tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177210579895961752024-03-05T21:07:08.188-08:00Quest 4 Adventure's BlogQuest 4 Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291679187266434879noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117721057989596175.post-2556818721298817052016-06-20T08:07:00.001-07:002016-06-20T08:07:03.314-07:00Our own Brexit<p dir="ltr">We're exiting Britain, but for fun and adventure only! </p>
<p dir="ltr">It's seemed ages coming but we're off on our Euro Road Trip with the kids, bikes, climbing gear and a canoe. All squeezed into and loaded on our wonderful momo. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Off to get the ferry from Hull, via a playpark :-) </p>
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After a half day of piste skiing in fog (still fun) and having to sit out a day of horrendous rain, our patience was paid off by blue skies and good snow.</div>
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A good time was had by all and yet again reminded me that with enough flexibility and enthusiasm there are some amazing adventures to be had!</div>
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This is amazing! Our mate rich runs it and kindly let us have a go this weekend! It should be on everyones bucket list.<br />
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Its recently had a bit of a revamp with new bolts in places and we had a good old explore of the upper levels, managing to link up some things that i had an inkling might link. Really, really good trip and great of the centre to loan us the minibus and some kit to do it.Quest 4 Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291679187266434879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117721057989596175.post-41253392124243940832013-11-11T15:47:00.001-08:002013-11-11T15:47:34.611-08:00In one way and out the other...This is becoming a bit of a habit...a monday night habit it seems!<br />
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We found ourselves back at Nenthead Mines tonight with a more adventurous trip in mind. A through trip into Smallcleugh mine, down whats called Prouds Sump (shaft) and then out of Rampgill mine.<br />
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Some impressive walling near a horse gin in Smallcleugh</div>
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In a large worked out vein, you can see the height of the roof.</div>
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The remains of some old ore wagons</div>
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The rock really changes here and becomes shale (scary shale!) </div>
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It got deep, but never to that critical depth if you know what i mean!?</div>
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This was a side passage off of Rampgill Hangingshaw level that we were now in. The floor was covered in calcite.</div>
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And for something that isn't a cave it has some impressive cave features!</div>
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So we made it! And a brilliant trip it was too. Unfortunately we saw a lot of future trips along side passages on the way out...we will be back!</div>
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to head back and explore more. So with our friend Mark Davies from Lyon
Equipment we headed back armed with maps, snacks and a flask of coffee! Mark
used to take groups from a local outdoor centre down here and knows it pretty
well, which was good because it’s pretty complex!</span></div>
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rail track for carts pulled by horses rather than ponies as they did in coal
mines as the Lead Ore was much heavier. What it means is that is much easier to
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The veins of minerals (lead, silver, zinc, etc) were formed</div>
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This is North End Flats. Flats are where the Minerals were found and then
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Mark looking at some Iron Pyrites or ‘Fools Gold’ It fooled me….i thought we
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We headed on through various tunnels and came out of this beautifully
constructed arch. These were built to allow passage of the horses and trucks
and also allow the stacking of waste above them called ‘Deads’. This
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We then headed up an incline to a higher series of tunnels which after a bit of
head scratching with the map turned out to be the ‘Incline Flats’. Here’s Mark
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Throughout the mine these doors are still in place and intact. They were used
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After poking around in one tunnel we found a very new looking rope hanging down
