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<h1>Austria 1988</h1>
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<p>The first part of the log is traditionally taken up by the journey
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out.<br>If this is of no interest, here is a link <a href="#start">to the
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caving</a>!</p>
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<p>Team Rover (Chris Densham, Becka Lawson, Mark Fearon & Penny Reeves)</p>
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<p>Set off from Cambridge at 6.30pm on Monday 15th August. Despite Rover
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losing incredible amounts of oil on the way, the 11.59pm ferry from Dover to
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Calais was reached on time. Once off the ferry it took 26 hours to reach
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Hilder's, where Rover arrived at 5am on Wednesday morning, to find that Hugh
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had arrived from Greece the night before.</p>
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<p>Team Rover Amendment</p>
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<p>Animal had unfortunately only screwed up the rocker cover bolts finger
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tight so they <u>poured</u> out oil. Eventually sussed out what it was and
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arrived at Dover. I wrote 8 letters on the ferry, then they refused to
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<u>take</u> the berluddy things. Then off to Hilda's. 4 of us in Rover, ie. 3
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in the front, then this mangled dwarf had to squat in the back, in a cubby
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hole. Chris made it comfy enough, by dint of shoving all the gear onto the
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front seat, so we were all perched at 45°, lifting the windscreen...
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Later, Chris got so overheated, he stripped off to his luscious pink Y-fronts
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- unfortunately, he didn't get any more decent when he set off driving - got
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out at a petrol station and asked the shocked attendant "Normal?".
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Stuffed Chris back to Rover to get him decent and filled up. Various problems
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with windscreen wiper, ie. had to be operated manually. Some sod overtook
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Chris, then braked, so Chris managed to actually skid Rover... We overheated
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quite badly on the final pass (110° engine), so I walked it, as Rover
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cooled off. There'd been an enormous storm last night and lots of soil had
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washed down onto the road. Eventually arrived about dawn, dead.</p>
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<p></p>
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<p>Team Hugh arrived from Greece after an eventful two weeks there -
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including the exploration of <u>Bekiris Cave</u> on Spetsai (survey on
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request!), a rather nice sea cave. A few days in Athens were followed by the
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amazingly slow train to Belgrade, where life was sharpened by running after a
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rapidly accelerating train (containing (a) luggage, (b) passport, (c) the
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only way to get to Austria !) which decided that it wanted to go to
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München rather more rapidly than I did. After eventually catching up
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with my possessions, I went to Salzburg with Karin (an amazingly dumb
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American girl) [Tautology - Ed.] and thence to Hilda's, where I was allowed
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to kip in her sin-bin type place (rather confusingly called the
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"lager" which has visions of sleeping lots of beer!)</p>
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<p></p>
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Fri 19th <u>Team Sharman arrival</u>
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<p>Chris, Sue, Jared, Adam.</p>
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<p>Left Calais ~12 o'clock<br>
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Eventless<br>
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Got lost nr. Luxembourg; Nearly running out of petrol due to Jared falling
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asleep (maybe).<br>
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Autobahn became rather busy, full of maniacs pulling out at 60 when everyone
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else was doing ~100.<br>
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By ~10am getting very hot in the car. Drove a lot. Got mildly lost going
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into Saltzburg, although fairly quickly got through the traffic jams.
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Arrived at Hilder's at ~1.30 & went up to the lake to find those already
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walking back. Pissed around in the lake with Ian's blow up boat, tried to
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sink a buoy & punctured the boat.<br>
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Had tea, drank beer, sacked out.<br>
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Something exciting may have happened but I was probably asleep at the time.
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Team Millars.<br>
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Arrived ½ hour after Sharmans after leaving Calais at the same time.<br>
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Passed 2 times by Sharmans. Didn't get lost on route.</p>
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<a name="start">1988-08-18 | Thurs 18th Recce trip| Chris D, Rebecca, Mark "call me Fief" F, Penny, Hugh</a>
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<p>All up to the col where the following holes were assessed:- (Hopefully
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Becka still has the piece of paper with the bearings on !)</p>
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<p><a href="recce0.png">
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<img src="recce2.png" width=370 height=403 alt="Sketch map of recce"></a>
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<p>These holes may be the initial targets for bashing... Chris D, Rebecca,
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Mark "call me Fief" F, Penny, Hugh.</p>
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<p>The area looked at is about 1%-5% of the available area ! Only hopeful
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entrances are marked.</p>
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<p></p>
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Friday 19th
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<p>Bright and early start to <???> of Expo88, noone had need to stoop
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as low as moaning at Rebecca with their cuppa.</p>
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<p>Down to Bad Aussee (on foot as Rover was poorly) to miss bus to Loser by 5
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mins. Chris D and RL head off to hitch up intending to investigate a little
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into the previous day's finds.</p>
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<p>Team Sloth head on foot, via bier vendor, to Hilda's for a swim, sunbath
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and a few beers to the accompaniment of Mozart. This being all too much, we
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took the dinghy up to Grundlsee for another arduous bout of swim, sun etc.</p>
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<p>Penny comments that the chances of a passing (yucky) orange Fiesta with UK
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plates not being the Millar brothers are rather remote. She was right -
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enter C & S S, I & K M, JW, AC. Of course, this brings on a relapse
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and, armed with a second dinghy, more swim, sun etc.</p>
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<p>Back to camp - food, beer, latern, beer, chat, beer.</p>
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<p>A highly successful day's caving !</p>
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<a id="id1988-B10-1">1988-08-19 | Fri 19th | Chris D, Becka</a>
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<p>Rover was kaputt, so, feeling unhealthily enthusiastic, we decided to
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hitch up to the plateau. V. fast ride up, & good hitches, plateau by
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eleven. Trogged up to Thurs recce trip, looked at the long shaft (no draft)
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by the top path, we saw yesterday. Stuck in 2 bolts over lunch and sunbathing
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(ie. 1 hr per bolt). Down - needed another rig, Chris bored, me cold &
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feeble, so out. Ambled round <u>very</u> ineffectively looking for other
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shaft, Chris down, all on natural belays (of which he was inordinately
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proud!) Unfortunately I saw "B10" over the shaft, & it blocked
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anyway. Chris, fired with non-infectious keenness, wanted to finish the first
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shaft. Bottomed it - mebbe 40m about vertical down, then another 20m straight
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down in the boulder choke at the bottom - v. big chamber. Found a nice
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skeleton here and an old colander ! Out 10.30 ish walked back. Lift home
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(well, poor guy all but hijacked by us) by Karl Gaisberger, who we met on
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Thurs - he took us all the way home, after showing us his 5 houses, 3 car
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garage etc. On top of the plateau, at the Bergrestaurant, there were 3 blokes
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watching moths, with lights and a white sheet.</p>
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<p>T/U (3 hours or so !)
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<a>1988-08-20 | Sat 20th | Bekka, Keith, Adam</a>
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<p>Nothing significant found in searching on the far side of the obvious coll
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looking from the initial place thought for a campsite - not much of a
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description I know but I haven't got a map. loads of promising looking holes
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but none draughting & most filled with snow plugs or infill. Nuf zed.</p>
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<u>TEAM MARLBOROUGH (MONTEGO, ACTUALLY)</u>
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<p>:- J.J.Rodgers, Del Boy Robinson, M Dougherty & Wookey</p>
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<p>Left Cambs at 7.30 ish having completely filled estate with 9 rucksacks
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for 4 people. Trogged down to Dover all complaining about clutch. Sat
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watching slowest info display in the universe for about 5 hours. Our boat
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(00.01) left at 03.00. The car now has 3 doors cos Jeremy is so butch he
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ripped the handle off trying to get in. Next drove through France (Wookey
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alseep), Luxembourg (Del asleep), Germany (All asleep) with terminal rain.
