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<tr><th align=left><font size=+2>164</font></th>
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<th align=center><font size=+2>Plateau Schacht 164</font></th>
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<th align=right><font size=+2>2/S +</font></th></tr>
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<p><b>Altitude:</b> 1641m (at lip), Depth 60ish metres<br>
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<b>Position:</b> E 35538 N (52)82509 (first bolt of rigging)<br>
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<b>Marking:</b> On wall above entrance, facing NE, number in red, 1988.
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Austrian metal tag, 1995.
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<p><b>Location:</b> On plateau, beyond <a href="198.htm">B11</a> (1623/198).
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This is a snow-choked shaft next to the very large snow-choked shaft, which
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has always been blocked with snow and was therefore not explored or numbered
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for many years, but is now <a href="189.htm">189</a>.
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<p><a href="others/l/189164.htm">
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<img src="others/t/189164.jpg" width=121 height=176
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align=bottom alt="entrance picture - 87k jpeg"></a>
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164 entrance (left of centre) seen over 189 entrance.
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<p>The entrance pitch is 10m, and has a detectable draught - quite strong in
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view of the size of the entrance. There was only the remains of a snow plug
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in 1988, although the plug is almost complete in some years (eg. 1995 - it was gone again in 1996).
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<p>A small stream enters and lands on boulders at the foot of the pitch in a
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passage leading south along a fault. A climb of 4m over precarious boulders
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reaches a bolt for the second pitch. The quality of rock in this area leaves
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a lot to be desired. The second pitch, 12m and third pitch, 15m are separated
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only by a small ledge. Water sinks in floor of small passage floored with
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what would appear to be the previous season's roof, now decayed into small
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jagged rocks. Continuing passage over boulders rises to 4-5m dropping steeply
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for 30m on the same south-trending fault. The water is rejoined at a
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freehanging 10m pitch from a rock bridge overlooking a sizeable chamber.
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<p>The stream sinks at the foot of the pitch in the centre of the 15m by 7m
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chamber floor. To the east, a scramble leads up to a shattered cross-rift
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from a large shelf about 15m long and 10m wide, but ends too tight. A similar
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feature to the west up a 4m climb becomes a low bedding with no way on. Due
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south are two passages, the one to the right leading 20m round a couple of
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bends to a sandy choke. The left passage quickly chokes. The draught seems to
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be lost into the continuation of the passage above the final pitch, on the
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far side of the chamber. This would be best reached by a traverse on steep
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loose rock from the 4m climb in the chamber. The pitches take large
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quantities of water very quickly in rain.
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<p><b>Exploration:</b> <a href="../years/1988/164.htm">CUCC 1988</a>
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<p><b>Survey:</b>
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<a href="others/164.png">Elevation</a> in Cambridge Underground 1989
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