Homecoming - Rigging towards Watershed in Homecoming

Fri 07 Jul 2023
Emily Mabbett



We wandered down to the cave around 10am, making it to the entrance around 12pm. The entrance series went pretty fast ... at least it did for me as Harry and Charlotte were carrying the heavy bags. On the way we made a quick stop to rerig a knot pass. As we reached the bottom of Wallace and Grommit where they had finished rigging the previous day both me and Harry experienced fizzling as we glazed the dry rope on the final 55m. I did not enjoy this part. We then made our way up the climb and Harry began rigging the small pitches before the long pitch series. The most notable part of this was when Harry appeared the wrong side of a pitch head after following the description and getting lost. It was highly amusing. As Charlotte began rigging the final pitch series me and Harry huddled in a shelter and watched Mathilda the musical. As it came to replacing a bolt Harry left to go help Charlotte and I was left along ... until it was discovered the drill battery was dead and I had to come down with a back up. As 8pm approached we made our way out leaving rope to finish the final part of rigging. On the way out we made a noodle stop at the top of Wallace and Grommit but with no fork a knife had to suffice. The walk back was miserable as we started following new reflectors towards the col and had to turn around and start again. We finally made it back to top camp at 1 am.

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Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/290/european_federalists
    caves-1623/290/stalagtiteloop
Wallets on this date:
    2023#02 european federalists ['EuropeanFederalists_plan_2023_09_11']
    2023#07 LiquidLuck ['stalagtiteloopplan', 'cover07', 'stalagtiteloopelev', 'stalagtiteloopsexytopo…
Logbook trips on this date:
    Homecoming - Foray into the Second Coming
    Garlic - Hiking to Garlic Cave
    1623-290 - pushing deep Fishgesicht
    Homecoming - Rigging towards Watershed in Homecoming
    Fishface – Surveying Stalagtite Loop to the top of Liquid Luck