# 161 Glossary of names

# Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) Glossary

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161a
  Main entrance (1988)
161b
  Obscure, choked entrance to France, down gully 75m SE from 161a (1990)
161c
  Main entrance to France, down gully 75m SE from 161a (1990) originally found by French group GSCB under name "VSS2", to -285m
161d
  Scarface entrance from Flat France east to Hochklapf valley (1995)
  [Picture]
161e
161f
  Entrance NE of (and 20m higher than) Scarface (~50m SSW of 161e) reached from Completely Loopy in Puerile Humour Series (1996, c 5 mins after 161e, but by a different party)
1988 second pitch
  An obsolete name for Dungeon Pitch. Refs to this name should be changed.
2.4 kids
  13m sixth pitch of Interview Blues (1996)

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AA
  First squeeze below PP3 Pitch in Flat Battery (1990)
AAA
  2nd squeeze below PP3 in Flat Battery, top of NiFe (1990)
Adrian's Route
  1st explored route to France, from Rabbit Warren (1988)
AFWAT
  An expunged name for "A Floor With A Trench" below Dounreay in Powerstation (1990)
AFWATIT
  An expunged name for "A Floor With A Trench In Too" below Sizewell A in Powerstation (1990)
  These names were used only in the logbook write-up of the discovery trip.
Alexander Technique
  52m pitch below Gob on You (1993). Next pitch leads back to DeHydration (later meaning) (1990). Traverse across is [C1993-161-04]
Alfons Åberg
  Two small pits separated by a mudbank at end of Dr. Snuggles (1996)
Algeria
  Large chamber deep in France (later meaning), below Frogs' Legs (1992)
Alphetta Streamway
  A short section of streamway reached from Trembling via Free Attics which ends tiny up stream and too narrow downstream (1989)
Alternative Shopper
  Dead end pitch series beyond Checkout in Big Sainsbury's (1989)
Alternative Universe
  c250m of passage from start of Triassic Park, mostly parallel to it, ending near Ring Piece Junction (1996)
Ambidextrous
  Route explored from Left Hand to Right Hand Route (French Connection to Wobbling), also described from Right to Left, as this is likely to be more useful to parties using Triassic entrance(s) (1991)
Amyl Nitrate
  First hole (traversed past on right) in Puerile Humour Series (1996). May be undescended ?
  [Picture]
Androids
  Pitch in Bladerunner (1992)
Anorexic Rift
  Tight Rift below Bulemic Pit at end of Alternative Universe (1996)
Application for Life
  55m fifth pitch (first in State of Independence?) of Interview Blues (1996)
Ariadne's Aven
  Pair of avens left of FX2 in Flat Battery (1990)
Arrow Chamber
  Chamber at start of pitches in Left Hand Route (1988)
The Arsehole
  11m blind pitch in Oral Series off Dreaming of Limo (1995)
Attempted Penetration
  30m pitch below Titfield Thunderbolt in France (later meaning) (1993)
Automatic Doors
  Pitch below entrance pitch, into Big Sainsbury's (1988)
  [Picture]
Axle Stand
  Ramp pitch at the end of Black Velvet (1993)

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Bacon Slicer
  Nasty, muddy, hading rift after Wet Nappy Chamber in Drunk and Stupid (1989)
Baker
  (undescended) one of three shafts in Arrow Chamber. Actually there is some debate about this, as the trip of 2nd September 1988 claimed to descend Baker, but all subsequent references suggest that the descended pitch was called Butcher.
The Basement
  Chamber below entrance pitch (1988)
Bat Corner
  Small sandy chamber below 1st pitch of Flapjack (1989)
Bat Droppings
  36m freehang below Bat Corner in Flapjack (1989)
Batman Series
  Off Deadbats Chamber in Puerile Humour Series (1996)
Battle of the Bulge
  Squeeze on original route to Scarface entrance (1995)
Bearbum Passage
  A branch off Psycho Street in Fuzzy Logic ends tight (1998)
Becka Falls
  Pitch below Squeeze in Checkout route (named 1989)
Beehive (Flapjack)
  Very tight rift at bottom of Flapjack (1989)
Beehive (Repton)
  Chamber beyond Repton II, on way to Pipeless (1991)
  [Picture]
Beer Belly Blues
  Another (1989) name for The Squeeze
Belgium
  30m pitch & dead end, bottom of French Connection II (1990). Named because it is small and near France, but much less interesting ;)
  Erroneously: to refer to area around Dice Chamber
Between the Thighs
  Puerile Humour Series (1996)
Big Sainsbury's
  Large passage below entrance on most routes (1988)
  [Picture]
Bird's Eye
  Rock Bridge over a cross rift c 50m down Niflheim on LHR (1988)
Biscuit Factory
  Chamber below Digestive Passage (1994)
Black Bullshit
  Final 30m pitch from Waterfalls Walk of Orient Express route (1993)
Black Lagoon
  Silt pool at bottom of Left Hand Route (1989)
Black Suspender Pitch
  Blind pitch at end (150m from start) of Mississippi (1994), ledge halfway down also reached from Rocky Horror end of Fudge Brownie
Black Velvet
  Black sandy passage beyond Satan‘s Sitting Room (1992)
Bladerunner
  Series down hole (aka HBTPBTS: Hole Below The Pitch Below The Squeeze) just below Chunnel Pitch (1992)
Bladerunner pitch
  The second, 14m, pitch in Bladerunner (1992).
Bloody Hairfire Passage
  The furthest part of the left hand branch of Puerile Humour Series, beyond Where the Wind Blows (1996)
B-Meal
  Passage off Olympus (1989)
The Bottom
  The deepest point, originally bottom of Flapjack series (1989, -498m), but now the furthest point of Siberia, below Midnight in Moscow (1998, -527m)
Bottomless Pit of Eternal Chaos
  (Who thinks 'em up, eh?) 60m pitch off Trifurcation at end of Triassic Park part 3 (1996) "BPEC" on survey.
Boulder Alley
  Main route of RHR below Poxy, above Knossos (1988)
  [Picture]
Boulderdash Chamber
  Obsolete name for Repton (1991)
Bounce Rift
  The logical end of Puerile Humour and start of Yorkshire Pudding leading to 161e and Iceland (1996)
Bourneville Lake; Bourneville Choc Flats
  A relict (or seasonal ?) lake in Upstream Lost World, marked by a tide mark of dark brown mud. [Picture] (Dark chocolate mud and land speed records)
The Box
  A "viewing platform" at the start of Footlights Traverse in Steinschlagschacht (1997)
Brian's Pitch
  Short pitch off Puerile Humour (1996)
The Bridge
  Precarious boulders over a big pit in Pipeless (1992)
  [Picture]
Brownie's Cunt
  Squeeze (now dug) into Zombie Slime from French Revolution (1995)
  [Picture]
Bugger
  Frustrating 1995 end of Triassic Park at climb up (Fine Clean Rock, 1996)
  [Picture]
Bulemic Pit
  7m pitch at end of Alternative Universe (1996)
Bullshit Alley
  Blind rift on right at start of Dreamtime (1990)
The Bungalow
  Large boulder, end of Chunnel, with pitch off it (1988)
Bungalow Pitch
  Pitch off the Bungalow at end of Chunnel (1988)
  [Picture]
Burble
  Route from Chicken Flied Nice into the further ramifications of Repton etc. etc. (1990/91)
Burble Crawl
  Most obvious way out of aven at start of Burble (1990)
Butcher
  First pitch of Left Hand Route, from Arrow Chamber (1988)

