diff --git a/years/2023/logbook.html b/years/2023/logbook.html index 9b6264ec0..c90e4ecf4 100644 --- a/years/2023/logbook.html +++ b/years/2023/logbook.html @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ maintain half a dozen parser functions. Sorry about all the crap that surrounds the image tags which has been imported along with the content when UK Caving blogs have been parsed. -Exported on 2024-02-04 21:02 using either the control panel webpage or when editing a logbook entry online +Exported on 2024-02-05 20:02 using either the control panel webpage or when editing a logbook entry online See troggle/code/views/other.py and core.models/logbooks.py writelogbook(year, filename) --> @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ serious nerding to get WiFi internet working in potato hut.
2023-07-03
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Will Kay, Mike Butcher, Honorata Bogusz, Jana Podbelsek, Radost Waszkiewicz,
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Mike Butcher, Honorata Bogusz, Jana Podbelsek, Radost Waszkiewicz, Will Kay,
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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Emma Caspers, Christian Kuhlmann, Harry Kettle, Janis Huns, Charlotte Payne,
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Christian Kuhlmann, Harry Kettle, Janis Huns, Charlotte Payne, Emma Caspers,
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.

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2023-07-04
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Sarah Parker, Wassil Janssen, Ashley Gregg, Philip Balister, Amelia Oliver, Merryn Matthews,
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Wassil Janssen, Ashley Gregg, Philip Balister, Amelia Oliver, Merryn Matthews, 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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Will Kay, Alice Kirby, Harry Kettle, Christian Kuhlmann, Charlotte Payne,
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Alice Kirby, Harry Kettle, Christian Kuhlmann, Charlotte Payne, Will Kay,
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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Maddie Kirby, Lizzie Caisley, Sarah Parker, Joel Stobbart, Philip Balister,
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Lizzie Caisley, Sarah Parker, Joel Stobbart, Philip Balister, Maddie Kirby,
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. @@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ return.
2023-07-06
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Emma Caspers, Charlotte Payne, Emily Mabbett, Mike Butcher, Lizzie Caisley,
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Charlotte Payne, Emily Mabbett, Mike Butcher, Lizzie Caisley, Emma Caspers,
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. @@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ Slow, tired progress out saw us leave the cave at about 1am. I stumbled to Garli
2023-07-10
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Ashley Gregg, Buck Blake, Joel Stobbart, Janis Huns, Jonty Pine, Amelia Oliver,
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Buck Blake, Joel Stobbart, Janis Huns, Jonty Pine, Amelia Oliver, Ashley Gregg,
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 @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ left our caving kit under the small overhand near the entrance, then headed back
2023-07-10
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Alice Kirby, Harry Kettle, Wassil Janssen, Merryn Matthews, Christian Kuhlmann,
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Harry Kettle, Wassil Janssen, Merryn Matthews, Christian Kuhlmann, Alice Kirby,
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. @@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ left our caving kit under the small overhand near the entrance, then headed back
2023-07-10
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Ashley Gregg, Harry Kettle, Honorata Bogusz, Christian Kuhlmann, Radost Waszkiewicz,
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Harry Kettle, Honorata Bogusz, Christian Kuhlmann, Radost Waszkiewicz, Ashley Gregg,
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). @@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ Yet again a black bmw slowly moved in front of us with their sign flashing. Anot
2023-07-11
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Honorata Bogusz, Radost Waszkiewicz, Thomas Phillips, Ashley Gregg, Ely Brookes, James Waite, Will Kay, Philip Sargent,
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Radost Waszkiewicz, Thomas Phillips, Ashley Gregg, Ely Brookes, James Waite, Will Kay, Philip Sargent, 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. @@ -748,17 +748,8 @@ The Amphitheater Hoehle is named after its entrance which resembles an amphithea
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2023-07-11
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Charlotte, Harry, Becka,
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Homecoming - 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. Right quickly led to another pitch so Charlotte continued rigging the same rope down this pitch whilst Harry and I surveyed left to a drop down to a canyon with a stream in it. We all descended Charlotte’s second pitch which dropped in a canyon streamway, and we surveyed a couple of legs each direction to check they went. Right upstream headed to short splashy climbs up. Downstream was tightish canyon. We exited in ~4 hours with a disturbing find on Gromit (the 50m at the base of the entrance series) – I saw a lump of mud on the rope, tried to flick it off but argh, the sheath had gone from a chunk of rope. I cautiously jammered above it, shouted down to warn the others, and tied it out in a butterfly. It was ~5m below the rebelay and many metres from any of the walls so hard to know what caused it – sharp jammers? Rockfall? Previous damage? Out 11pm and then a disappointingly long slog up to Garlic Cave to enjoy the new facilities. -
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2023-07-12
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Thomas Phillips, Lizzie Caisley, Merryn Matthews, Emily Mabbett, Joel Stobbart,
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Lizzie Caisley, Merryn Matthews, Emily Mabbett, Joel Stobbart, Thomas Phillips,
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 @@ -812,7 +803,7 @@ was no evidence of a draft at the bottom so not particularly promising.
2023-07-13
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Jonty Pine, Honorata Bogusz, Radost Waszkiewicz, Oakem Kyne, Charlotte Payne, Harry Kettle,
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Honorata Bogusz, Radost Waszkiewicz, Oakem Kyne, Charlotte Payne, Harry Kettle, Jonty Pine,
festering - Via Ferrata "Panorama Kletterstieg Sisi"


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2023-08-03
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David Botcherby, Adam Aldridge, Joe Stell, Becka Lawson, Nathan Walker,
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Adam Aldridge, Joe Stell, Becka Lawson, Nathan Walker, David Botcherby,
Garlic - Fettling


Woke up. 10am. It was rainy :( @@ -1849,6 +1840,15 @@ All in all, this was a fun project to have for our last week. It was a shame not
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2023-11-15
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Philip Sargent,
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Cambridge - TESTING
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