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<TH align=left width="30%"><FONT size=+2>204</font><br><font size=+1>(CUCC 1999/03)</FONT></TH>
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<TH lang=de><h1>Steinbr<62>ckenh<6E>hle</h1></TH>
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<TH align=right width="30%"><FONT size=+2>4/S x</FONT></TH></TR>
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<h2>Pleasuredome area</h2>
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<h3>Pleasuredome</h3>
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<p><b>This description will follow in due course.</b>
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<H3><A name=elephant>White Elephant Series</A></H3>
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<P>The White Elephant Series is a series of rift pitches which has not been
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pushed to a definite conclusion, but does not appear especially promising,
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despite carrying a considerable breeze. From the head of the 3m climb up, a roof
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tube leads off. After 8m of crawling, the passage opens out at the head of a 2m
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climb down by a large boulder. A too-tight rift leads off on the left, but ahead
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opens out into a large space, the <B>Millennium Dome</B>.
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<P>A 20m pitch rigged from a bolt on the left hand wall backed up to the big
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boulder, with a rebelay and rope protector after 5m, lands on the boulder floor
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of the Millennium dome, which is an L-shaped chamber at the base of a large
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aven, with each arm of the L being 15m long and 5m wide. There do not appear to
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be any ways through the boulders, but a rift leads off at the western end,
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quickly arriving at the head of a 10m pitch with a constricted take off, rigged
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from boulders. An eyehole part way down this pitch appears to lead into a
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parallel shaft [<A
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href="qm.shtml#C1999-204-25"
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name=qC1999-204-25>C1999-204-25 B</A>] (This is probably the connection through to pleasure dome). The pitch lands on a rubble floor with a
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blind pit. Heading south quickly reaches a loose pitch head, with a rift passage
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continuing beyond.
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<P>The pitch is 28m, rigged from a bolt on the left hand wall and deviations
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from natural threads after 4m and 12m. The second deviation is by a small rock
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bridge, where descending either side appears to go to the same place, and an
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eyehole opposite connects to the continuation of the rift at the top of the
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pitch. The base of the pitch is an oddly shaped chamber formed from several
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rifts (about 7m up the pitch, these rifts coalesce to form a single shaft.)
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North from the base of the rope leads to a 3m climb down into an inlet rift
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coming from the north which ends in a blank wall 8m from the base of the rope,
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but the rift continues too-tight heading south beneath the 3m climb. South from
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the base of the rope is another rift heading downhill which rapidly becomes too
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tight with running water clearly audible, but not visible beyond. West from the
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base of the rope leads to junction with a too tight rift continuing to the west,
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and another inlet rift coming from the north which ends in a blank wall after
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5m.
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<P>Traversing over the top of the pitch (rope required) and a short descent
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leads to a continuation of the rift passage. A hole on the left connects to the
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28m pitch described earlier. After 5m the rift narrows and a constricted pitch
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head is reached. The descent of 15m is rigged from a large boulder and leads
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immediately to a further drop of 7m rigged from a bolt. This shorter drop may be
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bypassed by an alternative free climb in a narrow slot immediately beyond the
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pitch head. From the base the tall, narrow rift continues with two short climbs
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and a slot in the floor which gradually widens to the head of the next pitch
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after 6m. This is rigged from a Y-hang on either side of the rift, but soon
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opens out to give a fine descent of 15m landing in a spacious rift at 182m depth
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from 204b entrance. A narrow slot in the floor develops, which is just large
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enough to descend, but stones thrown down sound dead [<A
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href="qm.shtml#C1999-204-26"
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name=qC1999-204-26>C1999-204-26 B</A>]. It is possible to traverse above the
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slot for a short way before the rift becomes too tight.
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<P>There is a noticeable breeze at the base of this pitch, as there is through
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much of the series, with air blowing into the cave. From the base of the 7m
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pitch, there is no roof visible. This area has potential, but there are no easy
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leads, and some lunatic bolt traverses may be required to try to bypass the
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tight sections.
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