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<div class="trippeople"><u>Mealy</u>,Jonty, Emily </div>
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<div class="triptitle">Fishface - Digging the snow out of Fishface entrance</div>
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<p>After a carrying day on the 2nd, we suspected ff would be snowed in. A faff morning of aquiring shovel. We got to ff with shovels, discovering it did need digging. Jonty got particularly in to this, producing quit the snow trench.
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<p>After a carrying day on the 2nd, we suspected ff would be snowed in. A faff morning of aquiring shovel. We got to ff with shovels, discovering it
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did need digging. Jonty got particularly in to this, producing quit the snow trench.
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2023-07-04d">2023-04-10</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2023-07-10u">2023-07-10</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Buck</u>,Joel, Mealy, Jonty, Janis, Ash </div>
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<div class="triptitle">Fishface - Carrying rope to Fishface and failing to rig entrance </div>
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<p>After the complicated operation of handling the solar panels out of the storage cave, the six of us packed kit, rope and a rescue bag and st off for Fishface. It was a hot but pleasant walk and the route was well marked. We arrivced and stashed bags under a nearby overhang then entered through the hole dug through the snow the previous day. Janis and Ash did not go down the cave, instead heading back to top camp, but were a great help hauling rope to the entrance. It was only when we reached the first pitch that we realised that (contrary to what we'd been informed) hangers had not been left in the cave. [Ed. This a lie]. Plus, we hadn't realised it was all bolted with spits so even if we had brought hangers, we wouldn't have had the bolts to rig it.
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<p>We decided to sit and sulk for a while. Joel contemplate running all the way back to top camp to get bolts + hangers, but given the weather forecast of rain latert, we didn't want to end up caving too late. After ~20 minutes, we left the cave. Mealy kicked an icicle at Jonty on the way out. We left the rope underground, by the head of the first pitch and left our caving kit under the small overhand near the entrance, then headed back to top camp.
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<p>After the complicated operation of handling the solar panels out of the storage cave, the six of us packed kit, rope and a rescue bag and set off
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for Fishface. It was a hot but pleasant walk and the route was well marked. We arrivced and stashed bags under a nearby overhang then entered through
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the hole dug through the snow the previous day. Janis and Ash did not go down the cave, instead heading back to top camp, but were a great help hauling
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rope to the entrance. It was only when we reached the first pitch that we realised that (contrary to what we'd been informed) hangers had not been left
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in the cave. [Ed. This a lie]. Plus, we hadn't realised it was all bolted with spits so even if we had brought hangers, we wouldn't have had the bolts
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to rig it.
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<p>We decided to sit and sulk for a while. Joel contemplate running all the way back to top camp to get bolts + hangers, but given the weather forecast
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of rain latert, we didn't want to end up caving too late. After ~20 minutes, we left the cave. Mealy kicked an icicle at Jonty on the way out. We left
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the rope underground, by the head of the first pitch and left our caving kit under the small overhand near the entrance, then headed back to top camp.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 0.33 hours</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Sarah P</u>,Philip B, Lizzie, Joel, Maddie </div>
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<div class="triptitle">Surface - Reflecting the Homecoming -> Fishface route, scoping out a Homecoming to col route </div>
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<p>Joel, Lizzie and Philip fettled the tarp (where some water had pooled overnight) whilst I had a go at attaching the big Daren drum (filled with the solar panels and cables) to my rucksack, ready to carry from top camp to Garlic Cave.
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<p>After minimal faff, we set off west. We reached Fishface in ~40 minutes and Joel dropped off some metalwork ready for rigging. We continued to Homecoming and Joeal and Lizzie put reflectors down for the route from Fishface to Homecoming.
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<p>We reached Homecoming, had a flapjack and water break, then went off in search of the Hunter's track whislt Joel et al. went to reflect the last part of the route and Philip had a siesta.
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<p>I found the Hunter's path by heading NE past Homecoming (i.e. skirting past the entrance on a little path to the RHS), through a clearing in the Bunde, turn left, then climb down ~1m onto some limestone slabs. Turn left and follow the limestone along, past a snow plug. You hit the Hunter's path just before a cliff - you'll see cairns and white and green painted stripes.
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<p>Having successfully found the Hunter's path, I returned to Homecoming, and we decided we didn't have time to scope out Garlic Cave. I left the solar panel stuff near the entrance and we began scoping out a route across the plateau towards the col.
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<p>The route was a mixture of actually quite pleasant slabs to walk across and some grim bits (hopefully can be bypassed as rhe route gets finessed). We found a few holes to return to with gear and rope on a later day, including a particularly promising one (big entrance, goes briefly vertical, but then horizontal (I scrambled down as far as my comfort zone would allow to have a peak around the corner), with a big-looking passage. Excited to return.
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<p>Joel, Lizzie and Philip fettled the tarp (where some water had pooled overnight) whilst I had a go at attaching the big Daren drum (filled with the
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solar panels and cables) to my rucksack, ready to carry from top camp to Garlic Cave.
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<p>After minimal faff, we set off west. We reached Fishface in ~40 minutes and Joel dropped off some metalwork ready for rigging. We continued to
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Homecoming and Joeal and Lizzie put reflectors down for the route from Fishface to Homecoming.
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<p>We reached Homecoming, had a flapjack and water break, then went off in search of the Hunter's track whislt Joel et al. went to reflect the last
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part of the route and Philip had a siesta.
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<p>I found the Hunter's path by heading NE past Homecoming (i.e. skirting past the entrance on a little path to the RHS), through a clearing in the
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Bunde, turn left, then climb down ~1m onto some limestone slabs. Turn left and follow the limestone along, past a snow plug. You hit the Hunter's path
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just before a cliff - you'll see cairns and white and green painted stripes.
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<p>Having successfully found the Hunter's path, I returned to Homecoming, and we decided we didn't have time to scope out Garlic Cave. I left the solar
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panel stuff near the entrance and we began scoping out a route across the plateau towards the col.
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<p>The route was a mixture of actually quite pleasant slabs to walk across and some grim bits (hopefully can be bypassed as rhe route gets finessed).
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We found a few holes to return to with gear and rope on a later day, including a particularly promising one (big entrance, goes briefly vertical, but
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then horizontal (I scrambled down as far as my comfort zone would allow to have a peak around the corner), with a big-looking passage. Excited to
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return.
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<p>Overall, progress was a bit slow - it took ~3 hours to get back to the col, hope we can get it down.
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<p>Rest of the walk was atmospheric, with lots of gusts and rolling, ominous clouds. We had just gotten back to the car when it started raining.
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