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Cristian, a UKMC member and a CDG trainee, has undertaken a solo trip to the well decorated Otter's Cave in North Yorkshire.
With useful information provided by fellow CDG members G. Davies and C. Armstrong, the cave entrance was easy found in the south bank of the river Cover.
Not far from the cave entrance, a decomposing sheep was spotted.
Once inside the cave, a short passage lead to the start of sump 1. Sump 2 it's separated by sump 1 by an airbell.
A pleasant swim in 1-2 metres visibility and the diver surfaced in a big boulder chamber.
On the left side of the ceiling, geographical south, a big rock slab was seen to start detaching from the roof.
Cristian dropped here one of his cylinder together with the fins and continued upstream admiring the beautiful decorations.
Sump 3 was easily passed and sump 4 was just a duck with usable airspace. The remaining of the diving equipment was dropped and Cristian continued to the boulder choke at the end of the passage.
After a quick look at the choke, he returned around Gemini Chamber and had a look into the passage that has been dug towards Passage of Thor.
The boulders around were slightly moving, which seemed a bit too risky to undertake on this ocasion. A careful retreat was made back to the main passage, and back to the diving kit.
Few video clips were recorded on the route and soon the diver was back out of the cave, couple of minutes ahead of a good rain session.
Cristian would like to thank G. Davies and C. Armstrong for useful information and directions on this site.
Below a link to a little clip uploaded on youtube:
https://youtu.be/If5vW_-6YDE
With useful information provided by fellow CDG members G. Davies and C. Armstrong, the cave entrance was easy found in the south bank of the river Cover.
Not far from the cave entrance, a decomposing sheep was spotted.
Once inside the cave, a short passage lead to the start of sump 1. Sump 2 it's separated by sump 1 by an airbell.
A pleasant swim in 1-2 metres visibility and the diver surfaced in a big boulder chamber.
On the left side of the ceiling, geographical south, a big rock slab was seen to start detaching from the roof.
Cristian dropped here one of his cylinder together with the fins and continued upstream admiring the beautiful decorations.
Sump 3 was easily passed and sump 4 was just a duck with usable airspace. The remaining of the diving equipment was dropped and Cristian continued to the boulder choke at the end of the passage.
After a quick look at the choke, he returned around Gemini Chamber and had a look into the passage that has been dug towards Passage of Thor.
The boulders around were slightly moving, which seemed a bit too risky to undertake on this ocasion. A careful retreat was made back to the main passage, and back to the diving kit.
Few video clips were recorded on the route and soon the diver was back out of the cave, couple of minutes ahead of a good rain session.
Cristian would like to thank G. Davies and C. Armstrong for useful information and directions on this site.
Below a link to a little clip uploaded on youtube:
https://youtu.be/If5vW_-6YDE
