diff --git a/years/2023/logbook.html b/years/2023/logbook.html index f059e3985..5d34675c1 100644 --- a/years/2023/logbook.html +++ b/years/2023/logbook.html @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Pic: Janis Huns attaching stuff to the rope for hauling up.
2023-07-03
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Martin Green, Philip Sargent,
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Philip Sargent, Martin Green,
basecamp - nerding
Philip arrived by train at lunchtime. Joined Martin for serious nerding to get WiFi internet working in potato hut. @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ serious nerding to get WiFi internet working in potato hut.
2023-07-03
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Mike Butcher, Radost Waszkiewicz, Honorata Bogusz, Will Kay, Jana Podbelsek,
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Will Kay, Jana Podbelsek, Mike Butcher, Radost Waszkiewicz, Honorata Bogusz,
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). @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ main tarp and the second water collection tarp (which was a success).
2023-07-03
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Christian Kuhlmann, Charlotte Payne, Harry Kettle, Emma Caspers, Janis Huns,
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Emma Caspers, Janis Huns, Christian Kuhlmann, Charlotte Payne, Harry Kettle,
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.

@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ at about 5pm. Charlotte and Harry were both very grumpy walking back with very h
2023-07-03
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Emily Mabbett, Amelia Oliver, Jonty Pine,
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Jonty Pine, Emily Mabbett, Amelia Oliver,
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. @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ non-working internal wifi on netbook causing config problems even though it was
2023-07-04
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Wassil Janssen, Merryn Matthews, Ashley Gregg, Sarah Parker, Philip Balister, Amelia Oliver,
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Philip Balister, Amelia Oliver, Wassil Janssen, Merryn Matthews, Ashley Gregg, Sarah Parker,
topcamp - Carry and set-up


Ash, Merryn, Amelia in [com?] Philip B., Sarah and me @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ came down the mountain.
2023-07-04
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Alice Kirby, Charlotte Payne, Harry Kettle, Will Kay, Christian Kuhlmann,
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Will Kay, Christian Kuhlmann, Alice Kirby, Charlotte Payne, Harry Kettle,
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: @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ Nice write up [re Honorata's 3-day update]. The rope there now is stuff we bough
2023-07-05
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Lizzie Caisley, Philip Balister, Sarah Parker, Maddie Kirby, Joel Stobbart,
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Maddie Kirby, Joel Stobbart, Lizzie Caisley, Philip Balister, Sarah Parker,
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. @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ return.
2023-07-06
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Maddie Kirby, Janis Huns,
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Janis Huns, Maddie Kirby,
Plateau - scoping out a route from col to Garlic Cave


We set out to improve the direct route from the start of the plateau to Homecoming. The way down the wall after the second pole was suprisingly nice. This was followed by an easy flat section until the bunde and tiny cliffs obscured all the alternative paths we tried. Most of the way was already cairned, but we did find some nice fresh transitions through the bunde walls separating the easy-to-walk-on slabs. At Homecoming, we met Harry, Christian, Alice, Merryn getting ready to rig the cave. Then we visited Garlic cave - a massive above ground hole that leads to a bridge below which are the entrances to the cave itself. There was loads of snow - just as in every entrance - but there was a nice campable bit , plenty of water dripping. I sensed some garlic smell, remembering the story that this smell gave the name of the cave, but was still mysterious. Then Maddie realised we were surrounded by chives! Mystery solved.

On the way back we met Jono, Evelyn, and Oakem who were on the way to Garlic. At Homecoming, Honorata and Radost told us they had found 3 intriguing holes while prospecting. We found a baloon with a sweet note on it and read it to them. @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ return.
2023-07-06
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Buck Blake, Joel Stobbart, Jonty Pine,
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Jonty Pine, Buck Blake, Joel Stobbart,
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 @@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ return.
2023-07-06
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Charlotte Payne, Lizzie Caisley, Emily Mabbett, Emma Caspers, Mike Butcher,
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Emma Caspers, Mike Butcher, Charlotte Payne, Lizzie Caisley, Emily Mabbett,
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. @@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ return.
2023-07-06
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Radost Waszkiewicz, Honorata Bogusz,
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Honorata Bogusz, Radost Waszkiewicz,
Prospecting


We prospected between Fischgesicht and Heimkehr entrances. We found 5 caves, which I will refer to here using the temporary number and names entered in expo.survex.com. Small drain (2023-hbrw-01) and medium drain (2023-hbrw-02) were surveyed completely and they both strecth for about 20-30m, a small stream passing through each of them.

We also found 3 new caves which seem to continue but we couldn't survey them since they all begin with large pitches: @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ return.
2023-07-06
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Amelia Oliver, Ashley Gregg, Emma Caspers, Zac Woodford,
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Emma Caspers, Zac Woodford, Amelia Oliver, Ashley Gregg,
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. @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ return.
2023-07-07
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Wassil Janssen, Christian Kuhlmann,
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Christian Kuhlmann, Wassil Janssen,
Homecoming - Foray into the Second Coming
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