expoweb/years/2025/log_entries/2025-07-21d.json

{
 "date": "2025-07-21",
 "title": "KH - KH 161 - Pushing beyond Enniskillen Toad Series",
 "place": "KH",
 "other_people": "",
 "text": "KH \u2013 Pushing beyond Enniskillen Toad Series \n<p>\n*the trip was so long that I\u2019ve forgotten the exact timings. \n<p>\nAfter much excitement surrounding the last trip into to the far end of KH, with talk of large walking  A leads, \nlots of people were keen to go and explore the delights of KH.  We settled on a team of 5 which would split in to \n2 teams once we got to the pushing front. With warnings of a long journey in and out we packed our bags and had a \nbriefing from Lara the night before, we would attempt to leave at 9am. \n<p>\nWe left the top camp at respectable time and got into the cave around 10:30am. With varying degrees of knowledge \nof the route we stuck as one group. After lots of walking, some crawling and plenty of acrobatic. I was in awe of \nthe tenacity of the previous explores who managed to stay consistently in the horizontal level by bolt climbing, \ntraversing and jumping across massive gaps. Hearing the rain start at around 2pm while in the Natural ways. \n<p>\nWe got to the top of Enniskillen Toad around 3:30pm but got delayed bolting some rub (fluffy 11m)  out of the top \ny-hang.  After a slow descent owing to the 11mm we finally made it into the Meat Sofa chamber and could \nappreciate why the last group of explores got excited. \n<p>\nAlice bolted a traverse round into Hobsons Conduit while Luke watched. \n<p>\nLara, Hannah UG and Buck went to kill off an A-lead.  \n<p>\nEveryone reconvened just as Alice finished bolting the traverse.\n<p>\nAlice. Hannah UG and Buck went into to survey Hobsons Conduit.\n<p>\nLuke and Lara went off to bolt an exposed climb that the previous explores had free climbed too access the 1am \nshower. Quickly bolted a Y hang and then went off to explore noting additional leads that been missed in the \nprevious early hours of morning surveying trip. Set off down the nearest A-Lead to the pitch which was surveyed \nto a boulder choke coming in under Meat Sofa. A B-Lead down a plug hole remains but appears to follow the rift \nbelow the floor. \n<p>\nEveryone reconvened in Hobsons Conduit where another traverse blocked the way. It was getting late but everyone \nagreed to continue for another hour. Luke bolted the traverse with 3 bolts and 3 bits off deviation tat \nforgetting how to tie a double fishermans half way across. While the others split into 2 teams too survey some \nloose ends. We finally started to head out at ~9:30pm*.\n<p>\nThe trip out was slow. Staying as a group of 5 , to avoid anyone getting lost, we worked our way back through all \nthe obstacles. Getting to the bottom of the drippy entrance pitch. Lara lead us out the tight (dry) crawling \nentrance which was not particularly enjoyable for the larger or bruised members of the team. Lara did a great job \nof navigating back up to the top entrance in the dark, having only done it once before in the early hours of \nmorning after her previous epic trip. Back at the entrance just before 3am*, we found Big Tom having a nap in the \nentrance after an equally long trip in KH. \n<p>\nTogether we all walked steadily back, getting to top camp around 4am* for a quick curry and noodles and in bed for 4:30am.\n<p>\n[recovered after being obliterated from the logbook by another caver; who has initials JW..]",
 "slug": "2025-07-21d",
 "time_underground": 18.0,
 "author": {
  "slug": "luke-stangroom",
  "nickname": "Luke",
  "tu": 18.0
 },
 "trippersons": [
  {
   "slug": "luke-stangroom",
   "nickname": "Luke",
   "tu": 18.0
  },
  {
   "slug": "alice-kirby",
   "nickname": "Alice",
   "tu": 18.0
  },
  {
   "slug": "buck-blake",
   "nickname": "Buck",
   "tu": 18.0
  },
  {
   "slug": "hannah-urquhart-greaves",
   "nickname": "Hannah UG",
   "tu": 18.0
  },
  {
   "slug": "lara-bartleet",
   "nickname": "Lara",
   "tu": 18.0
  }
 ],
 "expedition": {
  "year": "2025",
  "name": "CUCC expo 2025"
 },
 "cave": {
  "areacode": "1623",
  "kataster_number": "161",
  "unofficial_number": ""
 }
}