From 38fef575f2515ba423708e2c0bf871d07a872832 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: julian Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:47:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [svn r8197] --- years/1996/log.htm | 305 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 140 insertions(+), 165 deletions(-) diff --git a/years/1996/log.htm b/years/1996/log.htm index b6d112722..c6f05efbb 100644 --- a/years/1996/log.htm +++ b/years/1996/log.htm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ out.
If this is of no interest, here is a link to the caving! -

28/6/96 +

28/6/96 | Steve and Anthony's journey | Steve and Anthony

Steve & Anthony go to expo with an angular vehicle full of shit and Wookey's latest addition to the expo trailer dynasty, which proved to be @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ down cost us a beer however...

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1/7/96 | Plateau - go looking for 161d | Steve and Anthony

+ +

1/7/96 | Looking for 161d | Steve and Anthony

After sitting around at Top Camp for a bit waiting for the weather to clear up, it became clear it wasn't going to so we went entrance hunting. @@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ hasn't been checked out - so what the hell is it??

-1/7/96 | Journey out | Nick, Helen, Gunilla and Matthew +

1/7/96 | Nick, Helen, Gunilla and Matthew go to Expo | Nick, Helen, Gunilla and Matthew

"Buy a car Nick, it'll be lovely" said Steve.
"Buy a car Nick, it'll be really useful and there are this many reasons @@ -111,7 +112,8 @@ Gösser, so had to join them.

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3/7/96 | Plateau - Looking for a route to 161d from above | Anthony, Gunilla, Matthew, Steve

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3/7/96 | Looking for a route to 161d from above | Anthony, Gunilla, Matthew and Steve

+

After faffing about in the morning whilst Helen tried to sort out the rest of her life via Hilde's phone, we set off to top camp about one o'clock. Then @@ -141,8 +143,9 @@ reasonable pace.

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| Looking for a way back to England.... | Helen + Nick

+

3/7/96 | Looking for a way back to England...| Helen + Nick

+

BECKA: I guessed the 3/7 date for this entry

As we're nearly ready for going to Top Camp to carry stuff Hilda calls me and I get a phonecall from Dad "-you have an interview next week". After @@ -166,7 +169,7 @@ caving trip!

-5/7/96 Helen + Nick +

5/7/96 | Caving in 161d | Helen + Nick

I get a caving trip! Some faffing and a walk with stupidly heavy rucksacs. All apart from Antony and Nick who obviously carried rucksacs @@ -200,15 +203,15 @@ Trips same day finding: Puerile Humour &

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4/7 | Carry up | Nick, Matthew, Brian, Phil

- +

4/7 |Top Camp carry | Nick, Matthew, Brian, Phil Carried lots of shit up to Top Camp in the heat, whilst Steve and Anthony massacred some bunde with Anthony's Junior Hacksaw. Saw a little adder (the Expo Treasurer?) and a lizard (the Expo Leader?)

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2/7 | Journey out | Brian & PhilU

+

2/7 | Journey to Expo | Brian & PhilU

Set of from London 3:30am. Folkestone. Chunnel. France. Belgium. Germany. Fly-camp. More Germany. Austria. Base Camp. Top Camp. 50mph. 'Nuff said. @@ -218,7 +221,7 @@ ADVENTURE

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5/7 | Walk up |Matthew, PhilU, Steve

+

5/7 |161d | Matthew, PhilU, Steve

We walked from Top Camp to Scarface. It was a bastard. Got changed and sweated whilst waiting for everyone else. Entered cave and trundled along to @@ -238,7 +241,7 @@ Trips same day finding: Interview Blues &

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6/7 | Pushing Leads off Trifurcation | Nick Anthony Brian

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6/7 | Pushing Leads off Trifurcation | Nick, Anthony, Brian

(or Silly Bastards go caving in the rain) The caving was lovely, the walk @@ -267,8 +270,10 @@ This can only be reached by a very airy traverse - a job for the drill.

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5/7 | minoan surprise |Brian & Anthony - Pushing 95-54 near MINOAN surprise. Placed back up bolt to left of +

5/7| Pushing 95-54| Brian & Anthony

+ +

Anthony's caving bit: +Pushing 95-54 near MINOAN surprise. Placed back up bolt to left of pitch head. Found Stubai Al. crab - last years ? Placed another bolt at pitch head, descended 10m placed rebelay bolt went down to next ledge 7m down couldn't see bottom so tied off rope bag & exited cave
@@ -282,9 +287,11 @@ Trips same day finding: Puerile Humour &

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6/7 | caver | unknown

+

6/7 | Pushing 95-54| Brian & Anthony

- Got down to 10m rebelay descended 7m placed +

BECKA - I added title and people here as unclear what write-up below refers to

+ +Got down to 10m rebelay descended 7m placed another rebelay just below ledge then 60m freehang with deviation off sharp flake on right about 35m down giving nice freehang descent to land on boulder slope at bottom to left is ascending rift up small streamway - not pushed - @@ -303,8 +310,9 @@ TU 5 ½ hrs
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unknown | Journey out | PhilB & Ralph

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7/7/96 |PhilB & Ralph's amazing journey! | PhilB, Ralph

+

BECKA - I guessed the 7/7 date

Planning? Who needs it! I 'phoned Ralph on Wednesday to make arrangements i.e. to meet at Julian's house on Saturday afternoon; Midday Saturday, I @@ -326,7 +334,7 @@ more credit to the car for never faltering (thanks, Pete!)

