Clive Westlake | Forging the Oxbow Cavern - Giant's Hole Connection
Update: 2016-06-27
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On the 22nd May 1966 after many months of surveying and digging by a large number of Derbyshire cavers, the connection between Oxlow Cavern and Giant's Hole was finally forged through the Chamber of Horrors, a horrendous 700' flat-out crawl which includes three ducks. Fifty years later, a celebration of the achievement was held in Castleton village hall on the 21st May 2016. In this talk recorded at the time, Clive Westlake, who was intimately involved in the project, describes with the help of his log books, the events leading up to the connection. He explains how a re-survey of Giant's Hole by Paul Deakin clarified the relationship between the two systems, which inspired a concerted digging effort. As this was recorded before an audience, there is some background noise.
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