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<h1>CUCC Logbook 2016</h1>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-">2016-07-</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u></u></div>
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<div class="triptitle"></div>
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<p></p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: </div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-23a">2016-06-23</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Becka</u>, Andrew, Sioned</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Walk over Grimming from Niederstuttern via Grimminghutte, Multerek + Grimmingsgipfel+ending at Kulm</div>
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<p> Left my bike at Kulm then drove to Neiderstuttern (this is definitely the better route for
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the bike->car shuttle as all downhill!). Set off 8:45 but already hot + near heat stroke on the
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initial ascent. I had 3l water which wouldn't have been enough except there's an excellent
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spring some way above the Grimminghutte where we refilled. Q a few wires + metal foot poles so
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like an unprotected via ferrata on ascent + decsent + may be problems with snow earlier in year
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or in a high-snow year. Descent down deep ridges + narrow stony gullies in a fairly improbable
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manner - impressive there's a route over at all. A very fine day out though sadly Julian didn't
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get to hang-glide over us though we collected him from his field in Bad Mittendorf. </p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 0hrs, 7½hrs walking</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-22a">2016-06-22a</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Nat</u>, Ash & Elliott</div>
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<div class="triptitle"></div>
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<p>After day of topcamp fettling we set off to Balcony to rig the entrance shaft, after
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initially intending to do only a carry. We reflected en-route, so as to be able to find out way
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back, arriving ~ 8pm. I rigged the first few rebelays, not really understanding what the bolts
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wanted me to do. Elliott took over & we eventually got to the bottom with some bodge. Due to a
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lack of inspiration we headed back out & back to top camp, getting there ~midnight.</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: ~3 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-22a">2016-06-23a</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Nat</u>, Ash</div>
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<div class="triptitle"></div>
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<p>Feeling Keen we set off to rig Tunnocks entrance shaft, optimistically we took ropes /hangers
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to get to the bottom of ducks on ice. Burdened by 2 bags & equipped with me skyhook I set off;
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several exciting swings & wall destruction (by skyhook) complete saw Ash & I in sight of the
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bottom ice/snow plug; after a final swing & lunge to gain a skyhook placement I put a bolt in &
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looked up to see the other hilti for a u-hang out of reach. At this point I got fed up of silly
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acrobatics & we went home despite the end of the entrance being in sight.</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 4?? hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-22a">2016-06-23b</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Jenny</u>, Olly</div>
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<div class="triptitle">2007-71 Ngauruhoe</div>
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<p>Got sufficient gear up the hill to go caving ish (failed to remember sunscreen my safety
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cord and a few other things).</p>
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<p>Went to 2007-71 to look at pitch leads. Started with 07-02C, as it looked easier to get into than 07-01B. Pitch drops down on right, passage continues a few metres on with a couple of other holes to the pitch then ends as a tight inlet.</p>
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<p>Olly rigged down, natural backup in main poassage, natural, bolt, bolt, deviation to get to the floor. Pitch got wider on the way down to end in a moderate sized chamber with an icy/rocky floor and a very pretty snowcone. Sadly no way on. I pushed into a tight passage, but it only went a couple of meters. Exited, confirming that 07-01B connects.</p>
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<p>Left rigged to survey once we've calibrated the distox.</p>
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<p>Checked 15-01B - it is too small to get in to sadly. It might be possible (but not trivial) to move the rock.</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 3.5 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-24a">2016-06-24</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Nat</u> & Elliot</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Balcony rigging - guide (start of 2016)</div>
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<p>After a disgustingly warm carry up the hill with Anthony, Ash & Elliott, Elliott & I decided
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we still wanted to go caving. We headed over to Balcony with 100m of 11mm snake rope, bolting &
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surveying kit. Derigging the far too thin, previous rope we set about swinging into windows on
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the 34m pitch, my only lead from 2014 that hadn't been snaffled. (for good reason after a loose
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climb & another scary climb (that Elliot went up) it crapped out, giving the grand total of
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surveyed new passage of ~10m. (swingers) After re-rigging the entrance on speedy 11mm we went
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for a little bimble & found the natural highs had been derigged. See below for rigging guide.</p>
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<p>100m + 20m</p>
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<p>~17 hanger required</p>
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<p><img src="logbk1.img" alt="tunnocks rigging guide"></p>
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<div class="callout">22:00</div>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 6 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-25a">2016-06-25</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Becka, Anthony, Sion</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Rigging string theory</div>
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<p>Callout book entry</p>
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<div class="callout">22:00</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-26a">2016-06-26</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Elliott, Ash</div>
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<div class="triptitle">BalkonH - Gosser Wager</div>
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<p>Callout book entry</p>
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<div class="callout">22:00</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-26b">2016-06-26</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Anthony, <u>Nat</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Procrastination</div>
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<p>Rigging trip down Tunnocks, Anthony continued rigging down string Theory whilst I sat &
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refrigerated. String Theory rigged we consolidated rigging Kit and Anthony continued rigging
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down procrastination. I continued to refrigerate. Rigging complete we headed out. 9 Krbas, 9
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maillons, 9 hangers (N of Beast, magic glue (dev))</p>
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<div class="callout">22:00</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-26c">2016-06-26</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Olly, <u>Jenny</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">101 survey practice</div>
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<p>Got a lift up the hill in the morning and learnt to use the distoX
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and topodroid in the bivi cave. Learnt enough to go and do something
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useful, so headed to 101. Sounds simple. Sadly we didn't completely