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9/7/96 | attempt to go caving | Nick, Brian, PhilU & Anthony

+

9/7/96 | Attempt to go caving | Nick, Brian, PhilU & Anthony

After two day's festering with 11 belching farting cavers in the potato hut, team keen decided to earn some super hero points by going caving in @@ -353,7 +361,7 @@ trip (I hope)]

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5/7/96 | Journey out - not via Frankfurt | Dunks, paul & Jen

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5/7/96 | Drive across Europe (not via Frankfurt) | Dunks, Paul & Jen

Quite a straightforward journey really, except for there seems to have been some sort of communication fuck-up concerning the route. @@ -375,7 +383,7 @@ have to remove the headlights. In turn, to get to the clips holding the headlight in place, you have to remove the radiator grille...

Things weren't helped by someone having done a bodge at some stage with -one of the retaining clips for the headlight making the *#�!!ng thing damn +one of the retaining clips for the headlight making the *#£!!ng thing damn near impossible to put back in place.

Eventually fettled it all. Checked everything was working and set off. @@ -384,7 +392,8 @@ that then...

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11/7/96 | Surveying big pitch off Minoan Surprise (QM 95-54) | Brian, Nick and Anthony

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11/7/96 | Surveying +big pitch off Minoan Surprise (QM 95-54) | Brian, Nick and Anthony

Finally went caving after 4 days of inaction. First laid some string along the route through Triassic Park - v tedious. Someone else can do the rest. @@ -418,7 +427,7 @@ Those waiting at the bottom were most relieved to see the return of the rope.

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12/7/96 | Journey out | Andrew, Andrew, Juliete + Dave

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12/7/96 | Driving to Austria | Andrew, Andrew, Juliette + Dave

It was awful. Austria was too near so we thought we (A+D) would empty Andrew's house to Southampton to make it take longer. So, we bought a tow @@ -440,7 +449,9 @@ thing do they have a repeating pattern or not.

[Picture follows] -

13/7/96 York is too far down Britain by half. Took ages just driving to +

13/7/96 | Driving to Austria | Tina & MikeTA & Corrosion the Metro

+ + York is too far down Britain by half. Took ages just driving to the channel. Seacat was fun. Thought I'd been clever, thought I'd raided the money tin for all the loose coppers just right + sorted it into a few French + a few German. However, on ordering deux fricondelle, the man at @@ -484,11 +495,13 @@ Staud'n'wirt and YOU'VE ALL SODDED OFF!

Aaaarghhh!!

* If necessary, ask an old lag -

Tina & MikeTA & Corrosion the Metro

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-

unknown | Journey Out - Trouble free motoring in the badvan | Julian Todd, Wookey

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13/7/96 |Trouble free motoring in the badvan | J.Todd & Wookey

+ +

BECKA - guessed date as 13/7

The bad van struck again. I negotiated a subsidy from NC Graphics UK Ltd. to carry a Pentium Pro to NC Graphics Deutschland near Munich instead of @@ -519,7 +532,7 @@ up the perch pass in 1st gear got us to an empty campsite.

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11/7/96 | 161 - Pushing Puerile Humour | Ralph, Steve, Matthew

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11/7/96 | Pushing Puerile Humour | Ralph, Steve, Matthew

The finds extending N from nr. Ringpiece Junction, having fallen victim to a Gössered-up naming session by Steve, have become the Puerile Humour @@ -544,7 +557,7 @@ pushing got done - Raining outside.

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14/7/96 | 161 - Puerile Humour | Lumatt + Ralph

+

14/7/96 | Puerile Humour | Lumatt + Ralph

Excellent stroll to this series. Pitch '(20m?)' descended 7m on 2 naturals across traverse (NATURALS CITY 1) 3m to top of NC2. On left at @@ -566,8 +579,7 @@ pitch. Surveyed out.

-15/7/96 Lumatt + Sam -
Puerile Humour cont.
+

15/7/96 | Puerile Humour cont. | Lumatt + Sam

From the bottom of 'Natural City 3' spent 90 minutes removing pivoting chock stone from the head of the rift. Sam squeezed through the tight bit. @@ -608,8 +620,7 @@ aven (?) (QM).

