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<center><font size=+2>1994 EXPO<br>
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<br>SUNSHINE BOOK</font></center>
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<p>4/7/94 | Plateau | Sean
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<p>Walked up to top-camp, walked down and got blisters. <u>But</u> it's still
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sunny.
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<p>F.S.K.
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<p> <--- What a lot of toss.
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-1">5/7/94</a> | 161 - Rigging entrance a | <u>Ali</u>, Pete L
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<p>First written up trip of Expo. - Rig - basically rigged to Poxy, went to
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Boulder Alley and came out, all the ropes were <u>too</u> short, so some
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conservative rigging required. got very slack, came out.
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<u>TU = 5¾ hrs</u>
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<p><a href="../1993/log.htm#id1993-161-21">Previous trip (1993 derig)</a> /
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<a href="#id1994-161-2">Next trip</a>
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-2">5/7/94</a> | 161 - Rigging Knossus | <u>Mike TS</u>, Sean, Andrew D
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<p>Followed Ali and Petel down to the top of Boulder Alley where they went
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home. I rigged Knossus and went home too.
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<p>TU 6 hrs
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<p><a href="#id1994-161-1">Previous trip</a> /
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Next trips: <a href="#id1994-161-3">Gnome</a> /
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<a href="#id1994-161-4">Beyond Knossus</a>
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-1">5/7/94</a> |161 - rigging France | <u>Anthony</u>, Mike TA
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<p>Mike rigged in France as far as Algeria, I watched. Pottered around in
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Algeria for a bit, then prussiked out at lightning speed.
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<p>TU 6 hrs
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<p><a href="../1993/log.htm#id1993-161c-8">Previous trip (1993 derig)</a> /
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<a href="#id1994-161c-2">Next trip</a>
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6/7/94 | Base camp - Started raining | Anthony
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<pre>
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V----- WHAT IS ALL THIS CRAP
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6/7/94 Started Raining .... [small cloud graphic] - THIS IS A CAVING BOOK
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No, it's a log book, and
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..and Helen wound everybody up about expo hardly anyone mentions logs
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money for a whole day :-) at all.
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(miserable bitch AJD) Ha Ha Ha (H.12 ^)<br>
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</pre>
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-3">7/7/94</a> | 161 | Helen, Sean, Mike TA, Ralph, <u>Andrew D</u>, Andy A
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<p>Pushing trip through tight squeeze off Gnome passage (off Dreamtime). Only
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person to have got through previously was Wookey. Andrew and Sean were
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supposed to go down France with Anthony, but he jacked due to so-called
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"bad weather". Andy A went through first and started putting in a
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bolt at the top of small pitch at end of squeeze - divested of all SRT gear
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and with rope tied to foot. Sounds of hammering transmitted through rock and
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curses through air. Andrew D followed with Andy A's gear - almost broke left
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knee trying to get round sharp bend but after consultation with Sean turned
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onto back and got through somehow. Sean tried to get through, got stuck,
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reversed, tried again, got through. Ralph decided he couldn't make it, so he
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and Mike returned to surface, and Helen joined us. Andrew D put in first ever
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spit at top of next pitch - 25m, with much help from Andy A. It was a pretty
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shit spit, but nevertheless decided to trust it. Andrew D's SRT gear at far
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end of squeeze since no-one had brought it through, so abseiled down to ledge
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on Andy A's descender, and was stranded there as Andy A came down and rigged
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a deviation to the bottom. The two Andys came back up and Sean and Helen went
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for a stomp at the bottom - found another pitch with 4 second or 2 x 3 second
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drop time - to be pushed on Saturday, then we all came out - squeeze was even
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worse coming back. Got out about 11.30. Sean and Andrew D got lost on way
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back to top camp. First new bit of cave of Expo !
