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 <div class="tripdate" id="t2013-07-23a">2013-07-13</div>
 <div class="trippeople"<u>OllyB</u>, Jenny</div>
 <div class="triptitle">107 – Rigging </div>
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+CUCC Logbook 2013
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="t2013-07-23a">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Jenny</u>, OllyB</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">107 – Rigging </div>
+
+<p> After a long (4 hr) trip out from NZ, a day setting up basecamp and
+a day setting up the bivvy it was time for a caving trip! We did a carry
+up in the morning, so didn’t have time for a long trip. Set off down
+107 rigging ropeless. We improved the rigging on last year as we went.
+One and a half pitches in ropeless and I suggested we swing across and
+look at the lead that leads back towards the old route into the cave.
+After swinging across we went down two short pitches – much ? opens
+out to the side of the first pitch. At the bottom of the second short
+pitch a short section of rift leads off to another drop. We turned round
+here. </p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 3hr 40</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="t2013-07-24a">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Jenny</u>, OllyB</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">107 – Rigging and connection to old route
+</div>
+
+<p>Back into 107 with a bit more rope. Olly rigged the next pitch – I
+am impressed that he got a clean hang here. Landed in an aven chamber
+with a big boulder. Evidence of people. We followed the rift on and
+concluded that it was the 1970s route. Followed the walking size rift to
+the pitch at the end and surveyed out from their hang bolt back into
+ropeless, derigging as we went.
+
+Back in ropeless Olly rigged along rigged along the traverse with more
+rope and more hangers than last year. Instead of the free climbed
+traverse at the end we dropped down to a ledge off to the left. This led
+to two short segments of passage each of which ended looking down on the
+big boulder in the aven chamber seen earlier. It is increasingly looking
+like a lot of cave in a small area! We were cold and didn’t want to
+miss our call out so headed out leaving the survey for the next trip. 
+
+</p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 7hr 20</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="2013-07-25">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Jenny</u>, OllyB</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">Pushing into Rope Free</div>
+
+<p>First we tidied yesterday’s survey then went up the short pitch to
+the ledge, down the other side and up into the main Ropeless passage.
+Headed towards the ? lead. On a sunnty day like today there is a very
+strong draft from here, cold too. 
+
+Got to last year’s pushing front and followed the draft descending
+short climb/pitch to a ledge with two ways on. Took the RH way with the
+draft down a rubble slope. Lost the draft part way down by I ? ? down to
+the bottom through the boulders until it got too tight. I reckoned that
+we lost the draft to a window part way down the slope.  Olly clambered
+across, to get into passage the other side. He accidently let the rope
+drop back down to me leaving him ‘rope free’ hence the name. I threw
+the rope back and Olly put in a bolt.
+
+We clambered down the other side into a drafty chamber. A too tight hole
+in the floor as the source of part if the draft. The rest seems to come
+out of a tight rift. We surveyed the chamber and the passage going off
+for a bit but we were both very cold. I decided that we were too cold to
+survey as thoroughly as I felt the chamber warranted, so we decided to
+return tomorrow.</p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 5hr 45</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="2013-07-26">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Jenny</u>, OllyB</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">Pushing the Envelope and Sleepless </div>
+
+<p>Headed back into the chamber beyond Rope Free to chase the draft and
+complete the survey. First I tried in the lower level of the rift – I
+could squeeze through rift (without SRT kit on) and appeared in a
+widening that led to a pitch – I couldn’t get too close without
+gear. I surveyed back out to the chamber and we tried higher up in the
+rift. Olly got through a squeeze (above where I had been) and then to
+another – he pulled some rocks out so we could (just) fit through. We
+came out at the top of a rift that we could climb/slither down, leading
+on a ledge above a pitch that we carefully traversed around.
