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<title>2018 Expo Logbook - EXTRACTS for HC: CUCC-2018-dm-07</title>
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<h1>Homecoming Cave - Exploration Notes & Rigging</h1>
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<p>Logbook entriees RE-ORDERED to calendar order not logbook writeup order.
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<hr />
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-13a">2018-07-13</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Jon Arne Toft</u>, Dickon Morris</div>
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<div class="triptitle">CUCC2018 DM07 (Homecoming Hole) - First push</div>
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<p>Headed off to drop DM07 followed by DM06. Started with DM07 as the closer of the two.
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First pitch/handline 5m down from surface to large hole in ground.
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Into hole in wall, 1m down and 2m traverse over a drop of 3m leads to top of
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snow plug that can be followed down 8m to passage. Crawl for 10m leads to
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first pitch, 5m, closely followed by longer pitch (10m?) into a rather large chamber.
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The way leading back against the direction of progress quickly chokes.
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Way on leads to large boulder. A hole on the left side yields a safe continuation
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(the rope also leads this way) on to the next pitch of another 10m into yet another chamber.
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From here, an impressive pitch was observed(8m diameter) which a 27m rope was insufficient to
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descend. Probably 40m deep. Strong draft, predicted by the majority of
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CUCC to be larger than Tunnocks <i>[citation needed]</i>.</p>
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<p>Surveyed out of cave, tag left on small shelf right under surface level. Lack of pencils led to
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ditching of DM06, though this is an interesting cave. DM06 still unexplored.</p>
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<p>Jon sprained ankle before cave entrance, the effects of which showed up shortly after arrival to
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top camp, and which subsided by the next day. Strange stuff which unfortunately led to me being
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unable to push further the next day. :-(</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 3 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-13b">2018-07-13</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Todd Rye</u>, Dickon Morris</div>
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<div class="triptitle">2nd push in Heimkommen höhle (Homecoming)</div>
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<p>Carried 2x 45m ropes and a 80m rope over to Heimkommen. Dickon rerigged the pitch then ran out of rope on,
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now named Radagast.
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<p>Pushed through a small meander to an up pitch (3m).
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From there is was navigating a large meander,
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dropping a pitch (5m) and traversing through some boulders. Another pitch (10m)
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before a climb up and a traverse along the top of Wallace (40m)
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which landed perfectly on a boulderabove an estimated 50m-100m drop, named Grommit.
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<p>
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Out of rope so we surveyed out.
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<p>
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<hr />
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-17rg2">2018-07-17</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Becka Lawson</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">Rigging Guide: Homecoming - Entrance - Wallace and Gromit - Second Coming </div>
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<p>Homecoming entrance and first pitch rigging guide:<br>
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<img src="logbook7.jpg" width=100%>
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<br>
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<p>Radagast rigging guide and handclimb below Radagast (poor natural belay):<br>
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<img src="logbook8.jpg" width=100%>
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<br>
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<p>Traverse over hole and up the pitch in meander. Probably best left rigged for next year to save hassle on rerigging.
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<p>First meander pitch. String around boulder in roof to protect traverse over rammed blocks.
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<p>2nd meander pitch.<br>
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<img src="logbook9.jpg" width=100%>
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<br>
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<p>Rigging guide: Wallace and Gromit
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<p>traverse into the second coming<br>
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<img src="logbook10.jpg" width=100%>
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<br>
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<hr />
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-18a">2018-07-18</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Nadia</u>, Tom Crossley, Todd Rye</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Homecoming - Hobnob Hallway</div>
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<ul>
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<li>Surveyed Hobnob Hallway until mud/sand slope.
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went over fals floor very unstable needs a traverse line. Was crumbling as we walked on it.
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<li>Under false floor is a trickle of water leading to a wet pitch Q.M.C.
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<li>Found side passage at the bottom of a mud slope on the left. Keyhole passage that connects
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into Dickon's passage,currently unnamed.
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<li>Heard flood pulse, while surveying, when we went out all ropes were dry except the very bottom
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of Radagast pitch. No issue with pitches being impassable except maybe Radagast.
