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<div class="tripdate" id="2025-07-14a">2025-07-14</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>c. densham</u>, Chris Densham</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Chris Densham</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">topcamp - Fire and water</div>
Having received a report that 'my' water system at top camp was leaking and had lost the last week of rain, I resigned myself to jacking on my first trip into KH for 18 years and instead went shopping for plumber's sealant. I then received a personal message that there had been a fire at Top Camp and my bivvi spot had not fared well. A gondola ride and walk up the hill allowed me to inspect the situation. Dylan and Dan, on a break from Popper pot, explained how Dylan had escaped a near death experience the night before. A stack of 3 campbeds had had 24 nightlights placed directly upon it in the hope that the combustion of the hydrocarbon (generating CO2 and, er, H2O), might somehow dispel the dampness in a furry suit hanging from the tarpaulin support ropes above. Photographic evidence, apparently, exists. Dylan, sleeping in the tier above, was woken by the smell of thick black smoke and observed a conflagration of the camp bed stack below. It seems that burning liquid wax soaking into a dry and absorbent cloth made an excellent wick. Who could have predicted such a mechanism? Dan made a rapid exit from his pit and led the swift discharge of the camp's remaining water supply on the fire, putting it out and minimising the collateral damage. The final toll was 3 camp beds, my 1st aid kit, 2 batteries, a pair of gloves and a new 2 ft diameter hole in the tarp. Fortunately those pesky EU bureaucrats had mandated a fire retardant to be incorporated in the tarpaulin meaning that the entire sleeping top camp party were not burnt to a crisp in their beds.
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