Logbook edited 2014-08-05e

years/2014/logbook.html

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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-07-25b">2014-07-25</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Neil, Becka, <u>Michael S</u>, Rob A, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">Rob A, Neil, Becka, <u>Michael S</u>, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">Team 2 into Tunnocks</div>
 <br /><br />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 &amp; dirty rig. Inherited drill &amp; bolting kit from Team 1 to rig the bottom, a traverse across the ice slope. From here split in two:
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ See troggle/code/views/other.py and core.models/logbooks.py writelogbook(year, f
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-07-25c">2014-07-25</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Joe, <u>Wookey</u>, Aled, AndrewA, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">AndrewA, Joe, <u>Wookey</u>, Aled, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">3rd Rigging in Trip (107)</div>
 <br /><br />Underground by 11 this time, with 3 batts &amp; plenty of keenness. Joes headed for point again, whilst Wookey &amp; AndyA came along as rigging faeries to fix up the dodgy Olly-rigging, particularly his propensity for kneee-high pitch head bolts.  Fixed up entrance stuff that we had left for Aled the day before, as he'd gone down the hill. Then on to add back-up bolts, and often new pitch head bolts too. Caught up with Joe at 'Too Bold For This Spit', where he had managed to scare himself rigging due to having to fish out sling halfway across with a big leg-trembler. He was pleased to see some company. Wook went over &amp; rigged back about 2m higher to turn a horror into a nice traverse. (Fine bit of traversing by Ol/J).
 <br /><br />Aled turned up at this point having come up from base &amp; solo-caved to find us.
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ See troggle/code/views/other.py and core.models/logbooks.py writelogbook(year, f
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-07-26a">2014-07-26</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Joe, <u>Wookey</u>, Jess, Andrew A, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">Andrew A, Joe, <u>Wookey</u>, Jess, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">3rd Rigging in Trip (107)</div>
 <br /><br />Back again looking for ways on. Conncetion to R looks unlikely - everything goes L.
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ See troggle/code/views/other.py and core.models/logbooks.py writelogbook(year, f
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-07-27b">2014-07-27</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Andrew A, Sam, David, <u>Jess</u>, </div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Jess</u>, Andrew A, Sam, David, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">1623-107 - Alcove pop + Nipped down</div>
 <br /><br />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.
 <br /><br />David replaced the bolt which popped out the previous day, and all returned to the passage and pitch found the previous day
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ When we got back to Nat he shame-facedly confessed that one of the drill batteri
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-07-29a">2014-07-29</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Katey, Nat, <u>Becka</u>, Andrea, Mike Futrell, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">Mike Futrell, Katey, Nat, <u>Becka</u>, Andrea, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">2006-05 - Prospecting ~NE of Tunnocks</div>
 <br /><br />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 rope at Top Camp was 200m!) + good rock. This should be returned to + checked out properly.
 <br /><br />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.
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ The passage looked big + phreatic + exciting but I went up the nasty loose climb
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-07-30c">2014-07-30</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Andrea Futrell, Katey, <u>Michael S</u>, Mike Futrell, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">Mike Futrell, Andrea Futrell, Katey, <u>Michael S</u>, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">258 - Tunnocks - Sightseeing and C lead at the top of String Theory (09-44C)</div>
 <br /><br />The Futrells wanted a sightseeing trip where they could take photographs without being pressured to go fast, and us others wanted an easier trip. Also given to us was the choices of a C-lead at the top of String Theory (09-44C). Took the standard roure to ST (Entrance -> Caramel Catharsis -> Pleasure Series -> ST). C-lead was along a rift out the top of the scree slope at the top of ST heading West. Floor of boulder choke, after ~20m the floor falls out. There is a ga wide enough to fit a person, an 11m tope allowed descent to a second level of boulder choke floor. A third and final level of boulder choke floor was reached by another ~6m pitch. Both ends of the rift choked up at each level. The lowest level was at ~45&deg; angle, any step sent a cascade of rocks down.
