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<h1>Expo 2004</h1>
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<d>5/7/04</d> <w><u>Mark S</u>, Olly M et al</w> <t>In Cambridge</t>
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<d>5/7/04</d> <t>In Cambridge</t> <w><u>Mark S</u>, Olly M et al</w>
<p>And so it was that at 12.41 on Monday 5th July did the weighbridge at Madingley Mulch pronounce one white Citro&euml;n C15D van, by the
registration mark of L852 MFL, to be 400kg overweight &ndash; weighing in at nearly two tonnes. Mark and Olly were not best pleased, the
@ -26,7 +30,9 @@ pounds, refilled the van with lighter items and set off for Milton Tesco's, to c
the various tasks which we hadn't had time to do due to the massive hiatus). We set off for Earl's place and arrived without mishaps,
planning to leave for Dover at 4am. Expo had begun.</p>
<d>6/7/04</d> <w><u>Mark S</u>, Olly M</w> <t>Driving to Austria</t>
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<d>6/7/04</d> <t>Driving to Austria</t> <w><u>Mark S</u>, Olly M</w>
<p>Arose at 3.30pm and left Earl's place just after five past four on Tuesday morning. The ferry was at 6am and we arrived just at the
right time after a stop for fuel. (Got to the port around 5.20am.)</p>
@ -37,40 +43,52 @@ shift around N&uuml;rnburg.</p>
<p><i>[The N&uuml;rnburg incident, which apparently involved a high-speed emergency stop with inadequate brakes, never got written up in
the enormous space left for it on the page.]</i></p>
<d>6/7/04</d> <w><u>Dave</u></w> <t>Dave's trip out</t>
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<d>6/7/04</d> <t>Dave's trip out</t> <w><u>Dave</u></w>
<p>All went v. smoothly; up at 3am (ouch!), coach to Stansted, Ryanair to Salzburg, tram, train etc to arrive at Bad Aussee at around 3pm.
Bus timetable appears to be beyond the comprehension of mere mortals, so I walked. Then fell asleep, woke up and spent four hours watching
German TV. (Something important has happened to the state governor of Steiermark, but I have no idea what.)</p>
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<d>7/7/04</d> <w>Olly M, Mark and <u>Dave</u></w>
<p>Walked up hill. Snow level very high. Had considerable fun hauling gear out of Traungold (caving gear + some digging were needed).</p>
<g>T/U: Dave 1hr</g>
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<d>8/7/04</d> <w>Olly M, Mark and <u>Dave</u></w>
<p>More getting stuff out of snow-choked holes.</p>
<g>T/U: Olly M 1hr</g>
<d>10/7/04</d> <w><u>Dave</u>, Olly M</w> <t>204A rigging</t>
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<d>10/7/04</d> <t>204A rigging</t> <w><u>Dave</u>, Olly M</w>
<p>Rigged down to bottom of A ent pitch. Owing to lack of rope we didn't get any further than that + ran out of excuses for walking
downhill in the rain.</p>
<g>T/U: Dave 1.25hrs Olly 0.75hrs</g>
<d>??</d> <w><u>Julia</u> and Anthony...</w> <t>..are here</t>
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<p>Det er veldig variskelig &acirc; snakke [illegible]. Men jeg m&acirc; pr&oslash;ve. We left Anthony's office at 3.00pm on Friday (I
remembered the guitar). Getting out of Norge not easy, but achieved eventually. 6 hours Oslo to G&oslash;teborg. Then lots more hours
through Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Sweden + Germany go on far too long especially. Our stereo died, but it only cost 20 NOK so it's fair
enough. No traffic jams once outside Sweden. It took ages, Dour ate lots of chocolate, I didn't fall asleep too much, Expo is great + so
is G&ouml;sser.</p>
<d>11/7/04</d> <w><u>Julia</u> and Anthony...</w>
<p><i>[In different pen and Dour's handwriting]</i>I say chaps, it's a dashed long way from Oslo to expo, what?</p>
<p>.. are here. Det er veldig variskelig &aring; snakke <i>[illegible]</i>. Men jeg m&aring; pr&oslash;ve. We left Anthony's office at
3.00pm on Friday (I remembered the guitar). Getting out of Norge not easy, but achieved eventually. 6 hours Oslo to G&oslash;teborg. Then
lots more hours through Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Sweden + Germany go on far too long especially. Our stereo died, but it only cost 20
NOK so it's fair enough. No traffic jams once outside Sweden. It took ages, Dour ate lots of chocolate, I didn't fall asleep too much,
Expo is great + so is G&ouml;sser.</p>
<p><i>[In different pen and Dour's handwriting]</i> I say chaps, it's a dashed long way from Oslo to expo, what?</p>
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<d>13/7/04</d> <w><u>Julia</u></w>
@ -109,6 +127,8 @@ I feel like I'm dying, and I wish I could beg<br />
For a stretcher to carry me to old base camp.
