From 05b96f57f01ed2684da8d74fc6b780e449740651 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Expo on server Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 18:41:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Logbook edited 2023-07-17d --- years/2023/logbook.html | 135 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-) diff --git a/years/2023/logbook.html b/years/2023/logbook.html index e50925a50..2e7d6bb7f 100644 --- a/years/2023/logbook.html +++ b/years/2023/logbook.html @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ serious nerding to get WiFi internet working in potato hut.
2023-07-03
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Honorata Bogusz,Jana Podbelsek,Mike Butcher,,Will Kay,Radost Waszkiewicz,
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Honorata Bogusz,Will Kay,Radost Waszkiewicz,Jana Podbelsek,Mike Butcher,,
plateau - second water collection tarp


Me, Radost, Mike, Jana and Will went to top camp to set up main tarp and the second water collection tarp (which was a success). @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ main tarp and the second water collection tarp (which was a success).
2023-07-03
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Harry Kettle,Janis Huns,Christian Kuhlmann,,Emma Caspers,Charlotte Payne,
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Harry Kettle,Emma Caspers,Charlotte Payne,Janis Huns,Christian Kuhlmann,,
Balkon - Rescuing Balcony ropes


A crack team of expo's hardest cavers was assembled to take a rope out of balcony that was left there last year.

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ at about 5pm. Charlotte and Harry were both very grumpy walking back with very h
2023-07-03
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Amelia Oliver,Emily Mabbett,,Jonty Pine,
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Amelia Oliver,Jonty Pine,Emily Mabbett,,
Fishface - Digging the snow out of Fishface entrance


After a carrying day on the 2nd, we suspected ff would be snowed in. A faff morning of acquiring shovel. We got to ff with shovels, discovering it did need digging. Jonty got particularly into this, producing quit the snow trench. @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ non-working internal wifi on netbook causing config problems even though it was
2023-07-04
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Wassil Janssen,Amelia Oliver,Philip Balister,Ashley Gregg,,Sarah Parker,Merryn Matthews,
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Wassil Janssen,Sarah Parker,Merryn Matthews,Amelia Oliver,Philip Balister,Ashley Gregg,,
topcamp - Carry and set-up


Ash, Merryn, Amelia in [com?] Philip B., Sarah and me @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ came down the mountain.
2023-07-04
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Harry Kettle,Christian Kuhlmann,Alice Kirby,,Will Kay,Charlotte Payne,
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Harry Kettle,Will Kay,Charlotte Payne,Christian Kuhlmann,Alice Kirby,,
Surface - Rope carry to Homecoming + Trial walk from Garlic Cave to Car Park on painted track


After more faff from Chi, we set off about 10AM to carry gear and check out the route to Homecoming. Fishface to Homecoming was well cairned and fairly straightforward to follow.

Gear ledt at Homecoming entrance: @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Nice write up [re Honorata's 3-day update]. The rope there now is stuff we bough
2023-07-04
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Buck Blake,Jonty Pine,Janis Huns,Joel Stobbart,,Ashley Gregg,Amelia Oliver,
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Buck Blake,Ashley Gregg,Amelia Oliver,Jonty Pine,Janis Huns,Joel Stobbart,,
Fishface - Carrying rope to Fishface and failing to rig entrance
After the complicated operation of handling the solar panels out of the storage cave, the six of us packed kit, rope and a rescue bag and set off for Fishface. It was a hot but pleasant walk and the route was well marked. We arrivced and stashed bags under a nearby overhang then entered through the hole dug through the snow the previous day. @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ left our caving kit under the small overhand near the entrance, then headed back
2023-07-05
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Sarah Parker,Joel Stobbart,Lizzie Caisley,,Maddie Kirby,Philip Balister,
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Sarah Parker,Maddie Kirby,Philip Balister,Joel Stobbart,Lizzie Caisley,,
Surface - Reflecting the Homecoming -> Fishface route, scoping out a Homecoming to col route


Joel, Lizzie and Philip fettled the tarp (where some water had pooled overnight) whilst I had a go at attaching the big Daren drum (filled with the solar panels and cables) to my rucksack, ready to carry from top camp to Garlic Cave. @@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ return.
2023-07-06
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Joel Stobbart,Buck Blake,,Jonty Pine,
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Joel Stobbart,Jonty Pine,Buck Blake,,
Fishface - Rigging and pitch-measuring trip


An ambitious day which slowly went increasingly wrong. The group departed base camp at a stunning 8.20AM, blitzed up the plateau and promtly became mired in several hours of faff which soon descended into more festering. The plan had been to rig the entrance series of Fishface down to the bottom of Blitzen Boulevard (4th pitch), from where we expected everything to be left rigged. However, confusion about rope lengths and metalwork and some impressively long grike trips meant that the two shallow pushing groups planning to explore from Blitzen and Liquid Luck caught us up at Top Camp. Uncle Mike was not amused. We swiftly bombed down to FF in 25 mins and started rigging. Joel was left to do everything as Jonty's light 'broke'.

