Loser Plateau - Surface wander
Dave Loeffler
Walked to 204d. Pottered around a bit, took some photos; had a
look at a small nearby cave which has a window to the 204d
shakehole.
Mark had messaged up from base camp the bearing + distance from
204d to the position of the end of a passage he, Earl + Olly had
found the previous day in On a Mission. This took us to a gully
leading down to a huge choss bowl.
We split up + poked around a bit in the bowl. I found a small
slot with a slight draft; Olly succeeded in wedgeing himself down
it and reported that there was a pitch beyond with a 1 sec drop but
he couldn't see beyond this as the light he had borrowed (mine) was
too feeble.
This was eclipsed by Olly's discovery - a large entrance, choked
after a few metres but with a slot on the right. The slot was low
and blocked by pebbles; but a howling gale was emerging. Some
moving of rock later Olly (the thinnest member of the party) forced
himself in, reporting a walking size passage beyond, which was not
explored due to lack of time + gear. Based on the strength of the
draft Earl offered to stake a crate of Gösser it would connect to
204.
T/U Not very much