Lying half asleep in my tent, I heard the sound of a group saying their last goodbyes before they entered the cave.
News has reached us that bad weather is on the way, so we have altered our plans. Today will now be a rest day for Alistair and I. Tom, Dick and Sharon are making a short trip to the bottom of Gontard's Pitch, where they will leave a food dump for the descent and re-rig the pitch.
So our day was filled with answering the radio, making cups of tea for resurfacing cavers, chopping wood, charging batteries, drying gear, reading, eating,... and Alistair even took the time to put a bolt into a boulder!?
I guess this is what expeditions are like - now we are in the quiet before the storm!
That evening we ate a tonne of pasta. I then retreated to the radio tent - I have a night duty with Nicola :)
News has reached us that bad weather is on the way, so we have altered our plans. Today will now be a rest day for Alistair and I. Tom, Dick and Sharon are making a short trip to the bottom of Gontard's Pitch, where they will leave a food dump for the descent and re-rig the pitch.
So our day was filled with answering the radio, making cups of tea for resurfacing cavers, chopping wood, charging batteries, drying gear, reading, eating,... and Alistair even took the time to put a bolt into a boulder!?
I guess this is what expeditions are like - now we are in the quiet before the storm!
That evening we ate a tonne of pasta. I then retreated to the radio tent - I have a night duty with Nicola :)
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