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<h1>Homecoming Cave - Exploration Notes & Rigging</h1>
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<p>Logbook entriees RE-ORDERED to calendar order not logbook writeup order.
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-13a">2018-07-13</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Jon Arne Toft</u>, Dickon Morris</div>
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<div class="triptitle">CUCC2018 DM07 (Homecoming Hole) - First push</div>
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<p>Headed off to drop DM07 followed by DM06. Started with DM07 as the closer of the two.
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First pitch/handline 5m down from surface to large hole in ground.
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Into hole in wall, 1m down and 2m traverse over a drop of 3m leads to top of
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snow plug that can be followed down 8m to passage. Crawl for 10m leads to
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first pitch, 5m, closely followed by longer pitch (10m?) into a rather large chamber.
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The way leading back against the direction of progress quickly chokes.
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Way on leads to large boulder. A hole on the left side yields a safe continuation
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(the rope also leads this way) on to the next pitch of another 10m into yet another chamber.
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From here, an impressive pitch was observed(8m diameter) which a 27m rope was insufficient to
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descend. Probably 40m deep. Strong draft, predicted by the majority of
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CUCC to be larger than Tunnocks <i>[citation needed]</i>.</p>
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<p>Surveyed out of cave, tag left on small shelf right under surface level. Lack of pencils led to
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ditching of DM06, though this is an interesting cave. DM06 still unexplored.</p>
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<p>Jon sprained ankle before cave entrance, the effects of which showed up shortly after arrival to
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top camp, and which subsided by the next day. Strange stuff which unfortunately led to me being
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unable to push further the next day. :-(</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 3 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-13b">2018-07-13</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Todd Rye</u>, Dickon Morris</div>
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<div class="triptitle">2nd push in Heimkommen höhle (Homecoming)</div>
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<p>Carried 2x 45m ropes and a 80m rope over to Heimkommen. Dickon rerigged the pitch then ran out of rope on,
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now named Radagast.
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<p>Pushed through a small meander to an up pitch (3m).
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From there is was navigating a large meander,
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dropping a pitch (5m) and traversing through some boulders. Another pitch (10m)
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before a climb up and a traverse along the top of Wallace (40m)
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which landed perfectly on a boulderabove an estimated 50m-100m drop, named Grommit.
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<p>
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Out of rope so we surveyed out.
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-17rg2">2018-07-17</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Becka Lawson</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">Rigging Guide: Homecoming - Entrance - Wallace and Gromit - Second Coming </div>
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<p>Homecoming entrance and first pitch rigging guide:<br>
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<img src="logbook7.jpg" width=100%>
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<br>
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<p>Radagast rigging guide and handclimb below Radagast (poor natural belay):<br>
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<img src="logbook8.jpg" width=100%>
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<p>Traverse over hole and up the pitch in meander. Probably best left rigged for next year to save hassle on rerigging.
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<p>First meander pitch. String around boulder in roof to protect traverse over rammed blocks.
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<p>2nd meander pitch.<br>
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<img src="logbook9.jpg" width=100%>
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<br>
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<p>Rigging guide: Wallace and Gromit
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<p>traverse into the second coming<br>
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<img src="logbook10.jpg" width=100%>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-18a">2018-07-18</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Nadia</u>, Tom Crossley, Todd Rye</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Homecoming - Hobnob Hallway</div>
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<li>Surveyed Hobnob Hallway until mud/sand slope.
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went over fals floor very unstable needs a traverse line. Was crumbling as we walked on it.
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<li>Under false floor is a trickle of water leading to a wet pitch Q.M.C.
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<li>Found side passage at the bottom of a mud slope on the left. Keyhole passage that connects
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into Dickon's passage,currently unnamed.
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<li>Heard flood pulse, while surveying, when we went out all ropes were dry except the very bottom
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of Radagast pitch. No issue with pitches being impassable except maybe Radagast.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 7.5 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-17a">2018-07-17</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Nadia</u>, Adam A.</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Shallow lead push - Homecoming</div>
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<P>We set off from top camp,full of optimism for the day.
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Nadias's ankle was sore from the previous trip, so we wanted to take the shortest route
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to the cave to minimise stretch on it. With this in mind we set off along the path
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which went via fish face.
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<p>Arriving at fish face in good time we found another group
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that were about to go underground.After a chat, we set off for Homecoming
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with our glasses remaining half-full.
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Without a GPS we weren't entirely sure how to get there,
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but with morale high we were confident of bodging the way.
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I had already got lost going from FGH to HC, surely it couldn't happen again.
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Fast forward an hour or so we were standing on the side of a sharpsloping wall of a gully.
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Looking in two different directions (our tone starting to resemble the
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internal monologue of a child who's lost their mum in Asda).
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We both said the same thing, 'I remember going this way'. After trialling the two options
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we discovered, with sinking morale, that we were both wrong.
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<p>My watch produce a nagging beep to signal mid-day;
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another pin-prick in the already deflating balloon that was my confidence.
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Our plan of action started to fragment;a staring chicken lost on a plane of fine brown gravel.
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<p>'It might be this way' I wouldsay 'no, maybe it's this way'.
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<p>Feeling a bit spent wedecided to rest. Over some flapjack crumbs we discussed
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our plan of action.
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<p>Setting off again, our plan A, B and C ready to go.
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We had at last cometoterms with our situation.
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<p>Bags on we walked around the bunde that had provided shelter for our break, a cairn, two, three,
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the familiar path to Homecoming.
