From a1d5b575200264f02fd27ec1fe35a1d14eb4a241 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Expo on server Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:40:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Logbook edited 2024-07-28f --- years/2024/logbook.html | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/years/2024/logbook.html b/years/2024/logbook.html index c088e1128..764a31343 100644 --- a/years/2024/logbook.html +++ b/years/2024/logbook.html @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ maintain half a dozen parser functions. 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 2024-07-30 10:07 using either the control panel webpage or when editing a logbook entry online +Exported on 2024-07-30 14:07 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) --> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ See troggle/code/views/other.py and core.models/logbooks.py writelogbook(year, f
2024-07-06
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waite,philips,Jacob C,Charlotte,
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waite,Charlotte,philips,Jacob C,
Basecamp - Setup day 1
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
T/U: 0.0 hours
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ I was walking into town from the station (from Vienna this morning) when I was i
2024-07-07
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PhilipS,Jacob,Waite,Charlotte,
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PhilipS,Charlotte,Jacob,Waite,
topcamp - First visit to top camp
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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2024-07-08
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PhilipS,wassil,sieds,Julia,
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PhilipS,Julia,wassil,sieds,
basecamp - Who went where
Everyone went up to the plateau except for Julia and Philip S. Wassil and Sieds arrived during the day.
T/U: 0.0 hours
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Sieds calmly checked the online documentation, did the three-fingered salute to
2024-07-09
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waite,charlotte,issac,jacob,
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waite,jacob,charlotte,issac,
fishface - collecting rope
no reflectors left on spits.
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ on things and tried to kill me multiple times).
2024-07-10
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Isaac,jacob,philip s,waite,charlotte,
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Isaac,waite,charlotte,jacob,philip s,
basecamp - Bread Making

With an afternoon of festering well on the way after arriving back from our FF rope @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ Isaac.

2024-07-10
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Wassil,Sieds,Lara,Marie,
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Wassil,Marie,Sieds,Lara,
balcony - Rigging balcony entrance series

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).

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2024-07-11
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Wassil,Marie,Becka,Jono,
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Wassil,Jono,Marie,Becka,
garlic - Setting up Garlic Cave Camp

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.

@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Walked back to Bad Aussee. Had coffee having missed last bus.
2024-07-11
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waite,charlotte,lara,wook,
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waite,wook,charlotte,lara,
homecoming - more naughty rope
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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2024-07-14
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ps,Wookey,Jacob,Marie,
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ps,Marie,Wookey,Jacob,
basecamp - Heute ist Domstag
Delayed Onset Muscle Stiffness my walk up to StoneBridge a couple of days ago.

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2024-07-14
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PS,Marie,JL,Sieds,PB,JC,Isaac,RM,
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PS,Sieds,PB,JC,Isaac,RM,Marie,JL,
Basecamp - Who came down, and went up
Jacob, Marie came down (Phil B got them?) and Marie went to bed in the attic. @@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ Jacob, Marie came down (Phil B got them?) and Marie went to bed in the attic.
2024-07-15
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Lara,Charlotte,Issac,James W,
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Lara,James W,Charlotte,Issac,
homecoming - Failed pushing but excellent sidequests
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 very excited for a big trip (read: scared to be beasted by Charlotte and James).

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2024-07-16
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PS,AD,JW,Lara,
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PS,Lara,AD,JW,
basecamp - More chundering
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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2024-07-16
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Isaac,Waite,Jacob,Ruairidh,Charlotte,Marie,Jono,Lara,
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Isaac,Ruairidh,Charlotte,Marie,Jono,Lara,Waite,Jacob,
Lake - Marie Hates Swimming
See title.
T/U: 0.01 hours
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2024-07-18
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Lara,Jacob,James W,Charlotte,
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Lara,Charlotte,Jacob,James W,
homecoming - There and there and there and back again
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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2024-07-20
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PS,Christian,Colin,Harry,
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PS,Harry,Christian,Colin,
Bascamp - New arrivals
Christian, Harry and Colin arrived.
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2024-07-21
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Philip S,Rosa,Aidan,Dickon,Tom,
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Philip S,Dickon,Tom,Rosa,Aidan,
basecamp - New arrivals today
One car arrived:
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2024-07-21
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Philip S,lara,harry,chi,Charlotte,
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Philip S,chi,Charlotte,lara,harry,
plateau - Surface walk from col to Geschwantalm
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2024-07-21
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Lara,Charlotte,Chi,Harry,
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Lara,Harry,Charlotte,Chi,
Homecoming - A satisfying but not very useful result
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 some 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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2024-07-22
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Rosa B,Jacob C,Jono L,Aidan K,
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Rosa B,Aidan K,Jacob C,Jono L,
Menstrual Tunnel - My first underground trip abroad
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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2024-07-23
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Aidan K,Tom Phillips,Lara B,Rosa B,
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Aidan K,Rosa B,Tom Phillips,Lara B,
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,Chi,Lara,Harry,
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Isaac,Harry,Chi,Lara,
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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Philip S,PB,Zac,Sarah,Nat,Becka,, *Sandy
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Philip S,Sarah,Nat,Becka,PB,Zac,, *Sandy
plateau - Entrance spotting
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.
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2024-07-25
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ZW,Colin,Nat,James w,Philip S,Sarah,
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ZW,James w,Philip S,Sarah,Colin,Nat,
topcamp - Top camp bounce
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.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2024-07-25
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Dickon Morris,Wassil,Marie,Chi,
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Dickon Morris,Chi,Wassil,Marie,
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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Todd Rye,Aila Taylor,Harry Kettle,Christian,
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Todd Rye,Christian,Aila Taylor,Harry Kettle,
Homecoming - Watershed Murder Camp
I was so excited to go back into Homecoming after six years, and Harry promised caverns measureless down Watershed. A camp was needed to make it more pleasant, so off we went with sleeping bags and mats. Faff ensued, with Aila breaking her toe at Garlic, and us having picked the wrong sleeping bag up, We got underground at middayish in the end.

