+href="../../smkridge/204/swings.html#gaffered">Gaffered to the Walls in 2002,
+of Razordance in 2003 and
+2004, and of Hauchhöhle in 2004.
+Prone to talking about himself in the third person.
Photo taken at the entrance to Artischockehöhle during Expo
diff --git a/noinfo/CAVETAB2.CSV b/noinfo/CAVETAB2.CSV
index b23505b41..3472721b8 100644
--- a/noinfo/CAVETAB2.CSV
+++ b/noinfo/CAVETAB2.CSV
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@
136,"2/S +","a b c d",,"yes","smkridge/161/136.htm",,"Steinschlagschacht",,,"2a","CUCC 1983, 1984, 1997, 1999","1983 description is : shaft -194m. The bottom was reached in 1984, at depths variously estimated -240m, -260m and -285m, when the rift became too narrow. 1983 survey (which was never drawn up) only goes to -194m.
The rope (60m used in 1997, though this is not generous) for the first pitch is belayed to the 3m boulder. A short drop from the surface (c.3m) leads to the top of a steeply inclined boulder slope which is also very loose. The head of the main entrance pitch hang used to be immediately at the foot of this slope, however it has now been rigged from the right hand wall, out of the immediate line-of-fire from the boulder slope. A traverse line of around 10m at 30° is rigged on the right hand wall to reach the pitch head. The main hang is around 35m almost free-hanging, but for a minor deviation about 8m below the pitch head.
From the foot of the entrance pitch, a fairly narrow slot with a short climb down (c 1m) connects to a large boulder-strewn chamber. This chamber is entered from the top left corner (standing looking down the slope) and the main way on is around 10m down the slope, under a very large boulder towards the right hand wall. At the foot of the chamber are two large holes of around 5m depth, one in each corner. One of these holes has a spit above it, suggesting it was descended in 1983/4, however no descent was made of either hole in 1997. It is speculated that these may connect to the second pitch at a lower point than that used as the pitch head in 1997.
Returning to the main route down, the head of the second pitch is a belay point on the right hand wall of the chamber immediately above a very large perched boulder at ""floor"" level. A 130m rope was initially used here, though some spare was later cut off. Beware of apparently sound footholds here as they have a habit of falling off down the next 70m or so of the pitch series! A rebelay is required just below the take-off point on the boulder to avoid rubbing the edge of the block on the way up. This rebelay is particularly awkward on the way up since the rope tends to pull into the crack between wall and boulder. The shaft continues down more or less vertically for a further 3 rebelays (50m) until the first substantial ledge is reached. (A deviation is required below the 3rd rebelay from the pitch head to avoid an otherwise serious rub just below the rebelay bolt).
From this ledge, a further pitch descends, rigged from two bolts on the left hand wall with an immediate deviation off the right hand wall. Traversing ahead over the pitch, it appears that there is a parallel shaft visible through an eyehole in the left hand wall. It is believed that this is the shaft described as being accessed by a ""desperate step across"" which was descended in 1984 and found to reconnect to the wet route lower down.
Descending from the ledge, a further substantial ledge is reached after c8m. On the way up it is advisable to cower under the overhanging wall of this ledge to avoid exposing yourself to rocks dislodged by people on the pitch above - the pitch head is especially loose.
From the ledge an awkward take-off to an almost immediate rebelay leads to a connection with a wet shaft - the main source of water below this point. The hang is fortunately almost dry, aided by a very wide rebelay about 12m below the ledge. A further 15m hang reaches another large ledge where water continues through a large slot in the floor at the foot of the pitch. It is at this point that the two routes diverge into Wet Dreams (the way explored in 1983/4) and the Eyehole Route.
The Eyehole Route is to-date the main route in 136, leading eventually to the 1997 connection with the Forbidden Land in 161, and the 2½km Chile series, found in 1999.
The eyehole is reached by means of a traverse over the slot in the floor (through which the water disappears) and is the obvious large hole on the right. A short horizontal rift, with a steeply-inclined hole in the floor, connects to the head of the fourth pitch series. This pitch series is about 30m of dry shaft, broken by three ledges and landing on a much larger ledge with a couple of large boulders jammed in the exit rift. A 54m rope was sufficient in 1997. From the foot of the fourth pitch, the head of the fifth is only a few metres away over the jammed boulders.
The head of the fifth pitch does an extremely good job of hiding the enormous cavern into which it breaks some 10m below. Do not be mistaken into believing that the floor, as it appears, is only 5m below your feet, nor that your light will be even remotely adequate for ensuring maximum exposure on the multiple hanging rebelays below. The pitch starts with a large Y-hang across the rift at the pitch head.
An airy traverse around the corner to the left (rigged rope) leads eventually to the Footlights Traverse. (The eyehole immediately opposite the pitch head connects with the climb around to the left).
Below the Y-hang is a large, mud-covered outcrop of rock, over which you must traverse before proceeding further to a very wide deviation, hated by those with short legs, just below the muddy ""floor"". A further 5m descent leads to a smallish ledge with another rock outcrop to cross to a hanging rebelay on the left-hand wall. This point is around 60m above the floor of the chamber and is where the Gods' Traverse begins. A 35m rope was sufficient to reach this point in 1997.
Continuing straight down from the rebelay, first a parallel shaft is reached and the wall of the chamber becomes convex, requiring another hanging rebelay 21m below the last. A further 24m hang drops to a boulder floor at the top of a huge chamber - The Theatre. The landing point for the main route into the Theatre is at the top of the steeply inclined floor.
Standing at this point, looking down the slope of the floor, an opening at the bottom of the chamber of the left-hand wall leads to the Orchestral Pit. From the foot of the chamber up a short (c 8m) climb over mud and boulders and then up another (c 8m) climb on steep rock, leads to a small opening. (The rope has been left permanently rigged on this climb). On the right hand wall at the foot of the chamber is a boulder choke through which it is possible to climb down around 10m. No recommendable leads were found here. Immediately behind the landing point and around 30m higher up the wall is the connection to the Forbidden Land (161) which must be reached via the God's Traverse.
Proceeding up the 16m climb from the floor of the Theatre, a narrow opening leads to a precarious climb down the other side (c.5m) over the top of a large wedged boulder in a rift chamber, Exit Stage Left. There is an aven in the roof of this chamber, which can be descended as a pitch (the 30m continuation of Plughole Pitch) from the end of the Footlights Traverse. A second aven is reached by a short (c 3m) climb up opposite the entry climb. A small window (too small for human access) in the left hand wall of the chamber connects to the undescended pitch accessible from the rock bridge 18m down Plughole pitch, 26m above. Rocks can also be thrown in through a small gap in the boulder floor. This pitch continues below this level.
In the Orchestral Pit, a number of wet shafts connect from the ceiling in addition to a number of dry avens. The dry avens nearest to the Forbidden Land have been connected to an eyehole on the God's Traverse around 15m above the connection to Elin Algor. The floor of the Orchestral Pit has a number of pools and also a considerable amount of brown powdery mud, similar to that found in the horizontal areas of Kaninchenhöhle such as Mississippi Mud Pie, Triassic Park etc. , of which the majority of 136 is devoid. No leads were found in the Orchestral Pit.
The earlier (and lower) of two impressive traverse routes off the fifth pitch, The Gods' Traverse heads NE towards Kaninchenhöhle, to which it eventually connects.
From the hanging rebelay 10m below the head of the 5th pitch (on Eyehole Route), a short (4m) descent with a swing leads to a small muddy sloping ledge, with precipitous drop. A bolt in the middle of the traverse ""protects"" a caver who teeters around the ledge and up a short (c.2m) climb over a corner bulge onto the main face of the traverse. This roughly horizontal section is about 12m in length across a slab of limestone inclined at 70 - 80 °. Should your lighting equipment allow, you will be able to admire the enormous vertical rock-face which forms the opposite wall of the Theatre and the precipitous drop to the floor 40+ metres below. Hand holds (barring the rope) are non-existent on the second half of the traverse and most foot ledges were of the disposable type (single use only), now long gone. At the far end of the traverse a hanging rebelay just over the edge of the wall leads, with a wide swing, to a large eyehole on the opposite wall. A short (15m) pitch against the wall on the outside of the hole leads to a large muddy sloping ledge at the back of which is a hole into narrow traversy passage. This is the final impressive overlook reached in Elin Algor from the Forbidden Land in Kaninchenhöhle in 1996. The whole of the pitch - traverse - pitch to this point was left rigged.
Back through the eyehole, a couple of pitches lead eventually to the Orchestral Pit.
The later traverse route off the fifth pitch (starting at the pitch head, some 10m higher than the Gods'). This heads generally SW, and is in two sections, split by a 16m pitch. The lower section is strictly the Footlights traverse, but the name has been applied to the whole route, causing some confusion.
A short, unobvious (roped) traverse, Service Duct, starts from the left hand side of the Y hang at the head of the fifth pitch. It goes left round the corner into a window, then climbs up 3m above a deep hole to a lip into a chamber with a large hole in the steeply sloping floor that drops down near the start of Traverse of the Gods. Traversing to the right of this chamber, past an eyehole with a view back to the Y hang, a pitch (Ventilation Shaft p.16, 1 bolt rebelay, -5m) descends to the Box, a platform with a fine view to the left across the Theatre to the Gods' Traverse. Looking out and to the right from the Box is the start of Footlights Traverse.
This airy, diagonal, section around and down the south-western corner of the Theatre, 30m off the floor was left rigged after the 1997 expedition, but in 1999 was deemed easy enough to rig afresh on each expedition, so the rope was taken off. Two bolt rebelays reach a Y hang, and descending from this a window can be reached by an entertaining pendulum to reach a rift in the wall. This window enters a choss-filled passage whose boulder floor is apparently suspended above a void (traverse line recommended). An old phreatic level was hypothesised to exist at a similar height to the connection with Elin Algor, and this seems to correspond roughly to that level, although at this point the morphology is a tall rift, passable at various levels, with many windows, climbs and pitches, difficult to explore exhaustively.
The passage leads, after a 3m climb up and a 2m climb down, to a narrow slot opening out into the spacious Plughole pitch below, which drops 18m to a rock bridge.
At the rock bridge the single shaft splits into three. An inlet enters from an aven and goes down an undescended clean-washed shaft [99-xx A]. This descends about 8m to a ledge where a slot drops at least 30m, past the choked floor at the bottom of the Footlights pitch (determined by rocks thrown in from two points below). This apparently does not connect (at least directly) with the Orchestral Pit - rocks were not audible from there. The second of the shafts is more like a 3m blind pit, of little interest.
The third, and biggest, of the dry shafts is a further drop of 30 m (bolt, tape deviation at -10m) and lands on the floor of Exit Stage Left (originally reached by the 16m climb up from the Theatre).
Across the rock bridge, over a few boulders and through a smallish slot, is a short 5m pitch. This is the way on to Chile, 1999's major find.
Wet Dreams is the original route, explored first in 1983/4, but named in 1997 in memory of the anticipated connection with 161 by this route. In fact no such connection has yet been found, but the shaft series has not yet been bottomed and so it's still a possibility.
Continuing from the foot of the third pitch and crossing the traverse to the point where the Eyehole Route diverges, a dry hang is possible to the bottom of the rift down which the water disappears. At the foot of this 15m pitch is a narrow rift, leading quickly to a further 12m pitch followed by another narrow rift to another pitch.
Around the head of this pitch, Phreatic Fantasy - so called because of the anticipated large sloping ramps expected from a previous cave description - are a number of small, clean and fairly uninteresting roof tubes, probably phreatic in origin. The shaft at this point becomes roughly vertical and descends in a number of sections a further surveyed 35m, becoming increasingly wet towards the bottom. From the surveyed limit a further pitch of around 30m (estimated) can be seen descending immediately below.
1983 rigging
The split between Eyehole and Wet Dreams is about three quarters of the way down what the 1983 description had as a broken shaft of c 100m. This was in sections of 14m vertical, 24m sloping, 13m vertical to a ledge. Here a desperate step across (worse on exit) attained a parallel shaft which apparently connected back lower down. The main way dropped 9m sloping, 29m vertical, to a 9m slope and a final 3m vertical to what is assumed to have been the Phreatic Fantasy level - though the pitch lengths (mainly deduced from survey data) don't correspond well with the 1997 experience and this may be below the next pitch. 1983 figures put the next pitch as 17m sloping, then 15m vertical to a bolt at -194m, which may be a similar point to that reached on this route in 1997, or not quite as deep.