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(It's really hard to drive at 100mph when you can't see) & then got lost
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a lot in Austria (due to navigation by blind people). Arrived 8.30 (16 hours
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driving).</p>
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<a>1988-08-20 | More exploration in the rain | Hugh, Penny, Mark R, Mark F.</a>
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<p>Met at the "campsite" to be told it was the wrong one ! So all
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up to the col between the low + high Schwarzmoochkogelllll, where it started
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to rain, low viz etc so a retreat (rather than a force onto the path back
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[stogerweg]) was mooted. On the way back a complex of caves (near 81, 82 etc.
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etc.) was investigated - Mark R will provide a description of his shaft, I
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and mark F investigated a railway tunnel sized cave, unfortunately no way
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down ! There are others........ Dumped gear at the Brauning wall coll, then
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back to sit at the Bergrestaurant in the rain until the whiskey ran out, then
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walked down the hill until Chris S appeared. Also, located the entrance to
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old caves 81, 82, 85 (of unknown explorers and vintage !) and 147 (CUCC
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1984).</p>
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<p>Forced self-confession - I botched up rigging a shaft. Tied to bunder I
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went down to a ledge ~5m down to bolt-in. Woops there goes my helmet. Down to
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bottom - nothing save helmet (15m pitch, 10m crawl choking off). Draft at top
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- no draft at choke, must have been caused by through draft from other</p>
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entrances clearly visible.
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<a id="id1988-161-1">1988-08-21 | 21st August 1988 | Mark D, Becka, Jeremy, Wookey, Adam, Del</a>
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<p>Carried stacks of gear over to the 'far' campsite (near 136). Becka &
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Adam went for a recce, while Jeremy, Wookey, Del & me (Mark) looked at a
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hole found by Jeremy. Bolted the top, but ran out of time, as at least 1
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& probably 2 rebelays needed to reach bottom. Depth estimated as 50
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metres.</p>
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-2">Next trip</a>
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<hr />
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<a>1988-08-22? | fester | (Chris D), Juliette, Roddick, Mark F, Jared</a>
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<p></p> ----------> Enthusiasm at a low ebb on
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this intended "fester" day. Found some green splodges beyond end
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of Brauning Nase & a big boomy rift (that probably blocks). Bored so
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took 'short cut' back through gap in Brauning wall. Chris D.</p>
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<p>Carried gas cylinder up to camp site. Set off with Chris after some
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festering to look for caves along the upper limit of the limestone where it
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meets with the Brauning wall. Chris went for a crap & while wandering
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around waiting for him to finish his business I could help but notice an
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amazing fault streaking across the limestone. Displacement appeared to be
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small <1m, but there seemed to be many shafts along the fault & a
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stream was sinking into the upper end of it. After descending several open
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shafts finding them blocked I noticed a small square of black - a horizontal
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entrance. It wasn't drafting but hopefully lopping stones down caused
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booming for several seconds. After finding Roddick, Juliette & Mark F I
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borrowing Roddick's gear and went down. Roddick nosed around while I changed
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& noticed the first bit was free climbable. After this put in three
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bolts and ended up on a ledge overlooking a 60 foot pitch in a chamber which
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appears to have several exits. Ran out of rope ! Jared</p>
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<p>[map with comment: Becka - (WONDROUS MAP, NO LANDMARKS !)]</p>
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<p>NB 136 is large shaft, has CUCC 1983 on, a ring of red, in small valley,
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uphill & over from 135. (Fairly obvious)</p>
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<p></p>
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<u>Joe</u> Cheap'n'easy flight, train, bus, hitch Manchester -> Bad
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Aussee 7 hours
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<p></p>
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Mike M, Gwyneth, Jane, Chris s, Sue
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<p>Walked up to the camp site. Mike gave a lecture on the surrounding area
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pointing out the locations of several 'old' holes. Walked over to Marilyn
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Monroe höhle surprise, surprise, no draught. Chris made a short
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exploration (ruining his jacket in the process). Made our way over to 82
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where MM assured us there would be a draught - however there wasn't ! Spied
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on the Millars who were clearly audiable but at least ½ mile away.
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Went back to the car park and made tea until the rest of the animals turned
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up.</p>
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<p></p>
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Monday 22nd
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<p><u>Mike + Tina</u></p>
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<p>HELLO !! We've arrived in little min !!</p>
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<a>1988-08-22 | Mon 22.8.88 The keenies | Jeremy, Mark, Becka, Chris, Wookey, Del & Joe</a>
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<p>We all set off up the hill at about 2.00 pm, 7 in car (Wookey farting in
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back). Trogged uphill in cloud, got damp & squidgy. J&M continued to
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camp 2. B&C stayed at Camp 1 with W,D&J's gear & tent !?
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W,D&J returned to camp for a pyromania discussion & a nice, dry
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night. Wookey
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<a id="id1988-161-2">1988-08-23 | J hole | Mark and Jeremy</a>
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<p>Mark & jeremy went up the previous evening and camped on the col. Went
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down "mark & Jeremy's" hole at 8 a.m. Situation resolved as
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follows:
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<p>[crappy sketch]
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<p>Time underground 5 Hrs.
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<p>V.V.V. <u>COLD</u>
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-3">Next trip</a>/<a href="#id1988-161-1">Discovery</a>
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<p></p>
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<u>Tuesday 23rd</u>
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<p>Walked up, dumped gear, gave up on cooking some soup, and then gave up
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(totally) and went to Bad Aussee to go shopping.
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<p><u>Hugh</u>, Penny, Chris & Sue S, Ian M
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<a id="id1988-161-3">1988-08-23? | Same hole [arrow points at description for "Mark and Jeremy's" hole]| Chris, Becka</a>
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<p>(Chris, Becka)
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<p>"183" [this is really 161 - don't let the logbook confuse you,
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Ed.]
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<p>[and another crappy sketch, recognisable as an elevation]
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<p>[a plan on next page]
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<p>Descended straight after Mark D & Jeremy had exited, for 2nd pushing
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trip. Lobbed in 2 deviations which promptly fell off as I descended. Down
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the first 45m pitch, Chris started rigging 2nd 30m pitch while I ambled
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around. I found [arrow to '30m pitch'] above 'Rabbit Warren Series' (rabbit
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skeleton halfway down the crawl). I returned, descended 30m, as Chris
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getting hypothermic from bolting in the drips. I went to chamber choke at
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the bottom, then crawled through an obvious eyehole. Put a bolt in then down
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~15ft to boulder slope. Found small stream passage (2m pitch?) to the left,
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looking out from the eyehole, and to the right, under a crawly few loose
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boulders, a shaft/steep loose sloping passage, down q a way. Meanwhile Chris
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put a bolt in at top of 20m pitch, down Rabbit Warren series, and also a
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bolt at top of parallel shaft to 30m pitch, so two ways ready to be rigged
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tomorrow. Out late, 8 pm, v dusky, <u>difficult</u> walk back to camp 1, back
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there with relief, got to car park, set off & found others in Loser Hut,
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talking to French & German cavers so good lift home, tea cooked for us
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too !
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<p>T/U 6½ hrs
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-4">Next trip</a>/<a href="#id1988-161-2">Previous trip</a>
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<a>1988-08-24 | Weds 24th | Hugh </a>
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<p>The long awaited investigation of "Hugh's" hole - actually a shaft
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near a large depression type thing on a small fault about 100m downvalley
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from B11 and therefore 3 min from camp 1.
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<p>Anyway went down a 8-10m shaft, placing 2 bolts, one on surface, one rebelay
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- v loose elsewhere to the remains of the snow plug. Passage off, very
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shattered to a fifth pitch, est. depth 30-40m - as follows.
