Rigging in 76
Jenny Black
Went down 76, hoping to rig to bottom of Spent Ledge and leave lots of tackle for the next trip. Underground was pretty wet - I was very glad for the modern SRTing as opposed to ladders ... still got quite damp though, especially going into Strangeways and lower parts of Plugged Shaft. Looks like it won't be impassable at least. Rigged a short handline in Strangeways, then re-rigged the Plugged Shaft stuff to avoid knot passes and to use the rope in the most efficient way.
Lots of water going down Keg Series (this is where the Plugged Shaft water goes). Olly rigged on through Boulder Chamber and Follow Through Shaft while I went through my least favourite bit of cave, Boulder Choke, three times to bring the 3 bags through. Lots of water noise EVERYWHERE! Got to the Tap Room and loads of water. Olly rigged down the short pitch and got extremely wet, so wet and cold he told me not to follow, but carried the bag to Spent Ledge to warm up. I wandered over to the Time and Space stuff and noted that it appears possible to rig the QM A-03A [hard to read this QM number, could be wrong] pitch away from the water. Exiting the cave was even wetter and not especially pleasenat, even in a meander suit.