CUCC Expeditions to Austria: 1976 - 2024

After getting underground late the light befroe we got going relatively promptly at 0830. We were supposed to check Keanu Breezze, a wet lead that was supposed to be decent. Luke kinly showed us the way, though due to confusion almost left with my bag, leading me to chase him down for the swap. Becka then rigged the top of KB, immediately forgetting the survey and trying to go into CSJ. Some persuasion and a paper survey got us back en route to te bottom where the way to the lead was a single bolt climb down a waterfall. We sacked this off. After some noodles at camp we went to look at some leads in Coconut shy[?] that Becka and Adam Aldridge had found. Our first was a climb up a scree slope aven. I coaxed beck up this only for it to end immediately and be very loose. The next was a short pitch to a chamber with a few ways on - a rift back [?] to another (undpropped) chamber, and a rift heading due North. This went on a decent way, alternatingly muddy and very sharp. Eventually Becka's patience for this ran out at a squeeze at which point we agreed that I'd [?] on a little further. After another 10m I found a huge aven with water coming in on the right and the rift coninuing on. Becka still cound not be convinced so we headed back to the chamber. The final lead was a drop into a ig chamber with water coming in the far side. We made the [keyhole?] bank safe and I [?] bolted the pitch ready for tomorrow. We got back to camp around 2030 and made dinner with a very wet Rob springint in about an hour later.