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@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ came out at the top of a rift that we could climb/slither down, leading
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on a ledge above a pitch that we carefully traversed around.</p>
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<p>We followed the draft into big passage, at first we followed it to a
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rift lvel, climbing over big boulders – this led to a hole in the
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rift level, climbing over big boulders – this led to a hole in the
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floor, so we went back and followed at the base of the passage, past
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some pretty mud, down a climb and some more mud. We eventually got to a
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pitch that we had no gear to descend or cross. The draft and passage
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@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ quite a pitch below and we removed quite a few of the footholds last
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time (to clatter down the pitch).</p>
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<p>Went to the pushing front and rigged over the pitch, following the
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draft. Shortly after the passage mad a sharp right hand turn into
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draft. Shortly after the passage made a sharp right hand turn into
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passage that was much more phreatic in character ~2m wide. We then hit
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another rift was also strongly drafted, doubling the strength of the
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draft in the passage heading for ICH – it is seriously cold and windy.
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@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ This is “The Coldest Place in Earth”.</p>
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rope and Olly rigged it across the traverse and down the short pitch
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to a gloopy muddy pool below. We continued along the rift beyond,
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which headed fairly persistently east. We stopped when another pitch
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blocked our way on. This looked like a long traverse was needed then
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blocked our way on. This looked like a longer traverse was needed then
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we had rope for. We surveyed out getting colder and colder as we
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went.</p>
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@@ -153,21 +153,21 @@ went.</p>
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<p>Back into Sleepless, re-rigging some ropes along the way to free up
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what we needed for later. Got the The Coldest place in Earth, Olly is
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going first, and he discoveres what happens if you use a rack, it
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going first, and he discovers what happens if you use a rack, it
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isn’t locked off and you don’t keep hold of the down rope.
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Fortunately the pitch is only ~5m high, he was already down 1m and he
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landed in soft squelchy mud. Still it was a very scary few moments for
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both of us…<p>
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<p>Got to yesterdays pushing front and Olly preceeded to bolt down the
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pitch into passage beyond. To keep watm I drew the elevation that got
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pitch into passage beyond. To keep warm I drew the elevation that got
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missed yesterday. After traversing over the pitch we followed the
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walking size rift on (with the draft), over a short climb and a hole and
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to a widening. This time the way on is down a short pitch to some more
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squelchy mud pools and sadly another pitch that we don’t have rope
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for.</p>
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<p>Olly comes up with the mad idea that I reassessed the reascend the
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<p>Olly comes up with the mad idea that I reascend the
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previous pitch, throw him the rope so he can see what happens on the
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next pitch. I took both slings up with me to aid with me getting the
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rope back. Amazingly the mad plan worked. Olly ascertained that the
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@@ -189,13 +189,13 @@ on. The passage is now much riftier and less obvious what level to be
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at. We stay at the level of the bottom of the pitch, not the floor
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trench and traverse along until we have to drop down a bit. A bit
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further on the passage widens and we rig a short rope to get to a lower
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level. A pitch drops deeper but we continue a long with the draft. We
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level. A pitch drops deeper but we continue along with the draft. We
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stay either at the base of the rift or <4m above mostly and work our way
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along. Sadly we then get to another pitch in the way.</p>
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<p>Olly rigged round, it took him a while as each time he hammered to dress
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the rock, flake fell and boomed down the pitch. I kept telling myself it
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was a really short pitch that echoed alot... There was nowhere to wait
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was a really short pitch that echoed a lot... There was nowhere to wait
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out of the draft and I started to wonder why I had used up nearly a
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whole years worth of annual leave to sit and shiver in Austria.
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Fortunately Olly got to the other side with 1 hanger left to rig there.
