Derbyshire Mine Shaft Sep09

[diehardlove]

went to this mine recently with shadow full credit to him please forgive me not giving exact location but i honestly dont know it and probally could only just find it again

hidden in the mist of nowhere is this mine considering its 10 mins away from anywhere i wasnt feeling too happy and also i have the flu so wasnt the best idea to do this on a day like this but screw it off we went
and when i got there felt even worst as had fake floors and had collapsed in places was a steep climb down via a hosepipe that someone had attached to a bed you heard me

pretty creepy down there as loads of shotgun cartridges and tvs microwaves etc
half way down we decided climbing equipment was needed and then it happened my bag slipped and went down a steep shaft including my camera
all we heard was bang bang bang bang and a few secounds latter it landed by this time im panicking as a bloody unsafe mine but my mate went down 50ft and shat himself as a wood bridge over a drop so big the torch didnt lite the bottom and there on the edge is my bag just glad it wasnt one of us who fell
we called it a day and went back to do latter with more rope gave me a bloody good excuse to pay £80 for climbing rope as i told the missis i needed it to get the bag with camera back

is that a rope no its a hosepipe lol

bed with hosepipe attached

floor collapsed

artificial floor collapsed in

all kitted up ready to go in

also big pat on the back and next time at the pub few pints for getting my bag back mate cheers

 

[Mid diesel]

great stuff -- you're braver than me though......

 

[diehardlove]

great stuff -- you're braver than me though......

lol thanks,
ive just had loads of texts saying everything from your insane,to your a brave bugger to have you seriously lost your mind

 

[DaveyGTI]

man that looks hairy! fair play to you though, i like to think i'd have gone after my camera as well in the same position but i'd have some serious jitters about it!

 

[Maniac]

So this'll be the one you drove around for ages trying to find, then eventually Shadow rang me and got me to give you directions to it from google earth. lol.

Was quite funny, had some funny looks from the guys at work reading out directions to you over the phone.

Looks like quite a mission that one!

 

[diehardlove]

So this'll be the one you drove around for ages trying to find, then eventually Shadow rang me and got me to give you directions to it from google earth. lol.

Was quite funny, had some funny looks from the guys at work reading out directions to you over the phone.

Looks like quite a mission that one!

fair play to shadow he went down and got the camera,and drove
i love the bloke after that saved me having my balls chopped off by the missis as going away next week so need it for the kids lol

when am i finaly going to meet you we have some good stuff our way and i have a nice campbed i can set up in my front room with a full english if your interested lol

 

[crickleymal]

<Q mode>

Do be careful Bond

</Q Mode>

A lot of those Derbyshire mines are seriously vertical.

 

[diehardlove]

to be honest we were bloody carefull as that place is seriously dangerous with loads of artificial floors that had given way above and loads ready to go below and also loose sand,it was really steep all the way and no way of getting in without a harness and climbing line once you were in the mine,
my mate said the drop was at least 200ft on one side of the wooden bridge and the other side was filled in or collapsed

 

[djfresh]

ur mad!! what is it with u and going up heights or going down holes whats wrong with normal ground

 

[Maniac]

fair play to shadow he went down and got the camera,and drove
i love the bloke after that saved me having my balls chopped off by the missis as going away next week so need it for the kids lol

when am i finaly going to meet you we have some good stuff our way and i have a nice campbed i can set up in my front room with a full english if your interested lol

I've been a tad busy lately as I've just brought a house, so been saving cash and not getting out as much as I wanted. I'm sure I'll pop up your way soon, two places to stay now - normally its shadows front room where I get woken up at the crack of dawn by his younger brother and sister, or in the case of the Stanton Foundary explore, at 5:00 am by shadow with hairclippers in his hand and threatening to use them if I didn't get up!

 

[Maniac]

I have to add, I've just read the tags you put in at the bottom of the screen.

abseil , derbyshire , mine , . . . . .

 

[diehardlove]

I've been a tad busy lately as I've just brought a house, so been saving cash and not getting out as much as I wanted. I'm sure I'll pop up your way soon, two places to stay now - normally its shadows front room where I get woken up at the crack of dawn by his younger brother and sister, or in the case of the Stanton Foundary explore, at 5:00 am by shadow with hairclippers in his hand and threatening to use them if I didn't get up!

here you get to sleep to whatever time you want on a nice campbed (better than my bed) and then a full english breakfast in the morning
and i do mean that dont just think im saying it

what about tits !!

 

[RiF]

bro that is insane!
wish i could have been there

 

[diehardlove]

bro that is insane!
wish i could have been there

i wish you could have been there too as was scary going just the 2 of use and would have been nice to have seen you again

 

[graybags]

Rope

Nice pics !

you need to sort out your ropework or there won't be any more !


G

 

[diehardlove]

Nice pics !

you need to sort out your ropework or there won't be any more !


G

lol the tyre that was placed there was massive i used to work on tractors and i can tell you its bloody heavy but more to the point the shaft is half the size of the tyre and well wedged and under loads of rocks so no chance of it going down also the knot work is tied by someone i trust and is a double fishermans knot with a carabiner the rope was 10.5mm by 50meters of coated rope with harness and a ascender and deascender used and he knows what hes doing,
so whats the problem
the hosepipe was only to get down the first part of the mine that was not to bad as was not a good idea to tie up there as nothing to anchor to and more to the point,we wanted as much rope into the mine as we had as didnt know how far down we were going

 

[the_historian]

Christ! You're a better man than me, Gunga Din.

 

[james.s]

Nice! Can you PM me a flashearth please? It looks like a laugh
Was it a lead mine?

 

[diehardlove]

Nice! Can you PM me a flashearth please? It looks like a laugh
Was it a lead mine?

lol how can i do that when i dont have a idea where it is,and not being funny but without a climbing harness and lines you will get hurt as its not safe in there at all

 

[burb147]

dave can you do anything without a mini crisis lmao. love your antics sooooooooooooo much. ps i have my beastie back driving on me next time