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[svn r7271] General cleanup + added Twiglets description
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@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ href="qm.html#C2000-204-18" id="qC2000-204-18">C2000-204-18 C</a>].</li>
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distance further a walking-size passage goes to the left [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-19" id="qC2000-204-19">C2000-204-19 C</a>].</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The main passage then forks: to the left is blind <!-- was [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-20" id="qC2000-204-20">C2000-204-20 C</a>]--> whilst to
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<p>The main passage then forks: to the left is blind whilst to
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the right the passage continues past a high up crawl [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-21" id="qC2000-204-21">C2000-204-21 C</a>], and then
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possibly [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-22" id="qC2000-204-22">C2000-204-22
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@ -175,38 +174,46 @@ stopwatch).</p>
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<h3><a id="crowningglory">Crowning Glory</a></h3>
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<p>A phreatic passage with a stream flowing down it, which heads upwards from
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<a href="#treeumphantpassage">Treeumphant Passage</a>. Near the beginning a
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high up crawl heads off to the left, connecting to <a
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<p><a href="l/cglory.html"><img src="t/cglory.jpg" class="onleft" /></a> This
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large phreatic passage, with a (normally dry) streambed in the floor, heads
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upwards from <a href="#treeumphantpassage">Treeumphant Passage</a>. Near the
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beginning a high up crawl heads off to the left, connecting to <a
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href="#twiglets">Twiglets</a>. Another 20m leads to a boulder infall which can
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be climbed over, or the stream can be followed around to the right. A 2m
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scramble climb is reached, and <a href="#bouldercoaster">Boulder
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Coaster</a>, on the left, can be accessed by traversing from the pitch head.
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Further up the passage boulder infall from the left leads to a connection back
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to <a href="#treeumphantpassage">Treeumphant Passage</a>. The summit of a
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boulder is soon reached, as the passage becomes smaller. Going down the
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boulders goes into a chamber, with an aven [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-11"
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id="qC2001-204-11">C2001-204-11 X</a>], and a 4m climb up at the end, followed
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by a pitch, formerly <a id="qC2001-204-10"
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be climbed over, or the fossil streambed can be followed around to the
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right.</p>
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<p><a href="l/cgjunct.html"><img src="t/cgjunct.jpg" class="onright" /></a>
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Scrambling 2m up loose boulders reaches an important junction <i>(right)</i>
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where a side passage, <a href="#bouldercoaster">Boulder Coaster</a>, branches
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off to the left; this is the route to the 204e entrance.</p>
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<p style="clear: left"><a href="l/cgnorth.html"><img src="t/cgnorth.jpg" class="onleft"
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/></a> Continuing along the main passage, boulder infall from the left
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leads to a connection back to <a href="#treeumphantpassage">Treeumphant
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Passage</a>.The summit of a boulder is soon reached, as the passage becomes
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smaller. Going down the boulders goes into a chamber, with an aven [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-11" id="qC2001-204-11">C2001-204-11 X</a>], and a 4m
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climb up at the end, followed by a pitch, formerly <a id="qC2001-204-10"
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-10">C2001-204-10 A</a>]. At the bottom of this is a
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blind pit; walking up a boulder slope on the other side of this leads to a
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further drop, descended in 2003 with a tackle-sack rope protector. To the left
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was a rift with an aven (went 3m). In the LH wall, 2m up, was a small crawl [<a
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-X87" id="qC2003-204-X87">C2003-204-X87 C</a>].
