Scrubby
Creek Cave
A Personal Experience
My first
trip into the cave was in
about 1967 and involved using woollen long-johns and a cotton boiler
suit. I was made to carry the rope safety line through the sump. My
first attempt had me reverse out and take my helmet off and swim with
nose and one eye above water, so called "sniffing the breezes",
until after about 30 metres, head room increases and one can stand up
in the shallow stream. The stream from here was flowing over freshly
deposited white calcite.
The whole
trip was memorable and the
only thing which has changed since then is that there are wetsuits
and caving suits available which can make the caving more enjoyable
and reduce the risk of serious exposure. Each trip I have done since
still has provided the full gamut of anticipation and adrenalin rush
as each new obstacle is overcome in this very exciting cave.
Author - Nicholas White
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