From 1cf16ec11eb28dcbeb759e3219e0470a0880ac09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Expo on server Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:01:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Online edit of cave 1623-264 --- cave_data/1623-264.html | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/cave_data/1623-264.html b/cave_data/1623-264.html index 8f232fe8d..678995df8 100644 --- a/cave_data/1623-264.html +++ b/cave_data/1623-264.html @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ code used in the Austrian kataster e.g '1/S +' - https://expo/.survex.com/katast

At the junction at PT03 the main route goes L to a c2 down into a short rift that soon reaches a p6 (RIG05 - 18m?, 5 hangers? Awkwardly rigged, could be improved). This drops to a large ledge (the pitch continues below here, wet. This pitch probably connects to the p56 by PT03 described in the Far Side section). From the ledge turn R to follow the rift down to a c2. Descend this and follow varied passage (note the level traversed at in the rift for the return) to a chamber with a water inlet then past a run-in of distinctive, white stones then to a small chamber with a pit on the L (this is still a QM and is undescended I believe). At the pit, take the c3 up through a window on the R of the central pillar and climb over boulders (care - the boulders may be loose, use the worn route; do not climb direct, to the L of the pillar). At the top turn L. R leads steeply up to the base of a climb, Backslash, QM83X. This ascends a steeply sloping aven. The climb was started in 2019 by Radost and Crossley and is still going. It lacks a centreline or survey. From here follow easy, ascending walking passage for ~100m to reach a distinctive four way junction, the Trident, with a prominent survey station 34 painted on it.

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From the Trident there are 2 main routes. Both start by turning left. After just 4m an obscure crawl on the left leads to Hangman's Pitch and down for upper level Balkonhöhle to the rest of mid-level and low-level Balkonhöhle as described below. Continuing on the main left (or on the right) leads N to the remaining upper levels of Balkonhöhle

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From the Trident there are 2 main routes, described separately below. Both start by turning left. After just 4m an obscure crawl on the left leads to Hangman's Pitch and the only connection from this upper level of Balkonhöhle to the rest of mid-level and low-level Balkonhöhle see below. Continuing on the main left from the Trident (or on the right) leads N to the remaining upper levels of Balkonhöhle

N from the Trident to the upper connection to Tunnockschacht via Ice Cock Aven

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The main route to the remaining upper horizontal passages of Balkonhöhle, to the north, continues past PT05, curving R until it reaches a T junction. L at the T junction quickly leads to a complex junction. From this complex junction heading L (to the S) leads to a wet pitch at Cathedral Chasm and this eventually connects back around SE to PT05 via Avalanche Experience and the Mendips; R, to the N connects back to the main route at PT06 at the start of Turtlehead; a further R - a few metres W of the 1st R - heads N for some distance then ends at what? No QM?.

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R at the T junction quickly reaches PT04 at a chamber with 5 routes off. R, to the S, is the end of the route from turning R at the Trident, described above. Ahead, to the E, is the route into Flapjack Regained and the Far Side described in a separate section. The main route involves a c4 up the L wall of the chamber at PT04 then continue straight north past PT06 and along Turtlehead. The 1st L ends in a dig. The 5th route is the way you have come from. At PT06 ignore the left that leads back around to Cathedral Chasm.

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R at the T junction quickly reaches PT04 at a chamber with 5 routes off. R, to the S, is the end of the route from turning R at the Trident, described above. Ahead, to the E, is the route into Flapjack Regained and the Far Side described in a separate section. The main route involves a c4 up the L wall of the chamber at PT04 then continues straight north past PT06 and along Turtlehead. The 1st L ends in a dig. The 5th route is the way you have come from. At PT06, ignore the left that leads back around to Cathedral Chasm.

Further N along Turtlehead, past PT06, the 1st R and 2nd R both lead to the same passage running parallel to Turtlehead. Both passages eventually connect to Ice Cock aven (named after a priapic ice stal, knocked over on original exploration) and the Frozen North, named due to the ice floor and snow slopes that suggest a nearby entrance that has, to date, remained elusive. The first connection made between 1623/264 Balkonhöhle and 1623/258 Tunnockschact came in down Ice Cock Aven, connecting it to the March of the Penguins area of Tunnockschacht. This area is complex and involves a maze of interconnected passages at various levels and interspersed with pitches. There may be plenty of leads remaining here and it should only take 1-2 hours to reach this area from the entrance to Balkonhöhle.