#spelunking — Public Fediverse posts
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Everyone assumed Wogan Cavern, beneath Pembroke Castle, had been "emptied out" by Victorian diggers.
One archaeologist noticed an untouched calcite floor and thought otherwise.
Hippo bones. Mammoth remains. Early human tools. Now a 5-year Aberdeen-led dig, with hopes of pulling DNA straight from the cave sediment.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp36lnng046o
#history #geologyrocks #wales #uk #britain #caving #spelunking #archaeology
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Everyone assumed Wogan Cavern, beneath Pembroke Castle, had been "emptied out" by Victorian diggers.
One archaeologist noticed an untouched calcite floor and thought otherwise.
Hippo bones. Mammoth remains. Early human tools. Now a 5-year Aberdeen-led dig, with hopes of pulling DNA straight from the cave sediment.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp36lnng046o
#history #geologyrocks #wales #uk #britain #caving #spelunking #archaeology
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Two days. ⏰
Craven Pothole Club Gaping Gill Winch Meet tickets go live this Wednesday 1st July at 10am. May's meet sold out in under 20 minutes. August is your second chance. Share this. Tag an adventure buddy. Bookmark 👇
https://www.cravenpotholeclub.org/index.php/about-gaping-gill/visit-gaping-gill
#outdoors #gapinggill #caving #potholing #spelunking #yorkshire #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england
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Missed the May Gaping Gill Winch Meet?
The Craven Pothole Club August tickets drop at 10am on Wednesday 1st July. Have your payment details ready to go.
Who's setting an alarm for this?
https://www.cravenpotholeclub.org/index.php/about-gaping-gill/visit-gaping-gill
#outdoors #gapinggill #yorkshiredales #yorkshire #uk #britain #england #caving #potholing #spelunking
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Into the dark. 🔦 Gareth Williams & Kendal Caving Club take on the Lancaster Hole → Wilf Taylor's round trip in Ease Gill, past the famous Colonnades and back out. Worth a watch.
Full film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79HfS_uCJ1M
#outdoors #caving #spelunking #potholing #yorkshiredales #yorkshire #uk #britain #england
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Into the dark. 🔦 Gareth Williams & Kendal Caving Club take on the Lancaster Hole → Wilf Taylor's round trip in Ease Gill, past the famous Colonnades and back out. Worth a watch.
Full film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79HfS_uCJ1M
#outdoors #caving #spelunking #potholing #yorkshiredales #yorkshire #uk #britain #england
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Descent issue 310 is in stock. Tribute to Geoff Yeadon, the Space Miners' latest Dales find, caves in Spain and the Pyrenees, family caving, sustainable expeditions, and a LifeStraw review. A proper issue.
Order: https://www.inglesport.com/product/descent-magazine/ 👍
#outdoors #caving #spelunking #potholing #uk #britain #england
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Middle Scar Cave: sealed for years after its entrance collapsed, only recently reopened. Almost nobody knows about it.
Gareth Williams and Kendal Caving Club were inside: wet, tight, and genuinely special. One of Ribblehead's least-known underground gems.
📹 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Dgi4khBhzEM
#outdoors #yorkshire #yorkshiredales #caving #spelunking #potholing #uk #britain #england
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Middle Scar Cave: sealed for years after its entrance collapsed, only recently reopened. Almost nobody knows about it.
Gareth Williams and Kendal Caving Club were inside: wet, tight, and genuinely special. One of Ribblehead's least-known underground gems.
📹 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Dgi4khBhzEM
#outdoors #yorkshire #yorkshiredales #caving #spelunking #potholing #uk #britain #england
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Incredible news for northern cavers and history nerds. DNA has revealed Northern Britain’s oldest human remains—found in a Cumbrian cave—belong to a 3-year-old girl from 11,000 years ago. Pierced jewelry suggests it was a sacred burial site. What do you think? 👇
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260519224326.htm
#caving #spelunking #potholing #history #archaeology #cumbria #uk #britain #england
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Incredible news for northern cavers and history nerds. DNA has revealed Northern Britain’s oldest human remains—found in a Cumbrian cave—belong to a 3-year-old girl from 11,000 years ago. Pierced jewelry suggests it was a sacred burial site. What do you think? 👇
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260519224326.htm
#caving #spelunking #potholing #history #archaeology #cumbria #uk #britain #england
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A Texolex caving helmet, probably 1960s–70s, next to a modern Petzl.
