diff --git a/years/1990/log.htm b/years/1990/log.htm index c5fe9a8af..30b73f5de 100644 --- a/years/1990/log.htm +++ b/years/1990/log.htm @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ chamber. It's cold down there crawling in shorts & T-shirt. T/U ½ hr
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12/7/90 | near 161 - 2 year Gestiation | Jeremy & Matt +

12/7/90 | near 161 - 2 year Gestiation | Jeremy & Matt

(2 years Gestation) <- cave name (matt is a tosser!) @@ -245,7 +245,9 @@ as yet unexplored. the 4th & probably final pitch has been named made a hasty retreat with a smallish pause as we negotiated to top of the 3rd pitch. -

T/U -> 6 hrs

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T/U -> 6 hrs + +

Next trip

12/7/90 | 161 - Rigging RH Route | Del & Damage @@ -299,7 +301,7 @@ entrance. Came out of 161 to see them walking up the hill! Finding 161c

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12/7/90 | 161 - Strollers 1st cave | Wookey & Juliette +

12/7/90 | 161 - Strollers 1st cave | Wookey & Juliette

Rigged down Adrians route - to the head of the large pitch discovered 2 years ago. The Wook - proudly bearing WOOK - on every gear item including @@ -374,7 +376,7 @@ derigged out, dumped ropes and beat it for the surface in a shower of sweat. The trip that actually went to the Flapjack QM

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15/7/90 | 161 - Deep question mark at bottom of flapjack | Julian and David H +

15/7/90 | 161 - Deep question mark at bottom of flapjack | Julian and David H

Oh boy what a long way down, and that's before we start any pushing! @@ -437,7 +439,7 @@ by tree meets fault running up mountain.

T.U. 5 mins each

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13/7/90 | Near 161 - return to '2 years Gestation' | Jeremy, Matt & Adam +

13/7/90 | Near 161 - return to '2 years Gestation' | Jeremy, Matt & Adam

Underground after 4.00pm (Not bad), quick trip to bottom, a quick dig (extended cave by about 5m). Surveyed & derigged (derigging through @@ -445,7 +447,10 @@ squeeze "interesting").

No major cock ups etc, out in light -

T/U 3½ hours

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T/U 3½ hours + +

Previous trip +

14/7/90 | 161 - rig right hand route & push Yapate | Adam & Jeremy @@ -540,7 +545,7 @@ loose rift to climb requiring handline. Next trip to 'Endless'

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16/7/90 | 161 - Dreamtime | Leif, Jan, Hugh +

16/7/90 | 161 - Dreamtime | Leif, Jan, Hugh

Dreamtime, ha, ha. @@ -676,11 +681,9 @@ bypasses (eg. pitch francis fell down) are required

Continued exploring the pitches I (Adam) discovered with Jeremy a few days previously : -

sketch of location of way in to Flat Battery Series
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Descended previously rigged 25m pitch & bolted further 20'->25' pitch (slightly damp). Mark descended a further 15' into a pit where water flowed out down an impassible rift. A way on thro' a squeeze was found just @@ -791,12 +794,10 @@ kind enough to take orders for food over the radio ! It took us 1½ hours to explore the lower cave & 2½ hours to shift the rock outside the upper one ! Both caves still unmarked. Where's the paint ? -

sketch elevation of both caves
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William

T.U. = 1 hr 32 mins each

@@ -848,7 +849,7 @@ Mark S, Julian's tourist trip (same overnight) / Next pushing trip
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21/7/90 | 161 - 161b | Hugh, Tony, Francis +

21/7/90 | 161 - 161b | Hugh, Tony, Francis

After much looking, located entrance (this involved Hugh + Francis standing a long way away and shouting directions to Tony as to where he @@ -935,12 +936,10 @@ Needs back-up (hole part-drilled)
c) 40m pitch ditto.
d) Last pitch - rigged on naturals. Needs bolt at head & wire on rebelay (Wire left down there). ... had we any spits we'd have done these. -

[extended elevation sketch of electrolytic level]
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Previous trip / Next trip

@@ -955,9 +954,9 @@ can if you like - she said she would - and seems to have forgotten!