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<p>[elevation sketch]
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<p>Hugh U/G 1 hr (depends on whether hanging 6 ft down bolting counts)
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<a>1988-08-24 | Cave I | Wookey, Del & Adam</a>
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<p>By lunchtime had got to a cave on 1760m contour due E of Gr. Gsollberg in
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a snow-filled corrie type feature. Inside sloping rubble strewn ramp to left
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~30->40m inside a hole down led to a chamber. Following the RH wall
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(anticlockwise) led to a small slightly draughting slot into a ~10' drop. At
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this point I returned to meet Del & Wookey to take a few photos of ice
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formations. Outside we heard German speech. On exitting & conversing we
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were given the impression that we were "in their territory"
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according to agreements made the night before in the Loser Hutte. So not
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knowing the details we left. Unfortunately we had no red paint & so
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intend to return to paint our mark. However other CUCC recommend that we were
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perfectly at liberty to be there. On going back to camp I found another cave.
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<p>Time underground ~30min.
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1988-08-24 | Wed 24th | Tina + Animal
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<p>Rerigged about 2/3 the way back down 158 for a push ...
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<p>Underground 5½ hours
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<a>1988-08-24 | Cave II | Wookey, Adam</a>
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<p>After rushing back to the camp to get some paint to mark the cave before
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the Germans got there, I had a poke to see if the cave went. Wide horizontal
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draughting entrance into a pit. The cave seems (so far) to have mostly
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horizontal development but the draught has been followed to a small gap
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under a huge boulder needing a handline or ladder rig to get down due to
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lack of footholds. This was left until tomorrow due to lack of time. Approx
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posn. of cave: ~500m towards the coll between Vd. & Ht. Schwarzmooskogel
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from the position of 135 at an altitude of ~100m lower.
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<p>[plan which is mostly comments:
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<p>crawl between bedrock & boulder slope (not too safe) which draughts
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strongly.
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<p>not too clear on details in this area but basically a high chamber (solution
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formed) some climbs up reveal top of chamber regularly boulder choked (must
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be higher blocked entrance) at the lowest part of this section (bottom of a
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loose boulder slope) a draughting space beneath a large boulder was located.
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this can be safely cleared and will be investigated. ]
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<p>Time U/G Wookey 1½ hrs<br>
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Adam 2 hrs
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<p>Although this description is a bit vague hope to elaborate in a later
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report.<br>
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Adam.
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<a id="id161debacle">1988-08-24 | Wed 24th August 1988 | Mark D, Hugh, Adam & Joe, Wookey</a>
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<p>11 pm Chris & Becka still not down from the plateau - no real call out
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time (they said they might be back at the Bergrestaurant by 8 pm).
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<u>Nobody</u> very pleased. Contingency plans for rescue made.
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<p>11 pm Ian and Jenny set off in the Fiesta to sleep in the car at the
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Loser Car Park in case they turn up there.
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<p>THE PLAN:- 5 am - underground team - Mark D, Hugh, Adam & Joe
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Wookey<br>
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(camping on plateau as [nuuer ?]. Penny - driving Rover.
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<p> 8 am - second team (in the Montego) - Jeremy, Keith, Jared,
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Mark Roddick.
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<p>11 pm - Chris S + Mark F go up, very valiantly in the pissing rain, fog,
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dark etc. to camp 1 (and camp 2??), however the miscreants were located at
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camp 1 (at 1.15), having exited at 11 pm. All back to Hildas, where much
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relief etc.
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<p>10 am, Thursday. Much stress administered re overrunning (non-existant) call
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out times ! etc.
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-5">trip write-up</a>
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<a>1988-08-24 | Wednesday 147 | Joe, Chris S, Mark R</a>
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<p>
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|--- *Actually it was looked at by Mikes T + M in<br>
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v 1984 but no way on was found<br>
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<p>This cave listed as "not allocated" was found in '84, but lost
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before first exploration. Re-found Sat by Mark R + Hugh. *--^
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<p>Down ~ 3m entry pitch in rift going into bluff wall on camp 2 side of Vord
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SchMK on cavers path.
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<p>Pitch (10m) drops out of rift 10m into hill, draft comes over pitch from
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phreatic tube.
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<p>[small sketch plan]
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<p> - Drafting tube leads (~10m horizontal, 5m down) into chamber/rift (3m
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dia. 6m high).<br>
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- Draft rises from choke in floor of rift/chamber (continuation of entry
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rift?)<br>
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- Draft rises <u>into</u> 2 avens in roof, one chokes, other leads back up
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to phreatic level.<br>
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- 10m drafting tube chokes.<br>
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- All possibilities down the draft phreatic (in diagram) exhausted.<br>
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- down pitch to unstable boulder choke/slope. Opening in floor promises
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another pitch ~20m - another trip needed.
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<p>N.B. the tubes are seriously squalid.
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<p>T/U 6 hrs
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<p>Best example of a Yorkshire cave I've seen so far ! Joe<br>
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Tight wet crawls. Mark
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<hr />
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<a>1988-08-23 | Tuesday - "Jared's Hole" Part 2 | Jared, Juliette, Mark F, Mark R</a>
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<p>Re-rigged Jared's bit with 70m rope & bolted down another 20m to choke
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in shaft (draughting). Side rift 5m off choke goes 3m to choke.
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<p>V.WET CAVE DEAD (provisional number 181) [160, Ed.]
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-5">1988-08-24 | Rabbithohle | Becka, Chris D</a>
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<p>Rabbit Warren series.
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<p>2nd pushing trip by above, running at same time as pushing trip by Mark D
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& Jeremy down main shaft.
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<p>Walk across to camp 2 on col spent building loads of cairns so route back
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easier (lesson from nights before journey). Before going down at 3pm after
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Jeremy & Mark, communicated to Jeremy that would be a good idea to come
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out <u>late</u> which he apparently interpreted as <u>eight</u> (hence
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debacle on <a href="#id161debacle">page before last</a>).
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<p>Down to top of 2nd pitch, thro' rabbit warren series. While Chris put in a
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bolt 3m down first main pitch in rabbit warren [see (1) on map], Becka did
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some exploring on right hand branch after handline down ramp (Chris bolt on
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pitch down l.h. branch). Becka's passage went for 15m, shaft in roof aven),
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then small shaft down (4m?). Continuing past shaft, along passage to small
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chamber, hole in floor, shaft (3m?) down to chamber's left.
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<p>[tiny diagram with comments:<br>
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boulder choke<br>
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crawl, go on, chokes, turn right, stream ~2m below in rift<br>
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shaft down, q. deep, 5m? (loose cruddy rock, q. small entry)<br>
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passage]
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<p>Chris descended main pitch down, 8m to floor, 2 round shafts in floor.
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Descended one shaft (other joins up) 15m down to choked rift (18in-3ft wide,
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10 ft long).(see sketch). Back up 15m shaft, along to chamber with 2 ways on
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across chamber, pitch in rift down. Becka came down, then 2 bolts for pitch
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in rift. Fine free hang down superb rift approx 40m. Gorgeous base of shaft,
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choked ramp and <u>huge</u> pitch beyond. Back out so as to use Boris (long
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rope) to rerig it. Out 11pm, expected to have heard from <u>Mark &
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Jeremy</u> (realised were out) (We realised they'd got out, as a new bolted
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deviation in, on the 1st pitch) Fog came down with rain, followed cairns in
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'minimal visibility' back to camp 1. Met Chris S & Mark F coming to
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rescue us since their call out for us was somehow 8pm (was now 12.30 pm [1.15
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am, Chris]). Walked back to park, apologies & thanks, as to Jenny &
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Ian asleep in car waiting for us. Drive down in fog bad, Hildes by 2am.[3 am]
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<p>T/U (8 hours)
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<p>[extensive plan of "Rabbit Warren" series]
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<p>[full page elevation of pitches]
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-6">Next trip</a> /
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<a href="#id1988-161-3">Previous trip</a> to Rabbit Warren & Adrian's<br>
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<a href="#id1988-161-4">Main way trip</a> on same day
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-4">1988-08-24 | Rabbit Hole | Mark D, Jeremy</a>
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<p>Pushing trip below 2nd pitch. 3rd pitch through eye hole at bottom of 2nd,
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about 10m to boulder strewn floor. Ways on to left & right.
