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<title>1623:204 -- The Underworld</title>
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<tr><th id="kat_no">204</th><th id="name">Steinbrückenhöhle</th><th id="status">4/S x</th></tr>
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<h1>The Underworld and Subsoil</h1>
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<b><!--<a href="#survey">-->Survey<!--</a>--></b> --
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<b><a href="204.html">204 index</a></b></div>
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<p>The Underworld is an area of horizontal development at 1580m, around 160m
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deeper than the majority of the horizontal development in
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Steinbrückenhöhle. Access is from <a
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href="swings.html#gaffered">Gaffered</a>, although a connection from <a
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href="swings.html#merrygoround">Merry-Go-Round</a> is also suspected to exist.
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Below this is a larger and still deeper level, Subsoil, at around 1520m.</p>
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<h2>Underworld</h2>
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<a href="l/underworld.html"><img class="onright" src="t/underworld.jpg" /></a>
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<p>The Underworld starts from the foot of Cerberus pitch. <i>A hole down on the
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left, [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-04" id="qC2003-204-04">C2003-204-04 B</a>]
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leads to the head of a rift; this is likely to link to the rift
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-02" id="qC2003-204-02">C2003-204-02 B</a>] leading
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from the base of Trihang. Ahead is a blind pit around 4m deep.</i> An obvious
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path on the right in the mud floor leads along horizontal walking passage past
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conservation-taped stalactites <i>and two tubes leading up to the right. The
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first of these is [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-06"
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id="qC2003-204-06">C2003-204-6 C</a>]; the second closes down after a few body
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lengths.</i> The passage continues to a junction. Up and to the left a passage
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goes of to <a href="#sirens">Sirens</a>; ahead and slightly to the right the
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passage goes to <a href="#poohstyx">PoohStyx</a>; sharp right ends in a mud
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choke.</p>
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<h3><a id="poohstyx">Poohstyx</h3>
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Continuing straight ahead at the first main Underworld junction, the passage
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soon drops down to a ledge overlooking Pooh Styx pitch. <i>The pitch descends
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for 25m, picking up spray towards the bottom, to a flat floor with two too
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tight rifts leading off. There is also a possible continuation through a window
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a couple of metres above the floor [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-09"
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id="qC2003-204-09">C2003-204-09 B</a>].</i></p>
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<p>Traversing beyond the pitch leads on left to a chamber, with a large rock in
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the middle. To the left out of this chamber is a passage [<a
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-10" id="qC2003-204-10">C2003-204-10 C</a>], straight on
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above a climb passages slope upwards out of the chamber [<a
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-11" id="qC2003-204-11">C2003-204-11 C</a>], and to the
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right a tight rift leads off. This rift leads past some places with sand full
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of bat bones. Half way along another tight passage leads of to the right [<a
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-12" id="qC2003-204-12">C2003-204-12 C</a>]; continuing
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along the rift leads to the small Beyond-Poohstyx pool, which is
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overlooked by the ledge in <a href="#sirens">Sirens</a> beyond Bracket Fungus
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passage. Extending high above the sirens ledge, an aven goes up for a good 20
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metres [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-13" id="qC2003-204-13">C2003-204-13 X</a>].
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<a href="l/sirens.html"><img class="onright" src="t/sirens.jpg" /></a>
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<h3><a id="sirens">Sirens</h3>
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Left at the main junction in the Underworld is the start of Sirens. From this
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point into Sirens and Subsoil the cave consists mainly of phreatic tunnels
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partially filled with mud or gravel banks, with a strong draft coming out of the
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cave. From the junction into Sirens the narrow but always walking passage
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climbs steeply up a mud-floored passage to a ledge with conservation-taped
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formations that overlooks <b><a id="blackmaria">Black Maria</a></b> chamber
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(p.30). Just before the ledge, two holes in the floor on the right drop steeply
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down, with rocks bouncing a long way [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-14"
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id="qC2003-204-14">C2003-204-14 C</a>] and [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-15"
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id="qC2003-204-15">C2003-204-15 C</a>]. Below and to the left of where Sirens
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enters Black Maria chamber, a passage appears to lead off [<a
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-16" id="qC2003-204-16">C2003-204-16 C</a>]. Black Maria
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chamber is rigged from a ledge that traverses around the right of the chamber.