The shell is resin-bonded woven textile laminate: cotton fabric soaked in phenolic resin, moulded under heat and pressure. The suspension inside was webbing and leather.
Produced by Malcolm Campbell (Plastics) Ltd, London. Patent dating to 1957.
Sat on our shop wall for comparison. What do you think? 🪖
#outdoors #caving #potholing #spelunking #mining #mineexploring #protective_equipment #history
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A Texolex caving helmet, probably 1960s–70s, next to a modern Petzl.
The shell is resin-bonded woven textile laminate: cotton fabric soaked in phenolic resin, moulded under heat and pressure. The suspension inside was webbing and leather.
Produced by Malcolm Campbell (Plastics) Ltd, London. Patent dating to 1957.
Sat on our shop wall for comparison. What do you think? 🪖
#outdoors #caving #potholing #spelunking #mining #mineexploring #protective_equipment #history
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Locals in Bloxham, Oxfordshire talked about tunnels beneath the village for generations. Most called it myth.
Turns out it's real. A growing network of underground passages, one found by accident when a builder's garage footings gave way in March. Red deer bones inside. Pre-medieval.
Turns out some legends are worth investigating!
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Locals in Bloxham, Oxfordshire talked about tunnels beneath the village for generations. Most called it myth.
Turns out it's real. A growing network of underground passages, one found by accident when a builder's garage footings gave way in March. Red deer bones inside. Pre-medieval.
Turns out some legends are worth investigating!
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Tight deviations are not only awkward to pass they increase the load on your anchor. At 60°+, the anchor takes more force than the rope load itself.
Kattsafe have a clear diagram + free calculator worth bookmarking:
https://kattsafe.com.au/resources/tools-calculators/deviation-point-load-calculator#caving #spelunking #potholing #uk #britain #england #outdoors
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Tight deviations are not only awkward to pass they increase the load on your anchor. At 60°+, the anchor takes more force than the rope load itself.
Kattsafe have a clear diagram + free calculator worth bookmarking:
https://kattsafe.com.au/resources/tools-calculators/deviation-point-load-calculator#caving #spelunking #potholing #uk #britain #england #outdoors
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New issue of Descent in at Inglesport. Issue 309.
Inside: Mendip discoveries, possibly the world's tallest cave entrance, the BCRC's 2025 rescue round-up, two weeks in Greece, a wildlife rescue guide, and a Gouffre Berger trip report.
Available in-store or online 👇
https://www.inglesport.com/product/descent-magazine/#caving #potholing #spelunking #magazine #uk #britain #england
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New issue of Descent in at Inglesport. Issue 309.
Inside: Mendip discoveries, possibly the world's tallest cave entrance, the BCRC's 2025 rescue round-up, two weeks in Greece, a wildlife rescue guide, and a Gouffre Berger trip report.
Available in-store or online 👇
https://www.inglesport.com/product/descent-magazine/#caving #potholing #spelunking #magazine #uk #britain #england
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New from Gareth Williams: the Diccan Pot to Alum Pot exchange, and it might be his best film yet.
One of the Dales' most demanding wet potholes. Constant spray, thundering water, and a finale at the bottom of Alum Pot that's hard to forget.
Filmed with Kendal Caving Club.
⚠️ Experienced cavers only — consult the CNCC description before any trip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5ch3zLSAEU
#outdoors #caving #potholing #spelunking #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england
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New from Gareth Williams: the Diccan Pot to Alum Pot exchange, and it might be his best film yet.
One of the Dales' most demanding wet potholes. Constant spray, thundering water, and a finale at the bottom of Alum Pot that's hard to forget.
Filmed with Kendal Caving Club.
⚠️ Experienced cavers only — consult the CNCC description before any trip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5ch3zLSAEU
#outdoors #caving #potholing #spelunking #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england
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New extension in Gavel Pot, Leck Fell: the Echo Chamber.
Months of digging through mud sumps beyond Glasfurd's Chamber by the Space Miners. Less than 100m of new passage, but the long straws and formations are stunning.
Now open. Conservation taping in place. Please take extreme care if you visit.
#outdoors #caving #potholing #spelunking #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england #landscape
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New extension in Gavel Pot, Leck Fell: the Echo Chamber.