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<p><u>Left Way</u>
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<p>Rigged short (12m) pitch with one bolt & one natural. Boulder slope
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down <u>onto</u> pitch head, v.dodgy. Not free hanging so Mark held rope
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(human deviation) while Jeremy descended to bottom past v. unstable boulders
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into small sharp chamber well choked at bottom. No ways on so detackled out.
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<p><u>Right way</u>
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<p>Through small hole under huge car sized boulder resting on loose boulder
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slope (Help!). Boulder slope on other side, V. unstable descending
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(30°) to pitch, about 10m from drop tests.
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<p>Attached lifeline to large boulders to look down pitch but getting late so
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left unrigged.
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<p>Prussiked out & Mark put in a bolt deviation at top of 1st pitch.
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<p>T/U 4 hrs
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-10">Next trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-3">Previous trip</a><br>
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<a href="#id1988-161-5">Rabbit Warren trip</a> on same day.
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<hr />
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<u>Thursday</u>
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<p>No one did anything
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<p>(except toboganning + salt mining)
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<p>Wookey camped Wed night camp 1, noticed major storm with lots of
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lightning, wind, [illegible] & a v. bendy tent at about midnight. Chris
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& Becka passed by at about 1 am ?? Sat around Thur morn from 9 am
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wondering where everyone was. Climbed Bräuning Nase, looked for some
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holes, got rained on at 2.30 & eventually decided to go down to get a
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book. Rescued by Jez & Del part way down road.
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<p>Wookey
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<hr />
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<u>Fri</u>
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<p>Team Rover got up horribly early (7.00 ish) & eventually left about
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8.15. Looked at weather & went back to Loser Hütte for drinks.
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Eventually Wook (me), Del & Adam went caving & everyone else
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festered (again). Went to push 162. Bolted & laddered hole found on last
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trips, but only led to 20' high boulder choked bit. Could see through
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5" holes to rift so dug hole in floor to get to rift but it choked at
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38'. Descended 60' wet pitch on ladders (50'). Discrepancy made for some
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interesting athletic moves until 2nd ladder was re-rigged further down. Cave
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still going come time to go home.
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<p>A draughting crawl was located.
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<p>[sketch plan]
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<p>T/U 5 hrs
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<hr />
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<a>1988-08-26 | Fri Team 158 "push" | Tina, Mike</a>
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<p>Finished rigging 158. Mike went to the eyehole that we thought might be
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worth hitting with a hammer. It wasn't worth hitting with the hammer. He
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says it was very small and after 10 mins hitting vigourously it was around
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½ inch bigger. However we did recover a bolting hammer left from
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last year. We derigged most of the cave and left the rope at the bottom of
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the short climb after the squeeze. The walk back was disgusting - cold wet
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misty dark ughh and ~4 am.
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<p>Time underground ~8 hours
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<hr />
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<u>NB</u>
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<p>(provisional) number assignments so far
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<p>159 - "The one Chris + Becka found that isn't B10"<br>
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160 - Jared's Hole<br>
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161 - Rabbit Hole<br>
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163 - Adam's Hole (1)<br>
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162 - Adam's Hole (2)<br>
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164 - Hugh's hole
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<hr />
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Friday - everyone else did:
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<p>Hugh + Penny - walked along the Stogerweg<br>
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Jo, Jane, Mark F, Mark R - portered loads in and out of camp 1<br>
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-Ian - <strike>slept</strike> - [crossed out]
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-7">1988-08-26 | <u>Friday</u> 161 'Survey' team 2 | Chris, Becka, Jared</a>
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<p>After wimping out at the car park Friday morning, we resolved to go up
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Friday evening whatever the weather that evening to do an overnight trip.
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Weather turned out OK & walked up with survey team 1 (Jenny, Jeremy,
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Mark D) & the push team (Roddick & Keith) & Adrian the Anaconda
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for use on the big pitches after rabbit warren series. Arrived at camp 2 at
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nightfall, followed Roddick & Keith down cave. Whilst Chris when to
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advise the push team on how to re-rig the first part of the pitch, Becka
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& I started to survey from the start of rabbit warren. Much whining
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& cursing about the plastic pad & pen for survey notes - they only
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worked intermittently. Becka managed much better than the other team though
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|
- their pen broke in half ! Chris came back & we soon surveyed to the
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top of the big pitch. Now the problem was how to measure a 40+m pitch with a
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|
30m tape measure. Chris went down halfway with me holding the tape &
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|
then intended to measure to the bottom. Unfortunately the author let go
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whilst Chris was still abseiling so this plan was a total failure. Giving up
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for the time we went to see how Roddick & Keith were getting on at the
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push front. Measured pitch on the way up by ingenious use of rope protector
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- 40.2m. Unfortunately it still wasn't light outside so we had a few hours
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to kill. Chris & Becka got v. cold whilst I rigged the '5m' pit by the
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rabbit skeleton & handline. Turned out to ~15m deep v. loose &
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choked. Fell asleep at bottom of entrance pitch to be woken by Keith. Out
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about 7 a.m. -> camp 2. Weather pissing on us ! Jared
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<p>~8.30pm -> 6.30 am probably T/U (10 hours)
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-9">Next trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-5">Previous trip</a><br>
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<a href="#id1988-161-6">Push trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-8">Other survey trip</a> on same day.
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-6">1988-08-26 | Friday 161 Pushing Team | Keith, Mark R</a>
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<p>Down with that lot [arrow to previous page] just as rain starts. Down thru
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C+B's "crawl" & rig Adrian down a couple of pitches - one a
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v.g. rig down - down to where C+B lobbed rocks down 8 seconds. We found a
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similar fall.
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<p>Tried to rig a bolt but v.v.v.v bad & won't go in anywhere (rock
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|
disintegration on touch). Natural to big boulder, via 2 natural deviations
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to good hang to ledge (20m) then walk down rift (~5-10°) to a bridge
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(20m) off dodgy bolt & down to floor (5m)
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<p>[elevation]
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<p>T/U 10 hrs
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-9">Next trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-5">Previous trip</a><br>
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<a href="#id1988-161-7">Survey trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-8">Other survey trip</a> on same day.
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-8">1988-08-26 | Friday 161 Survey (!!) Team 1 | Mark D, Jeremy, Jenny</a>
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<p>Friday evening was amazingly fine ie. we could actually see the Burger hut
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|
before we almost crashed into it. Because we had decided to survey down, we
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|
were to wait until the others had all gone down. This meant we had to wait
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|
while the elements got worse + worse getting colder and colder. Nevermind we
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|
thought, Sepp Steinberger had said the next day would be lovely so it would
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|
be worth it. On arrival at the pitch head both Jeremy's + Mark's lights
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|
failed to work so I descended first. By the time Jeremy reached the bottom
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[illegible] & his hands was completely numb and we were all fairly cold.
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We managed the grand total of about 6 survey legs. I then went down the 2nd
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pitch while the other two tried to survey the top. Unfortunately we found
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out the 2nd law of spirit pens, the first being they don't work when rain is
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on the pad, the second being that when the tip is pressed with force exerted
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from the arm of a muddy caver they retreat in fright making the recording of
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survey data impossible. I fumbled up the 2nd pitch and we went to find Becka
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in case they had a spare pen. As they hadn't we decided to wimp out and
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Jenny started to prusick out while Mark explored down the cave a bit. I have
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omitted to say my light decided to light the cave a bit better, not content
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to burn carbide it started on its own pipe and lifeline - v. silly. By the
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time we reached the tent (camp 2) via fog + rain we were extremely cold and
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things did not improve during the night, until about 6.00 when Chris woke us
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up and we were evicted to walk and stumble home.