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</ul>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 7.5 hours</div>
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<hr />
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-17a">2018-07-17</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Nadia</u>, Adam A.</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Shallow lead push - Homecoming</div>
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<P>We set off from top camp,full of optimism for the day.
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Nadias's ankle was sore from the previous trip, so we wanted to take the shortest route
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to the cave to minimise stretch on it. With this in mind we set off along the path
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which went via fish face.
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<p>Arriving at fish face in good time we found another group
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that were about to go underground.After a chat, we set off for Homecoming
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with our glasses remaining half-full.
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Without a GPS we weren't entirely sure how to get there,
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but with morale high we were confident of bodging the way.
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I had already got lost going from FGH to HC, surely it couldn't happen again.
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<p>
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Fast forward an hour or so we were standing on the side of a sharpsloping wall of a gully.
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Looking in two different directions (our tone starting to resemble the
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internal monologue of a child who's lost their mum in Asda).
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We both said the same thing, 'I remember going this way'. After trialling the two options
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we discovered, with sinking morale, that we were both wrong.
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<p>My watch produce a nagging beep to signal mid-day;
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another pin-prick in the already deflating balloon that was my confidence.
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Our plan of action started to fragment;a staring chicken lost on a plane of fine brown gravel.
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<p>'It might be this way' I wouldsay 'no, maybe it's this way'.
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<p>Feeling a bit spent wedecided to rest. Over some flapjack crumbs we discussed
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our plan of action.
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<p>Setting off again, our plan A, B and C ready to go.
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We had at last cometoterms with our situation.
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<p>Bags on we walked around the bunde that had provided shelter for our break, a cairn, two, three,
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the familiar path to Homecoming.
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<br><br>
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<p>With regards to the cave, we swung into the window at the top of Gromit, bolted the
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pitch Anthony had startedthe day prior.
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It lead into two continuations; one horizontal, one vertically down. We crapped out the horizontal
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and left the other labelled as a QMB. Reason being: it's clean washed, and it looks like it will connect to cave already found below.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 4 hours</div>
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<hr />
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<hr />
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-19c">2018-07-19</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Anthony</u>, Luke, Frank</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Homecoming - shallow level</div>
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<p>
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Having elected not to camp in Tunnocks the night before,Luke and I had a bonus extra day's caving.
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I wasnotin the moodfor anything too epic after emerging at 2am;
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a trip to a shallow level in Homecoming sounded like just the job.
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<p>
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Ladened with all out gear we set off following Frank who confidently asserted
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that he had followed a cairned path back from the cave via Fischgesicht the day before.
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It rapidly became apparent that these caves were a figment of Frank's imagination,
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so the stetch beyond Fischgesicht wasnavigated by GPS and involved much bunde bashing.
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<p>
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The cave itself looks like the real deal,and we quickly found ourway to the lead in a pleasant,
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small phreatic passage.
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Equipment-wide the trip was a mixture ofancient and modern: Frank and Luke went off
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surveying in full paperless mode with a DistoX and PDA,
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whilst I had to hand-bolt a pitch.
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I even used a clown out of choice rather than necessity.
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By the time Luke and Frank had finished surveying, I had descended to a ledge
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with a couple of ways on - later to become 'Snagged & Shagged'
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when revisited by Nadia and Adam.
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<p>
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Out nice and early, suckered Frank into walking back
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to Top Camp via the bivi cave on the flank of the Kleine Wildkogel. At a mere
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50 mins longer in time than our route to the cave, this would go down
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as a less-than-successful short-cut.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 3.5 hours</div>
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<hr />
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-20a">2018-07-20</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Nadia</u>, Adam A.</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Snagged and Shagged (shallow levels) & Rigging Guide</div>
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<p>
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<ul>
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<li>Swung into shallow leads followed down past 5m pitch/climb, under crawl, turn left.
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<li>Went down left of rock bridge,(straight hang from from top)
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found 2 rifts, followed first toan aven, followed second until tight, vertical connection to first rift.
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<li>Went back up to rock bridge and dropped right side to deeper lead.
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Added a deviation off a natural above the bridge. At the floor to the right
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was pitch ~20m. Clean-washed and dripping QMB (QM1). De-rigged and left.