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remember where 101 was (having last visited in 2012) and we had no
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data in the GPS to help. Spent over an hour wandering around the
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plateau in caving gear. Headed back to camp to enlist the GPS + an old
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prospecting map print out. Found the cave easily!</p>
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<p>Surveyed in splaying and topodroiding (in colour!) as we went. Got past the skylight
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entrance and down the climb before it got too tight for Olly, and we were cold. Headed out
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surveying out the skylight entrance as we went.</p>
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<div class="callout">20:00</div>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 2 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-27a">2016-06-27</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Olly, <u>Jenny</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">2007-71 Ngauruhoe survey</div>
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<p>Down to the Ngauruhoe snowcone and surveyed out. On the way we lost the nail polish back down
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the pitch (I looked for a while, but gave up in the end). I swung across into the parallel shaft
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from 07-01B and confirmed there were no further bolts. Derigged and planned to move onto
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15-02B, but had failed to bring a drill battery. Had a wander on the surface instead looking for
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new entrances.</p>
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<p>Later on went for an unsuccessful walk looking for 2004-04, though it did at least warm us up.</p>
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<div class="callout">20:00</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-27b">2016-06-27</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Wookey, <u>Nat</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks</div>
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<p>Set off to continue rigging down Tunnocks (aiming to carry 2 bags to camp). On the way the
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one bolt wonder handline before usual suspects was converted (more or less) into a bonafide
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traverse line. Picked up Krabs, hangers & maillons from bottom of string theory & carried on
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down procrastination; Wookey rigged number of the beast & we carried on down to magic glue,
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putting deviations in along the way. Once at magic glue faff ensued with rope misbehaving &
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getting tangled. Once I was at the bottom, wookey instaled a deviation; having previously
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dropped Krab/sling down the pitch: "It's a good job we're not climbers or we'd have to retire
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that", on a spike, bags were left just below magic glue, with a long plod out.</p>
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<p>Stuff left: 2 bags of camping stuff, 1 drill, 2 drill bits, 1 battery, blow tube,
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hammer/setter & hiltis</br>
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<u>No drill tackle sack</u></br>
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8 maillions, 6 krabs, 4, hangers, 2 bits of tat</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 11.5 hours</div>
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<div class="callout">07:00 +1</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-27c">2016-06-27</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Sioned</u>, Andrew, Becka</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Balkonhöhle</div>
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<p>Went for an explore with a few 30m lengths of rope. Was mine & Andrew's first trip down &
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Becka hadn't been down since 2014. Andrew was initially considering dropping down one of the
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pitches at Natural High but George suggested a better option further on that turned out to be
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called consolidation Pitch. Rigging of a bolt on the traverse across a series of pitches down to
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a ledge with a clear 4 second drop straight down with lots of water dripping. Due to lack of
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reop we traverses over to the opposite ledge to descend the pitch beyond that was dry. [unfilled
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blank] m down with a couple of rebelays ended on a boulder slope with a smaler passage coming in
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from the right & a squeeze over a 4m drop at the bottom but we had no rope left. </p>
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<div class="callout">22:00</div>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 6.5 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-27d">2016-06-27</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Nathan, George, Luke</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Balkonhöhle - Bipedal</div>
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<p>Callout book entry</p>
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<div class="callout">22:00</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-28a">2016-06-28</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Olly, <u>Jenny</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">2007-71, 15-02B</div>
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<p>Olly rigged down 15-02B. Sadly it ended about where the final disto leg of 2015
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landed. Derigged out and removed all of our gear from the cave. I was very sad it had
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ended. Went to look at 97 (The day before I had climbed down the entrance chimney to see if the
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vocal connection to 2007-71c was worth digging - it isn't as it will just be too tight after
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the dig. The chimney is a fairly easy climb but tricky in current ice levels to exit at the
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top - it is tight and you are wedged in at the top of a 10m climb!). Anyway today we surveyed
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from the tage the doline and the climb.</p>
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<p>Had a look at the surface near 2007-71, There is a strong linear feature with a small chamber
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off it, but not really an actual cave.</p>
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<div class="callout">20:00</div>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 2.5 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-28b">2016-06-28</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Olly, <u>Jenny</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">76 rigging</div>
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<p>Took the first rope in to 76 to make a start on the rigging. I've barely rigged in years,
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and not been to 76 since 2007, and was using the stop that Julian kindly lent me, having only
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used a rack for years. Anyway it all went fine, and 76 was comfortably familiar, the hiltis has
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survived the last decade fine (though the one at the top of Draft Bitter had a bit of rusty
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grease in it). Got to the rock bridge rebelay and decided a drill would be useful to add a
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higher deviation so I came out, ready to walk down the hill and experience going to the dentist
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in German the next day!</p>
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<p></p>
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<div class="callout">20:00</div>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 1.5 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-28b">2016-06-28</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Becka, <u>Sioned</u>, Andrew</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Balkon - Pitch of Bipedal</div>
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<p>We went back to investigate the lead with some more short pieces of rope & 100m of
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9mm. Having received a 13m piece of rope that had been dropped at Natural High. We rerigged the
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initial drop & continued back to the bottom of the boulder slope. Squeezing round a piller we
