Ian P said:I am fortunate enough to be going on a trip to the Berger in summer.
Any personal tips and ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Looking for personal nuggets of experience / tips rather than the big stuff.
T I A
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Be prepared to get quite wet below Hurricane pitch (the last one). Even in dry weather, and even if you stop at the pseuo-siphon (as I did), you will be in up to waist or further, though not for long.
I heard rumours that they're sometimes dry. Wasn't my experience on either of my two trips.Alex said:That canal is one of the more strenuous sections as it involves tentioned traverses.
Yep, I got pretty hung up on one of those, while carrying two bags of rope. Was very glad for a mate to come back and help me out.The steam passage beyond is also has a few of those (one quite long) on them. Best bring something to help you cross those sort of obstacles, as they are very hard carrying bags and I got stuck in the middle of one where it sagged for quite some time. Using a hand jammer to pull yourself across does not work well, having not done many of these in the UK or otherwise I can't advise the best way of doing them.
Maybe get your mates to pull you across on the other rope
Hah, on both of my trips it was impossible to traverse the canals without being waist deep in water.Badlad said:The big decision you have is whether to go to the very bottom (the sump) or not. If you turn back at the deep pool just beyond the 1000m inlet then you can stay pretty dry. On one of my trips I never even got water down my wellies getting to this point.
Mark Wright said:Ian P said:I am fortunate enough to be going on a trip to the Berger in summer.
Any personal tips and ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Looking for personal nuggets of experience / tips rather than the big stuff.
T I A
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There is a book. Avaialable at
www.gouffreberger.org
Mark
David Rose said:Don't wear a plastic (PVC) suit, although most of the shots in Mr Wright's essential book do show people wearing them. You will get too hot.