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Straight on, the rift continued down a moderate pitch [<a
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-X88" id="qC2003-204-X88">C2003-204-X88 B</a>] and above
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this the passage continued, which could be reached by bolting up ~3m [<a
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-X89" id="qC2003-204-X89">C2003-204-X89 B</a>]. (This
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was not surveyed, so the QM numbers are provisional, and the parent QM hasn't
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been moved to the expired list yet.)</p>
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-X87" id="qC2003-204-X87">C2003-204-X87 C</a>]. Straight
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on, the rift continued down a moderate pitch [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-X88"
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id="qC2003-204-X88">C2003-204-X88 B</a>] and above this the passage continued,
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which could be reached by bolting up ~3m [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-X89"
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id="qC2003-204-X89">C2003-204-X89 B</a>]. (This was not surveyed, so the QM
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numbers are provisional, and the parent QM hasn't been moved to the expired
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list yet.)</p>
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<!-- The extensions from 2003 /were/ allegedly surveyed at the time but the
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data seems to have been lost! -->
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<h3><a id="germknodel">Germknödels' Revenge</a></h3>
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<p><img class="onright" src="rigging/e.png" alt="E entrance rigging guide" />
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<p>
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<a href="l/ente.html"><img class="onleft" src="t/ente.jpg" /></a>
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<a href="l/gkrevenge.html"><img class="onright" src="t/gkrevenge.jpg" /></a>
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Germknödels' Revenge is the short connection between the 204e and 204f
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entrances and the Treeumphant end of Boulder Coaster. <b>204e</b> is a low
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square hole in the face of a cliff. From here a low passage leads down and to
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@ -221,7 +228,9 @@ down this tube reveals that it connects to the top of the pitch reached from
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204e; it was not thought worth the considerable bother of rigging this
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route.</p>
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<p>A backup and Y-hang are followed by a rebelay or short deviation next to a
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<p><img class="onright" src="rigging/e.png" alt="E entrance rigging guide" />
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<a href="l/epitch.html"><img class="onleft" src="t/epitch.jpg" /></a>
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A backup and Y-hang are followed by a rebelay or short deviation next to a
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window into a parallel shaft (There may be undocumented QMs in this shaft). The
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pitch narrows below the deviation, to a rebelay where it bells out to several
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metres diameter. The remaining drop is in a fine open shaft, passing a ledge a
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@ -229,12 +238,13 @@ few metres off the floor, into Crowning Glory Chamber in <a
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href="#bouldercoaster">Boulder Coaster</a> near its connection to Crowning Glory
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Passage. </p>
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<h3><a id="bouldercoaster">Boulder Coaster</a></h3>
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<h3 style="clear: left"><a id="bouldercoaster">Boulder Coaster</a></h3>
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<p>A walking sized passage goes from <a href="#crowningglory">Crowning Glory
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Passage</a> to <b><a id="cgchamber">Crowning Glory Chamber</a></b> where 204e
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and 204f drop in from <a href="#germknodel">Germknödels Revenge</a>,
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daylight being just visible. A rift intersects the chamber at the north end [<a
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daylight being just visible (unless F entrance is blocked by snow, which it
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frequently is). A rift intersects the chamber at the north end [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-12" id="qC2001-204-12">C2001-204-12 C</a>], [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-13" id="qC2001-204-13">C2001-204-13 C</a>]. The obvious
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way out of the chamber continues for 15m before choking, passing under avens
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@ -249,8 +259,7 @@ The passage continues to a a staggered crossroads; to the right there is a
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sandy crawl, leading to <a href="#sandpit">Sand Pit</a>. The other two ways on
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later rejoin; the left route has a phreatic tube going into the roof [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-22" id="qC2001-204-22">C2001-204-22 X</a>]. Continuing
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downslope, the passage splits in two, to the left is blind <!-- Was [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-15" id="qC2001-204-15">C2001-204-15 C</a>]-->. The
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downslope, the passage splits in two; to the left is blind, while the
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right way leads to a chamber with a pitch [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-16"
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id="qC2001-204-16">C2001-204-16 B</a>] and an aven [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-23" id="qC2001-204-23">C2001-204-23 X</a>]. The passage
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after which a small passage goes of to the left [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-56"
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id="qC2001-204-56">C2001-204-56 C</a>]. Further on a passage is reached, with
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an aven above where <a href="swings.html#crestarun">Cresta Run</a>, the
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connection with Swings and Roundabouts, drops in. The passage to the right soon
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connection with Swings and Roundabouts, drops in. (In 2005 this was the main
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trade route into Cresta Run, but it needs to be rigged from above by a party
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going via Swings.) The passage to the right soon
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turns left, going downhill to a junction. Straight on is a small passage
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(blind). <!-- Was [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-57"
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id="qC2001-204-57">C2001-204-57 C</a>]-->. Turning left leads to a junction
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(blind). Turning left leads to a junction
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with the downhill passage of the previous chamber. Continuing downwards, a
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small passage leads to the left, also blind <!-- Was [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-58"
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id="qC2001-204-58">C2001-204-58 C</a>]-->. Further down <b><a
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small passage leads to the left, also blind. Further down <b><a
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id="helterskelter">Helterskelter Pitch</a></b> is reached. At the
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pitch head passages go to the left and right but are too tight. The pitch is 8m
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deep and can be climbed down, and spirals around on itself, ending in boulders,
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