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<center><font size=+2>1994 EXPO<br>

<br>SUNSHINE BOOK</font></center>

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<p>4/7/94 | Plateau | Sean

<p>Walked up to top-camp, walked down and got blisters. <u>But</u> it's still
sunny.

<p>F.S.K.

<p>    &lt;--- What a lot of toss.

<hr /><a id="id1994-161-1">5/7/94</a> | 161 - Rigging entrance a | <u>Ali</u>, Pete L 

<p>First written up trip of Expo. - Rig - basically rigged to Poxy, went to
Boulder Alley and came out, all the ropes were <u>too</u> short, so some
conservative rigging required. got very slack, came out.

<u>TU = 5&frac34; hrs</u> 

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-2">5/7/94</a>  | 161 - Rigging Knossus | <u>Mike TS</u>, Sean, Andrew D      

<p>Followed Ali and Petel down to the top of Boulder Alley where they went
home. I rigged Knossus and went home too.

<p>TU 6 hrs

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-1">5/7/94</a> |161 - rigging France | <u>Anthony</u>, Mike TA

<p>Mike rigged in France as far as Algeria, I watched. Pottered around in
Algeria for a bit, then prussiked out at lightning speed.

<p>TU 6 hrs

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6/7/94 | Base camp - Started raining | Anthony

<p>
<pre>
                                              V----- WHAT IS ALL THIS CRAP
6/7/94  Started Raining .... [small cloud graphic]  - THIS IS A CAVING BOOK
                                                    No, it's a log book, and
  ..and Helen wound everybody up about expo         hardly anyone mentions logs
   money for a whole day :-)                        at all.
   (miserable bitch  AJD)   Ha Ha Ha (H.12 ^)<br>
</pre>

<hr /><a id="id1994-161-3">7/7/94</a> | 161 |  Helen, Sean, Mike TA, Ralph, <u>Andrew D</u>, Andy A     

<p>Pushing trip through tight squeeze off Gnome passage (off Dreamtime). Only
person to have got through previously was Wookey. Andrew and Sean were
supposed to go down France with Anthony, but he jacked due to so-called
&quot;bad weather&quot;. Andy A went through first and started putting in a
bolt at the top of small pitch at end of squeeze - divested of all SRT gear
and with rope tied to foot. Sounds of hammering transmitted through rock and
curses through air. Andrew D followed with Andy A's gear - almost broke left
knee trying to get round sharp bend but after consultation with Sean turned
onto back and got through somehow. Sean tried to get through, got stuck,
reversed, tried again, got through. Ralph decided he couldn't make it, so he
and Mike returned to surface, and Helen joined us. Andrew D put in first ever
spit at top of next pitch - 25m, with much help from Andy A. It was a pretty
shit spit, but nevertheless decided to trust it. Andrew D's SRT gear at far
end of squeeze since no-one had brought it through, so abseiled down to ledge
on Andy A's descender, and was stranded there as Andy A came down and rigged
a deviation to the bottom. The two Andys came back up and Sean and Helen went
for a stomp at the bottom - found another pitch with 4 second or 2 x 3 second
drop time - to be pushed on Saturday, then we all came out - squeeze was even
worse coming back. Got out about 11.30. Sean and Andrew D got lost on way
back to top camp. First new bit of cave of Expo !

<p>[Helen continues]

<p>Well he's missed a few interesting bits: Sean originally got stuck in the
squeeze. Because he was pushing his helmet and light, these got left in the
squeeze... He did eventually make it after working out that his back
wouldn't go round a 90&deg; bend (in squeeze) on the inside. I followed,
managing to light my carbide tube (rescued by Sean) on the way, followed by
lighting my hair....

<p>The pitch and stuff is all as Andy D2 says, well, except for the comedy
rigging.... I'm not commenting on the bolting, just the knot pass 2 metres
from the top of the 25m pitch, then a deviation that takes a bit of swinging
to get to. The know pass would have been ok, except my foot loop was too
long and I had to re-tie them hanging from the rope... The squeeze on the
way back was .... interesting. I got a tad stuck but not for too long, lit
my hair again (getting stuck with your hands trapped and your head in your
carbide light isn't too clever !). Anyway, much faffing later we got out.
walking back in the dark was ok (Andy A didn't get lost), we saw some lights
up above us.... Sean and Andy D2 lost on the plateau. Anyway, we all got
back ok by about 1 am. Sean at this point decided to go back to base camp...
Ho Hum.   (H. 12 ^)

<p>[Ralph adds]

<p>Having heard Sean getting stuck, and judging our comparitive height and
sizes, I decided it would have been a bit tight for me, so with a large dose
of common sense, Mike TA and I decided to leave those already through to
push on, whilst we went out. We got out of the cave at 21.15 and were
cooking a vesta by 22.15 at top camp. A nice first expo trip, but a pity it
wasn't a bit bigger.

