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Awesome, thought I’d left it in the cave.

[Cavedan]

Sounds like it was pretty wet down there so probably for the best that you turned back (even if it was passable). Gets bloody cold on those pitches when there’s a lot of water coming down.

[Cavedan]

We did hold hands and then went for a romantic meal for two at Alex’s local.

Couple of corrections…I’m sure that rusty, bendy thing you rigged of was an extremely old piton, not an I bolt and probably not recommended!

Also, re-reading the NFTFH description describes the route to the drainpipe (what you called the claustrophobic water filled tube) as been accessed via the squeeze down the left hand wall (and not the squeeze between the boulders). I never tried the left hand wall way…did you give it a go before taking your route Alex? Was it worse? It didn’t look nice.

Still not sure how the last pitch was meant to be rigged. Need to buy some more laminating pouches!

[Cavedan]

Good effort Alex!

[Cavedan]

Just to add….if ever anyone goes down there in similar water levels it would probably be wise to check that the flat out crawl is passable before pulling the rope down!

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