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  • in reply to: Bye George Pot and Misty Mountain Series, 21st of February #1015
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    Great trip report.

    I don’t know I recall at least 3 bits you could stand up in :)

    “and before long we were at the Backbreaker” Really? I thought it took ages to get there I kept saying to myself in a 10 year old’s voice “are we there yet”?

    Its been a while since I have been a bit nervous on a caving trip but this was certainly one, everything had a serious feel to it. I was particularly nervous heading towards that rift with a tight squeeze over a 6m drop. Thankfully the squeeze mentioned in the book turned out not to exist. All we had to worry about from there was rigging the pitches from the end big mean porridge machine (thankfully was rigged already) and bastard crawl.

    On the trip, Chris remarked this was the hardest trip he has done, but I think he has forgotten Hangman’s! (Although that trip is short we had quite a few mishaps and both got quite badly stuck on the last pitch).

    Personally I rate this 5th on the hardest Yorkshire trips I have done, ranked on effort/fear factor/squalidness (I am looking at you Echo) top 10 are:
    1) Hammer Pot,
    2) Hangman’s
    3) Echo
    4) Ease gill traverse, coming out pip.
    5) This trip
    6) Mossdale
    7) Yokenthwaite, solo
    8) Swandike
    9) Penyghent pot
    10) Cupcake to Lost johns

    in reply to: Black Shiver, 7th of Feb #915
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    If everyone else is fine it won’t be Weils then.

    in reply to: Swinst(yes)o Hole – 31/01/2015 #912
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    Does the triptime include time spent in Trapdoor?

    in reply to: Black Shiver, 7th of Feb #911
    Xandar
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    Flu like symtons, but have mainly worn off today so going back to work. I had a high fevor, sick, slight cougth.

    in reply to: Black Shiver, 7th of Feb #906
    Xandar
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    Just checking anyone else ill, after this trip?

    in reply to: Black Shiver, 7th of Feb #896
    Xandar
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    Don’t take this too far guys….

    Remember public log book.

    in reply to: Black Shiver, 7th of Feb #893
    Xandar
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    You ALSO forgot to mention that there were several dangerous flood pulses as we were exiting the cave.

    I think that’s why he’s insulting you on the other thread.

    in reply to: Black Shiver, 7th of Feb #889
    Xandar
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    Good stuff, one edit just for accuracy. I did not actually descend past that upper deviation as I could reach the rope below it. I simply put my pulley on the same anchor as the deviation and pulled the rope up from there on the relative comfort of the ledge. Its amazing how much rope I could fit on that small ledge without it all falling off on the other-side. Me and Don were sharing a jammer for the exit.

    Rigging: Mike/Shaman? Alex
    De-rigging: Chris/Dan

    in reply to: Friday 6th February, Chapel le Dale #876
    Xandar
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    Sounds like an interesting evening trip. I was out round grassington doing nav training. Lots of interesting mine workings up there including one that took a substantial stream.

    in reply to: Grange Rigg pot: 18/02/2015 #817
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    Left hand route looked way too small, I think the rocks have shifted since the book was written. P.s. I got your chest strap.

    in reply to: Trapdoor pot 31/01/2015 #814
    Xandar
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    Your right, will edit…

    in reply to: Trapdoor pot 31/01/2015 #810
    Xandar
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    Yep. Anyway I have reworded the last few paragraphs, I guess I got a little distracted…

    in reply to: Large Pot 17/01/2015 #751
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    perhaps because I’d tried the wrong way down it 3 times in full SRT kit before I got through.

    You weren’t trying it head first were you? I had to rescue someone who became stuck on a YSS trip doing that. (Was quite serious).

    in reply to: Grange Rigg pot: 18/02/2015 #750
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    We might had done, but as my hands were so cold I would not have felt it.

    in reply to: Grange Rigg pot: 18/02/2015 #747
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    Okay it’s done.

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