Disappointment Pot

The cave was first entered by J. Blackburn-Holden and Eli Simpson in 1912, in the hope that it would prove to be another entrance into Gaping Gill, as had Flood Entrance Pot discovered not long before. They were disappointed to find that after 100 m the cave terminated in a low water-filled crawl, hence its name. The passages at the bottom, leading from Hensler's Master Cave to the chamber where the last pitch of Disappointment Pot enters the system were found by Eric Hensler in 1937 when he discovered over 1.5 km of passage in Gaping Gill on a solo trip. In 1944 Bob Leakey stripped naked and dived through the flooded passage at the end of Disappointment Pot which had previously stopped…

A 10 m climb at the base of the grassy shakehole drops into a stream passage. Upstream, a climb enters a passage which after 100 m leads to the stream sink and the Motley Pot exit. Downstream, a narrow meandering streamway leads to a short flat-out section, followed by a duck, a short section with minimal airspace. The passage becomes larger as it approaches the first of its five short pitches. Shortly before the third pitch, a high aven is where Marilyn, the third entrance, enters the system. The fifth pitch is the largest at 14 m, and this enters a large chamber. The way on is down a boulder ruckle and along a spacious passage for some 80 m to the connection with Hensler's Master Cave in…