Mike Kousiounis +1. Started off as a solo trip. Took drill and 3 batteries to the end of Tooth Dig. The rock is very tough and snapped part of the hilti drill bit tip, so slow going. Managed to take enough out to get closer to the edge ahead though. The gap of the strike ahead is about 6 inches wide, but looking higher up it gets wider so still worth pushing on. Courtenay joined me around 1'ish and he cleared most of the spoil from the alcove back to the corner and some into the small chamber before the corner. Everywhere is now full up and we could do with a good clearance session. 5 hours. Mike.
Sunday, 4 June 2023
Thursday, 25 May 2023
Thursday 25th May 2023
John Cooper and Mike Kousiounis. Tooth Dig. Two drills taken in. Started off with Mike passing rocks back for me to stack above my head. Then I used my drill enlarging the squeeze from the far side, but not very effective. Mike used his more effectively breaking up rock at the end. When I came to swap my battery I discovered it wasn’t charged. Packed up then moved all the rocks from Mike back to the alcove. As I was climbing up Boulder Rift Courtenay James was coming in. He went on down to join Mike. 2½ hours for me. John
Mike Kousiounis, John Cooper and Courtenay James. JC and I took a drill in each. Cleared the small chamber before the corner. Then cleared some back from the corner to the bottom of the climb. JC worked on the squeeze over the slab some more whilst MK worked at the sharp end. The boulder at the end is tough work, but at the end I was able to reach my helmet over the edge but not enough room to squeeze my head through for a view, next session hopefully. JC cleared some of the spoil back from the end into the alcove, left around 3ish and met CJ on the way in. CJ then joined me and he cleared some of the alcove back. Could do with clearing the alcove out fully. The most prominent and very cool draught was clearly coming from the alcove today. Interestingly it was being drawn into the floor of the current sharp end before heading up into the bedding rift above. 5hours. Mike.
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