The entrance pitch/spiral traverse thing was completed on a 40m rope. Tasteful noods (2nd pitch) didn't quite go on a 27m due to rerigging around the top rebelay to avoid rub, so Joel initially reached the bottom on a knot pass and Jonty rerigged to the bottom on a 32m. The traverse at the bottom of Tasteful Noods (2A) and pitch 3 both had rope left from last year but not rigged - some of the knots didn't line up and required rerigging but the lengths were fine. Pendulum pitch needs some more bolts at the bottom, possibly as a traverse, to make getting on and off the pitch less deathy. Uncle Mike rigged Blitzen for us as we got too scared, he insisted the step over the huge rift with no traverse was fine, so we left him to it. There may or may not be a bolt there now @@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ return.
2023-07-06
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Emily Mabbett,Mike Butcher,Charlotte Payne,,Emma Caspers,Lizzie Caisley,
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Emily Mabbett,Emma Caspers,Lizzie Caisley,Mike Butcher,Charlotte Payne,,
Fishface - Surveying around Benign Bubble Baby Bypass


After hiking up to plateau to arrive for midday, we discovered the advanced rigging party still above ground... In order to leave them time to start rigging the first 4 pitches of Fishface, an ungodly amount of faff began. We finally arrived at the cave at 3pm, thinking we'd left plenty of time for the riggers, we quickly changed and headed underground. Alas, our hopes were crushed as we came to the bottom of the first pitch to discover the other pushing party sat freezing their tits off at the top of the second pitch as the riggers rigged just below them. Needless to say, it took some time to descent to the bottom of Blitzen Boulevard with Mike taking over the rigging of the 4th pitch after a debate over placing another bolt at the pitch head. Once arrived at Benign Bubble Baby Bypass, we conducted a quick something time to refresh our surveying technique before splitting into 2 groups. Me and Mike went ahead through the tube leading on through the bottom of the climb heading towards the liquid luck ptch head to bolt the small pitch at the end of the traverse whilst the others began surveying from said turn off. As me and Mike arrived at the pitch head, I asked if I could begin my bolting lesson before a big scary hole. I was refused. Instead I was told to tie the rope around a small head sized bolder wedged in the rift, which were currently both stood on. I thought this was a silly idea but obliged. The actual bolting of the pitch went well (I think?), however comments about placing bolts higher were made which was somewhat impossible given my height. The final bolting and rigging became passable so I decended the large (4m...) hole.

As we finished bolting, the survey team emerged behind us. At the bottom of the pitch, 3 leads emerged, a large passage with a traverse sloping down in front of us, a small drafty tube to the right, and a hole heading into the ceiling behind us. With the rigging team and pushing team 2 in the near vicintity of the cave around us, me and Mike were a bit naughty and scooped the large passage in front of us, as we reached the end, we could hear voices in the rift above us, thinking it was the other pushing team we called up. It was not. It was Buck from the rigging team stood near the base of Blitzen Boulevard essentially where we started. Discovering we'd done a large circle , we returned to the base of the pitch where the survey team were. As we arrived, Zac from the team 2 appeared in the hole above us, they had also done an circle. @@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ return.
2023-07-06
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Zac Woodford,Amelia Oliver,Emma Caspers,,Ashley Gregg,
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Zac Woodford,Ashley Gregg,Amelia Oliver,Emma Caspers,,
Fishface - Surveying the top of liquid luck


Gave the rigging team ~3hr headstart but we still caught up with them at the bottom of first pitch. Emma and Zac then sat around while Ash and Mealy calibrated the disto. We were waiting so long that Uncle Mike's surveying group caught up. We waited in a a bothy for them to pass us before slowly, one-by-one, following on. We then caught up with them again at the top of Blitzen pitch and had to bothy again (after Mealy led us on too low in the rift).

At the beginning of BBBB (Benign Babble Baby Bypass) we talked with Mike's group pushing the other lead and descending some small pitches to push ours. We faffed around a while trying to find it, but when we did, we found it just looped back around to Mike's group's lead. We surveyed it anyway. @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ return.
2023-07-06
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Wassil Janssen,Merryn Matthews,Harry Kettle,,Alice Kirby,Christian Kuhlmann,
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Wassil Janssen,Alice Kirby,Christian Kuhlmann,Merryn Matthews,Harry Kettle,,
Homecoming - Rig faff


This was a long day that started at Base Camp with the intent of rigging the entrance series of Homecoming cave. We set off only slightly later than the planned 8:00 [illegible] some faff. Quite surprising since Will was not part of the team.

The walk up to Top Camp took almost 2 hours, just as expected. We were also carrying drills, string, food, and other Top Camp equipment. We followed the reflectors to Fishface. They were white on both sides, which could make it frustrating if you are someone who is lost on their way to Top Camp. Instead, it should be red that leads to Top Camp, while white leads to caves and the car park. @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ Bolts used:
2023-07-07
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Philip Sargent,Nadia Raeburn,Janis Huns,,Jonty Pine,
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Philip Sargent,Jonty Pine,Nadia Raeburn,Janis Huns,,
Garlic - Hiking to Garlic Cave


Jonty's car: Jonty/Nads/Janis up to Garlic and return this evening. Taking new reflectors made this morning.
T/U: 0.0 hours
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ Bolts used:
2023-07-07
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Honorata Bogusz,Mike Butcher,,Radost Waszkiewicz,
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Honorata Bogusz,Radost Waszkiewicz,Mike Butcher,,
1623-290 - pushing deep Fishgesicht