-13/7/96 Nick, Matthew, Brian -
BPEC
+

13/7/96 | BPEC | Nick, Matthew, Brian

Having conned Matthew into coming down the "Bottomless Pit of Eternal Chaos" ('But I didn't want to do a big pitch !') we rerigged "Redemption" @@ -628,8 +639,7 @@ raining.

-14/7/96 Nick, Brian, Anthony -
'Interview Blues'
+

14/7/96 | 'Interview Blues' | Nick, Brian, Anthony

Returned to 95-55 (the 4th way on at Trifurcation) to continue down the rift pitch series. Brian went on ahead to bolt the fourth pitch, whilst me @@ -648,9 +658,8 @@ pitch (2 secs) at one end and a climb up to the right to an aven and pitch

-15/7/96 - JulianH, MikeTA +

15/7/96 | Question mark extermination trip | JulianH, MikeTA

-

Question mark extermination trip

(a)
A pitch somewhere or other - took about two hours rigging pitch, squeezing @@ -671,7 +680,9 @@ Derigged & came out.
-11/7/96 (actually 13th, Ed.) Juliet, Andy, Andy, Dave +

13/7/96 | Trip to climb pitch in bugger | Juliet, Andy, Andy, Dave

+ +

BECKA - logbook said "(actually 13th, Ed.)" so have changed date from 11/7 to 13/7

Trip to climb pitch in bugger. Took Juliette & Andy on their first trip in K.H. Our first trip in 161d. AndrewA told me I was climbing up @@ -691,7 +702,7 @@ near top. Smaller pitches & some crap leads.

-14/7/96 Juliet, AndrewA, Dave +

14/7/96| Surveying in bugger | Juliet, AndrewA, Dave

Trip to survey the bit that we went to find yesterday. I got to go up the nasty climbing bit (except I had the advantage of a rope and stuff). Isn't @@ -708,17 +719,19 @@ side bits that we couldn't see if they went anywhere. Got cold, went out.

-15/7/96 Dave Andy C. +

15/7/96 | In bugger again | Dave Andy C.

Went same place as above threw another 86m rope down. AndyCs bollocks -froze off came out 6hours +froze off came out + +

TU 6hours

Previous trip / Next trip

-15/7/96 Prospecting Nick, Brian, Tina +

15/7/96 | Prospecting | Nick, Brian, Tina

Pottered to 161d so Tina could dump her gear and to admire (?) the expanses of naked flesh getting changed at the entrance. Then pottered @@ -743,9 +756,7 @@ investigated. Lots of holes - mostly too tight or choked or snowplugged.

-

16/7/96 -

More along the Purile Series. -

SAM BRIAN +

16/7/96 | More along the Purile Series. | Sam, Brian

Started by rigging pitch on other side of 'wall' noted by lummat & Sam on 15/7/96. Sling from top of wall to multi sling deviation in opposite wall @@ -789,8 +800,7 @@ rock drobbed accidentally down it - went a long way (2s +) - call it

-Wook (+Steve) - surface wanderings looking for lost caves. -
1996.07.15
+

15/7/96 | Surface wanderings looking for lost caves | Wook + Steve

Set off to find 159 near Topcamp. (Higher) = TC95 A few hours wandering about produced an apparently new cave (see below :-), 2 '+'-marked caves @@ -820,8 +830,7 @@ bearings + sketch.

-Gill & Anthony -

15/7/96 +

15/7/96 | Surveyed the connection from Shortage of Walls to Rich Tea | Gill & Anthony

Surveyed the connection from Shortage of Walls to Rich Tea found by Julian H & Gill the previous day. This proceeds via a rubble slope in the SW @@ -841,7 +850,7 @@ cobbing lots of crap into Rich Tea from 20m above our heads.

-Matthew, Sam + Steve Get Bored On The Surface 14/7/96 +

14/7/96 | Get Bored On The Surface | Matthew, Sam + Steve

Me & Matthew surveyed Vd1 -> 161d. It was boring, the clino was foggy even though it was sunny, and the tape broke & had to be fettled. But it @@ -852,10 +861,8 @@ holes, and also found himself a draughty dig. Silly sod.

-Dunk, Phil, Phil, Gunilla -

13/7/96 +

13/7/96 | Pushing 95/31a | Dunk, Phil, Phil, Gunilla

-

Pushing 95/31a

Easy traverse round small drop leads to chamber with an obvious route off up a mud slope. This leads to a reasonably large space with a slope down @@ -869,10 +876,7 @@ pissed off. Pissed off.

-Duncan, Godzilla & Anthony -

16/7/96 - -

Surveying 95/31 (or "Anthony's attempt on the title fuckwit of the week") +

16/7/96 | Surveying 95/31 (or "Anthony's attempt on the title fuckwit of the week") | Duncan, Godzilla & Anthony

It all started so well when I refound my missing penknife which had been sitting in my cag. pocket for 2 months. I then only narrowly avoided @@ -897,7 +901,7 @@ my penknife at entrance.

