Report by Jules Barrett
Cavers: Jules Barrett
(EPC), Chris Schofield (EPC)
The
original plan for the day wasn't possible as we couldn't get hold of a
key to JH.
Spent a couple of hours in the morning doing some SRT rigging training
above
ground with Chris at Pindale Farm. Looked at rigging traverse lines,
pitch-heads, rebelays and deviations before the cold finally drove us
back to
the TSG hut for a brew and a look at the rigging guide. In the
afternoon went to
Eldon Hole (it was sunny by then and Eldon Hole is great when it's
sunny!) and
did the North gully route which I'd never done before. Paul Lydon from
the
Orpheus had suggested it as a good route for SRT practice and it turned
out to
be perfect for us. The rigging begins from two good stakes and you
descend past
a couple of rebelays with excellent ledges for feet. Next there's an
traverse
which is just tricky enough to make you think whilst rigging it and
then there's
another 35m pitch with a hanging rebelay half way down. Much of the
main shaft
was in the sunshine today which made it feel very Jurassic Park! Chris
rigged
the whole thing and did an excellent job of it. After landing at the
bottom we
didn't fancy crawling through to the main chamber so went back up the
ropes and
I de-rigged.
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