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BriteLite2
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wow awesome pics!!!
would love to go check that out someday
is most of it old mines?
would love to go check that out someday
is most of it old mines?
The brick tunnel will be a Victoria sewer (probably in London), the mine photos (most of them) are from Box mine near Bristol, and the last one looks remarkably like a viaduct in Brighton.
The CPF UK meet went to Box last year, this is a summarised set of photos:
Taking a group of CPFers into a mine, lighting was not a concern!!
Some of the motley crew getting ready to go.
The way in turned out to the be easiest of the entrances.
Nice to see the ceilings looking stable and safe to walk under.
Some of the miner's artwork.
An underground crane.
These tunnels are all hand cut.
We thought we would take one of the smaller blocks with us – "You take that end!"
After coming through a crawl space it got much more spacious.
Another one of those safe ceiling being held up while we all got through.
A lunch break.
Welcome to the Cathedral.
Light stick… that's not a light stick.
The quantity of material cut and removed by hand is astounding.
It looks quite a strong ceiling support, but the wood is now as strong as a wet paper bag.
Having to crawl through a small hole in the wall.
A nuclear bunker door just before the light sabre broke through.
Who put that door there?
Some slightly more modern ceiling support.
The remains of a WW2 wire mesh barrier. Looks like a great deal more effort went into making this than it took to get through it.
The miners used to come to work down this ladder.
Then down the steps.
One of the saws used to cut out most of these tunnels.
A crab-winch (I think).
A nicely built tunnel looking slightly out of place.
The way out was a much smaller opening you needed to wriggle through like a worm – glad to be out!
The CPF UK meet went to Box last year, this is a summarised set of photos:
Taking a group of CPFers into a mine, lighting was not a concern!!
Some of the motley crew getting ready to go.
The way in turned out to the be easiest of the entrances.
Nice to see the ceilings looking stable and safe to walk under.
Some of the miner's artwork.
An underground crane.
These tunnels are all hand cut.
We thought we would take one of the smaller blocks with us – "You take that end!"
After coming through a crawl space it got much more spacious.
Another one of those safe ceiling being held up while we all got through.
A lunch break.
Welcome to the Cathedral.
Light stick… that's not a light stick.
The quantity of material cut and removed by hand is astounding.
It looks quite a strong ceiling support, but the wood is now as strong as a wet paper bag.
Having to crawl through a small hole in the wall.
A nuclear bunker door just before the light sabre broke through.
Who put that door there?
Some slightly more modern ceiling support.
The remains of a WW2 wire mesh barrier. Looks like a great deal more effort went into making this than it took to get through it.
The miners used to come to work down this ladder.
Then down the steps.
One of the saws used to cut out most of these tunnels.
A crab-winch (I think).
A nicely built tunnel looking slightly out of place.
The way out was a much smaller opening you needed to wriggle through like a worm – glad to be out!
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Moka
Enlightened
Fantastic shots Subwoofer!
Would love to get overseas and see them someday...
My Ra Clicky is my dependable light for caving!
Would love to get overseas and see them someday...
My Ra Clicky is my dependable light for caving!
callmaster
Enlightened
That is indeed impressive, wish I had the chance to get to places like that.
Me, I'd get a bunch of lights and batteries AND send someone ELSE in there. Hell no!
I don't do tight spaces any longer. Getting too old I guess.
Anyway, awesome pics and adventure
George
BriteLite2
Enlightened
thanx for the additional pics!! I love to view and read about other peoples cool adventures
and throw in flashlights to boot? doesnt get anybetter
it would be cool if this turned into a continuing thread with updates from others also.
and throw in flashlights to boot? doesnt get anybetter
it would be cool if this turned into a continuing thread with updates from others also.
ven
Flashaholic
Great thread,loving the link :thumbsup: ,just shows how much is out there but unknown by so many....
subwoofer,thanks for sharing those awesome pics and story,simply amazing :twothumbs
Looks an awesome adventure Sure the guys who worked down there may have thought different .....
subwoofer,thanks for sharing those awesome pics and story,simply amazing :twothumbs
Looks an awesome adventure
Sure the guys who worked down there may have thought different .....There was a wide variety of lighting brought that day. Personally I had these lights on me:
Fenix HP11 mounted to the helmet.
Armytek Viking Pro v2.5
Fenix TK75
Fenix LD01
Zebralight SC51 & HL51
2xTritium keyrings (in total darkness, you can actually just about see by the light of these)
The others had things like the Armytek Wizard Pro, a specialised caving headlamp which I did not recognise, Jetbeam RRT3, Eagletac MX25L3, plus many more others I can't remember. One of us had a home made helmet mount (using some plastic that becomes mould-able in boiling water) and a small CR123 light. Despite all our preparations he was scrounging for CR123s around the halfway point of 3.5 hours in.
One thing that was amazing, was actually the complete lack of light. If you sit down and turn off all the lights, the complete blackness is very oppressive and it feels as if there is a great pressure on your eyes. Really weird and disorientating while your eyes search for something and find nothing.