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<p>With regards to the cave, we swung into the window at the top of Gromit, bolted the
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pitch Anthony had startedthe day prior.
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It lead into two continuations; one horizontal, one vertically down. We crapped out the horizontal
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and left the other labelled as a QMB. Reason being: it's clean washed, and it looks like it will connect to cave already found below.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 4 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-19c">2018-07-19</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Anthony</u>, Luke, Frank</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Homecoming - shallow level</div>
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<p>
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Having elected not to camp in Tunnocks the night before,Luke and I had a bonus extra day's caving.
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I wasnotin the moodfor anything too epic after emerging at 2am;
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a trip to a shallow level in Homecoming sounded like just the job.
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Ladened with all out gear we set off following Frank who confidently asserted
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that he had followed a cairned path back from the cave via Fischgesicht the day before.
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It rapidly became apparent that these caves were a figment of Frank's imagination,
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so the stetch beyond Fischgesicht wasnavigated by GPS and involved much bunde bashing.
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<p>
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The cave itself looks like the real deal,and we quickly found ourway to the lead in a pleasant,
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small phreatic passage.
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Equipment-wide the trip was a mixture ofancient and modern: Frank and Luke went off
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surveying in full paperless mode with a DistoX and PDA,
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whilst I had to hand-bolt a pitch.
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I even used a clown out of choice rather than necessity.
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By the time Luke and Frank had finished surveying, I had descended to a ledge
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with a couple of ways on - later to become 'Snagged & Shagged'
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when revisited by Nadia and Adam.
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<p>
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Out nice and early, suckered Frank into walking back
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to Top Camp via the bivi cave on the flank of the Kleine Wildkogel. At a mere
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50 mins longer in time than our route to the cave, this would go down
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as a less-than-successful short-cut.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 3.5 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-20a">2018-07-20</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Nadia</u>, Adam A.</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Snagged and Shagged (shallow levels) & Rigging Guide</div>
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<ul>
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<li>Swung into shallow leads followed down past 5m pitch/climb, under crawl, turn left.
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<li>Went down left of rock bridge,(straight hang from from top)
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found 2 rifts, followed first toan aven, followed second until tight, vertical connection to first rift.
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<li>Went back up to rock bridge and dropped right side to deeper lead.
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Added a deviation off a natural above the bridge. At the floor to the right
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was pitch ~20m. Clean-washed and dripping QMB (QM1). De-rigged and left.
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<li>On third pitch of Homecomingtied rope from third pitch to connection
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between block and wall with bling.
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Not sure howeffective it will be. Added deviationon third pitch off
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top of big block with a sling.
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<h3>Rigging Guide: Snagged and Shagged</h3>
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<p>First section, Second section<br>
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<img src="logbook14.jpg" width=100%><br>
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<p>3rd section:<br>
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<img src="logbook15.jpg" width=100%><br>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 6 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-24b">2018-07-24 maybe</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Philip Withanll</u>, Typhon King</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Prospecting and checking out the new bivi cave (Garlic Cave 2018-ad-02)</div>
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2018-ad-02 is
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<pre>
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47.698686 lat., 13.807960 long.
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<p>or in more usual terms:
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47 deg. 41.921 min. N
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013 deg. 48.478 min. E
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</pre>
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<h2>**** TO BE TYPED IN ****</h2>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-24a">2018-07-24</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Max</u>, Frank, Nadia</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Homecoming Hobnob Hallway</div>
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<p>We walked to Homecoming through Fishface cairning the route with Haydon,Jon, Ruairidh, Phil and Typhon
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filling in the gaps.Making it a fully cairned route.
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Went down the hobnob hallway added a handline over the false floor using a thread.
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Should be made into a traverse
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with a bolt on the other side of the false floor.
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We put a handline on the sand slope using a thread at the top.
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<p>
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We carried on down the rift to the first junction on a boulder.
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The left has not been explored yet. We went right past
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the water downa tight rift. It opened into a pitch 13m.
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We turned around there. On the way back Frank saw a lead behind
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the wet bit. Way out took longer than anticipated.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 7 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-08-02h">2018-08-02</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Jon Arne Toft</u>, Haydon</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Homecoming Lizard King</div>
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<p>A series of 4 trips bolting the Lizard King which is a rift with a strong draft
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in Homecoming Hole (CUCC-2018-DM07).
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Reached by doing traverse 10m over floor of Gromit, and taking right/(straight ahead) (not left)
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at the first junction.
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<p>A series of more or less exciting traverses lead to a phreatic maze with a large phreatic tube
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over a major rift around it.
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We bolted against the draft, using a 50m rope for the first section, ending on a small
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ledge (3m pitch).
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A further (more exciting) traverse along the top of the rift continues to the right
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until a sudden end after 15 min.
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<p>A 40m (?) pitch (1 dev, 2 rebelays) drops into a large muddy rift.
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From a ledge, a 4-bolt traverse pushed the continuation against the draft,into a further
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(larger) rift that would require bolting.
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<p> Further leads in the opposite direction or further down the rift (BIG RIFT!).
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Alternatively the opposite direction of the phreatic tube from the Lizard King.
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Lotsof bolting, were were very cold.
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Haydon says he was a 2 on a 1-10 scale where 1 is frozen solid.I was also very cold.
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In other words, an altogether excellent pushing front with a brilliant windchill effect.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 5 hours</div>
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