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@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ jammer too far away from me to undo with cold fingers and I got
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increasingly unhappy.</p>
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<p>I finally made it to the other side where I told Olly this was the worse
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thing he had ever rigged and that we might die when we have to retun to
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thing he had ever rigged and that we might die when we have to return to
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get out the cave. Fortunately he took it as a compliment...</p>
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<p>We continued on with the draft (which might be a bit weaker), until we
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@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ out but we were keen to survey back before we went down the hill.</p>
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<p>As luck would have it we didn't die on the way out but I still whimpered
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quite a lot despite trying to be brave. This is called Too Bold for this
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Spit as Olly lifted a Hilti out on the way back. We got the Makita drill
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and batteries out of the cave, and surveyed back to the previous dat,
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and batteries out of the cave, and surveyed back to the previous day,
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Also we made our call out and nearly got to the car park in time, where
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Julian was patiently waiting to take us down the hill.</p>
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@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ Julian was patiently waiting to take us down the hill.</p>
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<div class="triptitle">258 Rigging</div>
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<p>Becka rigged Caramel Catharsis then showed Chris and Mike the top of
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String Theory which Chris made a start om rigging whilst Becka headed
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out to help Holly, Anthony + martin with top camp bivvy fettling.</p>
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String Theory which Chris made a start on rigging whilst Becka headed
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out to help Holly, Anthony + Martin with top camp bivvy fettling.</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: Becka 5 hours Chris+Mike 7hrs</div>
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@@ -267,20 +267,20 @@ decent rigging guides before Expo next year.</p>
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<div class="trippeople">Chris, <u>Becka</u>, Holly, Mike</div>
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<div class="triptitle">258 Rigging and AT LAST some pushing</div>
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<p>Chris + Becka headed in early. becka finished rigging
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<p>Chris + Becka headed in early. Becka finished rigging
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Procrastination which was dead easy to rig, all the bolts first where
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Norl's rigging guide said they would be, unlike String Thoery where
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bolts were heard to spot. Chris + I then bodged the traverse at the
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Noel's rigging guide said they would be, unlike String Thoery where
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bolts were hard to spot. Chris + I then bodged the traverse at the
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bottom to a broken chamber + then an ugly expo rig on naturals down
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aprrox. 4m. Holly + Mike turned up with the drill + Holly bolted the
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approx. 4m. Holly + Mike turned up with the drill + Holly bolted the
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pitch down which finished. They surveyed + headed out. Chris + I had
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surveyed the upper section then Chris shimmied up a climb then got the
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drill when Holly had finished with it + rigged it them added a few
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drill when Holly had finished with it + rigged it then added a few
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bolts - strong draft coming from a small hole in the ceiling&ellipsis; draft
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good but passage dimensions not great. Chris then bolted a proper pitch
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to avoid the expo rig then headed up whilst Becka re-rigged with bolts
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the traveerese at the bottom of Procrastination. We got 11 holes out of
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one battery - surprisingly good&ellipsis; soft rock.</p>
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the traverse at the bottom of Procrastination. We got 11 holes out of
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one battery - surprisingly good&ellipsis; soft rock?</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: Chris + Becka 11 hours, Holy + Mike 10 hours</div>
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@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ teetering boulder so we left that as a good high level lead. Matt +
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Anthony caught up + we looked at the snow + pine needle aven which
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was very full of snow this year so no way up. Then took Mike + Matt to
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Just for a Laugh + they dropped the 25m pitch at 07-56A which was
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blind whilst I went with anthony to Naughty Naughty. Unfortunately
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blind whilst I went with Anthony to Naughty Naughty. Unfortunately
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Anthony couldn't turn to get around the Z bend so Becka went alone to
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check the leads at the end. Frustratingly failed to find where the
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strong draft was going to but it was still there at ceiling level in
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@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ walking.</p>
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<p>Changed rope at top of pitch from 80m to 40m then carried on using
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80m at large Y-hang at ledge. Hung about on rope for 3 hrs whilst
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locating spits. was very disappointed in self for not getting to floor
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and leaving Anthonu to get very cold at top of pitch. However first
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locating spits. Was very disappointed in self for not getting to floor
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and leaving Anthony to get very cold at top of pitch. However first
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pitch of this size that I've ever attempted to rig, so happy with self
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for the attempt at least.</p>
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@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@ Girl</div>
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<p>Just to add our part to Becka's report two sides back - took our time
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on way in to give Becka + Chris time to finish rigging
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procrastination. All going well until climbing up bouldery slope between
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usual Susspects + String Theory, when two large boulders slid down
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Procrastination. All going well until climbing up bouldery slope between
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Usual Suspects + String Theory, when two large boulders slid down
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slope with a Holly holding on thinking of imminent squishish. Thankfully
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they stopped slidding with only a swollen and grazed hand to show for [smiley].
