PENYGHENT POT

Includes route descriptions for visits to Friday the 13th Series (Part 2) and to Interdiction in the Living Dead Extensions.


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From Sam Allshorn (ULSA) - 15/4/07
Two ULSA cavers completed the trip to Friday 13th (Part 2) during the recent dry spell. Carrying, using (and removing) our own rope for all the pitches, it only took us 7.5 hours, although admittedly we knew all the passage as far as the turn off for the Highway to Hell. The dive line in the free-divable sump was in good condition and is well-belayed in the airbell. The abandoned scaffold poles in the final chamber are an eye-sore and will be removed.

From Ian Cummins (WRPC) - 8/11/07
The recent dry spell offered an opportunity to try free-climbing the Penyghent pitches and to check out the initial part of the Friday 13th Series. We free-climbed all The Rift pitches and the Tenth Pitch and were soon wallowing in the main downstream sump. On the return we got out a short length of climbing rope for the traverse up to Niagara Passage. Although the climb is easy, a fall due to a snapping hold would be very nasty. A sling on a boss is a good runner and there is a safe belay in a big hole at the end. Further on, the traverse over Eerie Pot looks horrendous - almost like a full-on Tyrolean - but closer inspection reveals two solid in-situ ropes and a narrowing of the abyss at the back wall allowing one to bridge across without weighting the rope. Ten minutes of knee bruising in Friday 13th was enough for this trip and we then set off to free-climb back up The Rift pitches. Getting into the spirit of the trip, we also free-climbed up the Third Pitch (a clean and very satisfying climb) and the short Second Pitch (a fine bridging climb almost like a wet boulder problem). Penyghent Pot could be a surprisingly light-weight trip!