[Chris Sharman]

Nice to have a Black Rose trip – it’s been a while – thanks Alex.
Hard going through all the flat out silt, but not quite as unpleasant as it sounds.
Glad you got some video Alex – please post

[Chris Sharman]

A fine trip, and some good photos Alex.
No idea where the ripe sheep smell was coming from – didn’t seem to be my gear when I got home.
Oh, and a mention to Scaife for forgetting his srt kit. Lucky I’d brought a ladder.
No idea who fpc was – not mentioned in NC (’88 onwards) – may be in the earlier paperback editions which I no longer have.

[Chris Sharman]

You need both arms extended. I fit through it so I’m sure you do.

[Chris Sharman]

Got home without getting pulled over

[Chris Sharman]

Sounds impressively wet. Did you look at the exit?

[Chris Sharman]

Xandar wrote:

I must say I never intended to take my car keys underground

Oops. A bit of a recurring theme here – a similar dropping of keys down a narrow rift in La Scialet, near Berger…
Shouldn’t mock though, I managed to take my phone caving in my undersuit leg pocket the other day. Fortunately it survived the damp and the battering.

[Chris Sharman]

The real comedy didn’t get a mention – that was the intrepid Mr Scaif going in to rig the first pitch, and saying “It doesn’t go – is this really Turbary Pot?”
It wasn’t – the real Turbary Pot was about 50m further along on the other side of Turbary Road, with P hangers and a metal disc saying “Turbary”.
Don’t know what we’d found first – it was a body sized hole in the rock, and doesn’t seem to appear in the book.

[Chris Sharman]

a very refreshing nap it was too – though possibly not as refreshing as the Caseker Gill streamway.
Does seem like I’ve got porkier since France – too much eating out and not enough exercise.
The Dow end of the through trip seemed quite tight and strenuous.

[Chris Sharman]

Whoop: no real beer. Nuff said.

[Chris Sharman]

Isn’t that normal for you Don?

[Chris Sharman]

No, I’m good, and I think I probably swallowed some – otoh I have a fairly robust digestion

[Chris Sharman]

Yes, properly knackered after this.
And at the time, advice for the future was simply “Don’t do Cripple Creek in reverse.” – it really is quite a bit harder the other way round – especially when you get lost and add some more strenuous hours …

[Chris Sharman]

Glad you had a good trip.

[Chris Sharman]

A fine trip.
The deviation wasn’t that bad – was only the sheath gone – the core looked fine.

[Chris Sharman]

You forgot to mention how shitty it was Don 🤢

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