York Caving Club

We are a friendly caving club based in the City of York, only 90 mins drive from the major caving areas of Ingleborough and Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales.

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A fab joint Christmas mine trip and meal with our friends at North York Moors Caving Club. Thanks to The Crown Inn at Hutton-le-Hole for accommodating us (and putting up with us) again this year! 📷

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First pitch of Brown Hill Pot, East Kingsdale in the Yorkshire Dales. A snug but fun days caving!

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Great trip down Its a Cracker at the weekend. 😍
Photo by Gary Douthwaite. #caving

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Cold night for a dig 🥶

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Another successful joint Christmas trip with our friends at North York Moors Caving Club. A group of 21 people in one highly complex mine with some pretty poor air. What could go wrong?
Everyone out safe (we think) followed by a long evening of food, drink and silliness.

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Excellent weekend in North Wales staying at the Clogwyn Mountaineering Club Hut. A trip into Parc mine plus a day of hill walking.

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Great evening at and at the Kendal Mountain Festival Petzl Underground session.
Matt Ewles and Frank Pearson presenting on finds in the north of England over the past couple of years.
#Caving #Petzl #KendalMountainFestival #exploration

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Glorious day on the fells! Some classic caving around Ease Gill. Thanks to Grâcy for the photo.

#caving #easegill #yorkshiredales

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Come along and watch our esteemed chairman Matt Ewles talking with Frank Pearson at @kendalmountain on 17th November. Tickets online now.

https://t.co/hhRM7yMQ5T

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Vesper Pot, Yorkshire Dales
#caving #yorkshiredales

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545m of new cave surveyed this weekend! 💪

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Brilliant long weekend staying at Chelsea Spelaeological Society hut in South Wales. Agen Allwedd outer circle, Craig a Ffynnon and a romp around the Clydach Gorge to see the Ogof y Daren Cilau resurgence.
#caving #southwales

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Back to The Sang for a new dig. Excellent turn-out although the glorious weather wasn't exactly encouraging people underground! ☀️
#caving #caveexploration #northpennines

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Pumping started again for 2023 exploring in Jenga Pot. A few mechanical issues with the generator but it started eventually! 🔧

Divers are booked to tackle several unexplored open sumps this year so looking forward to more discoveries!

#caving #exploration #northyorkmoors

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Great to return to the Peak District again. A couple of cracking trips into JH and Peak Cavern. Thanks to Technical Speleological Group - TSG Caving for hosting us and Louise and Alastair for route guidance.

#caving #peakdistrict #peakcavern

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New Excalibur / Jenga Pot survey now available!

Fully updated for 2023 with the 2020 Covid Extensions breakthrough beyond the Jenga Pot Sumps.

Available to download for free or buy as a paper copy from our website.

https://t.co/F5z0Yeqfiz

#caving #northyorkmoors

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Some lunch-time reading for you 🙂

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A great night's digging work has lead to some very exciting developments for the North York Moors. A new stream cave, unrelated to the Jenga/Excalibur system! We'll post more about this in the coming weeks 😉⛏🕳

#caving #northyorkmoors #exploration #cavedig

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Awesome weekend in Coniston. Walking and faffing around in copper mines. Thanks to the Yorkshire Mountaineering Club for hosting us in their fine cottage. 🙂

#caving #mineexploring #lakedistrictnationalpark

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Finally back through the sumps and into The Covid Extensions in Jenga Pot. Another 150m of cave surveyed in The Second Wave including the first part of the new streamway. Not a bad afternoon's work for the North York Moors!