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We went on a via ferrata located close to the Loseralm parking lot. The via ferrata route is graded D. Car is best parked on the side of the toll road, below the parking lot, next to a big pile of rocks. Getting to the start of the via ferrata requires a short (200m ?) hike up on steep terrain with many small loose boulders, which make the hike anoying.
<p>The via ferrata route goes up the mountain (it's vertical) and it is very exposed. It requires using the upper body quite a lot and does not have many aids besides the metal wire. The route ends next to a metal cross at the peak of the mountain. One hikes down to get to the car. The description says that the via ferrata takes between 1 and 2 hours but it took us 50 minutes, with a 5 min photo break in the middle.
<div class="timeug">T/U: 0.0 hours</div>
<div class="tripdate" id="t2023-07-14a">2023-07-14</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>James Waite</u>,Harry Kettle,Charlotte Payne</div>
<div class="triptitle">Homecoming - pushing down homecoming from flowstone canyon, into alpine showers</div>
<p>
after a heavy afternoon at the tatty hut, Harry asked if i fancied coming to
help push his lead with him. an offer i couldn't refuse. so i yomped up to top
camp (with a ludicrous amount of curry) and then the next morning we headed to
homecoming to meetup with jono who was coming from garlic cave. he was late so
harry and charlotte decided to go down in front to do the rerigging of grommit
(after they had cored it the last time). eventually jono arrived and myself
becka and him went down into homecoming. the snow plugs were easiy traversed
and eventually i was down radegast and into the crawl to the up pitch. soon i
was down in the awkward traverses that led to wallace. we dropped down and
wallace and becka gave me a very long description of whyi shouldn't glaze the
brand new rope. i ended up down grommit and then headed along the traverse and
then swapped from a down rope to an up rope which led up to propane nightmares.
there is an odd section of chalky limestone in propane nightmares before the
pitch down which could do with ssome geological investigation.
<p>
eventually we made it through prpane nightmares and i was show the correct was
round the sump pool we ended up dropping down strained by gravity and entering
watershed. at the this point i was in front with becka and we tried to find the
correct route through the traverses here. up at the start and along and then
follow down to streamway level. then at a 90 degree right hand bend you go up
halfway and then at eh 90 degree left hand bend you go to proper roof level.
this traversing was slightly sketch and eventualy led to two small climbs downa
nd the stashed drill. i was soon taught to bolt by becka and we ahd installed
two handlines down the climbs. after this we went further down to the t
junction andwent left to nthe sandy changing room. warm layers installed , we
set off down the flowstone canyon . this section of cave feels slighlty too
much like mendip. with some squeezes that are challenging for the larger
gentlemen. after being fat shamed/ pelvis shamed by the final squeeze we
entered the pitches down towards the streamway.
<p>
the bottom pitches led to a streamway which was the bottom A leads. we divided
up and charlotte harry and i went downstream. jono and becka went upstream and
it ended at a waterfall. we set of dwonstream and i was taught the basics if
paper surveing and swiftly stopped surveying by getting stuck in a tight
section . is easier as a crawl if a larger gentleman. soon the surveying was
going quickly and the rift was getting much bigger. sadly we hit a pitch .
harry/charlotte went back to retrieve the drill and soon i was bolting my first
pitch. this was a small 5/6M that could be freeclimbed if there wasnt and water
flowing (unlikely). dropping down the pitch i turned a corner and found another
pitch down into a big chamber. harry bolted this pitch and it dropped into the
wet chamber. (deviation needs adding/a bolted traverse before dropping) this
chamber then led off round a corner onto another pitch that we didn't have
enough rope to drop sadly, althouhg the traverse line is rigged. the lef hand
wall at the back of the pitch head is an execllent spot to garden and yieled
plenty of large loose rocks. the lead at the bottom of this pitch is a big rift
chamber 10M wide and 40M high that soon goes round a left hand bend.
<p>
at this point we realised that the survey notebook had started rubbing itself
out. we resurveyed some of the legs and eventually started going back upwards
out of the cave. the rest of the trip out was quite strenuous and was an
introduction and a half to Alpine SRT. i kept going and eventualy got out of
strained by grvaity just as harry and charlotte caught up with me. cahrlotte
told me to put the cooker on for the noodles. for some reason i set up the gas
burner upside down and proceded to light the cave fllor and my hand hair on
fire. after the food i set off ahead of the others as i needed to make progress
so i had a tme buffer for the srt. eventually i arrived at the bottom of
greommit and met uncle Mike and his group. we set off in the middle of them and
evetually i was up the big pitches and struggling along the traversy rifts. at
thsi point i was running on fumes and arrived to the chamber before going dwon
the up pitch after radegast. here i found a pack of happy bears in my drybag .
harry arrived and looked very much like a happy bear upon eating a few.
<p>
i then started out of the last few pitches , and after soem struggles with
pitchheads i arrived onto the platau to find that my guide back to garlic camp
had been sent back and that i was waiting for a new guide who was in the cave.
so i stripped off and got into my sleeping bag and had a few hours of
uncomfortable platau sleep.
<div class="timeug">T/U: 13 hours</div>
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