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Campsite (LHR)
  In Dewdrop passage of Left Hand Route (now on main way) (1989)
Campsite (RHR - 1989)
  In Toilet Block, off YAPATE at Carrefour (1989)
Campsite (RHR - 1993 on)
  In Wet Weekend, and again nearby in Pipeless (1993 on)
  [Picture]
Candlestick Maker
  1988 usage believed to refer to 1 (undescended) of 3 parallel shafts from Arrow Chamber in Left hand Route.
  Confusingly used to refer to 1st Powerstation pitch & pitch below Butcher during Powerstation exploration and in some later versions of description
Captive Wedge
  Pitch below Hasta La Vesta (1990) or Alexander Technique (1993), with tube and rift [C1990-161-07]
Carrefour
  Major junction at start of YAPATE in RH Route (1988) with Toilet Block, Waterfall Chamber and way to Flapjack.
  [Picture]
Catshit
  Floor at bottom of first broken 80m pitch in Henri's Cat (1996)
Catwoman's Claws
  Left Hand branch in Batman Series leading to Where the Wind Blows (1996)
Checkout
  Pitch at end of Big Sainsbury's, old main route, (aka the Third Pitch) (1988)
Cheesegrater
  In Flat Battery, Rock barrier in scrotty bit below Electrolyte Level, near FX2 pitch (1990)
Chicken Flied Nice
  Continuation of YAPATE beyond Staircase 36 (1990)
Children's Railway
  Passage paralleling Triassic Park (but smaller) from Locophobia to Ring Piece Junction. Thus named because start is perfect tunnel, it is off Locophobia, and we found a Children's Railway in subsequent holiday in Hungary (1995)
ChossPot
  Pitches (p16,p7) below Bugger at end of Triassic Park (1996)
Chunder Trip Pitch
  A deprecated alternative name for the first pitch in the Pitch-Ramp Series (1993).
The Chunnel
  Main Passage of Right Hand Route, Becka Falls to Bungalow (1988)
  [Picture of Chunnel Pitch]
Clear As Mud
  70m dried up streamway to a mud choke at the bottom of Fuzzy Logic (1998)
Clearly Too Tight
  Miserable 5m pitch in Doubting Thomas series (1995)
Completely Loopy
  Part of right hand branch of Batman Series in Puerile Humour, close to the 161f entrance (1996)
Corinth Canal
  30m high narrow rift over water below Redemption Pitch in Chaos series (1996)
Cowboy Caver
  Area reached by climb up rift between top of Garden Party and bottom of Squeeze pitch (1995)
Critters' End
  Passage containing dead bats and moths via which Scarface was originally found (1995)
Crystal Clear Passage
  Main route to 161f from either Pothole Passage or Completely Loopy, Puerile Humour Series (1996)
Crystal Maze
  Ice-decorated area of Iceland (1996)

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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)
  [Picture]
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).

