Me and my frined, once again, had another, deeper explore to the Clifton Cave,Portland, this time, going in as far as we could, without getting physically stuck. And this time, I was able to borrow my dads Fujifilm Finepix S3000, which isnt the best, but its alrite.
The cave opening, is ... which is quite easily accessible. After about 6ft into the cave, theres a large rock, which you need to climb over, leaving you about3ft headroom, it then goes back about 15ft, then sharply to the right for another 15-20ft, then again, left. This brings you to the first corridor, about 50+ft long, and headroom of about 3-5ft variable, then, into a largeish room-like area, with about 2-6ft headroom. Then it branches off to the left, and then right up into the other corridor, this being a tighter squueze at 2-4ft, and about 4-6ft wide. This opens after about another 50ft, to a small area, where we set camp for bout 15mins, to crouch/struggl over a rock formation with headroom of no more than 2ft, very tight. There is about 4fts worth of this, then into a 3ft by 8ft puddle, with very limited headroom again, of about 3-5ft. This links you toward the near last part, of accessibility of this wonderful natural cave, where theres another, slitly bigger puddle, which carries on for about 14ft, then, up a slight gradient, for about 6-8ft, where there is no longer access for people bigger than 2ft wide. Ever way, this was once again, an interesting explore, and I look forward to taking some people there one day, as there are very nice rock formations throughout.
And also, heres the FlashEarth Link
The view looking up over the "****", about 60ft away from where there is very limited access.
The view just beyond the "****", and a shallow puddle, sounds weird, but there is quite alot of flowing water throughout this cave.
The view the opposite way from the "****".
On the way back, with a farely tight squeeze.
Some interesting Stalactite formations, and Fossilised water looking formations.
Just shows how tight this place can get.
And how rocky and awkward the walk/crouch through the cave is.
One of the few open spaces in the cave, where you can stand-up, but still, some parts are limited.
Real nice "Spine-like" formation.
Another nice looking formation, of Stalactites, Stalagmites and a few Columns.
Sorry about lack of picture quality, im not the best with a camera, and it was a finepix s3000, and its seriously Picth Black in there, and not too good torches either. These pictures are also available to view at my website.
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The cave opening, is ... which is quite easily accessible. After about 6ft into the cave, theres a large rock, which you need to climb over, leaving you about3ft headroom, it then goes back about 15ft, then sharply to the right for another 15-20ft, then again, left. This brings you to the first corridor, about 50+ft long, and headroom of about 3-5ft variable, then, into a largeish room-like area, with about 2-6ft headroom. Then it branches off to the left, and then right up into the other corridor, this being a tighter squueze at 2-4ft, and about 4-6ft wide. This opens after about another 50ft, to a small area, where we set camp for bout 15mins, to crouch/struggl over a rock formation with headroom of no more than 2ft, very tight. There is about 4fts worth of this, then into a 3ft by 8ft puddle, with very limited headroom again, of about 3-5ft. This links you toward the near last part, of accessibility of this wonderful natural cave, where theres another, slitly bigger puddle, which carries on for about 14ft, then, up a slight gradient, for about 6-8ft, where there is no longer access for people bigger than 2ft wide. Ever way, this was once again, an interesting explore, and I look forward to taking some people there one day, as there are very nice rock formations throughout.
And also, heres the FlashEarth Link
The view looking up over the "****", about 60ft away from where there is very limited access.
The view just beyond the "****", and a shallow puddle, sounds weird, but there is quite alot of flowing water throughout this cave.
The view the opposite way from the "****".
On the way back, with a farely tight squeeze.
Some interesting Stalactite formations, and Fossilised water looking formations.
Just shows how tight this place can get.
And how rocky and awkward the walk/crouch through the cave is.
One of the few open spaces in the cave, where you can stand-up, but still, some parts are limited.
Real nice "Spine-like" formation.
Another nice looking formation, of Stalactites, Stalagmites and a few Columns.
Sorry about lack of picture quality, im not the best with a camera, and it was a finepix s3000, and its seriously Picth Black in there, and not too good torches either. These pictures are also available to view at my website.
My Exporing Pages On My Website
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