We got all the tackle together expecting to rig Boxhead and find the way up Cracker from the bottom, but after a quick scouting trip down Cracker we found it rigged. Cracker is fun, it starts with a 8m climb/pitch down scaffold which we free climbed before popping out into a small chamber.
A short thrutchy passage leads through via a head hight crawl in the rift to the start of the first pitch. Caution! There are still a few loose and large rocks here, despite me gardening the pitch. Chris found this out when one big one came smashing down behind him which was dislodged by Toby. It came off the wall apparently.
Anyway the pitch starts with a short traverse to a Y-hang over a deep drop. ~10m abseil brings you to a free hanging re-belay and ~5m below that is a deviation. A further ~20m gets you to the floor. A short jolly down stream leads to another pitch just as deep, with a Y-hang 2m down. It was then a straight abseil of around ~30 – 35m to the floor.
A large passage, with a bit of traversing leads down a short boulder slope to what appears to be a dead end with a rope going up.
An obscure hole behind and to the right when facing the pitch rope leads down a small tube to the head of the final pitch. To get onto the pitch requires a bit of traversing, the first bit was not protected though thankfully was easy, as there was a big drop below.
Once on the rope about ~15 – 20m below you swing off onto the fly over route 10m off the bottom on the big ledge.
We then commenced the ascent out of box head?
