Eislufthöhle - Fiesta Run
Julian Griffiths
Eislufthöhle
Took the attractive route down to the Fiesta Run rigging the 10m pitch
into the Gents off a bolt. Put another bolt at the head of the last pitch
reached last year and descended a 3m pitch to an obvious traverse level. A
15m traverse led to the head of a broken 15m pitch. A free climb down
brought us to the base of an aven with a vadose canyon leading off at the
far side. After 30m of traversing. another bolting job was called for. A 5m
drop landed on a large ledge. Yet another bolt was placed and we descended
15m to the floor. A very small vadose canyon (2m high, 0.5m wide) was
followed for approximately 30m till it broke out in the side of a large
aven, about 15m off the floor. The stream, which had been left at the last
pitch reached last year, could be heard entering down the aven. Most of the
draught went with the stream.
To prevent too many club members blowing neurons in attempting to describe which pitch they have descended, it has been decided by the cretins that be to number the pitches.
- Plugged Shaft
- 1
- Saved Shaft
- 2
- Follow-through Shaft
- 3
- P15 & P35
- 4
- P10
- 5
- P55 & P5
- 6
- Balcony Pitch
- 7
- P7
- 8
- P15
- 9
- P10 (Gents' pitch)
- 10
- Fiesta Run
- 11
- P35 & P30
- 12
- P25 & P20
- 13
- P25
- 14
- P20
- 15
- P5
- 16