diff --git a/smkridge/234/pie.html b/smkridge/234/pie.html index 8804179b3..9a4c446c4 100644 --- a/smkridge/234/pie.html +++ b/smkridge/234/pie.html @@ -119,28 +119,24 @@ a convenient rebelay, below which the shaft widens dramatically. A large ledge drops a further 10m onto a pile of jammed boulders. Clambering over these reaches a ledge where the main hang bolt for the shaft is set. This hang is around 50m; the first section slopes slightly, but after 30m it straightens -out. The resulting rub point was protected in 2006 by an extremely tenuous +out. The resulting rub point was protected in 2006 and 2008 by an extremely tenuous deviation off a flake; when better bolting equipment is available, a traverse to a rebelay on the far wall would be very much preferable. Shortly below the final hang bolt, there is a slot in the wall leading back underneath the -jammed boulders into a chamber. This was not explored due to lack of time, but -it appears to have a floor, with a narrow slot in one side which may correlate -with another slot visible further down the pitch. [C2006-234-08 A]. The +jammed boulders into a chamber. This connects back to the pitch lower down.. The landing at the bottom of the pitch is in a largish chamber, with water dripping -in from above, and a trench in the floor [C2006-234-06 C]. At the far end of the chamber, one can +in from above, and a trench in the floor. At the far end of the chamber, one can climb up and over a pile of boulders (probably needs protecting with a rope in future, as the pile looks liable to fall down the pitch without much provocation!) to continue the descent; a spit at the top of the boulder pile provides backup, and a second low down on the pitch gives a just-about-tolerable hang. A deviation off a huge anvil-shaped projection of rock moves the rope out to a better position, allowing a landing on a ledge -around 5m down. This is the limit of exploration so far; from here, the shaft -can be seen to widen out to one side (beneath the slot at the base of the -previous pitch), and a rebelay would allow a descent of perhaps 20m to the -floor. A slot in the floor seems to herald more pitches to come. [C2006-234-07 A]

+around 5m down. This was the 2006 limit of exploration. From here, the +shaft widens out to one side (beneath the slot at the base of the +previous pitch), and a rebelay below the ledge allows a descent of 15m to the +floor. A slot in the floor leads to a downward climb onto a mass of +precariously placed boulders. However the only way on, down which the water disappears, is a narrow slot a few inches wide.

Traversing over the top of Monster Munch leads to a wide ledge. Here, a passage in the far wall leads to Spit or @@ -152,9 +148,30 @@ C], as are two turnings on the left further on [C2006-234-02 C] [C2006-234-03 C]. Finally the passage emerges in the side of a shaft, Instant -Relief, which continues both downwards [C2006-234-04 A] and upwards [C2006-234-05 X]. +Relief, which continues both downwards and upwards [C2006-234-05 X]. A +10m descent (off a spit in the passage and a natural) leads into a +large chamber and the Last Chance Saloon.

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The Last Chance Saloon is entered by continuing across the +bouldery floor at the bottom of Instant Relief. There are two ways +on. Keeping to the left leads, via a very loose climb down, into a +stooping height passage which passes over a hole leading down to a +pitch [C2006-234-02 +A] and thereafter gradually decreases in size [C2006-234-08 +C]. From the Last Chance Saloon, bearing to the right +leads to an upward sloping crawl which soon increases in size +significantly. An alcove on the left enters a sandy floored chamber +which may contain a way on [C2008-234-03 C]The passage continues past a +window overlooking a pitch [C2008-234-04 A], with another passage clearly visible on +the far side [C2008-234-05 B], before finally ending at the +top of another pitch [C2008-234-06 A]. +

Western branch: Pie R Squared

@@ -177,9 +194,8 @@ the original explorers. Other than this, Pie Arse Squared continues in fine style for a considerable distance, meandering from side to side but with no side branches or junctions; part-way along is a section with fine moonmilk deposits, and beyond this is a muddy wallow. Eventually one emerges in a flat, -wide chamber, where there are two ways on. On the right is a climb down [C2005-234-01 A], which may -or may not be reversible without a rope. On the left is a passage leading off +wide chamber, where there are two ways on. On the right is a 10 pitch +leading to a ledge which looks out onto a 5m deep blind pit: Limo Pit. On the left is a passage leading off at floor level, which contains some fine flowstone formations and straws; unfortunately, these soon conspire to completely block the passage.

diff --git a/smkridge/234/upperlevel.html b/smkridge/234/upperlevel.html index b03982dfd..15b999f35 100644 --- a/smkridge/234/upperlevel.html +++ b/smkridge/234/upperlevel.html @@ -154,21 +154,25 @@ prominent pillar to emerge in Cascade Chamber, an aven chamber with water dripping down several tiers of cascades. One can climb up for some distance but it is loose and rather unappealing [C2004-234-06 C]; decidedly exposed steps lead into two -passages to either side [C2004-234-05 B] [C2004-234-07 B]. There is also a climb down at floor level at the far end of the chamber, which is too tight after around 3m. The water disappears into a hole in the floor, where there is another small chamber, with a crawl leading off to the right in sharp rock [C2004-234-08 C]. The +href="qm.html#C2004-234-08" id="qC2004-234-08">C2004-234-08 +C]. The largest way on from Cascade Chamber is an exposed climb up +to the right into a continuing rift passage. This soon splits. The left hand passage +ends, whilst the right hand passage appears to continue at a +down-climb [C2008-234-02 B] The main Measles Inlet passage continues sloping gradually upwards; the left-hand wall is covered in brown mud blobs (hence the passage name). There is a crawl leading off to the right around halfway along [C2004-234-09 C]. After some distance a chamber is -reached; the only obvious way on is a crawl at floor level to the left, which -was not pushed as it passes over attractive calcited mud with dessication -cracks [C2004-234-10 -B].

+reached; the only obvious way on is a crawl at floor level to the left +which passes over attractive calcited mud with dessication +cracks. This leads, via a rubbly squeeze, into an aven. The passage at +the top of the aven soon chokes, however there is another small passage half +way up the aven which is difficult to get to without a rope [C2008-234-01 C]

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