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@ -2578,20 +2578,14 @@ Finally staggered out, including the [squiggle][squiggle][squiggle] by 2am.
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Natalie Uomini</u>, Paul Fox</div>
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<div class="triptitle">plateau - Top Camp - Surface Prospecting - Old & New Caves - 8.5 hours</div>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 25 mins</div>
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<p>
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<div style="text-align: center">
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<a href="/expofiles/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/best_bunda-and-plateau.jpg">
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<img src=i/best_bunda-and-plateau.jpg alt="Bunda filling the plateau">
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<a href="/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/best_bunda-and-plateau.jpg">
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<img src=/years/2018/i/best_bunda-and-plateau.jpg alt="Bunda filling the plateau">
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<br /><em><small>Bunda filling the plateau - click for bigger picture</small></em>
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<br /><br />
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<p><p>
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<b>New cave 2018-NTU-01</b>
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Paul had prepared a list of some caves found in 2004 which were within 300m of Top Camp.
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@ -2603,15 +2597,15 @@ a scramble parallel to (east of, uphill from) the path to Tunnocks.
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We bumbled onto a small cave entrance which we named 2018-NTU-01 located in a
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gully filled with wild chives.
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<div style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; ">
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<a href="/expofiles/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-ntu-01_neil_view_west.jpg">
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<img src=i/2018-ntu-01_neil_view_west.jpg>
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<a href="/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-ntu-01_neil_view_west.jpg">
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<img src=/years/2018/i/2018-ntu-01_neil_view_west.jpg>
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<br /><em><small>2018-ntu-01 neil_view_west - click for bigger picture</small></em>
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</a>
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The entrance is below a large fixed boulder with the tag on its SW side.
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<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; ">
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<a href="/expofiles/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-ntu-01_tag_arrows.jpg">
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<img src=i/2018-ntu-01_tag_arrows.jpg>
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<a href="/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-ntu-01_tag_arrows.jpg">
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<img src=/years/2018/i/2018-ntu-01_tag_arrows.jpg>
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<br /><em><small>2018-ntu-01 tag arrows - click for bigger picture</small></em>
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</a>
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@ -2628,14 +2622,12 @@ The shaft is definitely big enough for a person to stand in comfortably.
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With a bit of tidying up the big loose boulders inside the entrance,
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one could get into the shaft and see where the rift goes.
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<div style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; ">
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<a href="/expofiles/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-ntu-01_looking_down_shaft-and-rift.jpg">
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<img src=i/2018-ntu-01_looking_down_shaft-and-rift.jpg>
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<a href="/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-ntu-01_looking_down_shaft-and-rift.jpg">
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<img src=/years/2018/i/2018-ntu-01_looking_down_shaft-and-rift.jpg>
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<br /><em><small>2018-ntu-01 looking down shaft and rift <br />click for bigger picture</small></em>
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</a>
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<p><br />
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Data from Nat's GPS (Garmin Oregon 650): <br />
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1834m, N47°41.518, E13°49.298 <br />
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UTM UPS: 33T 0411579, 5282737 <br />
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@ -2647,9 +2639,7 @@ To reach this cave easily from Top Camp, just follow the Tunnocks path until
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the cave marked on GPS as "1623.p2001-02", then turn right (uphill) and go up
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a small chive & boulder-filled gully until you see the big boulder with the tag on it.
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<b>Rift hole to descend</b>
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<p><b>Rift hole to descend</b>
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Several meters downhill from 2018-NTU-01, in passing we waypointed on the
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GPS a "rift hole to descend", which looked like a promising hole that is
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@ -2660,14 +2650,12 @@ nowhere near any already-catalogued waypoints.
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We finally rejoined the path to Tunnocks (which we should have used
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all along) and after a while, we waypointed on the GPS another hole
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that's most likely the same as catalogued 1623.p2002-07.
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<br /><p>
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<b>2018-PF-01,02,03</b>
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<a href="/expofiles/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-pf-01_paul_drilling_tag_view-northeast.jpg">
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<img src=i/2018-pf-01_paul_drilling_tag_view-northeast.jpg>
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<a href="/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-pf-01_paul_drilling_tag_view-northeast.jpg">
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<img src=/years/2018/i/2018-pf-01_paul_drilling_tag_view-northeast.jpg>
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<br /><em><small>2018-pf-01 paul drilling tag: view northeast <br />click for bigger picture</small></em>
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@ -2684,26 +2672,22 @@ day with Wookey; undescended), and 2018-PF-03
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(which Paul tagged some days later).
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<div style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; ">
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<a href="/expofiles/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-pf-03_and_pf-02_arrows.jpg">
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<img src=i/2018-pf-03_and_pf-02_arrows.jpg>
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<a href="/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-pf-03_and_pf-02_arrows.jpg">
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<img src=/years/2018/i/2018-pf-03_and_pf-02_arrows.jpg>
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<br /><em><small>2018-pf-03 and pf-02 arrows <br />click for bigger picture</small></em>
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</a>
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2018-PF-01 Tag: 1857m, UTM: 33T 0411526, 5282885 <br />
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2018-PF-02: 1859m, UTM: 33T 0411540, 5282900 <br />
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2018-PF-03: 1858m, UTM: 33T 0411530, 5282893 <br />
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GPS with 3m accuracy for all. <br />
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GPS with 3m accuracy for all. <p>
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<b>2018-PF-01</b> is a 2m-diameter shaft with an easy climb down
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to a mossy slope. We surveyed it [see Paul's excellent digital
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survey].