<p>T.U.  9 hrs
<br><center>save MTA &amp; Ralph TU 7 hrs</center>

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-4">8/7/94</a> | 161 - Far north |  Mike TS, Ali, <u>Pete L</u>    

<p>Trolled down to Knossus (tun te tum) with 4 tacklesacks then got another
one so we had 5 + a rocket tube then we went to the tyrolean and I rigged it
pretty slowly and then I climbed up the other side it was shit the rigging
is crap so did Mike then Ali came across and ranted and then we went to the
campsite and had some soup and found the Vestas we left there last year were
OK and then we went to 3 Wise men and I got &frac12;-way across and then Ali
said his arm hurt and could we stop caving now please and although me and
Mike really wanted to go and push the end we had to come back because we
weren't tired really but had to come back and then we came down to Base camp
because we wanted to get drunk. The End Love Pete.

<p>TU: MTS 9 hrs
<br><center>Ali, <u>Petel</u> 9&frac12; hrs</center>

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-2">8/7/94</a>  | 161 | Anthony and <u>Scout</u>            

<p>Failed to find bolt driver at main entrance and so it became impossible
to do anything to keen. Since I am very novice at S.R.T. the trip took a lot
longer than it should have. Anthony took me down France, as far as the
bottom of Toothless. On the rebelay just before the bottom of Toothless I
got nicely strung up by accidentally abseiling too low. My chest jammer got
twisted and so I was unable to get the rope into it to prussik back up.
Eventually I got past the rebelay by Anthony prussiking up to it and hauling
me across. A bit of a cock up really ! At the bottom of Toothless Anthony
went off to the right to examine a new lead. Sadly !? he was unable to
pursue it because of lack of a bolt driver. We then both prussiked slowly
out of the cave.

<p>T.U. 7 hours

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<hr />11/7/94 | 161 | <u>Pete L</u> &amp; Sean    

<p>MTS &amp; Ali were going to come too but they didn't so we jacked so we
went prospecting &amp; we found a big hole but fuck knows where it is &amp;
then me &amp; Sean went caving to the far end so we zoomed down to the
campsite 1 hr 45 mins. then my electric broke then we had a cup of soup then
we zoomed out 2 hrs so that was it then we came home. Sean doesn't drive
slowly. The End Love Pete

TU 4 hrs

<hr /><a id="id1994-161-5">10/7/94 </a>| 161 - Driller Killer | <u>Mike TA</u> &amp; Andy A    

<p>In a fit of enthusiasm following a plateau washout returned in the morning
from base camp &amp; got underground at 2.30 pm. Very fast (1 hr or so) down
to Gnome II with 140m of rope and geraldine. Then spent 50 mins moving same
&amp; some SRT gear &amp; other garbage to get the next 10m or so. Wot a
bar-steward. Rerigged the knot pass and thence down to where Sean &amp; co.
got to. Scrotted about in the rift to get to the pitch only to find that
Geraldine didn't want to play, hence &quot;Driller Killer&quot;. Andy put in
a bolt by hand while I drilled 5mm, then I put in two bolts while Andy did
5mm - so abandoned her. Down 35-40m pitch (actually 27m !! :-) and broke into
bedding plane with loadsa passages. Most promising lead led eventually to 3
sec. drop into mega rift. Survey out doing 50 legs - what heroes. and dragged
Geraldine, now less the power cable, out. Wot a bar-steward II. Out at 0400
am. Walked back in gathering dawn, really nice, makes the plateau all
worthwhile.

<p>TU 13&frac12; hours

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-3">11/7/94</a> | 161 - France |  Mike TS, Ali          

<p>We first both went down to re-rig the top of France, then went down a
hole 25m dead end, then another icy, I farted and needed to get out very
rapidly. That's it really.

