144 - Tony's 2nd Hole
Dave Brindle
[A Sat] Having chacked the bogs in the Bergrestaurant (recommended by muddy boy) we hurried up to the entrance. Pete found his gear rather wet and complained quite a lot before changing. A short bunde bash to the entrance and we were in. The head of the first pitch was rather loose, and so felt my stomach, but we pressed on and ...
p30 through narrow slot (thread belay)..
p7, 15 to floor of large vadose stream canyon.
["The Marlow" shows pitches rigged on one rope.]
The top bits are very loose, the middle bit vertical like the rift in 115. We hit a small bit of horizontal phreatic stuff + thought we were about to walk into Stellerweg, but it carried on down. 2 pitches later we hit a big stream in a very high canyon ~2m wide. At the top of an estimated 20m pitch we had run out of rope and hangers with only 1 anchor left. Despite a meal of sardines we were back out of the entrance in an hour to the last of the daylight. A somewhat epic walk back in darkness and 10 feet viz mist. Directional guidance from cowbells brought us back to the path. Back to the Staudnwirt in time for last orders.
7 hrs Pete 'n' Dave