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It’s a fair amount of money for kit also .

I would consider thinking - do I really want to do this ? It opens up a lot of doors but , do you really have to ??

Whole regions of the uk manage without SRT .

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I think the Cambrian caving council also run lessons at Brecon twice a year for SRT training. Don't bother with rope access, rope access is aimed more at industrial use and is a formal qualification up to level 3 from what I've learned in my engineering background, however alot of the techniques and gear are interchangeable. SRT is adapted for explorations, light weight gear.

If you want to explore mines I'd hazard a guess that you could still explore 90% without SRT gear, so as Tom mentioned, ask yourself is it worth it? As one mistake could be fatal. I'll be honest though I learned the basics myself, I've never had to use SRT until I started exploring mines as we used ladders in caves mostly. They come with their own set of advantages and disadvantages though.
 
It was more of a safety aspect as well as the exploration. We went to Cwm Ystwyth and there were quite a few sketchy areas.
 
Jethro said:
It was more of a safety aspect as well as the exploration. We went to Cwm Ystwyth and there were quite a few sketchy areas.
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I recommend you join a mine or cave exploration club (if you aren't already) so you can learn the techniques used to ensure safety whilst exploring, things aren't sketchy then, well they still are but you can mitigate most dangers.
 
Really enjoyed my visit here this morning, all ladders are ok but didn’t do any ropes. Just a thought, if the bottom addit was to be drained would there be anything to view in it?
 
Jethro said:
Really enjoyed my visit here this morning, all ladders are ok but didn’t do any ropes. Just a thought, if the bottom addit was to be drained would there be anything to view in it?
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There is the most fantastic artefact at the end of the lowest adit. Well worth the cold wade.

Chris.
 
Just thought I’d update to this thread, since I came here to sus out the quality of bolts before my trip.
As of 08/26 the homemade hangers on the free hanging pitch are in good nick (now with some ally crabs someone has left there), the deviation is little worse for wear, but that’s not the end of the world.
If you’re looking to backup the ladders, the bolt & hanger centrally at the top has worked itself fairly loose, although the others look tidy. Only thing to note is final wooden ladder has seen better days and can be hear cracking under foot.
 
Jimbbo2009 said:
Just thought I’d update to this thread, since I came here to sus out the quality of bolts before my trip.
As of 08/26 the homemade hangers on the free hanging pitch are in good nick (now with some ally crabs someone has left there), the deviation is little worse for wear, but that’s not the end of the world.
If you’re looking to backup the ladders, the bolt & hanger centrally at the top has worked itself fairly loose, although the others look tidy. Only thing to note is final wooden ladder has seen better days and can be hear cracking under foot.
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thanks for the update
 
Come to think of it, does anyone know if the lower wooden ladder is original?
if it’s a just RF addition, think I might go back and replace the rungs that where cracking under me
 
Jimbbo2009 said:
Come to think of it, does anyone know if the lower wooden ladder is original?
if it’s a just RF addition, think I might go back and replace the rungs that where cracking under me
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whenever your planning on going back, let me know I live 5 miles away from it
 
Jimbbo2009 said:
Come to think of it, does anyone know if the lower wooden ladder is original?
if it’s a just RF addition, think I might go back and replace the rungs that where cracking under me
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Hey buddy 😁
You having fun without me...? 😳
Let me know when you are thinking of going as I might be able to tag along too for some maintenance and exploration. I've not been there before 👍
 
Jimbbo2009 said:
Come to think of it, does anyone know if the lower wooden ladder is original?
if it’s a just RF addition, think I might go back and replace the rungs that where cracking under me
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Not mine. All that I did there was fit the timber stull under the main section because they were seperating.
 
Fixed the bits of the ladder I broke! But discovered very important further info, the 1st landing down on the ladders is ready to go, the timber “joist?” has a fair crack in and noticeably bows when transferring weight from rebelay onto ladder, worth being aware of if heading down!
 
I think a good move would be another cross stemple at the bottom of the main ladderway so as to make it indepenant of the plat. Then the plat stemple could be replaced. I assume that the plat is mounted on only two stemples, I cant remember. Note the ones I installed in Frongoch are all on three to give a redundency of one.
 
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