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audioJohn Lovett : Part 3 - Rescue in Penyghent Pot in 1951external query icon
pub: 18 October 2009 held by: BCL external link icon
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Keywords: "Brindle"
  • Interviewee: John Lovett
  • Interviewer: Sid Perou
  • Copyright: Sid Perou
  • Duration: 7 minutes 38 seconds
  • Bit rate: 128 kbps
  • Sampling rate: 48,000 Hz
  • Channel mode: joint stereo
  • File size: 7,190 kb
John Lovett's first experiences of caving was attending the YRC winch meets at Gaping Gill in 1936 with his father. He eventually joined the YRC in 1950 at the age of the 20. In June 1951 John was a guest on the first Craven Pothole Club bottoming trip in Penyghent Pot. He recalls how Johnny Frankland, a 20 year old member of the CPC, fell from a ladder on the ninth pitch, knocking himself out and injuring a couple of ribs. John went out of the cave by himself for help, before returning to the scene. It took over 100 cavers more than 24 hours to bring Frankland to the surface, but Lovett wasn't too impressed with the manpower deployment! Johnny Frankland died in 1996. 		rescue,UK,NW England
surveyDescent : Pollaraftra Cave (1951)external query icon
114 pub: 1993
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UK,Ireland
surveyDescent : Stump Cross Caverns (1951)external query icon
117 pub: 1994
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UK,NW England