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The four of us set off, taking the track towards Fishface as far as Nadia's Demise, then turning right and down three larch valley, over a few rises and valleys, and finally into the Valley of Death, and up the short slope to the entrance to Gruffalo. It was a cold day for the plateau, with intermittently spitting rain, so the drafting was less strong than it had been last I was there, but it was still noticeable. We kitted up outside the entrance, doing our best to shelter our bags in some bunde bushes, then headed down. Joel was first to enter, on nail polish duty, followed by Alice with the disto. I was on book, so headed down just behind her, with Jonty taking up the rear, ready to begin rebolting once the rest of us descended Jabberwocky. The four of us set off, taking the track towards Fishface as far as Nadia's Demise, then turning right and down three larch valley, over a few rises and valleys, and finally into the Valley of Death, and up the short slope to the entrance to Gruffalo. It was a cold day for the plateau, with intermittently spitting rain, so the drafting was less strong than it had been last I was there, but it was still noticeable. We kitted up outside the entrance, doing our best to shelter our bags in some bunde bushes, then headed down. Joel was first to enter, on nail polish duty, followed by Alice with the disto. I was on book, so headed down just behind her, with Jonty taking up the rear, ready to begin rebolting once the rest of us descended Jabberwocky.
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Surveying Jabberwocky was chilly business, given the combination of draft and drips (it really is quite a cold pitch in wet weather). This was NOT helped by the fact that my stylus was definitely not suited to cave surveying (the button on the end was getting clogged and causing me to draw stuff without even touching the screen). Nor the fact that the disto appeared to be struggling to take long legs (vapour in the air maybe? Really not sure was it was quite so fussy today). Nor the fact that, partway down the pitch, I realised I hadn't saved SexyTopo frequently enough, and station 4 had been entirely deleted, so I had to prussik back up and redo it >:(((((. Surveying Jabberwocky was chilly business, given the combination of draft and drips (it really is quite a cold pitch in wet weather). This was NOT helped by the fact that my stylus was definitely not suited to cave surveying (the button on the end was getting clogged and causing me to draw stuff without even touching the screen). Nor the fact that the disto appeared to be struggling to take long legs (vapour in the air maybe? Really not sure was it was quite so fussy today). Nor the fact that, partway down the pitch, I realised I hadn't saved SexyTopo frequently enough, and station 4 had been entirely deleted, so I had to prussik back up and redo it >:(((((. Sorry to everyone else in my group for how cold you all got waiting for me!
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Eventually we reached the bottom, where I sat in the group shelter with a very cold Alice and drew up notes whilst Joel began taking legs down a draftees, popcorn-covered side passage at the base of the pitch (Purple Prickle Passage). Once Jonty finished rebolting and reached us at the bottom, I joined Joel in surveying the rest of Purple Prickle Passage. The first leg of this passage was walking height, and had a small trickling stream at its base (which came in from the left wall shortly after the passage entrance). There was a muddy tube leading off to the right, which looked a little too tight to be passable (QM1 D in the gruffalo-purplepricklepassage survex file), before the passage turned sharply right, continuing as a dry crawl. About halfway down was another muddy tube leading off to the right, which may be passable (QM2 C). The passage then met a perpendicular rift leading off to the right. Traversing over some wedged boulders and along this rift, it eventually becomes too tight to continue. A small chimney can be seen in the roof (QM3 C). Whilst I was finishing off surveying this part, I heard the crashing sound of falling rocks. After heading back to the base of Jabberwocky, I learned that Joel had gone back to the main chamber and poked his head around the corner of QM2 A to the east at the base of Jabberwocky (from the gruffalo-jabberwocky survex file) and knocked some boulders down a hole, inadvertently finding a voice connection. Good to know I suppose. Eventually we reached the bottom, where I sat in the group shelter with a very cold Alice and drew up notes whilst Joel began taking legs down a draftees, popcorn-covered side passage at the base of the pitch (Purple Prickle Passage). Once Jonty finished rebolting and reached us at the bottom, I joined Joel in surveying the rest of Purple Prickle Passage. The first leg of this passage was walking height, and had a small trickling stream at its base (which came in from the left wall shortly after the passage entrance). There was a muddy tube leading off to the right, which looked a little too tight to be passable (QM1 D in the gruffalo-purplepricklepassage survex file), before the passage turned sharply right, continuing as a dry crawl. About halfway down was another muddy tube leading off to the right, which may be passable (QM2 C). The passage then met a perpendicular rift leading off to the right. Traversing over some wedged boulders and along this rift, it eventually becomes too tight to continue. A small chimney can be seen in the roof (QM3 C). Whilst I was finishing off surveying this part, I heard the crashing sound of falling rocks. After heading back to the base of Jabberwocky, I learned that Joel had gone back to the main chamber and poked his head around the corner of QM2 A to the east at the base of Jabberwocky (from the gruffalo-jabberwocky survex file) and knocked some boulders down a hole, inadvertently finding a voice connection. Good to know I suppose.
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