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<p>[Helen continues]
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<p>Well he's missed a few interesting bits: Sean originally got stuck in the
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squeeze. Because he was pushing his helmet and light, these got left in the
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squeeze... He did eventually make it after working out that his back
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wouldn't go round a 90° bend (in squeeze) on the inside. I followed,
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managing to light my carbide tube (rescued by Sean) on the way, followed by
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lighting my hair....
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<p>The pitch and stuff is all as Andy D2 says, well, except for the comedy
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rigging.... I'm not commenting on the bolting, just the knot pass 2 metres
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from the top of the 25m pitch, then a deviation that takes a bit of swinging
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to get to. The know pass would have been ok, except my foot loop was too
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long and I had to re-tie them hanging from the rope... The squeeze on the
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way back was .... interesting. I got a tad stuck but not for too long, lit
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my hair again (getting stuck with your hands trapped and your head in your
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carbide light isn't too clever !). Anyway, much faffing later we got out.
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walking back in the dark was ok (Andy A didn't get lost), we saw some lights
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up above us.... Sean and Andy D2 lost on the plateau. Anyway, we all got
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back ok by about 1 am. Sean at this point decided to go back to base camp...
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Ho Hum. (H. 12 ^)
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<p>[Ralph adds]
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<p>Having heard Sean getting stuck, and judging our comparitive height and
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sizes, I decided it would have been a bit tight for me, so with a large dose
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of common sense, Mike TA and I decided to leave those already through to
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push on, whilst we went out. We got out of the cave at 21.15 and were
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cooking a vesta by 22.15 at top camp. A nice first expo trip, but a pity it
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wasn't a bit bigger.
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<p>T.U. 9 hrs
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<br><center>save MTA & Ralph TU 7 hrs</center>
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<p><a href="#id1994-161-2">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="#id1994-161-5">Next trip</a> /
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<a href="#id1994-161-4">Beyond Knossus</a>
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-4">8/7/94</a> | 161 - Far north | Mike TS, Ali, <u>Pete L</u>
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<p>Trolled down to Knossus (tun te tum) with 4 tacklesacks then got another
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one so we had 5 + a rocket tube then we went to the tyrolean and I rigged it
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pretty slowly and then I climbed up the other side it was shit the rigging
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is crap so did Mike then Ali came across and ranted and then we went to the
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campsite and had some soup and found the Vestas we left there last year were
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OK and then we went to 3 Wise men and I got ½-way across and then Ali
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said his arm hurt and could we stop caving now please and although me and
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Mike really wanted to go and push the end we had to come back because we
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weren't tired really but had to come back and then we came down to Base camp
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because we wanted to get drunk. The End Love Pete.
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<p>TU: MTS 9 hrs
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<br><center>Ali, <u>Petel</u> 9½ hrs</center>
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-2">8/7/94</a> | 161 | Anthony and <u>Scout</u>
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<p>Failed to find bolt driver at main entrance and so it became impossible
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to do anything to keen. Since I am very novice at S.R.T. the trip took a lot
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longer than it should have. Anthony took me down France, as far as the
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bottom of Toothless. On the rebelay just before the bottom of Toothless I
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got nicely strung up by accidentally abseiling too low. My chest jammer got
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twisted and so I was unable to get the rope into it to prussik back up.
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Eventually I got past the rebelay by Anthony prussiking up to it and hauling
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me across. A bit of a cock up really ! At the bottom of Toothless Anthony
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went off to the right to examine a new lead. Sadly !? he was unable to
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pursue it because of lack of a bolt driver. We then both prussiked slowly
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out of the cave.
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<p>T.U. 7 hours
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<hr />11/7/94 | 161 | <u>Pete L</u> & Sean
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<p>MTS & Ali were going to come too but they didn't so we jacked so we
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went prospecting & we found a big hole but fuck knows where it is &
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then me & Sean went caving to the far end so we zoomed down to the
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campsite 1 hr 45 mins. then my electric broke then we had a cup of soup then
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we zoomed out 2 hrs so that was it then we came home. Sean doesn't drive
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slowly. The End Love Pete
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TU 4 hrs
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-5">10/7/94 </a>| 161 - Driller Killer | <u>Mike TA</u> & Andy A
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<p>In a fit of enthusiasm following a plateau washout returned in the morning
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from base camp & got underground at 2.30 pm. Very fast (1 hr or so) down
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to Gnome II with 140m of rope and geraldine. Then spent 50 mins moving same
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& some SRT gear & other garbage to get the next 10m or so. Wot a
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bar-steward. Rerigged the knot pass and thence down to where Sean & co.
