Mike Kushy and Mike Wise. Took 2 drills in. Cleared the backlog of spoil at the corner up to the dumping ground and took all the empty buckets forward. MW worked on making the squeeze over the slab more comfortable whilst MK set to work on the boulders at the end of the tunnel. One very large boulder was dropped from ahead and broken down, then an even larger block was moved into a better position to be broken up next time. I reckon with this one removed we have just a metre to get to the solid wall ahead. MW down sized some of the boulders moved back into the alcove from the last session. Lots of smaller rocks were moved to the corner and 2 small buckets filled. 3 1/2 hours. Mike K.
Saturday, 22 April 2023
Sunday, 16 April 2023
Sunday 16th April 2023
Mike Kushy, Andy Thompson and Courtenay James. Tooth Dig. Andy took point clearing out the floor of the tunnel just beyond the undercut dig. After a couple of loads were cleared CJ left. Then MK and AT moved forward to start inspecting the boulders at the end of the tunnel. Soon we moved some blocks higher up. It was possible to access a higher level of bedding and have a good view back up cave into space but we both agreed it would be too dangerous to enter and only goes back to the entrance. Just under this a view along the bedding to a solid wall, there's a decent sized strike here (est' 1m wide). The strike leads down to what looks like a phreatic break in the solid wall, inaccessible at the moment. We then worked on taking more boulders out lower down to keep progressing along the bedding. A couple more sessions will be needed to do this, but some white curtain can be seen at the entrance to the 'phreatic' bit. At least there's a dig for just 2 people at the end. 4 hours. Mike K.
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| Picture showing a proposed strike line (where the solid wall is) this can be seen in the higher up bedding level too |
PS We need to open up the squeeze over the slab, just after the corner.
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