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<li>On third pitch of Homecomingtied rope from third pitch to connection
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between block and wall with bling.
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Not sure howeffective it will be. Added deviationon third pitch off
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top of big block with a sling.
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</ul>
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<h3>Rigging Guide: Snagged and Shagged</h3>
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<p>First section, Second section<br>
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<img src="logbook14.jpg" width=100%><br>
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<p>3rd section:<br>
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<img src="logbook15.jpg" width=100%><br>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 6 hours</div>
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<hr />
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-24b">2018-07-24 maybe</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Philip Withanll</u>, Typhon King</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Prospecting and checking out the new bivi cave (Garlic Cave 2018-ad-02)</div>
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<p>
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2018-ad-02 is
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<pre>
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47.698686 lat., 13.807960 long.
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</pre>
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<p>or in more usual terms:
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<pre>
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47 deg. 41.921 min. N
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013 deg. 48.478 min. E
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</pre>
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<h2>**** TO BE TYPED IN ****</h2>
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<hr />
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-24a">2018-07-24</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Max</u>, Frank, Nadia</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Homecoming Hobnob Hallway</div>
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<p>We walked to Homecoming through Fishface cairning the route with Haydon,Jon, Ruairidh, Phil and Typhon
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filling in the gaps.Making it a fully cairned route.
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Went down the hobnob hallway added a handline over the false floor using a thread.
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Should be made into a traverse
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with a bolt on the other side of the false floor.
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We put a handline on the sand slope using a thread at the top.
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<p>
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We carried on down the rift to the first junction on a boulder.
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The left has not been explored yet. We went right past
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the water downa tight rift. It opened into a pitch 13m.
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We turned around there. On the way back Frank saw a lead behind
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the wet bit. Way out took longer than anticipated.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 7 hours</div>
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<hr />
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-08-02h">2018-08-02</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Jon Arne Toft</u>, Haydon</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Homecoming Lizard King</div>
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<p>A series of 4 trips bolting the Lizard King which is a rift with a strong draft
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in Homecoming Hole (CUCC-2018-DM07).
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Reached by doing traverse 10m over floor of Gromit, and taking right/(straight ahead) (not left)
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at the first junction.
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<p>A series of more or less exciting traverses lead to a phreatic maze with a large phreatic tube
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over a major rift around it.
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We bolted against the draft, using a 50m rope for the first section, ending on a small
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ledge (3m pitch).
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A further (more exciting) traverse along the top of the rift continues to the right
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until a sudden end after 15 min.
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<p>A 40m (?) pitch (1 dev, 2 rebelays) drops into a large muddy rift.
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From a ledge, a 4-bolt traverse pushed the continuation against the draft,into a further
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(larger) rift that would require bolting.
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<p> Further leads in the opposite direction or further down the rift (BIG RIFT!).
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Alternatively the opposite direction of the phreatic tube from the Lizard King.
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Lotsof bolting, were were very cold.
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Haydon says he was a 2 on a 1-10 scale where 1 is frozen solid.I was also very cold.
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In other words, an altogether excellent pushing front with a brilliant windchill effect.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 5 hours</div>
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<hr />
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</body>
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</html>
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@ -524,9 +524,29 @@ of Radagast pitch. No issue with pitches being impassable except maybe Radagast.
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<hr />
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-20a">2018-07-20</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Nadia</u>, Adam A.</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Snagged and Shagged (shallow levels)</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Snagged and Shagged (shallow levels) & Rigging Guide</div>
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<p>
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<ul>
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<li>Swung into shallow leads followed down past 5m pitch/climb, under crawl, turn left.
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<li>Went down left of rock bridge,(straight hang from from top)
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found 2 rifts, followed first toan aven, followed second until tight, vertical connection to first rift.
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<li>Went back up to rock bridge and dropped right side to deeper lead.
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Added a deviation off a natural above the bridge. At the floor to the right
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was pitch ~20m. Clean-washed and dripping QMB (QM1). De-rigged and left.
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<li>On third pitch of Homecomingtied rope from third pitch to connection
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between block and wall with bling.
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Not sure howeffective it will be. Added deviationon third pitch off
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top of big block with a sling.