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Early Retirement
  A small phreatic tube to an unpushed pitch, below The Volvo in Interview Blues (1996)
East Anglia
  Low sandy passage beyond Far Too Far (1993) to pitch at end [C1993-161-03] (flat and not very interesting)
Eau Naturel
  Short rift series off [C1995-161-48] where water sinks in Locophobia (1998)
Electrolyte Level
  Phreatic level at bottom of Flat Battery (1990)
Elin Algor
  Large straight NE/SW rift passage in Forbidden Land (named after the fridge in the potato hut, when inspiration was lacking) (1996)
The End is Nigh?
  48m ninth pitch with constricted take off, in Interview Blues (1996)
Endless
  Steeply descending scrambly rift passage below Hyper Gamma Spaces, leading to Hasta La Vesta (1990)
Entrance pitch (161a)
  37m pitch from surface to The Basement (1988)
  [Picture]
Even Further
  Chamber beyond Further reached by The Needle and Weasel Pit (1993)
Exhaustion Pitch
  25m pitch beyond the Duckpond, beyond the Maze (1991)
Eyehole Pitch
  Second Pitch of Dreamtime (1989)
Eyehole Route
  New (1997) route in Steinschlagschacht, leading to connection with 161.

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Far Too Far
  Passage beyond sharp corner in Black Velvet (1992), with pitch [C1992-161-19] and left traverse [C1992-161-21] at end
Fat Knot Fruity
  15m pitch below Disintegration in France (1993)
Fear-On Traverse
  Traverse over Gizza Job (1st pitch of Interview Blues) (unsurveyed and connecting down to fifth pitch of IVB), named for the technical difficulty and exposure of traverse to reach it, pioneered by Dave Fearon (1996)
  [Picture of traverse]
Fifty Francis' Phreatic Freehang
  Classic 40m pitch in Flat Battery, below Jackpot (1990)
The Final Cut
  20m blind rift beyond Wish You were here (Not Me) pitch (1990)
Fine Clean Rock
  Climb above Bugger at the end of Triassic Park, into passage heading north past a 226m shaft, Henri's Cat (1996)
Five-Ways Chamber
  Beyond Dead Bat Chamber in Puerile Humour Series, the start of Completely Loopy (1996)
Flapjack
  Major pitch series from YAPATE level between Carrefour and the far end of Olympus, reaches -498m (1989)
Flapjack II
  Alternative version of Flapjack from -50m down latter, reaching just about the same depth (1990)
Flat Battery Series
  Pitch series near far end YAPATE to c -400m (1990)
Flat France
  Generic term for horizontal passages at the Algeria/Scarface level of France (1994-95)
Fogies' Folly
  The original name for Wheelchair Access, which name was originally applied to only part of the series (1996)
Footlights Traverse
  Traverse from the head of the fourth pitch on Eyehole route in Steinschlagschacht, high above the Theatre (1997)
Forbidden Land
  (Originally) big, partially collapsed rift beyond very active boulder choke (Stairway to Hell) at end of Mississippi/Rocky Horror (1995);
  Now: The whole south-west-trending series from this entry point to the Steinschlagschacht connection (1996)
Foulness Ledge
  Rock covered ledge at foot of 1st pitch of Powerstation (1990)
France (later meaning)
  Major Vertical series below 161c, partly explored by French (1991 on)
France (original meaning)
  The chamber containing The Dice, now France Chamber (1990)
Francophobia
  Pitch Series reached from 161c, drops into France (1991)
  [Picture]
Free Attics
  Twisty tubes off Trembling in Pot of Gold (1989)
French Connection Chamber
  Chamber where Left Hand Route meets Drunk & Stupid (1989)
French Connection Pitch
  Pitch into French Connection Chamber from Left Hand Route (1989)
French Connection II
  Rift connected to France by passage identical/parallel/below R.Crusoe. Also the 50m Pitch in this rift from Adrian's/161b (1990)
French Revolution
  1995 breakthrough point towards Triassic Park. Passage (starts as traverse) connecting Fudge Brownie to Brownie's Cunt (1995)
Frogs' Legs
  Three pitches below Toothless into Algeria, in France (1992)
Fudge Brownie
  Muddy passage on left side of Mississippi 20m from start, named for the colour and quality of its mud (1994)
Further Chamber
  Chamber reached by Axle Stand from Black Velvet (1993)
Fuzzy Logic
  Passage left at Not This Junction (end of 1994 survey) in Siberia (1997)
FX2
  Final p8 where Flat Battery drops into Electrolyte Level (1990)

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Garden Party
  Vertical route from hole in Left Hand Route floor near Dewdrop, to Ragnarök (1992)
Genital Wart
  Pitch leading to VD Series, near start of Puerile Humour (1996)
Ginger Crunch
  Pitch into high rift reached from Mississippi Mud Pie (1994)
Gizza Job
  25m first pitch of Interview Blues (1996)
Gnasher
  25m pitch (alternative to Dennis the Menace) into Doubting Thomas Series, continuation of pitch from Doll Killer Passage into Dreaming of Limo (1995)
Gnome Passage
  Low passage beyond bedding plane below Eyehole in Dreamtime (1990), ends in boulder choke, not pushed 1992
Gnome II
  Right hand fork of Gnome, including serious squeeze to Driller Killer (1992)
Gob
  Series from Gob on You (1990), joining Dehydration (1993) at Half Shaft
Gob On You
  Pitch at end of YAPATE leading to Wish You Were Here (1990 (1989 ?)) (after a nasty SPIT)
The Gods' Traverse
  Spectacular bolted traverse 14m down fourth pitch on Eyehole route in Steinschlagschacht, 40+m above the floor of the Theatre (1997) [Picture]
Golgotha
  Short low bit off Mothshag containing big skull (Bear?) (1995)
Gonorrhoea
  Blind 14m rift pitch at the bottom of VD Series off start of Puerile Humour (1996)
Gotham City Junction
  In Batman Series (Puerile Humour) (1996)
The Gravel Pit
  Particularly chossy way off Tirolia Werke in Forbidden Land, pushed via 136 (1997)
The Gravy Train
  Right from crossroads below The Volvo in Interview Blues (1996)
Green Gables
  Short series right off that part of Siberia explored but not surveyed in 1994 - no description yet (1997)
Grub Chamber
  Small chamber in Lying Down on the Job in the eastern part of Puerile Humour (1996)
The Guillotine
  High passage connecting Scarface/Salt Lake City junction to Triassic. Named after pointy hanging boulder (1995)

