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<p>Turned up hoping that Team 1 would have finished rigging the entrance series, found to be far from the truth. After a bit of umming and ah-ing on the surface, decided to rig past Team 1 to get to the bottom. Ice plug at the bottom was found to be significantly lower than previous years so existing bolts could not be used exclusively in quick & dirty rig. Inherited drill & bolting kit from Team 1 to rig the bottom, a traverse across the ice slope. From [here] split in two:</p>
<p>- Rob stayed on the entrance series to use the bolting kit to continue the re-bolting of the entrance to avoid the loose floor.</p>
<p>- Becka, Neil, and I continued on carrying rope to deeper parts of the cave.</p>
<UL>- Rob stayed on the entrance series to use the bolting kit to continue the re-bolting of the entrance to avoid the loose floor.</UL>
<UL>- Becka, Neil, and I continued on carrying rope to deeper parts of the cave.</UL>
<p>Handline found in place at Ribs with Knoedel (?). Caramel Catharsis rigged then continued through Y KeyKey Beach & Max Pleasure. Back through Dubious Pleasure, where all 3 traverse lines were found in place. Reached String Theory top & deposited 100m rope & brew kit, then buggered off out again, picking up Rob on the way.</p>
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<p>Returned to the "Too bold for this spit" traverse. Andrew climbed up above the traverse to the lead spotted the previous day and put some bolts in so Jess could climb up and survey the small passage found - "Alcove pop", which split after a few meters with both ways ending in mud. Small roof tube ran back into the main rift split into many tiny holes. Meanwhile Sam + David retrieved the rope from Korea.</p>
<p>David replaced the bolt which popped out the previous day, and all returned to the passage and pitch found the previous day</p>
<p> - Passage = popped across, pitch = nipped down.</p>
<UL> - Passage = popped across, pitch = nipped down.</UL>
<p>Andrew then finished rigging "nipped down" and David and Jess surveyed it, linking it into Chine before heading out. Possible passage continuation across pitch - QMC. On the way back up the pitch, Andrew noticed the single bolt above the 30m hang and blow the dodgy sling rebelay was pulling out as he prussiked - when he got there, he could pull it out of the wall!</p>
<p>Everyone headed out, Sam having some tight trouble in the squeeze - this is easiest using the low route now most of the popcorn has gone. All out by 20:15, and all headed down to base camp.</p>
<p><b>QMC - Possible passage continuation of popped across on the opposite wall of nipped down - bolt traverse required.</b></p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 12 hrs</div>
<div class="tripdate" id="t2014-07-27a">2014-07-28</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Becka</u>, Katey, Nathaniel</div>
<div class="triptitle">258 - Tunnocks -> Pidgeon Droppings -> Flying Rat</div>
<p>Headed down to where we left off yesterday, Katey + Nat breezing down all the airy entrance rigging with all of 9 months caving experience a-piece (though they'd just come from the [--] expedition so are expo-seasoned). We set off surveying, following the draft, but quickly got to a pitch, Nat went back to fetch the gear whilst Katey + I surveyed side leads. When we got back to Nat he shame-facedly confessed that one of the drill batteries had rolled out of the bag he was unpacking + down a small hole. He tried to persuade Katey to go in after it but she's no fool so he wiggled in head first, managed to retrieve the battery, attempted to turn around, failed, tried to back out, failed, started to sound a bit stressed + finally begged for assistance. Katey + I got a leg each + he finally was hauled out. After that he needed a while to compose himself so Katey rigged the pitch ("Flying Rats") with 2 spits at the top + a rebelay then we surveyed down to a traverse with a bad step + then teeter along a ledge with loose rock where we ended the survey having decided that it really should have been rigged. Packed the loose gear up + left it at the top of Pidgeon Droppings + went for a quick check on Neil + Rob below Bob On who were surveying out + then exited steadily.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 12 hrs</div>
<div class="tripdate" id="t2014-07-27a">2014-07-29</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Becka</u>, Mike, Andrea, Nat, Katey</div>
<div class="triptitle">Prospecting ~NE of Tunnocks</div>
<p>A pleasant day ambling in the sunshine trying to hit Mike's main goal areas. We found surprisingly little given the 5-person comb but we refound <u>CUCC-2005-05</u> which seemed promising <u>unless</u> the air in it is just circulation from the fractured bowl beneath the entrance. Mike, Andrea + Katey surveyed it whilst Nat bolted the right hand pitch to a bridge before running out of rope (we only had 11m + 12m; the only other tope at Top Camo was 200m!) + good rock. This should be returned to + checked out properly.</p>
<p>We also refound <u>2006-05</u> which appeared to have spits to descent but Base Camp couldn't find a report of what happened there, it looks pretty good.</p>
<p>Finally, we found a new cave which we ineptly tagged as <u>CUCC-14-876</u> ("Hot Tub"). Katey rigged this with a backup then y-hang down perhaps 15m to a snow plug which might have a way on beyond. It seemed to have a good draft + is in an interesting position above 258/204 so, again, this would be worth returning to.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 30min</div>
