Caving in South Wales - Cave of the Black Spring (Ogof Ffynnon Ddu)

In December 2022 group of twelve Finnish cavers embarked on a journey to explore deepest cave in the United Kingdom. Cave of the Black Spring (Ogof Ffynnon Ddu) is located in the Upper Swansea Valley at South Wales. This is a document of three day long expedition. Footage is mostly filmed with GoPro Hero 9. In the timestamps below you can find some of the highlights and landmarks.

00:36 DAY 1
01:10 Top Entrance
01:55 Gnomes Passage + Wedding Cake
02:08 Corkscrew
04:57 Shatter Pillar
05:07 Selenite Tunnel
05:15 President's Leap
06:01 Cave Rescue Exercise at Corkscrew

07:13 DAY 2
08:50 Stream
09:47 Boulder Chamber
10:46 Roly Poly
11:30 Bolt Traverse

16:07 DAY 3
16:30 Cwm Dwr Descent
19:02 Navigation Exercises at Top
20:11 Mini Traverse
21:20 Speedy Caver
21:59 Mini Columns

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