-17/7/96 Qmark extermination trip Tina, MikeTA +

17/7/96 | Qmark extermination trip | Tina, MikeTA

Went to Regurgitation without getting lost! Rigged pitch at back off huge ish boulder. Went down. Rift goes for a few metres each way and blocks. @@ -911,8 +915,7 @@ possible lead in Staud'n'wirt Palace. Lots of hanging death (again)!

-18/7/96 Touristing + picking up gear -Gill, PhilB +

18/7/96 | Touristing + picking up gear | Gill, PhilB

Cold morning, didn't feel like going caving at all, but SRT gear is at Shortage of Walls and I have to go get it... Phil tries to enthuse me... @@ -938,7 +941,7 @@ to whoever found it.

-17/6/96 Puerile Humour Lummat, PhilB, Juliette, ChrisD, Gill +

17/6/96 | Puerile Humour | Lummat, PhilB, Juliette, ChrisD, Gill

Sam + Brians tales of storming horizontal passage with 5 ways on + 2 pitches... 5 go in to survey what they found + explore more. Re-rigged 2 @@ -964,7 +967,7 @@ the 2nd pitch at the end of the main way on. Still going.

-17/7/96 AndyA, DaveF, Becka, JulianT +

17/7/96 | Surveying in Henri's Cat - 161d | AndyA, DaveF, Becka, JulianT

I avoided other trip to avoid some surveying. And I don't like heights. Walked down with ten other people. In the cave my stinky gave the feeblest @@ -996,7 +999,7 @@ do what Becca tells me to?

-18/7/96 SAM + LUMATT BEYOND 'DEAD BAT CHAMBER' +

18/7/96| BEYOND 'DEAD BAT CHAMBER' | SAM + LUMATT

Started by surveying by-pass to <Penguin Falls>. From <5-Ways> climbed up mud slope to left. At large pitch traversed to passage on the @@ -1041,11 +1044,10 @@ main passage at high level over mud.

-17/7 Nick & Paul -

Interview Blues +

17/7 | Interview Blues | Nick & Paul

Took Paul on his first trip down a typical KH scrotty rift pitch series. -Started surveying from where Anthony Brian & myself had got bored/cold +Started surveying from where Anthony, Brian & myself had got bored/cold last time, at the top of the 4th pitch "Outright Rejection". Crawled around "State of Independence?" at the bottom and then pushed one of the two holes found previously. Brian had chucked rocks down this & Anthony @@ -1063,8 +1065,7 @@ putting the string out. Tedious job isn't it?

-18/7 Nick & Brian -

Interview Blues +

18/7 | Interview Blues | Nick & Brian

2/3 of team Silly Bastards returned, and this time with a longer rope. Bottomed the pitch and found my 'piece de resistance' - scrotty, narrow rift @@ -1085,7 +1086,7 @@ mid air, thus eliminating a scrofulous get-off and the need for 3 rope tectors. (My excuse is that the pitch head is wider than 1m, therefore I just can't cope with it) -

Nick The Rift God +

Nick The Rift God

TU 7 ½ hrs

Previous trip / @@ -1093,8 +1094,7 @@ can't cope with it)

-18/7/96
-Dave F Becka +

18/7/96
| Finishing Henri's Cat | Dave F Becka

Took 200m of rope to finish Henri's Cat which predestined the trip to an early finish. So down we went, I dropped a bolt driver down the pitch, so @@ -1113,8 +1113,7 @@ SAM WOZ ERE

-17/7/96
-PhilU, Matthew, AndyC +

17/7/96 | 161d | PhilU, Matthew, AndyC

Matthew & Andy went to Bugger in a failed attempt to retrieve Matthew's crab. I marked out a path to Trifurcation with low-level-tripping- @@ -1132,11 +1131,7 @@ bored, and came out.

-18/7/96 - -

Duncan, Gunilla, Steve and Anthony - -

Push/Survey QM 95-34 (rift by Ring Piece Junction) +

18/7/96 | Push/Survey QM 95-34 (rift by Ring Piece Junction) |

Duncan, Gunilla, Steve and Anthony

Returned to the pitch that Duncan started bolting 2 days earlier. Steve and Anthony surveyed in whilst Duncan put more bolts in. There are 3 @@ -1157,7 +1152,7 @@ so "Hammeroids" will have to wait for another day....