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Mike kicked boulders down to prevent future issues and we carried on to
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@@ -357,15 +357,15 @@ with only a couple of rub points to deal with on the way out.</p>
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<p>10m pitch turned out to be much biger - probably about 30m so this took
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a little longer than expected to rig. Floor of pitch was again bouldery
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hall angled down held together by soil. There was a small hole at bottom
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hell angled down held together by soil. There was a small hole at bottom
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which I declared there was no way I was entering this. (I have decided
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that in Noel's absence Tunnocks is targeting me). Mike heroically
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that in Noel's absence Tunnocks is targetting me). Mike heroically
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climbed in, declared it scary and choked. We surveyed quickly and headed
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out. Later when writing ip survey notes I dsicovered Mike had called
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this 'Surfer girl' after my early boulder surfing! Also up to this date
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out. Later when writing up survey notes I discovered Mike had called
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this 'Surfer Girl' after my early boulder surfing! Also up to this date
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this is the deepest part of Tunnocks at -397! Woo hoo! [smiley]</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 10hr</div>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: ~10hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2013-07-30c">2013-07-30</div>
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@@ -374,18 +374,18 @@ this is the deepest part of Tunnocks at -397! Woo hoo! [smiley]</p>
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<p>With 3 bags between us, 1 with a drill + two for rope we headed to
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the far north of Tunnocks for pushing my infamous lead. Mike chose to
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come with me as he was blissfully ignorant of my lead! [smiley]</p>
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come with me as he was blistfully ignorant of my lead! [smiley]</p>
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<p>Rigged Hooray for Boobies + cut end of rope for small pitch in the
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Flap - which turned out to be perfect (this rope was orginally a 39m).
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Then came the Flap! here Mike releasised he'd been sold a dud! But he
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Flap ~> which turned out to be perfect (this rope was orginally a 39m).
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Then came the Flap! here Mike realised he'd been sold a dud! But he
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carried on relentlessly with his uber-bag + by following survey
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stations we eventually found ourselves at the top of the pitch. Feeling
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guilty for dragging Mike here I encouraged him to rig the pitch. We
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carefully passed rigging items back and forth to each other in order to
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not drop them down the ptich (we were nicely wedged above the pitch, but
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smaller items would fall all the way to the floor). Mike beautifully
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rigged the pitch as follows <img alt="riging topo of pitch beyond the
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rigged the pitch as follows <img alt="rigging topo of pitch beyond the
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flap" src="./logbkimg01.png">.</p>
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<p>A 39m rope was used, however Mike had to 'elastic band' the rope between
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@@ -394,10 +394,10 @@ Mike landed on a ledge with another pitch (estimated as 25m). Having run
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out of rope and time we headed out with Mike declaring it as a good
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lead.... MuWhahaha! Muwhahahahahahaha!! Determination pays off!
