From 93ce304976970d32bfd540c5704d7d18585dac0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dave Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 15:43:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] [svn r6844] Added Martin's description of Tableware (formerly Earthenware III), and fettled description page so it's actually valid HTML --- smkridge/204/glossary.csv | 2 +- smkridge/204/qm.csv | 8 +- smkridge/204/uworld.html | 238 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 3 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 113 deletions(-) diff --git a/smkridge/204/glossary.csv b/smkridge/204/glossary.csv index 655f793d7..54a0adf65 100644 --- a/smkridge/204/glossary.csv +++ b/smkridge/204/glossary.csv @@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ "Drilling Delight","nopain.html","drillingdelight","Series of short pitches near Insignificant Chamber" "Dutch Beauty","swings.html","dutchbeauty","Passage branching off from Magic Roundabout, leading to the pitch into Rhino Rift" "Earthenware","uworld.html","earthenware","North-South trunk passage in Subsoil level" -"Earthenware III","uworld.html","earthenware3","Series of small side passages off Underware. Needs a proper name" "Easy There","ariston.html","easythere","Pitch in Razor Dance" "Eeyore","swings.html","eeyore","Side passage branching off from near Cerberus pitch head" "Ermintrude","swings.html","ermintrude","Small ascending tube at corner of Magic Roundabout" @@ -114,6 +113,7 @@ "Suspended Solution","swings.html","suspended","Roof tube at the northern end of Swings Passage, leading to 204D entrance" "Swallow Hard","rhino.html","swallowhard","Side branch off On A Mission leading to the Unconformity and to Limescale Cistern" "Swings Passage","swings.html","swingstrunk","Main trunk passage of Swings & Roundabouts series" +"Tableware","uworld.html","tableware","Series of small side passages off Underware. Needs a proper name" "Taking the Piss","rhino.html","takingthepiss","Pitch dropping into Rhino Rift series from Dutch Beauty in Swings & Roundabouts" "Tape Worm","swings.html","tapeworm","Second pitch of Gaffered to the Walls series" "Terra Firma","uworld.html","terrafirma","Chamber at the top of a muddy slope in the upper Underworld" diff --git a/smkridge/204/qm.csv b/smkridge/204/qm.csv index b54c741a2..df8931b72 100644 --- a/smkridge/204/qm.csv +++ b/smkridge/204/qm.csv @@ -353,10 +353,10 @@ "C2004-204-40","B","Wares","Possible continuation up on the right of the slope through boulders","uworld.html","204.allgaffered.hardware.12",, "C2004-204-41","?","Wares","Passage on left just short of northernmost extremity of Earthenware I","uworld.html","204.allgaffered.hardware.1",, "C2004-204-42","?","Wares","Passage on left at northernmost extremity of Earthenware I","uworld.html","204.allgaffered.earthenware.6",, -"C2004-204-43","C","Wares","Pitch in Earthenware III","uworld.html","204.allgaffered.earthenware3.17",, -"C2004-204-44","B","Wares","Pitch in Earthenware III","uworld.html","204.allgaffered.earthenware3.9",, -"C2004-204-45","X","Wares","Aven above pitch in Earthenware III","uworld.html","204.allgaffered.earthenware3.9",, -"C2004-204-46","C","Wares","Slot in floor continues to left (Earthenware III)","uworld.html","204.allgaffered.earthenware3.16",, +"C2004-204-43","C","Wares","Pitch in Tableware","uworld.html","204.allgaffered.earthenware3.17",, +"C2004-204-44","B","Wares","Pitch in Tableware","uworld.html","204.allgaffered.earthenware3.9",, +"C2004-204-45","X","Wares","Aven above pitch in Tableware","uworld.html","204.allgaffered.earthenware3.9",, +"C2004-204-46","C","Wares","Slot in floor continues to left (in Tableware)","uworld.html","204.allgaffered.earthenware3.16",, "C2004-204-47","C","Wares","Passage on left in Underware","uworld.html","204.allgaffered.earthenware2.2",, "C2004-204-48","X","Wares","Aven at far south-east end of Underware","uworld.html","204.allgaffered.earthenware2.23",, "C2004-204-49","A","Wares","Climb up in Underware","uworld.html","204.allgaffered.earthenware2.20",, diff --git a/smkridge/204/uworld.html b/smkridge/204/uworld.html index dbf5f7b9e..b83c23cb8 100644 --- a/smkridge/204/uworld.html +++ b/smkridge/204/uworld.html @@ -28,23 +28,24 @@ Below this is a larger and still deeper level, Subsoil, at around 1520m.

