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Beyond the fine traverse of Caramel Catharsis a large sandy passage slopes +gently down to a junction. Ahead is a stoop leading though into the Littoral North. +
+ +[Description needed of Litteral north 4 - Julian Todd or Becka Lawson] +[2007-258-6B] +[2007-258-44B] +[2007-258-46A] + + +Beyond the stoop is a 3m climb down in a rift below an aven, which +can be climbed far enough to see that it probably doesn't go. At the bottom +is wide stony passage with obvious ways off to West and North. There +is a handy water-filling pool here.
+ +West, there is a stepped pitch down to the left [2007-258-41-A], and a 3m +climb up to the right of this (rope needed) leads into a strongly +draughting (inwards) passage which goes about 50m to the edge of a +large round pitch[2007-258-43-A]. A continuation [2007-258-42-B] can +be seen 15m away across the far side.
+ +North (from the water-filling pool) a 2m climb up rotten calcite leads (past [2007-258-4-A], LHW) to an unusual +critical-angle pile of 10cm diameter rocks Y KeyKey Beach. +The narrowing at the top of this pile +(it gets close to the roof) has a stonking gale coming through it. Just +beyond this where the passage widens to 8m, behind the large rock on the left +is the hidden entrance to Rhubarb Crumbly, the key to the +Max Pleasure area. On the right, at the widening, is +a shallow pit [2007-258-*05-C][Has this been ticked off? Or does it need to be put into tunnel and the QM list? - Becka Lawson].
+ +Ahead the comfortable passage only goes for about 20m before reaching the +edge of a huge shaft undercutting the RH wall[2007-258-90-A]. An airy +traverse to the left of this reaches another hole on the left down, +apparently into the same pitch[2007-258-89-B]. Immediately ahead is another +large hole [2007-258-91-A]. Up is a large aven (30m+ [2007-258-93-X]. There appears to be a continuation across the +other side - a long bolted traverse away[2007-258-92-B].
+ +Climbing down behind a large rock in Littoral North gives access to nice +walking passage floored with dark dirt, trending NNW. A strong breeze +blows in. After 40m the passage passes over a cross-joint forming a +pitch that can be seen through a very small hole in the floor[2007-258-26B]. Would +need capping to get in. Immediately beyond a C2 gets into almost +perfectly straight passage with some popcord on the walls. At the end +is a wider T-junction. Down to the left is a stoop into a +boulder-floored chamber containing a too-tight crawl on the left and +two small avens [2007-258-21-X] (at 1st corner), [2007-258-20-X] (at +end). To the right is another T-junction only 5m further on. Right is +Max Pleasure. Left is Dubious Pleasure, down which all the draft goes.
+ +Fine walking passage heading steadily up-dip. Strong outward draft. +Goes 180m to Starfish junction, via a few boulders to clamber over. +After 130m a shelf forms on LH wall after floor canyon disappears +under LH wall. The shelf is the main way on and rises slowly above +floor level until you are traversing past a large hole on the R. This +connects under RH wall to Star Light passage. Crawls +on LH side at shelf level 30m south of Starfish Junction have +[2007-258-22-C] parallel to main passage and [2007-258-28-B] in back +corner behind pillars. [2007-258-31-B] is a climb up on L in +cross-rift 10m south of Starfish Junction. [2007-258-94-X] is a high +(20m+) aven at the same point.
+ +Starfish Junction has 4 large passages meeting at a large boulder and
+is a distinctive spot. Ahead (North) Max Pleasure continues, The
+right fork is
Max Pleasure north of Starfish Junction initially opens into a +High chamber with a drafting (inwards) passage off on the L ( +Just for a Laugh). The chamber merges back into walking passage after 40m. 10m along a +soil slope comes in from the right wall, choked to the left, and a +low crawl [2007-258-71-B] to the right. The passage slopes gently +down until it meets a larger one with the way on going gently up-dip +to the right. There is a large boulder at the junction. The +continuation of the larger passage on the left is choked with soil.
+ +Past a pillar the passage opens up into a high wide chamber with a deep +canyon in the floor, largely covered by boulders. At the start of the +chamber a rapidly-lowering passage goes back right for 8m before +being choked with sand. At the far end of the chamber you step over +the canyon [2007-258-67-B] and have to clamber over some very nice +flowstone to proceed. The obvious way on is walking passage but in +fact the passage goes at two levels here - you can also climb down +below the flowstoned chockstone and follow the canyon +upstream to get to the same chamber.
+ +Following the obvious higher level brings you into another chamber with a +deep hole in the floor [2007-258-72-A] , mostly blocked by a large +jammed boulder. Traversing around the left hand side reaches a 3m +climb down to the far side of the hole. This is Petticoat Junction where there +is a choice of left towards Let's get Naked or ahead across +rocks and uphill to Hedonism Highway.
+ + +Climbing over a large boulder the passage widens due to a junction. The +passage goes off left upwards [2007-258-*22-A], as does the canyon, +and another goes off left downwards [2007-258-*23-A]. The passage +continues steeply up-dip and gets bouldery. There are a couple of +huge dropped sections of rock that have been undercut and split from +the roof. On the left is a small alcove passage. Next a small +cross-passage roof tube. Neither of these go. The draught remains +strong, blowing out. The passage turns 90 left to go along the dip. A +strongly draughting small passage comes in fro the right at the +corner. Hedonism highway gets boulderier and closes down over the +next 60m. This point may be quite close to the surface.
+ +Taking the smaller northerly passage at Petticoat Junction leads +into passage of varying character. It starts with deep dark soily +deposits. Awkward small passage on L connects back to the climb just +before Petticoat Junction. The draught is still strong and inwards. +Crossing a soily crater leads to a sloping c3 up a wide, high +rift, then along 10m of narrow joint-controlled passage to another +sudden change of character. Ahead is a tight passage which draughts out and +becomes a dig after 10m [2007-258-*24-D]. The way on is the very wide +phreatic passage sloping steeply down to the east. The small central +canyon of this passage goes under the RH wall to the west [2007-258-*25-C].
+ +The passage zigs and zags sharply past a crawl off on the L +[2007-258-*26-C] for 20m to merge into nice straight passage sloping +gently down-dip. After 35m it steepens and a small canyon forms, +reaching a 3m deep drippy pot after another 25m. A c2 gets to the +floor and a delicate and slightly damp c3 gets back into the +continuing passage.
+ +Here the passage is wide and sandy and forks: off on the right is +Let's get Naked (draughting out). Down to the left +it descends steeply and crossword passage goes off on the Left. 10m +beyond is [2007-258-*27-C] on the L then a gravelly bit with an aven +above [2007-258-*28-X]. The passage continues to descend down-dip +until it suddenly chokes (3m dia!) with mud and rocks. This would be +a top dig site in the UK [2007-258-*29-D]. On the L is a large (8m +dia?) chibble-floored pothole which can also be overlooked from a +balcony, reached via a passage on the L; that passage has a small QM +[2007-258-*30-C]. On the far side of the hole a crawl heads off, +unsurveyed, continuing down-dip for quite some distance (30m?) +hole.[2007-258-*31-C]
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