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</ul>
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<h3>Rigging Guide: Snagged and Shagged</h3>
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<p>First section, Second section<br>
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<img src="logbook14.jpg" width=100%><br>
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<p>3rd section:<br>
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<img src="logbook15.jpg" width=100%><br>
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<h2>**** TO BE TYPED IN ****</h2>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 6 hours</div>
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@ -543,7 +563,41 @@ of Radagast pitch. No issue with pitches being impassable except maybe Radagast.
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Nadia</u>, Adam A.</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Shallow lead push - Homecoming</div>
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<h2>**** TO BE TYPED IN ****</h2>
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<P>We set off from top camp,full of optimism for the day.
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Nadias's ankle was sore from the previous trip, so we wanted to take the shortest route
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to the cave to minimise stretch on it. With this in mind we set off along the path
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which went via fish face.
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<p>Arriving at fish face in good time we found another group
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that were about to go underground.After a chat, we set off for Homecoming
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with our glasses remaining half-full.
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Without a GPS we weren't entirely sure how to get there,
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but with morale high we were confident of bodging the way.
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I had already got lost going from FGH to HC, surely it couldn't happen again.
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<p>
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Fast forward an hour or so we were standing on the side of a sharpsloping wall of a gully.
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Looking in two different directions (our tone starting to resemble the
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internal monologue of a child who's lost their mum in Asda).
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We both said the same thing, 'I remember going this way'. After trialling the two options
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we discovered, with sinking morale, that we were both wrong.
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<p>My watch produce a nagging beep to signal mid-day;
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another pin-prick in the already deflating balloon that was my confidence.
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Our plan of action started to fragment;a staring chicken lost on a plane of fine brown gravel.
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<p>'It might be this way' I wouldsay 'no, maybe it's this way'.
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<p>Feeling a bit spent wedecided to rest. Over some flapjack crumbs we discussed
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our plan of action.
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<p>Setting off again, our plan A, B and C ready to go.
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We had at last cometoterms with our situation.
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<p>Bags on we walked around the bunde that had provided shelter for our break, a cairn, two, three,
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the familiar path to Homecoming.
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<br><br>
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<p>With regards to the cave, we swung into the window at the top of Gromit, bolted the
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pitch Anthony had startedthe day prior.
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It lead into two continuations; one horizontal, one vertically down. We crapped out the horizontal
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and left the other labelled as a QMB. Reason being: it's clean washed, and it looks like it will connect to cave already found below.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 4 hours</div>
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<hr />
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@ -558,9 +612,33 @@ of Radagast pitch. No issue with pitches being impassable except maybe Radagast.
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<hr />
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-19c">2018-07-19</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Anthony</u>, Luke, Frank</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Homecoming- shallow level</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Homecoming - shallow level</div>
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<p>
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Having elected not to camp in Tunnocks the night before,Luke and I had a bonus extra day's caving.
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I wasnotin the moodfor anything too epic after emerging at 2am;
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a trip to a shallow level in Homecoming sounded like just the job.
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<p>
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Ladened with all out gear we set off following Frank who confidently asserted
|
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that he had followed a cairned path back from the cave via Fischgesicht the day before.
|
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It rapidly became apparent that these caves were a figment of Frank's imagination,
|
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so the stetch beyond Fischgesicht wasnavigated by GPS and involved much bunde bashing.
|
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<p>
|
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The cave itself looks like the real deal,and we quickly found ourway to the lead in a pleasant,
|
||||
small phreatic passage.
|
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Equipment-wide the trip was a mixture ofancient and modern: Frank and Luke went off
|
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surveying in full paperless mode with a DistoX and PDA,
|
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whilst I had to hand-bolt a pitch.
|
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I even used a clown out of choice rather than necessity.
|
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By the time Luke and Frank had finished surveying, I had descended to a ledge
|
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with a couple of ways on - later to become 'Snagged & Shagged'
|
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when revisited by Nadia and Adam.
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<p>
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Out nice and early, suckered Frank into walking back
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to Top Camp via the bivi cave on the flank of the Kleine Wildkogel. At a mere
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50 mins longer in time than our route to the cave, this would go down
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as a less-than-successful short-cut.
