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@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ described in normal text and side passages / oxbows are described in
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<i>italics</i>.</p>
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</p>
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<p>A significant cave
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found in 2018 on the western edge of our area. This is the first cave
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so far out onto the Plateau that breaks into complex and extensive
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@ -69,10 +69,9 @@ horizontal passage. The entrance is located in a gully with thick
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vegetation on either side. It is an obvious open pit with a snow plug
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in the bottom.</p>
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<p><u><b>2018
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Discoveries</b></u></p>
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<h2>2018 Discoveries</h2>
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<p><b>Entrance series</b></p>
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<h3></h3>Entrance series
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<p>The entrance pitch
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(p5) drop onto a snow plug where heading downslope leads to a stance
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@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ ledge looks out over a large chamber with jammed boulders in the roof
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directly opposite the ledge. <i>(There may be passage leading off
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from these jammed boulders, QMB). </i>The p30 from this ledge to the
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floor of the chamber is <b>Radagast</b> and it lands on a boulder
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floor. (<i>5m below the top of </i><i><b>Radagast</b></i><i> it is
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floor. (<i>5m below the top of <b>Radagast</b> it is
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possible to swing into a series of small phreatic tubes and immature
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vadose shafts trending SW at point PT01 and leading past PT02. This
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area does not contain any great leads but may be worth a look as it
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@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ with a vadose trench and a stream in the bottom. This leads via a p10
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to a short series of narrow tubes which end in tight sumps and
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chokes).</i></p>
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<p><b>The Second Coming</b></p>
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<H3>The Second Coming</H3>
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<p><b>The Second Coming
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</b>starts below the p5 N of PT03 (which is at the end of the
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@ -182,11 +181,10 @@ Saunders et al in 2018, supposedly to a large chamber called the
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been forthcoming. The whole area needs a good push; there are
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probably no easy leads but the draft is absolutely ridiculous</i>).</p>
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<p><b>Hobnob Hallway</b></p>
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<H3>Hobnob Hallway</H3>
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<p><i>(This description
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should be checked and related to the QMs marked on the survey)
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</i>Heading L at the first junction along <b>The</b> <b>Second Coming</b>
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should be checked and related to the QMs marked on the survey)</i>Heading L at the first junction along <b>The Second Coming</b>
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leads to <b>Hobnob Hallway</b>. This starts as a sand floored
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phreatic passage. A short distance along a hole in the floor leads N
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to <b>Kit Kat connection </b>which loops back to <b>The Second
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@ -200,28 +198,27 @@ returning to the canyon. To the R is unsurveyed, but the L continues
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along a phreatic named <b>Papsi Passage</b>, with the canyon in the
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floor. Occasional smaller (barely body sized) phreatics break off
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from this. Eventually the canyon is lost, and the phreatic continues.
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A further junction is reached, to the R, <b>Papsi Passage</b>
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continues. To the L leads down<b> Dead Fly Passage</b>, ending at the
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A further junction is reached, to the R, <b>Papsi Passage</b> continues. To the L leads down<b> Dead Fly Passage</b>, ending at the
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top of a canyon, presumably the continuation of the earlier canyon.
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<b>Papsi Passage</b> continues in the phreatic until it too reaches a
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canyon, presumably the same)<i>. </i>
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</p>
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<p><u><b>2019
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Discoveries</b></u></p>
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<H2>2019
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Discoveries</H2>
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<p><b>Propane
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Nightmares</b></p>
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<h3>Propane
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Nightmares</h3>
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<p>From PT03 at the end
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of the traverse from the Entrance Series descend the p5 to the N.
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(<i>Ahead the main passage is The Second Coming).</i> <i>Ascend a p8
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(<i>Ahead the main passage is The Second Coming). Ascend a p8
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(left rigged 2019) </i>up to a small phreatic tube on the R. This
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enters <b>Propane Nightmares. </b>It starts as a stooping size
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phreatic tube formed on a fault plane heading E. (<i>Around 10m from
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the start of the passage a narrow canyon leads up on the R and then
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heads steeply down towards the sound of a waterfall. This ends in a
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steep slope which the survey suggests connects with </i><i><b>Grommit</b></i><i>)</i>.
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steep slope which the survey suggests connects with <b>Grommit</b>)</i>.
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The main passage continues E with a similar size, passing a handline
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c8 up (<i>left rigged in 2019)</i> immediately followed by a p12
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down. Continuing E soon reaches a three-way junction at PT11. This is
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@ -260,8 +257,7 @@ drippy area below the waterfall (umbrella recommended) to enter
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<b>Watershed</b>, a fine streamway that trends SE. (<i>Just past the
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waterfall the passage passes beneath the traverse mentioned above)</i>.</p>
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<p><b>Watershed</b>
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continues for over 100m as a significant streamway with some
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<p><b>Watershed</b> continues for over 100m as a significant streamway with some
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unusually impressive speleothems for the Totes Gebirge. This section
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is reminiscent of the great stream caves of the Mendip Hills until
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the water begins to cut down into a trench in the floor. At this
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