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got to. Scrotted about in the rift to get to the pitch only to find that
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Geraldine didn't want to play, hence "Driller Killer". Andy put in
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a bolt by hand while I drilled 5mm, then I put in two bolts while Andy did
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5mm - so abandoned her. Down 35-40m pitch (actually 27m !! :-) and broke into
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bedding plane with loadsa passages. Most promising lead led eventually to 3
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sec. drop into mega rift. Survey out doing 50 legs - what heroes. and dragged
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Geraldine, now less the power cable, out. Wot a bar-steward II. Out at 0400
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am. Walked back in gathering dawn, really nice, makes the plateau all
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worthwhile.
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<p>TU 13½ hours
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-3">11/7/94</a> | 161 - France | Mike TS, Ali
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<p>We first both went down to re-rig the top of France, then went down a
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hole 25m dead end, then another icy, I farted and needed to get out very
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rapidly. That's it really.
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<p>TU ½ hour tops
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<br> MTS TU 10 mins
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-4">11/7/94</a> | 161 - FRANCE | <u>Anthony</u>, Ralph, Helen, Andrew D
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<p><u>TEAM FAST, EFFICIENT & DESPERATELY HARD GO CAVING</u> (somewhere else)
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<p>The plan was to rig/survey/derig the big pitch found last year at the
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bottom of Toothless, which was thought to probably link into Twin Tubs,
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which sounded like a suitably Noddy trip, then move onto some of the leads
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off Algeria on the following days. Laugh. Scout jacked at the cave entrance
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because of his ankle, but that still left four people and one bolting kit,
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so a lot of sitting around followed whilst we put in five bolts just getting
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to the head of the big pitch which we failed to descend at all, though we
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did rig a fine deviation of which Ralph and I were rather proud. I then went
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down to Algeria to rescue some hangers and rigged the "Y-hang
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deviation" off two shit spits down Frogs Legs. Emerged to find that Ali
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& MTS (slack jacking bastards) had put in a traverse line down the cave
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entrance, which was jolly helpful - I always go wrong there.
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<p>TU: 8½ hours too long.
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-5">12/7/94 | 161 - France</a> | <u>Helen</u>, Andrew D, Anthony
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<p>Went back to finish rigging/surveying/derigging, Ralph jacked due to a
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knackered leg. Rigged the new pitch ("Top Loader") with a Y-hang
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from the bottom of the rift pitch ("Standard deviation"), then a
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deviation off the right hand wall for a free hang down the pitch (which is
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jolly fast on 9mm). "Top Loader" comes out into "Washer"
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as expected. Rope rubs a bit so we all went out via the usual route to
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Algeria, some surveying got done, as did the derigging.
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-6">12/7/94</a> | 161 - Gnome | <u>Andrew A</u>, Olly
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<p>Found another idiot to go down Gnome on a quick trip just to put a bolt
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on. Trundled off to the bottom, Olly only unripping a bit on the corner but
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swearing never again. Another one lost. Got to pitch, put bolt half in lots
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of cracks so gave up. Climb onto boulder suspended in the middle of the
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pitch got too scared must be time to go home. In Driller Killer, saw the
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drill lead so went down to get it. Decided it was a little dangerous so
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called Olly to stop just as I reached a little too far and found myself
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stuck upside down in a rift. PUSH - oh shit - PUSH - oh fuck - OLLY - Spent
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the next 20 minutes upside down edging slowly out. Balls leg stuck back to
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the start. Wonder when the rescue comes. Another 20 mins dying of carbide -
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eventually the right way up. Quick push thro a too small hole and a slow
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prussick to home, saying not to go again. Well not till the next day.
