Balkonhöhle - Hiltiaplenty - Unnamed area above start of Sloppy Seconds pitches

Wed 03 Aug 2022
Frank Tully



Trip to Balkonhohle – HiltiAPlenty – Unnamed area above start of Sloppy Seconds pitches Followed the unnamed area down the canyon to a undescended small pitch. Dropped the pitch with a pushing rig and found it comes out more or less above the top of ‘sloppy seconds’. Surveyed from the unnamed passage above ‘sloppy seconds’ to the previous unnamed canyon, so we should have a loop now.

Re-rigged the pitch for a trade route, attach line to large boulder; natural down to bolt and another natural over spike. Follow slope down to hang into the lower passage, landing on ledge half way down mud slope. I’m not sure if we can abseil all the way the slope without the rope rubbing. Scan for rigging guide!!!!

Brought drill and kit further up the cave, basically to rig the traverse across the lower ‘Sussex by the sea’.

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Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/290/kublakhan2
    caves-1623/290/nicolascage
    caves-1623/290/kublakhan4
    caves-1623/290/redlight
    caves-1623/264/above_sloppy_seconds
    caves-1623/264/dontcomeadigging
Wallets on this date:
    2022#05 kublakhan2 ['plan2', 'plan4_useme', 'plan5', 'notes2', 'notes1', 'notes3', 'plan3', 'plan1…
    2022#07 kublakhan4 ['notes4', 'notes2', 'notes6', 'notes1', 'notes3', 'notes7', 'notes5']
    2022#09 dontcomeadigging ['elevation', 'notes2', 'notes1', 'plan']
    2022#13 redlight ['notes2', 'notes1', 'notes3', 'plan2', 'elevation1', 'plan1']
    2022#14 nicolascage ['notes2', 'notes1', 'plan1rev2', 'plan1']
    2022#21 above_sloppy_seconds ['CUCC_Balcony_HiltiAPlenty_above_sloppy_seconds-1p', 'CUCC_Balcony_HiltiAPlent…
Logbook trips on this date:
    Fischgesicht - rebolting
    Fischgesicht - Kubla Khan
    Fischgesicht - Nicholas Cage traverse
    Balkonhöhle - Hiltiaplenty - Unnamed area above start of Sloppy Seconds pitches
    Balkonhöhle - Hiltiaplenty
    Fischgesicht - 2022 exploits in Fish Face – Part 1a of 3