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<d>12/7/04</d> <w><u>Jenny</u> + Olly B</w>
<p>We set off for our 3<sup>rd</sup> carry to Top Camp, and for the first time it wasn't raining. As we got to TC it got much darker, and
@ -116,6 +136,8 @@ just as we started pitching the big expo tent it started to hail horizontally wh
and went to look for Eislufth&ouml;hle (76), Olly knew where it was, but couldn't remember quite how to get there so we walked around a
lot in the erratic boulders just below where 76 turned out to be.</p>
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<d>13/7/04 <w><u>Jenny</u> + Olly B</w>
<p>Carried up our final load to TC, noticed that the tent had lots of big puddles. Perhaps optimistically, I assumed it had come into the
@ -126,6 +148,8 @@ high with a snow patchand a skylight. Probably room for ~6 people without too mu
sheltered as well as it opens out into a small sheltered valley (with room for a small tent). We walked back to TC laying cairns as we
went.</p>
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<d>14/7/04</d> <w><u>Jenny</u> + Olly B</w>
<p>Woke up to find just how un-waterproof the tent was &ndash; lots of leaks through the ceiling and 3 puddles a couple of inches deep,
@ -154,7 +178,9 @@ If you didn't fancy caving you could go and get drunk<br />
There was always lots of festering down at old base camp
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<d>14/7/04</d> <w><u>Dave</u>, Olly M, Stuart, Dour</w> <t>Ariston rigging</t>
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<d>14/7/04</d> <t>Ariston rigging</t> <w><u>Dave</u>, Olly M, Stuart, Dour</w>
<p>Wandered in down 204A re-rigging on Dave Brindle's rope. Dour put in a bolt enabling me to get close enough to the 2nd pitch to see
that it was open, which was a pleasant surprise seeing how much snow was around generally. At this point Dour returned to the surface
@ -162,13 +188,17 @@ while Olly, Stuart and I wandered down Ariston. Ran out of rope at Steel Toecap
<g>T/U Dave, Olly, Stuart 6.5hrs, Dour 1hr</g>
<d>15/7/04</d> <w><u>Olly M</u>, Stuart, Peter</w> <t>204E rigging</t>
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<d>15/7/04</d> <t>204E rigging</t> <w><u>Olly M</u>, Stuart, Peter</w>
<p>Had much difficulty finding the entrance, it was further than I remembered. Took ages to rig the pitch, then went out.</p>
<g>T/U Olly, Stuart, Pete 2.5hours</g>
<d>15/7/04</d> <w><u>Dave</u>, Mark D, Nial</w> <t>Kiwi Suit rigging</t>
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<d>15/7/04</d> <t>Kiwi Suit rigging</t> <w><u>Dave</u>, Mark D, Nial</w>
<p>Continued rig down bottom pitch of Ariston (which is shite) and 54m pitch in Kiwi Suit. Realising we had only three hangers left, we
put in the next 8m pitch but didn't descend, + buggered off out. Nial + Mark apparently got lost in the crawls at the bottom of
@ -179,7 +209,9 @@ cold + knackered + wanted to go downhill.</p>
<g>T/U Dave 5.5hrs, Nial, MarkD 6.5</g>
<d>18/7/04</d> <w>Dour, <u>Mark D</u></w> <t>Razor Dance rigging</t>
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<d>18/7/04</d> <t>Razor Dance rigging</t> <w>Dour, <u>Mark D</u></w>
<p>Early start &ndash; underground by 10:00! Speedy descent to Kiwi Suit, where we picked up the bag of rope left on the 15th. We now had
3 1/2 bags of rope between us, which was considered A LOT. Mark rigged the bottom 2 pitches of Kiwi Suit, then Dour took up the cudgels
@ -192,6 +224,8 @@ MSD.</p>
<g>TU Mark 10hrs Dour 11.25hrs</g>
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<d>16/7/04</d> <w>Jenny, <u>Olly B</u></w>
<p>We bolted on down from the head of Draught Bitter (where the draught was so fierce it made my eyes water while drilling a hole for a
@ -203,6 +237,8 @@ the pitch, but it was blind. Back up, and the rift seems to form a U, both ends
pitch (though we're yet to confirm this). We ascend to the rock bridge, and head on down. I can see a ledge which will keep us away from
falling snow &amp; rocks, but after two spits I'm still not there and my legs are losing feeling. Jenny is cold too so we exit.</p>
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<d>17/7/04</d> <w>Olly + <u>Jenny</u></w>
<p>Back down 76 again, this time it's my turn to bolt. I get down to the bolts Olly put in yesterday (after adding a spit for a deviation
@ -222,6 +258,8 @@ to the pitches (draft bitter). Then returned to BC, racing darkness + an electri
<g>Total TU 6.5hrs</g>
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<d>5/7/04</d> <w><u>Martin</u></w>
<p>I was phoned, "There is a problem", "Please bring your bathroom scales", "400kg overweight", "bollocks" (thought Martin).
