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Yorkshire Ramblers Club

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“The Yorkshire Ramblers' Club (YRC) was founded in Leeds on 6 October 1892. It is the second-oldest mountaineering club in England, and the UK's oldest caving club, active in mountaineering and caving in the United Kingdom and internationally.”
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Atlas ObscuraAug 21

Jingling Pot in England

Jingling Pot is one of the most popular vertical cave systems in the West Kingsdale area of Yorkshire. The cave, or as is known locally, pothole (pit cave in American English), is on the flanks of one of Yorkshires finest mountains, Wherneside. It is about 145 feet deep and explorers have the option of a direct abseil (rappel) descent down the main shaft or, a traverse, a few feet from the top…

Original party entered pothole in 1897.

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  • Jingling PotSightLocated adjacent to Jingling Beck, it is a lenticular-shaped 45-metre (148 ft) deep shaft that descends straight from…
  • WhernsideSightOne of Yorkshire's finest mountains.
  • Jingling CaveSightNearby cave where Jingling Brook now enters.
  • Yorkshire Ramblers ClubPlaceOriginal party entered pothole in 1897.
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