Logbook edited 2024-07-25e

years/2024/logbook.html

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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-06a">2024-07-06</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>waite</u>,Jacob C,,philips,Charlotte,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>waite</u>,,philips,Charlotte,Jacob C,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">Basecamp - Setup day 1</div>
 Arrived in the afternoon and got keys from gasthof. Fridge full of other people's beer sadly. Picked up Philip S from the station and set up outside tarp and bier tent. Bier tent missing it's door ATM with a tarp rigged instead??????? Where has it gone ? Who knows?????? Gas hose fell off burner whilst cooking dinner, large plume of flame in bier tent but crisis averted
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-07a">2024-07-07</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>PhilipS</u>,Waite,,Jacob,Charlotte,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>PhilipS</u>,,Jacob,Charlotte,Waite,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">topcamp - First visit to top camp</div>
 Charlotte, James W and Jacob C going for a first carry to top camp to look at amount of snow etc., departed Gasthof at 11:00 expected back about 20:00. They are not taking the new top camp tarp up this time - it weighs 21 kg.
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-08a">2024-07-08</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>PhilipS</u>,sieds,,wassil,Julia,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>PhilipS</u>,,wassil,Julia,sieds,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">basecamp - Who went where</div>
 Everyone went up to the plateau except for Julia and Philip S. Wassil and Sieds arrived during the day.
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-09b">2024-07-09</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>waite</u>,issac,,charlotte,jacob,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>waite</u>,,charlotte,jacob,issac,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">fishface - collecting rope</div>
 no reflectors left on spits.
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-10a">2024-07-10</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>Isaac</u>,philip s,,waite,charlotte,jacob,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Isaac</u>,,waite,charlotte,jacob,philip s,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">basecamp - Bread Making</div>
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 With an afternoon of festering well on the way after arriving back from our FF rope 
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-10b">2024-07-10</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>Wassil</u>,Lara,,Sieds,Marie,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Wassil</u>,,Sieds,Marie,Lara,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">balcony - Rigging balcony entrance series</div>
 <p>We were tasked by Antony to rig the entrance series of Balkonhöhle so that he could go and rig 
 Mongol Rally (presumably a more interesting rig).</p>
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-11a">2024-07-11</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>Wassil</u>,Becka,,Marie,Jono,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Wassil</u>,,Marie,Jono,Becka,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">garlic - Setting up Garlic Cave Camp</div>
 <p>It turns out that Garlic Camp is a really good idea. 1h58 from the car park, under 20 minutes from 
 Homecoming, so I'll be spending more time there.</p>
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-11c">2024-07-11</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>waite</u>,lara,,charlotte,wook,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>waite</u>,,charlotte,wook,lara,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">homecoming - more naughty rope</div>
 We rigged the entrance to Homecoming and rigged ropes down to the up pitch. ropes after this were left insitu. wookey dissapeared behind us to play with his new toy (Sap6) he measured some pitches as far as the 4 bolt traverse at the bottom of radagast. We found the pile of rope at the bottom of the uprope to Propane Nightmares. 
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-14a">2024-07-14</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>ps</u>,Jacob,,Wookey,Marie,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>ps</u>,,Wookey,Marie,Jacob,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">basecamp - Heute ist Domstag</div>
 Delayed Onset Muscle Stiffness my walk up to StoneBridge a couple of days ago.
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-14c">2024-07-14</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>PS</u>,JL,RM,JC,,Sieds,Marie,Isaac,PB,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>PS</u>,JC,,Sieds,Marie,Isaac,PB,JL,RM,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">Basecamp - Who came down, and went up</div>
 Jacob, Marie  came down (Phil B got them?) and Marie went to bed in the attic.
 
