Saturday 25 September 2010

Coniston Old Man Mine or Moss head Slate Quarry Part 2



sledge for slate ?


this is a metal bucket 30m away
a video of  slate quarry 100m deep

entrance to slate quarry


there is a lot of  slate still  here
up the hill to the small mine


mine entrance

me with the big torch ,
mine exit,  tunnel 30m. long ,15m high at end of the tunnel this mine is located at top of route near old man summit

see part 1 and part 3 for further details


Links :


use the 3 D display to see the complete route in mapmyrun
1341 feet climb in total , climb to the mine has a ranking  of 1 which is the most severe climb rating without climbing using ropes , 4.21 miles total  completed in 3.5 hours, pause time in mines exploring 1.5 hours,


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