'North Wales Weekend' 2nd/3rd/4th August 2008· Page 4

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Vanoord
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17 years ago

#61

Ahaha! :)

The aim was to descend the chamber beyond... a trip report will no doubt surface someday ;)

All I will say is that if you were ambling around Ch.17 on DE, someone's been listening to your prayers - there have been some very recent roof falls and we watched a slab detaching itself over the course of the afternoon.

Presumably you used the rusty spike with a rubber sleeve as an anchor to abseil from? If so, you're madder that I thought... 😮

Hello again darkness, my old friend...

Speedycaver
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17 years ago

#62

I have uploaded the Cwmorthin & Oakeley mine layout (2 diagrams). You'll find them under Cwmorthin Mine.

I have only made it available for registered members as it shows areas non experienced mine explorers do not want to be going. :ohmygod:

Please only use it for reference, do not rely on it being accurate or up-to-date.

It does not show the Cwmorthin Round Trip...!!!

Speedy.

LAP
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17 years ago

#63

"Vanoord" wrote:
Ahaha! :)

The aim was to descend the chamber beyond... a trip report will no doubt surface someday ;)

All I will say is that if you were ambling around Ch.17 on DE, someone's been listening to your prayers - there have been some very recent roof falls and we watched a slab detaching itself over the course of the afternoon.

Presumably you used the rusty spike with a rubber sleeve as an anchor to abseil from? If so, you're madder that I thought... 😮

Watched a slab detaching itself.. bl**dy hell, what sort of size was it?

Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

Vanoord
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17 years ago

#64

"LAP" wrote:
Watched a slab detaching itself.. bl**dy hell, what sort of size was it?

Not massive - perhaps a couple of feet square?

It was still there when we left, but the gap between it and the roof probably opened up by an inch or two whilst we were there!

There was a patch of very clean roof around it, which suggests that there had been a big fall quite recently.

Hello again darkness, my old friend...