Oldham's posted a link to this video in the "Friday Joke" section of UK caving. Maybe Ian should ask him for a fee :-)

Dave

[Ian A]

Perhaps I should try to sell him a book about it ....

lol  

Ian

[Tim Watts]

[quote="JohnNicholson" post=12771]I think it is fantastic how Tim stays calm and supporting all through Dan's agony.
I assume all the others slipped through the vice easily.[/quote]


Haha John, I knew he wasn't in any real bother - just being his typical moaning self!  Even in the event he was struggling for real those around him remaining calm and keeping the mood light are more likely to help him relax up the climb than anything else.

Its really not as tight as he made it look and he was obviously never at any risk at all - other than ridicule, which he himself was encouraging

Note i went down the same pitch with a large rucksack on my back with a tripod and a pelicase in it on the way down and another large kit back hanging off with with two ropes in it without getting stuck so i 'knew' that however it felt it really wasn't tight! See approx 3min10sec into this video which is the same bit on the way down......

http://youtu.be/KZAINxK8Ocg

I didn't want to spoil the fun (coz i a mean evil bastard  :evil: ) but if he'd turned half sideways on he'd have had space for him to bend his legs and even have a rucksack on his back and also if he'd moved over about 12" the gap was much wider. Or if he'd been facing the other way the curve of the rock would have matched the shape of his body better.

Why tell him any of that when its better to shoot up quickly after him only gloat at his exclamation of "how'd you get up there so fast?". All part of the fun of the sport :-) Was a great day of banter - best for ages! Besides which it all gives dan something else to moan about and he loves moaning :-)  :lol:

If the drama had have been real then:

a) there was a way to climb past him and we could have just left him and gone to the pub - quite likely!

or,

b) rope from below could have been passed up and an assisted hoist rigged (or 101 other options) to get him out such that he could pay for the beers at said pub!

You'll learn all this when you complete your SRT training and get on some real trips ;-) - i notice Budgies posted some dates  :whistle:  :whistle:

[John Nicholson]

Thanks for the explanation Tim.
You have also already answered a questionm i meant to ask ... did you go down one hole and back up another? i.e. did Dan and all of you pass easily through the vice on the way down or did you go down somewhere else?

It seems this deep narrow pot is not protected to prevent ramblers and other sheep falling own into its nightmare grip.