-18/7/96 Phil U Andy C +

18/7/96| Pitch in Genital wart | Phil U Andy C

Trip to investigate "4s" pitch in genital wart. Rift to be called "a bad case of herpes" due to the walls being covered in brown spots everywhere @@ -1184,9 +1179,9 @@ down to retrieve it, and it doesn't go anywhere. Luv PhilU

-19-JULY-1996
+

19-JULY-1996
| Alternative Universe | MIKE'N' TINA

-IN WHICH MIKE'N' TINA (CUNNING OLD CRUSTIES) DISCOVER LOADSA +IN WHICH MIKE 'N' TINA (CUNNING OLD CRUSTIES) DISCOVER LOADSA PASSAGEWAY, AND BEAT WOOKEY (ANOTHER OLD CRUSTIE) TO IT BY ABOUT 90 MINUTES

-OR-

@@ -1214,9 +1209,7 @@ some it was too late and bier beckoned
-More in Purile Humour - BATMAN SERIES -

19/7/96
-SAM & BECKA +

19/7/96 | More in Purile Humour - BATMAN SERIES | SAM & BECKA

Trip to survey left from 'Gotham City junction.' walking/Stooping passage for 30m leads to a bouldery section with aven on left and narrow gully @@ -1251,8 +1244,7 @@ Next trips: Bounce Rift and 161e -

-20/7/96 Nick, Becka, Anthony and Becka's Banana go down -

Interview Blues +

20/7/96 | Interview Blues | Nick, Becka, Anthony and Becka's Banana go down

Bolted the seventh and eighth pitches of IB and put in a back-up bolt for the ninth, whilst Anthony and Becka invented a survey from the top of the @@ -1268,8 +1260,7 @@ Interview Blues.

-21/7/96 Nick, Brian & Paul -

IB, where else? +

21/7/96 | IB, where else? | Nick, Brian & Paul

Pottered down, surveyed a leg left over from the day before, which was longer than 16m, which was all Anthony had left after he broke yet another @@ -1285,13 +1276,13 @@ leaving Brian & Paul to put in another bolt before following me out.

-23/7/96 JulianH, Pete, Fran +

23/7/96 | Blank | JulianH, Pete, Fran

Went for a bit

-21/7/96 Sam, Lumatt + Craig 5-Ways area +

21/7/96 | 5-Ways area | Sam, Lumatt + Craig

Surveyed bits and pieces in the loop between the top of Pot-hole Passage and 5-ways and finished surveying Completely Loopy. Had lunch. @@ -1320,7 +1311,7 @@ Next trips: More Completely Loopy &

-22/7/96 Lummat, Craig, Paul, Ralph + Brian 5-Ways area. +

22/7/96 | 5-Ways area | Lummat, Craig, Paul, Ralph + Brian

Surveyed loops at the top of Completely Loopy, and in the lower section of Crystal Clear Passage. Also surveyed the vadose canyon from the top of @@ -1342,9 +1333,7 @@ bottom.

-22-7-96 Penny, Mike, Tina - -

Alternative Universe +

22-7-96 | Alternative Universe | Penny, Mike, Tina

Trip to survey Alternative Universe and look down hole at the end. Another 250m surveyed. Hole at the end (on the left) goes down about 4m through @@ -1365,8 +1354,7 @@ it - far enough to be worth a look.

-23/7/96 Nick, Helen, Brian -

Interview Blues +

23/7/96 | Interview Blues | Nick, Helen, Brian

Decided to look at the other lead in Interview Blues (after the fourth pitch) since it would be much nicer than the other lead, would be a @@ -1398,7 +1386,7 @@ Brian ? hrs

-21/7/96 Anthony + Becka +

21/7/96 | Bounce Rift - 161d | Anthony + Becka

Begged Sam for a nice easy lead, and he obliged! Off down Puerile Humour, past Five Ways, along Shaft Mine. Got to a 3/5m climb down that Sam + @@ -1451,7 +1439,7 @@ Next trips: More Completely Loopy &

-22/7/96 Sam + Becka +

22/7/96 | Where the wind blows - 161d | Sam + Becka

Decide to go on a bumbly trip as out late yesterday. Off down Puerile Humour, Batman Series, left at Gotham City Junction, & surveyed "Where @@ -1480,7 +1468,7 @@ Other trip (same day): Brian, Lummat & Co. /

-23/7/96 DaveF + Becka +

23/7/96 | Traverse over Gizza Job pitch | DaveF + Becka

To top of Interview Blues series to do a traverse over the first, Gizza Job pitch. I belayed Dave as he rigged a nice natural then put in 2 bolts @@ -1522,8 +1510,9 @@ descent) / Two trips set out to derig: First and

-24/7/96 Anthony, Phil U + Becka 8th day -caving on the run for me! (ie. only 1 night at Base Camp = vitamin +

24/7/96 | Surveying = 161d | Anthony, Phil U + Becka + +Becka: 8th day caving on the run for me! (ie. only 1 night at Base Camp = vitamin deprivation!)

