76 - Keg Series

Sun 03 Jul 2016
Jenny Black



Much wetter in Plugged Shaft today, but totally passable. Got to Boulder Chamber and Olly started to rig Keg Series. We were last here in 2004, despite me remembering which rope we rigged it on then, I had no idea on the actual rigging details. Olly started from the Follow Thru' Shaft end. I had a go and concluded that was wrong. I also concluded that the original rig needed bolts adding, was loose and looked pretty drippy. So we decided to change plan and rig down Follow Through Shaft, then go down the Adventures in Time and Space route to the bottom of Keg Series (last visited by us and Dave Loeffler in 2005). Again we were hazy on the rig.

I was happy that the traverse had been left rigged at the top and was only a bit drippy. Olly rigged down for a bit then I took over, eventually finding a suitable deviation for the final bit. Last 10m or so was drippy (but less bad with the deviation in). I had a quick look in Razor Advance while Olly came down. Keg Series was very wet and drippy, but Razor Advance was dry, so we left the drill and survey kit there and headed out. When tired and unfit it took just over 2 hrs out.

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Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/2010-04/2010-04
Wallets on this date:
    2016#08 surface and Above Frozen North ['notes']
Logbook trips on this date:
    Balcony - Fetching Drills
    Looking for 2nd Balkonhöhle entrance (dropping 2010-04)
    Balcony - Haydon's pitch near gear dump
    76 - Keg Series