Friday's Eldon Hole trip started with an uphill walk (including a short detour). Once we found the cave, Dave and George rigged two of the four pitches, North and South Gully. The descent was quite enjoyable as the weather was fair. Once we reached the bottom of the first pitch, we climbed down the ladder in the cave. Before heading up to Damocles Rift, we decided to explore the boulder choke just off the main chamber, which was too small for any of us to fit in and quickly completely closed off.
The pull through was fine and the up pitches were pretty. Once we reached Damocles Rift, we paused to take photos and then started to head back. Descending the pull through posed a few challenges as the ropes had twisted which resulted in some time going up and down the ropes and some detangling from Dave before I could finally descend. We learnt that it is maybe not the best idea to leave a tackle sack hanging off the end to the rope as the swinging had caused this issue. We then headed out into the sunlight to ascend out of the entrance pitch and de-rig.
Cavers: George T, Phoebe G, and Dave B
Trip report: Phoebe G
Photos: Dave B
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