Vanoord
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A new event has been added to the Events page.

Event name: West and east in Rhosydd

17/05/2008

Details: A trip to Rhosydd:
- west to visit the balanced incline
- west with the hilti drill (please, Mr.RL) in order to bolt a better route to get to the incline and make the CRTT a bit more technical
- east to see what's there

Date to be confirmed!

Event added by: Vanoord

Full event: http://www.aditnow.co.uk/events/?uid=9 
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merddinemrys
17 years ago
Sounds good to me - would be nice to have an alternative end to the CRTT as well! I hate crawling up and down those chambers.
mountainpenguin
17 years ago
any update on a date ?
simonrl
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17 years ago
"mountainpenguin" wrote:

any update on a date ?



Good point mountainpenguin, I'm sat here in my glass house chucking rocks at other trips without firm dates yet, but between Vanoord and I we've not picked a date for this yet.

Vanoord? Any ideas? Weekends you're free?
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Vanoord
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17 years ago
Does LAP want to suggest a date - I think he was keen on the idea?
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mountainpenguin
17 years ago
well i might be doing the crtt again in a couple of weeks unless the weather is good. Thought id have a quick gander then. But if some one wants to take the gbfoh and drill some extra bolts at the same time that would be cool.
Still need to get hold of some wet suit socks and a boat though
Vanoord
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17 years ago
"mountainpenguin" wrote:

well i might be doing the crtt again in a couple of weeks unless the weather is good. Thought id have a quick gander then. But if some one wants to take the gbfoh and drill some extra bolts at the same time that would be cool.
Still need to get hold of some wet suit socks and a boat though



gbfoh? wassat then? ah no, figured it out! Where would you like some bolts drilled?

Boats? Sorry, I thought I'd replied to your PM, but obviously not 😞 Yes indeedy, I've got a lot of them sat at work if you need one. I could do with in the bedroom at home, which has gained three new leaks overnight 😞 Wet suit socks I've not got, but I'll see if any of our suppliers have got any. And I'll burn a CD with pics of Cwmorthin for you - too big to email!

Note to self/MP - if you could reply you'rve read this, one of us can delete this as it's a bit random and :offtopic:
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merddinemrys
17 years ago
gbfoh - I'm assuming Great Big F**k Off Hilti?

If you're ordering wet suit socks Vanoord I'd like a pair!
simonrl
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17 years ago
Vanoord has now confirmed the date for this one as 17/05 🙂

Finally :lol:
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Barney
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17 years ago
Still going ahead???
simonrl
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17 years ago
Think so! A day of scratching around looking for things that aren't there 😉
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stevem
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17 years ago
Sad to say I am away for all of May 😞
but would have loved to look around here a bit more.
Have only seen a small amount at the end of the CRTT which was 12 months ago 😮
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screws up your day and may their arms be too short to scratch.
Vanoord
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17 years ago
Just a gentle reminder - everyone still okay for this?
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Vanoord
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17 years ago
Breakfast at 9am in the cafe at Tan-y-Grisiau, otherwie car park at 10am 🙂
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hymac580c
17 years ago
Did you find a way into the east?
Bellach dim ond swn y gwynt yn chwibian, lle bu gynt yr engan ar cynion yn tincian.
Vanoord
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17 years ago
A good day out and nice to meet nwminer, all the way from Seattle!

I shall leave that for SimonRL to explain (as he went down there), but there is one chamber (E?) that can be penetrated quite a long way down. Hopefully there shall be pictures once people return from Snailbeach today.

There's also one other chamber (H?) that a small section still exists towards the top end, but it's mostly a slope down and a slope up with a small bit of floor in the middle.

There's very little left in the east twll and it looks from a closer inspection that most of the chamber roofs have collapsed: the holes pretty much follow the lines of chambers but don't go deep enough for you to start seeing the actual chamber walls. It's almost as if the chamber roofs have been intentionally blasted away, so complete is the devastation.

In general, the east twll is very shaley and broken and I'd probably advise people to keep out of any of the underground bits as they're not particularly safe.

However, we got a lot further west than we thought was possible, although due to a bit of a misunderstanding, not all people (ie me!) saw this!

I've got some pics of the 3-6 winder to upload later on - I spent a fait while experimenting with lighting and the results are a bit mixed!
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LAP
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17 years ago
Aha nice work

Sorry that I couldn't attend; maybe if you're planning on going again - anyhow loking fd to seeing pics.

😉
Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

hymac580c
17 years ago
Brilliant, look forward to seing photos.
Bellach dim ond swn y gwynt yn chwibian, lle bu gynt yr engan ar cynion yn tincian.
Vanoord
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17 years ago
A few pics of the 3-6 incline head:

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SimonRL in what I suspect may be chamber E:

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And a quite lovely pic by SimonRL of me throwing a rope to/at him:

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LAP
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17 years ago
lovely photos, I think it's great the way you've lit only sections it.
Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

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