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<p>TU 8 hrs
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-6">13/7/94</a> | 161 - France | <u>Andrew D</u>, Ralph
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<p>"We'll rig, survey and derig today, then look at Sultans of Swing
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tomorrow" : thus quoth Anthony, so on the third day Ralph & I went
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down to finish the surveying and derigging ! Zoomed down to Standard
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Deviation and surveyed up the rift to "CM on wall" (take your pick
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from three plausible looking carbide marks at the bottom of Toothless). What
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an easy trip ! Short trips are the biz.
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<p>T.U. 4¼ hours
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-7">13/7/94</a> | 161 - Gnome | <u>Mike TS</u>
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<p>Went to look at a ? which is on the way to Gnome. It involved going the
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other way from usual at the bottom of a pitch (probably Eyehole). After a
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bit of bedding plane there was a pitch with a rebelay all on naturals. After
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traversing through some rift, there was a horribly tight pitch (~12m). At
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the bottom, dribbled out of a tiny hole so I happily got out of the cave
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having crossed off a ?
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<p> T U 2 hrs
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-8">14/7/94</a> | 161 | Andrew A, Bob Bloodworthy, <u>Mike TA</u>
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<p>Thought we'd introduce Bob to K-hohle's massive chambers & stomping
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passageways so went on another trip to Gnome ! Got to where Andy & Olly
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had tried to bolt, carried on, split rock, decided rock was total shit, so
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rigged from lower down via hole in floor on naturals. Anthony put in a
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typical ABD (Anthony Bastard Deviation) later converted to a still pretty
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awful rebelay. Down at the bottom of the rift ... footprints - someone has
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been here before*. Some scrotting about later, Andy popped out above Over the
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Rainbow. Hurray ! Out via the Chunnel, Snot etc. & no Gnome passage
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squeeze !! Back to base camp for river & expo dinner.
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<p>* Later discovered from survey to be Vestabule.
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<p> T/U 5 hours
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-7">15/7/94</a> |161 - France | Julian, Bob Bloodworthy, Steve, <u>Kate</u>
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<p>Went to look at the big muddy shelf off Sultans of Swing. It leads to a
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huge dried up river (Mississippi). This leads to a pitch into a chamber with
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a rift going off. Probably doesn't go anywhere but worth another look (and
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proper rigging). The first passage (Mississippi Mud Pie) on the left leads
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to a big pitch. Noone went down - left it for next time. The second passage
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on the left is also big. We gave up at a short climb up to a smaller bit
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near the ceiling & came back to do some surveying. This might go but will
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probably end up near Mississippi Mud Pie. Kate found a small scrotty bit of
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wiggly stuff leading into a big chamber. Surveying it will be really grim
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(Called Mohr im Hemd & Regurgitation after Kate's efforts at the dinner).
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<p>Surveyed Mississippi and Mississippi Mud Pie. 250m of cave ! There's lots
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more to be done too. Suddenly everyone has got all keen to go caving.
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<p>FRANCE TU 13 h
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-8">17/7/94</a> | 161 - France | Julian, Ali, Anthony, <u>Kate</u>
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<p>Back down Mississippi. Julian + Ali found loads of stomping cave while
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Anthony and Kate had a lovely time surveying bloody Mohr im Hemd. We went
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and looked at Regurgitation first. It has a boulder floor with lots of holes
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(surprise, surprise), and one possible lead in a rift with stream running at
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the bottom. Probably all go down to the same level about 10-15m below the
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floor. Surveying Mohr im Hemd was a bit like eating 10 of them - starts off
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OK but with a sense of worse to come, then gets appallingly tedious, then
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bloody grim. Average survey length 1.8m. I didn't quite realise the
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consequences of being all keen and crawling down small things on my first
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Expo caving trip. Error ! Anyway, enough ranting. Anthony may add to this.
