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[svn r5899] Finally: all the links are well and truly fettled. I think I should retire on the spot, and leave maintaining the resulting mess to other people.
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@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ dry rock and vanishes under the mottling of lichen when it is wet. Further on
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still we passed B8, so we decided to head directly away from the col until we
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found something new.
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<p><a name="1977-101-1">After some time</a>, we climbed down a small fault
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<p><a id="id1977-101-1">After some time</a>, we climbed down a small fault
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scarp onto a dipping area of rock and I found a small rifty entrance a few
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feet long with an obvious climb down inside. I descended this and found two
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ways on. To the left was a short pitch, while to the right was a short crawl
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@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ Since the rock was rather knobbly and there were several ledges, I pulled the
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ladder up at each one and coiled it. This meant that derigging was pretty
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efficient and we quickly moved over to the draughting hole.
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<p><a name="1977-76-1">The</a> entrance which was next to a patch of Bunde
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<p><a id="id1977-76-1">The</a> entrance which was next to a patch of Bunde
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was vertical for about 6m to what sounded like a snow ledge. It was pretty
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narrow with some snow in it, so I descended on a handline. This proved rather
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sporting since the snow was only a centimetre or so deep over hard ice, so I
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@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ proposed to apply mechanical persuasion with a lumphammer to the entrance.
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Team fat geriatric jeered at the idea, but the results certainly justified
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the means.
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<p><a name="1977-76-2">Next</a> day we were back at 106 and a bolt was put in
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<p><a id="id1977-76-2">Next</a> day we were back at 106 and a bolt was put in
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at the head of the pitch, and Nick descended, with 60m of ladder on the
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pitch. Lifelining at the pitch head proved to be the most desperate part of
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the exercise, with a very powerful wind (enough to blow a carbide out) coming
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@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ extent. We had no more tackle to continue, and it was becoming obvious that
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we needed to get more people further down. This would entail the placing of
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several bolts and rigging for abseil/self-line.
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<p><a name="1977-76-3">Next</a> day we showed our entrance to Nick and Julian
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<p><a id="id1977-76-3">Next</a> day we showed our entrance to Nick and Julian
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again, and they showed us theirs, so we could act as mutual call-outs. I
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descended to put a second bolt at the head of the pitch, Simon put a bolt at
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the -18m snow platform, but this went wrong. I then placed a bolt on the rock
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@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ nasty low cloud and rain. We were fairly pissed off with the shaft (Plugged
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Shaft) which was proving so awkward to rig, but by next day we were keen to
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get to the next pitch down (Saved Shaft).
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<p><a name="1977-76-4">We</a> found that the abseil/self-line technique was
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<p><a id="id1977-76-4">We</a> found that the abseil/self-line technique was
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proving very effective as we all descended to Yesterday's Terminus in about
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ten minutes at most. Nick abseiled down the next pitch which proved to be
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about 14m onto a snow slope descending a few metres further into a big
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@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ be free-hanging. The floor obviously needed gardening a lot before we went
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down the pitch, and anyway the top looked rather tight. Nick had a look and
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then we made our way out.
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<p><a name="1977-76-5">The</a> next day - Sunday 21st - we rapidly reached
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<p><a id="id1977-76-5">The</a> next day - Sunday 21st - we rapidly reached
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the head of the new pitch, and I went as far forward as possible, again on a
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line, and started to remove the floor of the rift. This proved fairly easy as
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it was not very thick and after about half an hour or so, I had shifted most
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@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ Accordingly, I waited in the Boulder Chamber with no light while Nick
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descended the pitch. It was 18m to a large ledge and Nick estimated another
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20m to the bottom, so we had to retreat to get another lifeline.
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<p><a name="1977-76-6">We</a> were now getting left behind as the Team
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<p><a id="id1977-76-6">We</a> were now getting left behind as the Team
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Enthusiast hole 'Schneewindschacht' had reached over 200m and was still
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going, while our deepest point was about 145m. We realised that we would not
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be able to get much further unless we found some gently descending passage
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@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ that the pot was rather too wet for a complete descent, especially for a
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comparative novice in SRT such as myself. Accordingly we retreated, leaving a
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rather massive task for Nick, Julian and Steve the next day.
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<p><a name="1977-76-7">Next</a> day was the last day, so all derigging had to
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<p><a id="id1977-76-7">Next</a> day was the last day, so all derigging had to
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be completed, and everyone went up to the plateau to help carry gear back
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down. Team enthusiast had made a very early start, and I was jacking since
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all my gear was wet. Accordingly, Rod Leach went down 106 to assist. I
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@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ learned that a new extension had been made behind the rock bridge in Plugged
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Shaft. Dropping onto the snow behind the bridge led to a descent into a
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passage which soon ran out over another shaft - no draught. This is yet
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another lead to be investigated next year... five in all.
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<p><a href="../1978/log.htm#1978-76-1">Eislufthöhle next trip</a>
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<p><a href="../1978/log.htm#id1978-76-1">Eislufthöhle next trip</a>
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<p>The assembled multitude now returned to the col via 82, where yet more
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tackle was picked up and I got given a saturated Marlow rope which weighed
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ There is evidence that the club had it in 1988, when in Austria, but
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I suspect that this may be a red herring and references to "1977/8 in
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the 1977 logbook" are really references to "B8" from 1976.
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<a name="1977-76" href="../1978/log.htm#1978-76-1">Eislufthöhle next trip</a>
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<a id="id1977-76" href="../1978/log.htm#id1978-76-1">Eislufthöhle next trip</a>
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