+
+We followed the draft into big passage, at first we followed it to a
+rift lvel, climbing over big boulders – this led to a hole in the
+floor, so we went back and followed at the base of the passage, past
+some pretty mud, down a climb and some more mud. We eventually got to a
+pitch that we had no gear to descend or cross. The draft and passage
+appear to continue. Surveyed out.</p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 5hr 45</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="2013-07-28">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Jenny</u>, OllyB</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">Sleepless and The Coldest Place in Earth</div>
+
+<p>Took the drill and rigging gear in, Olly removed some more rocks from
+the squeezy bit (pushing the envelope) and we realised that we could
+bypass the first squeeze by being high up. Olly then put in a rope as
+protection on the shorter down, this made me happy because there is
+quite a pitch below and we removed quite a few of the footholds last
+time (to ? down the pitch). 
+
+Went to the pushing front and rigged over the pitch, following the
+draft. Shortly after the passage mad a sharp right hand turn into
+passage that was much more phreatic in character ~2m wide. We then hit
+another rift was also strongly drafted, doubling the strength of the
+draft in the passage heading for ICH – it is seriously cold and windy.
+This is “The Coldest Place in Earth”. There is a short drop which I
+traversed over to see another pitch (not free climbable) immediately
+beyond. So we went back to get more rope and Olly rigged it across the
+traverse and down the short pitch to a gloopy muddy pool below. We
+continued along the rift beyond, which headed fairly persistently east.
+We stopped when another pitch blocked our way on. This looked like a
+long traverse was needed then we had rope for. We surveyed out getting
+colder and colder as we went.
+
+</p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 7hr 30</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="2013-07-30">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Jenny</u>, OllyB</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">Sleepless</div>
+
+<p>Back into Sleepless, re-rigging some ropes along the way to free up
+what we needed for later. Got the The Coldest place in Earth, Olly is
+going first, and he discoveres what happens if you use a rack, it
+isn’t locked off and you don’t keep hold of the down rope.
+Fortunately the pitch is only ~5m high, he was already down 1m and he
+landed in soft squelchy mud. Still it was a very scary few moments for
+both of us…
+
+Got to yesterdays pushing front and Olly preceeded to bolt down the
+pitch into passage beyond. To keep watm I drew the elevation that got
+missed yesterday. After traversing over the pitch we followed the
+walking size rift on (with the draft), over a short climb and a hole and
+to a widening. This time the way on is down a short pitch to some more
+squelchy mud pools and sadly another pitch that we don’t have rope
+for. 
+
+Olly comes up with the mad idea that I reassessed the reascend the
+previous pitch, throw him the rope so he can see what happens on the
+next pitch. I took both slings up with me to aid with me getting the
+rope back. Amazingly the mad plan worked. Olly ascertained that the
+passage and draft continued below and we both got safely back up.
+
+As ever we surveyed out getting colder and colder.
+
+</p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 9hr 10</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="2013-08-01">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Jenny</u>,OllyB</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">Too Bold for This Spit</div>
+
+<p>Yet again back into sleepless and heading ever closer to KH. Took
+more rope, and last of our hangers and the last drill battery to the
+pushing front/ Riggesd 2 short pitches with one larger rope and headed
+on. The passage is now much riftier and less obvious what level to be
+at. We stay at the level of the bottom of the pitch, not the floor
+trench and traverse along until we have to drop down a bit. A bit
+further on the passage widens and we rig a short rope to get to a lower
+level. A pitch drops deeper but we continue a long with the draft. We
+stay either at the base of the rift or <4m above mostly and work our way
+along. Sadly we then get to another pitch in the way. 
+
+Olly rigged round, it took him a while as each time he hammered to dress
+the rock, flake fell and boomed down the pitch. I kept telling myself it
+was a really short pitch that echoed alot... There was nowhere to wait
+out of the draft and I started to wonder why I had used up nearly a
+whole years worth of annual leave to sit and shiver in Austria.
+Fortunately Olly got to the other side with 1 hanger left to rig there.
+I followed across the traverse and was very scared - the foot holds kept
+falling down the pitch, each bolt was lower than the one before and half
+of them needed tightening before I loaded them. Then I got my hand
+jammer too far away from me to undo with cold fingers and I got
+increasingly unhappy. 