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<h2>**** TO BE TYPED IN ****</h2>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 3.5 hours</div>
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@ -580,14 +658,6 @@ of Radagast pitch. No issue with pitches being impassable except maybe Radagast.
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<h2>**** TO BE TYPED IN ****</h2>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 56 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-24a">2018-07-24 maybe</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Unknown</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">Rigging Guide: Rigging in Beckoning Silence / Radio Silence area</div>
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<h2>**** TO BE TYPED IN ****</h2>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-24b">2018-07-24 maybe</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Philip Withanll</u>, Typhon King</div>
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@ -656,8 +726,6 @@ of Radagast pitch. No issue with pitches being impassable except maybe Radagast.
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<img src="logbook11.jpg" width=100%><br>
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<img src="logbook12.jpg" width=100%><br>
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<img src="logbook13.jpg" width=100%><br>
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<img src="logbook14.jpg" width=100%><br>
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<img src="logbook15.jpg" width=100%><br>
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<img src="logbook16.jpg" width=100%><br>
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@ -859,6 +927,27 @@ to test actual useable bandwidth.
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-24a">2018-07-24</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Max</u>, Frank, Nadia</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Homecoming Hobnob Hallway</div>
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<p>We walked to Homecoming through Fishface cairning the route with Haydon,Jon, Ruairidh, Phil and Typhon
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filling in the gaps.Making it a fully cairned route.
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Went down the hobnob hallway added a handline over the false floor using a thread.
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Should be made into a traverse
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with a bolt on the other side of the false floor.
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We put a handline on the sand slope using a thread at the top.
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<p>
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We carried on down the rift to the first junction on a boulder.
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The left has not been explored yet. We went right past
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the water downa tight rift. It opened into a pitch 13m.
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We turned around there. On the way back Frank saw a lead behind
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the wet bit. Way out took longer than anticipated.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 7 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-30a">2018-07-30</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Paul Fox</u></div>
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@ -933,6 +1022,33 @@ Needs surveying and tagging.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 0.1 hours</div>
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</hr>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-08-02h">2018-08-02</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Jon Arne Toft</u>, Haydon</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Homecoming Lizard King</div>
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<p>A series of 4 trips bolting the Lizard King which is a rift with a strong draft
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in Homecoming Hole (CUCC-2018-DM07).
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Reached by doing traverse 10m over floor of Gromit, and taking right/(straight ahead) (not left)
|
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at the first junction.
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<p>A series of more or less exciting traverses lead to a phreatic maze with a large phreatic tube
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over a major rift around it.
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We bolted against the draft, using a 50m rope for the first section, ending on a small
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ledge (3m pitch).
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A further (more exciting) traverse along the top of the rift continues to the right
|
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until a sudden end after 15 min.
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<p>A 40m (?) pitch (1 dev, 2 rebelays) drops into a large muddy rift.
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From a ledge, a 4-bolt traverse pushed the continuation against the draft,into a further
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(larger) rift that would require bolting.
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<p> Further leads in the opposite direction or further down the rift (BIG RIFT!).
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Alternatively the opposite direction of the phreatic tube from the Lizard King.
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Lotsof bolting, were were very cold.
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Haydon says he was a 2 on a 1-10 scale where 1 is frozen solid.I was also very cold.
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In other words, an altogether excellent pushing front with a brilliant windchill effect.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 5 hours</div>
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</hr>
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<img src="logbook21.jpg" width=100%><br>
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<img src="logbook22.jpg" width=100%><br>
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<img src="logbook23.jpg" width=100%><br>
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@ -941,6 +1057,28 @@ Needs surveying and tagging.