1984 series
A further drop is 5m to ""a very bad bolt"" and either 15m total, or a further 15m from the bolt, to a spray lashed ledge with only one small alcove in which to cower and brew up. A rift in the floor leads 6m to a rebelay and a final 20-25m pitch into a chamber with two ways off. One was very tight to an aven and small drop which stones indicate ends blind in mud floor after c10m. The main way was a squeeze past a very large boulder, down a 10m pitch to a stream which flows into the classic too-narrow draughting rift. Logbook describes this as -260m, which fits with the non-existence of a 30m ""virtual"" pitch which is believed to be the result of an ambiguity elsewhere in the 1984 log book.",,,,,"In dataset","
1983 Surface survey from Vord. Schwarzmooskogel (p1843)
1997 Surface survey to 1623/147
Underground survey, CUCC 1983 to -194m (unpublished ?), and a new one in 1997
","smk-system.svx",,"(to deepest point in 161) 534m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"135m on bearing of 66° from Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel summit or 123m East and 55m north of the summit. 136b is 22m N of 136a, 136c is 28m N of 136a, 136d is 35m NNE of 136a. All entrances on same shelf. 136b & are holes in shelf, 136d is large (15x10m) funnel-shaped hole just over 1m ridge (so not obvious from normal route).","Relocated in 1996. From main summit, drop down east to a bare limestone shelf. Follow this ~NE for some way (c 200m) until a way down east again reaches a small group of holes/shafts/rifts (CUCC 1997-07, 209, 136c, 136b). Cross this area south, initially keeping close below a small cliff to your right. After passing 136b, 136a is a little off to the left (east) of the cliff at the south end of the karren shelf. (See area map in NotKH survey book p88-89). The entrance is in a depression and is marked by, and under, a large (3m cubicish) boulder with a faint (in 1996) '136' painted on the S side, and a Tag.
From Top Camp, proceed via the 161 approach up to the point (immediately past 1623/147) where a short climb down through the bunde drops onto a large, wide, grassy area perhaps 200m before reaching Vd1 and 30m higher. Cross the grassy patch, contouring around the hill and then take the 3rd steep grassy bank up to the right, through some bunde (this is not the most obvious slope). Climb up to the limestone shelf above and then continue contouring around the hill at roughly the same level for a further 300m to the entrance.",,"
",
,,"a",,"entrance","smkridge/161/136a.htm",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p136",,,,"Nils","gps96bestfit.136","gps00.136 gps00.136_2",82220,36364,"1796m","135m on bearing of 66° from Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel summit or 123m East and 55m north of the summit.",,,,,,
,,"b","CUCC96-WK10","entrance","smkridge/161/136b.htm",,,,,,"
Discovered CUCC 1996 (Wookey)
Explored and surveyed 1999 (Andy Atkinson, Simon Flower)
",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p136b","spit",,"Surface survey",,,82237,36367,"1789m","VSK: 233°, Hollweiser: 145° (from a point between the WK7-WK10 entrances)",,"136b is 22m N of 136a",,"Slot entrance, leads 10m down spacious boulder slope to p5. Warm draught.",,"Spit"
-,,"c","CUCC96-WK9","entrance","smkridge/161/136c.htm",,,,,,"
Discovered CUCC 1996 (Wookey)
Explored and surveyed 1999 (Andy Atkinson, Simon Flower)
",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p136c","spit",,"Surface survey",,,82252,36371,"1790m","VSK: 233°, Hollweiser: 145° (from a point between the WK7-WK10 entrances)",,"136c is 28m N of 136a",,"136c is slot next to Schistock-Absturzschacht, and clearly connects to 136d.",,"Spit"
-,,"d","CUCC96-WK9","last entrance","smkridge/161/136d.htm",,,,,,"
Discovered CUCC 1996 (Wookey)
Explored and surveyed 1999 (Andy Atkinson, Simon Flower)
",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p136d",,,,"Surface survey",,,82252,36376,"1792m","VSK: 233°, Hollweiser: 145° (from a point between the WK7-WK10 entrances)",,"136d is 35m NNE of 136a.",,"136d is 15x10m funnel-shaped shaft over a 1m ridge from 209 - Schistock-Absturzschacht, so not quite as obvious.",,"Tag ""CUCC 97-08"" between 136d and 209 (Schistock-Absturzschacht)"
+,,"c","CUCC96-WK9","entrance","smkridge/161/136c.htm",,,,,,"
Discovered CUCC 1996 (Wookey)
Explored and surveyed 1999 (Andy Atkinson, Simon Flower)
",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p136c","spit",,"Surface survey",,,82252,36371,"1790m","VSK: 233°, Hollweiser: 145° (from a point between the WK7-WK10 entrances)",,"136c is 28m N of 136a",,"136c is slot next to Schistock-Absturzschacht, and clearly connects to 136d.",,"Spit"
+,,"d","CUCC96-WK9","last entrance","smkridge/161/136d.htm",,,,,,"
Discovered CUCC 1996 (Wookey)
Explored and surveyed 1999 (Andy Atkinson, Simon Flower)
",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p136d",,,,"Surface survey",,,82252,36376,"1792m","VSK: 233°, Hollweiser: 145° (from a point between the WK7-WK10 entrances)",,"136d is 35m NNE of 136a.",,"136d is 15x10m funnel-shaped shaft over a 1m ridge from 209 - Schistock-Absturzschacht, so not quite as obvious.",,"Tag ""CUCC 97-08"" between 136d and 209 (Schistock-Absturzschacht)"
137,"1/S +",,,,"smkridge/137.htm",,"Schwa Schacht 137",,,"2b","CUCC 1983","Shaft",,,,,,,,,"47m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"c 1790m",,,"East of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel",,,,
138,"1/S +",,,,"smkridge/138.htm",,"Schwa Schacht 138",,,"2b","
CUCC 1983
Surveyed-to 1999 (Wookey, Mark Shinwell)
","Rapidly turns vertical and when explored, choked with snow at -40m.",,,,,"In dataset","Sketch in not-KH survey book 1996, page 14. Area map NoKH book p88.","caves/138/138.svx","46m","42m","6m",,,,,"p138",,,,"Surface survey",,,82206,36323,"1795m",,,"East flank of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel. One shelf up from 136. 50m WSW of 136a.","Follow route to 136. From large cubic boulder at 136a entrance climb 4m step to west. Go 25m SW along 'gully' between bunde, then turn R into gap. Large, T-shaped entrance now visible in cliff 15m ahead.",,,"Number in red on the right wall of the vertical of the ""T"" saying ""138 CUCC 1983"". Spit with metal tag ""CUCC 138"" placed 1997. "
139,"1/S +",,,,"smkridge/139.htm",,"Schwa Schacht 139",,,"2b","
CUCC 1983
Relocated 1996 (Wookey).
Surveyed to 1999.08.07 (Andy Atkinson, Simon Flower)
","Shaft. Two pitches to -30m, then too narrow.",,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/139/139.svx","21m","20m","0.6m",,,,,"p139",,,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.139",82312,362328,"1827m","HSK 022°, Gries Kgl. 356°, Hollweiser 147°",,"Vord SMK, just below (~70m on bearing 070°) secondary Northern summit. 90m NW of 136d, approx 200m N of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel summit.
GPS fix GK 5411207 to 5282893, Alt. 1877 ± 91m","From VSMK summit: go down 50m on E side to a large shelf, walk along ~NE 200m to where shelf peters out. Up slope on left is 139.
From VD1 to 136 route: As you come over crest out of grassy gully there is a choss bowl/snow ahead (you cross this to get to the 136 shelf. Instead turn right uphill, up small steps on open limestone. 139 is a large square cleft in a limestone scarp after about 60m.",,,"Tag ""CUCC 139"" (1997). Red Paint ""139 CUCC 1983"" (1983)."
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
201,"1/S +",,"1998/01",,"smkridge/201.htm",,"Haftefelle Schacht","Ski-skin shaft",,"2b","CUCC 1998 - a single descent.","2m diameter shaft drops 25m to a boulder floor - a short second pitch follows immediately leading to a too-tight rift. A 40m rope is sufficient.",,,,,"In dataset","? pic","caves/201/201.svx","15m","15m",,,,,,,"p201",,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.201",,,,,,"NW flank of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel. 20m N of Laser 0/1","Follow the cairned path which ascends the Vorder Schwarzmooskogel from the NW. Shortly before the obvious open rift entrance of 1623/156 (which is 50m south of Laser Point 0/1) is a small (2m diameter) open shaft.",,,"metal tag stamped ""CUCC 201"" fixed by M6 stud epoxied into horizontal surface on NW side of main entrance (stud placed 1998, proper kataster number tag replaced provisional one in 1999)."
202,,,,,"noinfo/smkridge/202.html",,"Dominoschacht",,,"2b",,,,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/202/202.svx",,,,,,,,,"p202",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,
203,,,,,"noinfo/smkridge/203.html",,"Sonnenscheinschacht",,,"2b",,,,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/203/203.svx",,,,,,,,,"p203",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,
-204,"5/S x","a b c d e f","CUCC 1999/03","yes","smkridge/204/204.html",,"Steinbrückenhöhle",,,"2b","
","caves/204/204.svx","9147m","542m","645m (approximately N-S)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"The cave is situated on the west side of the col between the Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel and Nieder Augst-Eck. It is currently one of the main areas of exploration for CUCC, who in 2001 established a bivvy site under the stone bridge opposite the entrance.","The route from Top Camp used since 1999 (probably near optimal) is a cairned path via Wolfhöhle (1623/145) and Laser Point 5, then up to the top of the bare patch of white limestone visible from Top Camp, passing 195 and 196. The path used in 2001 then skirts around the contours, passing the unmistakable arched entrance of Hauchhöhle, to arrive directly opposite the stone bridge after which the cave was named (in previous years a route slightly higher up towards the Hinter was used, which some people still prefer; this is also cairned). Alternatively, the cave may be approached from the summit of HSK - probably the optimal route if you are coming from any of the 161 entrances.",,,"Tags on entrances A-F."
+204,"5/S x","a b c d e f","CUCC 1999/03","yes","smkridge/204/204.html",,"Steinbrückenhöhle",,,"2b","
","caves/204/204.svx","9147m","542m","645m (approximately N-S)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"The cave is situated on the west side of the col between the Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel and Nieder Augst-Eck. It is currently one of the main areas of exploration for CUCC, who in 2001 established a bivvy site under the stone bridge opposite the entrance.","The route from Top Camp used since 1999 (probably near optimal) is a cairned path via Wolfhöhle (1623/145) and Laser Point 5, then up to the top of the bare patch of white limestone visible from Top Camp, passing 195 and 196. The path used in 2001 then skirts around the contours, passing the unmistakable arched entrance of Hauchhöhle, to arrive directly opposite the stone bridge after which the cave was named (in previous years a route slightly higher up towards the Hinter was used, which some people still prefer; this is also cairned). Alternatively, the cave may be approached from the summit of HSK - probably the optimal route if you are coming from any of the 161 entrances.",,,"Tags on entrances A-F."
,,"a",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p204a",,,"Nils",,,,,,,,,,,,"tag"
,,"b",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p204b",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"tag"
,,"c",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p204c",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
,,,"1999_MS_01",,"smkridge/1999_ms_01.html",,,,,"2b",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps00.99ms01",,,,,,,,,,
,,,"1999_MS_02",,"smkridge/1999_ms_02.html",,,,,"2b",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps00.99ms02",,,,,,,,,,
,,,"1999-10",,,,,,,,"CUCC Brian and Becka 1999.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps00.99_10",,,,,,,,,,"tag 2000"
-,,,"2000-08",,"smkridge/2000-08/2000-08.htm",,,,,"2b","CUCC 2000, 2002, 2003 (Mark Shinwell)","Short pitch (~6m) from chossy naturals leads to large (~4m wide) unroofed passage. Uphill leads to rift, which is choked (corresponding to nearby choked surface rift). Downhill passes a wedged rock to a climb down onto a snowbank. Right is blind, left descends and leads to a blind pit with a too-tight continuation (looks diggable though), with a big echo.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p2000-08",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"The large entrance is adjacent to the route used in 2000 onwards across the plateau to Steinbrückenhöhle, shortly before arriving at the stone bridge. It lies almost directly above the huge aven of 7-11 Chamber in 204; the vertical separation, however, is of the order of 120m.",,,,"Tag."
+,"1/S +",,"2000-08",,"smkridge/2000-08/2000-08.htm",,"Grabenkrieghöhle","Trench Warfare Cave",,"2b","This cave has quite a history of getting reexplored regularly as people explore it and forget to record that it doesn't go: CUCC 2000, 2002, 2003 (Mark S), 2004 (Dave L)","Short pitch (~6m) from chossy naturals leads to large (~4m wide) unroofed passage. Uphill leads to rift, which is choked (corresponding to nearby choked surface rift). Downhill passes a wedged rock to a climb down onto a snowbank. Right is blind, left descends and leads to a blind pit with a too-tight continuation (looks diggable though).",,,,,,,,"~20m","~10m","~15m",,,,,,"p2000-08",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"The large entrance is adjacent to the route used in 2000 onwards across the plateau to Steinbrückenhöhle, shortly before arriving at the stone bridge. It lies almost directly above the huge aven of 7-11 Chamber in 204; the vertical separation, however, is of the order of 120m.",,,"
","Tag."