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2024-07-28
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lucy h,lara,nat,sarah p,jacob,zac,
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lucy h,jacob,zac,lara,nat,sarah p,
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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Balkonhoehle - Who needs ascenders anyway?
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Lucy having already covered much of the trip in I will only fill in the gaps alluded to

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The entering

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Sarah, Jacob and I gave the other group a decent head start into Balkon which we soon extended by getting 'navigationally challenged' at the bottom on the entrance series. However, over-coming this we powered on towards the trident and honey-combe. There was a small incident just before the water refilling station where, due to our bags being so overly packed, a gas canister rolled out the top of Sarah's tackle sack. It stopped on it's own before I could grab it but still gave everyone involved a minor heart attack. There was some minor faffigating after the trident but we soon found the top of Honey-combe. From there it was a nylon highway. I struggled a little at the bottom of Honey combe and need Sarah to reel me in. We then extended the rope to make the next descent easier. It was at the bottom of hangmans that the trouble started. I had just done the traverse and was using my hand jammer to ascend to the crawl. I then unclipped it and moved it the next traverse line (as I had my hand jammer on my long cows). I then removed my long cows tail and watched in horror as my nice golden hand jammer plummeted onto the slop and slid down into the giant hole. There were a couple of seconds before I heard a loud 'chink'. Reconvening after the crawl (made fucking difficult by having to haul a giant over stuffed tackle sack) we agreed to keep going and possibly drop the hole tomorrow to look for my jammer. +It was then a short stroll to the top of Mongol Rally, which starts quite nicely but soon becomes several large pitches over a titanic drop. It was at the last rebelay that I had my next incident. When unclipping my foot loop from my snap gate, I had forgotten that I had my pantin on the same snap and so watched, again, in horror as another of my ascenders plummeted into a giant hole. +Absolutely furious at having lost over £100 (new) of kit I stormed into camp with the others to find Nat fettling with the hammocks. +After some noodles and smash, I all but passed out into a fitful nights sleep. +

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The 'A' lead

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Having arrived into camp at 1:30 the night before, needles to say it was a late start the next day, made even later by all the faffing. Me, Jacob and Sarah would push a more vertical lead while Nat, Lucy and Lara would push a more horizontal one. +Kit assembled, the three of us headed out along the piss soaked Southern Pit-stop. Then was some Faffigating and a few wrong turns before we reached our lead. Jacob set the first two bolts leading to the pitch while I then took over and bolted and rigged the Y hang at the top of the pitch. It took ages to find two spots suitable amongst the cheese like rock. But once we had, and Sarah had re-tied my Y hang, I descended to the ledge bellow. Here I swiftly put in another bolt and fixed it with a fig-8 before clearing some space for Sarah to follow. Together we then looked for a suitable place for the next bolt to finish the Y hang and begin drop the next small pitch. The first bolt I tried set was fucked by virtue of the fact that the bolt it's self bent as I was hammering it in (probably because I was hammering at a different angle to the one I drilled). The bottom of this pitch didn't go anywhere save for a narrow horizontal rift. Surveying time. I had to ascend both legs to fulfil my role as dog and mark the first survey station. From there, I slowly re-descended with Jacob in tow operating the SAP. Once at the bottom again, I shimmied into the rift and was near frozen by the dramatic draft. The rift tightened after five meters into a sideways crawl which led into a narrow squeeze. I gardened some rubble out of the way to get this far. Beyond the squeeze was an even narrower (too narrow to pass) hole in the floor. This was the source of the draft. I dropped some rocks down and heard them clatter for ages. I even swear I heard one splosh. Once the survey was complete, we headed back up, Jacob de-rigging. Unfortunately, two of the bolts at the top of the pitch couldn't be loosened, even with a pair of pliers. This meant we lost two hangers. +Surveying done, we headed back to camp where we were the first back. To occupy ourselves, me and Jacob looked for loose rocks we could use to cover the mud slopes around camp. Unfortunately, when the others returned our efforts did not receive the thanks we had anticipated.

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Up and Out

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It was another late start the following day. Having made the effort of getting down there (and scared to ascend) I wanted to try for another day, but Lara pointed out that I looked fucked, and, to be fair, I was. So I joined Lucy and Jacob on their early ascent. Using a Micro-traction I'd borrowed from Sarah as a hand jammer, we packed what we needed and set off to the wash spot. I led the way but after the first two pitches of Mongol Rally had to stop as my arms were killing me. I removed my Elbow pads as they were limiting my movement and then waited for Lucy to catch up so I could pinch some Painkillers. They worked wonders and it felt like no time at all before we reached the top of Mongol rally. +All our cleaning work was undone by the small crawl to the base of Hangman. I also had a look down the hole that swallowed my hand-jammer only to find that it was far to deep to drop. We then made our way out mostly at my pace. The rigging on Honey combe being a particular bastard for passing up. It also seemed to go on much longer than I remembered. From there it felt like a quick jaunt to the entrance series, the second pitch of which was a right bastard after 50 hours underground. +I was so happy to find that we had made it out in time to catch the sun and spent the night out sleeping on the plateau.

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T/U: 50.0 hours
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2024-07-29
Todd,
Basecamp - Minesweeper sweeping