Pushing the Envelope and Sleepless
Jenny
Headed back into the chamber beyond Rope Free to chase the draft and
complete the survey. First I tried in the lower level of the rift – I
could squeeze through just (without SRT kit on) and appeared in a
widening that led to a pitch – I couldn’t get too close without
gear. I surveyed back out to the chamber and we tried higher up in the
rift. Olly got through a squeeze (above where I had been) and then to
another – he pulled some rocks out so we could (just) fit through. We
came out at the top of a rift that we could climb/slither down, leading
on a ledge above a pitch that we carefully traversed around.
We followed the draft into big passage, at first we followed it at a
high level, climbing over big boulders – this led to a hole in the
floor, so we went back and followed at the base of the passage, past
some pretty mud, down a climb and some more mud. We eventually got to a
pitch that we had no gear to descend or cross. The draft and passage
appear to continue. Surveyed out.