107 Wonderland
Jenny
By the time we had dried our gear and got sorted it was way too late for a long trip
into sleepless, so we decided to look at some of the other leads in ropeless and to tie
together some survey loops. Headed into the end of the traverse that leads into
ropeless. Dropped straight down here and did some loopy bits to connect stuff.
Headed to the passage directly above the 1970’s rift and dropped down to tie the surveys
together. There are now no leads here.
Went back along ropeless towards the passage heading to 76. I spotted a roof tube which I
climbed up into. It reconnected a few meters on, but then continued. We followed the passage
up until it rejoined where the rope comes in. Surveyed back.
Went to the lead towards 76. Clambered down and then traversed along at a widening above floor
level. It was tight at first then became more keyhole like. The floor/rift trench turned off
to the right and the phreas (which was getting bigger) went straight on. Followed the big
phreas called Wonderland. We got to a couple of junctions turned right each time (towards
76!). Eventually the passage got smaller and full of soil.
Surveyed out until we realised we
were tight for our callout, so left the last bit for later. As we went out we noticed a lot
of insects. I think they were dead. It was a bit spooky. Left the drill ready to carry in
further tomorrow.