Wednesday 25th July 2018

John Cooper. Completed drilling 20mm holes. Drilled 1 in the wrong place so will need to fill it. Also 1 in a sub-optimal band of rock. 2¼ hours.

Tuesday 24th July 2018

John Cooper. Started work on converting Hazel Pitch into a via ferrata. Drilled marker holes, 5.5mm at suitable locations and spacing. Then drilled 20mm holes stating at the bottom. Allowed for an overlap with a sideways move about halfway up. Still more drilling required. 4 hours.

Monday 23rd July 2018

John Cooper, Simon Richards (Nik Nak), Wayne Starsmore, Adrian Vanderplank, Jude Vanderplank and Barry Weaver. Working the bottom shaft tonight. Barry hauling at the top of the bottom shaft, Jude transferring and Wayne stacking at the bottom of Four-Tonne shaft. Initially John went down and broke up the existing boulders with the hammer with Nik-Nak loading and Adrian hauling part way down the bottom shaft. John and Adrian then swapped places and Adrian continued capping the way on. To finish they brought down the end wall! A total of 43 loads hauled up the bottom shaft. 2½+ hours.