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<div class="tripdate" id="2018-08-09b">2018-08-09</div> <div class="tripdate" id="2018-08-09b">2018-08-09</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>adam aldridge</u>, Becka, George</div> <div class="trippeople"><u>adam aldridge</u>, Becka, George</div>
<div class="triptitle">Expo - the last Kraken camp of 2018</div> <div class="triptitle">Expo - the last Kraken camp of 2018</div>
Blog Author: adam74aldridge<div class="bbWrapper">This will be a summary of the last Kraken camp of 2018, and maybe ever.<br> Blog Author: adam74aldridge
This will be a summary of the last Kraken camp of 2018, and maybe ever.
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The trip was partaken by George, Becka, and myself (Adam). We went underground in Balcony on Friday the 3rd of August around mid day and surfaced from Tunnocks around 8pm on Sunday.<br> The trip was partaken by George, Becka, and myself (Adam). We went underground in Balcony on Friday the 3rd of August around mid day and surfaced from Tunnocks around 8pm on Sunday.<br>
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Following a generous helping of faff resulting in an irate Becka we set of towards Balcony with optimism. This would be my first ever underground camp trip, so there was a pinch of excited apprehension in my mood.<br> Following a generous helping of faff resulting in an irate Becka we set of towards Balcony with optimism. This would be my first ever underground camp trip, so there was a pinch of excited apprehension in my mood.<br>
After the necessary commute in balcony we made it to the Mongol Rally, this 200m shaft, sloping slightly from the vertical, was by far the biggest i've ever seen. The decent, seemingly endless, is mostly experienced with blackness above and below.<br> After the necessary commute in balcony we made it to the Mongol Rally, this 200m shaft, sloping slightly from the vertical, was by far the biggest i've ever seen. The decent, seemingly endless, is mostly experienced with blackness above and below.<br>
After a short journey from the base of The Mongol Rally feeling suitably far from home, we started work at the pushing front.<br> After a short journey from the base of The Mongol Rally feeling suitably far from home, we started work at the pushing front.<br>
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<img src="/years/2018/blogimages/WG3_2634.JPG"" title="" width="" height="" loading="lazy"> <img src="/years/2018/blogimages/WG3_2634.JPG"" title="" width="" height="" loading="lazy">
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A few pictures later, we moved on, only to find a sump. This would have been annoying if not for the alternative upstream continuation.<br> A few pictures later, we moved on, only to find a sump. This would have been annoying if not for the alternative upstream continuation.<br>
Half an hour or so up this lead, much to my relief, we stopped on a muddy bank for a lunch break. The only way on was a 3m climb into a relic inlet. Becka argued that we should turn back as it was getting late (a sensible idea to be fair). Despite Becka's standpoint, George and I were up for going on. With Irate protest from Becka, George began the climb. Out of sight, George began talking in awe of an interesting blue lake.&nbsp; With more protesting from Becka, I climbed up as well.<br> Half an hour or so up this lead, much to my relief, we stopped on a muddy bank for a lunch break. The only way on was a 3m climb into a relic inlet. Becka argued that we should turn back as it was getting late (a sensible idea to be fair). Despite Becka's standpoint, George and I were up for going on. With Irate protest from Becka, George began the climb. Out of sight, George began talking in awe of an interesting blue lake.&nbsp; With more protesting from Becka, I climbed up as well.<br>
The pool in question was like something out of a sci fi film, Its colour and complexity was preternatural. I could explain it to you by a picture able to convey more than words.<br> The pool in question was like something out of a sci fi film, Its colour and complexity was preternatural. I could explain it to you by a picture able to convey more than words.<br>
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<img src="/years/2018/./blogimages/WG3_2671.JPG" title="" width="" height="" loading="lazy"> <img src="/years/2018/blogimages/WG3_2671.JPG" title="" width="" height="" loading="lazy">
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With rekindled enthusiasm for exploration we continued deeper into a truly surreal environment, the vast relic stream passage was littered with artefacts of its past; here and there, pools of immaculate water lay undisturbed for presumably quite a while; marbled fractal mud formations encrusted the lower surfaces; bizarre spiky rock formations en-habited the walls, formed by a vigorous torrent, long forgotten.<br> With rekindled enthusiasm for exploration we continued deeper into a truly surreal environment, the vast relic stream passage was littered with artefacts of its past; here and there, pools of immaculate water lay undisturbed for presumably quite a while; marbled fractal mud formations encrusted the lower surfaces; bizarre spiky rock formations en-habited the walls, formed by a vigorous torrent, long forgotten.<br>
With over 400m on the PDA, we returned to camp. The commute seemed friendlier, for me at least, with a sense of accomplishment under the belt.<br> With over 400m on the PDA, we returned to camp. The commute seemed friendlier, for me at least, with a sense of accomplishment under the belt.<br>
Waking up for the second time in absence of sunlight, the task for the 'day' was to de-rig and prusik out.<br> Waking up for the second time in absence of sunlight, the task for the 'day' was to de-rig and prusik out.<br>
The camp was packed up and raised to the top of Kraken in five caries up the pitch (one by me two each by George and Becka). George competed a particularly obscene carry: a huge orange survival bag tied at the top with cord, he looked like a surreal speleo version of Santa Claus.<br> The camp was packed up and raised to the top of Kraken in five caries up the pitch (one by me two each by George and Becka). George competed a particularly obscene carry: a huge orange survival bag tied at the top with cord, he looked like a surreal speleo version of Santa Claus.<br>
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Once camp was sorted, we began the long ascent to the surface. Becka and I set of with some bags of rope while the machine that is George began to de-rig the pitches.<br> Once camp was sorted, we began the long ascent to the surface. Becka and I set of with some bags of rope while the machine that is George began to de-rig the pitches.<br>
This was my first trip to Kraken camp, but it might also be the last. However as one good thing comes to an end, the next is on the horizon: with the persistent efforts of this year (especially by George and Becka) a new region of Balkony has proved promising, and so, the camp will be reformed there with new opportunities awaiting.</div> This was my first trip to Kraken camp, but it might also be the last. However as one good thing comes to an end, the next is on the horizon: with the persistent efforts of this year (especially by George and Becka) a new region of Balkony has proved promising, and so, the camp will be reformed there with new opportunities awaiting.</div>
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