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Half Shaft
  p35 below Hasta La Vesta and above Captive Wedge (Dehydration/GOB) (1990)
Hall of the Mounting Choss
  Long, steeply inclined chamber at the start of Forbidden Land (1996)
Hammeroids
  49m pitch below Tapeworm (1996) named for hammer head which broke off during rigging and was found exactly at the bottom of the rope
Han Solo
  14m pitch at start of Bladerunner (1992)
Hangover Hang
  Nasty 9m handline climb below Tortoise and Hare in Garden Party (1992)
Hare Rift
  Freeclimbable rift paralleling Tortoise Pitch, Garden Party (1992)
Hasta La Vesta
  Nasty pitch head (hanging death) halfway down Dehydration, leading onto Half Shaft (1990)
Heart of Gold
  Short muddy passage to left in Vogon Constructor Ship (1994)
The Helipad
  Chamber near the bottom of Drunk and Stupid (1989)
Hell's Teeth
  20m tedious rift below Bottomless Pit of Eternal Chaos (1996)
Hellgrind
  Crawl at bottom of Left Hand Route leading to Thumper The Talking Sump (1989)
Henri's Cat
  Deep pitch series (from -198 to -424m essentially in a single shaft) from Fine Clean Rock (1996)
A Bad Case of Herpes
  Rift below Genital Wart in VD Series near start of Puerile Humour (1996)
Hinge Pitch
  Fourth pitch of Dreamtime, below Dreaming Pitch (1990)
Hobnob Passage
  Short stretch of passage from Rich Tea to Digestive (1994)
The Hole Below The Pitch Below The Squeeze
  The original name for the start of Bladerunner (before 1992)
Hole in the Roof Pitch
  30m final pitch in Dreamtime (1990)
How far to Tooting?
  First pitch of alternative route below State of Independence? in Interview Blues - the way to Bottomless Pit of Eternal Chaos (1996)
Hymen Crawl
  From Dr. Snuggles to Alternative Universe (1996) Named for hammered-out entrance off Moomintroll
Hyper Gamma Spaces
  Two different, but adjacent places - both the big space containing Strange Downfall, Upfall and Acrossfall, and also the section of confusing rift at its bottom [C1990-161-04] (not the bit which is Endless) (1990)

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Iceland
  Ice-formation-decorated chamber beyond the Crystal Maze, most readily accessible via 161e and Roast Beef, or via Bounce Rift at furthest point of Puerile Humour Series (1996)
Ignorance is Bliss
  2nd pitch of Ignore this Bit (1993)
Ignore This Bit
  Passage off from ledge part way down Automatic Doors (1993)
Indian Rope Trick
  7m climb up from below The Thirty in Drunk and Stupid (1989) to [C1989-161-09]
Indian Scoop
  In short horizontal passage just before Dreaming Pitch in Dreamtime (1989)
Infinite Improbability Drive
  Superb phreatic tube reached from Biscuit Factory via Vogon Constructor Ship, leading to Skeleton in the Cupboard (1994)
Interview Blues
  Deep Vertical Series (to -451m) from Trifurcation at end of Triassic Park (1996) named for initial explorer who had to return to UK for an interview after just one trip

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Jackpot
  4th pitch, 8m, in Flat Battery below NiFe (1990)
The Joker
  Blind 12m pitch in Deadbats Chamber, Puerile Humour Series (1996)

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Kein Zimmer Rift
  A tight rift pitch in Wheelchair Access leading down to the Lost World (1997) [Picture]
Knossos
  aka Knossus.. HUGE Chamber on way to far north, found from RHR (1988) and also accessible from Triassic Park (1996)
  [Picture]
Knossos pitch
  30m pitch from Boulder Alley into Knossos (1988)
KnotWhat
  In Drill Series, beyond Gnome II, and above Driller Killer, (as in "Knot what we wanted") (1992)

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The Labyrinth
  Nasty bit of complex small sharp phreatic passages, Electrolyte Level (1990)
Lazy Labyrinth
  Complex bit near top of Garden Party (1992)
Leadmine
  Complex area to left of Repton I, towards Maze and Siberia (1991) named when entire survey done on 1cm of pencil lead
Leadmine
  Complex area to right from T-junction below Vom pitch beyond Burble (1991) (same place as above, but described from the other end, ie. the direction of discovery)
Left Hand Route
  Major Route from Dewdrop/Becka Falls, via Arrow chamber to Ragnarök (1988)
Levitation
  Aven reached by short climb up from Dewdrop (1991)
Lift Shaft
  (unascended) square aven in Arrow Chamber (1988)
Limo Series
  The Limo series is all the passages & pitches beyond Vestablue (Night Soil, Knotwhat, Oral, Doubting Thomas, etc.) (1994-1995)
Limo's Revenge
  Grotty passage off Stomping (1995)
Llandudno Singers
  Narrowing rift at end of Magic Jumars series (1997)
Loch Gösser
  Long pool off Children's Railway/Triassic Park (1995)
Locophobia
  Wide section of Triassic park at junction of Children's Railway (1995) pun on Fear of the Dark (actually unlocosomethingphobia) and general train sizedness of passage
Loose Bowels
  Second pitch of Checkout route to the Squeeze, immediately below Death's Door (1988)
Lost World
  Huge Stomping Passage beyond Kein Zimmer Rift in Wheelchair Access (1997) [Several Pictures - see visual tour]
Lummat's Folly
  Cross passage in Puerile Humour Series between Natural City and Dead Bat Chamber (1996)
Lying Down on the Job
  An oxbow off the right hand branch of Batman Series in Puerile Humour Series (1996)

