Whats the difference between a pothole and a cave?
“A straightforward answer would be that a cave has horizontal passages and a pothole has vertical shafts, or what we cavers called pitches – but then nothing is ever straightforward. A cave might lead to a number of pitches, and a pothole might just have one shaft, and miles of cave passages. There are also through trips where it is possible to abseil down a number of pitches in a pothole and emerge out at a cave on the valley floor. Generally speaking though, a cave is where the water emerges back to daylight, and a pothole is where the stream sinks high on the moors.” Of all the caves you’ve been, which one stands out in your mind most and why? “Probably the cave system of the Ease Ghyll Caverns, near Ingleton, which is the most extensive cave system in Great Britain – and luckily less than an hours drive away from where we are based. The thirty odd miles of passages here, all on different levels can take some time to explore! After twenty years exploring this system, it never fails
