# 1623/161 Kaninchenhöhle side passages - D&S

## 161 Kaninchenhöhle: Drunk and Stupid

On The Twenty, the initial 20m rift pitch, there is a possible route 10m down the pitch, and a tight side rift to an undescended pitch at the bottom. The hole in the floor beneath the boulders is about 10m deep to a dead end chamber.

At the bottom of the 30m pitch (The Thirty), there is a very tight rift leading back which is too tight, and also a parallel rift to the main one, reached by a 7m climb up, Indian Rope Trick to find a bolt to rig it more safely. This point can also be reached by some tight thutching up a rift (on 030°). The rift heads down (bearing 190°) and enlarges with a 15m pitch to a ledge at the limit of exploration in 1989 [C1989-161-09 A]. Anyone exploring this should find a hammer dropped on 27th August 1989, but voice communication suggests the route may reenter D&S lower down.

On the next 20m pitch, there are several possibilities. Descending the pitch, 10m down is a ledge and a good natural rebelay. From this ledge a 1m diameter tube descends a series of climbs and continues unexplored [C1989-161-13 B]. At the bottom of the 20m pitch is a 3m diameter chamber with nice fossil bivalves set in the floor. A very tight damp rift, [C1989-161-10 B?], heads off from one side. At the other side is a very tight squeeze through an eyehole, White Hole, into a neighbouring shaft (Parallel Universe) which is part of the main continuation of Drunk & Stupid.

#### Helipad (1989)

There are several routes from this chamber. At the far end is a stream inlet (the route on to French Connection is to its right) [C1989-161-17 C]. However, the rocks in the inlet look extremely loose and it has never been ascended. The stream disappears into boulders in the floor and it is possible to climb down through the boulders to an undescended pitch [C1989-161-18 C].

Immediately to the left of the boulder climb is a 5m section of 2m high passage that ends at an 8m pitch, Dead and Buried. All ways on from the bottom of the pitch were too tight. The tiny rift at the far side is the other route from French Connection Chamber.

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