With Matt, Nick, Tav, Jake and Brockers.
Matt, Nick and Tav set about clearing the bags and rocks stacked in the entrance. Jake went ahead to start digging, Paul went to the top of the slope to load the skip with the bags and rocks left there on Thursday evening, I was hauling the skip down and shuttling the spoil back to the entrance, ready to be hauled to surface.
Thursday’s spoil cleared we moved-up to clear today’s spoil. Progress was slower today the way forward being obstructed by some rather large slabs of rock and calcite. Although loose, these slabs were determined not to succumb to Jakes attentions utilising a variety of bars, hammering and chiselling. These slabs will require the use of some induced rapid speleo-genesis on Tuesday evening. It was just very frustrating the way ahead looks so enticing.
Ninety loads out to the surface, plus one large rock that Nick had managed to prise out from somewhere, ‘idle hands make mischief’ is probably an apt saying in this instance.