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descended into a wet chamber with some pretty & sharp rock formations. The passage continued
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round the corner & ended with a hole in the floor & a sloping aven coming in from the right,
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where we found a survey station. This turned out to the where elliott ended up at the end of
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last year having come in throught the passage coming in from the right at the top of the boulder
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slope and free climbed the squeezy bit? He had just run out of batteries for survey equipment &
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not been able to return (hence the name - Batteries). We decided not to survey the incoming
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passage & instead Becka went down the main 75m pitch to investigate and survey. There was
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nothing at the bottom & surveying turned out to be impossible as the disto we had that day was
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only up to 50m (the one we used the day before was 100m) so we de-rigged and came out.</p>
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<p><img src="logbk2.img" alt="rigging topo"></p>
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<div class="callout">22:00</div>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 6 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-28c">2016-06-28</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Nat</u>, Luke</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - entrance rerig</div>
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<p>Fettled Tunnocks entrance:</br>
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- Replaced all slings in deviations with tat</br>
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- Fiddled with hang on a 2nd rebelay (clown)
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- Fiddled with deviation on a 2nd rebelay (taken out)
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- Re-rigged final drop onto ice plug (similar to 2015 now as opposed to 2014 rig?
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- Added natural to y-hang at Caramel Catharsis pitch
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</p>
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<div class="callout">21:00</div>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 4 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-28c">2016-06-28</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Nathan, George</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Balkonhöhle - Bipedal</div>
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<p>Callout book entry</p>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-29a">2016-06-29</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Nathan, ChrisD, Anthony</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Set up Camp (Wed, Push Thur)</div>
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<p>Callout book entry</p>
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<div class="callout">09:00 +2days</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-29b">2016-06-29</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Luke, George, Frank</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Balkonhöhle - Dig Dug Pitch</div>
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<p>Callout book entry</p>
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<div class="callout">21:00</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-06-30a">2016-06-30</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Becka, Nat, Andrew, Sioned</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Champagne on Ice (rigging)</div>
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<p>Callout book entry</p>
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<div class="callout">23:00</div>
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<p> Nat and I had good memories of the leads down Champagne on Ice so we packed four
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tacklesacks and ~260 rope and started rigging. Missed the 1st two pitches by (something) Tom
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Claytons sneaky route through boulders below the short climb on the main route. Took turns
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rigging + cursing the rigging guide which gave no indication of scale + insufficient detail
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(Nat got particularly) grumpy but after a couple of false drops + some hunting for spits (not
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helped by thorough greasing of the spits making them near-invisible) we rigged to the bottom +
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the short traverse beyond.
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-01a">2016-07-01</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Becka, Julian, Andrew</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Balkonhöhle 264</div>
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<p>Callout book entry</p>
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<div class="callout">22:00</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-01b">2016-07-01</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Nat, George</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Champagne on Ice</div>
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<p>Nat promised me an “adventure” and so led me down Tunnocks after excessive faff to push a
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lead he’d last visited in 2014. We descended relatively efficiently and route finding was not
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much of an issue. The following changes were made to the ‘champagne on ice’ pitch series:<br>
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-Replaced sling at 1st pitch head with additional bolt to form proper y-hang<br>
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-Improved the traverse at the very end with the addition of a single bolt in the ceiling of
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the passage at the very bottom of the series.</p>
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<p>Beyond this I rigged a P5, although it should be noted that this pitch is probably larger
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than 5m as an 11m rope was insufficient to reach the bottom. After rigging a pre-bolted
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traverse we soon arrived at the lead, a drafting hole atop a seemingly easy climb just beyond a
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>10m hole. The traverse required to get round the hole was somewhat more sketchy than Nat
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remembered. For a fully comprehensive recreation of the sounds Nat made during the sky hook
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facilitated bolting of the traverse please consult either Nat or myself. ‘What would you Mother
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think’ traverse was rigged around the corner too a floor at the base of the climb up to the
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lead. At this point we turned back due to tiredness, cold and Nat being a big baby. This far
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the traverse consists of 4 bolts ascending to a further 5th bolt up to a ledge around the
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corner (backed up with by a spike).</p>
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<p>Callout book entry</p>
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<div class="callout">08:00 +1</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-01c">2016-07-01</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Olly, <u>Jenny</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">76 - Rigging</div>
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<p>Back into 76 to continue rigging. Olly continued where I left off starting the 65m rope at
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The Ledge. This year we rigged along the ledge side, with a deviation on the Test Tubes
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side. This was a good success - it uses fewer hangers, is easier and quicker to pass and hangs
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better. Olly rigged tightly - the Y-hang at The Ledge Below The Ledge was temporarioly a single
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hang with a deviation. I was about to complain about the tightness of the rigging when Olly
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shouts up from Yesterday's Terminus that he has got to the end of the rope and could I feed 2m
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of slack through! I wasn't convinced there was 2m of slack rope in the whole cave let alone at
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this pitch. Anyway I converted the comfortable Y-hang to a single hanger with deviation, then
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the rope just reaches. We realised this wasn't very workable, but also a knot pass isn't good
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in a trade route rig. So we headed out to rethink.
