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AKA hole via AKA hole and Ireby Fell

Alex Ritchie · Jan. 12, 2025, 7:20 a.m. 3 people · 5 hours and 10 minutes
Cavers George North, James Carisle
Date/time entered Sun 12 Jan 25 — 07:20 2025-01-12 07:20
Date/time exited Sun 12 Jan 25 — 12:30 2025-01-12 12:30
Trip type Exploration
Region Yorkshire Dales
Country United Kingdom
Clubs RICHARDS DIGGING LOT
Rope descent 99m
Rope ascent 70m
Notes

Went down to have a look at the passage seen last time above the 5th pitch/traverse, it did not go. Events of note: James knocked a rock off on said traverse and the van sized boulder I was basically sat on, moved an inch. I found once over the traverse just before the calcite sections its an easy climb down the rift which will bypass the pitch down (hence why there's less descent recorded on this one), but gotta be careful of all the rocks that are semi wedged, but aleast we are not going to get crushed by the boulder. Other than that, it was basically straightforward a few times the rope tangled with my bag especially on the 4th pitch but I sorted it out. I was about 15% less tired than last time and found Bubbles a lot easier (I took my SRT gear off above the climb, this time), but this was shorter than last time too for some reason (less people?).