@ -237,12 +275,16 @@ driver and I to lift the 390kg pallet on to another pallet. After much grunting
On Friday I received a message saying the cheque I sent on Thursday had not arrived. So I ignored it, and it all turned up in Bad Aussee
on Monday.</p>
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<d>19/7/04</d> <w><u>Martin</u>, Nial</w>
<p>Went in E, noticed rubs (Olly says it wasn't his (threatened with hammer)). Rigged Taking the Piss, with PPE green string. Rigged Wot
No Bolts, from first hole using two bolts! (Deviation needed). 03-67B pushed to conclusion, 03-68B, 03-69B pushed to beginning of Faith
traverse. Pencil broke, so took some photos.</p>
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<d>18/7/04</d> <w>Olly B + <u>Jenny</u></w>
<p>Walked back up to the bivvy, and sat around for a while feeling too hot. Eventually got underground with a plan of finishing surveying
@ -257,7 +299,9 @@ middle. Definitely not worth using as an entrance when 76a is so much nicer.</p>
<g>T/U 3hrs</g>
<d>19/7/04</d> <w>Olly B + <u>Jenny</u></w> <t>76: Brave New World</t>
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<d>19/7/04</d> <t>76: Brave New World</t> <w>Olly B + <u>Jenny</u></w>
<p>Went back down 76 with bolting gear with a view to ticking off Olly's lead on the ledge and then rigging on down. I lined Olly up the
short but exposed climb, then couldn't see what was happening for ages. Olly got to the end of the rope and assured me it was safe to
@ -280,7 +324,9 @@ cave!</p>
<g>T/U 8hrs</g>
<d>18/7/04</d> <w><u>Dave</u>, Becka, Nial</w> <t>Gaffered rig + tourist</t>
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<d>18/7/04</d> <t>Gaffered rig + tourist</t> <w><u>Dave</u>, Becka, Nial</w>
<p>Wandered down Gaffered, while Nial + Becka touristed up Swings and aparently pushed a QM somewhere. (Becka: where was it?) (<i>[Becka's
handwriting]</i> By station 12 on RH wall, wasn't down as QM. Didn't go. Surveyed 2/8/04. Also looked at QMs on Colonnades, nothing
@ -295,7 +341,9 @@ two bolts, but all the rock is awful.</p>
<g>T/U 8.5hrs</g>
<d>19/7/04</d> <w>Olly M, <u>Dave</u></w> <t>Razor Dance</t>
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<d>19/7/04</d> <t>Razor Dance</t> <w>Olly M, <u>Dave</u></w>
<p>Carried in the pushing rope, and rigged the pitches beyond Steady Now. Ran out of hangers at the top of Yeast. Also placed a hand bolt
at the top of Mystery Wind, so as to replace existing dodgy thread, but didn't have a hanger for it. Headed out without a great deal of
@ -307,7 +355,9 @@ dive out of it which could have been very nasty. Fortunately I succeeded in land
<g>T/U 12hrs</g>
<d>21/7/04</d> <w><u>Mark D</u>, Dour</w> <t>Razor Dance</t>
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<d>21/7/04</d> <t>Razor Dance</t> <w><u>Mark D</u>, Dour</w>
<p>An exceptionally early start (9.30 am!) and a quick trip down to the start of Razor Dance. Reached the pushing front at about 13:30
after rigging Yeast pitch. Dour bolted the traverse while Mark quickly dropped the pitch on naturals. The continuation at stream level was
@ -322,7 +372,9 @@ jammer!</p>
<g>T/U Mark D 10.75hrs Dour 13.25hrs</g>
<d>19/7/04</d> <w><u>Becka</u> + Earl</w> <t>Gaffered rig to Underworld</t>
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<d>19/7/04</d> <t>Gaffered rig to Underworld</t> <w><u>Becka</u> + Earl</w>
<p>Earl put in a Y-hang about 40% down from the top of Gaffered to help speed up using it + take us a bit further from the spray. Becka
replaced the two ropes Dave rigged yesterday with a 9mm (bit too skinny) 91m then Earl continued to rig down Gaffered, adding a backup