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Although I'm not sure anyone else is going to be pleased. More
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Determination is required for further trips and so it's name is born ->
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'The Determiniation Series'.</p>
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Determination is required for further trips and so it's name is born ->
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The Determiniation Series.</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 10hr</div>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: ~10hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2013-08-02b">2013-08-02</div>
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<p>Lured by tales of an ongoing spacious pitch series, I found myself heading off to Holly’s
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favourite lead at the far north of Tunnocks. After the usual tedium of the entrance series,
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a long sweaty uphill stromp through Flying High etc, we found ourselves staring at the start
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a long sweaty uphill stomp through Flying High etc, we found ourselves staring at the start
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of ‘The Flap’ after ~2½ hours. Having been this far last year I had a rough
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idea what to expect. I was informed that there was a double bend that Mike had not
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appreciated due to long legs but was assured that it would be alright. The double bend did
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indeed prove to be quite entertaining: it took me three attempts with much wibbling and
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encouragement from Chris and Holly to coax my ample frame through. I’m not used to proper
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caving at the best of times – especially within Austria!</p>
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caving at the best of times &endash; especially within Austria!</p>
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<p>However the pitch at the far end is most fine – a nice rift pitch that would not look out
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<p>However the pitch at the far end is most fine &endash; a nice rift pitch that would not look out
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of place in Yorkshire. Chris bolted the next pitch which is ~35m split by a small
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ledge about halfway down. The continuing rift at the bottom (thankfully much larger than the
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rift at the top) continues down, quickly reaching a further pitch with a drop of ~3
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@@ -425,12 +425,12 @@ guesswork concerning the length of this pitch and the undescended pitch it appea
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Determination Series is getting close to the level of the horizontal development at the
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bottom of String Theory.</p>
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<img alt="riging topo - 2nd pitch of Determination"
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<img alt="rigging topo - 2nd pitch of Determination"
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src="./logbkimg02.png">
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<p>With that, it was time to do battle with ‘The Flap/ again. This time, Holly had to
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<p>With that, it was time to do battle with 'The Flap' again. This time, Holly had to
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perform an overtaking manoeuvre in the rift in order to show me how it should be done. With
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that obstacle overcame we slogged back to the entrance and staggered back to Top Camp
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that obstacle overcome we slogged back to the entrance and staggered back to Top Camp
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running on empty.</p>
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<p>Overall a most satisfying and productive day. Thanks to Holly and Chris for coaxing me
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@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ through the small bits.</p>
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<div class="trippeople">Joe B, <u>Stuart W</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">Tunncoks</div>
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<p>Took five ropes into cave and rigged entrance series to bottom of third pitch. Left rope
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<p>Took five ropes into cave and rigged entrance series to bottom of 3rd pitch. Left rope
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on final bolt in tackle sacks. Not much snow. Both warm during rift. A lead may have
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appeared at final slope on entrance pitch due to melt.</p>
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@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ rope. Both rather warm during trip. Exit uneventful.</p>
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<p>Fetched the gear we’d dumped yesterday just beyond the boulder choke + tottered down
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Flying High to dump them at Starfish Junction. Left a tacklesack arrow for the others then
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up to the snow + leaves aven. I climbed up as far as the window in the main aven but way
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on blocked with snow – cool draft coming out though. Then to the end of the passage where
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on blocked with snow &endash; cool draft coming out though. Then to the end of the passage where
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Matt thought 07-60x looked worth returning to. Back at Starfish discovered the others had
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missed our arrow but taken our bags to Caramel Catharsis so we went via the Just For a Laugh
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route to the top of String Theory to meet them packing the gear that Chris and Anthony had