NB - pitch a princely 30m - see write up of @@ -1555,9 +1544,7 @@ prolonged the time miserably spent trying to avoid getting wet.

-23/7/96 ChrisD, Tony, Jeremy and DaveH - -

"Fogies Folly" +

23/7/96 | "Fogies Folly" | ChrisD, Tony, Jeremy and DaveH

Walked up from base and over to the cave, plan was to push some pitches somewhere in Puerile Humour that Chris reckoned hadn't been done. At the @@ -1611,7 +1598,7 @@ station obviously labelled.

-23/7/96 Sam - Cave Conservation officer +

23/7/96 | Cave Conservation officer | Sam

Since no-one else was going to do it, I set off down Triassic Park with a view to laying the remaining stretch of red & white stripy tape. This is @@ -1638,7 +1625,7 @@ for some more rope) and we continued on as Becka's write up.

-24/7/96 SAM, WOOKS, ANDY A, ANDY W, JULIETTE M +

24/7/96 | Photo trip - 161d | SAM, WOOKS, ANDY A, ANDY W, JULIETTE M

OBJECTIVES:
Freeze our bollocks off (Juliette excepted)
@@ -1682,8 +1669,7 @@ asterisk above, that is, the 1st asterisk above.
-Wooks goes to Stellerweg -

1996.07.16 +

17/7/1996 | Wooks goes to Stellerweg | Wookey

Arge Grabstatten are doing Schwabenschacht, and connected it to some bit of Stellerweg during their previous jolly in April. So I thought I'd have a @@ -1708,8 +1694,9 @@ numbers at entrance to 142.

-1996.07. Surface findings -
-Wookey, Wadders, JulianT, Ralph +

18/7/96 | Surface findings | Wookey, Wadders, JulianT, Ralph

+ +

BECKA - Date given as 07/1996 in original version so I have guess date as 18/7 - possibly just an omission from typing in logbook - check?

Went looking for some '+' marked caves that Wook, JulianT & Spencer found in 1994 near summit of Hinter. Found someone elses '+' on the way. Drew @@ -1725,7 +1712,7 @@ B11, B8 & 80.

-24/07/96 Dunks and Steve take it in turns to break a hymen +

24/07/96 | Dunks and Steve take it in turns to break a hymen | Dunks and Steve

Went to climb in snug. Possible but requires nutter. Me and Dunks decided we had more talent at hitting things with a hammer so we took our ACME @@ -1762,8 +1749,9 @@ because I got confused after I came out of the crawl.

-20/7/96 (actually 19th, Ed.) -DUNK, PAUL + GUNILLA

HAMMEROIDS +

19/7/96 | HAMMEROIDS | DUNK, PAUL + GUNILLA

+ +

BECKA - logbook said "(actually 19th, Ed.)" so have changed date from 20/7 to 19/7

This time I managed not to break the hammer. Bashed in spits for Y-hang. Got rope to hang free for as far as we could see. Got Paul to heroically @@ -1781,8 +1769,7 @@ had to dig a slot I could thrutch out through.

-24/7/96 Lummat + Chris -

Batman Series +

24/7/96 | Batman Series | Lummat + Chris

Surveyed the large hole just above 5-Ways (2 pitches) and derigged. @@ -1824,14 +1811,14 @@ draught round here somewhere - but do Austrian pitch-ramps go anywhere?! out of the body sized tube to where Chris was waiting to start the Grade 5 survey back to the Batman Series. We've called this area 'Tipico Asturias.' -

T.U. 9hrs

+

TU 9hrs

Previous Puerile Humour trip / Next Trip

-24.7.96 Petel & Clive touristing. +

24.7.96 | Touristing | Petel & Clive

Clive's birthday trip was a lovely tourist looking at all the big bits of cave which are very nice thank you. Anyway it got rid of the need to go @@ -1844,8 +1831,7 @@ remembered we had no spits so we went home. The end. Love Clive

-18-7-96 ChrisD, Andrew, JulianH
-<Trying to avoid 'Stairway to Hell' Part 1> +

18-7-96 | Trying to avoid 'Stairway to Hell' Part 1 | ChrisD, Andrew, JulianH

Chased up the ramp at Staud'n Wirt Palace. Loose chossy climb 1 didn't go. 15m pitch down ended in narrow drafting stream rift (could easily be made to @@ -1858,7 +1844,7 @@ rifts that ended in choke.

-19-7-96 Wookey & Chris +

19-7-96 | 161d | Wookey & Chris

Connected up survey at Knossos. Came back & stuck our noses in a big passage off Triassic - to find it had been discovered an hour before by Mike @@ -1871,9 +1857,7 @@ to no effect. Half climbed aven at drop into Zombie Slime - but had to leave.

