Present: Dunc & Rob
Weather: foul
A revisit to Long Drop after a near 9 year absence chosen because it’s quite a good wet weather option. The last time we used Dave Ramsay’s ropes so a first time rigging. Some chap called Simon Wilson has installed new hangers on all the pitches which are of a new design (by him according to Dunc and descent). These are marked TAU and appear to work just as well as other anchors I have used.
The first pitch (12) is easy enough, quickly followed by the second (10m) which is more awkward as it’s a little small at the pitch head. We rigged the last 2 pitches with one rope (45m) although this was only just enough!
Just above the last pitch there is another rope on the other side of the chamber that leads, via a few awkward crawls, to a parallel streamway. I only partly explored this on this occasion having almost fully explored it last time but it is well worth the time and effort (without SRT kit).
Yet another excellent evening trip followed by beers in the quiet Royal Oak in Hornby.
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