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<p>Time Un.gd. 4½ hrs
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<p>Jenny
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-9">Next trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-5">Previous trip</a><br>
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<a href="#id1988-161-6">Push trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-7">Other survey trip</a> on same day.
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<hr />
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Saturday <strike>28ish</strike> [crossed out and replaced with] 27
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<br>Everybody
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<p>It pissed down again. No caving (except to avoid caves)
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<p>Time underground - <u>None</u>
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<p>P.S. many crates of beer consumed
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<p>Sunday a.m.
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<p>Many hangovers. Jeremy puked in his tent.
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<p>PM - but, wait for it SUNSHINE
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<p>Team fester - Bekka, Chris D, Mark D, Jeremy, Jared + Mark R
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<p>Jeneral tidy up around camp & off to grundlsee with 2 dinghys + a
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crate of beer. Hand dinghys on to team stogerweg & return to camp ~ 6.
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|
Rotate tent 90° clockwise to avoid squallor of past weeks deludge. (PS.
|
|
hope this doesn't anger the rain god).
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<p>Quote from Jeremy -
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<p>"I don't like them in trousers!"
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<hr />
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<a>1988-08-28 | Sunday 28th August Hole 164 (Hugh's hole) | Hugh and Penny</a>
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<p>Hugh & Penny
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<p>Down 2.30pm-ish. A nice hot day so the cave was draughting well (far too
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cold for my liking!). Some time spent looking for the only part of the cave
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wall solid enough to put a bolt in! Every bit of wall you touch at the head
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|
of the 2nd pitch comes away in your hand. Hugh finally put in enough bolts
|
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to reach the solid bit of the cave reasonably safely and descended an
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approx. 15m pitch to a ledge. From there the following is visible
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<p>[sketch elevation]
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<p>Time U/G 3 hr
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<hr />
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<a></a>1988-08-28 | Sunday 28th Team <strike>Sunbath</strike> SURFACE SURVEY | Mike M, Chris S, Sue, Gwynneth</a
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<p>Ambled up around lunchtime, stopped for sarnies around Windloch (32)
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strolled on round to the path to 113. Couldn't find it - walked up + down
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the Stogerweg a while, then decided it was too nice a day to not go
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swimming, so we did a token survey from Q1 to Q2 (about 100m). In Grundlsee
|
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by 6. Oops, forgot: snow plug in 152 has gone - potential way down, had a
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dig, got muddy, will take a rope in the next few days to hoist the rocks
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out. Chris
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<hr />
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<a>1988-08-29 | Monday 29th August | Hugh + Penny</a>
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<p><u>Hole</u> <u>164</u> - still no sign of previous exploration
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<p>Down to do the second half of the 2nd pitch - turned out not to need
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bolting, only a deviation (a bit of a close-to-the-rock/ prussick very
|
|
gently one !) off a natural belay (the first solid feature found in the cave
|
|
so far!). Pitch drops into a lowish cahmber, sloping downwards and full of
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|
choss (most of which seems to have come from the ceiling). This goes to a
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short bit of steeply sloping passage and ends in an undescended c 5m pitch
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|
into a chamber. A way on appears to go straight on, following the fault
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line. Another possible lead appears to go off on the right hand side of the
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chamber.
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<p>Time U/G 1½ hrs
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<p>[another elevation]
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-ss">1988-08-29 | Monday 29th Aug | Mike Martin, Jane & Jeremy</a>
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<p>Surface survey. From P0 (Austria point) to 161 - passed camp II to 147 -
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then rain stopped play.
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<hr />
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<a>1988-08-29 | HOLE 147 | Joe and Mark</a>
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<p>[elevation]
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<p>Joe + Mark, after camping last night at camp 1 (loverly moonlit night
|
|
after a gorgeous hot sunny day) pushed final pitch in 147 - involved bolting
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horrid cheesy rock, so carefully backed-up to a boulder in the chamber.
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|
Gardening by trundling some nice lumps to create some big bangs left us a
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nice pitch to ledge 15' down. Chamber off opposite has drafting bedding plane
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(dug but no go). Pitch continues down slanting shaft to sudden end (small
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drafting hole only couple of inches high).
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<p>* THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACES in 147 where there is definitely an enormous
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stretch of cave beyond a frustrating choke - this cave HAS <u>POTENTIAL</u> *
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<hr />
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<a>1988-08-28 | More idiots going caving | Del, Wookey & Adam </a>
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<p>Checked out various holes/draught in 162 & 163. In 162 found draughts
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all disappeared up phreatic tubes in roof. Also found bottom of snow plug in
|
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bottom chamber. In 163 draught went down 3-4" rift. Nice ice formations
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|
& frozen streamway. Formations there last time had nearly all melted.
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Camped at camp 1.
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<p>162 & 163 are dead. Derigged. 5 hrs U/G
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-11">1988-08-29 | 30.8.88 (as above) | Adrian</a>
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<p>Really impressed to see Jared, Mark D, Chris & Becka walking past at
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about 7.00 am ! Eventually went down 161 about 12.00. Surveyed 1st pitch.
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Met Jared & Mark D who sent us down Adrian to survey. Fucking cold &
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clino was illegible & ran out of time so left. 2 hrs to get out with
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major downpour outside causing mega-rain on 1st pitch.
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<p>5 hrs U/G
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-14">Next Adrian's Trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-6">Previous push trip</a><br>
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<a href="#id1988-161-9">Jared/Mark's Adrian's trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-10">Chris/Becka's trip - new route</a> (on same day)
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-10">1988-08-29 | Cave 161 | Chris, Becka</a><!-- 08.29 -->
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<p>Down entrance pitch, then down parallel shaft to original 2nd pitch shaft.
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I descended & found you could get to this shaft through an eyehole in the
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original 2nd pitch shaft, so we rerigged the 2nd pitch rope into our shaft
|
|
& chamber. Over the chamber (large, v. bouldery, q. few ways off) couple
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|
of small pitches, all v. loose to a pitch at the end. ~10m. Down onto a
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45° boulder slope doubling under the chamber above. Small pitch probably
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[?] ahead, but we descended one perpendicular, still loose ~20m. Down (small
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carbide pool) a little rift off into streamway. Could chimney/clamber down
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~8m vertically down, until sides a bit smooth to descend - needs a ladder
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probably Q. tight, 18" ?
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<p>T/U 8 hours
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<p>[elevation labelled "grade 0 NOT TO SCALE"]
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-12">Next Trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-6">Previous push trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-9">Jared/Mark's trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-11">Del/Wookey/Adam's trip</a>
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-9">1988-08-29 | <u>Monday</u> 161 | Mark, Jared</a>
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<p>Went down Adrian's route to bottom to check out leads. Phreatic tube
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doesn't go - choked with earth. Found another way through choke but this led
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to v.v.v. small hole that we couldn't fit through. Climbed up boulder slope
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in last chamber - doesn't go (I think).
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<p>T/U 7 Hrs
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-12">Next trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-6">Previous push trip</a><br>
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<a href="#id1988-161-10">Chris/Becka's trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-11">Del/Wookey/Adam's trip</a>
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-12">1988-08-30 | Tuesday 30th 161 | Mike Animal, Mark, Wookey</a>
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<p>Set off down 161 to push the new route found, by swinging off the 2nd
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pitch. Carried on down the pitches until we reached new territory - a free
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climbable rift ending in a very tight pitch. Spent about an hour enlarging
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this with a hammer before Wookey went down. This rift then enlarges and
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merges with another rift into a HUGE phreatic passage. Followed this for
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about 200m, with another short pitch, until another drop for which we had no
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tackle. Did a quick grade 2 survey on the way out.
