Surface - Trisselwand.

1990 calendar page     full logbook     logbook report

Surface

Tue 24 Jul 1990    Tue 24 Jul 1990

CaverT/UPrevNext
Andy Waddington Thu 19 Jul 1990 Tue 07 Aug 1990
Joe Lenartowicz Sat 28 Jul 1990
Juliette Kelly Sun 22 Jul 1990 Sat 28 Jul 1990
Wookey Fri 20 Jul 1990 Sat 28 Jul 1990
Tue 24 Jul 1990
Wookey

Team hard bastard goes to re-enact the ancient CUCC legend of the Trisselwand climb

Found route with minor faff - hearts in mouths. Yummy new ring hangers ran out after 1st 3 pitches - all a bit shitty until up main gully where was more interesting - albeit a bit hot. Joe had epic on 1st really hard pitch - with one poxy runner ½ way up & extreme difficulty finding a belay at top. After me & Wadders had sunned ourselves for an hour & played radios again - Talk to Eishöhle from ½ way up T.wand? Went for Alpine bit across lethal scree slope - carefully ignoring the really silly drops to left. Bit of route faffing until found pitons. Wadders did traverse - I did really nasty shitty but quite hard pitch - W had final traverse out over edge of world ! I spent 40 mins on next pitch going up & reversing after getting to hard bit 20m above last crap runner. AERW reckoned left - I went right - it looked easier - managed a few more wires to shit belay. Eventually W came up & found piton - 2 more nice pitches with real attached rock to top via 3 more rope lengths of scrambling/bunde bashing. Mega climb - well shitty in places with Fuck All protection - good job it's not too hard!

Took 8½ hours (9 hrs J & J as they suffered from dark & Bunde at end).

Back just after 11 via a toad & lots of [???].

Radios are fun - Can talk to Top camp, Stogerweg, Bergrestaurant, Base Camp & Entrance.

Edit this entry.

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/161/top/entrance
No wallets files found for this date.
Logbook trips on this date:
    Surface - Skinrip Passages I-IV
    Surface
    Surface - Trisselwand.
    161 - Dreamtime flapjack photos
    161 - Big Sainsbury's