From 569e917c70fbf8771166d7215adc7ee5c1b59b41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Expo on server Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 14:38:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Logbook edited 2024-01-01b --- years/2024/logbook.html | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/years/2024/logbook.html b/years/2024/logbook.html index 7a40a6a3b..bd5532f98 100644 --- a/years/2024/logbook.html +++ b/years/2024/logbook.html @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ See troggle/code/views/other.py and core.models/logbooks.py writelogbook(year, f
2024-08-01
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Sam Tittensor,Jono,Ellie D,Becka,Chris H,
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Sam Tittensor,Jono,Chris H,Becka,Ellie D,
Balkonhoehle - Happy Campers (eventually!)
After 2 very hot trips ferrying kit up the plateau, a late start, and a great deal of faff, motivation to get underground was low. The prospect of a 3 night camp as my first expo caving trip was quite daunting, and seeing Nat's team emerge from a similar trip didn't do much to allay those fears! @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ Making good time through Northern Powerhouse & Medusa's Maze, we arrived at an u It turned out we were in the wrong place, so after a bit of a mooch about, we continued down the passage, passing through the bottom of a big chamber and down a short handline to a very different passage type, interconnected parallel ramps with a Swiss Cheesy nature. This was the location of the leads Becka had mentioned, and she & Ellie soon disappeared up a rift to the North to investigate a QMB. Whilst stood at this junction, I noticed some definite air movement, which was quickly attributed to an upwards ramp with a distinctive 'frog spawn' texture to the floor. -We followed the ramp, reaching a slippery step over an intersecting rift, with a climb down marked as a QMA on the left, and the ramp still continuing in front of us. -The far side of a second, more precarious stepover brought the exciting sight of untrodden mud, at the foot of a large boulder choke with the draught still beckoning, another QMA. +We followed the ramp, reaching a slippery step over an intersecting rift, with a climb down marked as a QMB on the left, and the ramp still continuing in front of us with a QMA marked at the end. +The far side of a second, more precarious stepover brought the exciting sight of untrodden mud, at the foot of a large boulder choke with the draught still beckoning. A careful shimmy to the edge and & bridge across put me in uncharted territory, and after ducking under an arch I was in much bigger passage, 2 huge blocks looming over me blocking the way on, with an enticing black void above. This presented an obvious barrier to further exploration, but after the echo coming back from a couple of shouts it was immediately clear we needed to investigate further.
T/U: 68.0 hours
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2024-07-12
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jw,lara,charlotte,
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jw,charlotte,lara,
garlic - thunderstruck
we walked to garlic from top and fettled the tarps and kit. then thunder, lightning and lotsa of rain struck. we dealt with this by laying down and trying to sleep under the tarp. we ended up using a bivi bag as a duvet and had a book reading session until the rain had passed. was very warm and lovely.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2024-07-20
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Marie,Wookey,Anthony,
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Marie,Anthony,Wookey,
Balcony - Balcony Camp Set up and the Pushing Begins
I love camping in unusual places and so I was excited, if not a little apprehensive for an underground camp. This would be my first surveying trip and my first trip after becoming quite in ill in Homecoming and so the fear of everything that could go wrong so deep underground for so long was quite high but luckily the thrill of adventure triumphed in the end. I was in good hands with two very experienced expo goers and offered great advice whilst packing for the trip - a special shout out to the raisins and seeds that Anthony packed which made our morning porridge significantly more palatable. I was worried we would be stuck at top camp in the pouring rain but it turns out I never fully understood the meaning of caving faff until I helped pack for an underground camp. We were only just about ready when the rain lessened up around 4pm and so we took advantage of the weather window and scampered across the plateau through a thick mist, hopes high that nothing too important had been forgotten.

We were already commenting on the ridiculous amount of gear we had to lug through the entrance series but a couple more parcels of tackle sack joy awaited us on the way since Mongol Rally still hadn't finished being rigged. An epic train of tackle sacks had to be ferried through the crawl at the top of Mongol Rally. I was tasked with scurrying up the muddy slope so that Wookey could hook his foot around the straps. The largest bag only just barely fit through. Anthony and I gave Wookey a head start to rig and rebolt and as I heard his woohoos as he abseiled into the abyss, I tried to absorb his gleeful energy and not think about the fourth tackle bag waiting for me at one of the rebelays. I started off a bit shaky but soon I was on my way, my efficiency improving with each rebelay until one of the hanging ones towards the end when I could not physically unweight my cowstails there was so much weight tugging at my harness. Once again, my despair was lightened by a cry of glee from Wookey as he had just finished rigging the final swing to the pit stop after much swinging about although mainly because I heard the word bag. Sure enough, Wookey once again came to my rescue and soon we were all down, Anthony not having the same problems I did but probably carrying more weight. (to be continued, I'm off to the lake)