,"=",,"2001-02",,"smkridge/2001-02/2001-02.html",,,,,"2b","CUCC 2001 MikeTA","Small downhill crawl, choked.",,,,"2001 logbook",,,,,,,,,,,,"p2001-02",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,
,"-",,"2001-03",,"smkridge/2001-03/2001-03.html",,,,,"2b","CUCC 2001 ",,,,,"2001 logbook",,,,,,,,,,,,"p2001-03",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,
,"-",,"2001-06",,"smkridge/2001-06/2001-06.html",,"Erbärmlichbaumhöhle","Pathetic Tree Cave",,"2b","Entrance noted CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"In the vicinity of the Eishöhle portal row",,,"
",
@@ -396,20 +396,20 @@
,"-",,"2001-10",,"smkridge/2001-10/2001-10.html",,"Großarbeithöhle","Hard Work Cave",,"2b","Entrance noted CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,"-",,"2001-11",,"smkridge/2001-11/2001-11.html",,"Schnürsenkelschacht","Bootlace Shaft",,"2b","Entrance noted CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,"-",,"2001-12",,"smkridge/2001-12/2001-12.html",,"Unnotiggewohnlichkeitschacht","Unneccesary Comfort Shaft",,"2b","Entrance noted CUCC 2001 Olly B, Martin",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
-,"2/T +",,"2002-01",,"smkridge/2002-01/2002-01.html",,"Artischockehöhle",,,"2b","CUCC 2002 Dunks, Mark S","A contortion through boulders leads to a large horizontal passage, which gradually ascends until eventually lowering to a short flat-out crawl over choss. This leads to a chamber, from where it is possible to slither to the left through a gap between choss and the ceiling. Here there are two ways on. To the right ends quickly; a dig under the wall ended in a further choke. To the left leads to a tight crawl through dangerous boulders which would need digging to make further progress.
A noticable draught outwards is present throughout the cave.",,,,,,,,"70m approx.",,,,,,,"t2002-01",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,"The entrance is situated in a large choss bowl adjacent to the route used in 2000 onwards from Top Camp to Steinbrückenhöhle, where the path turns left just beyond Hauchhöhle.",,"
(The tag is on the wall behind my head)
","Tag on rock wall on LH side facing entrance."
+,"2/T +",,"2002-01",,"smkridge/2002-01/2002-01.html",,"Artischockehöhle",,,"2b","CUCC 2002 Dunks, Mark S","A contortion through boulders leads to a large horizontal passage, which gradually ascends until eventually lowering to a short flat-out crawl over choss. This leads to a chamber, from where it is possible to slither to the left through a gap between choss and the ceiling. Here there are two ways on. To the right ends quickly; a dig under the wall ended in a further choke. To the left leads to a tight crawl through dangerous boulders which would need digging to make further progress.
A noticable draught outwards is present throughout the cave.",,,,,,"
",,"70m approx.",,,,,,,"t2002-01",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,"The entrance is situated in a large choss bowl adjacent to the route used in 2000 onwards from Top Camp to Steinbrückenhöhle, where the path turns left just beyond Hauchhöhle.",,"
(The tag is on the wall behind my head)
","Tag on rock wall on LH side facing entrance."
,"1/T +",,"2002-03",,"smkridge/2002-03/2002-03.html",,,"Hedgehog Höhle",,"2b","Entrance noted CUCC 2002 Dunks, Ben S. Descended CUCC 2004, Dave L.","Awkward sharp climb down leads to constricted chamber floored with choss. No ways on and no draught.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p2002-03",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,"In the bottom of a small depression that one steps around on the 204 walk-in, just beyond the large choss bowl where the rather nonobvious entrance to Artischockehöhle is situated (which is itself a little beyond the obvious entrance to Hauchhöhle).",,,"Tagged 2002"
,"?",,"2002-07",,"smkridge/2002-07/2002-07.html",,,,,"2b","CUCC 2002 Frank, Ben",,,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/2002-07/2002-07.svx","42m","34m","16m",,,,,,"p2002-07","No idea",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,"?",,"2002-08",,"smkridge/2002-08/2002-08.html",,,,,"2b","CUCC 2002 Frank, Ben",,,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/2002-08/2002-08.svx","21m","14m ","10m",,,,,,"p2002-08","No idea",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
-,"?",,"2002-XX",,"smkridge/2002-XX/2002-XX.html",,"?","Quarries D",,"2b","CUCC 2002 Frank, Ben",,,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/quarriesd/quarriesd.svx","21m","12m","3m",,,,,,"pquarriesd","No idea",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
+,"?",,"2002-XX",,"smkridge/2002-XX/2002-XX.html",,,"Quarries D",,"2b","CUCC 2002 Frank, Ben",,,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/quarriesd/quarriesd.svx","21m","12m","3m",,,,,,"pquarriesd","No idea",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,"1/S/T +",,"2003-01",,"smkridge/2003-01/2003-01.html",,"Alcove cave",,,"2b","CUCC 2003 Tony R, Brian O","A short climbable rift in an alcove in the side of the hill leads to about an 8metre pitch to a small round chamber which is comprehensively choked ",,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/2003-01/2003-01.svx","26m","9m","12m N-S",,,,,"p2003-01",,,,,,,,,,,,,"Walk over the back of the ridge from 204",,,"Tagged 2003"
,"3/S/T +",,"2003-02",,"smkridge/2003-02/2003-02.html",,"Blaudrachenschacht",,,"2b","CUCC 2003 Tony R, Brian O","Awkward climb down leads to a sloping chamber with small climbs. At the end of this chamber a tight awkward rift overlooks a short pitch giving access to a small chamber with a window 4 metres up on the right wall. A rift in the floor leads to a large pitch. Rebelays in the far wall eventually reach a fine shaft which can be descended to a floor with no way on. A short 3m climb reveals a climbable rift past awkward boulders to a small elongate chamber with no way on.",,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/2003-02/2003-02.svx","133m","109m","25m E-W",,,,,"p2003-02",,,,,,,,,,,,,"Walk over the back of the ridge from 204",,,"Tagged 2003"
,"1/S/T =",,"2003-03",,"smkridge/2003-03/2003-03.html",,"Kartoffelbreihöhle","Mashed Potato Cave",,"2b","CUCC 2003 Julian T, Dave L","A climb down/squeeze through boulders (awkward on the way out for fat bastards like me - Dave) leads to a small chamber ~4m across, with a loose hole in the floor at the far end. This was descended for perhaps 15 or 20m to a hopelessly choked floor of small pebbles. A window around a third of the way down the pitch leads to a parallel shaft, also choked at the bottom (from which there is another window back into the main shaft).","26m rope + some (4 or 5) hangers sufficient",,,,,,,,"? (~15m)",,,,,,"gps04.p2003-03",,,,"GPS post SA",,,,,,,,"On south flank of Nieder Augst-Eck just north of stone bridge. Directly to the east of 2003-04.",,,"
","Tagged 2003"
,"2/S/T +",,"2003-05",,"smkridge/2003-05/2003-05.html",,"Damoclesschacht",,,"2b","CUCC 2003 Martin G, Brian O","Short entrance crawl gives access to a vertical shaft with extremely precariously balanced boulder. Choked at -46m.",,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/2003-05/2003-05.svx","58m","46m","6m E-W",,,,,"p2003-05",,,,,,,,,,,,,"Originally approached by walking southwards along E side of SMK ridge from 204.",,,"Tagged 2003"
-,"?",,"2003-07",,"smkridge/2003-07/2003-07.html",,,,,"2b","CUCC 2003 ??","Not clear if this has been entered at all.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps03.2003-07",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Presumably tagged 2003"
+,"?",,"2003-07",,"smkridge/2003-07/2003-07.html",,,,,"2b","CUCC 2003 ??","Not clear if this has been entered at all.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps03.2003-07",,,,,,,,,,,,"This cave is somewhat mysterious. 2003 records give a GPS fix for ""2003-07"" at the location described; but in 2004 it transpired that the cave documented under the number 2003-08, now renumbered as 240, had actually been tagged as 2003-07. So this cave may in fact be marked as 2003-08, or it may not even exist.",,,,"Presumably tagged 2003"
,"2/E x",,"2003-09",,"smkridge/2003-09/2003-09.html",,"Weizeneishöhle",,,"2b","CUCC 2003: Originally located by Olly M; entrance dug out by Olly + Earl; exploration and underground survey Olly M + Mark S.","Entrance is large alcove / chamber in NW side of choss bowl. Very strong outwards draught emerges from small gap under right-hand wall, which leads to a crawl. This opens up to a walking passage with scatterings of ice and snow. A passage goes up to the left as the main way on turns a corner. It enters a large (> 10m diameter) chamber with an ice floor, and an ice stal on the floor. There is some passage with dodgy boulders to the right, but the draught comes from a very dodgy boulder slope on the left (reached by climbing round the edge of the ice). Might be worth poking, but it's quite unstable. We looked up the passage on the left but it doesn't seem to go anywhere.",,"Tightish meander in the floor of left-hand passage might go (blows outwards a bit), but awkward to enter. QM C. Also dodgy boulder slope, which is in the right direction for terminal chokes of On a Mission in 204 and might repay some prodding with a crowbar.","Form will be prepared when Mark draws up the survey",,"In dataset","Notes in 2003#31","caves/2003-09/2003-09.svx","134m","18m","42m E-W",,,,,"t2003-09",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"In large choss bowl southwest of 204d entrance",,"Obvious arched entrance","
","Tagged 2003"
,"2/S/T +",,"2003-10",,"smkridge/2003-10/2003-10.html",,"Skinny Festerers' Cave",,,"2b","CUCC 2003 Frank T, Brian O","No underground description extant.",,"Apparently there is one main QM in the main chamber of the cave.",,,"In dataset","Notes in 2003#33","caves/2003-10/2003-10.svx","121m","51m","36m E-W",,,,,"p2003-10",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"Immediately above and behind the 204 stone bridge bivvy",,,,"Tagged 2003"
-,"?",,"2004-10",,"smkridge/2004-10/2004-10.html",,,,,"2b","CUCC 2004 Becka + Nial","Go down tube next to main entrance shaft to head of pitch. Pitch less than 10m down. Possible ways on.","20m rope + spits etc.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"GPS post SA in Lat/Long, WGS84",,,"47 deg 41.640'","013 deg 49.069'",,"215 deg to Zinken, 309 deg to Griess Kogel. (I suspect there is an error here, as this would be almost right at the summit of the Griess Kogel -DL.)",,,"From 204 top camp over col then down + west following line of large shafts / collapses.","Entrance shaft with snow plug, pitch visible beyond","#54 on Nial's camera","Tagged 21/7/2004"
-,"2/S +",,"2004-11",,"smkridge/2004-11/2004-11.html",,"In Your Face cave",,,"2b","CUCC 2004 Becka + Nial","Crawl then walk steeply down phreatic tube (choked tube to the right + higher) to enter chamber with blocked entrance to left + continuation to choke ahead. Main way on up short free climb on RH wall to pitch head - 5m slope down then ?5m drop. (This was subsequently explored by another party.)","20m rope + spits etc.",,,,"In dataset","Notes in 2004#13","caves/2004-11/2004-11.svx","145m","39m","53m N-S",,,,,"t2004-11",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,"Low (crawling) drafting phreatic hole in shallow valley heading down towards bowl of plateau.","#55 on Nial's camera","Tagged 21/7/2004"
+,"?",,"2004-10",,"smkridge/2004-10/2004-10.html",,,,,"2b","CUCC 2004 Becka + Nial","Go down tube next to main entrance shaft to head of pitch. Pitch less than 10m down. Possible ways on.","20m rope + spits etc.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps04.p2004-10",,,,"GPS post SA",,,,,,"215 deg to Zinken, 309 deg to Griess Kogel. (I suspect there is an error here, as this would be almost right at the summit of the Griess Kogel -DL.)",,,"From 204 top camp over col then down + west following line of large shafts / collapses.","Entrance shaft with snow plug, pitch visible beyond","
","Tagged 21/7/2004"
+,"2/S +",,"2004-11",,"smkridge/2004-11/2004-11.html",,"In Your Face cave",,,"2b","CUCC 2004 Becka + Nial","Crawl then walk steeply down phreatic tube (choked tube to the right + higher) to enter chamber with blocked entrance to left + continuation to choke ahead. Main way on up short free climb on RH wall to pitch head - 5m slope down then ?5m drop. (This was subsequently explored by another party.)","20m rope + spits etc.",,,,"In dataset","Notes in 2004#13","caves/2004-11/2004-11.svx","145m","39m","53m N-S",,,,,"t2004-11",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,"Low (crawling) drafting phreatic hole in shallow valley heading down towards bowl of plateau.","
","Tagged 21/7/2004"
,"0/S -",,"2004-13",,"smkridge/2004-13/2004-13.html",,,,,"2b","CUCC 2004 ?",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps04.p2004-13",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,"1/T +",,"2004-14",,"smkridge/2004-14/2004-14.html",,,,,"2b","CUCC 2004 Olly M, Mark S + Stuart","Rift continues for ~15m with a critical-angle boulder slope. Choked at bottom with slight draft emerging from rocks.","Oversuit + helmet (and presumably a light as well - DL)",,,,"In dataset","Notes in 2004#41","caves/2004-14/2004-14.svx","23m","13m","18m E-W",,,,,"p2004-14",,,,,,,,,,,,"SMK ridge, near 234 (Hauchhöhle)","Follow normal 204 walk-in path as far as 2002-03 and turn left (northwards). Climb over ridge, down into choss bowl then left over bunderous ridge.","Pit with snow plug (at time of original exploration in 2004) leads to vertical rift entrance.","On Stuart's camera","Tagged 1/8/2004"
