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<h2>Swings and Roundabouts area</h2>
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Swings and Roundabouts is an area of rubble-strewn passages to the west of
Treeumphant Passage. Access is from Bonsai Crawl or the 204d entrance.
<H3>Playground</H3>
<p>Swings and Roundabouts branches off
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<a href="treeumphant.shtml">Treeumphant Passage</a> at what was QM2000-12B, in
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<a href="nopain.shtml#Bonsaicrawl">Bonsai Crawl</a>.
Initialy, a walking sized passage <b>Playground</b> leads past some mud
formations and a drippy mini-aven to a view overlooking a mid-sized chamber <b>Magic
Roundabout</b> with several exits. The easiest way to the chamber floor is via a climb
down through a hole on the right at the end of Playground.</P>
<H3>Magic Roundabout Chamber and surrounding passage</H3>
<p>Once in the chamber, climbing down over boulders to the left leads to a
small exit between rocks. A short rubble-strewn chute follows arriving after a few
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metres at a large shaft. Neither roof [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-97" name=qC2001-204-97>C2000-204-97 X</A>]
nor floor are visible; rocks fall for some 2-3
seconds. [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-96" name=qC2001-204-96>C2000-204-96 A</A>]
</p>
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<p>Back in the main chamber, a rubble slope to the north leads onwards. To the north
of the slope is
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an unpromising QM [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-95" name=qC2001-204-95>C2000-204-95 C</A>]; to the east leads back to the point where Playground overlooks the
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chamber. To the west is the main passage continuation. A passage on the left is
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<b>Dutch Beauty</b>, which also has windows into the main chamber. Continuing over rocks,
a phreatic tube enters from <b>Juicy Bits</b> on the left a head, and a crawl enters from Dutch Beauty behind; the main way on is up a short
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slope over boulders to the start of the main Swings trunk passage: 10m wide and 8m
high.</p>
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<H3>Dutch Beauty</H3>
Pretty bits comes of Swings and Roundabouts, passing a pit on the right, which can be climbeed over to a crawl, which emerges in the main passage. Down the pit is a tight rift pitch [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-98" name=qC2001-204-98>C2001-204-98 C</A>]. Continuing along the passage past the pit, a number of windows are visible overlooking <B>Magic Roundabout chamber</B>. A passage goes of to the right which passes a number of stalactites, before intersecting a rift. A grotto of stalactites is visible to the left, with possible continuing passage beyond[<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-49" name=qC2001-204-49>C2001-204-49 C</A>]. The rift has not been descended[<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-47" name=qC2001-204-47>C2001-204-47 B</A>], although a light connection has been made to <B>Juicy Bits</B>.
<H3>Juicy Bits</H3>
Juicy bits is a large passage to the left from south end of <B>Swings Passage</B>. After 10m in a large passage descends at a 30 degree slope down, which can be traversed around. At the bottom there is a climb down over bolders[<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-45" name=qC2001-204-45>C2001-204-45 C</A>]. This passage can be traversed around, and a passage to the right decreases in size to a body sized tube that needs removing[<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-48" name=qC2001-204-48>C2000-204-48 C</A>]. The main passage then splits in two, the right turn goes to the rift that connects to <B>Dutch Beauty</B>[<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-47">C2001-204-47 B</A>]. To the left a smaller passage doubles back on itself, past a small window to the rift. Now going uphill the passage turns a sharp right and flatterns out and passes a tube going into the ceiling[<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-46" name=qC2001-204-46>C2001-204-46 C</A>] , before emerging in to the passage near <B>Magic roundabout chamber</B>
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<H3>Swings Passage</H3>
<p>The trunk passage, a large phreatic with much breakdown and generally a boulder strewn
floor, continues for over 100m in a northerly direction. Rubble slopes up and down
keep the passage at roughly the same level. Along its length, a number of
passages branch off to the left and right.</P>
<P>The first two passages leading off are <b>Juicy Bits</b> on the left and the way
towards <b>The Slide</b> on the right. Further along, the small connection with The
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Slide enters from the right. QMs [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-84" name=qC2001-204-84>C2000-204-84 C</A>]
and [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-84" name=qC2001-204-84>C2000-204-84 C</A>]
may be found on the right wall. A pitch on the left [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-92" name=qC2001-204-92>C2000-204-92</A>]
is surrounded by a lot of very
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loose boulders; rocks fall for a considerable distance, but no attempt was made
to desecend due to the loose debris. Across the top of the pitch are two slots
looking into <b>Chicago Chicanes</b>. Continuing along Swings passage, the entrance to
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Chicago Chicanes is on the left and a short unpromising QM on the right [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-83" name=qC2001-204-83>C2000-204-83 C</A>].</P>
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<P>A little further along, a phreatic tube slopes down to the left. This passes
through a small chamber and develops a stream in a deep, narrow slot in the
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floor before choking in earth. This passage may in fact be [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-82" name=qC2001-204-82>C2000-204-82 C</A>]
or this QM may in fact exist as a separate lead on the left wall of the main swings passage; the survey notes are somewhat unclear.