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@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ Craps out in all directions, not worth returning to. On the way out, the Futrell
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-08-01a">2014-08-01</div>
-<div class="trippeople">David, Matt, Sophie D, <u>Elaine</u>, </div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Elaine</u>, David, Matt, Sophie D, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">107 - Gemshohle - Attempt to push Wookey &amp; Jess' lead at North end of China</div>
 <br /><br />Attempts to go caving from base camp are not a great idea if you want to be underground at a reasonable hour... Rather a lot of faffing and a diversion to the mobile phone shop later, we were en route to 107 and underground at ~1:30pm. It was Elaine &amp; Sophie's first expo caving trip. Progress was somewhat slow, and since it took 4 hours to reach a point just before TOO BOLD FOR THIS SPIT, the decision was taken to turn round at 5:30 pm.
 <br /><br />Elaine and David decided to retrieve the hand bolting kits which were left just before Pop Across. David grabbed the kits then D&amp;E caught up with M&amp;S who were making their way out. Once M&amp;S had gone past the squeeze, E derigged the pitch which bypasses the squeeze while D. rebolted &amp; rerigged the traverse at the bottom of said pitch to make it safer. All reached the surface at ~9:45pm. D&amp;E decided to go ahead to top camp to cancel the callout and outrun the thunderstorm which was snapping at our heels. S&amp;M arrived, rather damp, 1.5h later.
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ Craps out in all directions, not worth returning to. On the way out, the Futrell
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-08-02a">2014-08-02</div>
-<div class="trippeople"><u>Elaine</u>, David, RobW, Aled, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">Aled, <u>Elaine</u>, David, RobW, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">107 - Gemshohle - Attempt #2 to push Wookey &amp; Jess' lead at North end of China</div>
 <br /><br />After a later start than was intended (due to my extensive faffing abilities), we were underground by 11:45. By 1:30pm we had reached "Too bold". This being Elaines 2nd trip of expo, and only her 6th SRT trip, she was not quite so confident on the larger pitches, so we reached the bottom of China by around 3pm. The climb which Wookey had rigged was somewhat precarious to say the least, so we sat on the other side of the choss pile at the bottom in a group shelter until each of us had ascended the climb. Aled &amp; David got to the top and I decided to come up. About halfway up (~2m above the deviation) I felt a massive draught kicking out of a slanting rift in the wall: the lead! The others had gone too high. David dropped down with the drill after I had had a look down the hole, a slanting rift for ~5m which opens out over the top of a reasonable freehang (~20m). The pitch was subsequently dropped by David, who shouted enthusiastically up for someone to follow. I had the survey kit in my bag so I followed on.
 <br /><br />After some rigging adjustments, I dropped into a rather large passage with a humongous draught at the end. Very excited! We went round the corner to where Dave had looked to and began surveying. However after 3 legs Dave discovered a survey station which wasn't ours. Strange! This lead us to believe that it was not new passage. We went through a squeeze after a sandy crawl after following a phreatic passage with a gravelly floor, this reached a massive rift with a dodgy looking climb or a dodgy looking traverse (tried doing the traverse but it was a silly idea with us being 2 rather inexperienced cavers on the wrong side of a possibly new bit of passage. We therefore turned round and backsurveyed 8 legs from previous station 18 to the top of the pitch David dropped. By this time, it was getting on for 8pm &amp; with a 12 (midnight) callout we decided it was time to turn round, Aled &amp; Elaine having already headed out. Carrying the drill, bolting kit etc progress was more taxing than expected and we reached the surface around 10:30.
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ Craps out in all directions, not worth returning to. On the way out, the Futrell
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-08-02b">2014-08-02</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Matt, Sam, <u>Michael S</u>, Sophie D, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">Sophie D, Matt, Sam, <u>Michael S</u>, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">2013-03 - Checking Ants in Your Pants for snow level</div>
 <br /><br />AIYP (2013-03) is a possible back entrance to Tunnocks, explored in 2013 but found to be blocked by snow. Corresponding but of cave underneath found snow &amp; leaves, so almost certainly connected.
 <br /><br />From the surface, looked like a straight hang to the floor, kicking all the snow &amp; ice of 2013, particularly ice bridges across the shaft. Found to be not the full 60m shaft but only 30m down to what was marked a ledge on 2013 survey, so rest of shaft blocked by snow. Could not see bolts for traverse shown on 2013 rigging guide.