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These old truck wheels rest in what are now called the ‘Wheel Flats’.</div>
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After a further passage the mine changed with more vertical rifts and some scary
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Mark in the vastness of the Ballroom Flats. A big area with no stacked deads.</div>
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Going out a slightly different way, we found an area that had some horse and
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Heading on the mine changes as the rock turns into shale.</div>
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All in all a brilliant trip and we’ve still got heaps to explore
and lots of possibilities to do through trips to other mines in the area. I’ll
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On a wet and horrible day last Saturday we decided the best place to go to have an exploring adventure with our neice and nephew were the mines of Nenthead nr Alston. These old lead mines are looked after by a charity and access is open to the public...very much at your own risk! Which is great to see a tiny part of country still allowing people to use their own common sense rather than just banning it.</div>
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With a bit of local info from a guide and a survey we headed into Smallcleugh Mine, with the kids leading the way!</div>
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It was pretty wet in places, with deep puddles and mud...perfect for family fun!</div>
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Auntie Ali and Hannah. Hannah said it was one of the best adventures ever!</div>
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So it was with some intrigue that i started to discover the vertical 'Pots' that exist up on the stunning fells SE of Kirkby Stephen. These hills are lovely and the road to the caves goes over a high pass right through them. </div>
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The caves include Fells End Pot, Hollows Mill Pot, Jingling Pot and more besides. To get there take the B6270 out of Nateby and head right up onto the fell to it's highest point and park up by a footpath sign. The caves a just a 5 min stroll either side of the road, but take care, some are pretty well hidden by the landscape and you really don't realise their depth til you're in them.</div>
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All the following information i found out through going and looking and reading on-line (although there is very little) and generally sniffing around. Don't take any of it as gospel, and don't assume any of the anchors are there or any good when you visit...a sense of adventure and self-reliance are key!</div>
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This pot is amongst a series of 4 or five shakeholes, all with limestone pavement and all with some reasonable holes in them. What makes it unique is the small stream running into it's right side as you have your back to the road.</div>
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You tie off around a natural boulder and head across a rift to sit on it's far side.from where you can reach a bolt and a spit (cavers bolt). This produces a bottom clenching (because of rusty bolts not the height) y-hang abseil 6m into the Pot which is pretty confused and open air at this point. Just when i thought we'd hit a dead end, i found another bolt and a chute leading down into the dark. I quickly fixed a handline and headed down and around a tight corner to be faced by a deep (24m) vertical shaft, not what i had expected in Cumbria.</div>
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This is great pitch and full of fossilised Crinoids and Braichiapods. It's also pretty black from the peat staining which is weird. Off to the right about 4m in there's a tunnel leading off which apparently connects with the Alt.entrance. This was a bit full-on with the current anchors, so we will return with the bolt kit and go and explore. Unfortunately i forgot the camera for all this so no pics!</div>
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Coming back up the pitch, getting off the pitch head is probably one of the hardest i've had to do! Bloody awkward and on anchors that you don't want to bounce around on...hmm? Of course, this doesn't make it hard, just me rubbish!</div>
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So we think we found this 4.5m west of the last pot, with a traverse on a ledge leading to a y-hang and quick deviation to try and stop rope rub. </div>
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The cave is actually a bell shape, being much bigger and wider at the bottom and makes you realise what you were wandering around on at the top...yikes! </div>
