With the recent realisation of The Doom discovery being nigh on 10 years old followed by a meagre two Pemberton brother riding solo, rather than do anything productive Sammy P and I went for a tour of Doom to mark this awesome milestone!
Armed with only wetsuits (due to the change of plan, Sam didn’t even have Wellingtons or knee pads!) we headed straight for top level Doom. This is found at the end of Loper Lust and is the original entry point to the discovery. I told Sam the fantastic tales of how we thought we were just going to drop in this top level when we found (but not dropped) Inglorious Bastards pitch – oh how we laughed!
We checked out one lead which does indeed require bolting up to but doesn’t look good, then shot off down the ladder to the main line. After a brief pause and photo stop at Static Passage we headed to the end of the pipe caverns to where Rob nearly jumped to his death then retraced our steps for a look at The Black Lagoon. A brief visit to the lower passage with small trickle of water emitting from Elastic Passage we turned around at 10pm and was back to the car for 10:40pm ready for some post cave beverages.
Crazy place! These workings are so extensive its hard to get your head around on a trip like this with many side leads. Needs a good survey really – Rob?
Above and below: Sam in the upper level of Doom
Sam in the Static Passage Squeeze