Tunnocks – Procrastination – bolting the climb ‘Bring on the Clowns’
Chris D
Becka started bolting across the traverse from 31/7 to reach aven, then Chris took over
while Matt froze in the gale. After some time I reached the top:
Stepping across the top to the passage at the top of the aven,
initially all I could see was a body sized tube at the top of another
2m climb. But surely all that air could not come from such a small
hole? Indeed, another cross passage materialised. Becka came up the
now ridiculous rig to look while Matt valiantly volunteered to being
prussicking out as time was getting on. The cross passage zig-zagged
back after back after a few meters, but a too exposed climb at the end
soon saw Becka back thritching up to the body sized tube – it all
reconnected up with the zig zag at the head if a big pitch:
At ca. 6:30pm as Becka was prussicking up lower Procrastination pitch there was a sudden
roar and a waterfall appeared. Chris looked down in horror from pitch above and a little
later Becka appeared looking rather wide-eyed but extremely clean.