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<p>Adam Cooper in 1993, placing a bolt for a more thorough descent of "Lost
Rucksack Hole" on the plateau, after retrieving the eponymous Rucksack on a
ladder descent. A rapid initial exploratory descent followed by bolting for a
safer rig is a typical aspect of prospecting and shaft-bashing on the
plateau. This shaft, given number <a href="../../200.htm">1623/200</a>
remained unexplored below the surface shaft until 1998, when it was finally
bottomed in three trips; marked with a metal tag; and very definitely fixed
by GPS and surface survey. We won't be losing that one again, at least !

<br><font size=-1>Photo &copy; Andy Waddington, 1993</font><br clear=all>
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