@ -331,7 +383,9 @@ Takes ~2hrs from bottom.</p>
<g>T/U 9hrs</g>
<d>20/7/04</d> <w><u>Becka</u>, Nial + Earl</w> <t>Underworld / Sirens push + survey</t>
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<d>20/7/04</d> <t>Underworld / Sirens push + survey</t> <w><u>Becka</u>, Nial + Earl</w>
<p>Finally ready to roll pushing: looked at <b>03-29A</b> rigged handline to edge of large chamber &ndash; no rope so leave that, plus
<b>03-30B</b> which needs a high-level traverse. (See our 22nd July trip.)</p>
@ -354,7 +408,9 @@ or <b>03-6C</b> look to be much.</p>
<p><i>[Extensively annotated copy of 2003 Underworld survey with ticked-off leads noted.]</i></p>
<d>21/7/04</d> <w><u>Becka</u> + Nial</w> <t>Surface Prospect</t>
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<d>21/7/04</d> <t>Surface Prospect</t> <w><u>Becka</u> + Nial</w>
<p>Wandered over col beyond 204 towards Grie&eszet; Kogel then back round on plateau side. Put in two tags on new caves:</p>
@ -378,6 +434,10 @@ on opposite wall. Tony + I surface surveyed to 2004-11 in the evening of 21st; M
<p>We also re-found 2002-04.</p>
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<d>22/7/04</d> <t>Underworld Push</t> <w><u>Becka</u>, Earl + Dave</w>
<p>Dave wanted to learn how to drill bolts so down to Earl's drill in the Underworld ... but first we surveyed + derigged Eeyore. Then
Dave derigged the 26m that Earl + Stuart had started to rig along the traverse in Sirens yesterday (they'd hoped to get to 03-18B). Took
all the junk to the end of Quiz Rift then Earl supervised Dave rigging 03-29A which went down the mud ramp then a Y-hang (bolt + boulder)
@ -396,7 +456,9 @@ calming tongue. <i>[I think my jammers are knackered - the teeth don't bite like
<g>T/U 11 hours</g>
<d>21/7/04</d> <w><u>Jenny</u> + Olly B</w> <t>99</t>
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<d>21/7/04</d> <t>99</t> <w><u>Jenny</u> + Olly B</w>
<p>Walked back up to our bivvy in the sun; when we got there, Olly wasn't feeling too well, so we decided that I'd explore 99 whilst Olly
sat on the surface and patched his oversuit. I went down rigged off the v.dubious tag bolt and a spike. It went down an inclined rift with
@ -411,7 +473,9 @@ leaving the ice squeeze for either a day later on in expo with less ice, or a da
<g>T/U Jenny 1hr</g>
<d>22/7/04</d> <w>Jenny, <u>Olly</u></w> <t>76</t>
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<d>22/7/04</d> <t>76</t> <w>Jenny, <u>Olly</u></w>
<p>We went down 76 to push the pitch lead near the start of the "Test Tubes". It was unclear if the pitchhead was perched rocks or solid,
so I used a mostly convincing thread as a backup, and put in a traverse spit, then a Y hang out in the rift. The rift was a good 1.5m
@ -424,7 +488,9 @@ New World survey and went home. Jenny put in a better placed spit for the ledge
<g>T/U 5.5hrs</g>
<d>22/7/04</d> <w><u>Olly</u>, Peter</w> <t>Random German</t>
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<d>22/7/04</d> <t>Random German</t> <w><u>Olly</u>, Peter</w>
<p>Pete and I had failed to walk up the previous evening so an 8am rising and a run to the bus stop was in order. Waiting in Bad Aussee
allowed a random German bloke to approach and ask us if we could "show him the caves". Julia's powers of dissuasion are clearly lacking
@ -435,7 +501,9 @@ photos, and translated the phone message. We bid farewell at the entrance to Hau
corpse on the next walk down I found none and must assume he made it. Lucky really given his nice Nikon camera and the pictures of me and
Peter on his 35mm film...</p>
