204 - Surveying in Riverdance

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Wed 26 Jul 2006    Thu 27 Jul 2006

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Dave Wed 26 Jul 2006 Fri 28 Jul 2006
Sandeep Wed 26 Jul 2006 Mon 07 Aug 2006
Thu 27 Jul 2006
Dave

Surveying went impressively smoothly modulo the usual crap instrument problems; took ~3h to get to pushing front! I wanted to do more bolting but I wasn't hyper keen + Deep was less keen still so we decided to turn round.

At 2nd pitch met Mark's team doing photos - I posed on the pitch, came out rather well I think. We were informed that thunder was audible in Cave Tree, so rather than go out we went to Choc Salty Balls for a look at the dig 01-35 D.

Sandeep crawled in first + after rearranging some boulders we squeezed out into a little chamber. I climbed up into the ceiling where the draught whistles out of a boulderous chimney. I moved more rocks + got into a horrendously loose chamber - floor is a critical angle boulder slope. Draught comes down from the top but I'm not going up there, it looks bloody lethal.

Went back out for survey gear + surveyed in, amid much ranting at the extreme crapness of the pencil I was using. Couldn't find a good point to link to so the link is a bit of a bodge.

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Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/2004-08/2004-08
    caves-1623/2006-71/2006-71
    caves-1623/204/trunk/riverdance3
    caves-1623/204/trunk/fingerbang
    surface/1623/99to269
Wallets on this date:
    2006#09 ['notes2', 'notes1', 'fingerbang-plan', 'fingerbang-elev', 'riverdance3extend',…
    2006#16 Surface Stuff (near 76) ['notes0001', 'notes0002']
    2006#17 ['notes0001']
Logbook trips on this date:
    204 - Surveying in Riverdance
    Loser Plateau - Surface Stuff (near 76)
    Hauchhoehle
    Hauchhoehle - again