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It's an impressive chamber and you pass 2 pretty birds nests on the way down. However the farmer has chucked no end of plastic, metal and dead sheep into it so it's a bit minging to say the least.</div>
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No, not the one in Yorkshire. This is the little brother and it is pretty little and just 9m deep. But it's kinda cool and didn't have any reliable bolts to SRT in, so we jumped at the chance to do a bit of self-learning at placing caving bolts or Spits as they are known.</div>
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<br />Quest 4 Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291679187266434879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117721057989596175.post-20081140951754450852013-07-02T13:28:00.001-07:002013-07-02T13:29:44.687-07:00Caving in Bull Pot KingsdaleSummer has temporarily left us, so me and mate Lee decided to head underground for the day, although with most Yorkshire caves having rivers in them, we were kinda limited, so we settled on the brilliant Bull Pot.<br />
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<br />Quest 4 Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291679187266434879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117721057989596175.post-85464520115232004172013-06-08T04:56:00.007-07:002013-06-10T07:17:34.120-07:00MTE workshop in Tebay<div dir="ltr">
Had a great day today at the mountain training england update workshop at lyon equipment yesterday. Spent the morning getting up to speed with all the new developments in the industry and then breaking climbing equipment in the afternoon with mark from lyon. Its pretty amazing just how strong it all is as long as you use it as the manufacturers say! </div>
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Quest 4 Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291679187266434879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117721057989596175.post-35162173752194291462013-06-08T04:56:00.005-07:002013-06-08T04:56:24.053-07:00Keswick mountain festival<p dir=ltr>Thats the first 2 days of the this years festival done and its been a great start.  We took the events photographer up blencathra and moonlit canoeing today so hopefully we'll have some stunning photos soon. In the mean time here's some of ny rubbish ones! </p>
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We started off at the Cairngorm ski carpark and managed to ski right from there and across to Lurchers burn, a fantastic, if long, easy angled gully which keeps its snow and even had 2 inches of fresh from the previous nights storm.<br />
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From the top of that, we turned left and headed up onto Cairn Lochan to be met with stunning views of the Plateau in all its glory.<br />
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On and on we pushed, eventually summiting on top of Ben Macdui 4 hrs after leaving the car and 700m vertical metres later. On a normal walking day this would be brilliant, but on skis the best was to come! A quick bearing check and off we careered on every sort of snow imaginable from Ice to windslab, breakable crust to sticky wet porridge, we had it and that's touring. No lifts, no piste bashers, just you and your mates and a world of adventure to explore, proper sking.<br />
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What had taken 4 hrs to climb took about 30min to descend and we arrived very happy and tired at the brilliant Hutchinson Bothy. A small but lovely Hut complete with stove and 3 lovely lads up for a social evening who'd brought peat for the stove! Soo nice and warm. We proceeded to shatter their peace and quiet, but that's bothies, nice folk, beautiful places all thrown together sharing a unique thing.<br />
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Now our friend Cathy (left) is a Pilates Instructor, and her and Ali felt a little stretching session was just the ticket after a days skiing, so they commandeered the floor and treated everyone to a little demo of how to look after your body...us boys just ate biscuits and drank tea!<br />
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From there it was as straight a route as possible back to the cars as the wind and weather had gotten a bit Scottish, those of you who've been will know what i mean.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ali putting in difficult turns in heavy snow with a heavier rucsac!</td></tr>
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After a challenging ski into Loch Avon via a gully we rucsac'd skis and followed the Loch around to the bottom of the burn coming out of Coire Raibert. This was in with snow, but pretty steep...of course the girls styled it, using our skis with skins on to climb the 30' slopes, zig zagging as we went. I slipped tripped stumbled and cursed my way up... so no photo's!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andy cruising after the joys/horrors of the steep climb up</td></tr>
