204 - Razordance rigging (+ pushing a bit)
Dave Loeffler
Rigged [Julia's handwriting in margin: No you didn't,
Anthony did ] bottom two pitches of Kiwi Suit and commenced
the merry task of hauling a huge tackle sack containing our 200m
pushing rope through Razordance itself. Dour bolted Steady Now, the
pitch at the old pushing front (Duncs descended it last year on the
rope from the previous pitch, which must have been rather damp).
This gave access to some more rift and another wet climb (rigged as
a pitch). An awkward climb up through some boulders leads to a
sizeable chamber (originally named The Brewhouse, now renamed God
Loves a Drunk). Another pitch was visible around the corner,
provisionally named The Mash Tun; rather than bolt this we turned
around and slogged out, eventually emerging at intervals of about
an hour with the last man (Dour) emerging at about 3.30 am. (We
must all be nuts!)
T/U Mark 12h, Dave 13h, Dour 14h