Mike Kushy, solo. Took in drills and broke up the rest of the 1st section of slab. This is now in pieces at the bottom and ready to be cleared. Started 4 holes on the next slab. Should be much easier going on the next piece. Nice draught from below. Went to surface and made a mix to fit into 2 buckets. Took the mix and used it stabilise around the 10ft climb. This should now be safe to straighten out. 4 hours, MK.
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| Current dig face, red line shows the line of drill holes started. Photo MK. |
John Cooper, Alex Hannam, Sam Hill, Callum Simmonds and Andy Thompson. Andy worked on the surface, initially clearing the rocks John stacked by the entrance on 14th April and then hauling. Sam took his drill in for p/f work and John took in one of the large hauling buckets with a tape handle. Initially Sam was at the bottom loading rocks into the large bucket which Callum hauled up the 10ft climb and passed them to John to stack in the Boulder Chamber. Once that was done Callum went down for a look and John made a start moving the rocks outwards. Some of the larger ones were broken up by Sam. Alex arrived and also went for a look at the bottom. From then on rocks were moved up in stages to the shelf and then on upwards before eventually reaching the bottom of the entrance shaft. Callum had to leave to go to work but the rest cleared all the rocks to the surface. The slab is now ready for Kushy’s attention. 2 hours.