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Magic Jumars
  Off Alternative Universe (1997)
Man Friday
  10m long continuation of Robinson Crusoe across FCII, containing unexplained footprint (1991)
The Mathematical Bridge
  A rock arch in Flat Battery below Fifty Francis' Phreatic Freehang (1990)
Maud's Window
  A hole in the Mathematical Bridge (1990)
Maze
  Complex area to left of Vom pitch (1991)
The Meeting Room
  Pitch beyond Fear-On traverse above Interview Blues (1996)
Mental Imbalance
  Pitch below No Goer in Doubting Thomas (1995)
Mid Life Crisis
  13m eighth pitch, beyond the Gravy Train in Interview Blues (1996)
Midnight in Moscow
  55m pitch beyond SOmebody Else's Problem in Siberia (1998)
Millennium Falcon
  Squeezey bit in Bladerunner (1992)
Minoan Surprise
  Short section left at Trifurcation containing 2 big shafts and expected to connect to Knossos (1995) [and proven correct]
Mississippi
  Dried up river passage, right at T-junction reached by traversing big muddy shelf 15m down Sultans of Swing (1994) named for river of one of explorers' home town.
Mississippi Mud Pie
  Chocolate-mud filled passage, left at T-junction from 15m down Sultans of Swing (opposite direction from Mississippi) (1994)
Mohr in Hemd
  Scrotty passage on right 15m from start of Mississippi (1994)
Moomintroll
  Short pasage reached by 3m climb down from Zebedee (1996)
Mosquito Coast
  Awkward, tight, 8m third pitch in Bladerunner (1992)
Mostly Mud
  Sordid keyhole passage beyond Silent Fellow (1992)
Moth Chamber
  Hole in floor 60m beyond the Overflow in Triassic Park (1995) - the way in to Wheelchair Access (1996)
Mother of All Deviations
  5m off-the-rope deviation 44m down the first 80m pitch of Henri's Cat (1996)
Mothshag
  Chamber near Scarface. Contained many shagging moths on discovery (1995)

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National Velvet
  Deprecated name for Axle Stand pitch into Further (1993)
Natural City
  Near start of Puerile Humour Series (1996)
Natural Deception
  Next 10m pitch after Fat Knot Fruity in France (1993)
Natural Imbalance
  Pitch below Mental Imbalance in Doubting Thomas (1995)
The Needle
  9m up pitch from Further Chamber (1993)
Neoprene Chunks
  Passage avoiding Henri's Cat to the right - presumably a crawl (1996)
Never Ready
  3.5m hole below PP3 in Flat Battery (blind) (1990)
NiFe
  3rd pitch of Flat Battery, between PP3 and Jackpot (1990)
Niflheim
  Large pitch in Left Hand Route (bottomed 1989)
Night Soil Passage
  To right shortly before Dead Drill Hole in Limo Series (1994).
  Left Hand Side at junction [C1994-161-39], hole at end [C1994-161-40]
No Goer
  20m pitch in Doubting Thomas Series (1995)
No, You Go First
  Short pitch partway down Flapjack II (1990)
Not This Junction
  T-junction at end of 1994 survey in Siberia, named in 1997
Not yet Baloo
  42m tenth pitch, 6m diameter, after The End is Nigh? in Interview Blues (1996)

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Oldham Pitch
  First pitch of Flat Battery, before PP3 (1990)
Olympus
  Area of horizontal passages off west from Tower Blocks, also spelt Olypus due to initial writo (1988-1989)
Oral Series
  Rift pitch series down from Dreaming of Limo (1995)
Orchestral Pit
  Lower chamber below The Theatre in Steinschlagschacht (1997)
Orient Express
  48m Pitch below Algeria in France (1992)
The Oubliette
  Short pitch below Butcher in Left Hand Route (1988)
Outright Rejection
  16m fourth pitch of Interview Blues (1996)
The Overflow
  Waterfall (good carbide filler) marking change from Triassic Park I to Triassic Park II (1995), and the short pitch series below this (1998)
Over the Rainbow
  Complex widening of Chunnel at traverse over Rainbow Pitch in Right Hand Route (1988)