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ Craps out in all directions, not worth returning to. On the way out, the Futrell
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-08-03a">2014-08-03</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Mike Futrell, Andrea, <u>Michael S</u>, Neil, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">Neil, Mike Futrell, Andrea, <u>Michael S</u>, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">2014-888 and MF - unmarked pit</div>
 <br /><br />Follow up on 2014-888, a drafting hole blocked mostly by choss. Took crowbar &amp; bolting kit to prise all the precarious large rocks away from the entrance and rig the pitch that could be seen just beyond them.<br /><br />
 <br /><br />Spend ~ 1 hour trying to clear the entrance, removed most of the small to medium rocks but there was 1 large boulder which wobbled but wouldn't move down the hole. In the end it was wedged to one side so it was passable.
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ Craps out in all directions, not worth returning to. On the way out, the Futrell
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-08-03b">2014-08-03</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Andrew A, Becka, <u>RobW</u>, RobA, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">RobA, Andrew A, Becka, <u>RobW</u>, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">107 - KH connection made / KH derig</div>
 <br /><br />I was awoken early by Becka who was very excited about the previous days trip. Survey data was examined &amp; quizzing began. However, being not properly awake I did not provide any useful information at all, so we arranged to go back into 107 with lots of tackle sacks to examine the lead: if it was, as could have been the case, a connection into Korea, we would derig 107. If not, then who knew what was going to happen! After some inevitable faff (I dropped my wellies on the walk over) we got underground around half 11. <br /><br />
 We were in China by 1pm, and after some flapkjack split into two twos: Rob &amp; I went through the rift &amp; down the pitch, &amp; Andrew &amp; Becka went into Korea &amp; we would shout at each other to see if it connected. On dropping down the pitch, I showed Rob what we had done the day before and we headed up the sandy ramp to the slit. 
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ At this point, Rob proclaimed "I bet you &pound;500 that we're in Blown Out." On
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-08-03d">2014-08-03</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Sophie D, Matt, David, Aled, Sam, <u>Elaine</u>, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">Sam, <u>Elaine</u>, Sophie D, Matt, David, Aled, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">273 - 2014-NEO-01</div>
 <br /><br />Mass surface-prospecting trip. More write-up from others to follow? Matt pointed out a horizontal-leading hole that a previous (less keen) UBSS caver had deemed "too tight". Elaine, being an avid Mendip fan, decided that it was actually fine &amp; wriggled through to find that it pinched out after ~11m. Still, it was long enough to kataster, so E+D surveyed/photo-ed/GPSed/tagged it, while A+S dropped a small surface hole E+D had deemed too wet &amp; horrible. Afterwards E+D did some cross-valley directing to not much avail. E+D then discovered that caving <u>CAN</u> be a spectator sport, watching Michael bolt a pitch though a nice large window slightly further north. :)
 <div class="timeug">T/U: 0.0 hours</div>
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ At this point, Rob proclaimed "I bet you &pound;500 that we're in Blown Out." On
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-08-03e">2014-08-03</div>
-<div class="trippeople">David, <u>Sophie D</u>, Aled, Matt, Sam, Elaine, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">Sam, Elaine, David, <u>Sophie D</u>, Aled, Matt, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">Prospecting opposite Clownh&ouml;hle (Elaine's write-up of 2014-NEO-01 continued)</div>
 <br /><br />While Aled was watching Sam bolt his pitch and David was helping Elaine survey her horizontal hole in the overhang, Sophie and Matt headed to the end of the cliff and up the gully behind. The area they wandered round above was dotted with lots of big holes. One could be walked into and was found to crap out, with a ceiling that came away if you touched it. Some gear would be required to investigate the others, so Sophie and Matt headed back to fetch stuff and anyone they could interest. 
