thurs trip 20/10/11

[mike leahy]

Ah yes
are you the Mike Leahy who told me that we where only doing a couple od short SRT's in Henblas?
fibber!![/quote]

:whistle:  :whistle:  not me frank i would'nt say that "honest" :whistle:  :whistle:

[Joel Colk]

The first time that I met Henblas I was late for the trip and had missed the winchman (Mike). I decided to Ab it anyway on my own.

After going down 80 metres, I discovered to my complete horror, that there was a knot in my hand and I was still suspended 20 metres above the landing platform and 120 metres from the bottom of the shaft. The last 20 metres wasn't rigged!

There wasn't a chance I was going to admit defeat at this point and go back up the rope. I sat there for a bit feeling pissed off at myself when I realised that there was a safety rope for the winch running down the middle of the shaft, which was secured at the top of the shaft. After a few attempts, I managed to swing over to it and attach my ascenders to the rope. I had to prussik up about 10 metres to account for the stretch in the rope and finally get off my petzl stop. once on the safety rope, i could continue my ascent down the shaft.  

I blame Mike for all of this, as he said the purpose of the trip was to rig the final 20 metres of the abseil. :whistle:

[mike leahy]

i blame him as well . he's a utter barsteward

[Vikki Sestan]

I will be there tomorrow evening, either for srt or a mooch

[Tim Watts]

[quote="mike leahy" post=2966]i blame him as well . he's a utter barsteward[/quote]

Didn't know you'd ever met him. ;-) I wish he was a ber-steward coz he could start pulling pints again in the glan :-)

He told me I didn't need any SRT gear to get back from the Sumps in OHA - which even though i'd done the trip before I went along with - Whos's the daftest? the fool or the fool who follows him? Mind you, you were right coz we got out :woohoo:

[mike leahy]

[quote="TiM" post=2987][quote="mike leahy" post=2966]i blame him as well . he's a utter barsteward[/quote]

Didn't know you'd ever met him. ;-) I wish he was a ber-steward coz he could start pulling pints again in the glan :-)

He told me I didn't need any SRT gear to get back from the Sumps in OHA - which even though i'd done the trip before I went along with - Whos's the daftest? the fool or the fool who follows him? Mind you, you were right coz we got out :woohoo:[/quote]
 ye you big girl . and don't forget we did it on a thur night in no time

[Tim Watts]

Even though you're bloody pace near killed me - good trip though :-)  :-)