Trip Reports

"Honestly, I'm just here to stop anyone dying, so I'm succeeding whatever you do." Not the most reas…

With James Dobson

"Perfectly good device in industry." That was Pete Knight's assessment of Paul's Kong descender. Und…

"I'm never doing this trip ever again," Sam said in November, halfway through Sidetrack Cave. "Actua…

Richard can tell you exactly where the black marble is in Ashford church. Either side of the door, t…

Mark joined the Caving Crew because of a single piece of rock. He'd been to The Vice before, on a tr…

"It was often a bit too macho man and elitist for my liking, so I stopped going." Tim F went down hi…

An 80-metre abseil. Hours of crawling through Derbyshire's longest coffin level. A lid that might no…

Judith has caved for decades. She has never done it to a live soundtrack. Tuesday night's Snake's Py…

Matt forgot his helmet, couldn't remember how to set up his kit, and told everyone he was going home…

"It looked way too small at first," said Rachel, staring at a hole she was about to drop through. Tw…