FINAL type-up of 2018 logbook completed.

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>In with food + dumped it below Littleboy pitch which we
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+thought could make a good camp then to the vast dumpof stuff at the top of Kraken.
-<h3>Day 2</h3>
+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 +
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+they took 2h to the top of Kraken).
-<h3>Day 3</h3>
+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...
 
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 <div class="timeug">T/U: 49 hours</div>