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From there it was a beautiful skin up to the top of the Cas headwall and then whooping turns back to the cars. Ali and Sue, not content with that, turned right near the top and headed down coire ciste and i drove round and got them...apparently the snow was the best of the trip. That serves me right for being lazy!<br />
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There are so many things that have to come together. Weather, snow cover and condition, time off, friends to drag me up up the hills and burn me off sking down (and pick up the pieces!). And they all did this weekend and how. It was a trip i'll never forget and i'm itching to get out with everyone for the next one!<br />
<br />Quest 4 Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291679187266434879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117721057989596175.post-11016260000275129672013-04-25T12:43:00.001-07:002013-04-25T12:43:32.022-07:00The mighty cairngorm<p dir=ltr>What a day! We skied up fiacaill chas down into sneachda by the mess of potage, back up, down cas headwall, up to the top of cairngorm and all the way down coire ciste...phew! With great snow on the plateau we've a proper mission planned for weekend!</p>
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<br />Quest 4 Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291679187266434879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117721057989596175.post-39965916789829765902013-02-01T13:31:00.001-08:002013-02-01T13:31:53.035-08:00Ben Arthur ‘The Cobbler’<p>Had a brilliant day to day on the Cobbler in the Trossachs. It’s one of the more Southerly bigger hills in Scotland and I’d kind of disregarded it for years, but i was shown the error of my ways to day and saw just why it’s called the Arrocher Alps.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtX-QVKhi2gySIFamlEQQJN7W0HKt6qbGAzjm4Ktv3wkNb7UJAVrFeAdhE0EifQjne-f4YOrMmsl0pqFZGnanMmzBa5zJ0MRJJjOWVKwqdnuC7VzLF2vUjQbw8jXAT3RNWAeHyQlX9naE/s1600-h/P1300004%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P1300004" border="0" alt="P1300004" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-imJp2nhTlvE/UQwz7aMwLMI/AAAAAAAAAfo/SF641Ll_6BY/P1300004_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XfnmZ293IDs/UQwz-dSAT5I/AAAAAAAAAfw/-l8dr_bHaMY/s1600-h/P1300005%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P1300005" border="0" alt="P1300005" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-eRS_TO3cxOM/UQw0Bm6-c6I/AAAAAAAAAf4/4UoU6jvjtrI/P1300005_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-mvpbpswBJk8/UQw0E6wCXXI/AAAAAAAAAgA/Uaazx6Aw0zA/s1600-h/P1300010%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P1300010" border="0" alt="P1300010" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LiGNhKK7p1s/UQw0GLpOpZI/AAAAAAAAAgI/TfWUud8NHJ0/P1300010_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBThhLngvuFRSUokm_7hP6vc5Ejyxoj2isUSE-v3FykS3qrrTYTHZhY75fKyq_dfOWo1z47hO1oeNbARXvBrhvz_5S-i56sNdijTbu69Lqkw6JMp_JLj-9CCpZRjElKW8AW3oF3Jz0Hxs/s1600-h/P1300011%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P1300011" border="0" alt="P1300011" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6ApVv2Jas1c/UQw0K3n0H3I/AAAAAAAAAgY/0fGJNRZSo00/P1300011_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkuaxhT5BTaW-pCPdE02SbXDC5k40YqHwG8zhgAPTNs5jMPdVHarsj8JXKTSbyB8JHK47nHzKHx53TXzZQZrjgKyHxkfnaPKTk8wmIl6DqrNCGREmh87zhGaedHzie_YQnK15U-NelrQ/s1600-h/P1300012%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P1300012" border="0" alt="P1300012" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lESZ8BHAqtg/UQw0O7VcnaI/AAAAAAAAAgo/zfWuCERs_MI/P1300012_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuuiMZM4H5jZXN_fAeLxZaMmLfegxzVjB-6ABE2f87dPQZkvElF45N2dI0jJLyZh6JZ-QCynWS-pg8GZ2BDZvDuoSCRGIoRrlLjkIFGxyjpatvESr7Fv9EbEwHij0lcs1KPUY_TYwxiQ/s1600-h/P1300008%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P1300008" border="0" alt="P1300008" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46fSpKiMU9b881DLaE0ZVuCLTXiBIo4mbhM_QUTJGwUQy-tddcXCPIzJe2zer-SuvfYpnxyzGx3FYC9YfHhF4OxPT9JZCMuQ3GaZwc1_TPlYrkjDDjHdqYiDt3vAGODt9f0oVO3EnitY/?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a></p> <p>We had a great time practicing snow belays, checking for avalanche risk, climbing up and down steep slopes and generally messing around and honing those skills.</p> Quest 4 Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291679187266434879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117721057989596175.post-21629367704036743152013-01-26T10:18:00.001-08:002013-01-26T10:18:33.604-08:00Ski Touring on Skiddaw in the Lake District<p>It absolutely dumped with snow here in the lakes last night, so we had to struggle out an get some skiing in. The snow was to a low level, but with temperatures rising had gotten very heavy.