,"1/T +","a b","2004-15","yes","smkridge/2004-15/2004-15.html",,,"Olly's Through Trip",,"2b","CUCC 2004 Olly M, Mark S + Stuart","20m of rift connects both entrances. Going A->B passage leads off on the left by A but is too tight after ~10m. Next left in the main rift is an oxbow and connects back into main rift after ~4m of tight passage.","Oversuit + helmet (and presumably a light as well - DL)",,,,"In dataset","Notes in 2004#41","caves/2004-15/2004-15.svx","43m","10m","32m E-W",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"SMK ridge, near 234 (Hauchhöhle)","Follow normal 204 walk-in path as far as 2002-03 and turn left (northwards). Climb over ridge, down into choss bowl then left over bunderous ridge.","A: Climb down in rift leads to slot straight ahead. B: Large pit with loose boulders leads to a small rift.","On Stuart's camera","Tagged 1/8/2004"
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,"0/S -",,"2004-17",,"smkridge/2004-17/2004-17.html",,,,,"2b","CUCC 2004 Martin, Frank","Not descended","Oversuit + 30m rope",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps04.p2004-17",,,,,,,,,,,,"On slope above 204 C and E","Go to 204C and head up 15m. Now contour around to large cairn by 2004-16. Cave is 25m up fault from here.","Climb down hole in steeply hading rift to 15m pitch blowing out.","On Martin's mu300","Tagged 3/8/2004"
,"0/S -",,"2004-18",,"smkridge/2004-18/2004-18.html",,,,,"2b","CUCC 2004 Martin, Frank","Not descended","20m rope + slings",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps04.p2004-18",,,,,,,,,,,,"On slope above 204 C and E","As for 2004-16 and 17; follow fault northwards to southern edge of large choss bowl containing a number of shafts.","10-15m shaft with snow at bottom. Tagged on south wall.","On Martin's mu300","Tagged 3/8/2004"
,"2/S ?",,"2004-19",,"smkridge/2004-19/2004-19.html",,"Kindergartenhöhle",,,"2b","CUCC 2004 Brian, Tony","After entrance chamber crawling-size phreatic passage leads to stooping-sized cross passage upslope to chamber. Downslope leads to 25m of varying-size phreatic to T-junction. Right to drafting phreas; left down climb to large chamber with 18m surface shaft.","Rope + SRT gear",,,,"In dataset","Notes in 2004#46","caves/2004-19/2004-19.svx","80m","21m","26m E-W",,,,,"p2004-19a",,,,,,,,,,,,"East of 204. Routefinding difficult. GPS essential.",,"4m wide arch in side of limestone bed. Also surface shaft above same bed.",,
-,"1/S/T +",,"2004-20",,"smkridge/2004-20/2004-20.html",,"Crowbar höhle",,,"2b","CUCC 2004 Dave, Olly M","Entrance pitch leads to small elongated chamber floored with gravel and blocks. A slope up at the southern end reveals two impassably tight passages to the left (eastwards). Near the foot of the pitch a tube slopes down to the west, but this is blocked by a large boulder; it presumably would connect to 2000-08 which is nearby.","20m rope + two hangers for ent pitch.","One dig, see description.",,,"In dataset","Notes in 2004#51","caves/2004-20/2004-20.svx","15m","10m","10m N-S",,,,,"t2004-20",,,"p2004-20",,,,,,,,,"In choss-filled depression near 2000-08.","Follow usual path from 204 bivvy. Turn left just before 2000-08.","Groove in side of depression allows descent past boulder floor; groove continues upwards to lip of depression and is easily spotted.","On Dave's camera (two photos)","Tagged 8/8/2004"
-,"1/E =",,"2004-21",,"smkridge/2004-21/2004-21.html",,,"Earl's Hat Cave",,"2b","CUCC 2001,2004","Walk down slope (sometimes snow plugged) to chamber. Two passages lead on, left hand passage is choked, right hand passage has not been explored.","Handline may be required","Right hand passage",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"GPS post SA",,,"47 deg 41.569 minutes","013 deg 49.064 minutes",,,,"Very close to 204 D, approx. 15m down slope NW.",,"Huge open triangular entrance, facing North West.",,"None"
+,"1/S/T +",,"2004-20",,"smkridge/2004-20/2004-20.html",,"Crowbar höhle",,,"2b","CUCC 2004 Dave, Olly M","Entrance pitch leads to small elongated chamber floored with gravel and blocks. A slope up at the southern end reveals two impassably tight passages to the left (eastwards). Near the foot of the pitch a tube slopes down to the west, but this is blocked by a large boulder; it presumably would connect to 2000-08 which is nearby.","20m rope + two hangers for ent pitch.","One dig, see description.",,,"In dataset","Notes in 2004#51","caves/2004-20/2004-20.svx","15m","10m","10m N-S",,,,,"t2004-20",,,"p2004-20",,,,,,,,,"In choss-filled depression near 2000-08.","Follow usual path from 204 bivvy. Turn left just before 2000-08.","Groove in side of depression allows descent past boulder floor; groove continues upwards to lip of depression and is easily spotted.","
","Tagged 8/8/2004"
+,"1/E =",,"2004-21",,"smkridge/2004-21/2004-21.html",,,"Earl's Hat Cave",,"2b","CUCC 2001,2004","Walk down slope (sometimes snow plugged) to chamber. Two passages lead on, left hand passage is choked, right hand passage has not been explored.","Handline may be required","Right hand passage",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"GPS post SA",,,"47 deg 41.569 minutes","013 deg 49.064 minutes",,,,"Very close to 204 D, approx. 15m down slope NW.",,"Huge open triangular entrance, facing North West.","
CUCC: Cambridge University
- Caving Club [1976-97]
+ Caving Club [1976-]
UBSS: University of Bristol
Speleological Society [with CUCC 1981, 1982, independently in
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Entrance NE of (and 20m higher
-than) Scarface (~50m SSW of 161e) reached from Completely Loopy in Puerile
-Humour Series (1996, c 5 mins after 161e, but by a different party)
-
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1988 second pitch
An obsolete name for Dungeon
-Pitch. Refs to this name should be changed.
-
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1st explored route to
-France, from Rabbit Warren (1988)
-
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AFWAT
An expunged name for "A Floor With A Trench" below Dounreay in
-Powerstation (1990)
-
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AFWATIT
An expunged name for "A Floor With A Trench In Too" below
-Sizewell A in Powerstation (1990) These names were used only in the
-logbook write-up of the discovery trip.
-
-
Route explored from Left
-Hand to Right Hand Route (French Connection to Wobbling), also described
-from Right to Left, as this is likely
-to be more useful to parties using Triassic entrance(s) (1991)
-
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(undescended) one of three
-shafts in Arrow Chamber. Actually there is some debate about this, as the
-trip of 2nd September 1988 claimed to descend Baker, but all subsequent
-references suggest that the descended pitch was called Butcher.
-
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30m pitch & dead end,
-bottom of French Connection II (1990). Named because it is small and near
-France, but much less interesting ;) Erroneously: to refer to area around
-Dice Chamber
-
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The deepest point,
-originally bottom of Flapjack series (1989,
--498m), but now the furthest point of Siberia, below Midnight in Moscow
-(1998, -527m)
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A relict (or seasonal ?) lake in Upstream Lost World, marked by a tide
-mark of dark brown mud. [Picture] (Dark chocolate
-mud and land speed records)
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1988 usage believed
-to refer to 1 (undescended) of 3 parallel shafts from Arrow Chamber in Left
-hand Route.
-Confusingly used to refer to 1st Powerstation pitch & pitch below Butcher
-during Powerstation exploration and in some later versions of description
-
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Passage
-paralleling Triassic Park (but smaller) from Locophobia to Ring Piece
-Junction. Thus named because start is perfect tunnel, it is off Locophobia,
-and we found a Children's Railway in subsequent holiday in Hungary (1995)
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Originally (1990)
-everything beyond Staircase 36 (ie. CFN, HGS, Endless). This is now no longer
-a useful grouping, so scope has been restricted to mean Endless rift/pitch
-series, ie. Series of shafts from Endless to Half Shaft (1990)
-
-
Del's Bit
Obsolete (1988) name for passage leading from Arrow Chamber
-(LHR) to Pitch-Ramp Series
-
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Classic 37m pitch below
-Foulness Ledge in Powerstation (1990) used in the log book write up
-only to mean the (then unexplored) 50m pitch now called Dinorwig
-
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Large complex
-chamber, found via Gnome II in Dreamtime, but now reached via Stomping from
-RHR. Named by thirsty cavers needing a change from Gösser (1994). Has
-[C1994-161-41]-[C1994-161-49]
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Rift off to left between The Ramp and Kein Zimmer Rift in the Wheelchair
-Access series (1997) ('What shall we call this bit ?' - 'Dunno!!' - so it
-was).
-
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Traverse over Gizza
-Job (1st pitch of Interview Blues) (unsurveyed and connecting down to fifth
-pitch of IVB), named for the technical difficulty and exposure of traverse to
-reach it, pioneered by Dave Fearon (1996)
-[Picture of traverse]
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(Originally) big,
-partially collapsed rift beyond very active boulder choke (Stairway to Hell)
-at end of Mississippi/Rocky Horror (1995); Now: The whole
-south-west-trending series from this entry point to the
-Steinschlagschacht connection (1996)
-
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25m pitch (alternative to
-Dennis the Menace) into Doubting Thomas Series, continuation of pitch
-from Doll Killer Passage into Dreaming of Limo (1995)
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Two different, but
-adjacent places - both the big space containing Strange Downfall, Upfall and
-Acrossfall, and also the section of confusing rift at its bottom
-[C1990-161-04] (not the bit which is Endless) (1990)
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Ice-formation-decorated
-chamber beyond the Crystal Maze, most readily accessible via 161e and Roast
-Beef, or via Bounce Rift at furthest point of Puerile Humour Series (1996)
-
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Deep Vertical Series
-(to -451m) from Trifurcation at end of Triassic Park (1996) named for initial
-explorer who had to return to UK for an interview after just one trip
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Complex area to right
-from T-junction below Vom pitch beyond Burble (1991) (same place as above,
-but described from the other end, ie. the direction of discovery)
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Wide section of Triassic
-park at junction of Children's Railway (1995) pun on Fear of the Dark
-(actually unlocosomethingphobia) and general train sizedness of passage
-
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Dried up river passage,
-right at T-junction reached by traversing big muddy shelf 15m down Sultans
-of Swing (1994) named for river of one of explorers' home town.
-
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Short
-series of pitches beyond holes in Arrow Chamber, Left Hand Route. Top
-originally called Del's Bit, then for a while, Chunder Trip Pitch (1993)
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Sizeable chamber in Upstream Lost World (1997)
-[Picture] Named because this is where damage
-inflicted to oversuits in Kein Zimmer Rift was
-invariably spotted
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Very extensive
-horizontal development E and NE from Triassic Park just beyond Ring Piece
-Junction, leading to exit 161f and Bounce Rift (from where passages head to
-161e and Iceland to the north) (1996) [Picture]
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Pitch at end of dried out
-streamway at the very bottom of Siberia, below Midnight in Moscow with
-probably-unfeasiblew dig at end (1998) named because it refused to die
-properly
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5m pitch on main route
-in Powerstation below Dounreay (1990)
-used in log book write up of discovery only for one of the crawls
-below the parallel Sizewell B pitch (there called Dungeness)
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5m pitch off main route in Powerstation parallel to Sizewell A (1990) used in log book write up of
-discovery only for one of the crawls below this Sizewell B pitch
-(there called Dungeness)
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Small chamber at start of Dr. Snuggles (1996) ('Teaspoon Lady' - a
-character on Swedish Children's Television, like all the other names in this
-area)
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Tensioned bolt
-traverse out of Satan's Sitting Room (1992). Named for three people not
-risking their lives but giving plenty of helpful advice, nevertheless
-
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Right hand branch of Forbidden Land off Elin
-Algor, where way on becomes unclear (1996). To continue the theme
-started with EA, TW is named after the cooker !