Underworld

- -

The Underworld starts from the foot of Cerberus pitch. A hole down on the -left, [C2003-204-04 B] -leads to the head of a rift; this is likely to link to the rift -[C2003-204-02 B] leading -from the base of Trihang. Ahead is a blind pit around 4m deep. An obvious -path on the right in the mud floor leads along horizontal walking passage past -conservation-taped stalactites and two tubes leading up to the right. The -first of these is [C2003-204-6 C]; the second closes down after a few body -lengths. The passage continues to a junction. Up and to the left a passage -goes of to Sirens; ahead and slightly to the right the -passage goes to PoohStyx; sharp right ends in a mud -choke.

+

The Underworld starts from the foot +of Cerberus pitch. A hole down on the left, [C2003-204-04 B] leads to the head of a rift; this is +likely to link to the rift [C2003-204-02 B] leading from the base of Trihang. Ahead +is a blind pit around 4m deep. An obvious path on the right in the mud +floor leads along horizontal walking passage past conservation-taped +stalactites and two tubes leading up to the right. The first of these is [C2003-204-6 C]; the second +closes down after a few body lengths. The passage continues to a junction. +Up and to the left a passage goes of to Sirens; ahead and +slightly to the right the passage goes to PoohStyx; +sharp right ends in a mud choke.

Poohstyx

-Continuing straight ahead at the first main Underworld junction, the passage + +

Continuing straight ahead at the first main Underworld junction, the passage soon drops down to a ledge overlooking Pooh Styx pitch. The pitch descends for 25m, picking up spray towards the bottom, to a flat floor with two too tight rifts leading off. There is also a possible continuation through a window @@ -62,39 +63,43 @@ href="qm.html#C2003-204-12" id="qC2003-204-12">C2003-204-12 C]; continuing along the rift leads to the small Beyond-Poohstyx pool, which is overlooked by the ledge in Sirens beyond Bracket Fungus passage. Extending high above the sirens ledge, an aven goes up for a good 20 -metres [C2003-204-13 X]. +metres [C2003-204-13 +X].

-

Sirens

-Left at the main junction in the Underworld is the start of Sirens. From this -point into Sirens and Subsoil the cave consists mainly of phreatic tunnels -partially filled with mud or gravel banks, with a strong draft coming out of the -cave. From the junction into Sirens the narrow but always walking passage -climbs steeply up a mud-floored passage to a ledge with conservation-taped -formations that overlooks Black Maria chamber -(p.30). Just before the ledge, two holes in the floor on the right drop steeply -down, with rocks bouncing a long way [C2003-204-14 C] and [C2003-204-15 C]. Below and to the left of where Sirens -enters Black Maria chamber, a passage appears to lead off [C2003-204-16 C]. Black Maria -chamber is rigged from a ledge that traverses around the right of the chamber. -Rigged from two bolted Y-hangs, this pitch lands in a moderate-sized chamber -with just one small passage leading off [C2004-204-70 C]. At the level of the pitch head for -Black Maria and further around the chamber, a moderate-size, horizontal -mud-floored passage leads off [C2003-204-18 B], but this was declared to be -"nontrivial" to reach. From the ledge where Sirens enters Black Maria chamber, -the main way on is over a traverse on the right using naturals (15m rope; 2 -slings) to gain a large passage sloping up. Straight ahead is a thin rift: -Bracket Fungus passage, the way on is up the steep mud slope to the left, -Oxtail Oxbow.

+ +

Photo +of Sirens stalsLeft at the main junction in the Underworld is the start +of Sirens. From this point into Sirens and Subsoil the cave consists mainly of +phreatic tunnels partially filled with mud or gravel banks, with a strong draft +coming out of the cave. From the junction into Sirens the narrow but always +walking passage climbs steeply up a mud-floored passage to a ledge with +conservation-taped formations that overlooks Black +Maria chamber (p.30). Just before the ledge, two holes in the floor on +the right drop steeply down, with rocks bouncing a long way [C2003-204-14 C] and [C2003-204-15 C]. Below and +to the left of where Sirens enters Black Maria chamber, a passage appears to +lead off [C2003-204-16 +C]. Black Maria chamber is rigged from a ledge that traverses around the +right of the chamber. Rigged from two bolted Y-hangs, this pitch lands in a +moderate-sized chamber with just one small passage leading off [C2004-204-70 C]. At the +level of the pitch head for Black Maria and further around the chamber, a +moderate-size, horizontal mud-floored passage leads off [C2003-204-18 B], but this +was declared to be "nontrivial" to reach. From the ledge where Sirens enters +Black Maria chamber, the main way on is over a traverse on the right using +naturals (15m rope; 2 slings) to gain a large passage sloping up. Straight +ahead is a thin rift: Bracket Fungus passage, the way on is up the steep mud +slope to the left, Oxtail Oxbow.