We pushed 60m at the top of "Clap My Pitch Up". Pushing required bolting ~20m of a traverse ( Mike adds: 20m ish of the traverse was new passage surveyed this year but there was about 30m of traverse bolted this year which was naughtily pushed by me - Mike - and Luke last year in the Red Light Spells Danger trip so the traverse is about 50ish m long). The final few metres of the traverse go above a sizeable pitch (30m?). We names the bolted traverse, "European Federalists". At the end of the traverse, we continued walking for another ~40m until arriving at the top of a massive pitch - further pushing would require bolting. The distance from where we were standing to the furthest point down the pitch measured with the disto was ~40m. We kicked rocks down the pitch and the sound continued for 10s, giving rise to a presumption that the pitch may be very deep. If it connects to "Clap My Pitch Up", it's at least 100m deep. IMPORTANT: the traverse passage and the walkable continuation are muddy and slippery; posing a hazard of falling down the pitch. Ash, Jonty, Mealy and Janis want to push the lead further on Saturday 8th July.
T/U: 0.0 hours
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ Bolts used:
2023-07-07
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Emily Mabbett,Harry Kettle,,Charlotte Payne,
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Emily Mabbett,Charlotte Payne,Harry Kettle,,
Homecoming - Rigging towards Watershed in Homecoming


We wandered down to the cave around 10am, making it to the entrance around 12pm. The entrance series went pretty fast ... at least it did for me as Harry and Charlotte were carrying the heavy bags. On the way we made a quick stop to rerig a knot pass. As we reached the bottom of Wallace and Grommit where they had finished rigging the previous day both me and Harry experienced fizzling as we glazed the dry rope on the final 55m. I did not enjoy this part. We then made our way up the climb and Harry began rigging the small pitches before the long pitch series. The most notable part of this was when Harry appeared the wrong side of a pitch head after following the description and getting lost. It was highly amusing. As Charlotte began rigging the final pitch series me and Harry huddled in a shelter and watched Mathilda the musical. As it came to replacing a bolt Harry left to go help Charlotte and I was left along ... until it was discovered the drill battery was dead and I had to come down with a back up. As 8pm approached we made our way out leaving rope to finish the final part of rigging. On the way out we made a noodle stop at the top of Wallace and Grommit but with no fork a knife had to suffice. The walk back was miserable as we started following new reflectors towards the col and had to turn around and start again. We finally made it back to top camp at 1 am.
T/U: 0.0 hours
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ Bolts used:
2023-07-07
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Ashley Gregg,Will Kay,Amelia Oliver,,Alice Kirby,
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Ashley Gregg,Alice Kirby,Will Kay,Amelia Oliver,,
Fishface – Surveying Stalagtite Loop to the top of Liquid Luck


Following our previous shallow trip into Fishface we set out to continue the previous combined leads from the day before. The journey across the plateau and into the cave was uneventful, aside from @@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ camp for curry.
2023-07-08
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Nadia,Jono,Oakem,,Philip B,Jana,
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Nadia,Philip B,Jana,Jono,Oakem,,
Garlic - Garlic Cave Set up + First Nights
After doing a big bounce carry yesterday, we now had sufficient supplies to spend the night and begin the proper set up of camp.

@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ Afternoon: added lots of expoers to folk.csv and adding lots of mugshots. Partic

2023-07-08
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Janis Huns,Amelia Oliver,Jonty Pine,,Ashley Gregg,
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Janis Huns,Ashley Gregg,Amelia Oliver,Jonty Pine,,
Fishface - Pushing deep Fishface


We went to where the group - Honorata, Radost and Mike - had left off the previous day. European Federalists was a very tough traverse that required the use of ascenders. We bolted and rigged (my first bolt!) the pitch at the end of the muddy passage about 10m down to a choke of boulders. At the bottom of it we saw that there is a large, smooth crack continuing east leading to a large, deep chamber that seems to be the same one we saw on the right. If it is it would be elongated roughly in a north east to south west direction. Ash and Mealy also explored some C leads which did not go far.
T/U: 0.0 hours
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ Afternoon: added lots of expoers to folk.csv and adding lots of mugshots. Partic
2023-07-08
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Will Kay,Mike Butcher,,Emma Caspers,
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Will Kay,Emma Caspers,Mike Butcher,,
Amphitheatre - Following up on Radost and Honorata's prospecting leads (Unlucky Gemse cave and Amphitheatre cave)


Radost and Honorata had found a few promising entrances that they could explore with just a hand line on Thursday so me, Mike and Emma set out with caving kit, bolting kit and a few ropes to investigate further (ropes were slightly out of date ones - ropes were very hard to come by at Top Camp so we pinched two 20m ropes from the stash at Fishface entrance).

@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ We then walked back, attempting but failing to find Garlic Cave. On the way back
2023-07-08
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Sarah Parker,Harry Kettle,,Charlotte Payne,
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Sarah Parker,Charlotte Payne,Harry Kettle,,
Homecoming - Beyond Watershed in Homecoming Flowstone Canyon


I carried my caving and bivvy gear from Top Camp to Homecoming whilst Harry and Charlotte carried Top Camp's second shovel and a camp bed (surprisingliy heavy) to be picked up by the Garlic Cave people.

