by rapid magnetothermal cooling (Avalanche Quench Protocol, AQP) the sample through the freezing transition, allowing the controlled creation of a non-equilibrium population of monopoles in the frozen regime [@PaulsenAQP]. However it is more problematic to cool samples containing Ho, due to the large Ho nuclear spin which results in a Schottky heat capacity of 7 J mol$^{-1}$ K$^{-1}$ at 300 mK. Indeed this anomaly has been exploited by the Planck telescope where the bolometers are attached to the cold plate by yttrium-holmium feet thus allowing passive filtering with a several hour time constant that was crucial to the operation of the system [@PrivateComm]. For [Ho$_{2}$Ti$_{2}$O$_{7}$]{} this means difficulty in cooling. Therefore during some of the runs the sample temperature was recorded via a thermometer directly mounted on the sample face. Fig. 2a shows the monitoring of the sample temperature as it approaches equilibrium for [Ho$_{2}$Ti$_{2}$O$_{7}$]{} and [Dy$_{2}$Ti$_{2}$O$_{7}$]{}  during and after the AQP. The inset of Fig. 2a shows that only a few seconds are required to cool the samples from 0.9 K to 0.2 K, which is well below the freezing transition. Whereas [Dy$_{2}$Ti$_{2}$O$_{7}$]{} continues to cool, reaching 80 mK after only 10 s, [Ho$_{2}$Ti$_{2}$O$_{7}$]{} takes nearly 2000 s to 