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<img src="logbook26.jpg" width=100%><br>
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<br>
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<h2>**** MORE TO TYPE IN HERE ****</h2>
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<h2>**** MORE TO TYPE IN HERE ****</h2>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-08-01">2018-08-01</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Jacob</u>, George, Olly</div>
|
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<div class="triptitle">Balkonhoehle --> Tunnocks</div>
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||||
<p>As well as being my first caving trop of the expo, this was also the first Balkon-Tunnock's through trip made. George changed the hang at the top of Mongol Rally, added a rebelay and fixed another at the bottom of MR. Olly began to bolt the right hand wall of Floodland. He got so far down the pitch but didn't bottom due to time constraints.
|
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<p>The connection between Balkon and Tunnocks is very impressive. Large chamber after large chamber.
|
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<p>The Prusik out was a laugh! It was an introduction and a half to Austrian caving. 10/10 would do it again.</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U X mins</div>
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<hr />
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-08-03">2018-08-03</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Jacob</u>, Luke, Max</div>
|
||||
<div class="triptitle">Pitstop Balkon</div>
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||||
<p>Arrived at Pitstop to find George who was in the group in front to have finished bolting the traverse around to the other side. Passage was large walking passage with nice mud formations in floor. Passage ends at a pitch with a dodgy bridge. Half way-ish between the traverse and pitch was a flatout crawl on right. Crawl was unpleasant and sharp (I forgot kneepads!!) and was sloped upwards. Passage (including crawl unitil become too tight) was surveyed. <p>Pitch wasn't dropped. <p>We then head back to Pitstop and then attempt to bolt a rift but then the floor fell beath and scared me and we decided to call it a day.</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U ? mins</div>
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<hr />
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<hr />
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-08-03">2018-08-13</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Philip Sargent</u></div>
|
||||
@ -955,10 +1093,67 @@ Hitched a lift down from the carpark with Helmut Kalss who lives in Altausee (we
|
||||
plateau). He is a local and teaches at the agricultural college. He knew about the SMK system but not what we had done - so he gave
|
||||
me a lift to the potato hut and I showed him the posters and aven. (He also has a hat with a feather in it.)
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||||
<div class="timeug">T/U: 0 hours</div>
|
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|
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-08-13">2018-08-13</div>
|
||||
<div class="trippeople"><u>Ryan</u>, Alex, Jacob, Pi and Andt (two German cavers)</div>
|
||||
<div class="triptitle">Finishing Fish Face beyond Gardening School, discovering Private Pineapple Pitch</div>
|
||||
<p>The trip was to push Fish Face further following a low-level lead in Gardening School. An exchange was agreed with German cavers whereby they would offer us a trip if we offered them a trip (an agreement arranged by Alex and Jacob during the bottom base camp BBQ). The trip also allowed the German's to experience top camp, both who were incredibly impressed by the arrangement, declaring, "You English are mad!" The international caving group encounted a language barrier in the especilly crumbly and loose passages of the Fish Face entrance pitch and traverse. WHile descending Alex had one of the Germans (Pi) shout "stein!", somewhat confussed he looked up to find the German caver was not offering him a beer, insted a number of rocks had been kicked down. A system was then proposed by the Germans to overcome the language barrier. The sylable count of words would indicate the cave command, therefore the language used would be rendered pointless.</p>
|
||||
<img src="2018-08-13-table.jpg"><br>Image of the syllable system table</img>
|
||||