</p> <p>We managed to park on the Latrigg road and skinned from there up to the road and up to Little Man.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NhO6hdwH4Ms/UQQdUZzZnJI/AAAAAAAAAcs/9L7F5gi3CMw/s1600-h/image%25255B26%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pxfRDwOblAE/UQQdbP6-Y-I/AAAAAAAAAc0/akJVRHxBZBg/image_thumb%25255B22%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="543" height="765"></a></p> <p>The snow was at first heavy and deep and then cold but hard to soft windslab which at times made turns pretty tricky (well for me!)</p> <p>Heading up Slat gill and then down to the Lonscale traverse was a stroke of genius as all was skiable with care and enthusiasm. </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-m6hCsPrTASg/UQQdc7Chk-I/AAAAAAAAAc8/i4TtDryGI84/s1600-h/Heading%252520up%252520to%252520Lattrig%252520car%252520park%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Lake District Skiing...loving it!" border="0" alt="Lake District Skiing...loving it!" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QpXaweJUzos/UQQd12of7mI/AAAAAAAAAek/6W4SBrU0-eI/Lake%252520District%252520Skiing...loving%252520it%252521_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3A5vcSSLoSA/UQQd4PZsWqI/AAAAAAAAAes/N56dhLsSYpc/s1600-h/Looking%252520toward%252520Skiddaw%252520house%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Looking toward Skiddaw house" border="0" alt="Looking toward Skiddaw house" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KVvQTTCkfmU/UQQd5UOZaYI/AAAAAAAAAe0/b9LM7H_NZD4/Looking%252520toward%252520Skiddaw%252520house_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-IGEQXjflyJk/UQQd8rLrkfI/AAAAAAAAAe8/Vshq2xUz3Ko/s1600-h/Crossing%252520the%252520pass%252520at%252520the%252520top%252520of%252520slat%252520Gill%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Crossing the pass at the top of slat Gill" border="0" alt="Crossing the pass at the top of slat Gill" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ed9N7fsEW04Y22QU_NstMCABpReAU8tHdvzl-UjcZq9kN2U9EYg5ts5KFUh5a2wo8JfNDuYNG0NPjmZgS0XBZ1lwNwaveF4P3mMJc69VM1FCJYciaYm5W6B7elhFp17SDhL62V5LBKQ/?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a></p> <p>Top day, not sure it’s gonna last though with temperatures rising. Still you never know….</p> Quest 4 Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291679187266434879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117721057989596175.post-49584576805188428702013-01-19T14:06:00.001-08:002013-01-19T14:06:38.025-08:00Winter Climbing in the Lakes<p> </p> <p>We’ve had snow and cold conditions for a while now, but only a little snow which is still sitting around as powder and for some reason, ice hasn’t seemed to be rapidly forming. With that in mind we went off for a little explore in the North Lakes and hit the jackpot! 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Skiing up onto Stybarrow Dodd…we could still see at this point!</div>
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Looking West towards Keswick.</div>
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The Back (north) face of Stybarrow Dodd. It was ICY!!</div>
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Stu looking very relaxed as always.</div>
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River crossing on skies…how did it all end?!</div>
It’s gotten warm and wet since, but it’ll be back for sure and we’ll keep posting when it does.<br />
Cheers<br />
MarkQuest 4 Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291679187266434879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117721057989596175.post-76381683935484170772012-10-25T14:43:00.001-07:002012-10-25T14:43:40.769-07:00Caving in Marilyns Pot<p>Had a brilliant day today with my mate exploring down Marilyns Pot which joins Disappointment Pot (it’s rather nice actually!) then on down into the Gaping Ghyll system…which is huge!</p> <p>We managed to fight, wriggle, squirm and swear our way along the very muddy and low and long New Hensler Passage at the bottom of the SRT which takes you eventually to the bottom of Bar Pot, etc.</p> <p>Unfortunately as we had taken a few wrong turns along the way and were on a dead-line we had to turn around here and go back through the MUD. Argh! so much MUD! <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-confusedsmile" alt="Confused smile" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dNB9YbQZLwo/UImx9rAzllI/AAAAAAAAAUk/Ai6XHG8avyU/wlEmoticon-confusedsmile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800"></p> <p>So no Chamber of the Winds for me today, but a great adventure and a better understanding of the cave gained. 