<d>22/7/04</d> <w><u>Olly</u>, Peter</w> <t>Hauchh&ouml;hle</t>
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<d>22/7/04</d> <t>Hauchh&ouml;hle</t> <w><u>Olly</u>, Peter</w>
<p>Julia had asked people to look at Hauchh&ouml;hle so Pete and I decided to have a poke. A survey was produced showing the main way on
to be to the left at the bottom of the (first) pitch. Pete rigged the pitch and followed my bad advice of rethreading the rope around the
@ -452,7 +520,9 @@ and miles of cave passage to whoever would listen.</p>
<g>T/U 6hrs</g>
<d>23/7/04</d> <w><u>Dave</u>, Pete, Olly M</w> <t>Hauchh&ouml;hle surveying</t>
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<d>23/7/04</d> <t>Hauchh&ouml;hle surveying</t> <w><u>Dave</u>, Pete, Olly M</w>
<p>Pete + Olly had returned to camp the previous day with tales of caverns measureless to man, and nothing surveyed. So I jumped at the
chance to go and practice my survey note-taking, hoping to go on to bolt down the pitches (or rather show Olly how).</p>
@ -463,7 +533,9 @@ surveying as well.)</p>
<g>T/U Pete + Dave 11h, Olly 10h</g>
<d>24/7/04</d> <w><u>Dave</u>, Becka, Pete, Olly M, Earl</w> <t>Hauchh&ouml;hle again</t>
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<d>24/7/04</d> <t>Hauchh&ouml;hle again</t> <w><u>Dave</u>, Becka, Pete, Olly M, Earl</w>
<p>A complex plan emerged over breakfast. Team keen (Dave + Becka) would go in and do some more surveying; team fester (Olly + Earl) would
bolt the pitch; and team artistic (Pete) would take some photos. At 11.30 team science (Dour) would shout dow surface hole 2002-02 so we
@ -483,7 +555,9 @@ thrutch into an aven with water coming in and a too tight rift off. Out + home.<
<g>T/U Dave 6.5h; Olly 4h; Pete 4h; Earl 7h; Becka 9.5h</g>
<d>24/7/04</d> <w><u>Jenny</u> + Olly B</w> <t>Eislufth&ouml;hle - rigging down 70's route to Keg Series</t>
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<d>24/7/04</d> <t>Eislufth&ouml;hle - rigging down 70's route to Keg Series</t> <w><u>Jenny</u> + Olly B</w>
<p>We decided that today we would continue down the 70s route and see how far we could get with the rope + hangers we had. I wanted to
play with the drill, so set off down to the current end of the rigging (the next ledge on from the Test Tube passage) and put in a nice
@ -510,7 +584,9 @@ rigging, and went back to teh base of Saved Shaft. We surveyed back till it conn
<g>T/U 10 hours</g>
<d>25/7/04</d> <w>Olly + <u>Jenny</u></w> <t>76 - Brave New World</t>
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<d>25/7/04</d> <t>76 - Brave New World</t> <w>Olly + <u>Jenny</u></w>
<p>Olly fettled the rigging in the entrance to add a tight guide line above the rock bridge, and we went into the Test Tube, and onto
Brave New World, this time turning right to the pitch, traversing round it (which I found scary as it was loose) and itno the oxbow on the
@ -525,7 +601,9 @@ survey.</p>
<p>Walked up to 204 in the evening to see where it was and say "hi" to Earl + Becka. 204 bivvy is ~45mins from our bivvy, but I don't walk
very fast.</p>
<d>26/7/04</d> <w>Olly + <u>Jenny</u></w> <t>76 - Brave New World</t>
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<d>26/7/04</d> <t>76 - Brave New World</t> <w>Olly + <u>Jenny</u></w>
<p>Decided to carry the drill through the Test Tube to bolt stuff in Brave New World. We decided it would be better to carry SRT kits
rather than wearing them too. Carrying tackle made the Test Tube seem much smaller and more arduous... Turned right into BNW, and Olly got
@ -540,7 +618,9 @@ then left the cave.</p>
<g>T/U 11hrs</g>
<d>27/7/04</d> <w>Olly + <u>Jenny</u></w> <t>76 - Brave New World</t>
