From 672fe1a008e4255b63f51690c963aa06f631d515 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: expo <expo@expobox.potato.hut> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 23:54:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 258 desc --- smkridge/258/desc.html | 3 +-- smkridge/258/littoralnorth.html | 46 +++++++++++++++++++-------------- 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/smkridge/258/desc.html b/smkridge/258/desc.html index d8fe8833b..22084e425 100644 --- a/smkridge/258/desc.html +++ b/smkridge/258/desc.html @@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ down and passing a hole into <b>Stone Monkey</b>, to a pitch of a few metres landing on a sandy floor in an impressive chamber. Continuing northwards past the taped floor leads -to the <a href="littoralnorth.html">Littoral North</a> and the main part of -the cave. +to the <a href="littoralnorth.html">Littoral North</a> and the main ways on. The other obvious exit leads to <b>Secret Squirrel</b>. <p>[more needed] diff --git a/smkridge/258/littoralnorth.html b/smkridge/258/littoralnorth.html index d978bf65a..9d9c50bb3 100644 --- a/smkridge/258/littoralnorth.html +++ b/smkridge/258/littoralnorth.html @@ -9,12 +9,33 @@ <body> <table id="cavepage"> -<tr><th id="kat_no">258 - a b</th><th id="name">Tunnockschacht</th><th id="status">2 ??</th></tr> +<tr><th id="kat_no">258 - a b</th><th id="name">Tunnockschacht: Littoral North</th><th id="status">2 ??</th></tr> </table> -<p>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. -</p> +<p>The Littoral North leads northwards out of the chamber below Caramel +Catharsis past taped formations on the floor. The roof lowers and the sandy +passage continues to a further taped formation. There is a branch to the +left here [to be described]. The main way is through a low arch to 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 a wide stony passage with a pool useful for collecting water. There +are ways on to the left and straight ahead. + +<p>To the left a passage leads almost immediately to a tricky climb +(rope recommended) +up to +the right. This gains a further muddy passage, which draughts inwards +strongly, leading after about 50 metres to a balcony at the +head of the 100m +deep pitch <b>The Usual Suspects</b>. This pitch is wet, and +is impassible in times of high water (a party was marooned beneath it in +2009), and is now superceded by the route via +<b>String Theory</b>. Across the pitch head may be seen a window accessible +via the route to String Theory. + +<p>Back in the passage to the left, following straight ahead without taking +the tricky climb to the right +leads to a stepped pitch <b>Frankly Freezing</b> [description needed]. [Description needed of Litteral north 4 - Julian Todd or Becka Lawson] [2007-258-6B] @@ -23,21 +44,8 @@ gently down to a junction. Ahead is a stoop leading though into the Littoral Nor [Description needed of stomach ulsa - Holly and Noel and Mike TA] [2009-258-39A] - -<h2>Littoral North</h2> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>West, there is a stepped pitch, <b>Frankly Freezing</b> down to the left, 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.</p> - -<p>North (from the water-filling pool) a 2m climb up rotten calcite leads (past [2007-258-4-A], LHW) to an unusual +<p>If the passage straight ahead is taken from the water collecting pool, +a 2m climb up rotten calcite leads (past [2007-258-4-A], LHW) to an unusual critical-angle pile of 10cm diameter rocks <strong>Y KeyKey Beach</strong>. The narrowing at the top of this pile (it gets close to the roof) has a stonking gale coming through it. Just