<p>TU   &frac12; hour tops
<br>          MTS          TU  10 mins

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-4">11/7/94</a> | 161 -  FRANCE | <u>Anthony</u>, Ralph, Helen, Andrew D

<p><u>TEAM FAST, EFFICIENT &amp; DESPERATELY HARD GO CAVING</u> (somewhere else)

<p>The plan was to rig/survey/derig the big pitch found last year at the
bottom of Toothless, which was thought to probably link into Twin Tubs,
which sounded like a suitably Noddy trip, then move onto some of the leads
off Algeria on the following days. Laugh. Scout jacked at the cave entrance
because of his ankle, but that still left four people and one bolting kit,
so a lot of sitting around followed whilst we put in five bolts just getting
to the head of the big pitch which we failed to descend at all, though we
did rig a fine deviation of which Ralph and I were rather proud. I then went
down to Algeria to rescue some hangers and rigged the &quot;Y-hang
deviation&quot; off two shit spits down Frogs Legs. Emerged to find that Ali
&amp; MTS (slack jacking bastards) had put in a traverse line down the cave
entrance, which was jolly helpful - I always go wrong there.

<p>TU: 8&frac12; hours too long.

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-5">12/7/94 | 161 - France</a>  | <u>Helen</u>, Andrew D, Anthony

<p>Went back to finish rigging/surveying/derigging, Ralph jacked due to a
knackered leg. Rigged the new pitch (&quot;Top Loader&quot;) with a Y-hang
from the bottom of the rift pitch (&quot;Standard deviation&quot;), then a
deviation off the right hand wall for a free hang down the pitch (which is
jolly fast on 9mm). &quot;Top Loader&quot; comes out into &quot;Washer&quot;
as expected. Rope rubs a bit so we all went out via the usual route to
Algeria, some surveying got done, as did the derigging.

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-6">12/7/94</a> | 161 - Gnome | <u>Andrew A</u>, Olly     

<p>Found another idiot to go down Gnome on a quick trip just to put a bolt
on. Trundled off to the bottom, Olly only unripping a bit on the corner but
swearing never again. Another one lost. Got to pitch, put bolt half in lots
of cracks so gave up. Climb onto boulder suspended in the middle of the
pitch got too scared must be time to go home. In Driller Killer, saw the
drill lead so went down to get it. Decided it was a little dangerous so
called Olly to stop just as I reached a little too far and found myself
stuck upside down in a rift. PUSH - oh shit - PUSH - oh fuck - OLLY - Spent
the next 20 minutes upside down edging slowly out. Balls leg stuck back to
the start. Wonder when the rescue comes. Another 20 mins dying of carbide -
eventually the right way up. Quick push thro a too small hole and a slow
prussick to home, saying not to go again. Well not till the next day.

<p>TU 8 hrs

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-6">13/7/94</a> | 161 - France  | <u>Andrew D</u>, Ralph

<p>&quot;We'll rig, survey and derig today, then look at Sultans of Swing
tomorrow&quot; : thus quoth Anthony, so on the third day Ralph &amp; I went
down to finish the surveying and derigging ! Zoomed down to Standard
Deviation and surveyed up the rift to &quot;CM on wall&quot; (take your pick
from three plausible looking carbide marks at the bottom of Toothless). What
an easy trip ! Short trips are the biz.

<p>T.U. 4&frac14; hours

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-7">13/7/94</a> | 161 - Gnome | <u>Mike TS</u> 

<p>Went to look at a ? which is on the way to Gnome. It involved going the
other way from usual at the bottom of a pitch (probably Eyehole). After a
bit of bedding plane there was a pitch with a rebelay all on naturals. After
traversing through some rift, there was a horribly tight pitch (~12m). At
the bottom, dribbled out of a tiny hole so I happily got out of the cave
having crossed off a ?

<p>   T U 2 hrs

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-8">14/7/94</a>  | 161 | Andrew A, Bob Bloodworthy, <u>Mike TA</u>   

<p>Thought we'd introduce Bob to K-hohle's massive chambers &amp; stomping
passageways so went on another trip to Gnome ! Got to where Andy &amp; Olly
had tried to bolt, carried on, split rock, decided rock was total shit, so
rigged from lower down via hole in floor on naturals. Anthony put in a
typical ABD (Anthony Bastard Deviation) later converted to a still pretty
awful rebelay. Down at the bottom of the rift ... footprints - someone has
been here before*. Some scrotting about later, Andy popped out above Over the
Rainbow. Hurray ! Out via the Chunnel, Snot etc. &amp; no Gnome passage
squeeze !! Back to base camp for river &amp; expo dinner.