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He was not very happy by the end.
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<p>Julian + Ali returned with tales of loads of big cave, which I don't know
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much about.
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<p><u>Ali</u> We found lots of big cave. Two naturals produced an excellent
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Y-hang, leading to a large chamber with more passageway, coming off, about
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100m down this passage, another pitch into chamber with no footprints. Left
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led to a pitch with a spit, soon stopped. Right up an interesting climb with
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bits breaking off led to stomping phreatic passageway (300m) to a large
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pitch 45m deep - is this STELLERWEG, the connection so dream for by all the
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compsci nargs.
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<p>Is it fuck ! Not likely mate.
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<p>France TU 9 hr
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-9">18/7/94</a> | 161 - France | <u>Ali</u>, Heather
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<p>Kate reliably informed us that she had cleverly left the compass + clino
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at Missisipi, so as Heather needed some string practice we went off caving.
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Went firstly down the hole near 161c that me and Mike rigged on a previous
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trip of epic proportions, for SRT practice. Then France itself. I went down
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entrance rift with Heather then as she was quite happy fucked off down to
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Missisipi where the number of survey kits was ZERO !! So came back out. Had a
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poke at a tube going off ½ way down Deja Vu, it's rift similar to top
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of Toothless but doesn't appear to go but the French haven't been there -
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untouched mud. Then bits started collapsing so I came out. The survey kit was
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in Kate's kit at the ENTRANCE !!!
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-9">16/7/94</a> | 161 - Driller Killer | Andrew A, Bob Bloodworthy, <u>Mike TA</u>
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<p>Bob must be on keen-ness pills. A mere 9 hours or so after his France
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trip, back down to Driller Killer. In via Snot & the chunnel with a
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fettled geraldine. On arriving at Vestabule, Andy & Mike TA scrotted
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about a bit, and the latter popped out into Stomping without doing the pitch
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! Yeh !! So now we can get to the bottom of Driller Killer without ever going
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via Gnome II.
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<p>Set off down Stomping, part way along, Andy remembers that hangers are at
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pitch in Vestabule, sigh. Andy & Bob carry on with Geraldine to derig
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KnotWhat & Driller Killer by pulling rope through. Yours truly goes back
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to get hangers, then rigs traverse line at the bottom of Driller Killer to
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get to opposite passage; then mostly excavates alternative crawl to stop
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boredom. Andy & Bob return with Geraldine to rig pitch into chamber ....
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Geraldine (working at top of KnotWhat) now packs up - battery buggered.
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SIGH ! Bolt by hand in awkward place, descend .... various pitches
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off !!! Climb up opposite side of chamber to .... various passages off
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(so, what's new ?). Follow one until Andy says "Mike, have you been
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here, there's footprints" - "No, don't think so" ... carry on
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a bit ... "Mike - you have been here before" ... pop out at the
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bottom of Driller Killer <u>again</u>. Survey back round loop (traverse line
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not strictly needed anymore as only turn off surveyed to conclusion) and also
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Stomping/Vestabule connection.
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<p>Stagger around with Bob's Bastard Big Bag full of recovered rope &
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hangers & dump the contents just above OTR as now knackered. Prussik
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slowly out to a fine morning. Lug Geraldine back (again ....)
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<p> T/U 13½ hrs ? ^--- 14½ hrs ---^
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<hr />1994-07-16 | Plateau - Surface survey P147 to cairn on summit of Vord | <u>Olly</u>, Ralph, Anthony
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<p>1623/136 is linked to the summit cairn of the Vord. Schwarzmooskogel, but
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this isn't linked anywhere, so to link it to the net around 161, we surveyed
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from P147 (fixed station at 1623/147 entrance). From 147, we headed east
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initially and zig-zagged up the slope, then along the top to the summit. We
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signed the book in the green box, and looked at CUCC visits in past years,
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and then hacked down vaguely south towards the path from the Loser Hut to
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top camp. It was not too hard, but cairns are scarce. Near the end we
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discovered a cave marked +185, which is odd 'cos 1623/185 is 2 year's
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gestation, which is by 161. The red paint was fairly faded, but it was
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definitely 185. The entrance is slightly constricted and then opens out to a
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2m or so diameter shaft. Stones drop for a second or 2 and then rattle. We
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didn't see any bolts. Bearings 284.5° to Zinken, 235° to Loser.
