MK and JC. Went into the end chamber, had a look ahead and down the next pot. Prospectful but very unstable. Lots of stabilising after the final squeeze and at the end of the boulder slope. Spent the end of the session opening up some of the connection points. 1 ¾ hours. Mike.
John Cooper and Mike Kousiounis. Took both drills over. Initially both went through the final squeeze into the big passage so Mike could have a good look down the hole. Thought up on the left looked far more interesting. Took some video. Then John came out through the last two squeezes and attacked the penultimate one that stopped Adrian yesterday. Mike concentrated on enlarging and simplifying the final squeeze. Stopped when John’s drill gave up in a puff of smoke. 1¾ hours. John.
John and Mike. Knowing John had been to the bitter end gave me more confidence
to go check out the new bit. It's quite treacherous and the boulder slope will
need stabilising. The pit in the floor seems to go down quite far and there's
quite clear passage off to the left which will be easy to get into once
everything is safe. We finished the session opening up the final squeeze and
the squeeze previous to that, more to be done on these yet. There is a higher
passage in the new bit that makes it look like the solid wall could run back to
the entrance, unsure we need to do this though.
