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< h1 > Homecoming Cave - Exploration Notes & Rigging< / h1 >
< p > Logbook entriees RE-ORDERED to calendar order not logbook writeup order.
< hr / >
< div class = "tripdate" id = "t2018-07-13a" > 2018-07-13< / div >
< div class = "trippeople" > < u > Jon Arne Toft< / u > , Dickon Morris< / div >
< div class = "triptitle" > CUCC2018 DM07 (Homecoming Hole) - First push< / div >
< p > Headed off to drop DM07 followed by DM06. Started with DM07 as the closer of the two.
First pitch/handline 5m down from surface to large hole in ground.
Into hole in wall, 1m down and 2m traverse over a drop of 3m leads to top of
snow plug that can be followed down 8m to passage. Crawl for 10m leads to
first pitch, 5m, closely followed by longer pitch (10m?) into a rather large chamber.
The way leading back against the direction of progress quickly chokes.
Way on leads to large boulder. A hole on the left side yields a safe continuation
(the rope also leads this way) on to the next pitch of another 10m into yet another chamber.
From here, an impressive pitch was observed(8m diameter) which a 27m rope was insufficient to
descend. Probably 40m deep. Strong draft, predicted by the majority of
CUCC to be larger than Tunnocks < i > [citation needed]< / i > .< / p >
< p > Surveyed out of cave, tag left on small shelf right under surface level. Lack of pencils led to
ditching of DM06, though this is an interesting cave. DM06 still unexplored.< / p >
< p > Jon sprained ankle before cave entrance, the effects of which showed up shortly after arrival to
top camp, and which subsided by the next day. Strange stuff which unfortunately led to me being
unable to push further the next day. :-(< / p >
< div class = "timeug" > T/U: 3 hours< / div >
< div class = "tripdate" id = "t2018-07-13b" > 2018-07-13< / div >
< div class = "trippeople" > < u > Todd Rye< / u > , Dickon Morris< / div >
< div class = "triptitle" > 2nd push in Heimkommen hö hle (Homecoming)< / div >
< p > Carried 2x 45m ropes and a 80m rope over to Heimkommen. Dickon rerigged the pitch then ran out of rope on,
now named Radagast.
< p > Pushed through a small meander to an up pitch (3m).
From there is was navigating a large meander,
dropping a pitch (5m) and traversing through some boulders. Another pitch (10m)
before a climb up and a traverse along the top of Wallace (40m)
which landed perfectly on a boulderabove an estimated 50m-100m drop, named Grommit.
< p >
Out of rope so we surveyed out.
< p >
< hr / >
< div class = "tripdate" id = "t2018-07-17rg2" > 2018-07-17< / div >
< div class = "trippeople" > < u > Becka Lawson< / u > < / div >
< div class = "triptitle" > Rigging Guide: Homecoming - Entrance - Wallace and Gromit - Second Coming < / div >
< p > Homecoming entrance and first pitch rigging guide:< br >
< img src = "logbook7.jpg" width = 100% >
< br >
< p > Radagast rigging guide and handclimb below Radagast (poor natural belay):< br >
< img src = "logbook8.jpg" width = 100% >
< br >
< p > Traverse over hole and up the pitch in meander. Probably best left rigged for next year to save hassle on rerigging.
< p > First meander pitch. String around boulder in roof to protect traverse over rammed blocks.
< p > 2nd meander pitch.< br >
< img src = "logbook9.jpg" width = 100% >
< br >
< p > Rigging guide: Wallace and Gromit
< p > traverse into the second coming< br >
< img src = "logbook10.jpg" width = 100% >
< br >
< hr / >
< div class = "tripdate" id = "t2018-07-17a" > 2018-07-17< / div >
< div class = "trippeople" > < u > Nadia< / u > , Adam A.< / div >
< div class = "triptitle" > Shallow lead push - Homecoming< / div >
< P > We set off from top camp,full of optimism for the day.