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Rigged from two bolted Y-hangs, this pitch lands in a moderate-sized chamber
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with just one small passage leading off [<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-70"
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id="qC2004-204-70">C2004-204-70 C</a>]. At the level of the pitch head for
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Black Maria and further around the chamber, a moderate-size, horizontal
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mud-floored passage leads off [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-18"
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id="qC2003-204-18">C2003-204-18 B</a>], but this was declared to be
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"nontrivial" to reach. From the ledge where Sirens enters Black Maria chamber,
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the main way on is over a traverse on the right using naturals (15m rope; 2
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slings) to gain a large passage sloping up. Straight ahead is a thin rift:
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Bracket Fungus passage, the way on is up the steep mud slope to the left,
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<a href="#oxtail">Oxtail Oxbow</a>.</p>
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<h3><a href="l/bracketfungus1.html"><img class="onleft" src="t/bracketfungus1.jpg" /></a>
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<a id="bracketfungus">Bracket Fungus Passage</a></h3>
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<p>[DO NOT ENTER; CONSERVATION-TAPED OFF; USE OXTAIL OXBOW BYPASS ON THE LEFT
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INSTEAD.] This is a narrow but very well-decorated rift, with
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bracket-fungus-like formations on both walls and stalactites above; it is
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almost impossible to pass through without demolishing some of the fungus. The
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passage emerges at a ledge above the Beyond-Poohstyx pool. To the right are two
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sloping mud chutes [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-23"
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id="qC2003-204-23">C2003-204-23 C</a>] that appear to drop into the chamber
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above the Beyond-Poohstyx pool.</p>
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<h3 style="clear: both"><a id="oxtail">Oxtail Oxbow</h3>
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<p>The route now used, bypassing Bracket Fungus Passage, is up a steep mud
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slope, <i>passing a phreatic tube which enters high on the left [<a
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-19" id="qC2003-204-19">C2003-204-19 C</a>]</i>, which
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soon reaches a steep mud slope back down (bolt and sling for hand line on right
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wall). At the bottom of the mud slope, a thin rift leads off straight ahead [<a
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href="qm.html#C2004-204-15" id="qC2004-204-15">C2004-204-15 B</a>] and there is
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a hole in the floor [<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-71"
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id="qC2004-204-71">C2004-204-71 C</a>] that may link to this rift. The main
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route around Oxtail Oxbow continues as a scramble up a steep mud passage on the
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right. This passage then leads steeply down a mud slope, <i>past a tight rift
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in the floor [<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-67" id="qC2004-204-67">C2004-204-67
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C</a>] and a passage to the right going to Beyond-Poohstyx,</i> to join a
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larger passage. <i> At this junction, the passage to the right leads to the
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ledge above Beyond-Poohstyx pool which traverses along the right wall into
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Bracket Fungus passage. Just before this ledge, a passage up to the left goes
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to a small chamber with a very steep climb up from it [<a
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-24" id="qC2003-204-24">C2003-204-24 C</a>]</i>. At the
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junction with the main passage, the main route is to the left, up a steep mud
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slope to a further junction. At this junction, straight ahead leads to Terra
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Firma, and to the right leads to Quiz Rift.</p>
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<h3><a id="terrafirma">Terra Firma</a>
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<a href="l/crystalpool.html"><img class="onright" src="t/crystalpool.jpg"
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alt="crystal pool photo" /></a></h3>
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<p>Straight ahead is a narrow passage which opens onto a small chamber, Terra
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Firma, with mud banks and a blind pit in the floor. Above the pit, a passage
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appears to lead off [<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-18"
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id="qC2004-204-18">C2004-204-18 B</a>] and on top of the mud bank above the
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entry-point into chamber another, larger passage appears to lead off [<a
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href="qm.html#C2004-204-17" id="qC2004-204-17">C2004-204-17 B</a>]. Two small
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passages on the left just before Terra Firma is reached lead down to a
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conservation-taped crystal pool, which can also be reached from above from Terra
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Firma itself. Across the pool is [<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-16"
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id="qC2004-204-16">C2004-204-16 C</a>].</p>
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<h3><a id="quiz">Quiz Rift</a></h3>
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<p>At the junction before Terra Firma, turn right and clamber over large wedged
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boulders <i>(CARE - deep, undescended rift below
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-25" id="qC2003-204-25">C2003-204-25 C</a>])</i>, to a
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small mud chamber. Duck under the low arch, avoiding contacting the
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conservation-taped stalactites, to a further small mud chamber. Crawl down
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again under a second low arch, up a mud slope on the right and turn left into
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Quiz Rift. <i>To the right a narrow rift goes up to a ledge which is the start of
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the <a id="generation"><b>Generation Game</b> bolted traverse. This leads over