-
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Area off Tower Blocks,
-comprising a bouldery chamber at foot of slope down from Star Wars, a steep
-sandy slope up and a number of connecting passages (1988-1989)
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Pitch 38m in Burble leading to
-Maze/Leadmine (1991)
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VSS2
The original name for the 161c
-entrance, found by French group
-GSCB and explored to -285m, but
-abandoned by them when it seemed likely to connect into 161
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Furthest reaches of
-Puerile Humour Series, left off the Batman Series, heading north at a higher
-level than the existing most remote passages (1996)
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diff --git a/smkridge/204/ariston.html b/smkridge/204/ariston.html
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--- a/smkridge/204/ariston.html
+++ b/smkridge/204/ariston.html
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ The pitch series begins with a short pitch of 5m rigged from a large thread in
the roof a few metres back, with a single spit for the vertical part, which is
almost a scramble. This lands on a large ledge formed of boulders wedged across
a narrow point, with impressive aven above. There are two choices of descent
-here: one to the north, You're So Veined (15m) which was used in 1999,
-and one to the south, Pot-U-Like (~35m) which has
-been the trade route since 2000.
+here: one to the north, You're So Veined
+(15m) which was used in 1999, and one to the south, Pot-U-Like (~35m) which has been the trade route since
+2000.
You're So Veined route
@@ -41,11 +42,12 @@ aven above. From here, there are two ways on.
To the left, facing away from the pitch just descended, is a gully, which
in 1999 contained a thick layer of ice. Carefully traversing this rather
slippery section leads to the head of a small pitch of 6m, which was rigged
-with a Y-hang. From here a walking size phreatic passage, Rainbow leads
-off, carrying a substantial breeze. The passage initially descends, but then
-develops a narrow floor trench; as the trench deepens, the phreatic part of the
-passage rises, and then ends abruptly where the floor trench turns right and
-leads off as a too-tight rift while ahead the phreas pinches out.
+with a Y-hang. From here a walking size phreatic passage, Rainbow, leads off, carrying a substantial breeze. The
+passage initially descends, but then develops a narrow floor trench; as the
+trench deepens, the phreatic part of the passage rises, and then ends abruptly
+where the floor trench turns right and leads off as a too-tight rift while
+ahead the phreas pinches out.
To the right leads into a small, very crumbly chamber, from which a short
section of awkward rift leads to a fine crow's nest in the wall of a large
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ just below the Y-hang at the top. The landing is on another large ledge, where
a pool can be used to refill water containers. This is also the landing of
Pot-U-Like.
The pitch is rigged with a traverse line which descends steeply to the nose
of a sloping rock wedged across the rift, from where an entertaining Y-hang on
@@ -71,11 +73,12 @@ spit only usable with a bollard type hanger. This is followed by a deviation
from the opposite wall, providing a clear hang to the bottom. The landing is
on a floor of boulders wedged across the shaft, although it seems sound. A
backup bolt protects the approach to the Y-hang at the head of the next pitch,
-Steel Toecap (35m). After a ledge 3m down, where a deviation optimises
-the hang, the walls of the shaft bell out dramatically and the rope hangs in
-stimulating isolation. About 5m from the floor a ledge is passed, which could
-be gained by a swing across, where there may possibly be a passage leading off
-[C1999-204-20 B].
+Steel Toecap (35m). After a ledge 3m down, where a
+deviation optimises the hang, the walls of the shaft bell out dramatically and
+the rope hangs in stimulating isolation. About 5m from the floor a ledge is
+passed, which could be gained by a swing across, where there may possibly be a
+passage leading off [C1999-204-20 B].
At the foot of the pitch, the way on is a very chossy, sloping descent which
will require either re-rigging or bypassing (which may be possible by a climb
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ the bottom of a short climb up of 3m on the right, which is followed by a
scramble down on the other side. From here, straight ahead is a climb up
into the foot of an aven, half-right is a short ascending passage leading to a
chamber where a traverse around the right hand wall leads to a slope down to
-Fledermausschacht. Full right is a
+Fledermausschacht. Full right is a
stooping/crawling height phreatic passage with a mud floor. This passes on the
right the other end of the crawl which led off from the foot of the previous
pitch, which provides a convenient shortcut.
@@ -142,29 +145,49 @@ passage is considerably wider for a few metres below the cascade, but soon
resumes in its previous manner; it is helpful to traverse quite high up in
this section.
-Suddenly, the head of a pitch, Black Lightning (13m), is reached.
-The streamway continues past a 2m climb and 2m pitch leading to the 25m pitch
-of Mystery Wind; this is descended via a crow's-nest which gives a dry
-sloping descent to the floor, protected by two rebelays. Immediately beyond
-this is Dave Dives, an awkward roof-tube climb to bypass a tight spot;
-this should on no account be descended head-first. A bolt here might render the
-process safer. The streamway continues to the twin pitches of Easy There
-(15m) and Steady Now (4m), the 2002 limit; the head of the latter is
-difficult and tight, but it seems unlikely that the rig could be improved by
-any alteration not involving a large hammer.
+Suddenly, the head of a pitch, Black
+Lightning (13m), is reached. The streamway continues past a 2m climb
+and 2m pitch leading to the 25m pitch of Mystery
+Wind; this is descended via a crow's-nest which gives a dry sloping
+descent to the floor, protected by two rebelays. Immediately beyond this is
+Dave Dives, an awkward roof-tube climb to bypass a
+tight spot; this should on no account be descended head-first. A bolt here
+might render the process safer. The streamway continues to the twin pitches of
+Easy There (15m) and Steady
+Now (4m), the 2002 limit; the head of the latter is difficult and
+tight, but it seems unlikely that the rig could be improved by any alteration
+not involving a large hammer.
2003 saw further pushing to a short, rather damp down pitch (3m) shortly
-followed by a climb up over boulders into a large chamber, God Loves a
-Drunk, where an (apparently impassably tight) inlet enters from the right.
-Immediately beyond this are The Mash Tun (p8) and Copper (p17).
-In high water levels these are both very wet, dangerously so given the cold
-and draughty nature of the passage. There may be a continuation at high level
-via a loony bolt traverse across the head of Copper [C2003-204-48 B].
+followed by a climb up over boulders into a large chamber, God
+Loves a Drunk, where an (apparently impassably tight) inlet enters from
+the right. Immediately beyond this are The Mash Tun
+(p8) and Copper (p17). In high water levels these
+are both very wet, dangerously so given the cold and draughty nature of the
+passage; a deviation around halfway down Copper could potentially help matters.
+There may be a continuation at high level via a loony bolt traverse across the
+head of Copper [C2003-204-48
+B].
-
Beyond this the rift becomes tighter and more awkward again, leading to the head of yet another pitch, Yeast (p10). Shortly beyond this the bottom of the rift becomes rather tight and an ascending traverse can be followed, as far as a local widening, the 2003 limit; dropping back to stream level rapidly becomes tight again, but a traverse line across, Nordic Traverse, gives access to a dry fossil passage to the head of Thirteen Year Pitch (7m), which drops into a spacious dry chamber. Here a tight and scrofulous-looking rift leads off to the right (QM 04-XXX C), while the chosen way on is to descend Pepper Pot (20m) back to stream level. Here the passage returns to familiar rifty crappiness for a few metres; it is helpful to take a relatively high level for a while until the passage widens again, at which point a 6m pitch, Paster of Muppets, regains the stream level. At this point there is a convenient widening at a level that gradually ascends to the head of yet another pitch (QM 04-XX); it is noticeable on the survey that from the bottom of Paster the passage swings southwards away from the consistent NE-SW alignment of most of Razordance.
+
Beyond this the rift becomes tighter and more awkward again, leading to the
+head of yet another pitch, Yeast (p10). Shortly beyond
+this the bottom of the rift becomes rather tight and an ascending traverse can
+be followed, as far as a local widening, the 2003 limit; dropping back to
+stream level rapidly becomes tight again, but a traverse line across, Nordic Traverse, gives access to a dry fossil passage to
+the head of Thirteen Year Pitch (7m), which
+drops into a spacious dry chamber. Here a tight and scrofulous-looking rift
+leads off to the right (QM 04-XXX C), while the chosen way on is to descend
+Pepper Pot (20m) back to stream level. Here the
+passage returns to familiar rifty crappiness for a few metres; it is helpful to
+take a relatively high level for a while until the passage widens again, at
+which point a 6m pitch, Paster of Muppets, regains
+the stream level. At this point there is a convenient widening at a level that
+gradually ascends to the head of yet another pitch (QM 04-XX); it is
+noticeable on the survey that from the bottom of Paster the passage swings
+southwards away from the consistent NE-SW alignment of most of Razordance.
The traverse round to the pitch head is protected by a thread belay at the
start of the traverse. A substantial thread (requiring 2 slings due to its
diff --git a/smkridge/204/atoz.html b/smkridge/204/atoz.html
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@@ -0,0 +1,313 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+1623:204 Passage Names Glossary
+
+
+
+
+
Steinbrückenhöhle Passage Names Glossary
+
+
+A -- B -- C --
+D -- E -- F --
+G -- H -- I --
+J -- K -- L --
+M -- N -- O --
+P -- Q -- R --
+S -- T -- U --
+V -- W -- X --
+Y -- Z
[NPNG / Pleasuredome] Major junction, from which passages lead off to Pleasuredome, No Pain No Gain, Treeumphant, Swings and Roundabouts and Rhino Rift
+
+
diff --git a/smkridge/204/entrance.html b/smkridge/204/entrance.html
index 3eaf0d5d4..b7d66cf0e 100644
--- a/smkridge/204/entrance.html
+++ b/smkridge/204/entrance.html
@@ -28,17 +28,20 @@ href="nopain.html#kingcarbide">'King Carbide, off No Pain No Gain.
Entrance
-
The 204a entrance is directly opposite a 10m x 5m
+The 204a entrance is directly opposite a 10m x 5m stone bridge from which it derives its name. The
entrance itself is approximately 8m high and 5m wide, and leads down a boulder
slope and round a right hand bend to the top of the first pitch. The 204b
entrance is 15m away to the north.
-
From 1999 until 2001 inclusive, the 204b entrance was rigged. However,
+
From 1999 until 2001 inclusive, the 204b entrance was rigged. However,
this involved a rather shoddy decent down a gully, and so from 2002
the 204a entrance has been used.
The Near End is a collective name for a complex network of
high level phreatic passages which slope approximately 20° following the dip of
-the beds. Heading downhill from the base of Jim'll Fix It in a stooping
-height passage leads round a double bend to a 2m climb down to a junction.
-Right leads to more side passages whilst the main route
-is straight ahead to a crossroads. Right leads into the same side passages as the previous right turn. Left is
-Needle Crawl past an unexplored passage on the left [Jim'll Fix It in
+a stooping height passage leads round a double bend to a 2m climb down to a
+junction. Right leads to more side passages whilst the
+main route is straight ahead to a crossroads. Right leads into the same side passages as the previous right turn. Left is Needle Crawl past an unexplored passage on the left [C1999-204-04 C] and a crawl
on the right (feels like straight ahead) which becomes too small after ~8m.
Straight ahead (feels like a left) leads to the head of a fine 4m diameter
-circular shaft, Thread Pitch. This pitch of 17m
+circular shaft, Thread Pitch. This pitch of 17m
corresponds to the lower half of Stitch This, and leads
into Wolpertinger Way. A continuation of the
crawl is visible at the opposite side of the pitch head; this is choked after
@@ -166,7 +169,7 @@ deep blind pit on the right to a junction.