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@@ -485,17 +485,17 @@ group leaving the entrance and slogged out with fat tacklesacks.</p>
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<p>Becka started bolting across the traverse from 31/7 to reach aven, then Chris took over
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while Matt froze in the gale. After some time I reached the top:</br>
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<img alt="Elevation and riging topo for Bring on the Clowns"
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<img alt="Elevation and rigging topo for Bring on the Clowns"
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src="./logbkimg03.png"></p>
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<p>Stepping across the top to the passage at the top of the aven,
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initially all I could see was a body sized tube at the top of another
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2m climb. But surely all that air could not come from such a small
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hole? Indeed, another cross passage materialised. Becka came up the
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now ridiculous rig to look while Matt valiantly volunteered to being
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now ridiculous rig to look while Matt valiantly volunteered to begin
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prussicking out as time was getting on. The cross passage zig-zagged
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back after back after a few meters, but a too exposed climb at the end
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soon saw Becka back thritching up to the body sized tube – it all
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back after a few metres, but a too exposed climb at the end
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soon saw Becka back thrutching up to the body sized tube &endash; it all
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reconnected up with the zig zag at the head if a big pitch: [plan sketch]</p>
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<p>At ca. 6:30pm as Becka was prussicking up lower Procrastination pitch there was a sudden
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@@ -505,29 +505,29 @@ later Becka appeared looking rather wide-eyed but extremely clean.</p>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2013-08-06b">2013-08-06</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Chris</u>, Anthony</div>
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<div class="triptitle">258 Tunnocks – The Number of the Beast</div>
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<div class="triptitle">258 Tunnocks – The Number of the Beast?</div>
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<p>Dour + Chris took in over 100m rope to see what they could do with the pitch at the top
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<p>Dour + Chris took in 100m rope to see what they could do with the pitch at the top
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of Bring on the Clowns. On the way in Chris put in a bolt to shift the Procrastination part
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II Y-hang one bolt over in an attempt to hand the rope out to dry after Becka’s exit on
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II Y-hang one bolt over in an attempt to hang the rope out to dry after Becka’s exit on
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previous trip. Any further would unfortunately have reached another trickle/torrent in
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rain.</p>
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<p>While Chris spent a while converting the messy crochet into something resembling a
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reasonable rig up Bring on the Clowns. Anthony begin rigging the pitch down at the top, into
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the wind. Some 30m down he met the wall of the shaft. So came nack up and Chris went down
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with the drill and thrubolts (having run out of Hiltis 2 days ago).[elv/rigging guide of The Number of the Beast*]</p>
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reasonable rig up Bring on the Clowns, Anthony began rigging the pitch down at the top, into
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the wind. Some 30m down he met the wall of the shaft. So came back up and Chris went down
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with the drill & thrubolts (having run out of Hiltis 2 days ago).[elv/rigging guide of The Number of the Beast*]</p>
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<p>* Dour: "Can you remember those numbers while I get my bok out?"</br>
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<p>* Dour: "Can you remember those numbers while I get my book out?"</br>
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Chris: "Maybe. Distance 6.66, Clino +66, Ooer!"</p>
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<p>At the bottom was a 3s drop down a dribbly shaft, but we eschewed this is favour of a
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shorter, rubblier, older & windier short drops (2 bolts). At the bottom was another drop –
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<p>At the bottom was a 3s drop down a dribbly shaft, but we eschewed this is favour of a
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shorter, rubblier, older & windier short drop (2 bolts). At the bottom was another drop &endash;
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with the wind issuing out of a steep rift cutting down steeply. A couple of spits saw us
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down this (having run out of thrubolts) to the top of a few metre pitch, which another bolt
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saw us down to big rift passage with a 4 to 4 second drop and the wind in our faces.</p>
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saw us down to big rift passage with a 3-4 second drop and the wind in our faces.</p>
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<p>We were out of rope and were down to our last 2 clowns. Sadly we realised there were not
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<p>We were out of rope & were down to our last 2 clowns. Sadly we realised there were not
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going to be enough people left on expo to take this further so we surveyed and derigged out
