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 <div class="tripdate" id="2025-07-02e">2025-07-02</div>
 <div class="trippeople"><u>Becka</u></div>
 <div class="triptitle">basecamp - A cracking start</div>
 On Wed, 2 Jul 2025, 10:25 Rebecca Lawson, wrote: Expo has had a cracking start, I can't remember such efficiency.
 <p>
 Since the first 2 cars arrived on Sat - base camp has been set up, complete with a fine and huge single tarp - all the gear has come out of Traungold - Top Camp has been set up with a novel cargo net tarp design - Garlic Camp has been stripped down to minimal kit suitable for a lightweight prospecting team and everything else has been moved to Top Camp - over 1km rope has been taken out of Homecoming and walked to Top Camp leaving just the Daren Drum of Doom there - Balkon entrance is rigged and the Mongol Rally rope has been taken to the pitch head - Kaninchenhoehle 161G entrance has been rebolted - all routes have been reflectors
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 There has even been time for prospecting and today we're returning to a good looking 2025 find, the Reflectorist.
 <p>
 The 8am deadline to get through the toll road barrier may be a blessing in disguise ... by 6.30 Base Camp is abuzz, cars leave at 7.15 and we can be walking at 8. Given temperatures have been getting to well into the 30s an early start really helps.
 <p>
 The only fly in the ointment has been the lack of rain so far and almost complete lack of snow, so we've been walking up with 4+ litres of water. This drought should, though, soon be sorted
 <p>
 It's all been a fine team effort with everyone pitching in, so it feels wrong to name any individual but I'm going to anyway - here's a shout out to Hamish Weir for singlehandedly running a bread production line. At 6 this morning there were 2 full loaves ready for the hungry hordes.
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 Time to go caving!
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 Cheers Becka
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 <div class="trippeople"><u>balister</u></div>
 <div class="triptitle">plateau - My Day 1</div>
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 <div class="trippeople"><u>Becka</u></div>
 <div class="triptitle">basecamp - We're now about halfway through</div>
 On Wed, 16 Jul 2025, 10:55 Rebecca Lawson, <beckalawson@gmail.com> wrote:
 We're now about halfway through the Expo and we had the Expo dinner last night.
 <p>
 Since my initial week 1 email we have endured a relentless series of storms, downpours and cold weather whilst apparently Blighty has been baking. Surprisingly, caving, and even prospecting, has continued despite the repeated dousings.
 <p>
 A KH camping trip at the base of 161g entrance (which gets very wet, but luckily can be avoided using the nearby and horizontal 161h entrance) managed to rerig as far as the Runnelstone area. The leads we checked here weren't especially stellar, but we've only been once so far. Also in KH, persistence and an awful lot of rebolting, driven by Charlotte and Russell, reached the A lead at the end of Natural Way. Sadly, this wasn't as inspiring as hoped. There's not been time to actually push that area yet. Finally in KH, Ash has been eyeing up a pitch in Country for Old Men before Crack of Doom but, again, this area hasn't had a pushing trip yet. So lots of effort in KH for very little gain to date, but hopefully it'll pay off in time.
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 A camping trip into Balkon completed the rerig of Mongol Rally but it was too wet to descend Tartarus. The next camping trip had to be aborted after a rock fell from the walls of Honeycomb onto an unfortunate's leg. Harry and Hannah C subsequently went in to rig Tartarus and Charon as far as the pushing front in Grendel's Mother. They returned, most impressed with the vertical lead beyond, so all it needs is better weather and keen cavers to push this.
 <p>
 Finally, many days of prospecting has come up with 2 fine, new caves. Dan and Dylan have pushed Anfanger Gluck Hohle to over 100m deep. It's in a fine position, fairly near Natural Way in KH and is continuing. Meanwhile, Joel has been focused on Gruffalo, which blows out an icy gale and they're there today to rig a 3s drop. Sadly the Reflectorist died, possibly due to over-enthusiastic gardening.