Left leads uphill past a choked inlet on the left to a steep uphill section
with a crawl on the right, which leads shortly to a 2m climb down and immediate
choke. At the top of the steep section the passage to the right immediately
-chokes, whilst left is Dolly Parton Climb, a 2m climb up with huge jugs,
+chokes, whilst left is Dolly Parton Climb, a 2m climb up with huge jugs,
to a further 15m of upward trending phreatic passage, terminating in a boulder
choke with a slight draught (air coming into the cave). There are two small
steep phreatic ramps on the left hand side of this passage, both very small and
diff --git a/smkridge/204/gallery.html b/smkridge/204/gallery.html
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@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/smkridge/204/glossary.csv b/smkridge/204/glossary.csv
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@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+"Name","URL","Fragment ID","Description","Etymology"
+"110 A Day","midlevel.html","onetenaday",,"So called as it was sufficiently dusty that the surveyors coughed as if they smoked 110 a day"
+"110 Bidet","midlevel.html","onetenbidet",,
+"21 Bolt Bypass","rhino.html","boltbypass","Passage connecting to the far end of the traverse over Gaffered",
+"7-11 Chamber","millennium.html","seven11","Large chamber with pitch and aven at end of Merry Fucking Christmas",
+"All Roads","nopain.html","allroads","Pitch dropping into Pleasuredome from Insignificant Chamber (distinct from Micturation!)",
+"Ariston Series","ariston.html","ariston","110m pitch series giving access to most of the deepest parts of the cave","It goes on, and on, and Ariston - as in the recent washing machine advert"
+"Bat Chamber","uworld.html","batchamber","Large chamber, sporting a fresh dead bat in 2004, in Fat Worm area",
+"Belief","rhino.html","belief",,
+"Black Lightning","ariston.html","blacklightning","Pitch in Razor Dance","Richard Thompson song"
+"Black Maria","uworld.html","blackmaria","Spacious pitch in upper Underworld",
+"Bonsai Crawl","nopain.html","bonsai","Crawl connecting Insignificant Chamber with Treeumphant Passage",
+"Boulder Coaster","treeumphant.html","bouldercoaster","Passage continuing westwards beyond Crowning Glory Chamber",
+"Bracket Fungus","uworld.html","bracketfungus","Well-decorated passage in upper Underworld",
+"Brian's Phat Shaft","nopain.html","phat","104m pitch near Pleasuredome",
+"Bunny's Bowel","midlevel.html","bunnybowel","Chamber near the bottom of Wolpertinger Way",
+"Cat's Claw","rhino.html","catsclaw","Unconformity area",
+"Cave Tree Chamber","treeumphant.html","cavetreechamber","Aven chamber where 204C drops in",
+"Chicago Chicanes","swings.html","chicagochicanes",,
+"Chocolate Salty Balls","treeumphant.html","chocolatesaltyballs","Series of mainly phreatic passages accessed by a traverse across Cave Tree Chamber",
+"Copper","ariston.html","copper","Pitch in Razor Dance","Part of a sequence of pitches named after brewing apparatus"
+"Cresta Run","swings.html","crestarun","Zigzag passage leading from Swings to a connection with Helter Skelter and on to a pitch (undescended as of 2004)",
+"Crimper","rhino.html","crimper",,
+"Crowning Glory","treeumphant.html","crowningglory","Phreatic passage which forks off Treeumphant towards 204E entrance",
+"Crowning Glory Chamber","treeumphant.html","cgchamber","Aven chamber at the foot of the 204E entrance pitch. (Warning: Slightly illogical usage; it is not actually in Crowning Glory Passage)",
+"Dave Dives","ariston.html","davedives","2m climb in Razor Dance (best not attempted head first)","Commemorating a stylish descent"
+"Dolly Parton Climb","entrance.html","parton","Short climb with big jugs",
+"Don't Step","nopain.html","dontstep","Climb into ceiling near Insignificant Chamber",
+"Drilling Delight","nopain.html","drillingdelight","Series of short pitches near Insignificant Chamber",
+"Dutch Beauty","swings.html","dutchbeauty",,
+"Earthenware","uworld.html","earthenware","North-South trunk passage in Subsoil level",
+"Easy There","ariston.html","easythere","Pitch in Razor Dance","Richard Thompson song ""Easy There, Steady Now"""
+"Eeyore","uworld.html","eeyore","Side passage from ascending traverse from the foot of Trihang",
+"Faith","rhino.html","faith",,
+"Fat Worm Blows a Sparky","uworld.html","fatworm","Complex maze of passages around Bat Chamber in Subsoil level",
+"Fledermausschacht","ariston.html","fledermaus","112m sloping blind pitch off horizontal stuff in Ariston","Dunks got hassled by a bat during exploration"
+"Flopsy the Bunny Rabbit's Lair","nopain.html","flopsy","Connection from Colonnade back into Insignificant Chamber",
+"Gaffer Tape","swings.html","gaffertape","First 80m pitch of Gaffered to the Wall Series, leading down to the Underworld from Swings & Roundabouts",
+"Gardener's World","uworld.html","gardenersworld","First of two pitches connecting upper Underworld level to Subsoil level",
+"Generation Game","uworld.html","generation","Roof tube traversing back above Quiz Rift","Named in commemoration of a bolting race between Becka (with hand bolts) and Dave (with Earl's power drill), in which experience and skill comprehensively beat youth and enthusiasm"
+"Germknödel's Revenge","treeumphant.html","germknodel","204E entrance crawl",
+"God Loves A Drunk","ariston.html","glud","Chamber in Razor Dance","Richard Thompson song"
+"Grater","rhino.html","grater",,
+"Great Oak Chamber","treeumphant.html","greatoakchamber","Aven chamber which interrupts Treeumphant Passage",
+"Hardware","uworld.html","hardware","Westward-trending side passage near north end of Earthenware",
+"Heavily Soiled","uworld.html","heavilysoiled","Scrofulous oxbow in Subsoil, near the bottom of University Challenge",
+"Helter Skelter","treeumphant.html","helterskelter","Pitch at the end of Boulder Coaster",
+"Hippo Hollows","uworld.html","hippohollows","Dried mud pots in southwards branch of Subsoil level, towards Fat Worm",
+"Insignificant Chamber","nopain.html","insignificantchamber","Major junction, from which passages lead off to Pleasuredome, No Pain No Gain, Treeumphant, Swings and Roundabouts and Rhino Rift ",
+"Jim'll Fix It","entrance.html","jim","Second pitch of 204A entrance series (low snow route); rarely called by this name nowadays.",
+"Juicy Bits","swings.html","juicybits","Side passage connecting to Swings at either end",
+"Kanga","uworld.html","kanga","Sloping rift pitch from the end of Eeyore leading to a crawl and further chamber",
+"Kidney Bean","entrance.html","kidneybean","Low chamber",
+"King Carbide","nopain.html","kingcarbide","Small chamber between Pleasuredome and No Pain No Gain, at the foot of a pitch from the Near End.",
+"Kiwi Suit","ariston.html","kiwisuit","130m pitch series connecting Ariston to Razor Dance","Tribute to Kiwi Mike (Allen)"
+"Limescale Cistern","rhino.html","limescale","Chamber in Unconformity",
+"Living Daylight Chamber","swings.html","livingdaylight","Chamber immediately beyond Suspended Solution, from which daylight is visible coming in through the 204D entrance",
+"LX Tape","swings.html","lxtape","Third pitch of Gaffered to the Walls series",
+"Magic Roundabout Chamber","swings.html","magicroundabout","Large chamber where Swings Passage begins",
+"Marble Run","midlevel.html","marblerun","Passage in Mid Level",
+"Meeting House","rhino.html","meetinghouse",,
+"Merry Fucking Christmas","millennium.html","merryxmas","Tortuous crawl leading south off Mid Level series near connection to Millennium Dome","South Park reference"
+"Merry Go Round","swings.html","merrygoround","110m pitch series dropping from the Slide (conjectured to connect to the Underworld)",
+"Micturation","nopain.html","micturation","Pitch dropping into Pleasuredome from Insignificant Chamber",
+"Millennium Dome","millennium.html","millennium","Large chamber at start of White Elephant Series",
+"Mystery Wind","ariston.html","mysterywind","Complex multi-part pitch in Razor Dance","Richard Thompson song"
+"Needle Crawl","entrance.html","needle","Upward-sloping rift passage (wider at floor level, so a crawl for fatties) leading to the top of Thread Pitch",
+"No Pain No Gain","nopain.html","nopainnogain","Crawl linking southern passages of old Mid Level series to Insignificant Chamber and the northern horizontal passages",
+"Nordic Traverse","ariston.html","nordic","Traverse in Razor Dance",
+"On a Mission","rhino.html","onamission",,
+"Oxtail Oxbow","uworld.html","oxtail","Loop of muddy passage bypassing Bracket Fungus Passage",
+"Paster of Muppets","ariston.html","paster","Pitch in Razor Dance","Metallica spoonerism"
+"Pendulum Pitch","midlevel.html","pendulum","Alternate route connecting Near End series to Mid Level. Not used since 1999",
+"Pepper Pot","ariston.html","pepper","Pitch in Razor Dance","Utter lack of imagination"
+"Perpetual Motion","nopain.html","perpetual","Pitch dropping into Pleasuredome from 'King Carbide",
+"Pile Driver","swings.html","piledriver","Bolderous chamber accessed by a traverse over the pitch at the end of Cresta Run",
+"Playground","swings.html","playground","Walking passage leading from Insignificant Chamber towards Magic Roundabout and the rest of the Swings series",
+"Pleasuredome","nopain.html","pleasuredome","Very large chamber (or pair of chambers) which almost everything around No Pain No Gain connects to",
+"Poohstyx","uworld.html","poohstyx","Passage and blind pitch descending from upper Underworld",
+"Pot-U-Like","ariston.html","potulike","First pitch of Ariston Series, starting at the bottom of Wolpertinger Way",
+"Quiz Rift","uworld.html","quiz","Rift at northern end of upper Underworld, terminating at Gardener's World",
+"Rainbow Series","ariston.html","rainbow","Horizontal passage accessed from You're So Veined",
+"Rat Biscuit","rhino.html","ratbiscuit","Northwards side branch from On A Mission, which terminates in a boulder choke close to Cresta Run",
+"Razordance","ariston.html","razor","Awkward rift streamway to the current lowest known point of 204",
+"Recycled Rabbit","midlevel.html","recycledrabbit","Horizontal side passage off Wolpertinger Way",
+"Rhino Rift","rhino.html","rhinorift",,
+"Sand Pit","treeumphant.html","sandpit","Complex maze of sandy passages branching off to the north of Helter Skelter",
+"Scroat","nopain.html","scroat",,
+"Sellotape","swings.html","sellotape","Fourth pitch of Gaffered to the Walls series, also known as Eyehole pitch",
+"Sirens","uworld.html","sirens","Stalactite grotto in upper Underworld; name has been extended to cover a large ill-defined section of the upper Underworld",
+"South Circular","swings.html","southcircular",,
+"Steady Now","ariston.html","steadynow","Pitch in Razor Dance","Richard Thompson song ""Easy There, Steady Now"""
+"Steel Toecap","ariston.html","toecap","Largest pitch of Ariston Series",
+"Stitch This","entrance.html","stitch","High-snow bypass connecting a truncated version of Trick or Treat with the upwards continuation of Thread Pitch",
+"Subsoil","uworld.html","subsoil","General term for the level of passages below Gardener's World pitch",
+"Sucker","treeumphant.html","sucker","Long narrow side branch off Treeumphant",
+"Suspended Solution","swings.html","suspended","Roof tube at the northern end of Swings Passage, leading to 204D entrance",
+"Swallow Hard","rhino.html","swallowhard",,
+"Swings Passage","swings.html","swingstrunk","Main trunk passage of Swings & Roundabouts series",
+"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",
+"The Colonnade","treeumphant.html","thecolonnade","Side gallery branching off Treeumphant Passage",
+"The Mash Tun","ariston.html","mashtun","Pitch in Razor Dance","Part of a sequence of pitches named after brewing apparatus"
+"The Slide","swings.html","theslide","Sloping side passage eastwards from Swings, leading to Merry-Go-Round",
+"Thirteen Year Pitch","ariston.html","thirteenyear","Pitch in Razor Dance","Commemorating Mark Dougherty's return to Expo after a 13-year absence"
+"Thread Pitch","entrance.html","thread","Pitch connecting Near End to Mid Level series",
+"Trapeze","swings.html","trapeze","Side gallery connecting to Swings Passage at various points",
+"Treeumphant Passage","treeumphant.html","treeumphantpassage","Trunk passage leading northwards from Bonsai Crawl to Cave Tree Chamber",
+"Trick or Treat","entrance.html","firstpitch","204A entrance pitch (rarely called by this name)",
+"Trihang","swings.html","trihang","Fifth and final pitch of Gaffered to the Walls series",
+"Umshitshimbo","entrance.html","umshit","Phreatic ramp in Near End",
+"Unconformity","rhino.html","unconformity","Steeply descending passage branching off On A Mission",
+"Uncrimped","rhino.html","uncrimped","Loop connecting Crimper to Faith",
+"Underware","uworld.html","underware","Eastward-trending side passage near north end of Earthenware (also known as Earthenware II)",
+"University Challenge","uworld.html","univchallenge","Second of two pitches connecting upper Underworld level to Subsoil level",
+"Up at 45°","midlevel.html","upat45","Series of crawls sloping up at north end of Mid-Level series",
+"White Elephant Series","millennium.html","elephant","Rift pitch series heading southeast from Millennium Dome",
+"Wolpertinger Way","midlevel.html","wolp","Large phreatic trunk passage, centerpiece of old Mid Level series",
+"Wot no Bolts?","rhino.html","wotnobolts","Pitch in Rhino Rift (which does now have bolts)",
+"Wot no Butcombe?","rhino.html","nobutcombe","Series of passages at the far west end of On A Mission",
+"Wot no Connection?","rhino.html","noconnection","Network of passages at far end of On A Mission, which don't connect to Weizeneishöhle",
+"Yeast","ariston.html","yeast","Pitch in Razor Dance","Part of a sequence of pitches named after brewing apparatus"
+"You're So Veined","midlevel.html","veined","Alternate route connecting to Ariston Series part-way down Pot-U-Like, not used since 1999","Carly Simon song; the pitch has prominent mineral veins in the rock."