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to the top of String Theory, out at 6am.</p>
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@@ -544,9 +544,9 @@ to the top of String Theory, out at 6am.</p>
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<li>24 entrances</li>
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<li>30 years of expeditions</li>
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<li>this year - from Normway and NZ</li>
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<li>5 joint members of Verein für Hölenkunde in Obersteir (VfHO)</li>
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<li>5 joint members of Verein für Hölenkunde in Obersteir (VfHO)</li>
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<li>This year - saved 2 sheep from 3 holes </li>
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<li>Project + bunch of intellectuals -> world leading cave surveying software.</li>
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<li>Project + bunch of intellectuals -> world leading cave surveying software.</li>
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<li>Support (hospitality) of family Wilpernig over 30 years here </li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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@@ -560,24 +560,24 @@ to the top of String Theory, out at 6am.</p>
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had identified a number of holes in the area of which Matt had already dropped a couple. Of
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these it was deemed Antsinpantsschacht was the most promising lead.</p>
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<p>The first pitch had previously been dropped by Matt –> a lovely y-hang off two naturals
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<p>The first pitch had previously been dropped by Matt &endash;> a lovely Y-hang off two naturals
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straight down to a snow and ice bridge 30m down. Becka & I had headed off to AinP ahead of
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the others to rerig the entrance (the rope had been removed after the prospecting but the
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the others to re-rig the entrance (the rope had been removed after the prospecting but the
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slings had been left in place) I re-rigged this pitch feeling a little precarious as I
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wasn’t wearing my oversuit or helmet! (It was a fine hot day so less clothes was needed
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here).</p>
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<p>Becka then headed down to the ice bridge with crowbar in hand (or stuffed down the side
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of her harness). The ice bridge was a very large but thin block of ice which we had to climb
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under in order to proceed further into the cave. We weren’t sure how stable this was and it
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under in order to proceed further into the cave. We weren’t sure how stable this was & it
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would definitely hurt if it collapsed on you! So Becka spent a good 15 mins giving it a bash
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with the crowbar. It didn’t break so we hoped that meant it was OK as we swapped places and
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I headed under the snow bridge with drill, rope and all the other bits and pieces for
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I headed under the snow bridge with drill, rope & all the other bits and pieces for
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vertical cave exploration.</p>
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<p>The way on was through a hole in the ice in a corner of the cave. This was tube like with
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one half made of ice and the other half being the cave wall. Unfortunately this is where I
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realised that perhaps this wasn’t going to be a great entrance alternative – the hole in the
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one half made of ice + the other half being the cave wall. Unfortunately this is where I
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realised that perhaps this wasn’t going to be a great entrance alternative ~> the hole in the
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ice was the consequence of water running down the wall of the pitch and therefore I suspect
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that during a thunderstorm this tube becomes impassable. But as we were already here we
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carried on regardless (plus it was lovely + sunny with no fear of rain). So I set up a
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@@ -586,10 +586,10 @@ inside the ice with a constant stream of water flowing down into my wellies! A r
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needed a few metres down + then the pitch widened out. About halfway down a horizontal
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snow tube appeared on the left(?) which appears to provide a parallel pitch through the ice. As
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this was the drier option I chose to continue with the route through here. As I was putting
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in the Y-hang to drop the pitch becka arrived to hang out on the snow. By this point my feet
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were very cold and I was very happy when I got to move my feet from the ice to rock. I then
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headed down to the floor – which ended on a bouldery floor with no further way on. We were
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blocked in by the ice. By this point I was pretty cold and so was Becka from sitting on
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in the Y-hang to drop the pitch Becka arrived to hang out on the snow. By this point my feet
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were very cold & I was very happy when I got to move my feet from the ice to rock. I then
|
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headed down to the floor &endash; which ended on a bouldery floor with no further way on. We were
