[Don]

Nor did you get to experience the disappointment of having drop your beloved tackle bag dropped down a tiny rift by a careless Sharman.

[Don]

Wow. That looks pretty bad. At least Pete was smart enough to attempt it feet first!

[Don]

I think it would have taken a seriously massive pair of balls to have attempted The Trick headfirst back before it was enlarged. I imagine the potential for getting stuck would have been very, very high, and the potential consequences would have been horrible. Going headfirst even now would require a good solid pair.

[Don]

Ron? As in McDonald?

[Don]

Don’t you mean Chris and Carol Scaife? Or is she one of those feminist types who doesn’t believe in taking a man’s name, as is traditional and proper?

[Don]

Was they guy at Whoop Hall a dick to you guys? By which I mean, how big of a dick was he?

[Don]

Fuck Whoop Hall. I’ve spent the past two years warning you guys off the place. Looks like it was justified. As if I had any doubts!

[Don]

Good write up. I counted 10 ducks on the way out, which means that we did 20 in total. It doesn’t get any more hardcore than that.

[Don]

A brief encounter with Daz? Care to elaborate?

[Don]

Do you remember how got back through the crawl from the pitch head? Was there space to turn around? Or did you have to reverse it?

I think using a ladder is the way to go.

[Don]

I’m sure that you and Scaife would get through with no problems, simply because you non-mortals never seem to have trouble getting through anything. You could probably skip along the passage. I really can’t think of a worse section of passage to have to push a tackle bag through though. As the passage is flat-out, with nowhere to put your arms except for out in front of you, putting an SRT kit on at the pitch head would probably be impossible. That’s presumably why it’s recommended that people use a ladder on the first pitch.

[Don]

I should mention too that I did the passage wearing a small headlamp. I had left my helmet with Sharman. It’s obviously doable with a helmet, but I think it would make it far less pleasant than it already is.

[Don]

Yeah, and that too.

[Don]

You’re right Alex. You and I are both heroes. Scaife is just a nothing, a nobody. He’s only good for lending people spray deodorant.

[Don]

As the first person to risk their life to go down the slippery slope of death (and back up on the way out), the first to successfully climb up the waterfall (on the first attempt), and the first and only person to drag myself up the slippery rope through the slanting squeeze into the chamber of nothingness, I think I’m the most deserving of the title ‘Hero of Nirvana’.

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