Geoff R said:
The right hand wall looks interesting, but just a little rusty and old ….. pity these are not resin.
Right Hand Route is a superb SRT trip where you don't touch the floor of the passage from the top of the first pitch to the bottom of the third pitch.
A concious decision was made not to resin the right hand route.
There were several reasons
1. It didn't need doing
2. It was felt that turning it into a "Join the Dots" route would detract from the challenge / seriousness of the route. :shock:
3. It was felt by many people (Myself included) that it is useful to have an SRT route which is on spits as a "rigging training facility" the thinking for this is as follows:-
Rigging is a vanishing skill - anone can rig off of pre placed bolts but if people were to find a new cave or visit an unknown / no rigging topo cave most people would be unable to rig safely.
A good rigger knows where the bolts should be. Next time you are on an SRT trip watch the rigger, if he is any good he won't follow the bolts down the cave, he will rig the pitch head and abseil down to a point in the shaft where it is obvious to him that a rebelay or deviation is needed and then he will look for the bolt. It is even more obvious in a cave which is not "P" bolted.
This is a vanishing skill and in these days of join the dots rigging there are very few "new" people aquiring these skills. As more caves are "P" bolted less oportunities are available for people to hone their rigging skills.
Expedition caving needs people who can not only rigg on spits but know where to place the spits in the first place. Even "P" bolting needs these rigging skills - it is imperative that the people who are placing the "P" bolts get them in the correct position, being able to rig corectly is a pre requesite for this.