</P>
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<P>A series of small holes in the right hand wall interconnect, with a
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possible, uninviting, way on through tight, sharp vadose passage. [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-80" name=qC2001-204-80>C2000-204-80 C</A>]
[<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-81" name=qC2001-204-81>C2000-204-81 C</A>]
</P>
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<P>At the end of Swings passage, a very loose rubble slope leads up to
<b>Suspended Solution</b>, and so on towards the 204d entrance. Mid-way up the
slope, a traverse (rope advised) round a nose of rock is possible. This leads
one to the base of a climb (not yet done) up to where water can be heard and a
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large passage continues [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-79" name=qC2001-204-79>C2000-204-79 C</A>]. Alternatively, traversing futher to the right from the
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base of the climb leads to a steeply sloping, cleanwashed phreatic tube. This
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heads both up and down and may be the connection to <b>Helter Skelter</b> [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-78" name=qC2001-204-78>C2000-204-78 B</A>].</p>
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<H4>The Slide</H4>
<p>A large passage to the right quickly narrows up a rubble slope to a
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drafting, but otherwise unprommising QM [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-94" name=qC2001-204-94>C2000-204-94 B</A>].
Before the slope, a passage entering from the left leads to <b>The Slide</b> passages.</P>
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<p>The Slide passages are upwardly sloping phreatics, mainly clean washed. Soon
after entering the slide, a small passage on the left connects back to the main
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Swings trunk passage. Heading on up the slope past a couple of small loops and a small aven [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-86" name=qC2001-204-86>C2000-204-86 X</A>]
brings one to a window onto a very large shaft; neither floor [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-90" name=qC2001-204-90>C2000-204-90 A</A>]
nor roof [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-89" name=qC2001-204-89>C2000-204-89 X</A>]
are visible. At the corner before the pitch, QM [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-88" name=qC2001-204-88>C2000-204-88 C</A>] may lead off to the
left. The holes on the right, [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-91" name=qC2001-204-91>C2000-204-91 B</A>] and
[<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-87" name=qC2001-204-87>C2000-204-87 B</A>], probably connect back into the large pitch.
</P>
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<h4>Chicago Chicanes</H4>
<b>Chicago Chicanes</b> doubles back on the main passage. A series of rubble filled
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pot-holes leads to a chamber with a high aven [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-92" name=qC2001-204-92>C2000-204-92</A>]
and slits up on the right wall
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back into the main passage. Beyond the chamber, a hole in the floor leads to
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two small rift passages, left an unpromising QM [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-99" name=qC2001-204-99>C2000-204-99 B</A>]
, an right probably linking into
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the pitch head at the start of <b>Juicy Bits</b>. Climbing up and over the hole leads
to more pot-holes and a boulder choke. Carefully negotiating the boulders and
through a narrow slot brings one back to Juicy Bits.</P>
<h3>Suspended Solution</h3>
<P><b>Suspended Solution</b> is a solution tube at the top of the rubble slope at the
end of Swings Passage. When scaling this slope, care is needed as if too much
rubble is kicked down it will be difficult to climb up into the tube. Also, the
(much larger) boulders at the top of the slope may be dislodged. Climbing up
through the tube brings one to the base of another scree slope. A sloping
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passage to the right [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-76" name=qC2001-204-76>C2000-204-76 B</A>]
has been climbed for some distance but appears to go
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nowhere.</P>
<P>At the top of the scree slope, under a low arch, is a small chamber. A
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hading rift on the right [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-75" name=qC2001-204-75>C2000-204-75 A</A>]
has been climbed for some distance. There is an
unpromising hole on the left. [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-77" name=qC2001-204-77>C2000-204-77 A</A>]
Straight ahead leads to a climb down (20' ladder
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useful) into <b>Living Daylight Cavern</b>.</P>
<H3>Living Daylight Cavern and 204d</H3>
<P>This large chamber (11m diameter) has a boulder floor and what looked like a
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dried stream floor. A possible QM [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-74" name=qC2001-204-74>C2000-204-74 B</A>]
in the left hand corner goes over boulders
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into a small chamber. The way on is under a low arch across the chamber from
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the ladder. A climb up reaches more space and becomes more serious [<A href="qm.shtml#C2001-204-100"
name=qC2001-204-100>C2000-204-100 C</A>]. From the
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arch, go left to within sight of the 204d entrance. The 7m climb up is bolted
at the top, or may be climbed from the bottom in the recess in the right hand
wall. Traversing over the top of the climb emerges in the base of a shake
hole.</p>
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<H3><A name=survey>Survey</A></H3>
<center><img src="swings.png" width=756 height=880 alt="Survey"></center>
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