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Pacman Wall
  Wall of bisected bivalves below Lift Shaft in Arrow Chamber (1988)
Paradox Rift
  1st pitch of Fuzzy Logic in Siberia (1998)
Parallel Processing
  Pitch after Tortoise in Garden Party, with unexplored parallel shaft (1992)
Parallel Universe
  Pitch sort of halfway down Drunk and Stupid (1989)
Pencil Shaft
  Blind pitch in Puerile Humour Series, from Where the Wind Blows (1996)
Penguin Falls, Penguin Falls Bypass
  In Puerile Humour Series - main route from Gotham City Junction to Fiveways (1996) [Picture]
Perseverance
  Complex grotty area with howling draught connecting Triassic Park to Scarface (161d) entrance (1995)
Pete's Chamber
  Chamber at bottom of Bullshit Alley (1990)
Phreatic Fantasy
  (originally Fantasy Frigging Phreatic Level). Third pitch of Wet Dreams route in Steinschlagschacht (1984/1997)
Pipeless
  Main Route on from Beehive beyond Repton (1991)
  [Picture]
Piss Pot
  Reached down rift just before Ginger Crunch in Flat France - choked passage parallel to Mississippi Mud Pie (1995)
The Pit & the Pendulum
  Big shaft and aven off LH side at foot of Boulder Alley, leading to Rabbit Curry (1990)
Pitch-Ramp Series
  Short series of pitches beyond holes in Arrow Chamber, Left Hand Route. Top originally called Del's Bit, then for a while, Chunder Trip Pitch (1993)
Pointless Pitch
  Pitch below Candlestick Maker in the floor of Arrow Chamber in Left Hand Route (1993)
Pothole Passage
  Main way from Shaftmine to 161f entrance from Puerile Humour Series (1996)
Pot of Gold
  Pitch series from Over The Rainbow (1989)
Powerstation
  Pitch series from LHR just before Arrow Chamber (1990)
Poxy Pitch
  6m Pitch after Bungalow Pitch in Right Hand Route (1988)
PP3
  Small (6m) 2nd pitch in Flat Battery after Oldham (1990)
Pretty Pointless
  Small side passage in Ambidextrous, containing tidgy stal (1991)
Professor Yaffle
  Small pitch in Dr. Snuggles, leading to Zebedee (1996)
Psycho Street
  Small hading passage to mud-choked chamber at bottom of Fuzzy Logic (1998)
Pteramacsuit Chamber
  Sizeable chamber in Upstream Lost World (1997) [Picture] Named because this is where damage inflicted to oversuits in Kein Zimmer Rift was invariably spotted
Puerile Humour Series
  Very extensive horizontal development E and NE from Triassic Park just beyond Ring Piece Junction, leading to exit 161f and Bounce Rift (from where passages head to 161e and Iceland to the north) (1996)
  [Picture]
Pump House
  Passage from Hall of the Mounting Choss to Elin Algor in Forbidden Land (1996)

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Rabbit Curry
  Boulder choke at the bottom of Pit and Pendulum (1990)
Rabbit Warren Series
  Series leading from the Basement towards France (1988)
Ragnarök
  Big passage at the bottom of Left Hand Route (1989)
Rainbow Pitch
  Pitch underneath Over The Rainbow in Right Hand Route (1988)
The Ramp
  Ramp passage forming main way on in (and originally carrying the name of) Wheelchair Access (1996)
Rasputin
  Pitch at end of dried out streamway at the very bottom of Siberia, below Midnight in Moscow with probably-unfeasiblew dig at end (1998) named because it refused to die properly
Redemption Pitch
  28m pitch below Bottomless pit of Eternal Chaos (1996)
Regurgitation
  Big chamber (bottom of aven) at end of Mohr in Hemd (1994) named after popular eat-MiHs-until-you-throw-up game at Hilde's
Repton Chamber
  Large chamber in two sections beyond CFN (1991)
Repton I
  First half of Repton (Hyper Gamma Spaces end) (1991)
Repton II
  Second half of Repton (Beehive end) (1991)
Rich Tea
  Right turn in descending boulder slope below Ginger Crunch (1994) several QMs hereabouts - holes in floor, difficult climb up left
The Riddler
  Crawl from north side of Crystal Clear Passage in 161f (1996)
Rift Sans Nom
  Rift above the squeeze on Checkout route
Right Hand Route
  Route from Dewdrop/Becka Falls, to NE end of system (1988)
Ring Piece Junction
  T-junction along Triassic Park, named after hole in floor (1995)
Roast Beef
  Passage from 161e to the junction with Iceland and on to Bounce Rift (1996)
Robinson Crusoe
  A 30m passage from a ledge 10m up Francophobia to get stranded on in France, leading to FCII (1991)
Rocky Horror
  Hanging death passage beyond Fudge Brownie (1994)
Rocky Horror Pitch
  Pitch at end of Rocky Horror, by Black Suspender (1994)
Rocky Horror Rift
  High rift, actually lower portion of Rocky Horror itself. Reached just below Rocky Horror Pitch on right, via 20m pitch (1994)
Roll of the Dice
  25m pitch below the Dice in France, below Francophobia (1991)