@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ Slow, tired progress out saw us leave the cave at about 1am. I stumbled to Garli
2023-07-10
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Honorata Bogusz,Christian Kuhlmann,Harry Kettle,,Ashley Gregg,Radost Waszkiewicz,
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Honorata Bogusz,Ashley Gregg,Radost Waszkiewicz,Christian Kuhlmann,Harry Kettle,,
festering - Canyoning Strubklamm


We went canyoning on a rest day. The "Strubklamm" canyon is located near Saltzburg, approximately 1h of driving from Bad Aussee. The canyon is graded V1A3 (vertical 1, aquatic 3). It's very aquatic, with many small jumps available and a 300m swimming passage. There are 2 bigger jumps: approx. 8m and 10m, both can be abseiled (topo can be found online). @@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ Yet again a black bmw slowly moved in front of us with their sign flashing. Anot
2023-07-11
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Philip Sargent,Ely Brookes,Radost Waszkiewicz,James Waite,Honorata Bogusz,,Thomas Phillips,Will Kay,Ashley Gregg,
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Philip Sargent,Thomas Phillips,Will Kay,Ashley Gregg,Ely Brookes,Radost Waszkiewicz,James Waite,Honorata Bogusz,,
plateau - walk in


Will and Phil went up as part of the 2-car lift to the carpark. Others all going to topcamp. Cardiff contingent (Ely, James, Thomas) arrived the previous day (at last)

Dep. carpark 10:06 we walked to the col but got spread out, 2 Cardiffians particularly heavily loaded so Ash dropped back to accompany them while James headed on with Radost and Honorata. @@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ his own logbook entry.
2023-07-11
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Honorata Bogusz,Radost Waszkiewicz,,Ashley Gregg,
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Honorata Bogusz,Ashley Gregg,Radost Waszkiewicz,,
1623-323 - Dropping Amphitheater Hoehle


The Amphitheater Hoehle is named after its entrance which resembles an amphitheather. There are a couple of meters of an easy climb from the very top to the boulder where we started rigging. Rigging starts with an approx. 5-6m down climb, where we put a handline. It's followed by a traverse (10m ?) above the entrance to the first pitch. We rigged a Y-hang at the end of the traverse. @@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ The Amphitheater Hoehle is named after its entrance which resembles an amphithea
2023-07-11
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Becka,Charlotte,,Harry,
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Becka,Harry,Charlotte,,
Homecoming - Watershed
Slogged down from Top Camp to Homecoming and headed down the entrance series. Wassil had snagged the rope on the longish pitch near the entrance (just after snow ends, beyond short crawl). It was so tight that Charlotte had to downprussik to free it. Steady progress to the pushing front in ~2.5 hours.

Charlotte rigged a traverse down and across 2m so Harry and I could survey a side passage that quickly reached a pitch whilst Charlotte remained to finish rigging the pitch. We all descended the pitch to 2 routes. @@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ Slogged down from Top Camp to Homecoming and headed down the entrance series. Wa

2023-07-11
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Emily,Charlotte,,Harry,
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Emily,Harry,Charlotte,,
Fishface - Kresh Konnection exploring and rerigging
The day started fairly quick and we arrived at the Fishface entrance at 10:30am, making our way underground by 11. Joel and Lizzy went around to re-bolt the first pitch in the connection with me and Merryn following after to measure and record rigging diagrams. Due to an odd mixture of rope the first 9m pitch ended up being rigged with a rope from 1999… As we went on Joel and Merryn rerigged P4 and P5 with separate ropes to free up the 50m currently being used so we could bring the 50m down to where we were planning to push. During this time Joel rearranged the ropes and went back to remove the 1999 rope and replace it with an in-date rope. Essentially a good few hours were spent rearranging ropes, during which time me and Lizzy took a nap in a shelter at the bottom of P5.

@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ For the rest of the trip we actually ended up dropping to the bottom of the seco

2023-07-12
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Emma,Mealy,Jonty,,Mike B,
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Emma,Mike B,Mealy,Jonty,,
Fishface - Camp in Fishface - pushing Redlight & Persied Showers
10-07-23 - We wake up early-ish with the goal of leaving at 9/10 but quickly decide MUCH more faff is needed. A stop is made at the shops to buy biodegradable bags and a magazine, eventually Jonty, Mealy and I made it to the car park. It is very very warm and we worried about dehydration. We get waking, faffing more by running into many groups coming off the plateau, and Mike catches up quickly. Once on the plateau the weather seems more pleasant - a cool breeze is present now - when I see the cause - a huge could of rain hanging over the Dachstein. "Nah, that's just mist" says uncle Mike. We make our merry way, not forgetting to bow to the plateau monster (Mike doesn't bow) until we hear a rumble of thunder, "Nah, just a plane" says uncle Mike, soon, to vertical rains start, which we are not dressed nor prepared for, so we hide by crouching against a wall in the plateau. Then, wind turns and we get very soaked so we huddle under Jonty's 1-man emergency bothy. Anyway sun returns, much more faff is had, I take a fall... we don't make it into Fishface until 20:45, carrying LUDICROUSLY large bags! Mealy and I lead the way in, made a little clumsy by our heavy loads - though not as heavy as jonty's, and not at all as bad as mike's whose "side bag" is a full-sized tackle sack containing lots of rope. The first pitch was not my Friend and I dropped a plastic bottle - after that I enjoyed myself - esp. impressed by TK Maxx, a super cool pitch!! Mealy & I get down just after 23.00, followed soon by Jonty and a little later by Mike who had stopped to get even more Rope. Mealy goes of to faff with Cavelink, Jonty & I head over to help and we send the important message "camp creche want more peanut" - it sends. Mealy & I share warmth & noodles. Jonty & mike eat curry, we whip out the mini-Jagermeister, all take a little sip and head to sleep. I apparently caused some disturbance by snoring (sorry) and we all sleep intermittently.

