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45 lines
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"date": "2025-07-09",
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"title": "balkonhohle - Big C Scam!",
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"place": "balkonhohle",
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"other_people": "",
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"text": "After three days besieged by the unyielding forces of the weather at bottom camp, it was finally \u2018a bit less awful\u2019 enough to walk up the hill. While waiting for a rainless window to stroll over to the entrance, three of us huddled in the cold under a sleeping bag, a portent of the cave camp tableau to come. Once finally there, Ella and Chris had a head start down, while Alice and Joahnhtey prepared for some re rigging of the sections before Mongol Rally. \n<p>\nElla and Chris formed the re bolting duo for second half of Mongol Rally; in which Ella held the vital task of sitting in the emergency shelter for 5 hours... and Chris later revelled in retelling his tale of encountering a figure of 8 knot half way down the 100m rope while rigging.\n<p> \nFinally, our work was done, seamlessly timed with Alice and Jointy\u2019s appearance from their escapade too. Deliriously, camp was established. Chris provided the impeccable culinary experience of curry and couscous as head camp chef. \n<p>\nUp at 1pm, Our plan for the day was to push leads below Tartarus. At the pitch head, the deterring sound of unpleasant water echoed. The executive decision by captain Jornty to turn back was sealed at the sight of the rigging rope - that seemed to be more mud than rope. \n<p>\nInstead, these good citizens carried the rope shaped mud back for a good wash at camp. Alice and Jononoty bolt climbed a potential lead, a nice chamber was found but no other ways on. Chris also poked around interesting holes below, one of which even connected with the bolt climb! Ella was also there. \n<p>\nReturned from the frontier, the cave link set-up was attempted back at the trenches (camp). Despite mud being everywhere from in the tent to in our curry somehow, there was none where we needed it to be for the cave link antenna. A scene reminiscent of playing in a sand pit, as mud was put into piles and poked and poured with water over the antenna, ensued. Thankfully, Alice and Jorn did some serious fettling, and an hour or two later, the antenna resistance went from \u201cvery bad\u201d to \u201cpoor\u201d. Though, contact with top camp was still out of reach.\n<p>\nDespite Alice falling into \u201ca hole the size of Tatarus\u201d in the corner of the tent relentlessly the whole night, and Junty experiencing a second night in a sleeping bag \u201cideal for warm summer nights\u201d, the team awoke early (ish) for a day of prussiking. Though the biggest challenge of the day for Ella and Alice, was finishing their breakfast-couscous-soup .\n<p>\nFumbling with the challenge of differentiating Pantins from Spathas in their mud clogged state, the ascent began. Manually opening and closing at least one jammer with each prussik is an interesting sport. Ella and Chris chose the leisurely option, and arrived at top camp 3 hours after Malice and Jonny. Mmmmm couscous.",
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"slug": "2025-07-09c",
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"time_underground": 51.0,
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"author": {
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"slug": "ella-marcovitch",
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"nickname": "Ella",
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"tu": 51.0
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},
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"trippersons": [
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{
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"slug": "ella-marcovitch",
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"nickname": "Ella",
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"tu": 51.0
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},
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{
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"slug": "alice-kirby",
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"nickname": "Alice",
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"tu": 51.0
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},
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{
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"slug": "chris-densham",
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"nickname": "Chris D",
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"tu": 51.0
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},
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{
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"slug": "jonty-pine",
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"nickname": "Jonty",
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"tu": 51.0
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}
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],
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"expedition": {
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"year": "2025",
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"name": "CUCC expo 2025"
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},
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"cave": {
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"areacode": "1623",
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"kataster_number": "264",
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"unofficial_number": "2005-05"
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}
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} |