Hi guys,
my best 2 verticals in the peak district, UK are:
James Halls Over Engine Mine (JH)
165 foot pitch, sling & Krab
144 foot pitch 10 Karbs, 2 deviations
150 foot pitch 3 krabs, 1 deviation if wet
120 foot pitch 7 krabs, 1 deviation
105 foot pitch 4 Krabs
105 pitch 3 krabs
Last Pitch can be done as 330 foot pitch
Next vertaical beauty is
Maskill Mine:
195 pitch 9 Krabs, 2 deviations
165 pitch 9 krabs, 1 deviation
114 ptch 3 krabs 1 deviation
141 pitch 8 krabs
120 pitch 2 krabs , 1 deviation if water is too much
54 pitch 3 krabs
120 pitch 6 krabs
15 pitch
Last is Nettle:
Dropping to a total of 549 feet in 3 pitches.
All the above pitches done on 9 ml rope. Makes it an interesting descent.
Now this baby is tight. Gravity takes you down but some serious slowly frogging with foot pant take you painfully to the top.
Some of the side passages off caused a mate to totally disrobe inorder to see what lay beyond in an area called the flats.
Thats a bit too tight for me. the pitches beyong where tempting though.
In the peak district these are large caves but in the Yorkshire Dales (N England) these sorts of holes are classed as the norm. The Yorkshire men of England sure know how to bolt a good route. You feel as if your life is in your hands on each and every occasion when trying to rig them....