@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ Transcribers note, 21st July 2024. Whilst I do appreciate the write up and the

2023-07-12
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Merryn Matthews,Emily Mabbett,Lizzie Caisley,,Thomas Phillips,Joel Stobbart,
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Merryn Matthews,Thomas Phillips,Joel Stobbart,Emily Mabbett,Lizzie Caisley,,
plateau - Prospecting between Homecoming and Fishface


We started by walking to Unlucky Gamse Cave, mostly following the path to homecoming, as Radost and Honorata had told us there was an exciting looking entrance around 50m North of it - Rose Blumen Hoehle (2023-hbrw-05). We dismissed their cave as choked by snow, however it @@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ Can't really remember the rigging exactly. Continues for about 200 m of rope to
2023-07-12
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Emily,Joel,Merryn,,Thom,Lizzy,
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Emily,Thom,Lizzy,Joel,Merryn,,
Plateau - Prospecting near Fishface
After consulting the weather forecast in the morning and seeing 50mnm of rain forecast from 8pm onward we decided the best use of our day would be to prospect. Our first port of call was a previously scoped hole of the path between Fishcace and Homecoming. With no photo and only a rough location we looked in a few holes climbing to the bottom of a couple that looked possible but to no avail. After marking the holes we decided to continue in a vaguely North direction following a passage in homecoming below us. After some impressive Bundah walking we found another prospect in which Joel eagerly descended only to find it also choked out - it was therefore nicknamed Joel's disappointment , which later changed to sunglasses disappointment after he figured out he lost his sunglasses somewhere into the hole.

@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ From here we began to circle back towards FishFace, on the way we found a large

2023-07-13
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Honorata Bogusz,Charlotte Payne,Oakem Kyne,Radost Waszkiewicz,,Jonty Pine,Harry Kettle,
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Honorata Bogusz,Jonty Pine,Harry Kettle,Charlotte Payne,Oakem Kyne,Radost Waszkiewicz,,
festering - Via Ferrata "Panorama Kletterstieg Sisi"


@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ Pic: Oakem Kyne (L) and Jonty Pine (R) on Panorama Kletterstieg Sisi.
2023-07-13
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Zac,Jono,Sarah,,Will,
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Zac,Will,Jono,Sarah,,
Homecoming - Investingating around Radogast
The day started out bleak with the plateau overcast and still soaked from the night before. Zac and Sarah set out from top camp while will and Jono came from base. We all bumped into each other at homecoming which was excellent timing. We proceeded to garlic cave for some lunch where Zac and Sarah got very cold. Phillip joined us there also. we waited for the rain to die away then headed over to homecoming. Sarah followed by Zac, then Will then Jono. The plan was to re-rig the small pitch and traverse after Radogast as well as investigate a phreatic tube 5m bellow the Radogast pitch head. each of these were to be done in pairs but the plan was scrapped when Jono needed the longer rope from Sarah (exploring Radogast) to re rig the pitch and the traverse. In the end Zac re-rigged it under Jono's supervision while the other 2 stood around.

@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ One the way back to top, Zac slipped and pulled his arm/ scraped his arse meanin

2023-07-14
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James Waite,Harry Kettle,,Charlotte Payne,
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James Waite,Charlotte Payne,Harry Kettle,,
Homecoming - pushing down homecoming from flowstone canyon, into alpine showers


after a heavy afternoon at the tatty hut, Harry asked if i fancied coming to @@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ Full details at
2023-07-14
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Honorata,Wassil,Oakem,Chi,,Radost,Merryn,
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Honorata,Radost,Merryn,Wassil,Oakem,Chi,,
Basecamp - Floating down the river to Bad Aussee
Floating down the river to Bad Aussee. Me and Radost are leaving today so we wanted to do a fun rest day activity on our last full day. Chi, Wassil, and Oakem agreed to go canyoning to Grabenback (VZVZ)(?) with us. We decided that we wanted to be in the canyon in the hottest moment of the day. We were ready to leave at noon but chi realised he'd lost his car keys. 2 hours of searching for them around the potato hut yielded no results. Disappointed, we decided to float down the river to Bad Aussee where we later had ice cream. Floating down the river has been definitely the most dangerous and stupid thing I've done on expo. Don't do it and if you have to - wear a helmet, gloves and shoes unlike us. I stated rolling on one waterfall and was really afraid I'd hurt my head. Then, I hit my lip really hard on a rock. I'm not gonna do it again. Ice cream was nice though.
T/U: 0.0 hours
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ Floating down the river to Bad Aussee. Me and Radost are leaving today so we wa
2023-07-14
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Will,Nadia,Mike,,Sarah,
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Will,Sarah,Nadia,Mike,,
homecoming - Shallow Homecoming and pushing beyond Hobknob Hallway & Dead Flied Passage
Having seen 2 A-leads at the end of dead flies passage on the big survey we headed down to investigate & push. Arriving at the end of the survey, we reached a small 3x1.5m chamber with a streamway passage (?2018-26A) back to the left and a more rifty passage straight ahead (?2018-25A).