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diff --git a/smkridge/204/l/11cei.html b/smkridge/204/l/11cei.html
index afaa08540..43851dbc2 100644
--- a/smkridge/204/l/11cei.html
+++ b/smkridge/204/l/11cei.html
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ massive shafts of the Ariston Series.
The original Steinbrückenhöhle entrance; this is usually rigged from a point next to the tilted slab at the right edge of the picture, from which it hangs more nearly straight than anywhere else.
+
+
This photograph was taken in 1999 when the B entrance was the trade route.
+
+
+
diff --git a/smkridge/204/l/2p1.html b/smkridge/204/l/2p1.html
index 0f3c62a1a..b64f2c403 100644
--- a/smkridge/204/l/2p1.html
+++ b/smkridge/204/l/2p1.html
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ deviation near the centre of the picture.
+
+
+
diff --git a/smkridge/204/l/7icef.html b/smkridge/204/l/7icef.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d828b030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smkridge/204/l/7icef.html
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+1623:204 - Ice flow in Wolpertinger Way
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
This ice flow emerges from halfway up one wall in Wolpertinger Way, and
+varies wildly in size and shape between expos; this is a fairly small
+incarnation (it was far larger in 2004, when a very early expo meant snow and
+ice levels were much higher).
A close-up of the beautiful formations of Bracket Fungus Passage in the
+Underworld; a remarkable discovery considering the general rarity of calcite
+formations in the caves of the plateau. Fortunately this delicate area can be
+bypassed by Oxtail Oxbow, so these formations should be preserved from damage
+by passing bodies.
Nial Peters posing at the 204e entrance, which is the most convenient access
+route for most of the parts of Steinbrückenhöhle currently under
+exploration.
Believe it or not, this enormous number 2 on the wall is completely
+natural. It was found while surveying Kanga, the pitch descending from the end of Eeyore in the Underworld; ironically the tip of the projection is a survey station, which is not number 2!
Stalactite ceiling in Sirens Passage in the Underworld. Notice the drips - stalactite formation is presumably still active in this area, which is exceptional among the caves of the plateau (which rarely have calcite formations other thanthe odd feeble straw).
The finely-sculpted phreatic tunnel of Treeumphant Passage, the main trade
+route between the north-eastern area around the 204e entrance and the rest of
+the cave.
Dave Loeffler in Sirens Passage, the first horizontal passage one encounters
+when one enters the Underworld after the six pitches of the Gaffered to the
+Walls series. Notice the mud floor, which consists of a very thin dark layer
+covering a thicker band of light brown clay; it is a conservationist's
+nightmare, impossible to walk across without destroying. The inevitable
+accumulation of mud on one's gear also renders the prusik out very interesting
+as the rope gradually turns into a cylindrical stick of mud!
Summary: The mid-level series is a network of
-phreatic passages formed in a bed around 15m lower than the Near End series. The trunk passage of
-Wolpertinger Way slopes down from the bottom of Thread Pitch towards
-an area of interconnecting passages around the foot of Pendulum
-Pitch. From here one can descend into the Ariston Series, or follow passages into the
-Millennium Dome area, or via Summary: The mid-level series is a network of phreatic passages
+formed in a bed around 15m lower than the Near End
+series. The trunk passage of Wolpertinger Way slopes down from the bottom of
+Thread Pitch towards an area of interconnecting passages around the foot of
+Pendulum Pitch. From here one can descend into the Ariston Series, or follow passages into the Millennium Dome area, or via No Pain No Gain to the northern parts of the cave.
@@ -51,7 +50,8 @@ id="qC1999-204-09">C1999-204-09 C], reaches a junction. Right is a passage,
which quickly chokes, straight ahead leads into 110 A
Day, whilst left is the main route.
-
More sandy crawling leads to a crossroads, where left leads to
+
+More sandy crawling leads to a crossroads, where left leads to
the ledge overlooking the pitch, and right is a short crawl leading
to the main passage part of the way down Pendulum Pitch, the easiest route to the Pendulum Pitch the Millennium Dome area.
Traversing towards the right at the head of You're So
Veined leads to a boulder floored passage. A window looks out to the left
diff --git a/smkridge/204/millennium.html b/smkridge/204/millennium.html
index 65078508c..05d861b7e 100644
--- a/smkridge/204/millennium.html
+++ b/smkridge/204/millennium.html
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ continues slightly larger for another 25m, past [C2001-204-70 B], a hole in
the floor.
-
The crawl opens out in the wall of 7-11 Chamber. This is part of a
+
The crawl opens out in the wall of 7-11 Chamber. This is part of a
large shaft, with high aven (>40m?) [C2001-204-72 X] and deep main pitch (>40m?) [C2001-204-68 A]. The
diff --git a/smkridge/204/nopain.html b/smkridge/204/nopain.html
index f5cd436d9..cf1ba462e 100644
--- a/smkridge/204/nopain.html
+++ b/smkridge/204/nopain.html
@@ -66,13 +66,12 @@ Gain.
interconnecting holes on the right [C2000-204-58 C]. This passage gets smaller and reaches a
junction: on the left is a walking size passage with a small pit in the floor
-that continues to a large pitch [C2000-204-10 A], almost certain to drop into Pleasuredome. Straight on leads to Drilling Delight, and to the right is a small
-passage that connects to the Bonsai Crawl. Half way along
-this small passage there is a small pitch [C2000-204-59 C].
+that continues to a large pitch, All Roads, which
+drops into Pleasuredome. Straight on leads to Drilling Delight, and
+to the right is a small passage that connects to the Bonsai
+Crawl. Half way along this small passage there is a small pitch [C2000-204-59 C].
Straight on, upslope from where No Pain No Gain enters, is a bedding plane
which splits left to Bonsai Crawl and right to [.
The landing at the bottom of the pitch from 'King
-Carbide is on an unstable boulder ridge on the floor of a chamber,
-Pleasuredome, measuring about 10m by 20m. On one side is what looks to
-be a 3m deep blind trench which has been observed to take a sizable stream in
-wet weather [C2000-204-66] and on the other the chamber floor slopes
-away gradually, leading to the head of Brian's Phat Shaft. On
-the right of the chamber (as one descends the slope) there is a short climb up
-a large boulder into another slightly larger chamber measuring about 25m by 12m
-with a fairly level boulder strewn floor. In the far left hand corner after a
-small climb up was a small passage with a false floor. After 10m crawling, a
-window was found which looked out on to the head of a 30m pitch which was
+
The landing at the bottom of Perpetual Motion,
+the pitch from 'King Carbide, is on an unstable
+boulder ridge on the floor of a chamber, Pleasuredome, measuring about
+10m by 20m. On one side is what looks to be a 3m deep blind trench which has
+been observed to take a sizable stream in wet weather [C2000-204-66] and on the
+other the chamber floor slopes away gradually, leading to the head of Brian's Phat Shaft. On the right of the chamber (as one
+descends the slope) there is a short climb up a large boulder into another
+slightly larger chamber measuring about 25m by 12m with a fairly level boulder
+strewn floor. In the far left hand corner after a small climb up was a small
+passage with a false floor. After 10m crawling, a window was found which looked
+out on to the head of a 30m pitch which was
descended using a deviation in the opposite wall at 3m from the head of the
pitch. The pitch was mainly circular at the top, becoming more rifty as it was
-descended.The base of the pitch landed on a boulder floored chamber with two
+descended. The base of the pitch landed on a boulder floored chamber with two
ways on. The route to the north was a narrow climbing rift passage leading to a
choke with no way on and no leads. The route to the south and east is a shorter
and wider passage with a dogleg to the left. In the left hand wall about 3m up
@@ -217,9 +217,7 @@ exploration of that series.
under a drippy rock flake, leading to a mobile boulder slope. This heads
steeply down to the top of a 100m shaft. The pitch was rigged with a bolt
backup at the top of the slope and a Y-Hang at the pitch-head. By a back and
-foot traverse to the right a small passage can be accessed which was not
-explored at the time [C2000-204-72 B]. The main pitch was descended by a
+foot traverse to the right a small passage can be accessed, Obese, which apparently closes down. The main pitch was descended by a
series of rebelays and deviations. The shaft was essentially vertical and oval
in cross section belling out for the bottom 30m. Also in the bottom 30m were
various galleries with what looked like possible windows into passages although
diff --git a/smkridge/204/qm.csv b/smkridge/204/qm.csv
index 06f9f43f1..019187f79 100644
--- a/smkridge/204/qm.csv
+++ b/smkridge/204/qm.csv
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
"C2000-204-07","C","NPNG","High end of chamber to right ","nopain.html","nopainnogain.20",
"C2000-204-08","B","NPNG","3m drop down slope in floor of passage ","nopain.html","nopainnogain.19",
"C2000-204-09","B","Insig","Bedding plane to right ","nopain.html","insignificant.5",
-"C2000-204-10","A","Insig","30m pitch ","nopain.html","insignificant.4","Drops into Pleasuredome via All Roads pitch (2004)"
+"C2000-204-10","A","Insig","30m pitch ",,"insignificant.4","Drops into Pleasuredome via All Roads pitch (2004)"
"C2000-204-11","B","Insig","Sloping chute to 30m pitch, dead? ",,"treeumphant.2","Drilling Delight"
"C2000-204-12","B","Insig","Stooping passage to left at fork ",,"treeumphant.11","Swings and Roundabouts"
"C2000-204-13","C","Insig","Small passage continuing in direction of main passage through hole in right wall ","nopain.html","treeumphant.12",
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
"C2000-204-69",,"NE","flat out section (not really a squeeze, except for lardarses), running water can be heard","entrance.html",,
"C2000-204-70",,"NE","narrow passage at the northern corner of the chamber","entrance.html",,
"C2000-204-71",,"NE","hole in the floor","entrance.html",,
-"C2000-204-72",,"PD","By a back and foot traverse to the right at the head of the pitch a small passage can be accessed","nopain.html",,"Obese traverse, explored by Brian + Martin 2004 - no leads?"
+"C2000-204-72",,"PD","By a back and foot traverse to the right at the head of the pitch a small passage can be accessed",,,"Obese traverse, explored by Brian + Martin 2004 - no leads?"