+
+I finally made it to the other side where I told Olly this was the worse
+thing he had ever rigged and that we might die when we have to retun to
+get out the cave. Fortunately he took it as a compliment...
+
+We continued on with the draft (which might be a bit weaker), until we
+got to another pitch. It looked like it would be tight to make our call
+out but we were keen to survey back before we went down the hill.
+
+As luck would have it we didn't die on the way out but I still whimpered
+quite a lot despite trying yo be brave. This is called Too Bold for this
+Spit as Olly lifted a Hilti out on the way back. We got the Makita drill
+and batteries out of the cave, and surveyed back to the previous dat,
+Also we made our call out and nearly got to the car park in time, where
+Julian was patiently waiting to take us down the hill.</p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 9hr 50</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="2013-07-28">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Becka</u>, Chris, Mike</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">258 Rigging</div>
+
+<p>Becka rigged Caramel Catharsis then showed Chris and Mike the top of
+String Theory which Chris made a start om rigging whilst Becka headed
+out to help Holly, Anthony and martin with top camp bivvy fettling.</p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 7hr</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="2013-07-29">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Becka</u>,Mike</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">258 Rigging</div>
+
+<p>Becka re-rigged Tunnocks entrance on the new (and super slippy) 11mm
+100m rope and put extra bolts to protect snow slope section on entrance
+(as long drop either side of a snow 'bridge' there now) and on ? drop
+and traverse and took a look at the leads in Oompah.</p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 7hr</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="2013-07-30">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Becka</u>,Chris</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">258 Rigging</div>
+
+<p>Chris finished Holly's rigging off String Theory from yesterday then
+Becka started the rigging of Procrastination Pot. Chris put in an extra
+bolt for last drop of String Theory. Continuing the trend of us
+re-rigging every sodding rope in Tunnocks we re-rigged the bottom rope
+of String Theory to waste less rope then had to re-rig what I'd done in
+Procrastination when the rope didn't reach... not to self - sort out 
+descent rigging guides before Expo next year.</p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 8hr 30</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="2013-07-31">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Becka</u>,Chris, Holly, Mike</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">258 Rigging and AT LAST some pushing</div>
+
+<p>Chris and Becka headed in early. becka finished rigging
+Procrastination which was dead easy to rig, all the bolts first where
+Norl's rigging guide said they would be, unlike String Thoery where
+bolts were heard to spot. Chris and I then bodged the traverse at the
+bottom to a broken chamber and then an ugly expo rig on naturals down
+aprrox. 4m. Holly and Mike turned up with the drill and Holly bolted the
+pitch down which finished. They surveyed and headed out. Chris and I had
+surveyed the upper section then Chris shimmied up a climb then got the
+drill when Holly had finished with it and rigged it them  added a few
+bolts - strong draft coming from a small hole in the ceiling... draft
+good but passage dimensions not great. Chris then bolted a proper pitch
+to avoid the expo rig then headed up whilst Becka re-rigged with bolts
+the traveerese at the bottom of Procrastination. We got 11 holes out of
+one battery - surprisingly good... soft rock.</p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 11hr</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="2013-08-01">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Becka</u>,Mike, Anthony</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">258 Upper level Tunnock - Oompah, Just for a
+Laugh, Naughty, Naughty and 08-19 Alead </div>
+
+<p>Becka and Mike down to Oompah and rigged the pitch on the left, down
+approx. 15m and looked blind but then Mike spotted a short climb up to
+another pitch with a good draft which just needs a crowbar to shift a
+teetering boulder so we left that as a good high level lead. Matt and
+Anthony caught up and we looked at the snow and pine needle aven which
+was very full of snow this year so no way up. Then took Mike and Matt to
+Just for a Laugh and they dropped the 25m pitch at 07-56A which was
+blind whilst I went with anthony to Naughty Naughty. Unfortunately
+Anthony couldn't turn to get around the Z bend so Becka went alone to
+check the leads at the end. Frustratingly failed to find where the