<p>It was also agreed during the trip that signiifciant space woudl be left berween cavers on th epitch/traverse series leading on from another due to the daners of very loose rock and the potential of injury. The gardening school passage was pushed beyond the unnamed and unknown pitch that offered a lead. Originally we believed that a shaft 3/4m down would be best for a rebelay, however on investigation this appeared to be a large boulder wedged between a large rift. Furthermore, the placement of the boulder, nicknamed 'coffin lid', appeared to be only secured by small boulders. The decision was made to drop the Y hang down through a squeezy pitch, although tight, the pitch is easily accessible. The newly found Pirate Pineapple Pitch (PPP) ~50m and decends down further into the rift. Multiple passages can be seen coming of this pitch which may be worth future exploration. The pitch bottoms out in a small chamber ~10m^3. A smaller interesting chamber is to the right, nicknamed 'mud hole', here a variety of interesting geological features are found. ALso at this point a small pool of water has forned. Directly in front of the dropped pitch after a smooth step the rift can be seen to bottom out. However, at this point, we had ran out of rope. An additional 15/20m (unreadble word) have allowed us to reach the bottom. We assume this amy be the bottom as its the collection point for many of the smaller dropped rocks. The rift appears to curve around the corner offering a potential easy lead for those who are willing to push this further.</p>
|
||||
<p>NB: the pitch was named Pirate Pineapple Pitch due to the consumption of a pineapple by some rugged looking cavers at the bottom of the pitch. The carrying of pineapples to inappropriate places is a tradition upheld by Alex Sterling (sp?) of Nottingham University Caving Club in reference to the Pineapple on Tour (sp?) - a society at Nottingham University which took pineapples up munrows in Scotland. The society was dispelled by the university and folded into other outdoor societies.</p>
|
||||
<div class="timeug">T/U X mins</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-08-13">2018-08-13</div>
|
||||
<div class="trippeople"><u>Jacob</u>, Andt, Pi</div>
|
||||
<div class="triptitle">Schneevulkanhalle Tourist Trip</div>
|
||||
<p>While drunk and making friends with some Germans, one of them, Andt, gave me a proposition: "You take me caving and I'll take you caving in an ice cave... with a snow volcano." I liked this idea! Despite the cave being less than 1k from top camp, due to Losser's 'I'm going to kill you with every steo you take' nature we had to walk accross the plateau toward Applehaus and then take that path. After negotiating some traverse, beating some bunde and safely avoiding the caver grinding we arrive at some dead larch... and a misty cave entrance! THis was to be our exit point. Pi headed up the hill to start rigging the top entrance while Andt gave me a quick lesson on how to walk with crampons. When crampon school was over, we too head to the top entrance. An oblong entrance of 10m-ish by 4m wide entrance pitch to the top of the snow volcano was probably 40/50m. When on top of volcano, daylight can still be seen. 'Tis quite impressive. When on top of volcano the size of the chamber starts to become apparent. In the distance ice stalls can be seen glistening through the mist. We continue the descent, this time down the side of the snow volcano for ~3-m until we reach the bottom.
|
||||
<p>Ice is hit.
|
||||
<p>Rope free.
|
||||
<p>Wow!
|
||||
<p>This chamber would be impressive even without all the ice. We wander around for a bit and I amazingly manage to remain standing I literally cannot stop smiling. Some of the ice pillars were easily 15m high! Eventually, Im forced to live by the call of nature. We exit through what was once called the Elephant Arse - cos there was a formation that like an elephant but has sadly melted since. I emerge from the cave, breathe, appriciate life and then have a piss!</p>
|
||||
<div class="timeug">T/U ? mins</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-08-13">2018-08-13</div>
|
||||
<div class="trippeople"><u>Nat</u>, Neil</div>
|
||||
<div class="triptitle">Tagging Surface Trip and Lighting Storm descent</div>
|
||||
<p>Went 100m NW of top camp to put a tag on a possible cave (located previously on 8-9/08 by Nat and Paul) numbered 2018-NTU-01. We practiced hand bolting to install the tag and picked wild chives.
|
||||
<p>As water was needed at camp, snow was collected for the bivy. While Ryan efficiently poured 5 tackle sacks of snow into the rain tarp, Nat and Alex and Ruairidh proceeded to practice drilling a Z-rig to try to haul an overfilled bag of snow vertically (see separate write up). While taking 2 ropes each down the mountain, we successfully crosses the plateau in fabulous perfect weather, only to be hit by a sudden bad storm at the col. An hour of super heavy rain and lightening was upon us. We were forced to emergency shelter in our double-bivy baf near a rock.
|
||||
<p>Several very close lightening strikes (with 0 second gaps) reminded us how quickly the weather can turn against you on the mountain.
|
||||
<p>Lost 1 and half hrs of time waiting for lightening to subside, so final hour of walk down was in darkness and driving rain and winds.</p>
|
||||
<p><b>REMEMBER: Check the weather, kids!!!</b></p>
|
||||
<div class="timeug">T/U 0 mins</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-11z">2018-07-011</div>
|
||||
<div class="trippeople"><u>Nat</u>, Paul, Wookey on Day 2</div>
|
||||
<div class="triptitle">Eiskelle - Surface Prospecting</div>
|
||||
<p>We aimed to re-locate several caves that had been recored in 2004/5/6 and were within 300m of Top Camp. How hard can it be???
