Cave Weekends
17-18 Febuary 2024
19 - 20 October 2024
or Arrange your own dates
Explore the underground
The geography around the Cumbria/Yorkshire border is a natural wonder. Better yet - this particular wonder has left us with a rock labyrinth to explore and enjoy
Beautiful surroundings
There is something stunning about the landscape here - the environment works to different rules, epic and beautiful
No experience necessary
Our weekends are ideal for those who have never caved before and those that want to do more. We start in big wide passages and aim to finish with a vertical climb and abseil
Grow your caving
We seek to make sure that once you get the bug you don't have to stop - we run regular trips to new areas and as far as possible vary our local venues so there is always something to come back to
Caving in the Limestone Labyrinths
Otherworldly adventure exploration
As you gaze over the Ingleborough landscape you realise the landform rules are different here to the rest of the country.
This is limestone country, a land formed of rock from the sea bed, slowly dissolving.
There isn’t a visible river in the valley that you can see. There is one, but it is far below your feet flowing and chasing out its course through the rock itself. It’s creating passageways, tubes, tunnels and grand amphitheatres for us to explore.
This is where we will play for the weekend, exploring the network the water has left behind and the ancient monuments to the microscopic transition of rock- to and from solutions - which gives up stalagmites, vast billowing rock curtains, gour pools and delicate hollow straws.
What we will get up to
Build your skills to explore more
DAY 1
On this no-experience-necessary trip, we spend the first day exploring a horizontal cave - one which requires little or no specialist climbing equipment to access. At the end of the trip, we will spend a little time either at a suitable outdoor spot or indoors going through how to climb and lower using climbing equipment ready for the next day.
DAY 2
Today we build on day 1’s experience and knowledge and have a wider range of caves to explore now that we can ascend and descend effectively. Weather permitting we’ll select a cave with a suitably challenging vertical section.
Another world and static environment
Caving gives the freedom to explore a unique world and often appeals to those with visual or cognitive impairments
Caving by its nature is a network of passages and chambers carved over millennia ago, which gives a unique exploratory opportunity.
You see for many used to the frustration of being guided in new and challenging environments caving is different. We know the venues, when a section is free of hazards and where it leads to - this means we can often simply release people to make their own way and to explore.
A foreign environment, challenging terrain and stepping into the unknown - true adventure stuff.
A weekend lets us build up
Taking a weekend out to truly experience the range of environment
We think caving is best served as a weekend - it gives us time to set a baseline of skill and knowledge and then introduce techniques that let us build on the places we can access.
We have loads of accommodation recommendations for places to stay - drop us a line.
Experienced caver trips available
These trips are designed on the foundation that everyone on the trip understands the systems and procedures we use to climb and lower already. We will, of course, be there to help refresh you if it has been a while.
These trips have more staff to allow for bigger and more challenging caves to be explored.
NOTE - All caving is heavily weather-dependent there is a chance that plans and schedules may need to be changed. There is a very small chance in extreme weather that no caving can be done at all. Alternative activities will be arranged at the time.
Important Caving info
Dates and Costs
Horizontal Caving days
17th Feburary 2024
19 October 2024
Meeting: 10 am at Ingleton
Finish: 4pm both days
£106 per person non residential
What is included?
All technical equipment
British qualified caving instructors
Lunch and brews both days
What do we actually do
A days caving
In horizontal caves
Exploring underground, steep ground, moving water and deep pools all likely
Have a laugh as a friendly welcoming group of like minded people
Dates and Costs
2 Caving days
17th and 18th Feburary 2024
19th and 20th October 2024
Meeting: 10 am at Ingleton
Finish: 4pm both days
£248 per person non residential
What is included?
All technical equipment
British qualified caving instructors
Lunch and brews both days
What do we actually do
Two days caving Saturday and Sunday
Both horizontal and vertical challenges
Coached practice of climbing and descending
Have a laugh as a friendly welcoming group of like minded people
Caving Weekend Accessibility Statement
Vision
Suitable for people able to navigate short stretches of rough ground unaided and longer walks with assistance
Caving is accessible to those with little or no vision. You will need a dedicated sight guide who can either be someone you bring or arranged by Anyone Can (subject to availability)
For vertical sections, an additional instructor will be needed to support those with less than 2 metres of functional vision so please book early to ensure availability
Caving requires movement over rough ground, hands and feet climbing and crawling. This is done at a slow pace with lots of assistance available.
Or
Come with an adventure buddy
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Arrange an Anyone Can volunteer guide
Cognition
Suitable for those able to self manage without dedicated support or with a dedicated carer (who could drive between sites)
We will help with meals, reminding about medications etc
Participants should be capable of understanding and acting appropriately around drops and edges
Caves can be noisy and stimulating
There are limited options to leave a cave if the experience is overwhelming, although we can work to gently introduce the experience
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Come with an adventure buddy
Mobility
This caving weekend involves over a kilometre of rough walking often on unmade, slippery terrain and through water
Caving requires hand and foot climbing with rope protection and the climbing of ladders
Caving is possible for an adventurous wheelchair user who can self-transfer and bum shuffle but requires bespoke arrangements and seportate planning
There are no available toilets on caving trips during the day
Instructors can support from the bottom, top and alongside to get people started and confident
Additional support from rope systems can help climbers with reduced strength
Auditory
Suitable for people with most auditory impairments that do not require signing to communicate
A BSL assistant instructor is occasionally available
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Come with an adventure buddy
Or
Arrange an Anyone Can volunteer guide
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