161 - Flat Battery

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Mon 30 Jul 1990    Mon 30 Jul 1990

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Del Robinson Sun 29 Jul 1990 Mon 06 Aug 1990
Juliette Kelly Sun 29 Jul 1990 Tue 07 Aug 1990
Mark Dougherty Sat 28 Jul 1990
Wookey Sun 29 Jul 1990 Fri 03 Aug 1990
Mon 30 Jul 1990
Wookey

Set off to photo Flat Battery, push the 'leads' & prob de-rig when they didn't go.

MarkD only made it to 3rd pitch traverse after making a hole in himself with a lump hammer trying to break carbide. His hangover was just too mega so he went back via adrians & 'discovered' (ie dug) 161C

We declined to take camera gear & boogied on down - did grade 1 survey of stuff off OTR then Del found rift climb at top of bungalow while me & Juliette surveyed between bolts - leads into high phreatic tube which comes out above top of boulder alley. Also looked at climb up BA. - looks feasible.

Finally got on down to T.Block & had a brew & noodles before going down FB. Zoomed down lots of pitches to poke squalid holes at bottom. Connected a couple of Question Marks & pushed 'phreatic Maze' through awful duck to hard c3 climb.

Decided to forget it & de-rigged - efficient job so 250m of rope out by 1.30am. Staggered out of cave by 5.45 - shagged again after shifting rope to bottom of dreamtime.

Ace trip - why can't they all be as good? Del

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