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</p>
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<p>Callout book entry</p>
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<div class="callout">20:00</div>
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<div class="timeug">3.5 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-02a">2016-07-02</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">David, Roshni</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Balcony</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">22:00</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-02b">2016-07-02</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Mark, George, Nat, Haydon</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Balkonhöhle Rescue</div>
|
||
|
||
<p>At 22:00 David and Roshni's callout went live. We scanned the hill for lights, but saw
|
||
nothing. So we prepared for a rescue and departed for the entrance. We had the response bag and
|
||
Mark had some extra emergency equipment in his own kit. Nat stayed on the surface, prepared to
|
||
run for more help if needed. Mark and George descended the cave and established contact halfway
|
||
down the entrance pitch. Mark went down through the water (it was very wet) and arrived at the
|
||
bottom to see a rather cold and worried David and a VERY cold Roshni. Because of the risks of
|
||
descending the pitch, Mark signalled to George that he should go back out. First action was to
|
||
put extra clothes (duvet vest) on Roshni. We then set up camp. Tacklebags etc. on the floor to
|
||
sit on and then the bothy to get onto. Hot soup and plenty of flapjack. Candles for extra
|
||
warmth.</p>
|
||
|
||
<p>At 05:00 we judged it sufficiently improved that we could try to get out. That went very
|
||
smoothly. Mark gave Roshni an assisted prussic and she put in as much effort as she could. We
|
||
met Becka at the col whilst slowly making our way back to camp.</p>
|
||
|
||
<p>Some thoughts:
|
||
<ol type="a">
|
||
<li>The bothy shelter was great</li>
|
||
<li>The extra clothes I had were very useful. On a call out, pack a few fleeces, cagoules, whatever in a dry bag and take down.</li>
|
||
<li>The short length of SRT rope I took was very useful, not only for prussic assist but also for lifelining up the balcony climb.</li>
|
||
<li>Communication with David up the pitch was impossible. Use a whistle! If you are in trouble and need the rescuers to come down, give the standard emergency signal (six blasts).</li>
|
||
</ol></p>
|
||
|
||
<div class="timeug">T/U:
|
||
Mark 7 hours<br>
|
||
George 3 hours<br>
|
||
Nat 2 hours<br>
|
||
Haydon 2 hours (extra reinforcement at the surface)
|
||
</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-02c">2016-07-02</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople"><u>Jenny</u></div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">76 - Plugged Shaft ropework</div>
|
||
|
||
<p>We came up with a plan of starting with our one remaining thick rope (29m) and shift
|
||
everything else down accordingly. Olly needed a day to rest his knees, so I spent the day
|
||
untying and re-tying knots in Plugged Shaft. On the second go I got the 29m to reach the second
|
||
of the twin rebelays (31m would be better). Then the 65m reached Yesterday's Terminus (again a
|
||
few m more would have been better). Then the 48m comfortably reached the bottom of Saved
|
||
Shaft. I tweaked some of the lengths on my way out. Today the weather Gods smiled on me, and I
|
||
got my gear dry before theheavy rain started.</p>
|
||
|
||
<div class="timeug">T/U:4.5 hrs</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-03a">2016-07-03</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Andrew, Becka, Luke</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Champagne on Ice</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">08:00 +1</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-03b">2016-07-03</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Ash, Sioned</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Balcony - Fetching Drills</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">17:00</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-03c">2016-07-03</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Luke, Andrew, Becka, George</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Looking for 2010-04 and dropping it</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">20:00</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-03d">2016-07-03</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Nat, Haydon</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Balcony - Haydon's pitch near gear dump</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">22:00</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-03e">2016-07-03</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Olly, <u>Jenny</u></div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">76 - Keg Series</div>
|
||
<p>Much wetter in Plugged Shaft today, but totally passable. Got to Boulder Chamber and Olly
|
||
started to rig Keg Series. We were last here in 2004, despite me remembering which rope we
|
||
rigged it on then, I had no idea on the actual rigging details. Olly started from the Follow
|
||
Thru' Shaft end. I had a go and concluded that was wrong. I also concluded that the original
|
||
rig needed bolts adding, was loose and looked pretty drippy. So we decided to change plan and
|
||
rig down Follow Through Shaft, then go down the Adventures in Time and Space route to the
|
||
bottom of Keg Series (last visited by us and Dave Loeffler in 2005). Again we were hazy on the
|
||
rig.</p>
|
||
|
||
<p>I was happy that the traverse had been left rigged at the top and was only a bit
|
||
drippy. Olly rigged down for a bit then I took over, eventually finding a suitable deviation
|
||
for the final bit. Last 10m or so was drippy (but less bad with the deviation in). I had a
|
||
quick look in Razor Advance while Olly came down. Keg Series was very wet and drippy, but Razor
|
||
Advance was dry, so we left the drill and survey kit there and headed out. When tired and unfit
|
||
it took just over 2 hrs out.
