*begin skirwith-upper-entrance-1 *export 1 j2ndcairn 19 5 45 *title "Skirwith Cave upper (main) section from entrance by concrete arch past waterfall to start of canal section" *date 2021.04.12 *team Tippex Kristian Brook *team Instruments Becka Lawson *team Notes Becka Lawson *instrument Becka Distox2 ;*calibrate tape 0 ; +ve if tape was too short, -ve if too long ;from to tape compass clino remarks 1 2 6.59 130 -35 2 3 6.39 131 -01 3 4 8.85 136 -04 4 5 1.95 096 +09.5 5 6 6.60 146 +02 6 7 13.11 131 0 7 8 8.95 138 -01 8 9 5.19 133 +01 9 10 5.85 145 -02 10 11 11.84 128 +11 11 12 7.47 147 -05 12 13 2.34 121 +21 13 14 3.57 122 +46 14 15 6.17 124 +05 15 16 4.17 138 +03 16 17 5.49 144 -44 17 18 9.42 116 +08 18 19 2.97 082 +38 19 20 11.59 121 -04 20 21 6.99 122 -03.5 21 22 8.78 106 -01 22 23 11.18 102 -02 23 24 10.09 096 0 24 25 7.49 129 +08 24 j2ndcairn 1.11 158 -05 25 26 5.22 349 +40 26 27 0.26 294 +62 26 28 6.59 004 +06 28 29 9.61 059 -04.5 29 30 6.34 122 +06 30 31 6.84 086 -01 31 32 3.47 072 +03 32 33 1.22 078 +23 33 34 2.21 135 -03 26 35 5.37 102 +06 35 36 6.64 076 -02 36 37 6.57 058 0 37 38 5.58 114.5 +03 38 39 3.46 054 -01 39 40 15.89 109 0 40 41 4.41 100 +11 41 42 3.48 071 +10 42 43 3.95 117 -14 43 44 8.52 133 -02 44 45 1.01 092 -73 *data passage station left right up down ignoreall 1 - - - - tip of mostly submerged rock on entrance at grass level above breeze block, not strictly at entrance, maybe 1.5m before concrete arch 2 0.1 1 1.5 0.1 cairn near LW just past gate 3 1 0.3 1.7 0.5 RW 4 2 0.5 2 0.5 RW 5 0.2 1.5 2 0.5 LW 6 0.7 0 1.5 0.7 RW 7 0 0.6 3.5 1.3 LW 8 0.6 0 2.5 1 RW 9 0.1 1 3 1.2 rock tip L side 10 0.8 0.1 2.5 0.8 RW 11 0.2 0.3 3.5 2 ceiling by concrete 12 0.9 0 0.5 0.5 RW 13 1.2 1 1.3 0.8 rock by concrete stairs 14 0.7 1 0.3 1.5 ceiling before collapse 15 0.2 2 1.7 0.5 far side of boulder collapse 16 0.8 0.4 0.3 1.6 ceiling by path 17 0.6 0.6 1.9 0.3 R corner of lowest concrete step 18 1.5 1 1.6 0 concrete step 19 1.5 2 1.5 2 cairn on L of top concrete stair 20 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.8 ceiling at end of concrete path 21 2.2 0.1 0.5 1.2 RW 22 2 1 2 1 LW block 23 0 1 0.2 1.2 LW in canal 24 0 1.4 1.5 0.5 LW end of canal; forgot to do splays here 25 - - - - wall on R of waterfall as face waterfall j2ndcairn 1.2 0.5 2.5 0.4 julians 2nd cairn from his rough survey on same day ; last splay from j2ndcairn station was 0.38 5 190.7 -26.1 *data passage station left right up down ignoreall 26 0 1.2 0.5 1.4 up rubbed off partly in notes; LW above waterfall 27 - - - - fixed bolt above waterfall close to station 26 28 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 LW dry branch 29 0 1 1 0.1 LW corner 30 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.3 RW boulder 31 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 RW 32 0.5 1 0.4 0.1 floor 33 0 1.5 0 0.4 L after squeeze 34 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 end of squeeze *data passage station left right up down ignoreall 35 1 0.3 0.2 1.3 RW along wet R branch after waterfall 36 2.2 2 0.3 0.3 floor 37 0 1.2 0.4 0.2 LW 38 2.5 0.2 0.4 0.4 RW 39 1 2 0.5 0.4 L boulder 40 2 2 0.8 0.4 middle passage 41 2 1 1 0 middle boulders 42 1 1.5 0.4 1 L of white boulder 43 1 2 0 1 L ceiling at start of big pool at far end of massive boulder 44 2 2 1.2 0.5 RW 45 - - - - 5 cm rock wedged in ceiling with dot of liquid paper at end of pool by boulders; after this station is one more pool, approx 8m long, then rocks, then the elbow deep canal starts with no rocks for ages ; approx 70 more legs to end (dive line for sump) comprising wet crawling in a canal then stooping then an attractive, long walking section then back to stooping and crawling until roof lowers for ear in the water duck into chamber with dive line *end skirwith-upper-entrance-1