161 - Push
Mark Roddick
161 Push (from Animals muddy slope)
- handline down sandy slide (5m) to left of boulder-bridge/pile then line down 3m free climb. Under boulders to right & back under slope a slot to ~ 5m wet drop (from line)
- left and through boulder choke brings one into more rift, up & over a pile of boulders brings to top of long (~100m) boulder slope in rift.
- undescended pot (~5m) to left (coming in from aven indicating other cave joining). Ditto stream way 4m down.
- boulder floor turns into boulder bridge with holes dropping into rift below.
- traverse line bolted to chamber v.v.large 2.7 sec fall (free) to boulder slope floor ?
[sketch with annotation: draft noticeable in rift (~5m high, 3m wide)]
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