 <br /><br />As they picked their way down the chossy gully they noticed Elaine on the bunde covered hillside excitedly "discovering" what Matt recognised as Clownh&ouml;hle. Sam and Elaine were left to bash their way round the hill, while Aled and David were successfully enticed to Sophie and Matt's area. Matt, Sophie then David free-climbed into a pit
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ At this point, Rob proclaimed "I bet you &pound;500 that we're in Blown Out." On
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-08-05a">2014-08-05</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Andrea, Mike Futrell, <u>Katey</u>, Noel, Holly, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">Holly, Andrea, Mike Futrell, <u>Katey</u>, Noel, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">2005-05 - Balcony H&ouml;hle</div>
 <br /><br />Noel, Mike and Andrea had set off nice and early to go look at some of our leads from the day before, including a traverse that wanted bolting. Using a drill tends to go more easily when the drill has a bit, though, so when Noel came back to get one Holly and I came along to the cave. Noel added a backup bolt to the top Y-hang then I descended first to fettle the rigging. After lots of waiting for people to descend to avoid bouldery death we set off to rig the traverse. While Noel was discovering a chasm too wide to traverse across Holly and I were looking at the parallel shaft we'd found, and we made a sound connection between the two (unsurprising, as Noel described around the corner of the pitch as a rift). <br /><br />We decided to leave that traverse alone for the time being and as Noel derigged I took everyone else to Liar's bakery, the ?B, for Mike and Andrea to poke around in. Holly, Noel, and I then went to traverse the parallel shaft Holly and I had visited instead. Traversing over one pitch led to a second hole in the floor, giving the area the name Pit Pot. Traversing over the second pit landed on a rubble-covered ledge with a small window leading to a nice big pitch! Rocks fell for ~3 sec, so we estimated the depth of the shaft at 60m. We surveyed to the window -a whopping 13m - and headed out. Mike and Andrea had had rather more success, surveying 109.13m ending in a (dry) ~40m pitch. There are still plenty of leads to go back to, not too bad!
 <div class="timeug">T/U: 6 hrs </div>
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ At this point, Rob proclaimed "I bet you &pound;500 that we're in Blown Out." On
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-08-05b">2014-08-05</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Chris, Anthony, <u>Becka</u>, Neil, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">Neil, Chris, Anthony, <u>Becka</u>, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">plateau - Prospecting N of Tunnocks</div>
 <br /><br />After we'd all done an early morning walk down to fetch food from the carpark (as Top Camp had pretty much run out of everything) there wasn't time for a decent trip + the weather was a bit 50-50. We headed off past the Tunnocks col + Ants in the Pants + then along the German cairned route to the hillock/ridge the farside of Ants in the Pants then split into two pairs, each with a GPS. Anthony + Chris weren't impressed + didn't really find anything whereas Neil + I got excited by the general area +, especially, by a lovely section of limestone pavement <u>full</u> of shafts (one 2012-ft12 I think), some of which looked really good. We then headed back around + Neil stumbled on the best lead (+the only one that we tagged) which was a slot in an open hole in bunde with a fair drop beyond + a <u>good</u> draft. Quite narrow to enter but not an issue, provisionally called Disappointment Pot. On both mine + Anthony's GPS.
 <div class="timeug">T/U: 0.0 hours</div>
@@ -581,8 +581,8 @@ At this point, Rob proclaimed "I bet you &pound;500 that we're in Blown Out." On
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-08-05e">2014-08-05</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Pete, Joe, <u>Fleur</u>, </div>
-<div class="triptitle">go down Champagne on Ice / Coldfinger in Tunnocks</div>
+<div class="trippeople">Pete, <u>Fleur</u>, Joe, </div>
+<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - go down Champagne on Ice / Coldfinger in Tunnocks</div>
 <br /><br />Arrived in Austria delighted to see our lead from last year being pushed &amp; going so well. Arrived at the rigging front in slightly drippy shaft series. Joe went down from Anthony &amp; CJD's last rebelay, but this left a wet final hang to the floor. So I persuaded Joe to come back up fro a re-rig. He dismantled Anthony's rebelay, but instead of heading for a window as I had hoped, he continued to the floor. Still the cave went on, Joe kept rigging, Pete &amp; I following surveying. It was all looking great, but after two more pitches it died. The stream went into a tiny rift and sumped. I said I would de rig as I wanted a look in the window 2 pitches up. I swung in and it looked like a different floor. So Joe went for a quick bolt to see it it went. It did! And also interrupted a horizontal passage which turned out the next day to connect to Arctic Angle. Satisfied we were leaving a good leave, we could now exit without derigging.
 <br /><br />Not exactly a gentle introductory.