|
||||
<p>Well, 8 hours later, lost and dehydrated, we managed to get back to Top Camp just 20 minutes before our callout!
|
||||
<p>Entering the coordinates into the GPS and walking in a direct heading was met repeatedly by either thick bunde or sheer cliffs going up or down! While we were lost we found several new caves, which we duly recorded and surveyed. They are very close to the path to Tunnocks, so we suspect they were either ignored or not recorded when first explored. We left the big pitch for another time and surveyed the small free-climbable hole. Then we got lost again looking for 2004-18.
|
||||
<p>Finally we located it and 2004-16 and -17. <p>The next day we returned to 2004-18 with Wookey and descended it. Luckily the spits were in place so we just had to chuck a rope down and a rope protector. A huge snow cone met us half way down on a ledge we could walk around. Paul drilled two holes and installed 2 hiltis and rigged the way down. We climbed down the ice slope (with rope) and landed on the boulder floor at the base of the snow cone. My first ice climbing experience - and I hope my last! We got hypotherimc while rigging the cave (Eiskeller - Ice House) and we got heat exhaustion while on the plateau. Lovely day at expo! Wookey was very helpful while we located 2004-18 (on an easy path not far from Top Camp) and again while rigging the cave - always great to have an experienced oldie on the team!</p>
|
||||
<div class="timeug">T/U 0 mins</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
|
||||
<img src="undergroundcamplist.jpg" width=400px><br>
|
||||
This has been transcsribed into <a href="ugcamplist.html">ugcamplist.html</a><br><br>
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-30z">2018-07-30</div>
|
||||
<div class="trippeople"><u>Robert Seebacher</u></div>
|
||||
<div class="triptitle">"Receipt for expo members of VfHO for 2018"</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<img src="vfho-receipt.jpg" width=400px><br><br><br>
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-08-15">2018-08-15</div>
|
||||
<div class="trippeople"><u>Chris Holt</u>, Radost, Luke, Max</div>
|
||||
@ -999,16 +1194,18 @@ Derig - I was to go up the big pitch with one bag of rope, Radost to follow with
|
||||
It was slow progress up the rest of the cave, barely keeping ahead of the deriggers (Luke and Max). At another free-climb I reaslised after >10 minutes of struggling that it was much easier to just throw the bags up and then chimp up after them. At the surface, I debagged and lay looking at the stars for a couple of minutes, before returning to the first pitch to take Rad's bag. He was decidedly less talkative than usual, and had the look of a man who needs a break - "it's just quite a heavy bag for a first trip" - I was inclined to agree. I saw another 3 meteors in the space of 20 seconds before going back to sketch a rudimentary diagram of the entrance traverses and take one bag from Max, and then back again for another. Realistically, it was the easiest bit of the bag carry, but it was hard thinking of Luke and Max doing all that work and not rying to help out.
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
The decision to leave all the tackle sacks at the entrance was endorsed unanimously. I poured myself a large Schnapps and followed everyone in double-curry dinner and falling asleep immediately.</pre>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-30z">2018-07-30</div>
|
||||
<div class="trippeople"><u>Robert Seebacher</u></div>
|
||||
<div class="triptitle">"Receipt for expo members of VfHO for 2018"</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<img src="vfho-receipt.jpg" width=400px><br><br><br>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-08-19">2018-08-19</div>
|
||||
<div class="trippeople">Philp Sargent, Chris Holt/div>
|
||||
<div class="triptitle">115/Schnellzughoehle</div>
|
||||
<p>On the way back from KH entrance, Chris and I detoured to 115 to get 6 litres of water as we were very thirsty. Also took out the museli and flapjack. Left ~4 litres of water and a orange polythene swirl (sp?) bag.</p>
|
||||
<div class="timeug">T/U 0 mins</div>
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-08-08">2018-08-08</div>
|
||||
<div class="trippeople"><u>Natalie Uomini</u>, Paul Fox</div>
|
||||
<div class="triptitle">Top Camp - Surface Prospecting - Old & New Caves - 8.5 hours</div>
|
||||
|
||||
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