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Tue 18 Jul 2023    Wed 19 Jul 2023

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Joel Mon 17 Jul 2023 Wed 19 Jul 2023
Tue 18 Jul 2023
Joel

The hype was growing and not one but two groups went to push (or kill in Ashs case) this cave. Congregating at the base of the Narnia Pitch after I had added a rebelay on the entrance pitch. Ash and Zac set off to survey the LH passage and scoped an impressive 100m before reaching a choke - fartichoke was born. A lovely horizontal and almost straight passage with Sandy floor and looping avens in ceiling. Meanwhile, the remainder set off to continue down Narnia bolting another 15m pitch with much faff and surveying up to the top of Tomb Reider. At the bottom which Tom reached first we were dismayed to find a cessation of human sized cave. Tom had landed on a choke with small holes to L and R but nothing easily accessible. Upon seeing this Lizzie turned around and left in disgust but driven mad with disappointment me and Tom began hacking frantically at the boulders either side. Suddenly with a cry of joy, I hearled aside a mighty boulder to find a nearly Joel sized hole in the floor with an excellent echo. After much experimental squeezing we found that feet first sans SRT kit worked best, and I had a quick look to see a large and impressive rift below. We had left Lizzie waiting long enough so turned around and retired to the surface. Planning to bring some heavy demolitions kit the next day.

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Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/318/thetouchofdeath
    caves-1623/318/fartichoke
Wallets on this date:
    2023#31 Narnia ['narnia-1p', 'narnia-elevation', 'narnia', 'narnia-elevation', 'narnia-plan', …
    2023#43 Touch of Death ['TheTouchofDeath ee', 'TheTouchofDeath', 'TheTouchofDeathsexytopo', 'TheToucho…
    2023#44 Fartichoke ['fartichokesexytopo', 'fartichoke', 'fartichoke plan', 'fartichoke ee']
Logbook trips on this date:
    Tempest – Touch of Death
    Expo - UK Caving Blog post 11
    Tempest - The Tempest Diaries