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Sorry about all the crap that surrounds the image tags which has been imported along with the content
when UK Caving blogs have been parsed.
Exported on 2025-07-14 21:07 using either the control panel webpage or when editing a logbook entry online
Exported on 2025-07-15 15:07 using either the control panel webpage or when editing a logbook entry online
See troggle/code/views/other.py and core.models/logbooks.py writelogbook(year, filename)
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With time ticking on we thought it best to begin our return journey, especially given the lengthy duration of our outwards voyage. However, before too long Hamish had discovered another promising entrance, this time definitively lacking any associated GPS blob. We whacked some bolts in and Hamish started off down the 45 degree snow slope which formed the passage floor. By the time he had confirmed its termination a short 10 metres later he was approaching hypothermia, so once he was out I fired some splays down for a rough survey and then we made our escape. (Frosty Bear was consequently born). After a remarkably short bunde bash we popped out onto the Fishface path just above Nadia’s Demise, reconfirming that this is the superior route for exploring the southern flank of the Valley of Death. Following some swift noodlage at top camp we scampered back to the car park, as the weather pulled an uno reverse and switched to 20 degrees blinding heat. A frustrating day which offered far fewer returns than we would have liked, but more achieved than had we not set out at all (just).
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<div class="trippeople"><u>nobody</u>, c. densham, chris-densham</div>
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Having received a report that 'my' water system at top camp was leaking and had lost the last week of rain, I resigned myself to jacking on my first trip into KH for 18 years and instead went shopping for plumber's sealant. I then received a personal message that there had been a fire at Top Camp and my bivvi spot had not fared well. A gondola ride and walk up the hill allowed me to inspect the situation. Dylan and Dan, on a break from Popper pot, explained how Dylan had escaped a near death experience the night before. A stack of 3 campbeds had had 24 nightlights placed directly upon it in the hope that the combustion of the hydrocarbon (generating CO2 and, er, H2O), might somehow dispel the dampness in a furry suit hanging from the tarpaulin support ropes above. Photographic evidence, apparently, exists. Dylan, sleeping in the tier above, was woken by the smell of thick black smoke and observed a conflagration of the camp bed stack below. It seems that burning liquid wax soaking into a dry and absorbent cloth made an excellent wick. Who could have predicted such a mechanism? Dan made a rapid exit from his pit and led the swift discharge of the camp's remaining water supply on the fire, putting it out and minimising the collateral damage. The final toll was 3 camp beds, my 1st aid kit, 2 batteries, a pair of gloves and a new 2 ft diameter hole in the tarp. Fortunately those pesky EU bureaucrats had mandated a fire retardant to be incorporated in the tarpaulin meaning that the entire sleeping top camp party were not burnt to a crisp in their beds.
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As for the leaking water system, the connector for the new large green water butt (gifted to expo by a few old lags) appeared to have been loosened by someone or something unknown. The absent top camp team appeared to have valved this off, but not before all the water was gone. This was retightened before the next shower, and the water butts were half full before a return to base was called for.
NB: Please don't unscrew/undo any of the water barrel fittings.
NB2: When all 4 barrels are reasonably full, valve off all but the furthest barrel (which is filled by the colleaction tarp) at the 4-way manifold. That way, if some rodent has worked out how to loosen one of the butt fittings only one barrel of water will be lost at a time.
NB3: Please get into the habit of checking the water system for leaks/ unexpected drops in water level before heading down the hill
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