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 Cheers Becka
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 <div class="trippeople"><u>Frank Tully</u>, Chris Densham</div>
 <div class="triptitle">Balcony - Gorgons Lair SW A Lead</div>
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 <div class="trippeople"><u>Becka</u>, Luke, Wookey</div>
 <div class="triptitle">Kaninchenhoehle - Natural Way to leads in Enniskill</div>
 The 6am start failed to materialise as the rain kept going. Eventually we hauled ourselves up and tried to muster some stoke. Becka fashioned a survival bag over-kagoule cape which was quite effective, whilst Lara went for a bin bag over-trousers skirt which, with an indecent slit, also kept the worst off. We fought over less drippy patches in the changing area then descended the entrance pitch with kags, double hoods and no gloves (to keep them dry for the rest of the trip). Entrance shaft was wet but safe. 3.5 hours to the start of this year's finds. Luke gave me a tour of the chamber - both impressive in scale and some lovely features. Then off to a series of leads that we rapidly dispatched. The first ended in 3 legs, the next, up a 3m free climb, in about a dozen legs down phreatic crawling. Wookey was keen to be completist and descend the small, wet, modern pitch there but Luke and I vetoed him given its low prospects and our paltry 5 thru bolts (50% of the available supply at Top Camp ... though many more turned up the next day during the massive sort out). We then went to the leads that Lara and Ash had taken and found them just starting one. We set off on the other lead, past Loch Gosser. This led down a steep, muddy phreatic ramp and was looking promising until, in a few short legs I spotted a flash of light ahead. Darn, we'd connected in to the others. We backtracked on our lead to tick off a QMB and QMC we'd left, neither went. We then caught up with the others and caused mayhem as we milled around them in crawly passage. This shortly led to a canyon and, next to it, a short pitch. We went back to fetch our drill etc. On returning Lara and Ash, cold from draughty surveying, headed out, having not taken up Luke's offer of slithering down the pitch then having him bolt their exit. Wookey rigged the muddy p4 down to larger, attractive walking phreas. By now we were also cold and it was gone 6pm but it did look good so we fired off a few legs until we got to another short pitch, under 10m. We still had 2 thru bolts but our remaining rope was too short. We headed home in 4.5 hours including derigging the disgustingly muddy Strange Downfall rope. Out up a dryish entrance pitch at 23.30 to a dry night, hoorah.
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 <div class="trippeople"><u>Lara</u>, Ash</div>
 <div class="triptitle">161 - Outrageous Behaviour</div>
 I had sworn to myself that a) I wouldn’t go down KH again b) I was done with pushing this expo and yet here I found myself back in Triassic Park, regretting my decisions. 
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 <div class="trippeople"><u>Becka</u>, Luke, Wookey</div>
 <div class="triptitle">Kaninchenhoehle - Natural Way to leads in Enniskill</div>
 The 6am start failed to materialise as the rain kept going. Eventually we hauled ourselves up and tried to muster some stoke. Becka fashioned a survival bag over-kagoule cape which was quite effective, whilst Lara went for a bin bag over-trousers skirt which, with an indecent slit, also kept the worst off. We fought over less drippy patches in the changing area then descended the entrance pitch with kags, double hoods and no gloves (to keep them dry for the rest of the trip). Entrance shaft was wet but safe. 3.5 hours to the start of this year's finds. Luke gave me a tour of the chamber - both impressive in scale and some lovely features. Then off to a series of leads that we rapidly dispatched. The first ended in 3 legs, the next, up a 3m free climb, in about a dozen legs down phreatic crawling. Wookey was keen to be completist and descend the small, wet, modern pitch there but Luke and I vetoed him given its low prospects and our paltry 5 thru bolts (50% of the available supply at Top Camp ... though many more turned up the next day during the massive sort out). We then went to the leads that Lara and Ash had taken and found them just starting one. We set off on the other lead, past Loch Gosser. This led down a steep, muddy phreatic ramp and was looking promising until, in a few short legs I spotted a flash of light ahead. Darn, we'd connected in to the others. We backtracked on our lead to tick off a QMB and QMC we'd left, neither went. We then caught up with the others and caused mayhem as we milled around them in crawly passage. This shortly led to a canyon and, next to it, a short pitch. We went back to fetch our drill etc. On returning Lara and Ash, cold from draughty surveying, headed out, having not taken up Luke's offer of slithering down the pitch then having him bolt their exit. Wookey rigged the muddy p4 down to larger, attractive walking phreas. By now we were also cold and it was gone 6pm but it did look good so we fired off a few legs until we got to another short pitch, under 10m. We still had 2 thru bolts but our remaining rope was too short. We headed home in 4.5 hours including derigging the disgustingly muddy Strange Downfall rope. Out up a dryish entrance pitch at 23.30 to a dry night, hoorah.
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 <div class="trippeople"><u>Philip S.</u>, frank, james w, janis, ned, tom beech</div>
 <div class="triptitle">basecamp - Is this heavy drizzle or light rain?</div>
 Probably 'medium rain'.
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 <div class="trippeople"><u>james w</u>, frank t</div>
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-<div class="trippeople"><u>Frank</u></div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Frank</u>, The Anthill mob</div>
 <div class="triptitle">Topcamp - 2025 List of kit in Traungold</div>
 [+  The Anthill mob]
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 Once upon a time there was caving expedition to Austria.
 At the end of the 2025 expedition there was loads of kit at top camp which needed counting.
 The precious things are listed below.
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 Ropes
-Bu=Blue, Bk=Black, Br=Brown, Rd=Red, Ye=Yellow, Gn=Green, Gy=Grey, B=Beige Or=Orange man=manufacturer’s tag
+Bu=Blue, Bk=Black, Br=Brown, Rd=Red, Ye=Yellow, Gn=Green, Gy=Grey, B=Beige Or=Orange man=manufacturer’s tag /n
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 100m2024B + bu rd bu fleck
 45m2019 B + bu ye fleck
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2025-07-31a">2025-07-31</div>
 <div class="trippeople"><u>Becka</u></div>
-<div class="triptitle">Email - Final Expo update - email</div>
+<div class="triptitle">Email updates about Expo - Three email updates as Expo progressed</div>
 By popular request, here are the three email updates that I wrote for the Expo email list in 2025:
 <p>
 From: Rebecca Lawson <beckalawson@gmail.com>
 Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025, 15:51
-Subject: Final Expo update Re: Update after the Expo Dinner Re: Start of Expo update - Wed week 1
+Subject: Final Expo uodate Re: Update after the Expo Dinner Re: Start of Expo update - Wed week 1
 To: Expo List <expo@lists.wookware.org>
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 Here’s my final Expo update after yesterday’s mammoth derig.