<p>* Later discovered from survey to be Vestabule.

<p> T/U 5 hours

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-7">15/7/94</a> |161 - France | Julian, Bob Bloodworthy, Steve, <u>Kate</u>         

<p>Went to look at the big muddy shelf off Sultans of Swing. It leads to a
huge dried up river (Mississippi). This leads to a pitch into a chamber with
a rift going off. Probably doesn't go anywhere but worth another look (and
proper rigging). The first passage (Mississippi Mud Pie) on the left leads
to a big pitch. Noone went down - left it for next time. The second passage
on the left is also big. We gave up at a short climb up to a smaller bit
near the ceiling &amp; came back to do some surveying. This might go but will
probably end up near Mississippi Mud Pie. Kate found a small scrotty bit of
wiggly stuff leading into a big chamber. Surveying it will be really grim
(Called Mohr im Hemd &amp; Regurgitation after Kate's efforts at the dinner).

<p>Surveyed Mississippi and Mississippi Mud Pie. 250m of cave ! There's lots
more to be done too. Suddenly everyone has got all keen to go caving.

<p>FRANCE  TU 13 h

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-8">17/7/94</a> | 161 - France | Julian, Ali, Anthony, <u>Kate</u>  

<p>Back down Mississippi. Julian + Ali found loads of stomping cave while
Anthony and Kate had a lovely time surveying bloody Mohr im Hemd. We went
and looked at Regurgitation first. It has a boulder floor with lots of holes
(surprise, surprise), and one possible lead in a rift with stream running at
the bottom. Probably all go down to the same level about 10-15m below the
floor. Surveying Mohr im Hemd was a bit like eating 10 of them - starts off
OK but with a sense of worse to come, then gets appallingly tedious, then
bloody grim. Average survey length 1.8m. I didn't quite realise the
consequences of being all keen and crawling down small things on my first
Expo caving trip. Error ! Anyway, enough ranting. Anthony may add to this.
He was not very happy by the end.

<p>Julian + Ali returned with tales of loads of big cave, which I don't know
much about.

<p><u>Ali</u>  We found lots of big cave. Two naturals produced an excellent
Y-hang, leading to a large chamber with more passageway, coming off, about
100m down this passage, another pitch into chamber with no footprints. Left
led to a pitch with a spit, soon stopped. Right up an interesting climb with
bits breaking off led to stomping phreatic passageway (300m) to a large
pitch 45m deep - is this STELLERWEG, the connection so dream for by all the
compsci nargs.

<p>Is it fuck ! Not likely mate.

<p>France  TU 9 hr

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-9">18/7/94</a> | 161 - France |   <u>Ali</u>, Heather

<p>Kate reliably informed us that she had cleverly left the compass + clino
at Missisipi, so as Heather needed some string practice we went off caving.
Went firstly down the hole near 161c that me and Mike rigged on a previous
trip of epic proportions, for SRT practice. Then France itself. I went down
entrance rift with Heather then as she was quite happy fucked off down to
Missisipi where the number of survey kits was ZERO !! So came back out. Had a
poke at a tube going off &frac12; way down Deja Vu, it's rift similar to top
of Toothless but doesn't appear to go but the French haven't been there -
untouched mud. Then bits started collapsing so I came out. The survey kit was
in Kate's kit at the ENTRANCE !!!

<p>TU Total = 4&frac14; hr

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-9">16/7/94</a> | 161 - Driller Killer | Andrew A, Bob Bloodworthy, <u>Mike TA</u>

<p>Bob must be on keen-ness pills. A mere 9 hours or so after his France
trip, back down to Driller Killer. In via Snot &amp; the chunnel with a
fettled geraldine. On arriving at Vestabule, Andy &amp; Mike TA scrotted
about a bit, and the latter popped out into Stomping without doing the pitch
! Yeh !! So now we can get to the bottom of Driller Killer without ever going
via Gnome II.

