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2013-11-03 11:15
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- Found it
After two failures (possibly classed as “bottling it”), I decided to try the highly evolved, high technology route. antpeng agreed to show us the ropes and BradLad and I arrived at this fine specimen to find him all set up. It was only slightly embarrassing that he had freeclimbed up to position the rope.
I think that I had pictured that my climb would resemble being winched up by a crane. It sounded straightforward enough and, frankly, I wondered whether BradLad, going first, had made a bit of a meal of it. Then it was my turn. I have to admit to letting go of the odd expletive in everyday life but who knows how many “f***s” slipped out during my 20 min (or was it hours) climb? I seem to have a reduced power to weight ratio and, now I think about it, I was never very good at climbing the ropes at school.
Still, I got there in the end and I hope that the next finder isn’t too disturbed by my bloody signature. BradLad had admitted to being slightly unnerved by the descent mechanism but I was so knackered that I was just happy to relax and enjoy the ride.
It was interesting to then have a go at the more low tech approach and huge thanks go to antpeng for his patience. It says it all that I was always confident that we weren’t going to plummet to the ground. Thanks too to abanazar for another great, if sexist, cache and I still can’t believe the staticman1 solo method.
I thought that a car sticker that I bought for my sibling recently was an appropriate image to go with this cache and its original occupant. Then I found another related image that raised a smile. Finally, I spotted another that finished things off.