@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ Speaking of, towards the end of Dead Flies Passage we found a tacklesack presuma

2023-07-14
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Becka,James,Harry,,Jono,Charlotte,
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Becka,Jono,Charlotte,James,Harry,,
1626-359 - Homecoming . Watershed . Alpine Showers
Walked from Top Camp to Homecoming + headed down quite efficiently, split to 2 groups at the previous survey limit, below CHarlotte's 2nd pitch, Harry, Charlotte + James started surveying downstream. Jono + I surveyed upstream for a mighty 3 legs ("Alpine Waterfall") to where the stream spouted down from on high. We went up the pitch with the rope + drill aiming to bolt a vertical lead but Harry caught us up to say they needed it so he took the drill + rope + they bolted downstream until they ran out of rope to leave a splashy A-lead continuing downstream. @@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ T/U Becka and Jono 13 hours, the others 15 hours
2023-07-15
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Ashley Gregg,Janis Huns,,Ely Brookes,
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Ashley Gregg,Ely Brookes,Janis Huns,,
Prospecting - Up to Homecoming from the Col

Edit this entry @@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ drops approx. 5m with snow at bottom, can't clearly see bottom from top.
2023-07-15
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Ashley Gregg,Philip Balister,,Ely Brookes,
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Ashley Gregg,Ely Brookes,Philip Balister,,
2018-DM-04 – Prospecting, exploring, surveying


The plan was to do some prospecting in the relatively uncovered area around Garlic cave. We met up with Philip at Garlic cave and had some noodles for lunch. Philip had already done some @@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ Top Camp.
2023-07-15
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Christian Kuhlmann,Merryn Matthews,,Wassil Janssen,
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Christian Kuhlmann,Wassil Janssen,Merryn Matthews,,
Homecoming - In Search Of Salamanders


Following an impromptu pre-expo-dinner dinner the night before, we all arose with a tinge of hangover. Rapidly consuming breakfast and packing kit, we set off at 8:30am, only 30 minutes after we said we would which in all fairness is very good going for us. After a smooth ferry to the Loser car park by our wonderful chauffer Alice, we set off up the mountain. Almost immediately after we left the car park a navigational faux pas was made and we found ourselves on the wrong path, and with a small section of off-roading, we headed up to top camp with no other further obstructions. @@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ Having arrived at top camp we decided to go and poke the hole we had found at th
2023-07-17
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Ashley Gregg,Oakem Kyne,,Emma Caspers,
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Ashley Gregg,Emma Caspers,Oakem Kyne,,
Fishface – Kresh connection confusion


Joel had discovered an exciting new cave, unfortunately this left us with rope and a lead down in the Fish face – happy butterfly connection which no-one was going to. I was naively convinced to go and @@ -1428,19 +1428,14 @@ Despite ~300m of passage being surveyed minimal progress was made in getting clo
2023-07-17
Joel,,Lizzie,, Tom
Tempest - The Tempest Diaries
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+Rearing to go and with many promising leads to explore we raced down to Tempest to continue the work we finished. Tom's bolt which means the scree slope was marginally safer to descend. I continued down to a choke above a short pitch with a ledge to LH whilst Lizzie and Tom surveyed from the entrance. Some serious gardening was required which occupied me until the other two arrived. Thyen we bolted a traverse into the short pitch and entered the chamber now known as Narnia. Due to the impressive frozen waterfalls and other ice formations we surveyed into this chambers noting again exciting leads to both left and right of the pitch base, then headed back to the surface. +
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2023-07-18
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Ashley Gregg,Merryn Matthews,,Zac Woodford,
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Ashley Gregg,Zac Woodford,Merryn Matthews,,
Tempest – Touch of Death


Excited to go and see (and kill) this new cave, two groups set off to push the two ‘A’ leads at the extent of Tempest. Arriving at the cave we prepared the bags and realised we’d forgotten a hammer, so @@ -1553,7 +1548,7 @@ we regrouped at the base of the heifer after adding a bolt to make the pitch hea
2023-07-19
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Ashley Gregg,Will Kay,,Zac Woodford,
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Ashley Gregg,Zac Woodford,Will Kay,,
2023-ASH-15, 2023-ASH-16 - Prospecting – dropping Boring Hole and Dead on Arrival


Took Zac to bolt a cave he had previously found not too far of the path to Fishface. Slight delay as we’d forgotten something important (bolts maybe?), which Will went back to get. @@ -1589,7 +1584,7 @@ off on the edges of the plateau. Plus curry for dinner.
2023-07-19
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Joel,Lizzie,,Ely,Merryn,, Tom
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Joel,Merryn,Lizzie,,Ely,, Tom
Tempest - The Tempest Diaries
TO BE TYPED UP Part 4 of 3

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2023-07-19
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Nadia,Kai,,Max,Flo,
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Nadia,Flo,Kai,,Max,
surface - Prospecting near Fishface
TO BE TYPED UP from the Scanned PDF
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2023-07-23
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Emily,Lizzy,Merryn,,Joel,, Tom
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Emily,Joel,Lizzy,Merryn,,, Tom
Plateau - Prospecting near Fishface
After consulting the weather forecast in the morning and seeing 50mnm of rain forecast from 8pm onward we decided the best use of our day would be to prospect. Our first port of call was a previously scoped hole of the path between Fishcace and Homecoming. With no photo and only a rough location we looked in a few holes climbing to the bottom of a couple that looked possible but to no avail. After marking the holes we decided to continue in a vaguely North direction following a passage in homecoming below us. After some impressive Bundah walking we found another prospect in which Joel eagerly descended only to find it also choked out - it was therefore nicknamed Joel's disappointment , which later changed to sunglasses disappointment after he figured out he lost his sunglasses somewhere into the hole.

