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@@ -258,6 +258,65 @@ There was a pitch after the squeeze and the rest of our rope was still on the su
<div class="timeug">T/U: 5.0 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="2025-07-02d">2025-07-02</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Hamish</u>, Hannah C, Harry K</div>
<div class="triptitle">Hahaha Hole - Lucky First Find</div>
Waking up at the toll-road standard 6am to a shagged loaf of bread we ascended the hill with the goal of prospecting the path from the col to garlic camp.
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My sleep deprived mind deciding it would be a good idea to get in the car wearing croccs, Hannah C very kindly lends me her trainers.
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Within 10 minutes of leaving the col, we come across a not-too promising rift and decided to descend it.
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Geared up in a Helmet, SRT Kit, t-shirt and trousers I get my first ever experience of bolting and expo caving at the same time.
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Descending onto the small snow plug at the bottom of the rift there was a hole on my right that went further down, so we decided to continue. On a single hang pulse bolt on the ceiling we descend onto a further snow plug, noting the cave going further down to the left with some ice pillars and a rocky alcove on the right.
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I wait in the rocky alcove for the others to descend then continue bolting.
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In the chamber with the ice pillars there is a rift going down to the left and a bolder slope going up to the right. We decide to check out the bolder slope that leads to a large chamber, where the far end of the chamber chokes out and to the left is a 3-4m crawl into a small avon that gets too tight at the top.
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At this point we decide to start surveying from the little chamber outwards while i go back to bolt the rift.
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After further inspection, choosing to free climb down instead the rift seems to end.
I stuck my head in and decided that there might be something on the other side and might be able to fit throught and therefore worth checking out.
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Harry and Hannah make the point that this is austria and that there is much more cave to discover, but i stick my head in anyway.
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After getting mostly through the squeeze there was a drop and what i would call an A Lead.
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I would have needed to step out onto a sketchy looking ledge and so, we pop out to the surface to have lunch before tackling this problem since people are starting to get cold.
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After lunch we start bolting the pitch after the squeeze by sticking a bolt and handline in on the other side of the squeeze so I can step out onto the ledge safely.
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Using the handline as a zipline harry slides the d rill, rope and hammer to me followed up by me having to find the single bit of non-shit rock near my precarious step to stick a bolt in.
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After Ha and Ha are through the squeeze, we check out the lead which heads directly down into a tall fossil passage chamber with a sandy floor.
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After i get over my excitement of the cave still going we go down a sandy slope crawl to the left entering a passage with muddy floor then into a short crawl over bolders into an chamber with a bolder slope up with a dead bat in the center.
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At the top of the slope is another bolder slope in a large rift heading up to the left, and down to a pitch on the right.
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The top of the bolder slope choked out, however there may have been a QM in the roof/above one of the larger bolders but would require an simple-ish bolt climb.
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The pitch to the right was scary to approach due to the sketchy bolder slope.
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Ha and Ha started surveying while I went back to get some rope, which was inconveniently left on the other side of the squeeze.
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Cutting the rope at the bottom of the squeeze pitch i grab the rest of the rope and go back to begin bolting the next pitch below the sketchy bolder slope.
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After gardening and getting 2 bolts in, Ha and Ha come back to me humming and haring where to put my last bolt to descend the pitch.
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Noting that its getting late, we decide to drop the pitch now so we can either get it finished surveying or come back tomorrow.
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Harry picks a wall to put a bolt in, and i drop the pitch. At the bottom is a little tunnle that heads to a water swept avon that connects to the top of the pitch but doesnt go.
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On the other side is a little stream going around to the right. At this point i shout that it still goes, and prosuc out, coiling that pitch rope so it isnt crushed by any bolders should any fall.
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Squeezing back out, which is surprisingly scrapy in a tshirt we ascend the entrance pitch, Ha and Ha getting it surveyed while i swap out the pulses for thru bolts.
<div class="timeug">T/U: 6.0 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="2025-07-03a">2025-07-03</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>balister</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">plateau - My Day 1</div>