|
||
<div class="timeug">T/U:8.25 hrs</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-04a">2016-07-04</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Frank, Elliott, Peachey, <u>Rob</u>, Katey, Alice, Nathan)</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Balcony Tourists on Independence Day</div>
|
||
<p>There was no cock to crow for the momentous day of Independence for the
|
||
country served by K Bender, but fortunately Densham did arise at Dawn to faff
|
||
impressively before going down to camp. We waited for Elliott to get back from
|
||
retrieving his thermals before going underground, thus achieving plenty of faff
|
||
ourselves. Underground by 3pm. We went to Haydons big pitch whilst looking at
|
||
leads still to be pushed en route. These consist of Natural Highs and Pit Pot
|
||
mainly, along with possibly something at the end of Bipedal Traverse. We
|
||
arrived at Haydons big pitch and were impressed. Then a fast team of me,
|
||
Nathan, Elliott and Katey we on out while Alice, Frank and Peachey took photos.
|
||
I dropped my tackle bag down a hole and so was duty bound to retrieve it the
|
||
following day.</p>
|
||
<div class="timeug">T/U: 5 hrs</div>
|
||
<div class="callout">22:00</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-04b">2016-07-04</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Wookey, Chris, Nat</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks, 2-night camp</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">07:00 +3</div>
|
||
<p> After a fairly restful trip with Haydon down Balcony (pushing londrop). I came back to camp
|
||
to find Chris attempting to recruit people to go to camp. As he’d only managed to recruit a
|
||
partially recovered Wookey I reluctantly volunteered to go to camp. </p>
|
||
<p> After ~3.5 hours I reached camp and set up the washing line (major task #1). Wookey & Chris
|
||
set off to fettle Tentacle Traverse whilst I caused havoc by spilling mushroom soup
|
||
everywhere. After a brief scolding from Chris we ate dinner & went to sleep (n.b. creamy pasta
|
||
with herbs & risotto travel lunches are very salty). <p/>
|
||
<p> The following day we up at 6.30 am (!!!) and were caving by 10(?) in massive
|
||
phreas. Surveying continued until ~9 (an ~11 hour surveying day without significant breaks). We
|
||
managed to generate more leads than we killed, byepassing a pitch Chris rigged, surveying
|
||
tunnel sized passage & finding a stream (!!!); a greasy traverse above the stream was deemed to
|
||
need a rope & we went back to the draughty railway tunnels. After a scary slop (Working time
|
||
directive), made harder by technical caving boots, Wookey & I started to grumble about dinner,
|
||
after several more hours we were allowed back for dinner. The following day we went & surveyed
|
||
~250m? of passage that was unkillable (Hydra). After a few hours we headed back to camp to be
|
||
met by Becka, David & a haggard looking Julian. 4.5 hours later saw me catch up with George &
|
||
Luke who’d been down Champagne on Ice. [Nats boots developed large holes across the toes on
|
||
this tip, kicking walls hurts with no foot protection] <p/>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-05a">2016-07-05</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Andrew, Sioned</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Balcony - Frozen North</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">22:00</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-05b">2016-07-05</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Becka, Katey, Frank, Peachy</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Champagne on Ice</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">22:00</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-05a">2016-07-05/06?</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Olly, Jenny</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">76</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">07:00 +1</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-06">2016-07-06 to 07</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople"><u>David</u>, Becka, Julian</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Kracken</div>
|
||
<p>We got to the entrance at 10:45am and started the long descent leaving behind a plateau
|
||
asleep under a blanket of clag. Down we went, accompanied by a backing track of grumbling from
|
||
Julian. He was clearly enjoying himself. </p>
|
||
<p>Kraken was as big as promised and we made it to the camp at about 4:30pm just as the
|
||
previous team were coming up Octopussy. Nat bubbled with excitement as he described what lay
|
||
below. Wookey sketched out a plan of the leads they had found - our survey missing some 800m of
|
||
passages. The only bad news was a shortage of bog roll having been promised there was plenty!
|
||
Fortunately we were able to separate Nat from his emergency supply. </p>
|
||
<p> After some soup we descended Octopussy; a fantastic 5m wide steeply sloping tube. We then
|
||
headed to our first A lead - a large phreatic tube heading up a muddy slope. We followed this
|
||
for at least 100m before it ended at the bottom of a downward slope where the mud filled the
|
||
passage. This passage had some pristine white formations and excellent mud floors. A fine start
|
||
to our surveying. </p>
|
||
<p>We proceeded to explore the remaining known passages. Discover the upstream sump from which
|
||
a small stream emerged. Julian spotted a large collection of dead 'cave lobsters' in the
|
||
passage leading to the sump (washed into a muddy crawl during a flood).</p>
|
||
<p>This ended our first day of exploration and we made the tough ascent of Octopussy. The mud
|
||
makes the climb slippery and impeded jammer operation. On return to camp we set about making
|
||
dinner and getting ready for bed.</p>
|
||
<p>After a relatively comfortable and very warm night(compared with the night I spent
|
||
underground a few days prior) we arose. Julian and I were moaned at for our lack of enthusiasm
|
||
for leaving our nice warm pits until after breakfast. However we were soon once again doing
|
||
battle with Octopussy.</p>
|
||
<p>We set off down our next A lead- relatively horizontal 5m diameter tube heading north. This
|
||
passage had 2 smaller passages off the left which we connected back into known passage. The
|
||
large passage reached a fault in the rock where a short pitch of ~20m would no doubt resulted
|
||
in more cave. Having made good progress (survey legs typically exceeding 20m) we started on
|
||
another nearby A lead where Chris's team had turned around. We followed more massive passage
|
||
before reaching a chamber around a stone pillar some 10m across, Five ways lead off from here.