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<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; ">
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<a href="/expofiles/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-ntu-02_view-west.jpg">
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<img src=i/2018-ntu-02_view-west.jpg>
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<a href="/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-ntu-02_view-west.jpg">
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<img src=/years/2018/i/2018-ntu-02_view-west.jpg>
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<br /><em><small>2018-ntu-02 view west <br />click for bigger picture</small></em>
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</div><b>2018-PF-02</b> is an impressive, open surface shaft about 3.5m
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@ -2716,13 +2700,9 @@ good spot to drill bolts for rigging where we installed the tag.
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Paul climbed down PF-03 and found it was choked at the end
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nearest (heading towards) the big shaft PF-02. Thus, it
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dashed all our hopes of finding a free-climbable access to the big shaft.
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<p><br />
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<b>2018-NTU-02</b>
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Afterwards we circled painfully through obstacles of
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<p>Afterwards we circled painfully through obstacles of
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larch and cliffs until we stumbled across another interesting
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hole, which we named 2018-NTU-02.
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1861m, UTM: 33T 0411522, 5282905, GPS with 3m accuracy. <br />
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@ -2730,8 +2710,8 @@ It is a window in the side of a surface shaft filled with
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grass. Nat climbed down into it using a handline tied with
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loops, which proved essential.
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<a href="/expofiles/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-ntu-02_entrance_pitch-4.6m.jpg">
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<img src=i/2018-ntu-02_entrance_pitch-4.6m.jpg>
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<a href="/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-ntu-02_entrance_pitch-4.6m.jpg">
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<img src=/years/2018/i/2018-ntu-02_entrance_pitch-4.6m.jpg>
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<br /><em><small>2018-ntu-02 entrance pitch 4.6m<br />click for bigger picture</small></em>
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@ -2741,11 +2721,9 @@ diameter of about 2 to 3m. A passage extends about 2m
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horizontally at the base of this small shaft, ending in a
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rubble choke which is the underside of the large surface
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shaft. [See scanned sketch in our survey notes.]
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<a href="/expofiles/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-ntu-02_drilled-hole_view-south.jpg">
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<a href="/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2018-ntu-02_drilled-hole_view-south.jpg">
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<img src=/years/2018/i/2018-ntu-02_drilled-hole_view-south.jpg>
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<br /><em><small>2018-ntu-02_drilled-hole_view-south<br />click for bigger picture</small></em>
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at top camp.
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<h4>A big opening in the side of the mountain</h4>
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Next we headed again for the mythical 2004-18, and reached the
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<p>Next we headed again for the mythical 2004-18, and reached the
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south-eastern edge of a huge steep-sided valley: Cubic Valley.
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<a href="/expofiles/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2004-18_valley_cubic_boulder_afar_view_west.jpg">
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<img src=i/2004-18_valley_cubic_boulder_afar_view_west.jpg>
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<a href="/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/2004-18_valley_cubic_boulder_afar_view_west.jpg">
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<img src=/years/2018/i/2004-18_valley_cubic_boulder_afar_view_west.jpg>
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<br /><em><small>2004-18_valley_cubic_boulder_afar_view_west<br />click for bigger picture</small></em>
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of this valley is visible a large opening in the opposite (north side)
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cliff, which I waypointed from my position. The opening should be
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investigated, as it seems to be below Tunnocks.
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<b>Freezer Hole</b>
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In the lowest point of the eastern bowl of Cubic Valley is a small
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(- and the temperature in the sun on the plateau that day
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was about 30°C). This hole is choked with rubble, but it would
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certainly be an interesting digging project for future Expos.
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<a href="/expofiles/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/aa-1-2017_with-tag.jpg">
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<img src=i/aa-1-2017_with-tag.jpg>,
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<a href="/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/aa-1-2017_with-tag.jpg">
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<img src=/years/2018/i/aa-1-2017_with-tag.jpg>,
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<br /><em><small>aa-1-2017_with-tag<br />click for bigger picture</small></em>
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<a href="/expofiles/photos/2018/NatalieUomini/aa-1-2017_looking-down.jpg">
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<br /><em><small>aa-1-2017_looking-down<br />click for bigger picture</small></em>
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survey, no database entry, no information anywhere about it .
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<br[Ed. This is presumably Adam Aldridge who lost all his notes of a prospecting trip on 7th Aug.2017 (which was nowhere near here: see 2017-AMS-01) and tagged this on another prospecting trip before the 7th. and lost all those notes too.]
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<br />Beside this shaft is another <b>shaft with a snow plug
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<p>Beside this shaft is another <b>shaft with a snow plug
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and 2 spits</b> well positioned for rigging, but no visible
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tag nor informations recorded.
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<a href="/expofiles/photos/2018/2004-18_NatalieUomini/bolted-untagged-cave_beside_aa-1-2017_view-northwest.jpg">
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<a href="/photos/2018/2004-18_NatalieUomini/bolted-untagged-cave_beside_aa-1-2017_view-northwest.jpg">
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<img src=/years/2018/i/bolted-untagged-cave_beside_aa-1-2017_view-northwest.jpg>
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<br /><em><small>bolted-untagged-cave_beside_aa-1-2017_view-northwest<br />click for bigger picture</small></em>
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Who could have been there?
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<b>2004-16 and 2004-17 and Maybe Hole</b>
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As it was getting late and our water bottles were empty and
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walking on the Fischgesicht path in the distance, which we could
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eventually reach and thankfully followed back to Top Camp, arriving
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just 20 minutes before our callout time!
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