Nadias's ankle was sore from the previous trip, so we wanted to take the shortest route
to the cave to minimise stretch on it. With this in mind we set off along the path
which went via fish face.
< p > Arriving at fish face in good time we found another group
that were about to go underground.After a chat, we set off for Homecoming
with our glasses remaining half-full.
Without a GPS we weren't entirely sure how to get there,
but with morale high we were confident of bodging the way.
I had already got lost going from FGH to HC, surely it couldn't happen again.
< p >
Fast forward an hour or so we were standing on the side of a sharpsloping wall of a gully.
Looking in two different directions (our tone starting to resemble the
internal monologue of a child who's lost their mum in Asda).
We both said the same thing, 'I remember going this way'. After trialling the two options
we discovered, with sinking morale, that we were both wrong.
< p > My watch produce a nagging beep to signal mid-day;
another pin-prick in the already deflating balloon that was my confidence.
Our plan of action started to fragment;a staring chicken lost on a plane of fine brown gravel.
< p > 'It might be this way' I wouldsay 'no, maybe it's this way'.
< p > Feeling a bit spent wedecided to rest. Over some flapjack crumbs we discussed
our plan of action.
< p > Setting off again, our plan A, B and C ready to go.
We had at last cometoterms with our situation.
< p > Bags on we walked around the bunde that had provided shelter for our break, a cairn, two, three,
the familiar path to Homecoming.
< br > < br >
< p > With regards to the cave, we swung into the window at the top of Gromit, bolted the
pitch Anthony had startedthe day prior.
It lead into two continuations; one horizontal, one vertically down. We crapped out the horizontal
and left the other labelled as a QMB. Reason being: it's clean washed, and it looks like it will connect to cave already found below.
< div class = "timeug" > T/U: 4 hours< / div >
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< div class = "tripdate" id = "t2018-07-18a" > 2018-07-18< / div >
< div class = "trippeople" > < u > Nadia< / u > , Tom Crossley, Todd Rye< / div >
< div class = "triptitle" > Homecoming - Hobnob Hallway< / div >
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< li > Surveyed Hobnob Hallway until mud/sand slope.
went over fals floor very unstable needs a traverse line. Was crumbling as we walked on it.
< li > Under false floor is a trickle of water leading to a wet pitch Q.M.C.
< li > Found side passage at the bottom of a mud slope on the left. Keyhole passage that connects
into Dickon's passage,currently unnamed.
< li > Heard flood pulse, while surveying, when we went out all ropes were dry except the very bottom
of Radagast pitch. No issue with pitches being impassable except maybe Radagast.
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< div class = "timeug" > T/U: 7.5 hours< / div >
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< div class = "tripdate" id = "t2018-07-19c" > 2018-07-19< / div >
< div class = "trippeople" > < u > Anthony< / u > , Luke, Frank< / div >
< div class = "triptitle" > Homecoming - shallow level< / div >
< p >
Having elected not to camp in Tunnocks the night before,Luke and I had a bonus extra day's caving.
I wasnotin the moodfor anything too epic after emerging at 2am;
a trip to a shallow level in Homecoming sounded like just the job.
< p >
Ladened with all out gear we set off following Frank who confidently asserted
that he had followed a cairned path back from the cave via Fischgesicht the day before.
It rapidly became apparent that these caves were a figment of Frank's imagination,
so the stetch beyond Fischgesicht wasnavigated by GPS and involved much bunde bashing.
< p >
The cave itself looks like the real deal,and we quickly found ourway to the lead in a pleasant,
small phreatic passage.
Equipment-wide the trip was a mixture ofancient and modern: Frank and Luke went off
surveying in full paperless mode with a DistoX and PDA,
whilst I had to hand-bolt a pitch.
I even used a clown out of choice rather than necessity.
By the time Luke and Frank had finished surveying, I had descended to a ledge
with a couple of ways on - later to become 'Snagged & Shagged'
when revisited by Nadia and Adam.
