Two more corrupt degree signs (hopefully that's all).

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<p>Nial put some extra bolts (3) into the entrance pitch then showed us
some of the high level horizontal stuff and the top of the main Gaffered
pitch. </p>
pitch.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U 5 hours</div>
@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ sandy crawl. Left at the previous junction was missing the snow from
1987 and led to a pitch which you could reach either approximately 10m
from the bottom of 20m up. Daylight just about comes in from above along
with lots of drips presumably a snow plug on the surface above a big
pitch very close to the 204 path. </p>
pitch very close to the 204 path.</p>
<p>I got really cold cos it drafted a lot and I was only wearing one lot
of thermals under my furry. At the base of the pitch left went to loose
@ -251,11 +251,11 @@ put in a tag spit, then used that plus a thread backup and two
protectors to descend. The pitch head is awkward, then bells out to
land on a rubble floor with a dirty snowplug. A chink of light enters
upslope from a nearby shaft, while downslope the roof lowers and chokes.
This is the source of the outward draft noted at the entrance. </p>
This is the source of the outward draft noted at the entrance.</p>
<p>Then onto 148- I entered in thermals plus oversuit and drilled and
set two spits for the pitch which bypasses the squeeze and climb. Then
surface surveyed from 148 to 2006-70. </p>
surface surveyed from 148 to 2006-70.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U 1 hour (total).</div>
@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ head of Steel Toe Cap. Mark D rigged the last Ariston pitch, I rigged
the first Kiwi Suit pitch, then wibbled on the start of the traverse to
the second for long enough that Mark D took over again - pausing only to
spit in a pot at the head of the fourth Kiwi Suit pitch, i.e. the Brown
Trouser Pitch head. Mission accomplished we headed out. </p>
Trouser Pitch head. Mission accomplished we headed out.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U 7 hours.</div>
@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ by a later party - so the second wave could use the drill. Dumped the
drill at GLAD, and continued rigging through Tun and Copper. Put in a
handbolt for a deviation on Yeast which looks to have sorted out the rig
a treat. At that pitch we called it a day and headed out, meeting the
second wave at GLAD. Out at 19.30 and bolted down the hill. </p>
second wave at GLAD. Out at 19.30 and bolted down the hill.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U 10.5 hrs.</div>
@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ with "Uncomformity" ...</p>
a 22.00hr call out. Dave and I cut a deal whereby he carried the tackle
sack along the passage and I pulled it up the pitches. The 204e
entrance pitch at 21.50 thus left me a sweaty blob. We got back to the
Stone Bridge at 21.59 after an 11 hour trip! </p>
Stone Bridge at 21.59 after an 11 hour trip!</p>
<p>Leads uncovered by the trip included C at the bottom of pitch
descended by Dave and an aven in the roof. This was at the bottom left,
@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ Kaninchenhoehle. Instead, the passage just fizzled out! It rapidly
became too tight, although we did find an impressive aven on the left,
which didn't lead anywhere. On the way back, we bolted and descended a
new pitch. A 20 metre descent led to a squeeze down into a chamber that
looked like it needed a handline. </p>
looked like it needed a handline.</p>
<p>On the 15th Kathryn and I, went back and went back into this chamber:
turned out to be a 6m pitch with a very dodgy squeeze onto the pitch
@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ prophet of some considerable power and cemented the respect of us novice
cavers. Rather an easy task compared to the 200m surveying and rigging
task of the previous day. A and B leads are thought to extend from the
top of a pitch linking "Uncomformity" to the passage linking "Shetland
Incline". </p>
Incline".</p>
<p>We progressed to explore 03-90A. This involved Dave cutting our old
(2003) 11mm rope into lots of teeny bits. We dropped down a very
@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ an area riddled with uncharted cave. We tagged 2007-01 and Ollie sent me
down (I was geared up). A vertical climb down opened into a hollow
plate a few metres down. A boulder floor made the "C" QM in the floor
dangerous. An edge exit was too tight. Many vertical openings existed
in a similar place. We tagged one, 2007-02, but did not descend. </p>
in a similar place. We tagged one, 2007-02, but did not descend.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U 1.5 hrs.</div>
@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ had one bolting kit between the three of us, and this meant we got quite
cold, so Djuke decideded to find Edvin and Nial in the Underworld. Sarah
and Kathryn eventually placed 4 bolts of varying quality and rigged the
traverse, by which time it was too late to join the others pushing in
the Underworld, and so they headed out. </p>
the Underworld, and so they headed out.</p>
<hr />
@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ a couple of metres).</p>
visitors around Steinbrucken. They all seemed very impressed, especially
with the pitches. However, one was overhead to say that there was too
much prussiking! Trip took 6hrs. The temperature in Kiwi Suit was
0.4°C.</p>
0.4&deg;C.</p>
<p>The Hungarians were very keen to see more of the cave so I took Dodo
and Gabor on a through trip from 204e to 204d. The snow was low so the
@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ climb out of d was easy. A top trip, I had forgotten how good it
was!</p>
<p>We are all invited to go caving in Hungary. If you fancy it then
contact Gabor by email. </p>
contact Gabor by email.</p>
<hr />
@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ return.</p>
<p>Headed in with 2 smallish bags of rope. Met Dour and MSD at God Loves
A Drunk, where we heard the grim tales of Mark's loose bowels and Dour's
missing hiltis which I had picked up at Kiwi Suit (thanks to Sarah for
spotting the pot lying on a rock). </p>
spotting the pot lying on a rock).</p>
<p>We decided to ditch the 94m pushing rope and continue in with the
drill and rope for known pitches. This was a lovely idea but forgot to
@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ bastard.</p>
<p>The inlet is keyhole passage with ~3m round phreatic part elongate
along the dip direction, and a trench that is typically 5m deep,
trending upwards at 25°. We surveyed up this for ~70m before running
trending upwards at 25&deg;. We surveyed up this for ~70m before running
out of time. Our last survey station is by a junction where the main
route continues for ~40m to a climb which may or may not be climbable,
and an inlet rift that is passable for some distance. With that we