<p>Set off down Stomping, part way along, Andy remembers that hangers are at
pitch in Vestabule, sigh. Andy &amp; Bob carry on with Geraldine to derig
KnotWhat &amp; Driller Killer by pulling rope through. Yours truly goes back
to get hangers, then rigs traverse line at the bottom of Driller Killer to
get to opposite passage; then mostly excavates alternative crawl to stop
boredom. Andy &amp; Bob return with Geraldine to rig pitch into chamber ....
Geraldine (working at top of KnotWhat) now packs up - battery buggered.
SIGH&nbsp;! Bolt by hand in awkward place, descend .... various pitches
off&nbsp;!!! Climb up opposite side of chamber to .... various passages off
(so, what's new ?). Follow one until Andy says &quot;Mike, have you been
here, there's footprints&quot; - &quot;No, don't think so&quot; ... carry on
a bit ... &quot;Mike - you have been here before&quot; ... pop out at the
bottom of Driller Killer <u>again</u>. Survey back round loop (traverse line
not strictly needed anymore as only turn off surveyed to conclusion) and also
Stomping/Vestabule connection.

<p>Stagger around with Bob's Bastard Big Bag full of recovered rope &amp;
hangers &amp; dump the contents just above OTR as now knackered. Prussik
slowly out to a fine morning. Lug Geraldine back (again ....)

<p>             T/U   13&frac12; hrs ?      ^--- 14&frac12; hrs ---^

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<hr />1994-07-16  | Plateau - Surface survey P147 to cairn on summit of Vord | <u>Olly</u>, Ralph, Anthony

<p>1623/136 is linked to the summit cairn of the Vord. Schwarzmooskogel, but
this isn't linked anywhere, so to link it to the net around 161, we surveyed
from P147 (fixed station at 1623/147 entrance). From 147, we headed east
initially and zig-zagged up the slope, then along the top to the summit. We
signed the book in the green box, and looked at CUCC visits in past years,
and then hacked down vaguely south towards the path from the Loser Hut to
top camp. It was not too hard, but cairns are scarce. Near the end we
discovered a cave marked +185, which is odd 'cos 1623/185 is 2 year's
gestation, which is by 161. The red paint was fairly faded, but it was
definitely 185. The entrance is slightly constricted and then opens out to a
2m or so diameter shaft. Stones drop for a second or 2 and then rattle. We
didn't see any bolts. Bearings 284.5&deg; to Zinken, 235&deg; to Loser.
Here's a map of how to reach it from the top camp path:

<p><a href="185map.png"><img src="185-2.png" width=563 height=124 align=left
hspace=10></a>Webeditor's note: Approx north on this pic is very approx. In
fact it is roughly due east.<br clear=all>

<p>You shouldn't be able to miss it, but if you reach a sandy depression,
you've gone too far. It is <u>definitely</u> not 158, BTW, as I've been there
since.

<p>I also checked out a couple of shafts (one off the KH path and one on the
Vord. ridge). Neither went and they now sport red + signs.

<p>No T/U.

<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-10">1994-07-19</a> | 161 - Mississippi |Julian, Pete L, <u>Steve</u>

<p>Back down to Mississippi to survey the fat wads of cave already found. I
was <u>too keen</u> and legged it off down the cave forgetting to put my
clothes away. (It rained) (rant).

<p>Anyway, by the time I'd got the rope out of Kate's crap, scrotty passage
(can't remember what its called )(Mohr im Hemd) Pete and Julian had already
found wads more cave. What a surprise.

<p>Rigged and stomped down to the wet shaft where spits had been found
previously. Then guess what ? Caving is shit and it all went wrong. Due to
the tape being shagged, Julian had put it in <u>MY</u> dangly bag when I had
thought he had put it in <u>HIS</u> and I left mine behind as I didn't need
it. So I had to go back and get it.

<p>Anyway, after all that messing about we surveyed lots of cave, met up
with another surveying trip (Andy A, Anthony, Kate) then decided what to do
next.

<p>We sent them to survey somewhere else, then we went to survey a side
passage and scrotty pitch.

<p>Due to 'Scientific accuracy' (said Pete) and nothing to do with Pete and
Julian collaborating to send the fuckwit down the slimy pitch, I went down a
pointless dead end hole with a tape measure while Fatty and Petel stood at
the top.

<p>After that we pissed off.

<p>P.S. My clothes were all piss wet so I got lost on the plateau in my
caving gear.

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-11">1994-07-19? | 161 - Ginger Crunch | Andy A,</a> Kate &amp; <u>Anthony</u> 

<p>meanwhile surveyed &quot;Ginger Crunch&quot;, &quot;Rich Tea&quot;, &quot;Hobnob&quot;
passage, &quot;Digestive&quot; pitch and &quot;Biscuit Factory&quot;,
eventually linking up with the other surveying team at the entrance to
&quot;Heart of Gold&quot;. It was so exciting. Andy's survey station at the
head of Ginger Crunch (chosen so as to give a good hang to the floor) was
quite entertaining to reach, <u>especially</u> when one of the hand holds
detaches itself from the wall (I ignored the fact that the pitch was rigged
off two flakes of similar dimensions). The backup (&quot;It was a traverse
line&quot;, Julian H) at the top of Digestive also proved to be irrelevant
after Andy breathed on it from the wrong angle and it fell off.

