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steve turbo
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is there any interest in a trip to moel fferna this year ?

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fjällvandring
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11 years ago

yes 🙂

jeg elsker Norge, landets dialekter, folk, landskap og naturen!

llay101
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11 years ago

"steve turbo" wrote:
is there any interest in a trip to moel fferna this year ?

Might be up for that if your going Steve!

Rwy'n hoffi tyllau mawr

NewStuff
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11 years ago

I have a new toy to take into Fferna. But even without that, when can I ever say no to Fferna?

Timing is all important though, time off is limited.

Searching for the ever elusive Underground Titty Bar.

DDDWH CC

steve turbo
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11 years ago

i want to take mrs turbo ,non srt for her thou .. firemans pole 😮 for her ,and winch out :lol:

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"steve turbo" wrote:
i want to take mrs turbo ,non srt for her thou .. firemans pole 😮 for her ,and winch out :lol:

Enough people and/or a double pulley, shouldn't be a problem.

Searching for the ever elusive Underground Titty Bar.

DDDWH CC

phil2895
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11 years ago

I am up for a trip 2 fferna again :thumbsup:

AlexA
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11 years ago

I'm up for it if the timings right.

Alex.

steve turbo
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11 years ago

ok a bit of interest 😉 ok lets sort dates when we all can make it

Llion
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11 years ago

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Yeah im in Steve, as long as...

1. you come and get me
2. you carry me up there
3. you carry me around all day
4. you carry me out
5. you bring me home

...any good ?? :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

🅱Me... Back n Boogying ag wrth n modd

AlexA
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11 years ago

#11

Would need to be a weekend for me.

steve turbo
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11 years ago

#12

"Llion" wrote:

Yeah im in Steve, as long as...

1. you come and get me
2. you carry me up there
3. you carry me around all day
4. you carry me out
5. you bring me home

...any good ?? :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

let me have a think on that one llion:lol:

TheBogieman
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11 years ago

#13

Regrettably, I'm non-SRT (but could be trained!). It's only over the mountain from our usual w/e location above Mold. Somewhere I'd love to have a look in... Electron ladder? Could manage that.
Clive

Explorans ad inferos

fjällvandring
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11 years ago

#14

I'm no expert on the place, but I remember that last time we decided that a ladder plus safety line was a lot easier than SRT due to it only being about 40 ft I think and lots of protruding rocks.

jeg elsker Norge, landets dialekter, folk, landskap og naturen!

sinker
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11 years ago

#15

Easiest SRT pitch in the world :thumbup: I would be happy to put a complete beginner on it.

Yma O Hyd....

Lister
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11 years ago

#16

Moel fferna was my first srt & i found it really easy. I could bring along mini-me (14) who proved himself on his first 20' srt at our local quarry. So do we have any idea of dates? Saturdays are best for me? 🙂

'Adventure is just bad planning' Roald Amundsen

TheBogieman
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11 years ago

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Just remembered that my eldest lad may still have his climbing gear - will have to ask if he still has some SRT gear that Dad could borrow. At only 40 ft, could probably manage that for a first shot, I know the principles, just need the practice...

Explorans ad inferos

rufenig
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11 years ago

#18

The simplest, safest and quickest way to get people in & especialy out of Moel Ferna is a wire rope ladder with a lifeline.
It might be "old fashioned"
It might not be "matcho"

But it works!
As for passing SRT gear up and down to novices :curse:
Who thinks that is a good idea?

:smartass:

sinker
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11 years ago

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"rufenig" wrote:
The simplest, safest and quickest way to get people in & especialy out of Moel Ferna is a wire rope ladder with a lifeline.
It might be "old fashioned"
It might not be "matcho"

But it works!
As for passing SRT gear up and down to novices :curse:
Who thinks that is a good idea?

:smartass:

My opinion is that putting a novice on an electron ladder into Moel Fferna is likely to put them off mine exploring or caving for life. Its a horrible, nasty little electron ladder pitch that just isn't worth the trouble. (Opinion!)
What's wrong with passing gear up and down.....that seems to work too?
If you are there with a group of experienced people then its the experience that makes the difference?

Yma O Hyd....

NewStuff
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#20

I have put a beginner down this pitch, and it was my first "proper" drop in. If you are worried about Clutch and Plummet, stick them on an Anthron and make sure the rope is clean. Gear was passed as well. I'm not going to suggest that someone chuck a few hundred quid into something that they may only do once or twice. If you like it, great, go get the shiny stuff and have at it.

Using an electron on the way out of there had the beginner (who dropped in on a stop), saying "feck that" afterwards (well, it was a lot more vocal than that, but you get the idea). I am fairly sure it was invented purely as a torture device. Fair enough, it used to be the only sane option, but now we don't *need* to use them for the most part.

Searching for the ever elusive Underground Titty Bar.

DDDWH CC