This was the trip I was helping out with the big dig, dragging drag trays to and from and pouring them down the pitch it appears from the Log entry below that the main reason was I had no chest jammer so had to borrow one to get out!
Dunc wrote: Myself, Pete and Alex arrived at a warmer Masongill and headed up to Ireby, whereupon Alex declared he was going back to the car to obtain a jammer and helmet! Me and Pete headed down Bubbles and to Well Pitch where we traversed forward – past a large hole, across some looseness before arriving at a pitch (with more loose stuff) which dropped us just past Rope Pitch.
From here we headed to Duke Street and Skylight Passage. Once up we shifted some bags to the pitch head before Mike and Sam appeared from down the passage (Rob was also down the passage somewhere, never actually saw him!). With a small team we set about using the drag trays to shift even more bags (the amount of sand shifted from this passage is amazing, a hefty pat on the back is due to all those that undertook this work!)
Alex arrived, still without a jammer and more bags were moved, Beardy and Helen arrived
later on and the process continued. Unfortunately myself and Pete had to call it a day just before 3pm, due to parental duties or pestering partners! A swift exit was made. I later learned Alex had stayed till quite late (actually he had no choice but to stay, there’s a lesson about looking after your SRT kit there somewhere…)
I look forward to visiting Ireby II (possibly on a classic round trip) and crawling along this cleaned out passage.
