# 161: Index D

Darkness Dooms
  15m pitch below Bacon Slicer in Drunk and Stupid (1989)
Daz Automatic
  Another pitch series in the floor of Algeria. Connects to Washer (1995)
Dead and Buried
  p8m beyond short passage from Helipad in D&S (1989), can also be reached on its far side from French Connection
Deadbats Chamber
  Every cave should have one ! Kaninchenhöhle's is in the Puerile Humour Series (1996)
Dead Drill Hole
  In Limo Series beyond Stomping, (or below Driller Killer): pitch into Dreaming of Limo chamber (1994)
Death's Door
  The head of Loose Bowels pitch below Checkout (1988)
Deep Sleep
  Steep narrow rift, floor of Dreamtime 20m after Alternative Shopper (1992)
Degree of Talent
  6m second pitch of Interview Blues (1996)
Dehydration
  Originally (1990) everything beyond Staircase 36 (ie. CFN, HGS, Endless). This is now no longer a useful grouping, so scope has been restricted to mean Endless rift/pitch series, ie. Series of shafts from Endless to Half Shaft (1990)
Del's Bit
  Obsolete (1988) name for passage leading from Arrow Chamber (LHR) to Pitch-Ramp Series
Del's Climb
  [C1989-161-03] in Olympus (1989)
Deja Vu
  20m pitch below Roll of the Dice in France (1991 limit)
Dennis the Menace
  25m pitch into Doubting Thomas Series from Doll Killer Passage in Limo Series (1995)
Dental Floss
  First pitch of Oral Series off Dreaming of Limo (1995)
Dewdrop
  Passage in LHR, explored from below (1988) but named when it became main route below S'not pitch (1991) on way to Left Hand Route
Dewdrop Junction
  Junction between Dewdrop and main Left Hand Route passage (1991)
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The Dice
  Large boulder in France (original 1990 sense) at head of Roll of the Dice in France (later 1991-on meaning) (1990)
Digestive Passage
  Pitch below Rich Tea into Biscuit Factory (1994)
Dig number 90
  Low crawl near bottom of Natural City, Puerile Humour Series (1996)
Dinorwig
  50m pitch 2/3 way down Powerstation (1990)
Disintegration
  Loose boulder slope below Titfield Thunderbolt in France (later meaning) (1993)
Dr. Snuggles
  Passage from tunnel on left just after Moth Chamber in Triassic Park (1996)
The Doledrums
  10m third pitch of Interview Blues (1996)
Dolphin Falls
  A completely spurious name used in the original 1997 report, for Penguin Falls
Doll Killer Passage
  In Dreaming of Limo area (1994) with [C1994-161-53] to [C1994-161-55]
Double A
  First squeeze below Oldham Pitch in Flat Battery (1990)
Doubting Thomas Series
  Pitch series below Dreaming of Limo named after MikeTA pronounced that it obviously wouldn't go (1995)
Dounreay
  Classic 37m pitch below Foulness Ledge in Powerstation (1990)
  used in the log book write up only to mean the (then unexplored) 50m pitch now called Dinorwig
Dracula's Grave
  3m deep ice-filled pit in Transylvania Avenue, beyond Iceland (1996)
Dreaming of Limo
  Large complex chamber, found via Gnome II in Dreamtime, but now reached via Stomping from RHR. Named by thirsty cavers needing a change from Gösser (1994). Has [C1994-161-41]-[C1994-161-49]
Dreaming Pitch
  10ish m pitch between Eyehole and Hinge in Dreamtime (1989)
Dream On
  This is the name of a survey (rather than a named part of the cave): "Dreamtime top bit extra survey" to start of Deep Sleep (1991)
Dreamtime
  Continuation of Big Sainsbury's, becoming a vertical route down to Bungalow pitch (1989-90)
Drier
  Dry pitch reached by Top Loader (1994) or climb from Algeria (1993). The further of the two shafts of Twin Tubs
Driller Killer
  27m pitch beyond squeeze in Gnome II (1994) - leads to Limo Series and via Stomping to Vestabule in Right Hand Route
Drunk & Stupid
  Vertical series from Big Sainsbury's connecting to Left Hand route via French Connection (1989)
Duckpond
  Before 25m Exhaustion Pitch, beyond Maze on way to Siberia (1991)
Dunge(o)ness
  An expunged name for the Sizewell B pitch and two crawls below in Powerstation (1990)
  used only in the log book write up of the discovery trip.
The Dungeon
  Base of Dungeon Pitch from The Basement (1988)
Dungeon Pitch
  Most obvious way on down from The Basement. Originally referred to as second pitch, and then 1988 second pitch (1988)
Dunno
  Rift off to left between The Ramp and Kein Zimmer Rift in the Wheelchair Access series (1997) ('What shall we call this bit ?' - 'Dunno!!' - so it was).