We met the Zaghouan cavers at 7:30 and went next door for a coffee. After loading up the kit we drove off to the nearby mountain to find the cave (Ete 2000 (Summer 2000)). Eight of us set off up the hill, the four Brits and Ghassen, Sofien, Mourad and Abdou (a new caver from Sfax who caves with the Bizerte club).
After a steep scramble down the mountain side to the cave entrance, Ghassen went in to rig. The cave is a vertical system with a couple of awkward rebelays. As VI had done no SRT underground yet, she and JC decided to give this cave a miss. At the entrance we also discovered that this was one of Abdou’s first vertical trips. The six of us headed down slowly with MC and EP giving some tips and guidance on rigging techniques.
Coming out MC and EP went first, taking some photos on the way. Leaving the bottom of the cave Abdou was hit on the thigh by a large stone causing him some discomfort! This slowed down the exit and it was dark before all were out of the cave and it derigged. We all scrambled back up the mountain and down the road to the parked cars. We arrived back at the youth centre by 7:30pm, slightly later than planned!
We were taken out for a meal by the cavers and the meal, plus our accommodation was to be paid for by the youth centre of Zaghouan which was a very pleasant surprise to us all.
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