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border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA250050" border="0" alt="PA250050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjCZSH0umMQz65ovZ2zeeVx9tFRKkcZkWy9nXPwKM64WZ0h3ZRQrtY_JY0jSZ0g6T1P4rGnwwqPDq16prC-WtJ7ncMX-xBmou83cojj6BW-eV8x9wtONKodzlHaAGoMWbTCgg5foEzzU/?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a></p> Quest 4 Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291679187266434879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117721057989596175.post-84323775744328686262012-10-22T03:23:00.001-07:002012-10-22T03:23:57.926-07:00Indian Summer (well, a weekend!)<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-W5hz20cprE0/UIUeotSyKOI/AAAAAAAAAT4/tlp8gnFMSwY/s1600-h/P1060110%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P1060110" border="0" alt="P1060110" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-v4sGkwvEbyU/UIUep4UnqMI/AAAAAAAAAUA/eWs11QzXzzE/P1060110_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a></p> <p>We had a great weekend on the North Yorkshire Moors with some friends. We spent Friday at a crag called Scugdale, ticking off all the classics, either solo or with a rope for the higher ones. Brilliant crag with lovely rock.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WhLR8s6u8PeaivQZzDNJfUZAcNq7vNZNjmXRsSXJ7AFe-bIvYmuA0J8eV-3FGO5F1KFCvTLlgfbg99Jp-6Cnd4nYw8oRlxHZ3nJb_NJnO0g7oxBlie8omBMppcJTevj12Ckmd1PL7mU/s1600-h/P1060091%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P1060091" border="0" alt="P1060091" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-y7kD4bXyxcU/UIUeu-O7BiI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/Pi4mCr3AogA/P1060091_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></p> <p>Sat and Sun were both spent Mountain Biking. Both 43km and 30km respectively! We’re both very tired and to top it off I’ve got food poisoning and am at home today, writing this to take my mind off stomach cramps, lovely! Still the weekend was great.</p> <p>Cheers Mark and Ali</p> Quest 4 Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291679187266434879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117721057989596175.post-60333330403566197182012-07-06T02:43:00.001-07:002012-07-06T02:43:47.281-07:00Amazing Caving<p> </p> <p>Me and some pals took a trip caving in the Dales recently to an amazing cave, full of the most stunning features. Here’s a few photo’s which don’t do it justice at all…</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UvEywXvEQwE/T_ay4lIcEmI/AAAAAAAAASE/rsoyjIkrjck/s1600-h/P7030012%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P7030012" border="0" alt="P7030012" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG16p42MfaJA8XVWkcQfRUz5h1QxzxYOfl1yL9U6Ec0pT0GL0rfBGaEJEF_vlidjaVG6GxVA6drK8YRELxIf4y3kZIAlvIdio_w93BDxLjxTlcQQZCz0ymBmDaxQAkMi1_0kIbiFMnsaI/?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nUTAliTDf3U/T_ay9MZ32GI/AAAAAAAAASU/uPjO-qt37yU/s1600-h/P7030007%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P7030007" border="0" alt="P7030007" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-w6P5BCeyHow/T_ay-osm7BI/AAAAAAAAASc/uC6lGA5rmNc/P7030007_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2G9aNIciIhE/T_azCBOmgGI/AAAAAAAAASk/uXc-r3roFD4/s1600-h/P7030014%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P7030018" border="0" alt="P7030018" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-K73rpyKymS0/T_azLpZNCxI/AAAAAAAAATM/gGW_SPt6wHA/P7030018_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Vg3p9zgcakk/T_azPMLKnNI/AAAAAAAAATU/7zuSVKIz8PM/s1600-h/P7030019%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P7030019" border="0" alt="P7030019" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UW4NZMcWxVo/T_azQduwk6I/AAAAAAAAATc/5OMuB4AHsCk/P7030019_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvtFwdtVvmd5An0xNdh_Ywyopez0nrbiBpKddHxh9OY-7TEyN4B6zaPKqzthEXF6QbZhX3PdgfMtqu_2Ybkgw8hLOesu3obq6BZHj4OjTi7qHW164LiV29DpDdhw9SsBVO9LXpOFkp3E/s1600-h/P7030022%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P7030022" border="0" alt="P7030022" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rZ2GE9ODEoI/T_azUEYy3zI/AAAAAAAAATs/9ZRFGqsPeJM/P7030022_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a></p> Quest 4 Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291679187266434879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117721057989596175.post-51149682562421092502012-06-23T10:59:00.001-07:002012-06-23T10:59:59.411-07:00Underground Adventures in the Lake District<p>With the Lakes receiving 1 months rain in a day (it’s deja vue for Cockermouth residents!) we decided to head underground today and recce a future Adventure for Quest 4 Adventure.</p> <p>Borrowdale and the North Lakes are famous for their mines and one in particular, the Graphite Mine at Seathwaite, is especially interesting.