Last accessed 1 Sep 2019. Many protested but four long days after the 10 had squeezed into the cave 300 rescuers exhaustedly went home, six comrades left unburied under Conistone Moor.

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There was Malcolm (Tiger) Culshaw from Southport, Pete Matley from Salford, Frank Shuttleworth (Bazz of Bolton) and Philip Wallace from Bolton and myself from Barrow. I have always been claustrophobic. The most insightful comments on all subjects As a result, the CRO decided to establish local cave rescue teams sourced from the areas where the major caving clubs were based i.e. hours which would be required to complete a full survey of this complex, and in many parts Driven by his fear of fear, he tackled chronic aquaphobia by founding the British Subaqua Club. A river-like stream, Mossdale Beck, disappears at its foot into the cave.

Neither were cavers but they fancied an easy underground trip. The party explored as far as The explorers found a magnificent stretch of river cave leading to three more intricate ways forward which joined at Rough Chamber where the main stream passage seemed to end. knowledge of the cave were few, and the Leeds parties found it necessary to 'explore' the At a later date the New Entrance was opened into the cave at the Just beyond he found three more. Few, he admits, came twice.Leakey's solo exploration of Mossdale Caverns was a feat of unimaginable courage and endurance – some still say madness – comparable in caving terms to reaching the South Pole.

It is every caver's nightmare – lying flat-out in water, not a joke that cavers like. They instinctively crawl faster, yet each of them knows there is nowhere to go. She will today not discuss it. Cunningham admits if he were 20 that he would be among them.

The cave will be their tomb.On 24 June 1967, in the world's worst caving tragedy, six tough young men perished by drowning in the tortuous extremities of Yorkshire's Mossdale Caverns. It was shaky, unstable – later reinforced by 10,000 sandbags – but created in one morning it was virtually a miracle: a race against time that many dedicated diggers believed already was lost. The cleft was heartbreakingly narrow – looked impossible to climb – yet Ogden somehow had fought there to the last inch of air.They emerged into a bleak and overcast dawn. Tbd. There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts The survey had shown over five and a half miles of passages, enough to place the system in the top ranks of British caves, and yet it was clear that this was but a beginning. Mossdale feels malevolent but its greatest threat is fear. Five lads were exploring around Castleton in Derbyshire. We bumped into each other once or twice and formed a lasting friendship. There is no where to hide from this crushing environment, no calling time-out. The writer is one of those who, through long Even its gauntlet epithet – the most strenuous cave known – attracted few contenders. Then another bunch of aspirants knocked on Leakey's door.University caving clubs were generally ridiculed by caving's élite as cave-rescue fodder. On 31st May 1941 Leakey was searching for his pipe (naturally), which had dropped out of his mouth into a collection of boulders beneath Mossdale Scar and found his way into a stream passage. They decided to move as high in the chamber as possible to keep clear of the rising water.

It was summer 1955.

Above all what was the course of the main stream beyond the sump in Syphon Passage to the rising at Black Keld? Please Brave, robustly fit, they knew they were good and, as trips became more frequent, felt increasingly invulnerable.

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