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Here's a map of how to reach it from the top camp path:
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<p><a href="185map.png"><img src="185-2.png" width=563 height=124 align=left
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hspace=10></a>Webeditor's note: Approx north on this pic is very approx. In
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fact it is roughly due east.<br clear=all>
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<p>You shouldn't be able to miss it, but if you reach a sandy depression,
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you've gone too far. It is <u>definitely</u> not 158, BTW, as I've been there
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since.
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<p>I also checked out a couple of shafts (one off the KH path and one on the
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Vord. ridge). Neither went and they now sport red + signs.
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<p>No T/U.
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-10">1994-07-19</a> | 161 - Mississippi |Julian, Pete L, <u>Steve</u>
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<p>Back down to Mississippi to survey the fat wads of cave already found. I
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was <u>too keen</u> and legged it off down the cave forgetting to put my
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clothes away. (It rained) (rant).
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<p>Anyway, by the time I'd got the rope out of Kate's crap, scrotty passage
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(can't remember what its called )(Mohr im Hemd) Pete and Julian had already
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found wads more cave. What a surprise.
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<p>Rigged and stomped down to the wet shaft where spits had been found
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previously. Then guess what ? Caving is shit and it all went wrong. Due to
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the tape being shagged, Julian had put it in <u>MY</u> dangly bag when I had
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thought he had put it in <u>HIS</u> and I left mine behind as I didn't need
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it. So I had to go back and get it.
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<p>Anyway, after all that messing about we surveyed lots of cave, met up
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with another surveying trip (Andy A, Anthony, Kate) then decided what to do
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next.
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<p>We sent them to survey somewhere else, then we went to survey a side
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passage and scrotty pitch.
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<p>Due to 'Scientific accuracy' (said Pete) and nothing to do with Pete and
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Julian collaborating to send the fuckwit down the slimy pitch, I went down a
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pointless dead end hole with a tape measure while Fatty and Petel stood at
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the top.
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<p>After that we pissed off.
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<p>P.S. My clothes were all piss wet so I got lost on the plateau in my
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caving gear.
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-11">1994-07-19? | 161 - Ginger Crunch | Andy A,</a> Kate & <u>Anthony</u>
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<p>meanwhile surveyed "Ginger Crunch", "Rich Tea", "Hobnob"
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passage, "Digestive" pitch and "Biscuit Factory",
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eventually linking up with the other surveying team at the entrance to
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"Heart of Gold". It was so exciting. Andy's survey station at the
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head of Ginger Crunch (chosen so as to give a good hang to the floor) was
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quite entertaining to reach, <u>especially</u> when one of the hand holds
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detaches itself from the wall (I ignored the fact that the pitch was rigged
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off two flakes of similar dimensions). The backup ("It was a traverse
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line", Julian H) at the top of Digestive also proved to be irrelevant
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after Andy breathed on it from the wrong angle and it fell off.
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<p>As if that wasn't enough fun for one day, we then went and surveyed a bit
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off the side of Mississippi (called "Fudge Brownie") as far as a
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climb up an overhanging bank of choss, where the compass (mercifully) misted
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up terminally and we ran away.