 <div class="timeug">T/U: 12.0 hours</div>
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ At this point, Rob proclaimed "I bet you &pound;500 that we're in Blown Out." On
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-08-07a">2014-08-07</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Noel, Michael S, <u>Elaine</u>, Holly, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">Holly, Noel, Michael S, <u>Elaine</u>, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">Balcony - 2005-05 Balcony H&ouml;hle</div>
 <br /><br />E, M, H &amp; N descended the entrance series together (well, in 2 waves to save waiting around) then H&amp;N went off to drop a pitch (I assume they'll elaborate later) while M&amp;E went to check out the passage beyond a climb which N&amp;M had rigged while H&amp;E descended. The nice rifty passage went and went (northwards) - slightly scary loose boulder floor which we gardened a bit, but some lovely mud formations. E achieved the impressive feat of becoming cold while wearing 3 layers of thermals in addition to over &amp; undersuit. We surveyed around 130m in total, leaving 2 A-leads, one B-lead and two C-leads for future cavers. We called the area 'Lemonsnout' and the data is in folder # '2014#19'
 <div class="timeug">T/U: 7.0 hours</div>
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ After traversing over 3 pitches we were on terra firma, in substantial passage w
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-08-08b">2014-08-08</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Fleur, Noel, Holly, <u>Chris</u>, </div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Chris</u>, Fleur, Noel, Holly, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">1623-107 - derig</div>
 <br /><br />None of us had been in the cave before but a dearth of gear at TC meant that a tactical derig was required. On the way in we eyed up the gear we passed, and were disappointed by the sparse rigging. Noel &amp; I popped down to see what we could find at the bottom of China. I found an up-rope at the top end of this impressive fault chamber but we decided it would be antisocial to derig so left in situ. It turned out that, some way beyond was ~80m rope + rigging gear in a bag, somewhere near the connection to 161, opps. Still, between the 4 of us we retrieved 7 tacklesacks of booty to the surface in time to get down to the expo dinner :-)
 <div class="timeug">T/U: 5.0 hours</div>
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ After traversing over 3 pitches we were on terra firma, in substantial passage w
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-08-11b">2014-08-11</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Julian, <u>Noel</u>, David W, RobW, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">RobW, Julian, <u>Noel</u>, David W, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Arctic Angle - "The wrong choice"</div>
 <br /><br />Julian had made a rare appearance &amp; wanted to go to the leads at the bottom of Tunnocks - we got a sketch of Neil, Becka &amp; Mike's survey from Fleur to find their A++ lead beyond the traverse at the end. A nice trip to the end &amp; we soon found said traverse. Whilst I set up and started the traverse, the others set off exploring &amp; surveying some small passages nearby (to ensure there was no easy way around the traverse this time).
 <br /><br />9 bolts crossed on an ascending ledge with a couple of exposed airy stances. TAKE CARE stepping over the balanced boulder - I could not push it off the edge but you never know what falls off here (as per my "incident" a few years ago. Once on the other side the strong draft resumed &amp; a junction was reached after a few meters.
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ Having cleared the main shaft lip I inspected a possible large thread "I wouldn'
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-08-14a">2014-08-14</div>
-<div class="trippeople">RobW, <u>Nat</u>, Noel, Holly, </div>
+<div class="trippeople">Holly, RobW, <u>Nat</u>, Noel, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Number of the Beast</div>
 <br /><br />(Times are mainly estimates)
 <br /><br />After waiting for the rain to dissipate most of the morning we seized a window of clear weather to walk to Tunnocks; minimal faff saw us underground by half twelve; reasonably fast caving saw us at String Theory by about 2 &amp; Number of the Beast by about half five. Reaching this point Rob &amp; Holly sat at the top of bottom of Number of the Beast in a toasty warm bothy whilst Noel &amp; Bat went down the 2 10m pitches (very carefully as the walls weren't particularly solid). (N.B. in places the floor wasn't very solid either)!
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ Heading out was no bother at all, with Becka finding the way easily. We caught M
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 <div class="tripdate" id="2014-08-19a">2014-08-19</div>
-<div class="trippeople">Rob W, Becka, Neil, <u>Nat</u>, </div>
+<div class="trippeople"><u>Nat</u>, Rob W, Becka, Neil, </div>
 <div class="triptitle">1623-258 - Leads at the bottom of Champagne on Ice / Arctic Angle, Grike Expectation</div>
 <br /><br />An early start saw us underground by half ten! (far too early). Heading down Champagne on Ice where Nat discovered that having a bag on your back can severely impede ones mobility (ie string you up on what should be an only slightly awkward pitch head). Once at the bottom (of the pitch down from Arctic Angle) Becka &amp; Neil investigated a passage that went north (turning left after getting off the rope, it's a continuation of the pitch rift). Neil &amp; Becka established a voice &amp; light connection between this passage &amp; another one which seemed to (well positioned lead for 2015!) run parallel.  
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