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the top of Quiz Rift to the passage the far side; this appears to have no way
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on. On the other side of this ledge are a series of phreatic roof tubes and
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passage, <b><a id="uppertube">Upper Tube</a></b>, which overlook the mud slopes
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and chambers just described, in which there are a couple of QM's: a roof tube
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-19" id="qC2004-204-19">C2004-204-19 C</a>] and a
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muddy chute [<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-21" id="qC2004-204-21">C2004-204-21
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C</a>].</i> Quiz Rift soon turns right down a mud slope (traverse line on
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naturals and one bolt) to the <b><a id="gardenersworld">Gardener's
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World</a></b> pitch (p25). This descends via awkward rigging (not perfected in
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2004) to a ledge in a moderately large chamber. From this ledge <b><a
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id="univchallenge">University Challenge</a></b> pitch (p15) descends to land
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partway down the large, confusing Subsoil Chamber.</p>
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<h3><a id="subsoil">Subsoil level</a></h3>
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<h4><a id="earthenware">Earthenware</a></h4>
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-23" id="qC2004-204-23">C2004-204-23 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-24" id="qC2004-204-24">C2004-204-24 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-25" id="qC2004-204-25">C2004-204-25 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-26" id="qC2004-204-26">C2004-204-26 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-27" id="qC2004-204-27">C2004-204-27 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-28" id="qC2004-204-28">C2004-204-28 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-41" id="qC2004-204-41">C2004-204-41 ?</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-42" id="qC2004-204-42">C2004-204-42 ?</a>]
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<h4><a id="hardware">Hardware</a></h4>
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-29" id="qC2004-204-29">C2004-204-29 X</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-30" id="qC2004-204-30">C2004-204-30 X</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-31" id="qC2004-204-31">C2004-204-31 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-32" id="qC2004-204-32">C2004-204-32 X</a>]
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<h4>Do not know what this passage is called</h4>
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-33" id="qC2004-204-33">C2004-204-33 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-34" id="qC2004-204-34">C2004-204-34 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-35" id="qC2004-204-35">C2004-204-35 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-36" id="qC2004-204-36">C2004-204-36 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-37" id="qC2004-204-37">C2004-204-37 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-38" id="qC2004-204-38">C2004-204-38 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-39" id="qC2004-204-39">C2004-204-39 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-40" id="qC2004-204-40">C2004-204-40 B</a>]
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<h4><a id="underware">Underware</a></h4>
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These are the northerly qms that happened on the same trip as underware, do not
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know if passage is called underware
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-43" id="qC2004-204-43">C2004-204-43 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-44" id="qC2004-204-44">C2004-204-44 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-45" id="qC2004-204-45">C2004-204-45 X</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-46" id="qC2004-204-46">C2004-204-46 C</a>]
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These are the southerly qms of underware
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-47" id="qC2004-204-47">C2004-204-47 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-48" id="qC2004-204-48">C2004-204-48 X</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-49" id="qC2004-204-49">C2004-204-49 A</a>]
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<h4><a id="chimney">Chimney</a></h4>
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<h4><a id="heavilysoiled">Heavily Soiled</a></h4>
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2004-11-18 02:47:18 +00:00
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Don't really know what the passage is called that these qms are in:
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-20" id="qC2004-204-20">C2004-204-20 X</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-22" id="qC2004-204-22">C2004-204-22 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-56" id="qC2004-204-56">C2004-204-56 C</a>]
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<h4><a id="soiled">Soiled Passage</a></h4>
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-50" id="qC2004-204-50">C2004-204-50 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-51" id="qC2004-204-51">C2004-204-51 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-52" id="qC2004-204-52">C2004-204-52 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-53" id="qC2004-204-53">C2004-204-53 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-54" id="qC2004-204-54">C2004-204-54 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-55" id="qC2004-204-55">C2004-204-55 ?</a>]
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2004-09-20 22:14:09 +01:00
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<h4><a id="hippohollows">Hippo Hollows</a></h4>
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2004-11-18 02:47:18 +00:00
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-58" id="qC2004-204-58">C2004-204-58 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-59" id="qC2004-204-59">C2004-204-59 B</a>]
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2004-09-20 22:14:09 +01:00
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<h4><a id="fatworm">Fat Worm Blows a Sparky</a></h4>
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2004-11-18 02:47:18 +00:00
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-60" id="qC2004-204-60">C2004-204-60 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-61" id="qC2004-204-61">C2004-204-61 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-62" id="qC2004-204-62">C2004-204-62 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-63" id="qC2004-204-63">C2004-204-63 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-64" id="qC2004-204-64">C2004-204-64 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-65" id="qC2004-204-65">C2004-204-65 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-66" id="qC2004-204-66">C2004-204-66 C</a>]
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2004-09-20 22:14:09 +01:00
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<h4><a id="batchamber">Bat Chamber</a></h4>
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<h4><a id="thinrift">Thin Worm Rift</a></h4>
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2004-07-25 22:03:45 +01:00
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