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<p>T/U 8 hours
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-13">Next trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-10">Previous push trip</a><br>
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<hr />
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<a>1988-08-31 | Weds 31/8/88 164 | Hugh + Penny</a>
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<p>Went down the pitch previously located (entries passim). This was a bit
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longer than it looked, maybe 8m or so, freehang from a rockbridge. Lands in
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a wide chamber that has three ways on. Ahead, continuing along the fault -
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this gets small + maybe diggable - about 40m of passage. Right is a bedding
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(!) up a climb, left a smaller tube on a shelf at the same level (ie. the
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cave intersects a joint/another fault), both left + right choke. Will return
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on the morrow to survey + explore the direct way on.
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<p>Plan of chamber - grade 0
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<p>[a plan rendered completely illegible by ink bleeding through from the
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next page]
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<p>We have lost the draught - it appears to rise from the chamber floor
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<p>Penny has just said to me
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"What do you mean 'freehang' ? It wasn't until you hammered all the rub
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points off"<br>
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This is only 90% true.
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-13">1988-08-31 | 161 Push | Jeremy, Wookey, Mark R</a>
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<p>161 Push (from Animals muddy slope)
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<p>- handline down sandy slide (5m) to left of boulder-bridge/pile then line
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down 3m free climb. Under boulders to right & back under slope a slot to
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~ 5m wet drop (from line)
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<p>- left and through boulder choke brings one into more rift, up & over
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a pile of boulders brings to top of long (~100m) boulder slope in rift.
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<p>- undescended pot (~5m) to left (coming in from aven indicating other cave
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joining). Ditto stream way 4m down.
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<p>- boulder floor turns into boulder bridge with holes dropping into rift
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below.
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<p>- traverse line bolted to chamber v.v.large 2.7 sec fall (free) to boulder
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slope floor ?
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<p>[sketch with annotation: draft noticeable in rift (~5m high, 3m wide)]
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<p>T/U 8 hr
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-18">Next RHR trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-12">Previous push trip</a><br>
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<p>161 pitches 1-4 rigging guide<br>
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Animal<br>
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[full page sketch]
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<hr />
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<a>1988-09-02 | 164 Attempted derig + survey trip | Penny and Hugh</a>
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<p>Penny twisted her ankle on the walk so Hugh went down solo to do as much
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surveying as possible and to derig (light rain on surface meanwhile turned
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to heavier rain....)
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<p>Went to the final chamber and identified where te main way on and the
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draught are - about 15m up the far wall. Pottered about looking at holes up
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climbs then realised that I could hear the second pitch - about 50m away so
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derigged 3rd pitch, went up to the bottom of the wet pitch, which was um,
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well, very wet. Decided to go for it, and got up, very wet, having been hit
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by a couple of boulders washed down the water, one of which caused me to
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lose my whistle. The interesting bit was passing a rebelay underwater. Then
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I went up the first pitch to find a rather releived Penny on the surface.
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<p>will return on a nice day to finish survey + derig.
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<p>N.B. Rain start to flood pulse time - 10 min.
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<hr />
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<a>1988-08-30 | 147 - Rerigging for survey | Mark F & Jeremy<a>
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<p> + Photographic record & check dead.
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<p>Rigged without trouble. Checked possible ways on all dead.
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<p>Took few photos - although had trouble with flashes. Met surveying &
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detackling party on way out.
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<p>T/U 4 hrs.
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-14">1988-09-01 | 161 survey/Photo trip/Derig | <u>Ian</u>, Del, Adam</a>
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<p>Intended to finish survey of Adrian's Route, look at the sand choked
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phreatic tube with a possible view to digging. However, on getting there this
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looked like too much hard work. Took a few photos & began to derig out of
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this dangerous pitch (for which surveying felt quite risky). This took quite
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a while due to difficulty in hauling. Detackling not completed due to fact
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that rope too muddy to lift. Got to entrance shaft to find everyone was there
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simultaneously. So had to tandem out & took ages.
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<p>Got back to camp I in dark, many slips. T/U 8 hrs
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-16">Derig trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-11">Previous trip in Adrian's</a><br>
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-15">1988-09-02 | 161 Survey trip. | Becka, Chris D</a>
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<p>Becka, Chris D (Chris S sequested to roomier passages, see other survey
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trip)
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<p>Keenies all up at 6am, down 161 by 9 a.m. Progressed to squeeze in stream
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passage below 3rd pitch, & after a bit of ineffectual hammering, Chris S
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joined the survey trip above the squeeze. Chris D & Becka then surveyed
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onto bottom of sandy ramp reached by <a href="#id1988-161-12">2 pushing trips
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before</a>. Halfway, realised battery in Petzl Zoom was having degenerate
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effect on compass readings, so redid most of the readings on the way out.
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Had been a reasonable morning, but suspiciously leaky avens on return
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journey presaged yet another wet & misty stomp back to Bergrestaurant.
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Nice cave. Nasty squeeze. Chris didn't notice it, but I had a healthy
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wriggle. t/u 8½ hrs
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-17">Chris'/MarkD's trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-18">Push trip same day</a><br>
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<a href="#id1988-161-20">LHR push same day</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-24">Next RHR push</a>
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-16">1988-09-02 | Friday 2nd September 161 | Del, <u>Wookey</u> + Adrian</a>
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<p>Had to get up early even tho' nice short trip to do. Answer - Breakfast at
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Camp 1 for last remaining Alpen - Ha ! Arrived at entrance in time for grade
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3 change ie. raining. Anyway, combinations of n jammers and n/2 bits of
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string result in confusion and eventual detackling of Adrian - isn't he a
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fat bastard ! Barely fits his clothes anymore. Out for grade 4/5 change if
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you were hard enough - but I'm soft + cuddly so to car in Troll walking
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suit; lovely + warm. T/U 3 hrs
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-14">Previous Adrian's trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-18">RHR push same day</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-19">LHR push same day</a>
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<hr />
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<a>1988-08-28 | Sunday 28th August - didn't get written up at the time. 147 | Joe, Mark F, Juliette</a>
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<p>Can't remember much about it now. Went to push the vertical development of
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147. Phreatic passage to first pitch approx 16m to small chamber. Boulder
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choke slightly awkward move to second pitch, belayed by natural & Joe's
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bolt, approx 18m,
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<p>[full page diagram and short spurious write up break up the flow here. The
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write up is postponed until after the current one]
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<p><u>WHAT</u> has happened to this paper ???? [rest of write up plagued by
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crap pen]
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<p>including ledge. Small chamber, bouldery rift to 3rd pitch. We spent happy
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half hour plus gardening [???ing] big boulders, then Jule tried to bolt into
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nice-looking but squidgy rock + we then decided to give up + go home + come
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back tomorrow (only I didn't). T/U 5 hrs
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-17">1988-09-02 | 2nd September | Mark D., Chris S </a>
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<p></p>(+Chris S, after he failed
|
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(-Jenny from attack of upset stomach ETC) to get through the squeeze).
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Surveyed from the squeeze back to bottom of second pitch. <u>Very</u> cold.
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Chris forgot his cowstails - interesting change-overs ! Time U/G 7 hours.
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-15">Trip Chris didn't fit on</a>
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-18">1988-09-02 | Back to the <u>right</u> order 161 - R/H | Mark R, Juliette</a>
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<p>Jolly exciting pushing trip, we thought. Got up 6.30 am (aagh!) & ate
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continuously for an hour or so. Good march to camp 1, feeling very
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enthusiastic, just as we got there a lovely big white cloud rolled over us
|
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& goodbye nice sunshine & hello shit. Struggled up in the mist/rain
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& changed in the same - yuck. Juliette first trip down Rabbithole. We
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abbed down after a fairly small traffic jam on pitch one, very spectacular.