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blocked in by the ice. By this point I was pretty cold & so was Becka from sitting on
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snow. We had a quick discussion regarding surveying as Matt had come down to join us
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too. Due to logistics Becka + I surveyed out + sent Matt out with our bags. This has to
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be the coldest survey ever! By the time I was heading up the entrance pitch my feet were so
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@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ reflecting on what a shame it was that there is still no way through.</p>
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[Rigging Guide]
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 4hrs?</div>
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<div class="timeug">T/U-> 4hrs?</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2013-08-03a">2013-08-03</div>
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@@ -608,26 +608,26 @@ reflecting on what a shame it was that there is still no way through.</p>
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<p>The last trip down Determination saw us dropping two more pitches deeper down in this
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part of the system. No major comments for the journey in except that I’ll quote Becka who
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||||
said the following about the Flap (rift): “this is lovely” – Yes that’s right – my rift is
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said the following about the Flap (rift): “this is lovely!” – Yes that’s right – my rift is
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lovely! Ha! You’re all wimps! [smiley]</p>
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[Ed: One para crossed out] (Sorry this didn't make sense! It's too early after expo dinner)
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<p>[Ed: One para crossed out] (Sorry this didn't make sense! It's too early after expo dinner)</p>
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<p>Previously Anthony + I hadn’t managed to finish surveying out so whilst Becka + Fleur
|
||||
finished this I headed to the pushing front.(That's better!) Chris D had already placed 3 bolts so I
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finished this I headed to the pushing front. (That's better!) Chris D had already placed 3 bolts so I
|
||||
commenced rigging. But before heading down I noticed that large parts of the wall had long
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cracks. After taking a hammer to these some fairly large boulders fell down the pitch + I
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||||
carried on. About 10m down I landed on a ledge + needed to put a rebelay in. But this
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||||
would cause a rub point further up the pitch and there I prussicked back up the pitch a few
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||||
meters to place a deviation. This took me ages as I kept swinging off around the pitch where
|
||||
metres to place a deviation. This took me ages as I kept swinging off around the pitch where
|
||||
my sky hook kept falling off. Eventually after drilling 2.5 holes (oh dear) I had my
|
||||
deviation + headed down to place my rebelay, It would actually be much better (+ easier)
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||||
deviation + headed down to place my rebelay. It would actually be much better (+ easier)
|
||||
to place a deviation much higher up.</p>
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||||
|
||||
<p>Eventually I headed down + landed in on another ledge with a rift in the right hand
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||||
corneer which opens out onto a second ledge, 3(ish)m down. After placing a couple of
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||||
<p>Eventually I headed down + landed on another ledge with a rift in the RH
|
||||
corner which opens out onto a second ledge, 3(ish)m down. After placing a couple of
|
||||
bolts I landed on this ledge and discovered a couple of horizontal tubes which led off from
|
||||
here. Whilst I paced a Y-hang + dropped the next Becka + Fleur had a look in here. One
|
||||
here. Whilst I placed a Y-hang + dropped the next pitch Becka + Fleur had a look in here. One
|
||||
is a QMA (though quite small) with strong draft heading into cave + very squelchy mud
|
||||
lining the bottom.</p>
|
||||
|
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@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ way. By the time we exited the rift we were knackered. We had 4 uber tacklesacks
|
||||
with 6 bags worth of rope (calculated from the number of bags that brought it into the
|
||||
cave). Becka had done the rift 3 times lugging the bags through!</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The three of us managed to drag the bafs to March of the Penguins where we then dumped
|
||||
<p>The three of us managed to drag the bags to March of the Penguins where we then dumped
|
||||
some weight to collect another day & also make our call out!</p>
|
||||
|
||||
[rigging diagram]
|
||||
@@ -662,13 +662,13 @@ ropeless. Dropped straight down here and did some loopy bits to connect stuff.</
|
||||
together. There are now no leads here.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Went back along ropeless towards the passage heading to 76. I spotted a roof tube which I
|
||||
climbed up into. It reconnected a few meters on, nut then continued. We followed the passage
|
||||
climbed up into. It reconnected a few meters on, but then continued. We followed the passage
|
||||
up until it rejoined where the rope comes in. Surveyed back.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Went to the lead towards 76. Clambered down and then traversed along at a widening above floor
|
||||
level. It was tight at first then became more keyhole like. The floor/rift trench turned off
|
||||
to the right and the phreas (which was getting bigger) went stragiht on. Followed the big
|
||||
phreas called Wonderland. We got to a couple of junctions turned right each time (towards
|
||||
to the right and the phreas (which was getting bigger) went straight on. Followed the big
|
||||
phreas called <u>Wonderland</u>. We got to a couple of junctions, turned right each time (towards
|
||||
76!). Eventually the passage got smaller and full of soil.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Surveyed out until we realised we
|
||||
|
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