161 - Rig 161g

Tue 29 Jul 2014
Anthony



After a week of effort in 107, the general consensus was that it would be easier to find a connection from the 161 side, so Dr Day's Entrance Pitch Rigging Service was called into action. Trundled over with Rob and enough gear to rig to Strange Downfull, placing a minimal set of reflectors en route. Rigging in proceeded smoothly with few surprises (apart from one handline that had been removed near the start of Peurile Humour - reinstated) and flawless route finding as far as the top of knossos. Here I discovered that one of the bolts I wanted to use for the pitch head y-hang had been deliberately disabled, so the new rig looks like this:

Minoan Surprise rig 2014 Minoan Surprise/Knossos rig Route finding through Knossos/Star Wars/Tower Blocks proved to be a bit more tricky - some reflectors would be useful - but we eventually made it to Staircase 36. The rope for the traverse over a big hole near the bottom of Staircase 36 has been removed and should ideally be reinstated. I rigged Strange Downfall while Rob and Rob nosed around in Chicken Flied Nice without finding any obvious route through to Runnel Stone. With that we headed out - a most efficient trip.

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Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/107/lasttsa
    caves-1623/264/horizontalentrance
Wallets on this date:
    2014#07 The Last TSA ['notes2', 'notes1']
    2014#15 horizontal entrance ['notes1', 'plan1']
Logbook trips on this date:
    2006-05 - Prospecting ~NE of Tunnocks
    107 - Gemshohle - Finalising Nipped Down rigging + Pushing lead in Southern China - "The Last TSA"
    161 - Rig 161g
    Within The Above