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Fell thru the squeeze + stomped down a Great North Road-like rift but at an
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angle & much looser. Didn't have enough time to do much at pushing face.
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Put in second bolt to improve traverse-line over "big" drop (which
|
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we thought probably links up to chamber at bottom of pitch) & another
|
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bolt at pitch-lip. Mark couldn't see anything over the pitch with his light -
|
|
only blackness so no idea of what lies beyond.
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|
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<p>Its getting to be a long way to the pushing faces, we're running out of
|
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time (& energy !) at pushing faces. Long way out, especially as Juliette
|
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tried to make the squeeze more sporting by squeezing through where the ladder
|
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is, not the wide bit ! Got f---ing <u>soaked</u> to the skin on the way out,
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all perfectly rigged in the new waterfalls ! Not too bad a change in camp 2
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& then got down to camp 1 without too many problems but even with 2
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people who were supposed to know it, it's a difficult route. Don't talk to me
|
|
about the night at camp 1 - either the winds were strong or an awful lot of
|
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flying saucers landed on the Brauning Wall !
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|
|
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<p>"Pushing" T/U 8 hrs
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|
<p><a href="#id1988-161-20">Next trip</a>/
|
|
<a href="#id1988-161-13">Previous RH push trip</a>/
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|
<a href="#id1988-161-19">LH push trip same day</a>
|
|
<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-20">1988-09-03 | 161 surveying | Jeremy, Adam + Del.</a>
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|
|
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<p>Medium weather so easy trip to squeeze. A+D's first attempt at this
|
|
phenomenon, varied + vocal swearing in + out ! Went right at bottom of
|
|
ladder and followed main passage until end of Chris + Becka's survey at
|
|
bottom of sandy slope. Surveyed from here down to first 3 bolts of pitch
|
|
(ie. traverse line) Admired phreatic level, boldly stepped, and then ambled
|
|
merrily down 50° sand + boulder slope. Not saying this section is very
|
|
worrying but don't fart too loud. 'cos of a slightly slack start + lack of
|
|
hangers, no pushing achieved. As usual surveying becomes cold + boring but
|
|
soon boiling as outside reached. Good-natured weather starts to rain on us
|
|
to cool us all down - how nice ! Bit of spectator sport as Mark F makes
|
|
first entrance exit - jammer 1, gets it right first time, aah. J plays party
|
|
trick with used carbide + closed container to give suitable finale.
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|
|
|
<p>P.S. rub point on 3rd pitch ~10ft below rebelay ?
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|
|
|
<p>Good times. T/U 7 hrs. see back for survey
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|
<p><a href="#id1988-161-24">Next RHR trip</a>/
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|
<a href="#id1988-161-18">Previous RHR trip</a>/
|
|
<a href="#id1988-161-22">LHR trips same day</a>
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|
<hr />
|
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<a id="id1988-161-19">1988-09-02 | 161 pushing Left hand route | Joe, Jared.</a>
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|
|
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<p>Got underground about 10 a.m. Down through squeeze where Chris S was
|
|
hammering away, no problems. 50m pitch 'Baker' was piss wet but got to bottom
|
|
fairly dry due to nifty abseiling. Joe asked me for the driver & I found
|
|
I hadn't got it in my SRT bag; I feel a right pillock and offer to go and
|
|
fetch one from someone at squeeze. After discussing the foolishness of going
|
|
back up alone I decidd to go because otherwise trip would be total failure.
|
|
Get driver from Animal at the bottom of squeeze - back to bottom. Joe rigs
|
|
traverse line & puts bolt in for 15m hang - then realises he has no hand
|
|
jammer - he has accidentally left it somewhere ! Not being able to go back we
|
|
decide to go on & descend 15m hang - the Oubliette ! Find ourselves in
|
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rift with two pitches & a climb going down. Joe goes down climb on a
|
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lifeline & finds it blocked. We decided pitch to right of rope landing is
|
|
best for rigging - boulders dropped lost in noise of water !
|
|
|
|
<p>Debate how to get Joe out. He ascends 15m hang using prussik loop, but
|
|
decides next pith is too long/wet/too many rebelays & I go up to find a
|
|
jammer for him. Find Animal at squeeze just about to exit squeeze &
|
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persuade him to take jammer to Joe. He curses, not surprisingly, & goes
|
|
down.
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|
|
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<p>As if this were not enough, the jinx (or just lack of braincells ?)
|
|
continues. I tip out contents of SRT bag & almost don't notice. Joe gets
|
|
halfway through squeeze & I remembr I left my glasses at bottom - Joe
|
|
changes to descender in squeeze (is anyone else capable of this !) & goes
|
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to fetch them.
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|
|
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<p>Finally exit about 7.30 into pissing rain & tackle path to camp 1 in
|
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rapidly failing light.
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|
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<p>T/U 9½ h Jared
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|
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<p>[sketch]
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-21">Next LHR trip</a>/
|
|
<a href="#id1988-161-18">RHR push same day</a>
|
|
<hr />
|
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<a id="id1988-161-21">1988-09-03 | 4th Sept | TINA + KEITH</a>
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|
|
|
<p>A further pushing trip going underground at 11 ish in the morning. Put two
|
|
bolts at head of new pitch descended approx 30m to a very very deep shear
|
|
pitch. Estimated at 100m.
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|
|
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<p>Time underground 9 hours.
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<p>[sketch]
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<p>Proposed name for very deep pitch.
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|
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<p>NIFLHEIM - "A realm of freezing mist and darkness under one root of
|
|
Yggdrasall (World Tree) Hell lies within it."
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|
|
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<p>(Definition from Penny's book of Norse Myths!)
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|
<p><a href="#id1988-161-23">Next trip</a>/
|
|
<a href="#id1988-161-22">LHR survey same day</a>/
|
|
<a href="#id1988-161-19">Previous trip</a>
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|
<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-22">1988-09-03 | survey left hand route | <u>Wookey</u> & Mark F</a>
|
|
|
|
<p>Surveying 'Left Hand' route from squeeze to [illegible] at top of 6th
|
|
pitch. Couldn't find pitch despite innumerable holes in the floor & tina
|
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& keith's voices coming out of the floor. Eventually heard them returning
|
|
and crawled under rock to find pitch.
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|
|
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<p>T/U 7 hrs
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|
<p><a href="#id1988-161-23">Next trip</a>/
|
|
<a href="#id1988-161-21">LHR push same day</a>/
|
|
<a href="#id1988-161-19">Previous trip</a>
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|
<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-23">1988-09-04 | 161 Kaninchenhöle | Mike T A, <u>Mark D</u></a>
|
|
|
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<p>Went down Left hand route to continue rigging Niflheim pitch. First
|
|
attempt not very successful, so put in a huge Y-belay right across the rift.
|
|
This hung free for 50m (approx) to a rock bridge over a cross rift (called
|
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Bird's Eye). Further 3 second drop one side. 2 seconds + nothing the other.
|
|
WOW. Then went out, detackling Boris (some trouble at the squeeze!)
|
|
|
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<p>P.S. Both Mike & I saluted this pitch in the customary manner of
|
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pissing down it.
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|
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<p>T/U 8 hours.
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-28">Next trip (derig)</a>/
|
|
<a href="#id1988-161-24">RHR push same day</a>/
|
|
<a href="#id1988-161-23">Previous trip</a>
|
|
<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-24">1988-09-04| 161 | <u>Wookey</u> & Adam</a>
|
|
|
|
<p>After camping trogged over in rain to serious grade 3 change along with
|
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keenies Mike, Mark D & Hugh who had come up night before. All U/G by
|
|
10.00 am. Hugh only managed 1st pitch as already really hypothermic due to
|
|
soggy gear, so retired gracefully to Loser Hutte & had to walk down as
|
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festerers all buggered off.
