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@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ rigging + cursing the rigging guide which gave no indication of scale + insuffic
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helped by thorough greasing of the spits making them near-invisible) we rigged to the bottom +
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the short traverse beyond.</p>
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<p>Redone Rigging guide 2016 - Champagne On Ice</p>
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<p>Starting from climb down at ??? junction (to avoid first two pitches from Hed??? Highway route)
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<p>Starting from climb down at Petticoat junction (to avoid first two pitches from Hedonism Highway route)
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<p><img src="logbkimg12.jpeg" alt="Champagne on Ice topo1"></p>
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<p><img src="logbkimg13.jpeg" alt="Champagne on Ice topo2"></p>
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<p><img src="logbkimg14.jpeg" alt="Champagne on Ice topo3"></p>
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@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ the short traverse beyond.</p>
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<div class="triptitle">Balkonhöhle 264 - Frozen North</div>
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<p>Had a good orientation session trying to spot good QMs in 264. Went up Turtlehead and
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looked for QM92A and concluded it probably didn't exist (it was just the p6). Then looked
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??? to N, looked at S side of QMAp60 but v. wet this side so we picked our way around to
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just to N, looked at S side of QMAp60 but v. wet this side so we picked our way around to
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passage on its S side and Andrew rigged down to a large ledge and then floor, no way on - a
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fine 40m pitch but a dissapointing end. Then checked the snow slope on far NW of Frozen North
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and Andrew kicked steps up snow for c. 15m then I came up and he put in a bolt and I belayed him up
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@ -444,11 +444,10 @@ so high as they would have been had we died of hypothermia. I suppose dead peopl
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would have been a hassle for everyone else. Around 5am, the condition of the pitch had dramatically improved, and
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Mark made the excecutive decision to get out then. Again, it was a very efficient operation. Mark and I tandem
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prussicked out, and David followed behind. By 6am we were officially out of Balkonhöhle.</p>
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<p>There are several lessons to be learned here. The first is to avoid wet pitches - don't be swayed by ???.
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<p>There are several lessons to be learned here. The first is to avoid wet pitches - don't be swayed by hubris.
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Secondly, appreciate cushions, try sitting still on unforgiving limestone for several straight hours if you don't.
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Thirdly, you don't need to take drugs to experience altered states of consciousness. Just get really cold. But at
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the end of the day, it was an experience, albeit not a fun one. We live to cave again.</p>
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<div class="callout">22:00</div>
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<div class="timeug">18 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-02b">2016-07-02</div>
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@ -531,7 +530,7 @@ to 2-3m of easy crawling with various minor side passages until we came to a wet
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improved to walking but sadly soon closed down. However, climbing c3 up out of the passage on the left led to passages both sides. We
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surveyed left (passage on R, N side was done by Frank and me on 5/7/16 - it soon closed down to a drafting dig). This led to a fairly
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complex breakdown rift. We finished after ~40 survey legs looking onto a fairly promising continuation. When we plotted the data the
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bottom of Champagne on Ice pitches was only ~18m from the far end of the Daft Choice traverse which would make it ??? much faster and
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bottom of Champagne on Ice pitches was only ~18m from the far end of the Daft Choice traverse which would obviously make it much faster and
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easier to gain the Daft Choice leads, but on 5/7/16 Frank and I didn't spot a continuation from in Daft choice, and on 6/7/16 Andrew,
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George and Luke didn't connect when they rigged a parallel shaft in Champagne on Ice. </p>
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<p><img src="logbkimg5.jpeg" alt="rigging topo"></p>
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@ -965,7 +964,7 @@ down the boulder ramp until Chris got a hold of himself and decided we were bein
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exploration fever having ebbed away, we surveyed back to the junction where we met Peachey and Katey. Almost unable to
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contain our excitement, we told them of our findings. They then headed off up a ramp in the opposite direction to see
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what could be found (apparantly a lot of passage) while chris went to fetch the 100m of Anthony's 9mm so we could rig
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this thing properly and safely - we were conceivably 800m deep if not more! I was ??? with bolting it, and soon we we
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this thing properly and safely - we were conceivably 800m deep if not more! I was charged with bolting it, and soon we we
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were down, albeit with a few annoying rub points en route!</p>
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<p><img src="logbkimg19.jpeg" alt="rigging topo"></p>
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<p>After dropping this ramp, we headed down through the slippery boulder slope below the master cave only to find the
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@ -973,7 +972,7 @@ most amazing development at the bottom: an upward ramping phreatic borehole 4x4m
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it was long after 10pm and only getting later, so we resolved to survey the scooped passage tomorrow and headed back to
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camp for a welcome tea. In bed by 1am. Up at 8am and needing a shit - the facilities are excellent! The camp overall is
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excellently thought out and organised. Many noodle and oatso along with a great water supply, make for a wonderful stay.
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After breakfast we headed back to the lead for a survey accompanied by some excellent photographs in Octopussyand at ???.
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After breakfast we headed back to the lead for a survey accompanied by some excellent photographs in Octopussyand at camp [??? Rob to check].
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2 hours of surveying later, myself and Densham had arrived at a steep boulder slope (slippery with a long way down) which
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at this depth really needed bolting. Leaving it for the next trip we headed back to camp before attempting to head out of
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the cave. I unfortunately got to Procrastination at 7pm just as a flood pulse hit the pitch. I was at the first rebelay when
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