-

-Bracket Fungus Passage

+

bracket fungus formations Bracket Fungus Passage

+

[DO NOT ENTER; CONSERVATION-TAPED OFF; USE OXTAIL OXBOW BYPASS ON THE LEFT INSTEAD.] This is a narrow but very well-decorated rift, with bracket-fungus-like formations on both walls and stalactites above; it is @@ -127,9 +132,8 @@ junction with the main passage, the main route is to the left, up a steep mud slope to a further junction. At this junction, straight ahead leads to Terra Firma, and to the right leads to Quiz Rift.

-

Terra Firma -

+

Terra Firma

Straight ahead is a narrow passage which opens onto a small chamber, Terra Firma, with mud banks and a blind pit in the floor. Above the pit, a passage @@ -171,20 +175,22 @@ partway down the large, confusing Subsoil Chamber.

Subsoil Chamber

- - -

-Subsoil Chamber is large with a boulder floor, sloping down to the south. -Heading north up the slope leads to Heavily -Soiled (q.v.).. Heading south from the base of the University Challenge -pitch, after 10m on the right is the entry to the canyon leading to mud pillars Subsoil Chamber +is large with a boulder floor, sloping down to the south. Heading north up +the slope leads to Heavily Soiled (q.v.).. +Heading south from the base of the University Challenge pitch, after 10m on +the right is the entry to the canyon leading to Earthenware, while on the left a passage leads up steeply past conservation-taped fine, white crystals to a small, wet aven with two QM C's[C2004-204-56 C] as the chamber drops down steeply with a boulder-strewn floor to a small, wet aven with fine, large banks of conservation-taped mud and mud pillar formations topped by pebbles. At the base of the chamber, to the right is a -large phreatic passage three-quarters filled with mud; this connects back to Earthenware, while to the left is Hippo Hollows passage.

+large phreatic passage three-quarters filled with mud; this connects back to Earthenware, while to the left is Hippo Hollows passage.

These two trunk passages, Hippo Hollows to the south and Earthenware Passage to the north, together with the short linking passage in between appear to @@ -224,9 +230,9 @@ the left needs protecting, while ahead from the ledge is an aven and pitch with the sound of water [C2004-204-55 ?].

- -

Hippo Hollows

+ +

Hippo Hollows

On the left, from the southern base of Subsoil Chamber, a 1.8m climb up a mud bank leads to a mud-floored passage that enters Hippo Hollows. This section of @@ -251,28 +257,26 @@ area.

Fat Worm Blows a Sparky

- -

Chalk and Cheese pitch enters a moderate-sized chamber. To the right JULIAN -[C2004-204-60 A]. A large -walking passage leads off to the left. From this walking passage, a -ramp soon leads down to the right. This shortly comes to a junction. Down and -straight ahead JULIAN [C2004-204-61 A] [C2004-204-62 B]. To the right the passage squeezes past -unusual white plastic-like formations (Little -White Clouds) to a small chamber. The left of this chamber opens out -over a pitch [C2004-204-63 -A]. Straight ahead from the chamber the passage continues. JULIAN.

+

Chalk and Cheese pitch +enters a moderate-sized chamber. To the right JULIAN [C2004-204-60 A]. A large +walking passage leads off to the left. From this walking passage, a ramp soon +leads down to the right. This shortly comes to a junction. Down and straight +ahead JULIAN [C2004-204-61 +A] [C2004-204-62 B]. +To the right the passage squeezes past unusual white plastic-like formations +(Little White Clouds) to a small chamber. +The left of this chamber opens out over a pitch [C2004-204-63 A]. Straight ahead from the chamber the +passage continues. JULIAN.

- -

The main walking passage soon reaches Dead Good Bat -Chamber with a freshly deceased bat marked by conservation tape by the -prominent central boulder. Low on the left of this chamber, Thin Rift passage -goes down steeply in tight rift. A handline was needed to continue down at the -limit of surveying in 2004 [Dead +bat The main walking passage soon reaches Dead +Good Bat Chamber with a freshly deceased bat marked by conservation +tape by the prominent central boulder. Low on the left of this chamber, Thin +Rift passage goes down steeply in tight rift. A handline was needed to continue +down at the limit of surveying in 2004 [C2004-204-X73 A]. Several passages lead down on the right from Good Dead Bat Chamber: all interconnect in a maze of small walking and crawling tubes. An alcove in one tube is conservation-taped off to protect @@ -283,10 +287,8 @@ id="qC2004-204-64">C2004-204-64 C]. Continuing ahead beyond Good Dead Bat Chamber, a free-climb steeply up on the left leads to a point around 4m below a large tube which would require bolting to access [C2004-204-65 B]. Straight -ahead leads steeply down large boulders to a small chamber and a wet -aven [C2004-204-66 -C].