Months of digging through mud sumps beyond Glasfurd's Chamber by the Space Miners. Less than 100m of new passage, but the long straws and formations are stunning.
Now open. Conservation taping in place. Please take extreme care if you visit.
#outdoors #caving #potholing #spelunking #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england #landscape
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New Zealand's Charleston #GlowWorm #Cave #Rafting #Adventure is a combination of #spelunking , floating on an inner tube inside a cave with millions of glowworms and river rafting. How did you like it? #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Hokitika/#charleston
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New Zealand's Charleston #GlowWorm #Cave #Rafting #Adventure is a combination of #spelunking , floating on an inner tube inside a cave with millions of glowworms and river rafting. How did you like it? #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Hokitika/#charleston
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Happy #WorldBookDay 📚
Our reading list:
🔦 Blind Descent — £9.99
🔦 Adventures Underground (Yorkshire Dales) — £29.95
🧗 Touching the Void — £10.99
🧗 Alone on the Wall — £9.99
🏃 Trail & Fell Running in the Lakes — £14.95All in stock. inglesport.com
#outdoors #worldbookday2026 #caving #potholing #spelunking #climbing #trailrunning
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Happy #WorldBookDay 📚
Our reading list:
🔦 Blind Descent — £9.99
🔦 Adventures Underground (Yorkshire Dales) — £29.95
🧗 Touching the Void — £10.99
🧗 Alone on the Wall — £9.99
🏃 Trail & Fell Running in the Lakes — £14.95All in stock. inglesport.com
#outdoors #worldbookday2026 #caving #potholing #spelunking #climbing #trailrunning
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"A small but enjoyable active stream cave," says the description.
Sure. In the dry.
Kendal Caving Club recently showed us what Sunset Hole looks like with proper Yorkshire rain behind it, and it's something else entirely.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8gFAHGkoypY
#outdoors #caving #potholing #spelunking #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england
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"A small but enjoyable active stream cave," says the description.
Sure. In the dry.
Kendal Caving Club recently showed us what Sunset Hole looks like with proper Yorkshire rain behind it, and it's something else entirely.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8gFAHGkoypY
#outdoors #caving #potholing #spelunking #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england
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Two years ago Gareth Williams offered to share his caving footage with us. We said yes without quite knowing what would follow.
What followed: hundreds of thousands of people watching caves they'd never heard of, beneath hills they'd never visited. Our Facebook growing past 10,000 followers. And Meta, quietly, starting to pay.
Meta paid £100. We've matched it. £200 shared equally: £100 shop credit to Kendal Caving Club, £100 to Crewe Climbing & Pothole Club.
Gareth, you've helped us show the world the Yorkshire Dales from the inside. Thank you.
* Photo is of CCPC and KCC members at the bottom of the Gouffre Berger in France in 2023. 🇫🇷
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Two years ago Gareth Williams offered to share his caving footage with us. We said yes without quite knowing what would follow.
What followed: hundreds of thousands of people watching caves they'd never heard of, beneath hills they'd never visited. Our Facebook growing past 10,000 followers. And Meta, quietly, starting to pay.
Meta paid £100. We've matched it. £200 shared equally: £100 shop credit to Kendal Caving Club, £100 to Crewe Climbing & Pothole Club.
Gareth, you've helped us show the world the Yorkshire Dales from the inside. Thank you.
* Photo is of CCPC and KCC members at the bottom of the Gouffre Berger in France in 2023. 🇫🇷
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A 90,000-year-old wolverine jawbone has been pulled out of a mud bucket at Stump Cross Caverns, North Yorkshire.
Volunteers from Craven Pothole Club spotted it during excavation of a cave first discovered by the Victorians. One large canine tooth still attached.
Yorkshire caves. Never boring. 🦷
Full story via BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2gxlvnlkdo
#caving #potholing #spelunking #yorkshire #fossil #history #uk #britain #england
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A 90,000-year-old wolverine jawbone has been pulled out of a mud bucket at Stump Cross Caverns, North Yorkshire.
Volunteers from Craven Pothole Club spotted it during excavation of a cave first discovered by the Victorians. One large canine tooth still attached.
Yorkshire caves. Never boring. 🦷
Full story via BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2gxlvnlkdo
#caving #potholing #spelunking #yorkshire #fossil #history #uk #britain #england
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Descent 308 just landed at Inglesport. Stacked issue.
