Diving: Swildons Hole (08-Oct-06)

• Chris Jewell


• Swildons Hole, Mendip


• 01:00 dive time hours
• 6m Depth

To visit the Airbells in Sump 9 and also survey the Swildon's Twelve Sump Pools. Unfortunately Chris's High Pressure regulator hose exploded at Sump 2 and therefore he had to continue to Sump 9 with only one cylinder. This then meant I had to go to Sump 12 on my own. I dived into sump 9 tied off a jump line the far side of the entrance arch and surfaced in an airbell. An Aural connection was attempted with Chris back at chamber 9 but with no sucess. I then removed the jump line and continued through Sump 9 looking for other airbells. Nothing was found until I reached the airbell that links through to the far side of Sump 9. I then dumped my diving kit the other side of Sump 10 and went to do a survey of the sump pools in Swildon's Twelve. I then returned to meet Chris in Swildon's 9 and we headed out the cave.