From ec448ab6e4afa18a41e14a84be215cb00ab9974e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Philip Sargent (muscogee)" <philip.sargent@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 19:59:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] FINAL type-up of 2018 logbook completed. --- years/2018/logbook.html | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/years/2018/logbook.html b/years/2018/logbook.html index 35b976dea..135b58922 100644 --- a/years/2018/logbook.html +++ b/years/2018/logbook.html @@ -1920,13 +1920,80 @@ caved 11:00-20:00 L+R, 11:00-23:00 B+G on 9th, caved 07:00-12:00 L+R, 08:00-11:00 G, 08:00-12:00 B on 10th.] <h3>Day 1</h3> -<p>In with food... -<p><h2>**** MORE TO TYPE IN HERE ****</h2> -<h3>Day 2</h3> -<p><h2>**** MORE TO TYPE IN HERE ****</h2> -<h3>Day 3</h3> +<p>In with food + dumped it below Littleboy pitch which we +thought could make a good camp then to the vast dumpof stuff at the top of Kraken. +L+G already shuttling gear by the time R+I arrived(we took 2 hour to bottom Mongol Rally)(G took 15' to descend Mongo Rally + +they took 2h to the top of Kraken). +Large Marge + 5 tacklesacks plus the drill bag + some claptrapwere ferried across the traverse then we slogged them up +the climbs to get them into Grand Prix. That broke the back of it. +We took one load each to Little Boy (surprisingly Large Marge made it intact all the way) ++ found a campsite against the wall looking out to the pitch. +<p> +R+I made a levelsleeping platform, dragging out the mud + +putting in a retaining wall of boulders whilst L+G scoped out water, finding a good source midway down +Indy Rally. Needs a scoop (e.g. a mug) but only ~10' to fill a Daren drum. +We laid the tent flat as a groundsheet then mats. No draft + we weren't cold at night. +We then all headed to the end of Indy Races. Rachel boltedthe draftng traverse but this immediately led to +the head of the wet pitch so she + Luke surveyed then derigged it. +George started to rig the pitch (Horrible Pitch), grumbling lots about shit rockwhich led to someugly, rubbing drops. +We surveyed + then Luke + I fetched (?) the rest of the camp gear from the start of +Grand Prix whilst George + Rachel surveyed 2 loops near camp. + +<h3>Day 2</h3> +<p> +Luke + Rachel headed to leads in Grand Prix which led +nowhere but then they hit paydirt in the QMC on the left in +Indy Rally before the water source. This gave 50m crawling +then a junction. One way led in good-sized passage back to +Grand Prix + the other way was drafting + left-going. George ++ I returned to Horrible Pitch + George quickly rigged down +to a big ledge. This gave a short corkscrewing +passage that led back to the conclusion (?) of Horrible Pitch +but we were diverted for some time by some smaller +tunnels off the horizontal route that I found. This led to +some interesting, drafty tubes + possible leads. I put in some +lousy bolts + then found the rope too short so, with +relief, handed the rigging back to George + I returned to +camp to fetch another bag of rope. +<p> +George got down +to a double ledge by a bridge with water flowing in. Here he +ambled up a steep mud slope (er, do you know how far +above that last bolt you are?) + put in a bolt +(er, youv'e got loads of Hiltis, why not a Y-hang?) ++ ambled back down +the slope, over a sharp rock ridge and dropped inelegantly (i.e. with rubs) +to the floor. You could also go directly down from +the double ledge to the floor. All of Horrible Pitch is dry +despite lots of watery bits nearby. +<p> +We ran around at the +bottom + George managed to temporarliy strand himself up a climb up a mud +bank. Geoge was pretty much surveyed-out by now but +he steeled himself for one final slog doing the bottom ++ then the 2 pitch sections. We left it rigged. +We found the otehrs asleep by the time we got back to camp. + +<h3>Day 3</h3> +<p> +Rudely awoken at 06:00 when Luke + Rachel got up to head out +(I can't complain, I'd spent an hour or two yesterday morning +rustling bags and shining my light at them trying to get people going). +They had packed the muddiest rope the night before + headed out at 07:00. +By then George + I had given +up on sleeping so we got up + packed more junk + headed out at 08:15. +<p> +George caught the others at the top of Mongol Rally +and was out in 3h - yeah, yeah... Luke + Rachel +took 5h and I took 4h (I ditched a rope at the top +of Hangman's as I seemed to be going at snail's pace and +both my jammers + my pantin slipped all the way up - +poor technique according to Luke, sigh). +<p> +End of my caving for Expo 2018 -221h underground for me :-) Off +to Plonkermira [??] with VHO tomorrow to see how things look +from the other side of the hill... -<p><h2>**** MORE TO TYPE IN HERE ****</h2> <div class="timeug">T/U: 49 hours</div>