< p >
Out nice and early, suckered Frank into walking back
to Top Camp via the bivi cave on the flank of the Kleine Wildkogel. At a mere
50 mins longer in time than our route to the cave, this would go down
as a less-than-successful short-cut.
< div class = "timeug" > T/U: 3.5 hours< / div >
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< div class = "tripdate" id = "t2018-07-20a" > 2018-07-20< / div >
< div class = "trippeople" > < u > Nadia< / u > , Adam A.< / div >
< div class = "triptitle" > Snagged and Shagged (shallow levels) & Rigging Guide< / div >
< p >
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< li > Swung into shallow leads followed down past 5m pitch/climb, under crawl, turn left.
< li > Went down left of rock bridge,(straight hang from from top)
found 2 rifts, followed first toan aven, followed second until tight, vertical connection to first rift.
< li > Went back up to rock bridge and dropped right side to deeper lead.
Added a deviation off a natural above the bridge. At the floor to the right
was pitch ~20m. Clean-washed and dripping QMB (QM1). De-rigged and left.
< li > On third pitch of Homecomingtied rope from third pitch to connection
between block and wall with bling.
Not sure howeffective it will be. Added deviationon third pitch off
top of big block with a sling.
< / ul >
< h3 > Rigging Guide: Snagged and Shagged< / h3 >
< p > First section, Second section< br >
< img src = "logbook14.jpg" width = 100% > < br >
< p > 3rd section:< br >
< img src = "logbook15.jpg" width = 100% > < br >
< div class = "timeug" > T/U: 6 hours< / div >
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< div class = "tripdate" id = "t2018-07-24a" > 2018-07-24< / div >
< div class = "trippeople" > < u > Max< / u > , Frank, Nadia< / div >
< div class = "triptitle" > Homecoming Hobnob Hallway< / div >
< p > We walked to Homecoming through Fishface cairning the route with Haydon,Jon, Ruairidh, Phil and Typhon
filling in the gaps.Making it a fully cairned route.
Went down the hobnob hallway added a handline over the false floor using a thread.
Should be made into a traverse
with a bolt on the other side of the false floor.
We put a handline on the sand slope using a thread at the top.
< p >
We carried on down the rift to the first junction on a boulder.
The left has not been explored yet. We went right past
the water downa tight rift. It opened into a pitch 13m.
We turned around there. On the way back Frank saw a lead behind
the wet bit. Way out took longer than anticipated.
< div class = "timeug" > T/U: 7 hours< / div >
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< div class = "tripdate" id = "t2018-08-02h" > 2018-08-02< / div >
< div class = "trippeople" > < u > Jon Arne Toft< / u > , Haydon< / div >
< div class = "triptitle" > Homecoming Lizard King< / div >
< p > A series of 4 trips bolting the Lizard King which is a rift with a strong draft
in Homecoming Hole (CUCC-2018-DM07).
Reached by doing traverse 10m over floor of Gromit, and taking right/(straight ahead) (not left)
at the first junction.
< p > A series of more or less exciting traverses lead to a phreatic maze with a large phreatic tube
over a major rift around it.
We bolted against the draft, using a 50m rope for the first section, ending on a small
ledge (3m pitch).
A further (more exciting) traverse along the top of the rift continues to the right
until a sudden end after 15 min.
< p > A 40m (?) pitch (1 dev, 2 rebelays) drops into a large muddy rift.
From a ledge, a 4-bolt traverse pushed the continuation against the draft,into a further
(larger) rift that would require bolting.
< p > Further leads in the opposite direction or further down the rift (BIG RIFT!).
Alternatively the opposite direction of the phreatic tube from the Lizard King.
Lotsof bolting, were were very cold.
Haydon says he was a 2 on a 1-10 scale where 1 is frozen solid.I was also very cold.
In other words, an altogether excellent pushing front with a brilliant windchill effect.
< div class = "timeug" > T/U: 5 hours< / div >
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