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-15a">2024-07-15</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>Lara</u>,Issac,,Charlotte,James W,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Lara</u>,,Charlotte,James W,Issac,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">homecoming - Failed pushing but excellent sidequests</div>
 We set off from Garlic Camp to homecoming vaguely early in the morning which was a very welcome change, 20 minutes downhill walking which was lovely as long as you didn't think about the walk back up. Isaac had joined our motley crew the night before and was <em>very</em> excited for a big trip (read: scared to be beasted by Charlotte and James).
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-16b">2024-07-16</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>PS</u>,JW,,AD,Lara,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>PS</u>,,AD,Lara,JW,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">basecamp - More chundering</div>
 Anthony had a very bad night last night at Stone Bridge a couple of hours after eating, but got down today feeling a bit weak.
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-16d">2024-07-16</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>Isaac</u>,Jacob,Lara,Marie,,Ruairidh,Waite,Jono,Charlotte,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Isaac</u>,Marie,,Ruairidh,Waite,Jono,Charlotte,Jacob,Lara,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">Lake - Marie Hates Swimming</div>
 See title.
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-18a">2024-07-18</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>Lara</u>,James W,,Jacob,Charlotte,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Lara</u>,,Jacob,Charlotte,James W,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">homecoming - There and there and there and back again</div>
 When I emerged from homecoming and realised the stars were only just still visible because it was dawn I seriously considered if I'd left some of my sanity down by the pushing front. We had finished faffing and started descending around midday the day before, a solid 16 and a half hours ago. 
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-20a">2024-07-20</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>PS</u>,Colin,,Christian,Harry,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>PS</u>,,Christian,Harry,Colin,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">Bascamp - New arrivals</div>
 Christian, Harry and Colin arrived.
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-21a">2024-07-21</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>Philip S</u>,Aidan,,Dickon,Tom,Rosa,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Philip S</u>,,Dickon,Tom,Rosa,Aidan,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">basecamp - New arrivals today</div>
 One car arrived:
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-21b">2024-07-21</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>Philip S</u>,harry,,chi,Charlotte,lara,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Philip S</u>,,chi,Charlotte,lara,harry,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">plateau - Surface walk from col to Geschwantalm</div>
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-21c">2024-07-21</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>Lara</u>,Chi,,Charlotte,Harry,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Lara</u>,,Charlotte,Harry,Chi,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">Homecoming - A satisfying but not very useful result</div>
 Slavedriver Payne woke us up early and we got up the hill vaguely fast (despite Chi's moderate faff). Unfortunately further faff then occurred at the entrance to Homecoming. This included further effort towards the Gordian Knot from the first Homecoming trip, which concluded in Chi doing an Alexander the Great. We ended up with two ropes. Chi also spent <em> some </em> time reconstructing a pantin from two broken ones (it didn't work). Clearly one person was the issue here. *editorial note: it would transpire that Lara concluded faffing a good 20 mins after the futile pantin was birthed*
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-22d">2024-07-22</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>Rosa B</u>,Jono L,,Jacob C,Aidan K,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Rosa B</u>,,Jacob C,Aidan K,Jono L,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">Menstrual Tunnel - My first underground trip abroad</div>
 I asked Jono for him to teach me to survey and which he enthusiastically agreed. The next morning he came up with a grin telling me to grab my helmet and my swimming costume????? and get in the landy. We arrived in a car park with Jono keeping the plan quiet and walked us alo0ng the river opposite a chinese. Across the river under the chinese was a small tunnel. It was a battle to get into the tunnel with the strong torrent of water trying to push us down. I mistakenly volunteered to go in to mark the survey point with my finger and was instantly hit by slime underfoot and a grotesque smell. I concealed my disgust and headed in. The others took their time learning about the survey device and choosing their spot. Then they entered with much dramatica, Jono gagging and threatening to throw up, Aidan doing his best to avoid the slime and Jacob quietly disgusted. At this point we noticed the used menstrual products next to me and the strong scent of fecal matter. We sped up the process with Aidan valiantly fighting the cobwebs. Much surveying was learnt and ready to try in an actual trip. We made a quick escape all taking time to wash thoroughly in the river. 
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-23c">2024-07-23</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>Aidan K</u>,Lara B,,Tom Phillips,Rosa B,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Aidan K</u>,,Tom Phillips,Rosa B,Lara B,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">Homecoming - Swinging into the Tube</div>
 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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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-25d">2024-07-25</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>Philip S</u>,PB,Nat,,Zac,Becka,Sarah,, *Sandy</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Philip S</u>,,Zac,Becka,Sarah,PB,Nat,, *Sandy</div>
 <div class="triptitle">plateau - Entrance spotting</div>
 Lift up with Nat, Sarah and Zac, they went off to topcamp and from the col I wandered down and around the near plateau photographing whatever entrances and tags I could find.<br>
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 I am joking, of course. This is my third year now on the CUCC expedition after first hearing about it many many years ago when I was a shy fresher in DUSA, and so it really has been an honor to be able to give something back to the cause that gave me so much over the years. I won’t lie, it has been tough at times though, especially when some of you seem allergic to opening your emails or turning up to meetings!
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 I sometimes think of Expo as some weird Tolkienesque Lord of the Rings marathon. We are all here for what normally is five weeks of some rather adventurous and testing environments but as he said, 
 Roads go ever ever on,
 Over rock and under tree,
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 To quote Isaac, “Are we like the Gemsa? Gracefully making their way across the plateau. They have adapted themselves to a hospitable environment, ensuring they prosper. They are hardy, agile. Or are we like the bunde? Steadfast and reliable. Yes, it can be prickly and rough if you force yourself against it, but also a valued handhold of support. An appreciated sight when traversing the airy segments of the plateau.”
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 In all seriousness, I am actually incredibly proud of what we have achieved this year. We have a brand-new tarp in a camp that is barely being used, we have a too-small tarp in a camp that’s being used too much and expanded above its capacity. We have a new communications system in its Alpha phase, with the possibilities of 24/7 communications and wifi! New drills that actually can do more than three holes, and of course a ridiculous amount of gear. 2024 has definitely had its challenges, from illness to a smaller team at the start rigging what are now two very deep caves, but we ever push forward to our main goal: to connect to the Dashstein.
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 We are all exploring one of the last final frontiers. We have seen and explored places no person has ever seen in the history of humanity, and we are building on what is nearly 50 years of experience and work of this expedition. 
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2024-07-26a">2024-07-26</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>ZW</u>,James w,Colin,,Philip S,Nat,Sarah,</div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>ZW</u>,,Philip S,Nat,Sarah,James w,Colin,</div>
 <div class="triptitle">topcamp - Top camp bounce</div>
 Sarah, Nat, Zac and Phil drove up the loser. We then hiked up to the Col. It being Sarah, Nat and Zac's first time up since the installation of the new cable car, we were quite taken unawares by the new path from the car park. From there it was plain hiking up to the col. Once at the Col, Phil s parted ways and headed off on his own adventures. Sarah, Nat and Zac, meanwhile hiked on to top camp. Once there we caught Becka as she was leaving and James W and Colin as they were thinking about leaving. After a little faffing and some noodles, we rang down to base camp to ask what kit we should carry down. We were told only some some roll mats and camp beds for Garlic. Packing these, alongside some tackle sacks from a recent Balkon trip (See report), we began to head down. Zac Lagged behind a lot of the way as his new shoes were wearing on his feet. But eventually we reached the loser car park where we all packed, tightly, into Sarah's car and drove down the hill.
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