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<center><font size=-1>Cambridge Underground 1992 p 20</font>
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<h2>Its a Washout</h2>
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<h3>Juliette Kelly</h3></center>
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<p>91.07.10 (Tony, Del, JulianH, Juliette)
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<p>On an overcast day the trip began in the light of - quote "In a fair
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rain Puffball was wettish but showed no signs of being dangerous" -
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Olly.
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<p>Rowdy riggers Kelly and Haines wham in 7 bolts (hand drilled due to
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technophobia). Haines manages to knock off all but one tooth of the spit
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using fat bastard lumpling hammer.
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<p>Sleazy Surveyors Töny Melöné and Del-a-lôgus-leg
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man take on the records from the bottom of shell pitch. Tony's keen eye
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and Del-a-microdiagrams bounce on down for 5/6 hrs.
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<p>At the end of their rope, and still without hearing the 'sleazers we
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decide to tie the ropes together. Lady incompetence suggests this:-
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<p> [a graphic - technology hasn't reached this bit yet]
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<p> >1ft (Do knot do this)
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<p>(The Dougherty supervariation is:-
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<p> [a graphic - technology hasn't reached this bit yet]
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<p> reef- allows you to undo it)
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<p>After 15 minutes Juliette is down and Julian is tackling Fat Knot Fruity -
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with some flow of suitable abuse.
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<p>Meanwhile the surveyors can hear us coming back up the rift ... or not ...
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the thundering increases, even Del knows Juliette's not that fat ... and
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they are running for the rift, sit and watch a fountain emerge from the top
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of pitch.
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<p>Having also heard this gradual roaring build, dared not mention to each
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other, not wishing to induce panic - PANIC - Julian by calmly proclaiming
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that he might start going up and Juliette by plastering herself against the
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wall and preparing for certain death in the form of an Indiana Jones style
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tidal wave (with rocks). It's arrival was in fact a slight anticlimax in
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comparison to this.
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<p>Meeting Del & Tony was a relief, especially as Tony had a waterproof
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oversuit and was made to go last and prussik in the water. In summary - from
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the 'Traditional Style' pitches to the entrance after 3hrs
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torrential rain are possible, the rebelays and deviations are out of water,
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but you will be totally soaked.
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<p>Below this the water can only increase. The mud on the rift above
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Thundering Pitch is halfway up the rift. So the answer is:- Only go in clear
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not thundery weather. Rig well out of the water.
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2004-04-29 16:24:54 +01:00
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<!-- LINKS -->
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<ul>
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<li>Cambridge Underground 1992,
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<a href="../../../jnl/1992/index.htm">Table of Contents</a></li>
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<li>1991 Expedition info:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="index.htm">Index</a> (more detail than in this list)</li>
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<li><a href="report.htm">Austria '91</a> Report</li>
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<li><a href="182.htm">Puffball & Icing Sugar Cave</a></li>
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<li><a href="log.htm">Logbook</a></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><a href="../../pubs.htm#pubs1991">Index</a> to all publications</li>
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<li><a href="../../index.htm">Back to Expeditions intro page</a></li>
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<li><a href="../../../index.htm">CUCC Home Page</a></li>
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