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Saarlacc Pit
  Easily overlooked shaft on left just into Puerile Humour Series (1996) (a Star Wars reference)
Salt Lake City
  Beautiful white-floored passage between Staud'n'wirt Palace and Scarface/Guillotine junction. Includes Fossilised streamway and Batdroppings (1995)
  [Portrait picture/Landscape picture]
Sam's Folly
  Very tight 20m pitch, bottom of Natural City, Puerile Humour Series (1996)
Satan's Sitting Room
  Very large chamber with Tyroleans at end of Pipeless (1992)
Scarface
  161d entrance. Named after big rockfall which has swept over it in the last few years, making it easy to find (1995)
  [Picture]
Scraping Foetus Off The Pitch
  An obsolete and deprecated name for the Knossos Pitch (1988?)
Scrofulosity
  c 140m of sandy passage, mostly crawl, beyond Further (1993) to [C1993-161-02] pitch
Semi-detached
  Route off from the Viewport passage above Bungalow (1995)
Shaft Mine
  At end of Puerile Humour Series, ending at Bounce Rift (start of passage to 161e and Iceland) (1996)
SHAT Pitch
  Pitch in Garden Party (Should Have A Traverse-bolt) (1992)
Sheared Off Known Better
  Stream level passage, through narrow hole in floor at Carrefour (1990)
Shelf Indulgence
  Pointless location above hard 2m climb in Burble (1991)
Shingler's Rift
  Entrance passage of 161f (1996)
Shortage of Walls
  Wide space to left where Guillotine joins Triassic Park (1995)
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Short Circuit
  Tiny roof tube near start of Flat Battery (1990)
Siberia
  Passage beyond Exhaustion pitch to head of Somebody Else's Problem (1994). Now includes the vertical series below this to Rasputin (1997/8).
Silent Fellow
  Sloping chamber down pitch and round corner from Satan's Sitting Room (1992) [C1992-161-11]
Sizewell A
  5m pitch on main route in Powerstation below Dounreay (1990)
  used in log book write up of discovery only for one of the crawls below the parallel Sizewell B pitch (there called Dungeness)
Sizewell B
  5m pitch off main route in Powerstation parallel to Sizewell A (1990)
  used in log book write up of discovery only for one of the crawls below this Sizewell B pitch (there called Dungeness)
Skeleton in the Cupboard
  Pitch at end of Infinite Improbability Drive connects to Fat Knot Fruity (1994)
Skull Pitch
  Hole off LHS Big Sainsbury's (1988)
Slidy Caver
  Dug passage with scree slope in Perseverance (1995)
Snap Off A Lot
  A redundant name (due to rediscovery) (1991) for Bullshit Alley
S'not Pitch
  55m rift pitch down to dewdrop on normal route down from 161a (1991)
Soil Pitch
  [C1991-161-22] Undescended pitch in side passage off Leadmine on Repton/Maze route (1991)
Somebody Else's Problem
  Big pitch [C1994-161-58] to right at end of Siberia (1994)
Some Like It Hot
  Final 13m pitch of Power Station, reference to track put out by ex-Duran Duran band calling themselves Powerstation (1990)
Spatial Awareness
  35m second pitch of connecting series from State of Independence? in Interview Blues to Bottomless Pit of Eternal Chaos (1996)
Spit at the Bottom
  Unfinished pitch series in Shaftmine, Puerile Humour Series (1996)
Splatdown
  Bottom of final pitch of Flapjack II (1990)
  [Picture]
Splattery
  Damp route below Dreaming of Limo (1995)
Squashed Fly Traverse
  Traverse to the head of the Knossos Pitch (1988) (after a squashed fly in the survey book !)
The Squeeze
  Narrowest bit of original Checkout route down, between Rift Sans Nom and Becka Falls (1988)
  [Picture]
Staircase 36
  7m up-pitch at the end of YAPATE to reach Chicken Flied Nice (1990) [Picture]
Stairway to Hell
  Horrendous climb up through loose boulder choke beyond Rocky Horror, to reach Forbidden Land (1995)
Standard Deviation
  Rift pitch on TopLoader route, immediately below Toothless (1994)
Star Wars
  Way through boulders from Knossos to Tower Hamlets (1988)
  [Picture]
State of Independence?
  Whole area below Outright Rejection in Interview Blues (1996)
Staud'nwirt Palace
  Big rift-developed chamber at end of Salt Lake City (1995)
Stinky Pool
  Landmark in Dreamtime after Hinge Pitch (1990)
Stomach
  A chamber in Oral Series (1995)
Stomping
  Annoying, clambery, muddy, catchy passage off Vestabule, links bottom of Driller Killer (1994)
Strange Acrossfall
  Tyrolean over Strange Downfall to top of Strange Upfall (1992)
  [Picture]
Strange Downfall
  Pitch from end of Chicken Flied Nice into hyper Gamma Spaces on route to Endless (1990)
Strange Upfall
  Uppitch to Repton I. Opposite side of HGS to Strange Downfall (1991)
Sultans of Swing
  Big pitch off southern end of Algeria (1994) Route to Flat France
Sylvester Cobblepot
  Unexplored lead off start of Penguin Falls Bypass in Puerile Humour Series (named 1996)
Syphilis
  Main pitch of VD Series off start of Puerile Humour (1996)