<p>As if that wasn't enough fun for one day, we then went and surveyed a bit
off the side of Mississippi (called &quot;Fudge Brownie&quot;) as far as a
climb up an overhanging bank of choss, where the compass (mercifully) misted
up terminally and we ran away.

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TU  Julian  }<br>
    Andy A   } 9 hrs<br>
    Petel   }          - Due to variable<br>
    Steve   ] 10 hrs     prussikking speed<br>
    Anthony ]<br>
    Kate      10&frac12; hrs
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-12">21/7/94</a>| 161 -  FRANCE 161c  |  Mike TS, Steve, <u>Pete L</u>

<p>(note ordinary order of date, compscis)

<p>Intention was to take Robert TWC caving (or let him take us after we'd
pointed him at the entrance). But he didn't turn up, so we foolishly went
anyway. Pissed off. Nearly jacked at many points. Then went. Down to Algeria
in 30 mins. Went to look at mudslope which lies to left at right turn in big
rift / collapse chamber (&quot;Ginger Crunch&quot; I think, but fuck knows
about all these biscuit names). MTS climbed up using a bolting hammer to pile
loads of choss down on his unwitting belayer &amp; eventually got to the top
after much fear. Ends in a pitch straight down again too dangerous to bolt
&amp; that is hopefully the end of that - this bit is dangerous. Steve threw
some boulders at us &amp; then we went to continue survey of lead off
Mississipi (Fudge Brownie as I believe it has amusingly been dubbed).
Surveyed to rift whilst MTS bolted to descend rift, also surveyed small side
passage which bypasses crawl. Rift rock too rubbish so bashed spit, but found
climb down which leads to 2 points at which rift could be descended (2 + sec
drop + [?]ing):

<p>[graphic]

<p>Then we were pissed off so we went out. Emerged to rain.

<p>T/U 5 hrs
<br>(Not slackers, just efficient).

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<hr />1994-07-20  | Plateau - Surface wandering        |         Olly

<p>Andy A went down to Vestabule to find a dropped bit from his carbide so I
went for a wander on the plateau, with the intention of looking for some of
the laser rangefound points, 0/1 to 0/6. I ended up finding 84, then headed
east and a bit north to 107 and 83. which are meant to be by 0/5. Mike
Martin's sketch in the 1987 logbook looks something like this:

<p>[graphic]

<p>Now, 83 is actually on the other side of the gully (assuming north is
approx. up page, and it doesn't work at all otherwise*). The whole area to
the south of the gully has lots of bunde on it, and there's a fair bit to the
north too. I checked all the rock I could get to near the gully and didn't
find it. After about 45 minutes I gave up &amp; returned to camp. Maybe a GPS
would help, but you could be pretty close and still not spot it. (it's an 8mm
spit, possibly with a blue nylon tag or blue paint triangle round it).

<p>* I've since noticed that Wolfh&ouml;hle is actually approx SSE of 0/5, so
MM has shown the gully's upper end as wider than the lower end. I did poke
around where this should mean 0/5 would be, but didn't spot it. I'll try to
pop back for another look before the end of Expo.

<hr /><a id="id1994-161-10">20/7/94</a> | 161 - Quest for the holy generator thingy | Andrew A    


<p>Once upon a time not long enough ago a frustrated caver (with a very
short memory) went up a dangerous path (the toll road) to face unknown
dangers and the glory of a working carbide light by recovering the missing
piece. The journey was tretrous (it was raining and Olly was driving) but he
battled on and eventually reached the dragons (rabbits) hole. He donded his
armour undeterbed by the onslaught from the gods (it was pissing down) and
eventually descended into the icy depths. Battling his way on thro' touchous
lands (Snot, chunnel, vestible, stomping) he eventually found the hidden
land (Dreaming of limo) to recover the trophy mounted on a rock (read lying
in a puddle). Returning along the same route with only a diversion to
Dreamtime to collect x metres of rope so no fool could be misled again he
strode towards daylight only to have one of his bags of treasures snatched
from his grasp by the automatic doors. He emerged into the sunset (well, it
was an hour to sunset and it was still pissing down) purged of his need to
cave for another day.