-20-7-96 JulianH, ChrisD - -

Avoiding Stairway to Hell Pt3. +

20-7-96 | Avoiding Stairway to Hell Pt3. | JulianH, ChrisD

Really did it this time. Pulled a big rock out of Sam's dig - just lots of loose bits to dig out of strongly drafting rift. Looked around the @@ -1882,7 +1866,7 @@ Schwarzmooskogel side of the surface chasm on the was to 161d. T/U 15mins

-21-7-96 JulianH, ChrisD +

21-7-96 | Stairway to Hell | JulianH, ChrisD

Delaying tactics having failed, we set off for Stairway to Hell. Surveyed to it, took a long look at it, then turned & fled in horror. CJD finished @@ -1895,7 +1879,7 @@ surprisingly long way without reaching daylight.

-25-7-96 Andrew, Lummat, ChrisD +

25-7-96 | Forbidden Land | Andrew, Lummat, ChrisD

Better sense having been cast to one side, we passed Stairway to Hell to reach Forbidden Land. The hanging death was the worst I have seen, & the @@ -1921,7 +1905,7 @@ Hell.

-26/7/96 Becka, Sam + Craig +

26/7/96 | Puerile Humour - 161d | Becka, Sam + Craig

Took 200m rope out from the Guillotine for DaveF then turn off to Where the Wind Blows, off from Cat Woman, L at Gotham Junction in Puerile Humour. @@ -1937,8 +1921,7 @@ the wrong spot!) & out in time for the dinner.

-26/7/96 Nick, Brian, Paul, Helen -

IB +

26/7/96 | Interview Blues - 161d | Nick, Brian, Paul, Helen

We went down, we faffed, we bolted an amazing choss pile, we decided the other pitch would be better! We came out. @@ -1950,21 +1933,21 @@ other pitch would be better! We came out.

-26/7/96 Mark M, Juliette K, Julian T, Ally G +

26/7/96 | Tourist - 161d | Mark M, Juliette K, Julian T, Ally G

We hate caving, especially Ally. We nicked enough gear and went in. Ally's peril sensitive light & cave detecting glasses now smeared with mud stayed dark and got her a little spooked. We went down the main route till we met MarkF and Ally cleared out sharpish. The remainder went looking for Salt Lake City and overshot it because it was so under-whelming. We returned to -junction and met ancient Becca caver who honked of stale piss. Then I walked +junction and met ancient Becca caver. Then I walked down from entrance to 201 passage and the walk back was awful.

T/U 1 hour

-22/7/96 Juliette Kelly, Mark M +

22/7/96 | Bugger - 161d | Juliette Kelly, Mark M

Trundled along to Bugger admiring Triassic en route. Rigged the pitch and bimbled down, trying to avoid killing each other with falling boulders. @@ -1977,7 +1960,7 @@ short pitch.

-23/7/96 Ju K, Craig, Mark M +

23/7/96 | Choss Pot - 161d | Ju K, Craig, Mark M

Surveyed our finds in Choss Pot while Ju bolted the last pitch. Didn't go anywhere. Surveyed that too and pissed off out. @@ -1988,9 +1971,7 @@ anywhere. Surveyed that too and pissed off out.

-Wook & AndyA 1996.07.22 - -

Go to the Forbidden Land +

22/7/96 | Go to the Forbidden Land | Wook & AndyA

After Julian H & Chris D wimped at Stairway to Hell, that left it for me & Andy. @@ -2031,7 +2012,7 @@ best as I can do - Tina

-26.07.96 TINA & MIKE & PENNY +

26.07.96 | Alternative Universe | TINA & MIKE & PENNY

Went to look at holes in Alternative Universe. Penny & Tina looked at first one which didn't go so Penny went out. Mike bolted second (from low @@ -2054,7 +2035,7 @@ Penny 2

-28/7/96 DaveH & JulianT +

28/7/96 | Top Camp carry | DaveH & JulianT

Walked up to top camp to check out my knees. Seemed OK on way up. Was starting to thunder & lightning just as we set off and was looking very @@ -2065,8 +2046,7 @@ amounts of rubbish & spent carbide.

-1996.07.28 -Wook & AndyA - To the Forbidden Land again. +

1996.07.28 | To the Forbidden Land again | Wook & AndyA

Andy showed Wook new bits, then put in a bolt for a ladder. Continued only 30m along rift before it degenerated. Scrotty bit continued to a choke - no @@ -2083,8 +2063,7 @@ connection)

-28/7/96 Steve & Dunks go surveying -down the tight bit beyond the hymen +

28/7/96 | Surveying down the tight bit beyond the hymen | Steve & Dunks

Having hammered out our own bit of cave, we thought we'd best go survey it. @@ -2118,7 +2097,7 @@ and fucked off.