+strong draft was going to but it was still there at ceiling level in
+final chamber.</p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 7hr</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="2013-08-02">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Becka</u>,Matt, Mike</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">Prospecting North and West of Tunnocks</div>
+
+<p>Mike's last day and it was hot. walked to Tunnocks entrance then
+hacked North then west in a big loop with Mike and Martin's GPS. Found a
+couple of areas pepppered with pits and another area with three drafting
+holes which needs looking at carefully as very promising. 6 hours
+walking.</p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 0hr 05</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="2013-07-29">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Holly</u>,Anthony</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">258 Rigging String Theory</div>
+
+<p>Changed rope at top of pitch from 80m to 40m then carried on using
+80m at large Y-hang at ledge. Hung about on rope for 3 hrs whilst
+locating spits. was very disappointed in self for not getting to floor
+and leaving Anthonu to get very cold at top of pitch. However first
+pitch of this size that I've ever attempted to rig, so happy with self
+for the attempt at least.</p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 9hr</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="2013-07-31">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Holly</u>,Mike</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">258 Pushing at bottom of Procrastination - Surfer
+Girl</div>
+
+<p>Just to add our part to Becka's report two sides back - took our time
+on way in to give Becka and Chris time to finish rigging
+procrastination. All going well until climbing up bouldery slope between
+usual Susspects and String Theory, when two large boulders slid down
+slope with a Holly holding on thinking of imminent squishish. Thankfully
+they stopped slidding with only a swollen and grazed hand to show for.
+Mike kicked boulders down to prevent future issues and we carried on to
+meet a very impatient Becka! We were sent down to rig a '10m' ish pitch
+with an exciting amount of medium to giant boudlers hanging over pitch
+held in by mud. (Not a happy place for Holly after String theory
+excitment). But I 'wo-maned' up and rigged down. After 4 bolts I
+abandoned the drill for Becka to collect and finally reached the floor
+with only a couple of rub points to deal with on the way out.
+
+10m pitch turned out to be much biger - probably about 30m so this took
+a little longer than expected to rig. Floor of pitch was again bouldery
+hall angled down held together by soil. There was a small hole at bottom
+which I declared there was no way I was entering this. (I have decided
+that in Noel's absence Tunnocks is targeting me). Mike heroically
+climbed in, declared it scary and choked. We surveyed quickly and headed
+out. Later when writing ip survey notes I dsicovered Mike had called
+this 'Surfer girl' after my early boulder surfing! Also up to this date
+this is the deepest part of Tunnocks at -397! Woo hoo!</p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 10hr</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="tripdate" id="2013-07-30">2013-07-13</div>
+
+<div class="trippeople"<u>Holly</u>,Mike</div>
+
+<div class="triptitle">258 Pushing pitch at end of Flap -
+Determination</div>
+
+<p>With 3 bags between us, 1 with a drill and two for rope we headed to
+the far north of Tunnocks for pushing my infamous lead. Mike chose to
+come with me as he was blissfully ignorant of my lead!
+
+Rigged Hooray for Boobies and cut end of rope for small pitch in the
+Flap - which turned out to be perfect (this rope was orginally a 39m).
+Then came the Flap! here Mike releasised he'd been sold a dud! But he
+carried on relentlessly with his uber-bag and by following survey
+stations we eventually found ourselves at the top of the pitch. Feeling
+guilty for dragging Mike here I encouraged him to rig the pitch. We
+carefully passed rigging items back and forth to each other in order to
+not drop them down the ptich (we were nicely wedged above the pitch, but
+smaller items would fall all the way to the floor). Mike beautifully
+rigged the pitch.
+
+A 39m rope was used, however Mike had to 'elastic band' the rope between
+the Y-hang and the rebelay in order to reach the floor. At the bottom
+Mike landed on a ledge with another pitch (estimated as 25m). Having run
+out of rope and time we headed out with Mike declaring it as a good
+lead.... MuWhahaha! MuWhahahahahahaha!!! Determination pays off!
+Although I'm not sure anyone else is going to be pleased! More
+determination is required for further trips and so it's name is born -
+'The Determiniation Series'.</p>
+
+<div class="timeug">T/U: 10hr</div>
+
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