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Tapeworm
  Passage and pitch (27m) from Ring Piece Junction in Triassic Park, leading to Hammeroids (1996)
Teapot
  Link Passage from Shortage of Walls to Rich Tea (1996)
Teeth
  Awful rift in chossy rock in Oral Series (1995)
The Ten
  First pitch of Drunk and Stupid (1989)
Teskedsgumman
  Small chamber at start of Dr. Snuggles (1996) ('Teaspoon Lady' - a character on Swedish Children's Television, like all the other names in this area)
The Theatre
  Huge chamber on the Eyehole route in Steinschlagschacht (1997)
The Thirty
  Third pitch of Drunk and Stupid (1989)
Three Wise Men
  Tensioned bolt traverse out of Satan's Sitting Room (1992). Named for three people not risking their lives but giving plenty of helpful advice, nevertheless
Thumper the Talking Sump
  Gloopy sump beyond Hellgrind at bottom of LH Route (1989)
Time Dilation
  Section of Ambidextrous from Ragnarök to the pitch (1990)
Tinkle Rift
  Rift beyond Three Wise Men (1992). Named for cauliflower formations which break off and tinkle
Tipico Asturias
  Pitch series, NW branch of Shaftmine in Puerile Humour (1996)
Tirolia Werke
  Right hand branch of Forbidden Land off Elin Algor, where way on becomes unclear (1996). To continue the theme started with EA, TW is named after the cooker !
Titfield Thunderbolt
  Short pitch below Orient Express near end of France (found and named 1992, explored 1993)
Toilet Block
  Passage opposite the way in to Carrefour, 1989 RHR campsite, 1990 brewsite (1989) [Picture]
Tonsils
  Sloping rift below 1st pitch in Oral Series (1995)
Too Much to Do
  10m diameter chamber at the bottom of the tenth pitch (Not Yet Baloo) in Interview Blues (1996)
Too Much Too Soon
  Stonking 100m pitch forming most of Flapjack II (1990)
Toothless
  Pitch below Deja Vu, before Frog's Legs in France (1992)
Top Loader
  Pitch below Standard Deviation to Twin Tubs (1994)
Tortoise Pitch
  Pitch parallel to Hare Rift in Garden Party (1992)
Tower Blocks
  Large bouldery chamber on main way on of Right Hand Route (1988)
Tower Hamlets
  Area off Tower Blocks, comprising a bouldery chamber at foot of slope down from Star Wars, a steep sandy slope up and a number of connecting passages (1988-1989)
Transylvania Avenue
  Wide sandy crawl north from Iceland (1996)
Trehala
  Obscure end of Left Hand Route, off Black Lagoon (1991)
Trembling
  Fossil streamway in Pot of Gold (1989)
Triassic Park
  Huge Palæotrunk from Flat France towards Knossos and Bugger (1995) pun on Jurassic Park, adjusted for actual age of this rock !
  [Picture]
Trifurcation
  T-junction along Triassic Park, by Minoan Surprise (1995)
Triple A
  Second squeeze below Oldham Pitch in Flat Battery (1990)
Tunnocks' Caramel Wafer
  Parallel shafts, left from Biscuit Factory (1994)
The Twenty
  Second pitch of Drunk and Stupid (1989)
Twin Tubs
  Parallel shafts reached by climb from Algeria, one wet (Washer), one dry (Drier) (1993)

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Umleitung
  Big Sainsbury's offshoot - climb, passage/traverse, pitches round 'back' of Dungeon pitch (1990)

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Vadose
  Passage northeast of Crystal Clear Passage in 161f (1996) named for vadose trench in floor
Variomatic
  A new bit, near S'not Pitch (1993)
Venereal Diseases
  Pitch Series from Genital Wart in Puerile Humour Series (1996)
Vestabule
  big rift (and side passages) off Chunnel near Over the Rainbow (1989-1990)
  [Picture]
Viewport
  Huge window reached by climb up from Bungalow (found 1990, name & survey 1995)
Vogon Constructor Ship
  Right from Biscuit Factory to Infinite Improbability Drive (1994)
The Volvo
  20m seventh pitch of Interview Blues (1996)
Vom Pitch
  Pitch 38m in Burble leading to Maze/Leadmine (1991)
VSS2
  The original name for the 161c entrance, found by French group GSCB and explored to -285m, but abandoned by them when it seemed likely to connect into 161

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Washer
  Wet pitch reached by Top Loader (1994) or climb from Algeria (1993). The nearer of the two shafts of Twin Tubs
Waterfall Chamber
  Chamber beyond Tower Hamlets before Carrefour on RHR (1988)
Waterfalls Walk
  Bottom of Natural Deception pitch on Orient Express route in France (1993)
Weasel Pit
  7m angled, crappy pitch down side of block in Even Further (1993)
Wellie Scraper Pitch
  Sandy passage with pitch [C1992-161-14], off Tinkle Rift (1992)
Wet Dreams
  The original (wetter) route route down in Steinschlagschacht (1983)
Wet Nappy Chamber
  Chamber below YATMP in Drunk and Stupid (1989)
Wet Weekend
  Passage at far end of Beehive beyond Repton (1991)
Wheelchair Access
  Passages from end of Triassic Park part 1 (c 20m beyond the Overflow) leading eventually to the Lost World (1996)
Where the Wind Blows
  Furthest reaches of Puerile Humour Series, left off the Batman Series, heading north at a higher level than the existing most remote passages (1996)
Whimper Way
  Unstable route from Stairway to Hell up towards Hall of the Mounting Choss (1996)
White Hole
  Shaft avoiding Parallel Universe in Drunk and Stupid (1989) [C1989-161-10]
White Rift
  Back under 20m pitch towards Rocky Horror Rift (1994) [C1994-161-67 - ends]
Windowed
  16m split pitch below Parallel Processing in Garden Party (1992)
Wish You were here (not me) pitch
  Pitch beyond Gob on You, Gob series (1990)
Wobbling
  Side passage of Olympus where Ambidextrous arrives (1989)
The Wormhole
  Obscure bit connecting Wobbling to Ambidextrous (1991)

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YAPATE Inlet
  Really important phreatic level from Knossos leading north (1988/89). [Picture]
YATMP
  Yet Another 20m Pitch in Drunk and Stupid (1989)
Yoda
  Mazey bit in Bladerunner (1992)
Yorkshire Holiday
  Final 40cm wide rift in Chaos Series (1996)
Yorkshire Pudding
  Squeeze just inside 161e entrance passage (1996) (named when the Dour Yorkshireman had to be excavated from it during the initial exploration)

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Zebedee
  ~10m diameter aven in Dr. Snuggles (1996)
Zits
  Short dead-end passage right after Between the Thighs in Puerile Humour (1996)
Zombie Slime
  Complex area of pretty, but muddy, passages connecting French Revolution to climb into Staud'nwirt Palace (1995)
  [Picture]

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