diff --git a/smkridge/161/mordor.htm b/smkridge/161/mordor.htm index 0baf4e677..048b7ee2f 100644 --- a/smkridge/161/mordor.htm +++ b/smkridge/161/mordor.htm @@ -15,14 +15,6 @@ src="../../../icons/idx161.png" width=40 height=40></a> <a href="../index.html#id161"><img alt=" Desc " src="../../../icons/desc.png" width=40 height=40></a> -<a href="../../index.htm"><img alt=" Expo " - src="../../../icons/ausbut.png" width=40 height=40></a> -<a href="../../infodx.htm"><img alt=" Topics " - src="../../../icons/index.png" width=40 height=40></a> -<a href="../../indxal.htm"><img alt=" Index " - src="../../../icons/indxal.png" width=40 height=40></a> -<a href="../../../index.htm"><img alt=" CUCC" - src="../../../icons/cucc.png" width=40 height=40></a> <h2>161 Kaninchenhöhle: Mordor and passages beyond</h2></center> @@ -46,36 +38,44 @@ connection in this area, thereby bypassing the Tyrolean traverse at <p>Mordor is a small, very windy (blowing up) pitch at the northern end of <a href="oldmen.htm#sudetenland">Sudetenland</a> (accessed from <a href="oldmen.htm#country">Country for Old Men</a>) that is rigged -from the roof. After the initial 10m drop, it -is possible to climb a further 10m down to a second hang from a -thread then a roof bolt where pitch opens out. A deviation ~7m down -on a spike avoids a rub at a rebelay (huge thread) to drop nicely to -near floor. A 60m rope is recommended (this pitch was left rigged in -2011). At the bottom is a chamber is about 15m high. To the west is a -north-south trending rift leading to large pitch at S end. [FIXME: -(Wookey/Cat/Adam) where is this pitch on the survey? Presumably the -pitch is a QM - what grade? There are two candidates. Also 3 C-grade -QMs marked on survey]. East leads to <a href="#entmarch">March of the Ents</a>.</p> +from the roof. After the initial 10m drop, the way on is to climb down +a further 10m to a second hang. It is also possible to get off the +rope and explore round a corner into windy rifts. The second drop +descends from a thread then a roof bolt where the pitch opens out. A +deviation ~7m down on a spike avoids a rub at a rebelay (huge thread) +to drop nicely in a large space to near the floor. A 60m rope is +recommended (this pitch was left rigged in 2011 and 2012). </p> + +<p><i>At the foot of the first 10m drop is a soily climb up 12m to the SW. +It doesn't go. In the opposite direction, round a corner a narrow rift +passage can be followed upwards for 18m, then back down again to come +out near the top of the 2nd drop of Mordor pitch. All of this passage +is very windy.</i></p> + +<p>The chamber at the bottom of Mordor is about 15m high. To the west is a +north-south trending rift leading to an impassable hole in the floor +at the S end, beyond which is <a href="#stables">The Stables</a> +[2011-161-XX C]. There is a hole in the floor at the north end of this +rift [2011-161-XX C] and a narrow slot in the wall near the foot of +the rope [2011-161-XX C]. East leads to <a href="#entmarch">March of the Ents</a>.</p> <h3><a name="entmarch">March of the Ents</a> (2011)</h3> <p>The large passage of March of the Ents heads eastwards from the chamber at the base of <a href="#mordor">Mordor</a> pitch 4m -higher up, reached via an easy traverse. There is a strong -draught from east to west (into the chamber). After 18m, a t-junction -is reached with a much less windy passage to the right (south), -<a href="#rivendell">Rivendell</a>, that is the main route to the -south. Straight ahead (east) the main passage continues uphill then +higher up, reached via an easy traverse. There is a strong draught +from east to west (into the chamber). After 18m, a t-junction is +reached with a much less windy passage (the base of the T) to the +right (south), which leads to the main route to the +south (<a href="#rivendell">Rivendell</a>). Straight ahead (east) the main passage continues uphill then turns northeast. 30m beyond the Rivendell junction, climbing up to the left in a complex area reaches the head of <a href="#sauron">No Sign of Sauron</a> pitch. Most of the draught appears to coming from the area around this pitch. Immediately beyond is a passage on the -left (bearing on 252°) [C2011-161-XX B] [FIXME: (Wookey/Cat/Adam) -is this the C lead on the survey? Bearing doesn't fit- 352 better]. +left (bearing on 352°) [C2011-161-XX B]. The phreatic passage zig-zags for another 30m. At the corner is a high (12m) -solution area in the roof [C2011-161-XX C] [FIXME: (Wookey/Cat/Adam) -where is this on the survey?]