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Two more corrupt degree signs (hopefully that's all).
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<p>Nial put some extra bolts (3) into the entrance pitch then showed us
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some of the high level horizontal stuff and the top of the main Gaffered
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pitch. </p>
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pitch.</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U 5 hours</div>
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@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ sandy crawl. Left at the previous junction was missing the snow from
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1987 and led to a pitch which you could reach either approximately 10m
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from the bottom of 20m up. Daylight just about comes in from above along
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with lots of drips presumably a snow plug on the surface above a big
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pitch very close to the 204 path. </p>
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pitch very close to the 204 path.</p>
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<p>I got really cold cos it drafted a lot and I was only wearing one lot
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of thermals under my furry. At the base of the pitch left went to loose
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@ -251,11 +251,11 @@ put in a tag spit, then used that plus a thread backup and two
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protectors to descend. The pitch head is awkward, then bells out to
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land on a rubble floor with a dirty snowplug. A chink of light enters
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upslope from a nearby shaft, while downslope the roof lowers and chokes.
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This is the source of the outward draft noted at the entrance. </p>
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This is the source of the outward draft noted at the entrance.</p>
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<p>Then onto 148- I entered in thermals plus oversuit and drilled and
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set two spits for the pitch which bypasses the squeeze and climb. Then
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surface surveyed from 148 to 2006-70. </p>
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surface surveyed from 148 to 2006-70.</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U 1 hour (total).</div>
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@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ head of Steel Toe Cap. Mark D rigged the last Ariston pitch, I rigged
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the first Kiwi Suit pitch, then wibbled on the start of the traverse to
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the second for long enough that Mark D took over again - pausing only to
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spit in a pot at the head of the fourth Kiwi Suit pitch, i.e. the Brown
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Trouser Pitch head. Mission accomplished we headed out. </p>
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Trouser Pitch head. Mission accomplished we headed out.</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U 7 hours.</div>
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@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ by a later party - so the second wave could use the drill. Dumped the
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drill at GLAD, and continued rigging through Tun and Copper. Put in a
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handbolt for a deviation on Yeast which looks to have sorted out the rig
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a treat. At that pitch we called it a day and headed out, meeting the
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second wave at GLAD. Out at 19.30 and bolted down the hill. </p>
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second wave at GLAD. Out at 19.30 and bolted down the hill.</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U 10.5 hrs.</div>
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@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ with "Uncomformity" ...</p>
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a 22.00hr call out. Dave and I cut a deal whereby he carried the tackle
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sack along the passage and I pulled it up the pitches. The 204e
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entrance pitch at 21.50 thus left me a sweaty blob. We got back to the
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Stone Bridge at 21.59 after an 11 hour trip! </p>
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Stone Bridge at 21.59 after an 11 hour trip!</p>
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<p>Leads uncovered by the trip included C at the bottom of pitch
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descended by Dave and an aven in the roof. This was at the bottom left,
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@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ Kaninchenhoehle. Instead, the passage just fizzled out! It rapidly
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became too tight, although we did find an impressive aven on the left,
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which didn't lead anywhere. On the way back, we bolted and descended a
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new pitch. A 20 metre descent led to a squeeze down into a chamber that
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looked like it needed a handline. </p>
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looked like it needed a handline.</p>
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<p>On the 15th Kathryn and I, went back and went back into this chamber:
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turned out to be a 6m pitch with a very dodgy squeeze onto the pitch
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@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ prophet of some considerable power and cemented the respect of us novice
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cavers. Rather an easy task compared to the 200m surveying and rigging
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task of the previous day. A and B leads are thought to extend from the
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top of a pitch linking "Uncomformity" to the passage linking "Shetland
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Incline". </p>
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Incline".</p>
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<p>We progressed to explore 03-90A. This involved Dave cutting our old
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(2003) 11mm rope into lots of teeny bits. We dropped down a very
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@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ an area riddled with uncharted cave. We tagged 2007-01 and Ollie sent me
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down (I was geared up). A vertical climb down opened into a hollow
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plate a few metres down. A boulder floor made the "C" QM in the floor
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dangerous. An edge exit was too tight. Many vertical openings existed
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in a similar place. We tagged one, 2007-02, but did not descend. </p>
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in a similar place. We tagged one, 2007-02, but did not descend.</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U 1.5 hrs.</div>
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@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ had one bolting kit between the three of us, and this meant we got quite
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cold, so Djuke decideded to find Edvin and Nial in the Underworld. Sarah
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and Kathryn eventually placed 4 bolts of varying quality and rigged the
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traverse, by which time it was too late to join the others pushing in
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the Underworld, and so they headed out. </p>
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the Underworld, and so they headed out.</p>
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<hr />
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@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ a couple of metres).</p>
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visitors around Steinbrucken. They all seemed very impressed, especially
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with the pitches. However, one was overhead to say that there was too
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much prussiking! Trip took 6hrs. The temperature in Kiwi Suit was
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0.4°C.</p>
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0.4°C.</p>
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<p>The Hungarians were very keen to see more of the cave so I took Dodo
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and Gabor on a through trip from 204e to 204d. The snow was low so the
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@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ climb out of d was easy. A top trip, I had forgotten how good it
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was!</p>
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<p>We are all invited to go caving in Hungary. If you fancy it then
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contact Gabor by email. </p>
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contact Gabor by email.</p>
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<hr />
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@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ return.</p>
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<p>Headed in with 2 smallish bags of rope. Met Dour and MSD at God Loves
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A Drunk, where we heard the grim tales of Mark's loose bowels and Dour's
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missing hiltis which I had picked up at Kiwi Suit (thanks to Sarah for
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spotting the pot lying on a rock). </p>
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spotting the pot lying on a rock).</p>
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<p>We decided to ditch the 94m pushing rope and continue in with the
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drill and rope for known pitches. This was a lovely idea but forgot to
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@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ bastard.</p>
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<p>The inlet is keyhole passage with ~3m round phreatic part elongate
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along the dip direction, and a trench that is typically 5m deep,
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trending upwards at 25°. We surveyed up this for ~70m before running
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trending upwards at 25°. We surveyed up this for ~70m before running
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out of time. Our last survey station is by a junction where the main
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route continues for ~40m to a climb which may or may not be climbable,
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and an inlet rift that is passable for some distance. With that we
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