- +ahead leads steeply down large boulders to a small chamber and a wet aven [C2004-204-66 C].

Earthenware

@@ -316,8 +318,9 @@ id="qC2004-204-24">C2004-204-24 A]. There is a further possible pitch on the left [C2004-204-25 B].

-

A little beyond this is a junction, where a passage leads off to the left [C2004-204-27 A], while -a muddy slope on the right leads to a muddy tube that goes steeply up to a +

A little beyond this is a junction, where a passage leads off to the left +[C2004-204-27 A], while a +muddy slope on the right leads to a muddy tube that goes steeply up to a boulder choke. A second, less obvious tube leads up on the right just before this first tube. This second tube climbs up very steeply and continues beyond the end of the 2004 survey though some aid may be needed to complete the climb @@ -348,7 +351,7 @@ Here a second right also links to Underware but this route is conservation-taped to prevent access to avoid damage to the fine calcite on the walls; while to the left is unexplored [C2004-204-42 ?]. JULIAN, I can't remember what happened -here at this junction - more QM's ahead at least I think? +here at this junction - more QM's ahead at least I think?

@@ -368,26 +371,20 @@ again and slopes steeply up in a large boulder pile. The 2004 survey ended at the top of the boulder slope. A deep pitch descends on the left [C2004-204-39 B] and there is a possible continuation up on the right of the slope through boulders [C2004-204-40 B]. +href="qm.html#C2004-204-40" id="qC2004-204-40">C2004-204-40 B].

Underware

The two passages up on the right of Earthenware both enter a very large, -horizontal phreatic passage, Underware. This continues both left (north) and right (south). +horizontal phreatic passage, Underware. This continues both left (north) and +right (south).

From the entry points from Earthenware, Underware continues to the left for -around 50m north, to end in a huge boulder -choke and roof collapse. A small drafting passage off to the right at the -start of this collapse zone is the start of Earthenware -III. This passage leads steeply up to a pitch head [C2004-204-43 C]. Beyond this -pitch, to the left, the passage continues to a small chamber. MARTIN Becka -claims there were no ways on here but there are three marked in your survey -notes [C2004-204-44 B] -[C2004-204-45 X] [C2004-204-46 C]. There -is alleged to be at least one passage leading off from the left of Underware by -the collapse zone [XXX unnumbered QMs if they exist].

+around 50m north, to end in a huge boulder choke and roof collapse. A small +drafting passage off to the right at the start of this collapse zone is the +start of Tableware. There is alleged to be at +least one passage leading off from the left of Underware by the collapse zone +[XXX unnumbered QMs if they exist].

Underware continues right as large passage to the south, passing a small passage to the left[C2004-204-47 C], before closing down in a boulder slope. Just before it closes down a large passage leads off up to the left. This climbs up steeply past a huge boulder mid-passage then narrows as it reaches a small mud chamber. Under a boulder on the left of this chamber the passage -turns right and closes down. The main way on is a drafting thin rift on the left that -soon opens out into the bottom of a large sloping passage. This mud-floored -ramp climbs up very steeply and in 2004 the survey ended at the point at which -protection was needed to continue the ascent [C2004-204-49 A]. A second passage leads off on the -right where the thin rift enters this steep ramp. This second passage again -climbs up steeply and appeared to reach an aven [C2004-204-49 A]. A +second passage leads off on the right where the thin rift enters this steep +ramp. This second passage again climbs up steeply and appeared to reach an +aven, with possible passages leading off around 4m up [C2004-204-48 X].

+

Tableware

+ +

The passage heads steeply upwards, and it splits into many small +tubes which all meet up with each other and meet a horizontal piece of phreatic +tube. To the right passes a hole going down to the right [C2004-204-43 C], where +stones will rattle for quite a while, probably due to a sloping pitch rather +than any great depth, while continuing past the hole leads up slope to come +into a larger passage, which is more easily acessed by following the main +route. To the left a little more scrambling up leads into a passage that +goes off to the left and right, and is high enough to stand up in.

+ +

To the right opens up some more and leads to a pitch [C2004-204-44 B], and an aven +[C2004-204-45 X]; a small +hole on the right before the pitch is where the previously described passage +enters. To the left, the passage continues to a small sloping chamber, at +the bottom of which a crawl goes off but chokes, while at the top of the +chamber a couple of short passages also quickly choke. From the higher +entrance to the chamber there is a rift in the ceiling, which continues on the +opposite side of the chamber; [C2004-204-46 C] this would require a climb of a couple +of metres to access.

+