From 5448e2f8afe7b6fa27bfb905e0a3c4d90368c84f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Expo on server Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2023 11:14:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] logbook update - online edit of years/2023/logbook.html --- years/2023/logbook.html | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/years/2023/logbook.html b/years/2023/logbook.html index d42c579d0..573e2d56f 100644 --- a/years/2023/logbook.html +++ b/years/2023/logbook.html @@ -639,10 +639,21 @@ Overall, a great trip with over ~294m surveyed and more promising leads found. C
Surface - Check your bits


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Hearing of an exciting new lead, now named "Mahlstromhöhle", Frank and I embarked on a walk westward out of Fishface gear dump. Upon finding the entrance (which took considerably longer than anticipated) we quickly started kitting up, only to find an absence of any drill bits in the drill bag, contrary to what Frank believed to be the case. Frank then left for fishface gear dump in search of drill bits, whilst I waited patiently, in kit. +

Hearing of an exciting new lead, "Mahlstromhöhle", from Frank, Max and Flo, Frank and I embarked on a walk westward out of Fishface gear dump. Upon finding the entrance (which took considerably longer than anticipated) we quickly started kitting up, only to find an absence of any drill bits in the drill bag, contrary to what Frank believed to be the case. Frank then left for fishface gear dump in search of drill bits, whilst I waited patiently, in kit.

After maybe 45 minutes, Frank returned, unable to find fishface, pointing that he had in fact walked in the wrong direction. Upon directing him in the right direction, he again disappeared for around 45 minutes, returning with no drill bits. Giving up, we headed back to fishface to dump our gear, and started the walk back to topcamp.

At some point during our travels, Frank had decided we should attempt to pioneer a new, shorter, easier path between topcamp and fishface, leaving the path halfway to embark on this endeavour. After much time scrambling, bunder-bashing and pathfinding, we finally refound the path, having created a path that was not easier, nor shorter. Frank then got bored and created a new gear rack at topcamp whilst we waited for the garlic cave prospecting group to arrive.

T/U: 0.0hrs
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2023-07-27
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Joe Stell, Frank Tully
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Maelstrom - Finally Underground
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After the brilliant success of yesterday's failed pushing trip, Frank and I returned to Mahlstromhöhle to actually go underground and push. After the entrance pitch, there is a small hole in the floor, from which several small-ish pitches follow. +

The cave begins to follow a canyon, starting with a lovely tight climb up to a ledge at the pitch head, with some other equally fun freeclimbs on which we decided to bolt a handline on the way back. +

The canyon appears to have several false floors which we followed, resulting in several very small pitches which would certainly be a freeclimb if there were actually any holds. Bolting and surveying on the way, we kept pushing until we ran out of bolts and found a squeeze followed by a big wet pitch. We turned around and quickly exited the cave, with much SRT faff from me at the small canyon pitchheads and unusually rigged pitches by the German pair. +

T/U: 7hrs