Start of on the Friday evening with a lift by boss to Cambridge seemingly involving a tour of all country lanes between Hertford & C'bridge. Knock -on 60 Sedsewick St. door & woman answers and yells "He's here". -Shovel stuff into Waddersmobile and stand in living room lookins at strange -furnirure & lots and lots and lots of cumputers. Set off after c.5ming +on 60 Sedgewick St. door & woman answers and yells "He's here". +Shovel stuff into Waddersmobile and stand in living room looking at strange +furniture & lots and lots and lots of computers. Set off after c.5min and Wadders tries hard to just miss every car on the road. Stopped for chips & Wadders had to leave engine running "'cos it sometimes doesn't start when warm". Reached Grassington late & found I had to share a @@ -971,12 +970,12 @@ Salzburg, hence have to wander round Salzburg from 7pm 'til 4am. Then go by train to B.A., via Bischopshofen & Staudich Immermann (or something similar) since earliest train on Sunday goes that way. Claire buys tickets via Bad Ischl, but flattering eyelashes solves a problem with ticket -collector (number 37, i think). After repeated dozing on train, reach B.A. +collector (number 37, I think). After repeated dozing on train, reach B.A. Claire asks for directions to Hilda's & we set off into B.A. only to be stopped by the woman Claire asked directions from, offering a lift (even though she wasn't going that way). Claire chats to her during journey and I get about one word in ten. Get to Hilda's & Hilda tells us the cavers -aren't coming for a week. Pointedly discuss fate of Wookey's genetalia. +aren't coming for a week. Pointedly discuss fate of Wookey's genitalia. Hilda says we can stay the night in the Lager hut. Doze under a tree 'til it gets hot & then move to lager hut. Awoken by Adam later on to be informed that Rover had arrived - Reprieve for Wookey's genitalia! Ten @@ -1056,9 +1055,9 @@ P.S. Only 6 Oh D**r's!
anon:long bit of self-indulgent bullshit!!!
Olly:(Fuck off!OK?)

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22/7/90 | 161 - Finishing off Too much too soon | Del, Francis, David H +

22/7/90 | 161 - Finishing off Too much too soon | Del, Francis, David H -

[date deduced to be 1990.07.22 from survey data, Ed.] +

[date deduced to be 1990-07-22 from survey data, Ed.]

The first time Julian took me down flapjack to show me the question mark he found last year I just laughed and thought he was joking. When it entered @@ -1089,18 +1088,16 @@ sumps then just below 500m! Next (photo & derig) trip

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22/7/90 | 161 - TRIP BEFORE finishing off 'too far too soon' | Jeremy + Juliette +

22/7/90 | 161 - TRIP BEFORE finishing off 'too far too soon' | Jeremy + Juliette

Date guessed

Very uninteresting prospect this write up.
Went + looked down too much too soon. Too much on 9mm rope for us bottlers - So instead -> the complete survey of a man -

scan from logbook 672x492
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[12½ hrs] @@ -1108,7 +1105,7 @@ vspace=10 src="ofaman.png"> Next (successful) trip

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22/7/90 | 161 - Laying the coax (fnaar) | Jeremy + Juliette +

22/7/90 | 161 - Laying the coax (fnaar) | Jeremy + Juliette

(Date totally guessed) @@ -1193,7 +1190,7 @@ doing his Geology super-star bit though.

T/UG - not much (2½hrs)

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24/7/90 | Surface - Trisselwand.| Wookey, Wadders, Joe & Juliette +

24/7/90 | Surface - Trisselwand.| Wookey, Wadders, Joe & Juliette

Team hard bastard goes to re-enact the ancient CUCC legend of the Trisselwand climb @@ -1222,7 +1219,7 @@ job it's not too hard!

Radios are fun - Can talk to Top camp, Stogerweg, Bergrestaurant, Base Camp & Entrance.

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26/7/90 | 161 - Push and Survey Flat Battery | Adam, Mike & Jeremy +

26/7/90 | 161 - Push and Survey Flat Battery | Adam, Mike & Jeremy

A nice trip, that rare Austrian beasty, a "short trip". Zoomed down to 400m (fine route) dithered around a bit deciding where to push. @@ -1241,7 +1238,7 @@ surface. Next trip

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24/7/90 | 161 - Dreamtime flapjack photos |William & Damage, MarkD and Adam +

24/7/90 | 161 - Dreamtime flapjack photos |William & Damage, MarkD and Adam

says Adam @@ -1268,7 +1265,7 @@ left to finish a highly organized, efficient and (hopefully) successful trip

Team Wings: Mark S, Julian. -

Support crew : Olly (photographer), Kieth (chauffer), Wook's car. +

Support crew : Olly (photographer), Keith (chauffer), Wook's car.