-28/7/96 Anthony, Paul, Ralph +

28/7/96 | 161d | Anthony, Paul, Ralph

Festered at both top-camp and the entrance for a good 2hrs, then reluctantly went underground hoping Anthony's "good" lead would close down @@ -2144,8 +2123,7 @@ surveying!" After 150m however we were freezing and pissed off out of

-28/7/96 Nick, Brian, Craig -

Interview Blues +

28/7/96 | Interview Blues | Nick, Brian, Craig

Looking at the second lead down IB, under Minoan Surprise. Having decided that the 1st hole (the one directly under MS) was too chossy, we were bolting @@ -2169,8 +2147,7 @@ little damp to ascend, hence we went back up IB and left.

-29/7/96 Nick Brian & Craig -

IB, where else? +

29/7/96 | IB, where else? | Nick Brian & Craig

Having eliminated the nicer lead, it was time to go deep again, and we managed to convince Craig to come with us. Brian went ahead to rig the 9th @@ -2194,8 +2171,7 @@ Brian & Craig 9 ½ hrs

-30/7/96 Nick and Brian -

You know where +

30/7/96 | You know where | Nick and Brian

Having run out of friends (mugs, idiots, people open to bribery, blackmail, corruption etc) and team 136 having jacked horrendously, the @@ -2258,8 +2234,7 @@ slowly. It was 2-30am and it was misty and raining. Lovely trip.

-31/7/96 Nick, Brian, Dunk -

No prizes for guessing where +

31/7/96 | No prizes for guessing where | Nick, Brian, Dunk

Dunk decided to earn superhero points and helped us derig the remaining rope in IB. Dunk hauled, I derigged, Brian ferried tacklesacks. Prussiking @@ -2281,8 +2256,7 @@ Next trip - not next year, in fact, 1999 ?

-29/7 - 30/7/96 Wookey & Anthony -

Rig/survey/Derig 136 +

29/7 | Rig/survey/Derig 136 | Wookey & Anthony

Despite slightly shoddy weather and the fact that 136 sounds distinctly crap, we rigged in, made the connection to Forbidden Land, and surveyed out @@ -2292,8 +2266,7 @@ survey notes so it will all have to be done again next year....

-31/7/96 Wookey, JulianT, Paul & Anthony -

Iceland Survey +

31/7/96 | Iceland Survey | Wookey, JulianT, Paul & Anthony

After returning with tales of lots of pretty ice near 161e, there was a queue of people clammering to survey it (not surprising when the other @@ -2322,7 +2295,9 @@ hole in the ground ever again. And pigs will fly....

-Clive 'n' DaveK/Craig or DaveF/Sam There 'n' back +

31/7/96 | There 'n' back | Clive 'n' DaveK/Craig or DaveF/Sam

+ +

BECKA - no date given in entry so I've inserted 31/7

I love driving. Craig left the road a couple of times on the way there due to mistaking slip roads for motorway lanes. Dave F did the same on the way @@ -2350,30 +2325,29 @@ DaveF Sam )

MISSING TRIPS

-14/7/96 JulianH & Gill
-Pushing trip connected Shortage of Walls to Rich Tea via the Teapot +

14/7/96 | Pushing trip connected Shortage of Walls to Rich Tea via the Teapot | JulianH & Gill

+

TU 7 hours

Next trip

-14/7/96 Duncan, PhilB, Gunilla
-Pushing trip which found Dr Snuggles etc. +

14/7/96 | Pushing trip which found Dr Snuggles etc. | Duncan, PhilB, Gunilla

+

TU 5 ½

-22/7/96 Julian H, Fran, PeteL
-Pushing leads off Shortage of Walls +

22/7/96 | Pushing leads off Shortage of Walls | Julian H, Fran, PeteL

+

"Not much happened. Threw a few rocks around, got blisters handbolting and went home. (email from Pete 97/02/13)" TU 2½

-26/7/96 -Jeremy, MarkF (and Tony, DaveH in call-out book)
-Push/survey pitch at end Fogie's Folly/Wheelchair Access +

26/7/96 | Push/survey pitch at end Fogie's Folly/Wheelchair Access | Jeremy, MarkF (and Tony, DaveH in call-out book)

+

(DaveH's knees gave out on walk over, so did not go u/g. Tony had to jack when hit on head by rock in Slidy Caver - TU presumably minimal. ref. email from Dave 97/02/13) @@ -2383,10 +2357,11 @@ minimal. ref. email from Dave 97/02/13)

-31/7/96 Steve, DaveH
-Derig Alt Uni & Puerile Humour. Connected Fogie's Folly survey to TP -

TU Dave 3½-4 hrs, Steve 'a bit longer' (email from -Dave 97/02/13) +

31/7/96 | Derig Alt Uni & Puerile Humour. Connected Fogie's Folly survey to TP | Steve, DaveH

+ +

TU Dave 3½-4 hrs, Steve 'a bit longer' (email from Dave 97/02/13) + +