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<tr><th id="kat_no">234 - a b<br />(2000-09)</th><th id="name">Hauchhöhle</th><th id="status">3/S/W x</th></tr>
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<h1>Pie Series and Wowoland</h1>
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2005-11-07 14:49:51 +00:00
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<p>Wowoland is a new horizontal level discovered and partly surveyed in 2005.
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It is reached via the Pie Series pitches.</p>
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<h2>Pie Series</h2>
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2005-11-07 14:49:51 +00:00
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<p>The initial 3m climb is free-climbable but in view of the drop beyond it is
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advisable to rig from the spit in the ceiling, which may be backed up to a
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thread back on the right. At the bottom is a wide ledge, with a narrow crawl
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leading off to the left [<a href="qm.html#C2004-234-20"
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id="qC2004-234-20">C2004-234-20 B</a>]. Ahead is the head of the first pitch,
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<b>Steak</b> (21m), rigged from a Y-hang in the ceiling and a deviation from
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the left-hand wall around 5m down. There is a sizeable aven above the pitch [<a
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href="qm.html#C2004-234-32" id="qC2004-234-32">C2004-234-32 X</a>]. The landing
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is on a boulder floor, a few metres away from the head of the next pitch,
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<b>Kidney</b> (17m); this is rigged with a traverse bolt on the left-hand wall
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followed by a Y-hang across the rift. It is a fine shaft with a kidney-shaped
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cross-section; it is possible that in very wet conditions it might need a
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deviation to stay out of the drips, but it has been drip-free on all trips so
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far. The landing is on another boulder-strewn floor; at the far side of the
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chamber is a narrow slot in the floor, <b>Who Ate All The Pies</b>, which was
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blocked by a large boulder in 2004.</p>
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<p class="branch1">Around 5m from the floor of Kidney, a side passage,
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<b>Crust</b> leads off; after passing a puddle of water it turns to the right
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and slopes steeply upwards. At the top of the slope the continuation is a
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mud-floored, body-sized tube, which was explored for some distance but was
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becoming increasingly tedious; shortly beyond the furthest survey station it
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opens out into a small chamber (just big enough to turn round in) after which
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it closes in horizontally to a narrow high slot, which may be passable for
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small people [<a href="qm.html#C2004-234-22" id="qC2004-234-22">C2004-234-22
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C</a>].</p>
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<p>The boulder at Who Ate All The Pies was removed by capping in 2005,
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revealing a pitch of 3m or so to a short section of sloping rift, opening out
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onto a further pitch. This is rigged from a bolt on the LH wall and lands on a
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wide, drippy ledge on the side of a substantial shaft, with an aven above.
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Traversing along a ledge on the right-hand wall (2 or 3 spits) leads to a wide
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Y-hang for the next pitch. This passes a large undercut ledge, landing 2m
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further down on a sloping, frequently spray-lashed rock floor. From here,
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stepping through a window leads to a handline climb of around 3m (which can get
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rather damp) down into Wowoland.</p>
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<h2>Wowland</h2>
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2005-11-07 14:49:51 +00:00
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<p>The bottom of the handline climb is a small chamber with numerous exits.
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<span class="branch1">Two passages in the left-hand wall part-way down the
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climb are the route into <a href="#threecookies">Three Cookies
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Chamber</a></span>. Further on on the left is a hole in the floor [<a
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href="qm.html#C2005-234-08" id="qC2005-234-08">C2005-234-08 A</a>]. Straight on
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is a narrow trench, carrying the water from Pie Series; here one can climb up
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into <a href="#gloves">Lost Gloves Chamber</a>, while the trench doubles back
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round to the left and continues as a low crawl [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-03"
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id="qC2005-234-03">C2005-234-03 C</a>].
