Sunday 21st April 2024

Mike Kushy, solo trip. Went and broke down some of the rocks from last night and worked on making the slab squeeze easier. Tried to squeeze down the hole nearest the solid wall feet first, I got stuck at my hips. Whilst there I had a look down the other hole in the floor, doesn't go. Prominent cold draught from the hole nearest the solid wall. Looked around the chamber and all looks risky stuff. Need to bang out the slabs and follow the solid wall. Moved some rock up cave, more still at the bottom of the 10ft climb but too difficult to shift alone. 3 1/2 hours. Mike.

Saturday 20th April 2024

AM - Mike Kushy solo. Carried on working on the big boulder, good chunks removed. Small enough rocks were posted through the hole in the wall into next door passage. With batteries spent I decided to have a go at getting past the boulder, and I succeeded. Awkward little twist to get into the boulder chamber beyond. Made some videos of the chamber and 2 interesting holes in the floor. If I had had someone with me I would have gone on in. Now I'm sure we're on the right road. Next step is to open up the awkward climb down more and blow the big boulder to pieces. Great draught coming from below. 3 hours. MK 

MK's YouTube video from today

Decent sized fossil in the new chamber. Photo MK.

Boulder after using up batteries. Photo MK.

The view of the best hole in the floor estimated 2-3m wide. Photo MK.

 

PM - Mike Kushy solo. The awkward 10ft climb is no longer awkward. 2 1/2 hours.

Big flake that came off. Photo MK.

Head of climb down. Photo MK.

Looking down the climb. Photo MK.