76 - Rigging Plugged Shaft
Jenny Black
Back into 76 to continue rigging. Olly continued where I left off starting the 65m rope at
The Ledge. This year we rigged along the ledge side, with a deviation on the Test Tubes
side. This was a good success - it uses fewer hangers, is easier and quicker to pass and hangs
better. Olly rigged tightly - the Y-hang at The Ledge Below The Ledge was temporarioly a single
hang with a deviation. I was about to complain about the tightness of the rigging when Olly
shouts up from Yesterday's Terminus that he has got to the end of the rope and could I feed 2m
of slack through! I wasn't convinced there was 2m of slack rope in the whole cave let alone at
this pitch. Anyway I converted the comfortable Y-hang to a single hanger with deviation, then
the rope just reaches. We realised this wasn't very workable, but also a knot pass isn't good
in a trade route rig. So we headed out to rethink.
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