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2023-07-24
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Luke,Becka,Botch,,
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Luke,,Becka,Botch,
surface - Wombling around tidying up the mess
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2023-07-27
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Rob,Nadia,,Becka,Botch,
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Rob,Botch,Nadia,,Becka,
Fishface - Camping without utensils
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2023-07-28
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Becka,Adam A,Ben,,Adam E,
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Becka,Adam E,Adam A,Ben,,
Fishface - Claw_crane off coconut shy
steady abseil down the entrance series. Ben + Adam EJ decided to head out from there so we had a quick tourist up Elizabeth line then they headed out. @@ -1874,7 +1869,7 @@ For some reason Adam dawdled at camp + ended up exiting last + was late back to
2023-07-28
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Nadia,Botch,,Kai,
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Nadia,Kai,Botch,,
Fishface - Theopillus Goon, above CMPU
After Rob and Kai travered over the top of CMPU the day before, finding a phrease window, Botch, Kai and I got to reap the Horizontal rewards. Starting at the window we took the small phreatic tube on the left of the window. @@ -1907,7 +1902,7 @@ Also there is another small rift on the left earlier on in the passage that I co
2023-07-29
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Joe Stell,Nadia Raeburn,,Frank Tully,
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Joe Stell,Frank Tully,Nadia Raeburn,,
Maelstrom - "Undersold"




Hearing of our great success with this shallow lead, Nadia, having returned from a fishface camping trip the day before, decided she would join us for a nice easy surface trip. @@ -1922,7 +1917,7 @@ Also there is another small rift on the left earlier on in the passage that I co
2023-07-29
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Kai,Becka,,Luke,
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Kai,Luke,Becka,,
Mendip man - Mendip man - Surveying trip
We headed out early ish and headed down to fish face gear store to find becka almost ready complaining about the quality of Distos lasers in the [day?] even tho she didn't [not?] to bring hers. After some above ground ffaffing we headed to the entrance where Becka rigorously ran through propa[sic] surveying techniques with me. @@ -1986,7 +1981,7 @@ Also, it is now our closest cave passage to the neighbouring Schönberg system (
2023-07-30
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Rob,Botch,Lea,,Luke,Becka,
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Rob,Luke,Becka,Botch,Lea,,
Fishface - Pushing The bottom of fish Face - camp #2 - part 1
Headed underground at~10pm on 30/07, arrived at camp around half 11. Good nigts sleep, unike the following night. @@ -2020,7 +2015,7 @@ thru bolts used 16
2023-07-30
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Rob,Botch,Lea,Becka,Luke,,
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Rob,Luke,,Botch,Lea,Becka,
Fishface - Pushing the bottom of Fishface Camp#2
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2023-07-31
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Ben Chaddock,Adam E,,Charlie Crossley,
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Ben Chaddock,Charlie Crossley,Adam E,,
Fishface - Cocoa Channel Bolting Mission
[Adam E = Adam Erskine-Jones]

On the morning of my first pushing trip deep within Fishgesicht (5 minutes from camp) the nervous energy carried me up and away through the bountiful faff. After triple checking that we had all the equipment for bolting and surveying a rift that apparently continued but was too sketchy without a traverse line, Charlie, Adam EJ and I traipsed across the plateau for even more faff outside the entrance. After a prompt descent we met the camping team who showed us the way to silverback scoop including a stop at the tap and going down a wrong branch. Squeezing through a pitch head to descend 7m into a dusty tight canyon with a tackle sack full of heavy gear, I did wonder what I was doing, but once the drill was out that fell away completely. @@ -2086,7 +2081,7 @@ TO BE TYPED UP from the Scanned P
2023-08-01
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Joe Stell,Nathan Walker,Adam Aldridge,,Manfred Wuits,
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Joe Stell,Manfred Wuits,Nathan Walker,Adam Aldridge,,
Surface - Hike to Garlic


Woke up to see a sub-optimal forecast. Somehow I was convinced that hiking to Garlic Cave Camp was of course the best course of action to take, so we set off. It was actually dry for the first third or so to fishface gear dump to collect our caving gear, but this did not last.
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2023-08-01
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Becka,Luke,,Rob,
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Becka,Rob,Luke,,
Fishface - Pushing the bottom of FishFace - camp #2 - part 2
After a slowish start we surveyed [?] Delicate steve Rob's traverese into a phreatic window opposite the [clap?] my pich up pitch [ahead?], reapeating the Rob and Kai survey that had been deemed inadequate. @@ -2128,7 +2123,7 @@ I got all the rope back to camp + sorted it to prusik out (beasing bags) + some
2023-08-02
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Joe Stell,Manfred Wuits,Nathan Walker,,Adam Aldridge,
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Joe Stell,Adam Aldridge,Manfred Wuits,Nathan Walker,,
Buzzard - dropping Buzzard Hole on the northerly Kleiner Wildkogel ridge