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<pre>
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TU Julian }<br>
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Andy A } 9 hrs<br>
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Petel } - Due to variable<br>
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Steve ] 10 hrs prussikking speed<br>
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Anthony ]<br>
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Kate 10½ hrs
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-12">21/7/94</a>| 161 - FRANCE 161c | Mike TS, Steve, <u>Pete L</u>
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<p>(note ordinary order of date, compscis)
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<p>Intention was to take Robert TWC caving (or let him take us after we'd
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pointed him at the entrance). But he didn't turn up, so we foolishly went
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anyway. Pissed off. Nearly jacked at many points. Then went. Down to Algeria
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in 30 mins. Went to look at mudslope which lies to left at right turn in big
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rift / collapse chamber ("Ginger Crunch" I think, but fuck knows
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about all these biscuit names). MTS climbed up using a bolting hammer to pile
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loads of choss down on his unwitting belayer & eventually got to the top
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after much fear. Ends in a pitch straight down again too dangerous to bolt
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& that is hopefully the end of that - this bit is dangerous. Steve threw
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some boulders at us & then we went to continue survey of lead off
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Mississipi (Fudge Brownie as I believe it has amusingly been dubbed).
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Surveyed to rift whilst MTS bolted to descend rift, also surveyed small side
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passage which bypasses crawl. Rift rock too rubbish so bashed spit, but found
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climb down which leads to 2 points at which rift could be descended (2 + sec
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drop + [?]ing):
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<p>[graphic]
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<p>Then we were pissed off so we went out. Emerged to rain.
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<p>T/U 5 hrs
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<br>(Not slackers, just efficient).
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<hr />1994-07-20 | Plateau - Surface wandering | Olly
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<p>Andy A went down to Vestabule to find a dropped bit from his carbide so I
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went for a wander on the plateau, with the intention of looking for some of
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the laser rangefound points, 0/1 to 0/6. I ended up finding 84, then headed
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east and a bit north to 107 and 83. which are meant to be by 0/5. Mike
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Martin's sketch in the 1987 logbook looks something like this:
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<p>[graphic]
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<p>Now, 83 is actually on the other side of the gully (assuming north is
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approx. up page, and it doesn't work at all otherwise*). The whole area to
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the south of the gully has lots of bunde on it, and there's a fair bit to the
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north too. I checked all the rock I could get to near the gully and didn't
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find it. After about 45 minutes I gave up & returned to camp. Maybe a GPS
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would help, but you could be pretty close and still not spot it. (it's an 8mm
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spit, possibly with a blue nylon tag or blue paint triangle round it).
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<p>* I've since noticed that Wolfhöhle is actually approx SSE of 0/5, so
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MM has shown the gully's upper end as wider than the lower end. I did poke
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around where this should mean 0/5 would be, but didn't spot it. I'll try to
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pop back for another look before the end of Expo.
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-10">20/7/94</a> | 161 - Quest for the holy generator thingy | Andrew A
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<p>Once upon a time not long enough ago a frustrated caver (with a very
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short memory) went up a dangerous path (the toll road) to face unknown
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dangers and the glory of a working carbide light by recovering the missing
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piece. The journey was tretrous (it was raining and Olly was driving) but he
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battled on and eventually reached the dragons (rabbits) hole. He donded his
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armour undeterbed by the onslaught from the gods (it was pissing down) and
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eventually descended into the icy depths. Battling his way on thro' touchous
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lands (Snot, chunnel, vestible, stomping) he eventually found the hidden
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land (Dreaming of limo) to recover the trophy mounted on a rock (read lying
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in a puddle). Returning along the same route with only a diversion to
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Dreamtime to collect x metres of rope so no fool could be misled again he
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strode towards daylight only to have one of his bags of treasures snatched
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from his grasp by the automatic doors. He emerged into the sunset (well, it
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was an hour to sunset and it was still pissing down) purged of his need to
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cave for another day.