|
||
One passage slopped down to the sound of water requiring a rope another 2 tubes (only 2m in
|
||
diameter) lead off upwards while the 6m passage took a downward direction after meeting another
|
||
large passage from above.</p>
|
||
<p>First we set off down, the passage meandered before reaching a pitch roughly 30m deep, it
|
||
couldn't be approached safely without a rope. However the real highlight of this passage was a
|
||
living cave lobster! Whilst sat at a survey station I noticed it climbing up the wall, no idea
|
||
where it thought it was going, or what it could be eating, but it could certainly move. My
|
||
comrades took photos and video. To finish our survey we ascended the aforementioned slope
|
||
leading to a large rift. The two up sloping tubes connected and lead to a 4m free climb which
|
||
we left for the next party. We met the team in question at the camp whilst eating our pre exit
|
||
dinner (~4pm). A long prusik followed.</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">07:00 +1</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-07a">2016-07-07</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Andrew, Sioned, Becka</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Balcony</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry</p>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-07b">2016-07-07 to 10</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople"><u>Mark</u>, Anthony, Luke</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks Camp</div>
|
||
<h3>Day 1</h3>
|
||
<p>Descended lunchtime and sent down at a steady pace. Met up with David, Julian and Becka at
|
||
the camp. After a quick brew we went off exploring. WE headed to the 4m climb mentioned by the
|
||
previous party's write up. Mark climbed it and beyond the passage soon reached another pitch
|
||
down where we could hear water. After that it was time to get back to camp for dinner. The
|
||
night was pretty comfortable.</p>
|
||
|
||
<h3>Day 2</h3>
|
||
<p>Big day of exploration. First lead was the "short pitch of 20m". A quick rig from Mark and
|
||
it was 12m. Below a fine piece of passage led to a blind alcove. A smaller side passage led
|
||
directly to a mud sump the consistence of a blancmange. We christened this "The Wrong
|
||
Custard".</p>
|
||
<p>Next up was a ramp just after the northern branch splits off. Luke took the lead and up we
|
||
went! Some superb cracked mud floor at the top.</p>
|
||
<p>Then we finished off with a crack at the deep pitch in Lobster Passage. Mark put in the
|
||
first few traverse bolts in, then Luke took over and rigged the actual descent. A superb 45m
|
||
freehang into a chamber. At the bottom was some very glutinous mud and a sump. An inlet passage
|
||
led to an aven at least 20m high.</p>
|
||
|
||
<h3>Day 3</h3>
|
||
<p>We had breakfast and then Mark went up the boulder slope to get onto the rope..but couldn't
|
||
find it. Anthony (our illustrious trip leader with a pocket full of surveys and notes) came up
|
||
the slope prepared to point "the old duffer" in the right direction. But he soon realised that
|
||
the rope really was missing. With our lights on full power we managed to locate it about 20 m
|
||
off the floor. Bugger.</p>
|
||
<p>To avoid wasting a day we decided to go pushing anyway. A rescue seemed inevitable but we
|
||
couldn't do anything about it.</p>
|
||
<p>First up was a B-lead not far from the bottom of Octopussy. This went for ~140m, sloping
|
||
down all the way to a very muddy conclusion. After this, Mark went back to camp (in case
|
||
another party came down). Meanwhile Anthony and Luke took a look at the two pitches nearby. One
|
||
(to the left) proved awkward due to a big loose boulder. The other (to the right) is in a rift
|
||
and was easier to rig. Anthony took up the cudgels and descended down to a chamber/passage with
|
||
two ways on. Either another pitch or an ascending ramp. Those were left for another day. Dinner
|
||
was calm and we spent some time inventing ridiculous games to pass the time in case of a
|
||
protracted wait for rescue. "Soup snap" was one idea.</p>
|
||
|
||
<h3>Day 4</h3>
|
||
<p>At about 11:45 we heard the first sounds of rescuers approaching. Soon after we welcome
|
||
sight of Nat abseiling down meant that we were at last able to get out. An efficient prussic
|
||
out and everybody was back on the surface by 17:00.</p>
|
||
<p>Many thanks to all the EXPO members who organised a very efficient rescue!</p>
|
||
<div class="timeug">T/U: T/U 77 hours</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-07c">2016-07-07</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople"><u>Jenny</u>, Olly</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">76 - Keg Series</div>
|
||
<p>Headed into Razor Advance with drill, rope and survey kit to see what happened next. On the
|
||
way in we had switched the rope in Adventures in Time and Space for the 72m - a few m longer
|
||
would be better. We also added a bolt to protect the traverse across to the rope up to Razor
|
||
Advance (but there was insufficient rope to add a backup).</p>
|
||
<p>Followed the rift on, and it quickly became apparent that the rope was needed. Olly put in a
|
||
few bolts and we got further along the rift to a nice spot to descend, a Y-hang gave a lovely
|
||
hang - this is an inlet into a much larger cross rift. Water comes out on the right part way
|
||
down - it seems likely that this is the Keg Series water from the size and position. Pitch is
|
||
slightly drippy but not too bad in dry weather - who knows in wet weather. At the bottom is a
|
||
huge block that has fallen from the roof. Way on is down stream in a canyon. We followed at
|
||
stream level round some corners, past a narrower bit and a couple of climbs to a short drop
|
||
that didn't look climbable. Went back to a higher level that had a phreatic roof and was
|
||
sometimes a separate passage. Got slightly further, but again to a not free-climbable
|
||
drop. Attempted to survey out, but after a couple of legs realised the disto wasn't properly
|
||
calibrated (we discovered this quickly thanks to Andrew's advice to take three readings of a
|
||
leg in different directions every so often). Gave up and exited.</p>
|
||