✅ SpeleoFotoContest: World-class underground photography
✅ Ease Gill Open House: 10 days of rigged SRT at Bullpot Farm
✅ Inside the Mountain: Gaping Gill free ascent film
✅ Sótano de las Golondrinas with Martyn Farr
✅ Two massive UK caves compared in survey
✅ The Dry Traverse: Best sporting trip in the Three Counties?
✅ UV cave photography
✅ Big CHECC '25Grab yours before they go 👇
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Descent 308 just landed at Inglesport. Stacked issue.
✅ SpeleoFotoContest: World-class underground photography
✅ Ease Gill Open House: 10 days of rigged SRT at Bullpot Farm
✅ Inside the Mountain: Gaping Gill free ascent film
✅ Sótano de las Golondrinas with Martyn Farr
✅ Two massive UK caves compared in survey
✅ The Dry Traverse: Best sporting trip in the Three Counties?
✅ UV cave photography
✅ Big CHECC '25Grab yours before they go 👇
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Ingleborough Cave reopens 7 days a week from Sat 14th Feb (yes, Valentine's Day). Last entry 4pm.
Take your date underground to see limestone formations that have been growing for thousands of years. Now that's commitment.
https://ingleboroughcave.co.uk
#outdoors #yorkshiredales #valentinesday #caving #spelunking
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Ingleborough Cave reopens 7 days a week from Sat 14th Feb (yes, Valentine's Day). Last entry 4pm.
Take your date underground to see limestone formations that have been growing for thousands of years. Now that's commitment.
https://ingleboroughcave.co.uk
#outdoors #yorkshiredales #valentinesday #caving #spelunking
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#PalacesAndGardens #SecretSpace The Crystal Maiden (turned out it was male) in the Mayan cave Actun Tunichil Muknal in Belize. The skeleton is believe to be over 1200 years old. More in alt text. #EastCoastKin #Spelunking #Belize #Mayan
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Petzl have updated their pulley range with new names and codes. If you're running the old models, we've mapped out what's replaced what.
Specs have changed too, generally 1mm down on rope diameter.
New stock in https://www.inglesport.com/?orderby=date&paged=1&s=petzl+pulley&post_type=product&dgwt_wcas=1 👍
#outdoors #ropeaccess #rescueOperations #caving #potholing #spelunking #yorkshire
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Petzl have updated their pulley range with new names and codes. If you're running the old models, we've mapped out what's replaced what.
Specs have changed too, generally 1mm down on rope diameter.
New stock in https://www.inglesport.com/?orderby=date&paged=1&s=petzl+pulley&post_type=product&dgwt_wcas=1 👍
#outdoors #ropeaccess #rescueOperations #caving #potholing #spelunking #yorkshire
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#FOSDEM : Cave surveying - GIS with a Z-axis
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/WX8XEQ-cave-surveying/
Live stream right now: https://live.fosdem.org/watch/h1301
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#FOSDEM : Cave surveying - GIS with a Z-axis
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/WX8XEQ-cave-surveying/
Live stream right now: https://live.fosdem.org/watch/h1301
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⚠️ Heads up: zip wire incident in Croesor, with warnings that another might be compromised on the through-trip. Ascenders essential.
Here's Gareth's Croesor➜Rhosydd footage: caverns, bridges, zips, canoe + that walk into daylight.
📹 Gareth Williams | Kendal Caving Club.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9rnuHtd8-Mk
#outdoors #caving #spelunking #potholing #mineexploration #mineexploring #mine #wales #uk #britain
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⚠️ Heads up: zip wire incident in Croesor, with warnings that another might be compromised on the through-trip. Ascenders essential.
Here's Gareth's Croesor➜Rhosydd footage: caverns, bridges, zips, canoe + that walk into daylight.
📹 Gareth Williams | Kendal Caving Club.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9rnuHtd8-Mk
#outdoors #caving #spelunking #potholing #mineexploration #mineexploring #mine #wales #uk #britain
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Heads-up cavers: North by North End Pot, Jan 24
That big boulder on Julian's Leg Up is shifting, 1.5 m monster now half-loose after three smaller ones fell out. Right where you'd step. Worth a rethink.
Report to CNCC if you find other hazards: https://cncc.org.uk/caving/report/ 👍
#outdoors #caving #spelunking #potholing #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england
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Heads-up cavers: North by North End Pot, Jan 24
That big boulder on Julian's Leg Up is shifting, 1.5 m monster now half-loose after three smaller ones fell out. Right where you'd step. Worth a rethink.