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LBSFEowZB8Y/T-YD1BILU2I/AAAAAAAAAQs/Vl3vsuKXPuk/s1600-h/Borrowdale-Graphite-Mine-User-Album-54931%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Borrowdale-Graphite-Mine-User-Album-54931" border="0" alt="Borrowdale-Graphite-Mine-User-Album-54931" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TUGODMsM9SE/T-YD1z565_I/AAAAAAAAAQ0/ETb74egZ4o4/Borrowdale-Graphite-Mine-User-Album-54931_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></p> <p>It was the major source of ‘Wad’, a very pure form of Graphite back in the 1800’s, very hard to mine and left behind a maze of passages, both horizontal and more importantly, vertical, to explore. It’s owned by the National Trust who are happy for people to explore at their own risk, and a reasonably risky place it is to the unaware. Not from collapse so much, but from the numerous shafts in the floor.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LN6Rr0LnyLU/T-YD3IQAJ1I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/J5Js2BwPrVU/s1600-h/P6230070%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P6230070" border="0" alt="P6230070" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7vN6HyzDRSw/T-YD39Ge0wI/AAAAAAAAARE/GYDicyFiTB4/P6230070_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a></p> <p>So, some years ago, some explorers decided to place safety anchors in the rock to allow abseil descents of the system. And that’s what we did today. Down 4 levels and along about 1 kilometre of passage, although there’s far more to nose along.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5h6wZusXRS3WAD_UtGtR6NIQpKrgXSxW3ng_Nj4uvUqJcFJQw6sWR7JlfXRXkU1iF5C9A5ja2n-JshIXDO7RHMtLweyBKDdAvmC8vCXlWOia54t2-wLhyphenhyphen6JX0YWBx78U3b38qjUr3LI/s1600-h/P6230071%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P6230071" border="0" alt="P6230071" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWkZLZUVYrRPvhxBtsKfMD82dQXMZ1FYmN1fj2iq9dJ-vQzUw_zvYbA0G_ZxiifYVgpH8NHMtnpmlkK_IlP7WwE4G6Z4RGVdzPN0XMgrMtctbj1XjJZJDyxOVUOv13XGEv3KSYhjmDy0/?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIMJn-GceNojWz2hcTom26SrJgaW4EXg4C04tgZS-DbwaHdjChKVb_XpWbmWRx8ldfPF7qLgFl_56ZdCkEAra5vscbp8acbUyYeQ9uRq7GfI6fVIxy_PNkCKo_lnhBNS4wM29jfcpWtw/s1600-h/P6230072%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P6230072" border="0" alt="P6230072" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-x9wYKHWvod0/T-YECO-kS_I/AAAAAAAAARo/OUO97B36JW8/P6230072_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Bhh1reKiI98/T-YEGWMB9WI/AAAAAAAAARw/caMXlONLIxg/s1600-h/P6230074%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P6230074" border="0" alt="P6230074" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Uuz6VyNJxzs/T-YEHewBy9I/AAAAAAAAAR4/CS9s7k56jJY/P6230074_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a></p> <p>It’s not super pretty, but it is very interesting and a marvel of mans ability to change the world. There are kilometres of passage, all dug by hand, with railway lines still place. It’s an amazing adventure and a special hidden world to explore and will be going onto our list of Guided Adventures in the Autumn.</p> <p>Best of all today..it was dry!</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:7c249040-681e-41c4-95d5-ff59769682f7" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/caving" rel="tag">caving</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/borrowdale+graphite+mine" rel="tag">borrowdale graphite mine</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/abseiling+underground" rel="tag">abseiling underground</a></div> Quest 4 Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291679187266434879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117721057989596175.post-35429595475177761222012-05-17T03:00:00.000-07:002013-02-05T10:29:32.805-08:00Keswick Mountain FestivalIt's here again! The Keswick Mountain Festival is back and we're up to all sorts of cool stuff.<br />
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Ali was up Blencathra via Sharp Edge yesterday, and it even stayed dry! Today she's on Helvellyn via striding edge (in the drizzle!) and I'm off up Blencathra in the dark later with 12 keen beans for a night walk. Then off to the pub for chilli after...lovely!<br />
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Tomorrow there's canoeing in the morning and afternoon and later a moonlit (well probably cloudy!!) canoe treip on Derwent Water.<br />
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There's still spaces on stuff and it's a great chance to snap up a bargain and have a great adventure.<br />
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There's also all sorts of cool free stuff to see and do in and around Keswick, so come along...it is going to get drier on sat and sun I promise!<br />
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MarkQuest 4 Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291679187266434879noreply@blogger.com0