Suitable SRT trips / rigging

[tomtomtommo]

Perhaps a silly question, but have you got much experience ascending fixed ropes? Most trips with an SRT element require you to come out the way you came in, which requires ascending back up the ropes you've come down. This is definitely something you want to get good at before tackling it underground somewhere unfamiliar at the end of a trip, so maybe we can suggest some shorter and more straightforward pitches to get you started? The same goes for rebelays, deviations, rope rub etc.

A valid question for sure - ascending is something I've practiced in a tree a few times, alongside passing knots and changing over from ascending to descending and the opposite. Rebelays etc no, but I'm familiar with the concepts.

I'm not a member of a club (yet), just keen to get some ideas of where I want to go, and what additional skills I'll need to know to go there safely before launching headfirst into something!

 

[BertyBasset]

Maybe Bwlch y Plwm through trip, if you wanted a reasonably straightforward metal mine srt trip - top adit to Deep Adit? 40m or so inclined pitch.

More Croesor info than you can shake a stick at here:

Buddlepit Document Library

Barrell, Adrian (1994); The Croesor File; 211 pages

buddlepit.co.uk

Buddlepit Document Library

Isherwood, Graham (1978); Croesor Quarry Plan; 1 pages

buddlepit.co.uk

 

[ChrisJC]

This book "Lewis M.J.T. & Denton J.H. (1994); Rhosydd Slate Quarry. " has excellent surveys of Rhosydd.

Croesor is unusual in that there are ropes and equipment permanently installed. Most locations required you to take a ton of tackle of your own and rig it as you go. Clearly as stated above, you have to return the way you went in!

Moel Fferna has a single SRT pitch for the entrance.

The Aberllefenni / Corris / Bryn Eglwys area all has serious vertical potential.

Chris.

 

[TomFerry]

Chris has a very valid point , when you need to start rigging your own it can get hard quickly .
Also anchor plates come into it then

Some people are not happy with my rigging and even photograph it to try & take the p”ss .

@dougle89

UCET are a very active club for north wales if you don’t want to rig yourself .

 

[dougle89]

Shocking knot work, absolute cowboys

/s

 

[TomFerry]

Shocking knot work, absolute cowboys

/s

Who says a back up can’t be on stop cock ??? You show me where it says that in the SRT manual .

@ChrisJC you never taught me a stop cock wasn’t aloud ??

@BikinGlynn what do you think about this ???

@CJ youve worked with cave rescue members ?? Is this aloud

 

[dougle89]

Who says a back up can’t be on stop cock ??? You show me where it says that in the SRT manual .

@ChrisJC you never taught me a stop cock wasn’t aloud ??

@BikinGlynn what do you think about this ???

@CJ youve worked with cave rescue members ?? Is this aloud

this feels like a trap

 

[TomFerry]

 

[FreddoChomp]

Shocking knot work, absolute cowboys

/s

It's shocking .....but we've all abseiled from that particular piece of rigging

 

[TomFerry]

It's shocking .....but we've all abseiled from that particular piece of rigging

Shockingly good I must say ! The stop cock is technically another pipe ! 2 points of fixing !

 

[dougle89]

It's shocking .....but we've all abseiled from that particular piece of rigging

Haha yeah didn’t stop any of us on the trip where it was replaced

 

[Willy Eckerslyke]

It's shocking .....but we've all abseiled from that particular piece of rigging

Whatever happened to that nice piece of innertube I'd wrapped around the pipe as a rope protector?

 

[Willy Eckerslyke]

I'm not a member of a club (yet), just keen to get some ideas of where I want to go, and what additional skills I'll need to know to go there safely before launching headfirst into something!

Wrysgan has a sea of bolts scattered across a slab one floor above the lower adit that can be useful for practicing in a nice, wide and dry space.

Next time you're around for a trip, why not post on here and see who's available to join you?

 

[TomFerry]

Whatever happened to that nice piece of innertube I'd wrapped around the pipe as a rope protector?

I don’t know tbh , I have got loads but I won’t be back for months

 

[BikinGlynn]

Who says a back up can’t be on stop cock ??? You show me where it says that in the SRT manual .

@ChrisJC you never taught me a stop cock wasn’t aloud ??

@BikinGlynn what do you think about this ???

@CJ youve worked with cave rescue members ?? Is this aloud

I think u should leave the cocks out of it!

 

[TomFerry]

I think u should leave the cockspur out of it!

Exactly the pipe is sufficient.

 

[dougle89]

Exactly the pipe is sufficient.

And there’s a slide at the bottom to catch you anyway

 

[Jimbbo2009]

Maybe Bwlch y Plwm through trip, if you wanted a reasonably straightforward metal mine srt trip - top adit to Deep Adit? 40m or so inclined pitch.

More Croesor info than you can shake a stick at here:

Buddlepit Document Library

Barrell, Adrian (1994); The Croesor File; 211 pages

buddlepit.co.uk

Buddlepit Document Library

Isherwood, Graham (1978); Croesor Quarry Plan; 1 pages

buddlepit.co.uk

Has Bwlch y Plwm got insitu ropes? Done CRTT and Moel Fferna recently and looking to get further into the SRT stuff, but currently only got a 20m rope

 

[Willy Eckerslyke]

Has Bwlch y Plwm got insitu ropes? Done CRTT and Moel Fferna recently and looking to get further into the SRT stuff, but currently only got a 20m rope

No, you'll need to take your own. The second pitch is quite long. 50m (?) for a pull through.

 

[Jimbbo2009]

No, you'll need to take your own. The second pitch is quite long. 50m (?) for a pull through.

will have to wait until I can afford a longer rope