. Ahead the passage becomes a very high -hading rift with a short drop. Traversing across the rift leads to +solution area in the roof [C2011-161-XX C]. Ahead the passage becomes a very high +hading rift with a short drop. Traversing across the drop leads to <a href="#bored">Bored of the Rings</a>.</p> <h3><a name="bored">Bored of the Rings</a> (2011)</h3> @@ -129,38 +129,41 @@ passable [C2012-161-XX B]. There is little discernible draught.</p> <h3><a name="rivendell">Rivendell</a> and The Stables (2011)</h3> -<p>Rivendell is a large phreatic passage heading south from -<a href="#entmarch">March of the Ents</a> for 25m to a chamber. -A hole in the floor is approximately 10m deep with a pool at the -bottom [C2011-161-XX A]. There is possible passage uphill to -the northeast [C2011-161-XX B]. The way on is downhill to the -southwest, quickly arriving at a large T-junction with a horizontal -passage. This is very windy again (blowing from southeast to northwest). +<p>A 3m diameter phreatic passage heading south from +<a href="#entmarch">March of the Ents</a> for 25m leads to a chamber +<b>Rivendell</b>. A hole in the floor is approximately 10m deep with a pool at the +bottom [C2011-161-XX A]. There is possible passage uphill to the +northeast [C2011-161-XX B]. The way on is downhill to the southwest, +quickly arriving at a large T-junction with a horizontal passage. This +is very windy again (blowing from southeast to northwest). Left is the large passage of <a href="#shires">The Shires</a>. Right -is the main way on - <a name="stables">The Stables</a></p> +is the main way on.</p> -<p>After 17m, the passage opens out at a small streamway with a junction. -The two passages soon reunite at a further junction. Left continues -downhill for 17m to where the stream sinks in a too tight rift with an -aven on the right [C2011-161-XX-X]. The main way on is ahead (west).</p> +<p>After 17m, the passage opens out at a small streamway with a +junction, and splits. The two passages soon reunite at <a +href="#stables">The Stables</a>. Left continues downhill for 17m to +where the stream sinks in a too tight rift with an aven on the right +[C2011-161-XX-X]. The main way on is ahead (west).</p> -<p>The passage continues past a stagnant pool and quickly reaches +<p>In <a name="stables">The Stables</a> the passage continues past a +stagnant pool and quickly reaches a 3m drop at a junction. Right connects to the north-south trending -rift accessed from the base of <a href="#mordor">Mordor</a> pitch. +rift accessed from the base of <a href="#mordor">Mordor</a> pitch, (but +is not passable). To the left, a traverse round the 3m drop (left rigged) is the main way on. Large passage continues, under a rock bridge and up a 2m climb, reaching a junction 35m from the traverse. The main way on is to the left into <a href="#gallop">Southern Gallop</a>. <i>Right -leads to [FIXME (Julian/Andrew): about 50m of passage culminating -in a p6 with two B leads - better description?].</i></p> +leads via wide passage to a hole on the right and <a +href="#soilothon>Soilothon</a> on the left.:.</i></p> <h3><a name="shires">The Shires</a> (2011)</h3> -<p>Turning left (southeast) at the large T-junction in +<p>Turning left (southeast) at the large T-junction by <a href="#rivendell">Rivendell</a> enters a huge phreatic passage 5m across trending gently downhill, <b>The Shires</b>. This reaches a pitch edge after 50m looking out into large chamber/area -[C2011-161-XX A]. The drop is about 10m, then another 10m in further +[C2011-161-XX A]. The drop is about 10m, then another 10m in a further hole. A small passage continues ahead for ~7m to look out over another drop, probably the same space [C2011-161-XX B]. Halfway along the Shires a small rift passage goes off [C2011-161-XX C] @@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ a small rift passage goes off [C2011-161-XX C] <h3><a name="gallop">Southern Gallop</a> (2011)</h3> <p>A short climb up gains access to a large passage heading southeast. -After 10m a hole is reached that can be traversed to the right (rope +After 10m a hole is reached that can be traversed on the right (rope useful) to gain access to the continuing passage. [FIXME: (Julian/Andrew) have I correctly identified this obstacle? Is the hole a QM].</p>