INCIDENT 41/2022 JUN 18th  SAT. 12.13 ROWTEN POT, KINGSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – ANIMAL INCIDENT

A sheep was reported as being stuck on a ledge about 10 metres down Rowten Pot. CRO team members descended into the pothole and found a rather strong and lively lamb that seemed keen to evade capture. Our team members eventually won the day and the lamb was successfully hauled back to the surface. Volunteer hours: 10

INCIDENT 13/2020 – Feb. 29th. Sat. 22.15hrs – Rowten Pot, Kingsdale – Cave Incident

During their re-ascent of the vertical Rowten Pot, the first of a party of 3 cavers became stuck at a point where their access rope was re-belayed to ring anchors embedded in the wall of the pothole. From the description given later, it seems that the caver had loaded all his weight on to a short lanyard, or cowstail, at the re-belay but then found himself unable to unload this…