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|
|
|
<p>W & A down past squeeze v.quick (50 mins) went to push R.H. route.
|
|
Rigged pitch amongst much freezing in non-bolting half & dead legs in
|
|
bolting half. Pitch 35m, lovely freehang for 25m.
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|
|
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<p>Falls into <u>huge</u> chamber. near foot of boulder slope. Passages out
|
|
at low end, rift out in boulders on top right. Wandered around stream
|
|
passages for ages finding big (35+ pitch) & then got very lost trying to
|
|
find rope amongst boulders, despite having checked once !! Eventually
|
|
trogged out in 2 hours.
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|
|
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<p>T/U 7½ hrs
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|
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<p>see map over
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|
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<p>[sketch map]
|
|
<p><a href="#id1988-161-25">Survey trip</a>/
|
|
<a href="#id1988-161-26">Photo trip</a>/
|
|
<a href="#id1988-161-27">Derigging</a>/
|
|
<a href="../1989/log.htm">Next push</a> (in 1989)/
|
|
<a href="#id1988-161-20">Previous trip</a>
|
|
<hr />
|
|
[full page and half of LHR rigging guide]
|
|
<hr />
|
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<a id="id1988-161-25">1988-09-05 | Survey chamber at bottom of right hand route | Del & <u>Jeremy</u></a>
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|
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<p>Underground by 10.30 despite the weather.<br>
|
|
- v. quick trip down to bottom (1½ hrs)<br>
|
|
Started survey from top of new 35m pitch & Del managed to drop our only
|
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pencil down into the boulder slope from the rebelay. Thought we would have
|
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to come back out but by some incredible stroke of luck Jeremy found the
|
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pencil within reach in the choke.
|
|
|
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<p>Chamber too big to get idea of size without much more light, so spent
|
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~2½ hrs surveying not really knowing where we were & eventually arrived
|
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back at pitch, much to our surprise.
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|
|
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<p>Didn't have time for any detackling or proper surveying of side chamber
|
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(also huge) so made speedy exit. Del had problems at squeeze & vowed
|
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never to go through it again.
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|
|
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<p>Jeremy (mug) took Boris up climb & 4th pitch before rope started
|
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exploding out of knackered tackle sack.
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|
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<p>Proceeded out without serious problem.
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<p>T/U 7 hrs
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-26">Photo trip same day</a>/
|
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<a href="#id1988-161-27">Derigging</a>/
|
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<a href="../1989/log.htm">Next push</a> (in 1989)/
|
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<a href="#id1988-161-24">Previous trip</a>
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<hr />
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<a id="id1988-161-26">1988-09-05 | Photo trip 161 | Mark F, Keith, Ian</a>
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|
|
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<p>Went in at around 6.30 pm in windy weather all the way down the right hand
|
|
route into the main chamber. Took about 6 photo in large chamber with about
|
|
20 flashes/bulbs per photo. Other photos were taken at 45° boulder slope,
|
|
Phreatic tubes, ladder pitch.
|
|
|
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<p>Exited to find first 2 pitches very wet. Arrived out of cave at about 4.30
|
|
am to very windy weather with rain. Slowly walked down to car in carpark to
|
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return at campsite for 8 am.
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|
|
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<p>Time underground 10 hours
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-25">Survey trip same day</a>/
|
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<a href="#id1988-161-27">Derigging</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-24">Previous trip</a>
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<a id="id1988-161-27">1988-09-06 | Detackling starts | Wookey, Animal, Adam</a>
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<p>Serious rain all night & in morning, so all got up v.late. Wookey had
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to borrow Hugh's furry (v.soggy) as he is v stupid. U/G by 11.00 when rain
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eventually stopped. Pitches pretty soggy (esp. 3rd !). Zoomed down to bottom
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& as no survey gear & time to spare wandered around trying to suss
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geography of chambers (see diag). Derigged 'Bastard Getoff Pitch' + other
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string as far as peephole pitch. Had hard time getting string back through
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beer belly blues. Exited 7 pm.
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<p>T/U 8 hrs
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<p>Results of 'survey' of 'Tower Blocks': smaller chamber off below big one.
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Used compass for passage dirns but everything else guesswork.
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<p>[sketch]
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<p><a href="#id1988-161-25">Survey trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-26">Photo trip</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-29">Derig to surface</a>/
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<a href="../1989/log.htm">Next push</a> (in 1989)/
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<a href="#id1988-161-24">Knossos discovery trip</a>
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<a id="id1988-161-28">1988-09-06 | survey/detackle trip down left hand route | Jared, Tina</a>
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<p>Very wet overnight. Hugh came with Rover in the morning expecting to find
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5 jackers but instead we all went caving. The rain sort of held off and we
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went underground ~11.30 in semi-drizzle. I got very cold + wet at the 3rd
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pitch but got persuaded to carry on by Jared. Survey'd from arrow chamber
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(carbide mark on flake), to 'butcher' (ie. the pitch before Oubliette).
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Derigged the left hand route and dumped the rope below the 1st pitch.
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<p>T/U ~8 hours
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<p>Clino 736380<br>
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Comp. 543693 Tina
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<p><a href="../1989/log.htm">Next LHR trip</a> (in 1989)/
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<a href="#id1988-161-29">Derig to surface</a>/
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<a href="#id1988-161-23">Previous trip</a>
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<a id="id1988-161-29">1988-09-07 | Detackle trip | MarkD, Juliette, Del, Jeremy</a>
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<p>Jeremy wizzed off down to squeeze to detackle while Del descended 3rd to
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pull out Boris & Grandfather Marlow.
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<p>Mark D & Juliette stayed at 1st pitch to set up tackle hauling rig
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from bottom of 1st pitch/2nd pitch eyehole to ledge in 1st pitch.
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<p>All went v.smoothly & ended up with HUGE pile of tackle on ledge
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which Mark & Del pulled out.
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<p>Greased all bolts & finished detackling just as others arrived to
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carry rope off plateau.
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<p>T/U 4 hrs
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<p><a href="../1989/log.htm#id1989-161-1">1989 trips</a>
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From the evening's drinking:
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<p><u>Adam</u> "It stays up forever when you're pissed"<br>
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+ Judy's <u>involvement</u> & georges photos (which weren't published) or
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developed !!!!!<br>
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P.S. Adam left early. Someone was sick in the men's bogs ?? - probably me.
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<br>[this last in a different handwriting - doesn't work in ascii :-( Ed.]
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<a>1988-09-04? | 164 Detackling trip | Penny</a>
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<p>Eventually (after much fear !) down to the bottom of 2nd pitch to
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detackle, with Mark F on the surface with a whistle to inform me if any rain
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fell (after Hugh's epic the other day !!!). Detackled messily, but fairly
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quickly and without drowning !!! I am extremely relieved to finally get this
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cave detackled - I was beginning to have nightmares about continuous rain
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until the end of the week, and having to swim down the pitches !
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<p>Time U/G ~ 1 hr
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<a>1988-08-30 | 147 | Tina + Jenny</a>
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<p>Sorry forgot to write it up in its proper place. Jenny and me hurried to
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147 thinking the others (ie. the re-tackling trip) would be finished. But no
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they hadn't gone underground when we got there. This was all to the good 'cos
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that meant there was no way we could go wrong - just follow the voices.
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Survey trip was nice and efficient. Detackling didn't take too long. Since
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I'm writing this afterwards I can say its a pity there's a compass error on
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all the figures 'cos I used a metal torch. This was the first female only
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trip. It was a really good trip in spite of the cave being a shitty one and
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coming out with everything brown.
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<p>T/U ~ 7 hours I think !</p>
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