After our lovely sleep, we woke up to dry weather, and set off to the top of the ridge above Garlic. Carrying the thick, wet 90m up the mountain was not conducive to good balance so I did fall over in the bunde and struggle to get back up. We reached Buzzard, Adam rigged it, first to the bunde, then hand bolting whilst we waited patiently. The improvement in weather did give a lovely backdrop of the Braeuningzinken for photos. Nathan went down next, followed by Manfred whilst I stayed outside enjoying the view. Upon Adam's return, I swiftly fell asleep, and awoke to find Nathan and Manfred had finished their survey and were finalising some sketches. Adam spotted some interesting holes beneath us on the plateau, so wet set off to prospect (see next entry).
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2023-08-02
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Joe Stell,Nathan Walker,Adam Aldridge,,Manfred Wuits,
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Joe Stell,Manfred Wuits,Nathan Walker,Adam Aldridge,,
Surface - Prospecting east and south of Kleiner Wildkogel


After dropping Buzzard, the fours of us decided to drop down the north face of the ridge, heading east at first, then split to form two prospecting groups, Adam and I heading further east to wrap around to the south face of the ridge, and Nathan and Manfred following the north face westwards to @@ -2178,7 +2173,7 @@ that seem to follow a rift along the base of Wildkogel, then back to Garlic camp
2023-08-02
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Becka,Luke,Adam E,,Lea,
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Becka,Lea,Luke,Adam E,,
Plateau - Prospecting around FishFace
A mellow, pleasant wander in the sunshine, we found + sechecked 2019-CUCC-RH-01 (GPS 47.69156 13.81210 alt 1659) - this was (still) a p4 to a ramp fown to a choke. We then [found?] 2023-BL-10 Lea + Adam EK dropped a p5 to a 5*5m loose chamber with a crwal to the N to a 2*4m chamber 4m high with no way on. @@ -2213,7 +2208,7 @@ They showed us a promising potential bivvy site too.
2023-08-03
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Joe Stell,Becka Lawson,Adam Aldridge,,Nathan Walker,David Botcherby,
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Joe Stell,Nathan Walker,David Botcherby,Becka Lawson,Adam Aldridge,,
Garlic - Fettling


Woke up. 10am. It was rainy :( @@ -2230,7 +2225,7 @@ did also later. I took some photos and made some shoddy diagrams of the tarps. G
2023-08-03
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Lea,Ben C,Adam E,,Manfred,
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Lea,Manfred,Ben C,Adam E,,
FishFace - Channel number 2 (continuing Cocoa_channel)
Descended fishface antrance series with tourist trip (adam B, Sam Lee, Kai). Had a snack in the kitchen and went to the end of cocoa_channel. Ben bolted new travers lines, adam EJ was on nail polish duty, manfred had Wookey's disto and I was doing the notes (for the first time). @@ -2247,7 +2242,7 @@ Adam EJ derigged and we came back to top camp.
2023-08-03
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Nathan,Becka,,Botch,
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Nathan,Botch,Becka,,
Homecoming - Pushing/derigging trip down Homecoming - Goosebox - Sticky trigger
Having no plans to cave at Garlic camp I set off for homecoming with no plans, a bag full og gear of hope. I met becka as they were descending the entrance and joined their pushing/derigging trip to their evident relief. @@ -2268,7 +2263,7 @@ We surfaced near 10 and I returned to Garlic with becka.
2023-08-03
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Rob,Chi,,Luke,
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Rob,Luke,Chi,,
Homecoming - Homecoming - second coming shitshow
Chi had come up to top camp hoping to continue pushing 2nd comng with some people who might help him carry the gear out after, unlike some. So we set off in the drizzle for Homecoming entrance, making use of part of the shortcut to the [?] that we scouted when dropping off our gear at the entrance the day before. @@ -2343,7 +2338,7 @@ The website currently on shows 3,233.2 m 2023-08-06 -
Charlie,Adam B,Nathan W,,Adam E,Ben C,
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Charlie,Adam E,Ben C,Adam B,Nathan W,,
Fishface - The Three-Day Bound for The Four-Day Week-End
-It all begins in the tatty hut, several gossers short of a brewery. "let's go up in the weather window!" charlie had not done enough caving and wanted to camp in FF. "We'll call it the three-day bounce"."then we'll have a four-day weekend!" "We go to find the four day weekend!" - @@ -2467,7 +2462,7 @@ The pitches back to camp were painful, despite their shortness, due to our mud c
2023-08-08
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Sam,Becka,Hannah,,Adam A,
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Sam,Adam A,Becka,Hannah,,
Homecoming - Homecoming push Derig - Watershed
After a big (double noodle) breakfast we packed all three of our through-bolts ... and headed down from garlic to Homecoming. Our mission was simple, push a lead in watershed, then derig Waterershed and the top of the entrace series. Our lack of through-bolts did not deter us.

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2023-08-10
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Rob Watson,Nadia Raeburn,Kai Trusson,,David Botcherby,
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Rob Watson,David Botcherby,Nadia Raeburn,Kai Trusson,,
fishface - Connecting FF to SMK: a step further
Blog Author: nobrotson
Connecting FF to SMK - a step further