<p> TU 3&frac12; hrs

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-13">22/7/94</a> | 161 - France |Julian, Anthony, Ali, <u>Heather</u>, Martin

<p>France - Pushed a ridge (rift ?) at the end of 'Fudge Brownie'. Found it
linked to previous shaft surveyed by Steve. Rock <u>very</u> unstable but
what's new ? [Julian, Martin + Heather]

<p>Mean while, Anthony + Ali went - to Skeleton in the Cupboard (pitch at end
of Infinite Improbability Drive) to connect the survey with Fat Not Fruity at
Julian's suggestion. Julian is a fat bastard. The pitch (rigged off two shit
French bolts, one barely adequate French bolt and a dubious natural) was a
little drippy at the top and a <u>miserable pissing waterfall</u> at the
bottom. Five damp survey legs later we ran away and met up with the others,
including Julian, who was nice and dry.  AJD.

<p>On the way up - Heather nearly killed everyone by knocking off a
ginormous rock - and both her lights died - but she got there in the end
(eventually).   TU 7&frac12; hr

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-11">1994-07-21</a> | 161 - Push Exhaustion Pitch (Burble area) &amp; survey | Andy A, <u>Olly</u>

<p>Andy's too lazy to write this up so I'll just mention the
&quot;high&quot; lights. We found a few hundred metres of passage, ending in
a 3&frac12; seconds drop pitch (rift in the floor stuff, rather like Shell
pitch in Puffball). Should be riggable as a Y-hang then straight down. Rocks
land with a wet noise, so expect water and/or mud. We surveyed from the
junction with the new passage back to a known point, which took ages due to
widdly passage, the mud and my eyesight. It's all jolly cold and draughty,
and has thus been named &quot;Siberia&quot;. I got jolly tired on the way
out (I had told Andy I'd be slow) - I'm beginning to see how Julian S feels.

<p>T/U 10 hours + 10 mins extra for Olly 'cos he's slow.

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-13">24/7/94</a> | 161 -  Derig Far End  |  Ali, <u>Pete L</u>

<p>It was fucking hard. We were fucking shagged.
<br>                             TU 7 hrs

<p>PS - 1993 Tyrolean rope is somewhere at the bottom of Strange Upfall. If
anybody wants they can go and get it because I'm fucking not. It was crap.
Luv Pete.

<p>P.P.S. The inner of the tent, some carbide is at the campsite at
Pipeless. Also if you want to get it, you're fucking welcome too. Love &amp;
hugs, Ali

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<br>25/7/94  | 161 - Derigged from Knossus | Andy A, Mike TS, Olly, <u>Steve</u> 

<p>Derigged from Knossus, really tedious, nothing interesting happened
except Olly throwing a tackle sack off the top of Bungalow, which Mike went
to rescue.

<p>TU 4 hrs (or 6hrs)

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-12">23/7/94</a> | 161 - Photo trip | Andy A, Kate, Steve, <u>Martin</u>  

<p>Photo trip K H messing, and the campsite is fucking cold. Photos of
Strange Across Fall, Poxy, Chunnel, Knossus. All sponsorship photos shit
apart from [illegible] as Andy did not adjust focus, sigh ! Good trip.

<p>TU 12&frac12;

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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-14">24/7/94</a> | 161 - Fudge Brownie | Anthony, Julian, <u>Martin</u>

<p>Push, survey, derig France beyond Fudge Brownie. Finished rigging at rift
beyond Fudge Brownie [two words illegible]. Rocky Horror Surveyed to bottom
of rift connecting to Steve's passage. Found another rift 20-28m down,
fucking scary because loose as Ali's ass after a bean feast. 2 leads either
end, but requires real caving. Very good trip.

<p>P.S. Tackle sacs full of rope and bolting kits is <u>shit</u> gear.

<p>- Tackle hauling is also shit gear. Took 5 hrs to derig from Algeria, with
a couple of diversions whilst I went &amp; measured the length of a survey
leg nr top of Frogs Legs that I had failed to record, and failed to derig
entrance pitch deviation so had to go back down &amp; get it. Performing a
changeover whilst attached to a sod off tacklebag is <u>really</u> shit gear.
AJD.

<p>TU martin 8, Anthony + Julian (Fatty) 12

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