Report to CNCC if you find other hazards: https://cncc.org.uk/caving/report/ 👍
#outdoors #caving #spelunking #potholing #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england
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Alum Pot, Yorkshire Dales: South East Route straight down the main shaft, waterfall howling beside you. Big exposure, bigger grin.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W0QSL71oZpg
Credit: Gareth Williams | Kendal Caving Club
#outdoors #OutdoorAdventure #caving #spelunking #potholing #yorkshire #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england
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Alum Pot, Yorkshire Dales: South East Route straight down the main shaft, waterfall howling beside you. Big exposure, bigger grin.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W0QSL71oZpg
Credit: Gareth Williams | Kendal Caving Club
#outdoors #OutdoorAdventure #caving #spelunking #potholing #yorkshire #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england
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What a trip this is! | PEAK
December 2025 clip compilation:
https://youtu.be/btV5NulIeSc
https://spectra.video/w/hmxNAn8MCJ5iUpc6fXJrVo#MonzMont #MonzClips #PHVTuber #ENVTuber #VTuber #PNGTuber #VTuberClips #Clip #Clips #Shorts #Peak #PeakGame #Mountaineering #Spelunking #Hiking #CoopGame #TeamGame
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What a trip this is! | PEAK
December 2025 clip compilation:
https://youtu.be/btV5NulIeSc
https://spectra.video/w/hmxNAn8MCJ5iUpc6fXJrVo#MonzMont #MonzClips #PHVTuber #ENVTuber #VTuber #PNGTuber #VTuberClips #Clip #Clips #Shorts #Peak #PeakGame #Mountaineering #Spelunking #Hiking #CoopGame #TeamGame
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Cact-sus | PEAK
December 2025 clip compilation:
https://youtu.be/btV5NulIeSc
https://spectra.video/w/hmxNAn8MCJ5iUpc6fXJrVo#MonzMont #MonzClips #PHVTuber #ENVTuber #VTuber #PNGTuber #VTuberClips #Shorts #Peak #PeakGame #Mountaineering #Spelunking #Hiking #CoopGame #TeamGame
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Cact-sus | PEAK
December 2025 clip compilation:
https://youtu.be/btV5NulIeSc
https://spectra.video/w/hmxNAn8MCJ5iUpc6fXJrVo#MonzMont #MonzClips #PHVTuber #ENVTuber #VTuber #PNGTuber #VTuberClips #Shorts #Peak #PeakGame #Mountaineering #Spelunking #Hiking #CoopGame #TeamGame
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Happy 2026! Straight underground.
Fresh reel from Gareth Williams: Notts II / Committee Pot on Leck Fell. Hatch in, tight crawl, then a stream passage with waist-deep water and a ceiling full of straw stalactites.
Reply with your favourite Dales cave feature. 👍
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h5pFplHk3D0
#outdoors #OutdoorAdventure #caving #spelunking #potholing #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england
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Happy 2026! Straight underground.
Fresh reel from Gareth Williams: Notts II / Committee Pot on Leck Fell. Hatch in, tight crawl, then a stream passage with waist-deep water and a ceiling full of straw stalactites.
Reply with your favourite Dales cave feature. 👍
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h5pFplHk3D0
#outdoors #OutdoorAdventure #caving #spelunking #potholing #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england
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I hate Bing Bong | PEAK
December 2025 clip compilation:
https://youtu.be/btV5NulIeSc
https://spectra.video/w/hmxNAn8MCJ5iUpc6fXJrVo#MonzMont #MonzClips #PHVTuber #ENVTuber #VTuber #PNGTuber #VTuberClips #Shorts #Peak #PeakGame #Mountaineering #Spelunking #Hiking #CoopGame #TeamGame
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Scorpion sounds | PEAK
We raided AudreyBunny after stream: https://www.twitch.tv/audreybunny
Stream VOD:
https://youtube.com/live/xRuewRxwc4E
https://spectra.video/w/ndyakQDY9qNwYa3hbCNJXH#MonzMont #MonzClips #PHVTuber #ENVTuber #VTuber #PNGTuber #VTuberClips #Shorts #Peak #PeakGame #Mountaineering #Spelunking #Hiking #CoopGame #TeamGame
