Penyghent Pot

Fantastic and efficient trip down Penyghent!

Staying at the YSS hut on Friday night (thanks to Rich and Nikki for catering), we made a hungover early start and were up at Brackenbottom by 9am, and at the entrance by 9:45am!!! I have never even seen a cave entrance this early in the morning! Myself, Gary, Nick and Laura formed the rigging team, while Rich, Nikki and Chuck sunbathed in the lovely spring sunshine for an hour or so to avoid catching us up too soon. We made very quick progress through the first several pitches, helped by the low water level. The derigging team caught us up on the approach to the eighth pitch, and we made the remainder of the journey down to the sump together. A mega efficient trip out saw my team arrive at the surface just before 5pm, with the derigging team only an hour behind (after getting stuck behind another group).

My team then headed off straight up to Middlesborough for Andys 30th birthday party, arriving there at the not unreasonable time of 9pm with several hours of excellent socialising and drinking time ahead.