<div class="timeug">T/U: 10.5 hours</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-08a">2016-07-08</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople"><u>Jenny</u>, Olly</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">171 survey</div>
|
||
<p>I'd noticed that 171 was a moderately sized cave on the plateau that was unsurveyed, so
|
||
decided it was a nice job for a rest day. To make life easier just took helmets, clothing and
|
||
survey kit. We'd spent the morning successfully recalibrating the distox2 inside the bivi
|
||
cave. Started at 171a and surveyed to 171b - a nice phreatic passage with multiple skylights. A
|
||
low bit in the middle. Continued a bit beyond the "b" entrances, but decided to return to
|
||
finish with oversuits.</p>
|
||
<div class="timeug">T/U: 2.5 hours</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-09a">2016-07-09</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople"><u>Jenny</u>, Olly</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">16-JB-01 Hohle der guten Hoffnung</div>
|
||
<p>Intended to go back and finish surveying 171, so took ovesuits, kneepads as well as helmets
|
||
and survey kit. Olly wanted to try a different route to walk there so headed past 2006-70 and
|
||
up from there. I saw a few shafts and had to have a peer down each one. Near the local high
|
||
point was an especially interesting hole. I climbed down the 3m climb into the snowfilled
|
||
shakehole, at the S end a key hole passage led off. I followed the top of it, in lovely solid
|
||
clean white rock, down a couple of climbs and with a draft. Very exciting! </p>
|
||
<p>I went out to get my oversuit, kneepads, survey kit and Olly. We returned and descended a
|
||
couple more climbs. This reached a harder climb down to a ledge overlooking a larger chossy
|
||
chamber. Olly traversed round to get a better look and realised this was also free
|
||
climbable.</p>
|
||
</p>The chamber was drippy and full of loose rocks. Down a climb to the bottom end led to a
|
||
squeeze overlooking a dirty snow plug. Back at the climb a pitch goes back underneath - this is
|
||
undescended. Surveyed out. Cave drops a surprising 40m (over 80m of survey) all descended
|
||
without gear.</p>
|
||
<div class="timeug">T/U: 3 hours</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-10a">2016-07-10</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Olly, <u>Jenny</u></div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">171, near old top camp - surveying</div>
|
||
<p>Headed to 171 with oversuits and kneepads to finish the survey. On phoning basecamp
|
||
discovered that the camping team were overdue, but that things were in hand, and there was
|
||
nothing we could do in the short term. Took the phone with us to get updates.</p>
|
||
<p>Started at 171a and surveyed down to the final daylight entrance. Heard the rescue
|
||
helicopter, which worried us, but no message from basecamp, so we continued. Went down the wide
|
||
but low and breakdwon-y side passage. This continued to pop out 2/3 of the way down a day light
|
||
shaft. Headed out after surveying this, and failed to identify the daylight entrance from the
|
||
surface - it must be a narrow gryke by the surface.</p>
|
||
<p>Headed to 171b and surveyed north along a slightly drafty passage - there is a parallel rift
|
||
on the rift with a snow patch and another daylight aven. There is a small passage doubling back
|
||
here that we didn't thoroughly explore, because we assumed it would trivially reconnect. The
|
||
main passage finally ends at a low drafting (out) choke. Looking at the survey shows this is
|
||
very close to the end of [gap in logbook, probably meant 250]. Got a text message reporting
|
||
from basecamp the camping team were safe which was a relief. Olly cancelled our callout (by
|
||
phone) which unfortunately didn't make the call out book. So team rescue very efficiently came
|
||
down to our camp to check we were safe - thank you!</p>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry. Have rope + spare drill battery on surface if needed</p>
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<div class="callout">20:00</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-11a">2016-07-11</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Ashley, Luke, Alice</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Balcony - Long Drop</div>
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<p>Callout book entry.</p>
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<div class="callout">19:00</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-11b">2016-07-11</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Sioned, Elliott, Andrew</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Balcony - Gosser, Wager</div>
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<p>Callout book entry.</p>
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<div class="callout">20:00</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-11c">2016-07-11</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Chris, Peachey, Rob, Katey</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Kraken Camp</div>
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<p>Callout book entry.</p>
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<div class="callout">09:00 +2</div>
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||
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-11d">2016-07-11</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Fleur, Pete, Nathan</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Balcony - Hilti-a-Plenty</div>
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<p>Callout book entry.</p>
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<div class="callout">23:00</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-11e">2016-07-11</div>
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<div class="trippeople">Nat, Becka, George</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Prospecting North of Balcony</div>
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<p>Callout book entry.</p>
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<div class="callout">22:00</div>
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||
