From 554fe4fe994d157a603a799b93b7eb5d2836cc33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jenny Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:31:48 +1200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix 'illegible' and '??' in two of my 2016 logbook writeups. --- years/2015/logbook.html | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/years/2015/logbook.html b/years/2015/logbook.html index 656d4220e..00098d5a0 100644 --- a/years/2015/logbook.html +++ b/years/2015/logbook.html @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
85 (and 82) Blind as a Bat

Olly had an unhappy tummy, so something near the surface seemed wise. Decided to look at the lead in 85 that we'd spotted in 2007 and noted in 1977. Got to the entrance to find Ol only had his prescription sunglasses, so he had to cave blind. Due to not wanting to carry too much stuff, I was only wearing thermals and my oversuit which was cold.

Followed the obvious way in 85 ignoring the passage to 82. Followed down a couple of lovely little climbs, then doubled back to appear 2/3 of the way down an ice slope. I noticed an enticing looking passage opposite us on the other side of the ice slope. Decided that the best way to access that and the drop below was to enter from above, so I waited while Olly headed out to confirm that the slope did come from the 82-85 passage. It did, so we got SRT + bolting gear and I rigged (badly) down to get into the passage. This passage headed off very straight, sometimes crawling, sometimes walking, with various solution pockets/avens on the left. Eventually ended at a muddy/gravelly dig. Surveyed out to the bottom of the rope where Olly went down to the bottom before heading out. Saw an unhappy bat frozen on the ice which I photographed. I hoped it was having a little sleep, but Olly assured me it was dead and frozen in place.

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Finished surveying this route and the [illegible] route down.

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Finished surveying this route and the climbs route down.

T/U: 5 hrs
2015-07-23
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ appeared and we set off. Again derigged the Coldest rope to use on the way into (really another rope would be less tedious!). Matt + I headed in to survey while Wookey looked at 13-CO-1A. I was very disappointed to discover that I had failed to bring my balaclava, instead bringing a pair of pants that I was going to take down the hill to wash - -idiot ! Matt + I went to the junction, and followed the [??] drafting passage north. Small +idiot ! Matt + I went to the junction, and followed the very drafting passage north. Small at first (phreatic with a small floor trench with water which we were following uphill). It got bigger and we clambered over some flaky boulders into an aven-chamber with water coming in from the roof. Beyond this were some pretty mud/gravel formations that we managed to From 40a43ac2413cfc50da6dcb6524967eb610a96ff9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jenny Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:39:37 +1200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix another 'illegible' that had been wrongly guessed. --- years/2015/logbook.html | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/years/2015/logbook.html b/years/2015/logbook.html index 00098d5a0..89b9b1143 100644 --- a/years/2015/logbook.html +++ b/years/2015/logbook.html @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
2015-07-19
Olly + Jenny
107 - Old Route
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Got underground nice and early - 9:10 am! Whizzed down to where the two old routes diverge and headed towards the p67. Turns out you traverse over the p67 to get to the p5. We did this using 1978 spits just to have a look. There is a trickle of water down the back wall, and a rift heading west. We traversed along this, it was the sort of rift with no visible floor and of unknown depth. After a short while the rift got wider, and I became incredibly scared and refused to continue. We surveyed back to the head of the p67. On typing in the data, it seems that my pitch detecting radar knew we were about to traverse over the p100, and hence made me stop. Olly rigged down the p67 directly (ie. not via the p5) and got a Y-hang that made a lovely free hang, despite a complex pitch head. Sadly it got wet and the rope was fast so Olly had it wrapped round his leg. This gave him 2 options, abseil indelicately, or torniquet his leg. He took the first option.

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Got underground nice and early - 9:10 am! Whizzed down to where the two old routes diverge and headed towards the p67. Turns out you traverse over the p67 to get to the p5. We did this using 1978 spits just to have a look. There is a trickle of water down the back wall, and a rift heading west. We traversed along this, it was the sort of rift with no visible floor and of unknown depth. After a short while the rift got wider, and I became incredibly scared and refused to continue. We surveyed back to the head of the p67. On typing in the data, it seems that my pitch detecting radar knew we were about to traverse over the p100, and hence made me stop. Olly rigged down the p67 directly (ie. not via the p5) and got a Y-hang that made a lovely free hang, despite a complex pitch head. Sadly it got wet and the rope was fast so Olly had it wrapped round his leg. This gave him 2 options, abseil indefinitely, or torniquet his leg. He took the first option.

Olly shouts up "I'm down, the pitch is wet". I wonder how wet, is he telling me that he will come back up and add some rigging, or that I should come down but make sure the survey box is closed first. After a few iterations of Olly shouting 'the hang is wet' and me shouting 'can I descend?', Olly eventually shouts that he is coming up.

This would be the perfect time to sit in my lovely new bothy bag, except that I am the wrong side of the pitch wedged in a rift. After a while I see Olly putting in a bolt, and I can follow down. We end up in a side rift via a couple of rebelays and a comedy deviation. We survey up this and down to the bottom of the main hang. Then have a quick wander down to the next short pitch.

We survey back out derigging up to the Y-hang so the rig can be made drier for next time. Uneventful exit, to get out just as the thunderstorm started.