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<d>27/7/04</d> <t>76 - Brave New World</t> <w>Olly + <u>Jenny</u></w>
<p>Didn't feel like carrying tackle through the Test Tube again, so took survey gear to tick off some leads (hopefully). The first lead we
looked at was the tube on the right around halfway along, near the probable 99 connection. It got progressively narrower, and then there
@ -555,7 +635,9 @@ size to an aven - this is still to be surveyed.</p>
<g>T/U 4.75hrs</g>
<d>25/7/04</d> <w><u>Becka</u> + Earl</w> <t>Gardeners' World -&gt; Subsoil</t>
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<d>25/7/04</d> <t>Gardeners' World -&gt; Subsoil</t> <w><u>Becka</u> + Earl</w>
<p>Down Gaffered Series <strong>aargh</strong>, this rope is way too fast, welly-brake-tastic... To Gardeners' World + I went over my
"Generation Game" traverse to check that it really did go nowhere (sigh) then derigged it (not <em>too</em> exciting bar one
@ -572,7 +654,9 @@ Earl Teflon-Jammers Merson was, of course, fine + blamed it all on my poor techn
<g>T/U 10hrs</g>
<d>26/7/04</d> <w><u>Becka</u> + Earl</w> <t>Rerigging Gaffered + Gardeners' World</t>
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<d>26/7/04</d> <t>Rerigging Gaffered + Gardeners' World</t> <w><u>Becka</u> + Earl</w>
<p>Earl was all for going straight back down to push Subsoil but I'd promised myself not to go down there again until there was fresh rope
on it so we carried in a 100m and a 65m and rerigged from Tape Worm all the way down (I replaced the top 91m - again - whilst
@ -596,6 +680,8 @@ spanking new rope unless you're pristine. Thanks to Tony for cleaning + checking
<g>T/U 10 hours</g>
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<d>27/7/04</d> <t>Surveying Subsoil</t> <w><u>Becka</u> + Earl</w>
<p>The Razordance team was all off for a long trip so we decided to join them since it's the dinner tomorrow. <u>Bloody</u> cold at camp +
@ -621,6 +707,8 @@ takes ~ 1 1/2 hours to get to the bottom of Subsoil and ~ 2 1/2 hours to get out
<p><i>[Sketch: "Rigging guide below Underworld"]</i></p>
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<d>21/7/04</d> <t>Gaffered</t> <w><u>Earl</u> + Stuart</w>
<p>Descended to Eeyore to continue rigging Kanga pitch. Bolts had been placed on the previous trip, so adding a deviation enabled us to
@ -644,6 +732,8 @@ grades by removing one of the footholds. This makes getting out for whoever surv
<p>Swings QM is a climb up on the right, where a gallery looks through several holes to Swings below. Hurrah for excessively bright +
pointy lights in finding such delights.</p>
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<d>27/7/04</d> <t>Razor Dance</t> <w>Martin, Dave, <u>Dour</u></w>
<p>My drill was at the bottom of Razor Dance, and since I was about to go home I needed to fish it out. Since there was a shortage of
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<g>T/U Martin 15hrs, Dave 16hrs, Dour 17.5hrs</g>
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<d>22/7/04</d> <t>2004-11 - "In Your Face"</t> <w>Martin, Nial, and <u>Stuart</u></w>
<p>"Come and look at our great new cave" they said. "Could be a new 204 entrance" they said. "DON'T YOU DARE FIND THE END OF IT" they
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<g>T/U 7.5hrs</g>
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<d>23/7/04</d> <t>In Your Face + 204 scrotting</t> <w>Martin and <u>Stuart</u></w>
<p>Somehow I had ended up in 2004-11 again. Martin completed the traverse in record time and declared, "It's huge stomping passage, looks