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-11f">2016-07-11</div>
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||
<div class="trippeople"><u>Jenny</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">76 - Atomic</div>
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||
<p>Olly's knees were recovered enough to cope with prussicking, so we returned to Keg Series
|
||
with the now happily calibrated distox2. Started surveying in to get the pitch done, in case it
|
||
rained later, or it took a while. Happily got it first time and in 1 leg. From the bottom
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||
followed the stream to the drop, and Olly rigged down. *IMPORTANT: this hilti is not properly
|
||
set*. I've marked a nil polish slash across it. If anyone goes there again, please set it
|
||
first, or else rig from higher (probably better).</p>
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||
<p>The rift continues beyond this, at stream level it is tight, but higher is much
|
||
wider. Shortly the roof drops down to the wide level, and it becomes the phreatic roof tube of
|
||
a very tall keyhole passage. I stopped following this when it reached some loose looking
|
||
perched rocks above a climb. I retreated and wriggled along at stream level, down a drop and
|
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through some bits narrower than my helmet. Reached the base of the climb I'd looked down on,
|
||
and ascertained that it was climbable and the rocks were well wedged Climbed up to get the
|
||
survey kit and Olly. Again followed ledges above the stream until the roof dropped down, and we
|
||
reached another drop. This was wider but not freeclimbable.</p>
|
||
<p>Surveyed out. I derigged to Keg Series and left the rope bag at the Tap Room. Took the drill
|
||
bag all the way home.</p>
|
||
<p>As we were ascending Follow Through Shaft, we heard a low rumbling noise, it sounded like
|
||
people coming - I wondered if we had a callout mix up, and people were coming to rescue
|
||
us. Then the rumbling got louder, and louder and it became apparent it was raining. Fortunately
|
||
we were past the Tap Room and Keg Series, so had an uneventful exit.</p>
|
||
<div class="timeug">T/U: 12 hours</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-12a">2016-07-12</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Nat, Becka, George</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Champagne on Ice</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry.</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">09:00 +1</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-12b">2016-07-12</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Nathan, Elliott, Alice, Luke</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Balkon - Gosser Wager</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry.</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">22:00</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-12c">2016-07-12</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Pete, Fleur, Andrew</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Balkon - Dark Arts</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry.</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">21:00</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-12d">2016-07-12</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople"></div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Via Ferata: Intersport - Klettersteig</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry.</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">23:00</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-16a">2016-07-16</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Luke, Fleur, Pete, Martin, Elaine</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Champagne on Ice</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry.</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">22:00</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-16b">2016-07-16</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Elliott, George, nathan, Michael</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Kraken, 1 night</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry.</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">09:00 +2</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-16b">2016-07-16</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Olly, Jenny</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">2016-JB-01</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry. UTM 33T 0410646 5281563</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">20:00</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-16c">2016-07-16</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Rob, Peachey, Martin</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Balcony - Hilti-a-Plenty</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry.</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">22:00</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-16d">2016-07-16</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople">Luke, Fleur, Pete, Martin, Elaine</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Champagne on Ice derig</div>
|
||
<p>Callout book entry.</p>
|
||
<div class="callout">22:00</div>
|
||
|
||
<div class="tripdate" id="t2016-07-19a">2016-07-19</div>
|
||
<div class="trippeople"><u>Mark</u>, David, Ashley</div>
|
||
<div class="triptitle">Balcony - Cathedral Chasm</div
|
||
|
||
<p>Went down to limit of exploration. David rigged a couple of 10m pitches but both were
|
||
choked. Walls covered with some nice "flapjack" crystalline calcite.</p>
|
||
<p>Meanwhile Mark and Ashley explored a B/C lead. A couple of dead bats. After about 50m it
|
||
began to get lower, but a flat-out crawl popped out into a big, obviously well used passage! It
|
||
turned out to be right next to Trident Junction.</p>
|
||
<p>We finished off by detackling the upper way into Cathedral Chasm. Any further pushing can be
|
||
more conveniently done via the crawl, rather than going all the way round, which includes a
|
||
slightly dodgy pitch and a couple of traverses.</p>
|
||
<div class="timeug">T/U 8 hours.</div>
|
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