204 - Razordance

Fri 25 Jul 2003
Mark Shinwell



Mark + Dave went to the bottom of Steady Now to start surveying the passage drom the previous trip. Dour followed, to bolt The Mash Tun - an 8m pitch after the God Loves A Drunk chamber. Took Dour a while to bolt it, so the surveyors caught up with him. Descended Mash Tun to land in a pool, leading to a much wider (2-3m) canyon. Very soon the head of the next pitch, Copper Pitch, is reached - looks like a fine shaft of 20-30m. [Footnote: Actually 17m 60cm - Mark.] Rift bends around to the left after the pitch, still looks 3m or more wide. Distinct change in the character of the cave. Drill battery failed afer 1 1/2 holes on the Y-hang so we went home. Took about 4 hours to get out.

T/U 10-12hrs approx

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Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/161/phumour/161g
    caves-1623/204/deepsouth/razor5
    caves-1623/204/gaffered/trihang
    caves-1623/204/rhino/rhinorift
Wallets on this date:
    2003#04 ['notes4', 'notes2', 'notes6', 'notes1', 'notes3', 'notes5', 'plan']
    2003#05 ['notes2', 'notes1', 'notes3', 'plan']
    2003#07 ['notes4', 'notes2', 'notes1', 'notes3', 'notes5', 'trihangextended', 'trihangp…
    2003#19 161g - Arachnowrapper, Transylvania Avenue ['notes4', 'notes2', 'notes1', 'notes3', 'notes5']
    2006#12 [] ['notes0001']
Logbook trips on this date:
    204 - Razordance
    204 - Survey Rhino Rift from Dutch Beauty