Titan - the big one

Team Orpheus ready to go!

So, the day had finally arrived for the visit to Titan. Having seen it from the bottom a few weeks before, I had some idea of what to expect, but I don't think anything really prepares you for the real thing. Keith was rigging and he, Aaron, Paul T, Boyd and Larry were to go through to JH, whilst Chris, Dave, Phil Walker and Mark came from JH through to Titan.

Paul, Dawn and I were heading in and out of Titan, so we followed that group down the entrance pitch and followed them to the balcony that overlooks the 80m pitch down to the Event Horizon. It's a very scary place to stand, even when you're clipped into two different ropes. Paul T was on the rope when I first looked over with Aaron on the Event Horizon and with my light on full, I could see far too much. Awesome!

Boyd was next to go and Paul took a couple of photos of us before he set off.












He looked remarkably calm (8 days after his 70th birthday!) hanging over the edge while I took a final shot, a lot calmer than Larry did a few minutes later.






















I spent quite some time on the Event Horizon while Larry went on down and Dawn arrived and then headed back up. The prusik back up didn't seem to take too long, considering, but then I was busy taking lots of photos of all the pretty formations. The entrance pitch was another thing. It's quite a large diameter and deceptively long!!













Kate Humble, you're a star!!!