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Wed 19 Jul 2023    Wed 19 Jul 2023

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Ely Sat 15 Jul 2023
Joel Tue 18 Jul 2023 Sun 23 Jul 2023
Lizzie Mon 17 Jul 2023 Sun 23 Jul 2023
Merryn Tue 18 Jul 2023 Sun 23 Jul 2023
Thom Mon 17 Jul 2023 Thu 20 Jul 2023
Wed 19 Jul 2023
Joel

On what would really turn out to be our last day in Tempest, two groups went down once more - an intense pushing group and some tourists, me, Lizzie, and Ely attempted to bash a bigger hole to get into the rift at the bottom of Tomb Raider, achieving virtually nothing after an hour of work and deciding once again to drop in without SRT kits, we were joined by Merryn and the skeleton team squeezed in to survey the rift. This sadly crapped out ion chokes at both ends of the rift and along a continuation to the right, but we surveyed and got some good photos before returning out the hole to discover mildly hypothermic Tom waiting for us in his gimp poncho like some frozen wizard. Concluding that despite our best efforts the cave was going nowhere. We de-rigged the cave in stages and left all the rope at fishface. Defeated but content, we retreated to Top Camp. [TOPO TO BE SCANNED AND UPLOADED]

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Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/307/307
    caves-1623/303/303
    caves-1623/311/311
    caves-1623/306/306
    caves-1623/316/316
    caves-1626/359/heifer
    caves-1626/2023-BL-09/2023-BL-09
Wallets on this date:
    2023#34 Little Tent ['littletentsexytopo', 'littletent plan', 'littletent ee', 'littletent']
    2023#36 heifer ['notes_incavenotes']
    2023#39 Dead on Arrival ['deadonarrivalsexytopo', 'deadonarrival plan', 'deadonarrival ee', 'deadonarri…
    2023#40 Boring Hole ['boringholecp7', 'boringholecp7 ee', 'boringholecp7 plan', 'boringholecp7sexyt…
    2023#41 Gollum Grotto ['2023Ash17sexytopo', '2023Ash17 ee', '2023Ash17', '2023Ash17 plan']
    2023#47 Slot Cave ['2023BL05-09-2', '2023BL05-09-4', 'incavenotes-2', '2023BL05-09-5', '2023BL05-…
    2023#49 Cateyes Cave ['2023KT01 newcavesheet', '2023-kt-01_notes', 'elev', 'plan']
    2023#69 2023-RAWDB-01 Dead Balloon Hole, 02:Mountain Aven ['original-notes-1623-2023-RAWDB-02', 'plan-1623-2023-RAWDB-02', 'Wallet69-2023…
    2023#70 Cateyes Cave - 316 - 2023-kt-01 ['No uploaded scans or incorrect path to wallet contents']
Logbook trips on this date:
    Homecoming - pushing beyond death sump and the heifer
    2023-ASH-15, 2023-ASH-16 - Prospecting – dropping Boring Hole and Dead on Arrival
    Plateau - Surveying Little Tent and Gollum Grotto
    Tempest - The Tempest Diaries
    surface - Prospecting near Fishface
    2023-BL-05 - Prospecting W of Garlic cave