 <p>
 After my last, post-Expo dinner update the KH leads all - finally - started paying out. Charlotte and Russell had a well-deserved bonanza of a trip with Lara, pushing the uninspiring QM at the end of Natural Way. This led down a grotty, muddy pitch then into ~500m of fine, walking horizontal passage, Enniskillen Toad, including a lovely chamber (with an awful name), Meat Sofa. Subsequent trips extended this area substantially, with more walking, stooping and crawling passage and some good QMs remaining. Meanwhile, Ash explored over 400m in one of the 19 leads in Country for Old Men (Country for Young Men) leaving much left to do there. Finally, Shrinking Prospects in the Runnelstone area turned into a substantial and ongoing pitch. This, Knossos and the entrance were derigged.
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 Cheers, Becka
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-[Two other email missives moved to the appropriate dates in the logbook as separate entries.]
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 On Wed, 16 Jul 2025, 10:55 Rebecca Lawson, <beckalawson@gmail.com> wrote:
 We're now about halfway through the Expo and we had the Expo dinner last night.
 <p>
 Since my initial week 1 email we have endured a relentless series of storms, downpours and cold weather whilst apparently Blighty has been baking. Surprisingly, caving, and even prospecting, has continued despite the repeated dousings.
 <p>
 A KH camping trip at the base of 161g entrance (which gets very wet, but luckily can be avoided using the nearby and horizontal 161h entrance) managed to rerig as far as the Runnelstone area. The leads we checked here weren't especially stellar, but we've only been once so far. Also in KH, persistence and an awful lot of rebolting, driven by Charlotte and Russell, reached the A lead at the end of Natural Way. Sadly, this wasn't as inspiring as hoped. There's not been time to actually push that area yet. Finally in KH, Ash has been eyeing up a pitch in Country for Old Men before Crack of Doom but, again, this area hasn't had a pushing trip yet. So lots of effort in KH for very little gain to date, but hopefully it'll pay off in time.
 <p>
 A camping trip into Balkon completed the rerig of Mongol Rally but it was too wet to descend Tartarus. The next camping trip had to be aborted after a rock fell from the walls of Honeycomb onto an unfortunate's leg. Harry and Hannah C subsequently went in to rig Tartarus and Charon as far as the pushing front in Grendel's Mother. They returned, most impressed with the vertical lead beyond, so all it needs is better weather and keen cavers to push this.
 <p>
 Finally, many days of prospecting has come up with 2 fine, new caves. Dan and Dylan have pushed Anfanger Gluck Hohle to over 100m deep. It's in a fine position, fairly near Natural Way in KH and is continuing. Meanwhile, Joel has been focused on Gruffalo, which blows out an icy gale and they're there today to rig a 3s drop. Sadly the Reflectorist died, possibly due to over-enthusiastic gardening.
 <p>
 Cheers Becka 
 <p>
 On Wed, 2 Jul 2025, 10:25 Rebecca Lawson, <beckalawson@gmail.com> wrote:
 Expo has had a cracking start, I can't remember such efficiency. 
 <p>
 Since the first 2 cars arrived on Sat
 -  base camp has been set up, complete with a fine and huge single tarp
 - all the gear has come out of Traungold 
 - Top Camp has been set up with a novel cargo net tarp design
 - Garlic Camp has been stripped down to minimal kit suitable for a lightweight prospecting team and everything else has been moved to Top Camp
 - over 1km rope has been taken out of Homecoming and walked to Top Camp leaving just the Daren Drum of Doom there
 - Balkon entrance is rigged and the Mongol Rally rope has been taken to the pitch head
 - Kaninchenhoehle 161G entrance has been rebolted 
 - all routes have been reflectors
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 There has even been time for prospecting and today we're returning to a good looking 2025 find, the Reflectorist.
 <p>
 The 8am deadline to get through the toll road barrier may be a blessing in disguise ... by 6.30 Base Camp is abuzz, cars leave at 7.15 and we can be walking at 8. Given temperatures have been getting to well into the 30s an early start really helps. 
 <p>
 The only fly in the ointment has been the lack of rain so far and almost complete lack of snow, so we've been walking up with 4+ litres of water. This drought should, though, soon be sorted
 <p>
 It's all been a fine team effort with everyone pitching in, so it feels wrong to name any individual but I'm going to anyway - here's a shout out to Hamish Weir for singlehandedly running a bread production line. At 6 this morning there were 2 full loaves ready for the hungry hordes.
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 Time to go caving!
 <p>
 Cheers Becka
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