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<h3>Eastern branch via Three Cookies</h3>
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2005-11-07 14:49:51 +00:00
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<p>The two tubes in the wall lead into a compact knot of small crawls, within
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which is an unpushed lead [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-05"
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id="qC2005-234-05">C2005-234-05 C</a>]. Keeping to the left, one emerges in
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<b><a id="threecookies">Three Cookies Chamber</a></b>, a wedge-shaped chamber
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with a mud floor. Here there are three ways on. <span class="branch1">Straight
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on has not been pushed [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-06"
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id="qC2005-234-06">C2005-234-06 B</a>], while on the left a wide passage with a
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narrow slot in the floor reaches a T-junction. Right ends quickly, while left
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leads to an up-climb and short pitch into the base of a drippy aven, <b><a
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id="weeweeland">Weeweeland</a></b>, which is directly underneath Cess Pot in
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the upper levels. The drips disappear into a narrow winding passage in the
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floor in sharp rock [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-07"
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id="qC2005-234-07">C2005-234-07 C</a>].</span> The main way out of Three
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Cookies is under an arch on the right, leading to an upwards-sloping stooping
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passage floored with powdery mud. Soon a junction is reached, <i>where a
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passage leads off to the right but ends in a mud blockage</i>. Straight on up
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the slope leads to a section of crawling over deeply eroded potholes, passing a
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narrow passage on the right [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-09"
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id="qC2005-234-09">C2005-234-09 C</a>] before a short flat-out section,
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emerging in Monster's Lair.</p>
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<p><b><a id="monslair">Monster's Lair</a></b> is a small round mud-floored
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chamber, with formations on the ceiling. From here a climb up leads to a
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steeply inclined section of rift, sloping upwards, with a T-shaped
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cross-section. Soon this levels out, with a small hole in the floor [<a
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href="qm.html#C2005-234-10" id="qC2005-234-10">C2005-234-10 C</a>]. Shortly
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beyond this, the rift opens out, and a shaft, <b>Monster Munch</b>, descends.
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This can be rigged from a thread in the roof, a traverse bolt in the left-hand
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wall and a Y-hang across the shaft, although there is scope for improvement, as
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the current rig places the Y-hang very low down. 5m down is a constriction,
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with an immense thread providing a convenient rebelay, below which the shaft
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widens dramatically. A large ledge marks the limit of exploration in 2005;
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stones thrown from here fall clean for up to four seconds [<a
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href="qm.html#C2005-234-12" id="qC2005-234-12">C2005-234-12 A</a>].</p>
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<p>Traversing over the top of Monster Munch leads to a wide ledge. Here, a
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passage in the far wall leads to a network of phreas, which was not surveyed in
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2005 owing to lack of time [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-11"
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id="qC2005-234-11">C2005-234-11 A</a>].</p>
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<h3>Western branch: Pie R Squared</h3>
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<p><b><a id="gloves">Lost Gloves Chamber</a></b> is a smallish ovoid chamber
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floored with boulders, sloping slightly. At the top of the slope, in one wall
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is a body-sized tube leading back into <a href="#threecookies">Three
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Cookies</a>, while on the opposite side is another tube [<a
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href="qm.html#C2005-234-04" id="qC2005-234-04">C2005-234-04 C</a>]. At the
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other end is the climb down to connect with the bottom of Pie Series, while
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climbing up above this to the left leads to a horizontal stooping/crawling
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sized passage, <b><a id="piersquared">Pie R Squared</a></b> (or Pie Arse
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Squared). A little way in is an opening on the left [<a
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href="qm.html#C2005-234-02" id="qC2005-234-02">C2005-234-02 B</a>], missed by
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the original explorers. Other than this, Pie Arse Squared continues in fine
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style for a considerable distance with no side branches or junctions; part-way
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along is a section with fine moonmilk deposits, and beyond this is a muddy
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wallow. Eventually one emerges in a flat, wide chamber, where there are two
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ways on. On the right is a climb down [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-01"
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id="qC2005-234-01">C2005-234-01 A</a>], which may or may not be reversible
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without a rope. On the left is a passage leading off at floor level, which
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contains some fine flowstone formations and straws; unfortunately, these soon
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conspire to completely block the passage.</p>
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