Saturday’s trip into Croesor is documented by Pete, but here’s some of Brendan’s pretty pictures from the trip
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…it was a fab day out, but Pete neglected to expand on some of the obstacles along the way! So, here’s a review:
1) two abseils down very flat, shiny ropes!
2) a ride across a lake on a zip wire, which was fine for everyone other than Ian, who stopped very abruptly mid-way when the rope that returns the pulley became twisted around a rock!
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3) a very rickety ladder across the second lake
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4) a walk across a narrow beam across the third lake
5) a rocky traverse around the fourth lake
6) a fearsome dangle/traverse along a cable across the fifth lake (with an awkward exposed change over onto a second cable halfway, whilst suspended from the ceiling on a rusting pole!)
7) an abseil down to a canoe/boat and a float across the sixth lake
8) and finally a 6 m prusick up to the mined level
… and the rest was straightforward…and we made it to the exit adit.
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Series - Rendezvous #4
- Welsh Blog Rendezvous
- A gentle finish to the blog rendezvous weekend
- More pictures from Croesor Mine…
- more Observations from Underground
Hmmmm, not 100% sure I am gutted I missed this. It sounds fun but quite scary 😆
Ian did say on a number of occasions “Anna would hate this”… Your absence is a good excuse for us to organise an extra winter blog rendezvous (in France!). We missed you 🙁
Nooo, we definitely have to do it again, with you next time. It was brilliant. :star: :star: :star:
The video is now on YouTube. It is unedited and unlisted. I will edit it down and make it public, but for now here is the raw footage. CRTT Video
Excellent footage! Looking forward to the final take :clap: :clap:
Fantastic pictures! :star: Hope to be able to join you next time!
BTW, there are caves in Romania, too. (Not to mention climbing – which I haven’t been able to do in lack of a partner …) How about a visit here ❓ Sometimes it feels like a time travel but the nature here is breathtakingly beautiful.
Keith’s finished video is pretty good! 😛
Oh, now I really think work sucks!!! Wish I could have been there. Hope it wasn’t my last chance …
Great video! :clap: