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Rachel & Richard organised the gear and met us at the woodbine in Hope.</p> <p>We all set off to the cave for an excellent round trip of Giants. All had a great time despite the grade 3 change (horizontal rain and 2 degrees C eek!). </p> <p>Both novices were still saying they’d like to do some more caving and were discussing what gear they needed to buy – so more trips may be in the offing. A weekend in the Mendhips has been suggested.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/category/caving/" rel="category tag">Caving</a></span> <span class="maps-link"><a href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=England'><img class='country_img' src='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/plugins/post-country/Flags/England.gif' width='16' height='16' alt='England' title='View all posts from England' /></a> <a href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=England'>England</a> </span> <span class="series-link"></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a4d1f6e5b691d4734c8854cc0c96687c?s=20&d=wavatar&r=x' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a4d1f6e5b691d4734c8854cc0c96687c?s=40&d=wavatar&r=x 2x' class='avatar avatar-20 photo' height='20' width='20' decoding='async'/><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span> <a class="url fn n" href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/author/dave/">Dave</a></span></span> </footer> </article> <div id="comments" class="comments-area"> <h2 class="comments-title"> 4 thoughts on “Novice Trip down Giants Hole” </h2> <ol class="comment-list"> <li id="comment-2003" class="comment byuser comment-author-peter even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-2003" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2cd5f1bbcea36cacf808840a83c4f82b?s=42&d=wavatar&r=x' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2cd5f1bbcea36cacf808840a83c4f82b?s=84&d=wavatar&r=x 2x' class='avatar avatar-42 photo' height='42' width='42' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk" class="url" rel="ugc">Pete</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/11/25/novice-trip-down-giants-hole/#comment-2003"><time datetime="2007-11-25T18:03:43+00:00">Sunday, 25th November 2007 at 6:03 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>😯 “grade 3 change”? Amazing you now even have a grading system for getting changed!<br /> How does grade 3 compare to similar conditions on Leck Fell?</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/11/25/novice-trip-down-giants-hole/?replytocom=2003#respond" data-commentid="2003" data-postid="948" data-belowelement="div-comment-2003" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Pete" aria-label="Reply to Pete">Reply</a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-2014" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-2014" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a4d1f6e5b691d4734c8854cc0c96687c?s=42&d=wavatar&r=x' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a4d1f6e5b691d4734c8854cc0c96687c?s=84&d=wavatar&r=x 2x' class='avatar avatar-42 photo' height='42' width='42' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Dave</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/11/25/novice-trip-down-giants-hole/#comment-2014"><time datetime="2007-11-26T18:22:45+00:00">Monday, 26th November 2007 at 6:22 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I’ve been thinking about giving them a star rating as well 😆</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/11/25/novice-trip-down-giants-hole/?replytocom=2014#respond" data-commentid="2014" data-postid="948" data-belowelement="div-comment-2014" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Dave" aria-label="Reply to Dave">Reply</a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-2016" class="comment byuser comment-author-david even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-2016" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' 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