258 - Batteries !*!*!*!

Wed 05 Aug 2015
Pete Talling

Ben started the large phreatic tube pitch - a top of tubes from Bipedal Passage. Pete meanwhile detackled the Inaugral Lecture Series (through window to Michael et al pitch down) and retrieved ropes for Ben.

After a natural and two more nice y-hangs in teh ~60/70 degree corkscrew phreatic tube - Ben arrived at bottom. It is VERY MUDDY PITCH! Lots of slippy jammers on the way back up.

There he climbed up 2m from small clamber to start a 10 - 15m pitch into wide open passage. The drill was given a nice new battery. Hurrah it did 1.5 bolts. *!*!*!*! crap.

So there is a nice undescended pitch into A lead - needing another 1.5 bolts! Arg! Pitch up very muddy.

Note - Pete - Ben definitely did not get lost walking to Balcony Hohle for 6th time in 8/9 days. (Oh No!)

Bipedal Traverse series plan

Edit this entry.

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/107/wonderland
    caves-1623/107/oldroute
    caves-1623/107/hrv
    caves-1623/107/antigrav
    caves-1623/258/hydra/tentacle
    caves-1623/258/flashhard2
    caves-1623/264/hiltiaplentychamber
    caves-1626/loutoti-01/ISS
Wallets on this date:
    2015#38 Balcony, hiltier plenty chamber ['6', '9', '10', '5', '11', '2', '4', '3', '7', '12', '8', '1']
    2015#41 Tunnoks, flash hard cont ['elevation', 'all notes', 'plan1']
    2015#42 Tunnocks, tentacle traverse to octopussy ['notes', 'plan']
    2015#45 Balcony, ULSA grotto ['plan', '1']
    2015#46 Heat Recovery Ventilation ['notes2', 'notes1', 'plan', 'elev']
    2015#58 Antigravity ['notes2', 'notes']
    2015#59 Effective Team ['notes']
Logbook trips on this date:
    258 - Batteries !*!*!*!
    Tunnocks, Kraken Lower
    258 - Pushing Clayton's Cock Up to Flash Hard (P70) Part 2
    107 - Notwindow into Heat Recovery Ventilation
    107 - Old Route window, Wonderland