Finally made it at 11am to the Loser hut. I unfolded my wings and flew from the ramp. The ground flops down in ripples like a table cloth, stacked @@ -1330,26 +1327,22 @@ superceded by Wook sketch 1991]

Rebolted top of Candlestick(?), Joe set off down to put in rebelay about 10' down. I went for poke from Arrow Chamber, and came out about 10' below Joe!! -

pic showing connection from chamber beyond head of Butcher pitch connecting back into powerstation series
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Joe, Having bolted, came up for rest, I went down 15m(maybe) to FOULNESS LEDGE. Put in next bolt, then Joe's turn - down 20-25m to freehanging rebelay. Half did bolt, then dead legs so up, and I finished it. Abbed on down, got to bottom of rope about 10' above ledge. Rats. Prussiked out.

T/U 9hours -

PS. Another hole (2m x ½m x 2 sec drop) in carrefour:
[piccy of hole]
Bloody well go look at it!!!
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Previous LHR trip (last year) / Next LHR trip / Trip to look at Carrefour hole @@ -1438,7 +1431,7 @@ in a bad rub. Very scary.

Photo/bottoming trip the same day

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31/7/90 | 161 - French Connection | Francis, MarkS, and Peter +

31/7/90 | 161 - French Connection | Francis, MarkS, and Peter

French Connection
@@ -1642,7 +1635,7 @@ Ground zero.

T o/g ½ hour

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30/7/90 | Surface - plateau-wander |Jeremy & Adam +

30/7/90 | Surface - plateau-wander |Jeremy & Adam

We wandered found a hole, descended it. this was not far from the camp fault (goes thro nr water hole) & is a rift. Numbered 90/9 but not @@ -1829,7 +1822,7 @@ slightly. Made it out after our call-out time.

Previous trip

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28/7/90 | 161 - go to see Adrian's bottom | Juliette, Del, Olly +

28/7/90 | 161 - go to see Adrian's bottom | Juliette, Del, Olly

(Better late than never) @@ -1875,7 +1868,7 @@ Pete & Wook 4.5 hrs trip / Derigging entrance / Rigging in (1991)

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8/8/90 | 161 - Derig Adrians' | Matt + Francis +

8/8/90 | 161 - Derig Adrians' | Matt + Francis

(date guessed) @@ -1905,7 +1898,7 @@ through.

Docherty's 161b-c discovery trip / Next 161c trip (next year)

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7/8/90 | 161 - Dreamtime derig | Paul S + Juliette +

7/8/90 | 161 - Dreamtime derig | Paul S + Juliette

(same trip as 1990-161-42 on 90.08.07 PaulS guessed) @@ -1918,9 +1911,9 @@ totally collapsed just as Paul derigged and stepped off it. - Ju.

Main write up of this trip

-8/8/90 | Eishöhle | Wook & Matt & Peter & Olly +

8/8/90 | Eishöhle | Wook & Matt & Peter & Olly -

(Date guesssed) +

(Date guessed)

Long walk - do cave - nasty crawl - nice formations - fun sliding, nasty walk out up ice slope with one jammer - Matt twists other ankle on walk @@ -1928,7 +1921,7 @@ down. Getting dark - arrive late at Top camp - eat Vestas.

T/U : 4 hours

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8/8/90 | 161 - Entrance derigged | Wook, Damage, Olly +

8/8/90 | 161 - Entrance derigged | Wook, Damage, Olly

Entrance pitch derigged & Geraldine photoed. @@ -1953,7 +1946,7 @@ entrances. Paul winded himself by falling about 10cm [might be 10m, Ed.]

T/U 10 mins

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7/8/90 | 161 - Down Squeeze Up Dreamtime Sherpa |Jeremy, Andy, Julian, Peter +

7/8/90 | 161 - Down Squeeze Up Dreamtime Sherpa |Jeremy, Andy, Julian, Peter

Second Account @@ -2022,7 +2015,7 @@ hours. Andy Derigging entrance / Rigging in (1991)

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5/8/90 | 161 - Climbing above Boulder Alley | Mark F, Tanya, Tony, Paul S +

5/8/90 | 161 - Climbing above Boulder Alley | Mark F, Tanya, Tony, Paul S

(Date guessed) has to be before 08.06 when derigged to Bungalow, probably after 07.28 when similar personnel did a photo trip