T/U: 48.0 hours
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2024-07-23
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Aidan K,Rosa B,Tom Phillips,Lara B,
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Aidan K,Lara B,Rosa B,Tom Phillips,
Homecoming - Swinging into the Tube
Following the walk across the plateau with everyone and Isaac (who watched us go in before heading off to Garlic), and a lot of faff, we went down the entrance series. Lara lead the way, followed by Rosa, Tom, and then I. Tom had a battle with the entrance pitch - unaided by the 5om of rope I had given him to take down - which required teamwork and feeding him chocolate role like it's an apple to free him.

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2024-07-24
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Isaac,Harry,Chi,Lara,
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Isaac,Lara,Harry,Chi,
Homecoming - The Aborted Camping Trip
Before this entry begins I'd like to make it clear that I feel truly ashamed of my performance (or lack of one) on this trip. I failed to meet the standard expected of one signing onto a trip of this nature, and by this failure I caused a lot of negative attention to be bought onto the trip and my companions.
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2024-07-25
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Dickon Morris,Marie,Wassil,Chi,
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Dickon Morris,Chi,Marie,Wassil,
basecamp - Grabenbach Canyon

Ar ddiwrnod cinio'r expo ymgasglodd grŵp tag rag o ogofa o dan darp y cwt tatty. Roedd yr ogofwyr hyn i gyd yma am y rhesymau anghywir i gyd. Yn gyntaf, roedd y goruchaf arweinydd a'r cynllunydd teithiau Marie wedi mechnïo ar ogofa yn hytrach na golchi ei danwisg. Nesaf mae gennym Wassil a oedd yn gohirio ei draethawd meistr ac yn teimlo trueni drosto'i hun am ladd ei dennyn ei hun. Yn olaf mae gennym Dickon a benderfynodd fynd ar alldaith ogofa er ei fod yn casáu ogofa, ac o ganlyniad yn cael ei ethol yn mynd canyoning. Wrth fwrw ymlaen â ffurfio'r triawd gogoneddus hwn, penderfynodd Chi ddangos ei wyneb yn dilyn taith wersylla anghysbell na arweiniodd at wersyll yn digwydd ac a oedd ar ben colled. Mae'n debyg bod Marie, Wassil, a Dickon yn edrych fel grŵp addas i fynd â'r ceunant gyda nhw a rhywsut fe benderfynon nhw y byddai Chi yn gyd-chwaraewr addas.

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2024-07-27
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Aidan K,James M,Rosa B,
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Aidan K,Rosa B,James M,
Homecoming - Sauruman Pot
With James having replaces his mentor in our trio of pushing in the upper area of Homecoming, Rosa and I returned to our pushing in the big drippy Aven in the 4th Pitch Tube area which we believed would lead to what we were looking down to from Banana Slip.

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2024-07-28
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lucy h,sarah p,nat,lara,zac,jacob,
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lucy h,jacob,sarah p,nat,lara,zac,
balcony - bloody balcony
26th - 28th

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2024-07-28
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ZW,Lucy h,Jacob,Lara,Sarah,Nat,
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ZW,Nat,Lucy h,Jacob,Lara,Sarah,
Balkonhoehle - Who needs ascenders anyway?

Lucy having already covered much of the trip in I will only fill in the gaps alluded to

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2024-07-28
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Aidan K,Rosa B,James W,Dickon,Colin Foord,James M,
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Aidan K,James M,Rosa B,James W,Dickon,Colin Foord,
Garlic - Landscaping and Festering
We woke up to some pretty miserable clag that around 10am developed into rain - Colin had fortunately arrived about 40 minutes prior from SB so stayed dry, Dickon and James on the other hand weren't so lucky! They both got fairly wet on their walk over.

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2024-07-29
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Colin,JamesM,Aidan,
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Colin,Aidan,JamesM,
homecoming - Welsh Engineering
I was sold a nice easy surveying trip with a short pootle down a stream way. little did I know how wrong we were. we packed a single drill battery some short ropes and a few hangers just in case a few short drops were encountered. Once underground I was given the guided tour of what was known as the below Radagast series.

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2024-07-29
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Aidan K,Colin F,James M,
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Aidan K,James M,Colin F,
Homecoming - The Eye of Sauron
I was starting to lose psyche for my lead after the day of festering in Garlic and realising I might spend the entirety of my first expo in a small pointless, upper level of the system. The believed order of the day was mostly a surveying trip so we didn't bring many bolts or much rope.