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<p> TU 3½ hrs
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-13">22/7/94</a> | 161 - France |Julian, Anthony, Ali, <u>Heather</u>, Martin
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<p>France - Pushed a ridge (rift ?) at the end of 'Fudge Brownie'. Found it
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linked to previous shaft surveyed by Steve. Rock <u>very</u> unstable but
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what's new ? [Julian, Martin + Heather]
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<p>Mean while, Anthony + Ali went - to Skeleton in the Cupboard (pitch at end
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of Infinite Improbability Drive) to connect the survey with Fat Not Fruity at
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Julian's suggestion. Julian is a fat bastard. The pitch (rigged off two shit
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French bolts, one barely adequate French bolt and a dubious natural) was a
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little drippy at the top and a <u>miserable pissing waterfall</u> at the
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bottom. Five damp survey legs later we ran away and met up with the others,
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including Julian, who was nice and dry. AJD.
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<p>On the way up - Heather nearly killed everyone by knocking off a
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ginormous rock - and both her lights died - but she got there in the end
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(eventually). TU 7½ hr
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-11">1994-07-21</a> | 161 - Push Exhaustion Pitch (Burble area) & survey | Andy A, <u>Olly</u>
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<p>Andy's too lazy to write this up so I'll just mention the
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"high" lights. We found a few hundred metres of passage, ending in
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a 3½ seconds drop pitch (rift in the floor stuff, rather like Shell
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pitch in Puffball). Should be riggable as a Y-hang then straight down. Rocks
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land with a wet noise, so expect water and/or mud. We surveyed from the
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junction with the new passage back to a known point, which took ages due to
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widdly passage, the mud and my eyesight. It's all jolly cold and draughty,
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and has thus been named "Siberia". I got jolly tired on the way
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out (I had told Andy I'd be slow) - I'm beginning to see how Julian S feels.
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<p>T/U 10 hours + 10 mins extra for Olly 'cos he's slow.
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-13">24/7/94</a> | 161 - Derig Far End | Ali, <u>Pete L</u>
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<p>It was fucking hard. We were fucking shagged.
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<br> TU 7 hrs
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<p>PS - 1993 Tyrolean rope is somewhere at the bottom of Strange Upfall. If
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anybody wants they can go and get it because I'm fucking not. It was crap.
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Luv Pete.
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<p>P.P.S. The inner of the tent, some carbide is at the campsite at
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Pipeless. Also if you want to get it, you're fucking welcome too. Love &
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hugs, Ali
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<br>25/7/94 | 161 - Derigged from Knossus | Andy A, Mike TS, Olly, <u>Steve</u>
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<p>Derigged from Knossus, really tedious, nothing interesting happened
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except Olly throwing a tackle sack off the top of Bungalow, which Mike went
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to rescue.
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<p>TU 4 hrs (or 6hrs)
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161-12">23/7/94</a> | 161 - Photo trip | Andy A, Kate, Steve, <u>Martin</u>
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<p>Photo trip K H messing, and the campsite is fucking cold. Photos of
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Strange Across Fall, Poxy, Chunnel, Knossus. All sponsorship photos shit
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apart from [illegible] as Andy did not adjust focus, sigh ! Good trip.
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<p>TU 12½
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<hr /><a id="id1994-161c-14">24/7/94</a> | 161 - Fudge Brownie | Anthony, Julian, <u>Martin</u>
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<p>Push, survey, derig France beyond Fudge Brownie. Finished rigging at rift
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beyond Fudge Brownie [two words illegible]. Rocky Horror Surveyed to bottom
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of rift connecting to Steve's passage. Found another rift 20-28m down,
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fucking scary because loose as Ali's ass after a bean feast. 2 leads either
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end, but requires real caving. Very good trip.
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<p>P.S. Tackle sacs full of rope and bolting kits is <u>shit</u> gear.
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<p>- Tackle hauling is also shit gear. Took 5 hrs to derig from Algeria, with
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a couple of diversions whilst I went & measured the length of a survey
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leg nr top of Frogs Legs that I had failed to record, and failed to derig
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entrance pitch deviation so had to go back down & get it. Performing a
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changeover whilst attached to a sod off tacklebag is <u>really</u> shit gear.
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AJD.
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<p>TU martin 8, Anthony + Julian (Fatty) 12
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