<div class="tripdate" id="t2014-07-27a">2014-07-30</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Becka</u> & Nat</div>
<div class="triptitle">258 - Tunnocks -> Pidgeon Droppings -> Flying Rat + de-rigging, "Trafalgar Square" Survey</div>
<p>Picked up the gear at the top of Pidgeon Droppings including Rob + Neil's 80m rope so we were fairly laden + headed down to Flying Rats pitch. Rigged the traverse off a couple of so-so naturals (trying to conserve hangers due to the hanger-draught at Top Camp) then Nat put a couple of spits in the far side (+another one which completely fractured the rock when he set it) + then another natural. We surveyed on from yesterday + then in loops under ourselves. Nat rigged on naturals down a short pitch. The passage looked big + phreatic + exciting but I went up the nasty loose climb at the end + it just fizzled out, grrr. We surveyed a final loop back to the short pitch then reluctantly decided to derig, slogged out with 2 tacklesacks a-piece so left Pidgeon Droppings rigged + left rigging gear at the top then we plodded out. I think it was 3 hours in + ~4 hours out, emerging just gone midnight + snuck home before the rain really started.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 13hrs</div>
<div class="tripdate" id="t2014-07-27a">2014-07-29</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Jess</u>, Wookey, Michael</div>
<div class="triptitle">107 - Gemshohle - Finalising Nipped Down rigging + Pushing lead in Southern China - "The Last TSA"</div>
<p>Nipped down had been rebolted the rpevious trip, but the ropes needed switching to ensure the rope reached the floor. Wookey sorted this while Jess and Michael passed 5m of slack rope along the popped across traverse back to the pitch at too bold for this spit:</p>
<p>Too Bold for This Spit: (computerised image can be found in expoimages in rigging_topos, 107_tooboldforthisspit.svg)</p>
<p>Popped Across Traverse: (computerised image can be found in expoimages in rigging_topos, 107_poppedacrosstraverse.svg)</p>
<p>Nipped Down: (computerised image will soon be available in expoimages in rigging_topos, 107_nippeddown.svg)</p>
<p>Rigging now fettled, the team departed for the N end of China + Korea and spent some time checking for leads at and below floor level - Wookey moved some [scary] boulders under Korea but all that was found was the pitch pushed by O+J the previous year. However, the climb to the alcove 20m up the N wall of the Aven at the N end of China looked promising.</p>
<p>Having so far found nothing new, the three now departed for the A lead at the S end of China - <u>13-CH-11A</u>(?). 7m climb was rigged with a handline from a single bolt 1/2 way down:</p>
<p>[picture]</p>
<p>Large smooth-walled high rift passage was found heading S to a 20m pitch, which J+W bolted:
<p>[picture]</p>
<p>The passage was found to continue as [something corrected by Wookey] until a final chamber with an aven was reached. Due to time now being short, all 3 exited and a return was planned the next day to complete the surveying, though the passage was given the name "The Last TSA" courtesy of Michael wearing his Dad's old TSA oversuit.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 9 1/2 hrs</div>
<div class="tripdate" id="t2014-07-27a">2014-07-30</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Jess</u> & Wookey</div>
<div class="triptitle">107 - Gemshohle - The Last TSA, Climb N end of China</div>
<p>The return trip to The Last TSA, to finish the survey. Large mud and stone floored phreatic hading(?) rift, heading S and down, with a chocolate mud river flowing down the floor. Large amount of wall peelage LHS - in one place a huge section has flaked off (20m? long) - "the battleship Potempkin". Wookey shinned up into the ceiling after the battleship, finding a window out into the end chamber with the rift continuing up with a slight draft at 30m above the floor - Wookey realised how high he was, got scared and came back - continuing climb up rift QMB. W rigged a handline down the washed out mud and boulder cliff into the final chamber whereon aven enters - QMX. Far wall is solid, W poked around in the boulders and found that the RHW is undercut and could be the continuation, but no way through the very precarious boulderchoke filling the chamber floor and bottom part of 2 walls (RHS, nearside).</p>
<p>De-rigged back into China, and Wookey proceeded to climb up to the alcove visible in the N wall of the aven at the N of China, ~20m up. The climb drafted, but the alcove was a sand-filled passage and didn't go (13-CH-1B). On his way back down, on the RHS of a boulder he had passed on the L on the way up, hefound a rift + small hole below which drafted V strongly out! The rift would be tight and looked like you would need to wedge yourself in then descend a pitch. The small hole below may give easier access if dug?</p>
<p><b>QMA!!! - the way to kH?</b></p>
<p>Due to time + J being tired, plus the lead looking like a trip in and of itself, both headed back out at this point.</p>
<p><u>The Last TSA:</u><UL>QMB - 30m+ climb up hading rift in ceiling between the battleship wall flake and the final aven.</UL><UL>QMX - the aven entering the final chamber.</UL></p>
<p><u>N end of China:</u><UL>QMA - Rift small hole with strong outward draft in N wall of aven 1/2 way up climb to alcove, may require pitch bolting once into rift.</UL></p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 10 hrs</div>
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