sell gill holes dry route

[chrisporcheret]

Hi all, just a quick one incase your planning a trip to sell gill in the next few days,  when a few of us went up on Friday it was completely plugged with snow on the dry route and the goblin route it very full aswell.

Chris

 

[Alex]

Hmm, so bring a shovel, I would have thought it would have melted by now.

 

[Tgood]

Hi guys

I was with Chris on Friday when we found that the dry route was plugged with snow.

We dug it out a bit but gave up and did alum pot instead. We. Spoke to a group today that said they went down Friday evening after a bit more digging...and managed an exchange so it should be good to go now.

We were also told that swinsto was snow plugged on Saturday and that one group gave up trying to find the entrance. Swinsto is now accessible as we were there today.

Hope this helps.

P.s Chris was good to meet you on Friday...let me know if your in the peaks area and I'll let you know when we are in the dales next

 

[chrisporcheret]

Hi chris.
They must have had a jcb  ended up having a fun trip in the end though
Im hoping to come down before too long so we can have a proper weekend of it.
Speak to you soon mate
Chris

 

[Tgood]

Hi chris.
They must have had a jcb  ended up having a fun trip in the end though
Im hoping to come down before too long so we can have a proper weekend of it.
Speak to you soon mate
Chris

Perhaps they did...certainly more effective than our sticks...

Let me know when you in the peaks and I'll see what I can arrange 

Cheers

Chris

 

[pwhole]

I was one of a group who did an exchange on Friday evening, and we didn't have to do anything to get in, so maybe we followed someone else who did do some digging - it was open both ends. Not that there wasn't any snow left mind.

I went in the 'wet' route, which wasn't very wet at all, and derigged the dry route, which was hilarious and a little hairy. I've never been before, and so coming up into a giant cornice of snow on the exit pitch, having no idea at all what was underneath it (I'm guessing a boulder choke) was a bit of a 'gulp' moment, especially when I saw the rope was cutting a good 40cm into the snow. I managed to swipe the jammer sideways and chop a big slice of snow out, and just spread myself over the whole blob and climb messily up it.

Great quick trip though, apart from the subzero walk back.

 

[Alex]

If I recall the floor is flat so if your climbing thats pure snow your going up.

 

[pwhole]

Brilliant. Well, good to know I did it when I could. When that lot drops I'd prefer to be above it.

Actually, thinking about it, maybe the girls did have to dig out the dry entrance a bit - I'd already gone down the wet route and never thought to ask if they'd dug it out first when I got out.

 

[chrisporcheret]

Brilliant. Well, good to know I did it when I could. When that lot drops I'd prefer to be above it.

Actually, thinking about it, maybe the girls did have to dig out the dry entrance a bit - I'd already gone down the wet route and never thought to ask if they'd dug it out first when I got out.

Get down the wet route and leave the hard work to the girls, smart thinking there 
Its a pretty straight sided hole so alot snow in there.
Glad you had a good trip!
Chris