161 - Pushing trip to Moomintroll

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Fri 10 Jul 1998    Sat 11 Jul 1998

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Brian Outram Sun 12 Jul 1998
Earl Merson Sun 12 Jul 1998
Kate Janossy Fri 10 Jul 1998 Sun 12 Jul 1998
Steve Jones Fri 10 Jul 1998 Mon 13 Jul 1998
Tim Vasby Fri 10 Jul 1998 Sun 12 Jul 1998
Sat 11 Jul 1998
Kate Janossy



Found Moomintroll on the second attempt. Rigged a short, blind pitch to the R after Moth Chamber by mistake, while Kate went to get SRT kit from Knossus. Then found Zebedee and descended the short pitch/climb with horrendous rigging off 1 bolt with 3 rope protectors. Dodgy traverse round the pitch, at which point Earl & Tim decided to go out, since there was not much room at the pushing front. Brian free-climbed Moomintroll, Kate + Steve J followed with rope, then banged a bolt in at the top.

Lots of bashing at the squeeze eventually created a hole big enough to fit through. Steve 'Mendip Man' Jones did a gravity-assisted descent of the squeeze, followed by a lifelined climb down into a chamber with a small rift going off. He had an interesting time thrutching back through the squeeze impeded by SRT kit.

Narrow rift needs pushing, but take care with crystals on the walls - S.J. E, T - 5 h

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