"C2000-204-73",,"PD","Also in the bottom 30m were various galleries with what looked like possible windows into passages although the light used was not strong enough to say whether these were ways on or just alcoves.These need further investigation by possible deviation or pendulum","nopain.html",,
"C2000-204-74",,"PD","Also in the bottom 30m were various galleries with what looked like possible windows into passages although the light used was not strong enough to say whether these were ways on or just alcoves.These need further investigation by possible deviation or pendulum","nopain.html",,
"C2000-204-75",,"PD","Also in the bottom 30m were various galleries with what looked like possible windows into passages although the light used was not strong enough to say whether these were ways on or just alcoves.These need further investigation by possible deviation or pendulum","nopain.html",,
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
"C2001-204-52","C","NPNG","Continuation of crawl in roof of Pleasuredome, some boulders need moving","nopain.html",,
"C2001-204-53","C","Tree","Flat-out crawls","treeumphant.html",,
"C2001-204-54","C","Tree","Small body sized crawl at the bottom of a pit needs hammering","treeumphant.html",,
-"C2001-204-55","X","Tree","Aven climbable","treeumphant.html",,"Cresta Run drops in from above (2004)"
+"C2001-204-55","X","Tree","Aven climbable",,,"Cresta Run drops in from above (2004)"
"C2001-204-56","C","Tree","small and crumbly","treeumphant.html",,
"C2001-204-57","C","Tree","small passage","treeumphant.html",,
"C2001-204-58","C","Tree","small passage","treeumphant.html",,
@@ -178,12 +178,12 @@
"C2001-204-75","A","Sw","Rift on right has been climbed for several meters; still going but becoming more difficult.","swings.html",,
"C2001-204-76","B","Sw","Rift on right has been climb for several meters without result.","swings.html",,
"C2001-204-77","A","Sw","Unpromising climb up on left of passage.","swings.html",,
-"C2001-204-78","B","Sw","Traverse round from Swings.17, short climb up and to right leads to sloping phreatic shaft up and down; may be way down to Helter Skelter?","swings.html",,"Descended 2004 - Cresta Run"
+"C2001-204-78","B","Sw","Traverse round from Swings.17, short climb up and to right leads to sloping phreatic shaft up and down; may be way down to Helter Skelter?",,,"Descended 2004 - Cresta Run"
"C2001-204-79","C","Sw","Traverse round from Swings.17 to bottom of proper climb up into space where water can be heard.","swings.html",,
"C2001-204-80","C","Sw","Potential way on through very low crawl.","swings.html",,
"C2001-204-81","C","Sw","Narrow, sharp, small passage leading in the direction of Boulder Coaster. Drafting towards you.","swings.html",,
"C2001-204-82","C","Sw","This QM may not exist; Earl suspects it may be the same as the next passage some 20m farther North on the left of Swings.","swings.html",,
-"C2001-204-83","C","Sw","On right of Swings passage, follow short passage. Climb through gap into smaller continuing passage.","swings.html",,"Explored 2004 - Trapeze"
+"C2001-204-83","C","Sw","On right of Swings passage, follow short passage. Climb through gap into smaller continuing passage.",,,"Explored 2004 - Trapeze"
"C2001-204-84","C","Sw","QM on left of swings main passage.","swings.html",,
"C2001-204-85","C","Sw","QM on left of swings main passage.","swings.html",,
"C2001-204-86","X","Sw","Aven shortly before the pitch at the top of The Slide.","swings.html",,
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
"C2002-204-02","C","Sw","Tight rift believed to drop into a parallel shaft in second pitch of Gaffered to the Wall","swings.html",,
"C2002-204-03","C","Sw","Tight rift believed to drop into a parallel shaft in second pitch of Gaffered to the Wall","swings.html",,
"C2002-204-04","C","Sw","Sloping, potentially climbable aven in Gaffered to the Wall between first and second pitches","swings.html",,
-"C2002-204-05","A","Sw","Undescended rift pitch ~2m wide at lowest point of Gaffered to the Wall below Sellotape pitch","swings.html",,"Trihang pitch - descended 2003"
+"C2002-204-05","A","Sw","Undescended rift pitch ~2m wide at lowest point of Gaffered to the Wall below Sellotape pitch",,,"Trihang pitch - descended 2003"
"C2002-204-06","C","Sw","Narrow slot at bottom of Sellotape pitch in Gaffered to the Wall","swings.html",,
"C2002-204-07","A","Sw","Crumbly horizontal rift at the bottom of Merry-Go-Round","swings.html",,
"C2002-204-08","C","Sw","Large ledge on opposite wall of third pitch near bottom","swings.html",,
@@ -217,89 +217,89 @@
"C2002-204-13","B","Wolp","Crawl to left of Up at 45°","midlevel.html",,
"C2002-204-14","C","Wolp","Squeeze off Up at 45°","midlevel.html",,
"C2002-204-15","B","Wolp","High level passage off Up at 45°, audio connection made","midlevel.html",,
-"C2003-204-01","B",,,," 204.allswings.ermintrude.5 ",
-"C2003-204-02","B",,,," 204.allgaffered.eeyore.1 ",
+"C2003-204-01","B",,,"swings.html"," 204.allswings.ermintrude.5 ",
+"C2003-204-02","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.eeyore.1 ",
"C2003-204-03","B","Underworld","Pitch into large sloping chamber",," 204.allgaffered.eeyore.5 ","Kanga - descended 2004"
-"C2003-204-04","B",,,," 204.allgaffered.trihang.11 ",
-"C2003-204-05","B",,,," 204.allgaffered.trihang.10 ",
-"C2003-204-06","C",,,," 204.allgaffered.trihang.2 ",
-"C2003-204-07","C",,,," 204.allgaffered.trihang.4 ",
+"C2003-204-04","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.trihang.11 ",
+"C2003-204-05","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.trihang.10 ",
+"C2003-204-06","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.trihang.2 ",
+"C2003-204-07","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.trihang.4 ",
"C2003-204-08","A","Underworld",,," 204.allgaffered.trihang.5 ","Explored 2004 - Mud Slope (choked after 12m)"
-"C2003-204-09","B",,,," 204.allgaffered.poohstyx.1 ",
-"C2003-204-10","C",,,," 204.allgaffered.poohstyx.4 ",
-"C2003-204-11","C",,,," 204.allgaffered.poohstyx.4 ",
-"C2003-204-12","C",,,," 204.allgaffered.poohstyx.6 ",
-"C2003-204-13","X",,,," 204.allgaffered.poohstyx.9 ",
-"C2003-204-14","B",,,," 204.allgaffered.sirens.5 ",
-"C2003-204-15","B",,,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.1 ",
-"C2003-204-16","C","Underworld","Passage visible from pitch head, but on wrong side for easy access",," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.1 ",
+"C2003-204-09","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.poohstyx.1 ",
+"C2003-204-10","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.poohstyx.4 ",
+"C2003-204-11","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.poohstyx.4 ",
+"C2003-204-12","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.poohstyx.6 ",
+"C2003-204-13","X",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.poohstyx.9 ",
+"C2003-204-14","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens.5 ",
+"C2003-204-15","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.1 ",
+"C2003-204-16","C","Underworld","Passage visible from pitch head, but on wrong side for easy access","uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.1 ",
"C2003-204-17","B","Underworld","Large pitch (> 20m)",," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.1 ","Black Maria - descended 2004"
-"C2003-204-18","B","Underworld","Passage visible at end of traverse",," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.1 ",
-"C2003-204-19","C",,,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.5 ",
+"C2003-204-18","B","Underworld","Passage visible at end of traverse","uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.1 ",
+"C2003-204-19","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.5 ",
"C2003-204-20","B","Underworld",,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.5 ","West end of Oxtail Oxbow (2004)"
-"C2003-204-21","B",,,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.4 ",
+"C2003-204-21","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.4 ",
"C2003-204-22","C","Underworld",,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.7 ","East end of Oxtail Oxbow (2004)"
-"C2003-204-23","C",,,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.7 ",
-"C2003-204-24","C",,,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.9 ",
-"C2003-204-25","B",,,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.12 ",
-"C2003-204-26","B",,,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.13 ",
-"C2003-204-27","B",,,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.13 ",
+"C2003-204-23","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.7 ",
+"C2003-204-24","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.9 ",
+"C2003-204-25","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.12 ",
+"C2003-204-26","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.13 ",
+"C2003-204-27","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.13 ",
"C2003-204-28","B","Underworld",,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.16 ","Explored 2004 - Upper Tube (15m passage, no obvious leads)"
"C2003-204-29","A",,,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.17 ","Descended 2004 - Gardeners' World"
-"C2003-204-30","B",,,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.17 ",
+"C2003-204-30","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.17 ",
"C2003-204-31","B","Underworld",,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.18 ","Explored 2004 - Terra Firma"
-"C2003-204-32","C",,,," 204.trunk.sandpit.11 ",
-"C2003-204-33","B",,,," 204.trunk.sandpit.14 ",
-"C2003-204-34","C",,,," 204.trunk.sandpit.23 ",
-"C2003-204-35","B",,,," 204.trunk.sandpit.23 ",
-"C2003-204-36","C",,,," 204.trunk.sandpit.23 ",
-"C2003-204-37","C",,,," 204.trunk.sandpit.25 ",
-"C2003-204-38","B",,,," 204.trunk.sandpit.27 ",
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-"C2003-204-40","C",,,," 204.trunk.sandpit.37 ",
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-"C2003-204-42","B",,,," 204.allrhino.rhinorift2.13 ",
-"C2003-204-43","?",,,," 204.allrhino.rhinorift2.9 ",
-"C2003-204-44","A",,,," 204.allrhino.rhinorift2.p28 ",
-"C2003-204-45","C",,,," 204.allrhino.rhinorift.26 ",
-"C2003-204-46","C",,,," 204.allrhino.onamission.1 ",
-"C2003-204-47","?",,,," 204.allrhino.rhinorift.17 ",
+"C2003-204-32","C",,,"treeumphant.html"," 204.trunk.sandpit.11 ",
+"C2003-204-33","B",,,"treeumphant.html"," 204.trunk.sandpit.14 ",
+"C2003-204-34","C",,,"treeumphant.html"," 204.trunk.sandpit.23 ",
+"C2003-204-35","B",,,"treeumphant.html"," 204.trunk.sandpit.23 ",
+"C2003-204-36","C",,,"treeumphant.html"," 204.trunk.sandpit.23 ",
+"C2003-204-37","C",,,"treeumphant.html"," 204.trunk.sandpit.25 ",
+"C2003-204-38","B",,,"treeumphant.html"," 204.trunk.sandpit.27 ",
+"C2003-204-39","C",,,"treeumphant.html"," 204.trunk.sandpit.31 ",
+"C2003-204-40","C",,,"treeumphant.html"," 204.trunk.sandpit.37 ",
+"C2003-204-41","C",,,"treeumphant.html"," 204.trunk.sandpit.42 ",
+"C2003-204-42","B",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.rhinorift2.13 ",
+"C2003-204-43","?",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.rhinorift2.9 ",
+"C2003-204-44","A",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.rhinorift2.p28 ",
+"C2003-204-45","C",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.rhinorift.26 ",
+"C2003-204-46","C",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.onamission.1 ",
+"C2003-204-47","?",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.rhinorift.17 ",
"C2003-204-48","B","Razor","Possible traverse over pitch head (would require absurd bolting)","ariston.html"," 204.deepsouth.razor5.15 ",
-"C2003-204-49","C",,,," 204.allrhino.rhinorift.16 ",
-"C2003-204-50","?",,,," 204.allrhino.rhinorift.8 ",
-"C2003-204-51","B",,,," 204.allrhino.21boltsalute.1 ",
-"C2003-204-52","C",,,," 204.allrhino.rhinorift.12 ",
-"C2003-204-53","C",,,," 204.allrhino.onamission.3 ",
-"C2003-204-54","B",,,," 204.allrhino.onamission.3 ",
-"C2003-204-55","B",,,," 204.allrhino.swallowhard.10 ",
-"C2003-204-56","X",,,," 204.allrhino.unconformity.3 ",
-"C2003-204-57","C",,,," 204.allrhino.swallowhard.3 ",
-"C2003-204-58","C",,,," 204.allrhino.unconformity.10 ",
-"C2003-204-59","C",,,," 204.allrhino.belief.jb6 ",
-"C2003-204-60","?",,,," 204.allrhino.belief.2 ",
-"C2003-204-61","X",,,," 204.allrhino.faith.1 ",
-"C2003-204-62","A",,,," 204.allrhino.faith.2 ",
-"C2003-204-63","C",,,," 204.allrhino.faith.5 ",
-"C2003-204-64","C",,,," 204.allrhino.faith.5 ",
-"C2003-204-65","A",,,," 204.allrhino.faith.11 ",
-"C2003-204-66","B",,,," 204.allrhino.onamission.14 ",
-"C2003-204-67","A",,,," 204.allrhino.crimper.4 ",
-"C2003-204-68","B",,,," 204.allrhino.crimper.6 ",
-"C2003-204-69","B",,,," 204.allrhino.crimper.6 ",
-"C2003-204-70","A",,,," 204.allrhino.faith.4 ",
-"C2003-204-71","B",,,," 204.allrhino.onamission.11 ",
-"C2003-204-72","C",,,," 204.allrhino.onamission.16 ",
-"C2003-204-73","C",,,," 204.allrhino.onamission.17 ",
-"C2003-204-74","C",,,," 204.allrhino.onamission.18 ",
-"C2003-204-75","A",,,," 204.allrhino.onamission.21 ",
-"C2003-204-76","B",,,," 204.allrhino.onamission.21 ",
-"C2003-204-77","C",,,," 204.allrhino.watnobutcombe.6 ",
-"C2003-204-78","C",,,," 204.allrhino.onamission3.3 ",
-"C2003-204-79","C",,,," 204.allrhino.onamission3.3 ",
-"C2003-204-80","C","Rhino","Tight crawl at floor level",," 204.allrhino.roundtrip.4 ",
-"C2003-204-81","A",,,," 204.allrhino.watnobutcombe.5 ",
-"C2003-204-82","B",,,," 204.allrhino.watnobutcombe.4 ",
-"C2003-204-83","B",,,," 204.trunk.dontstep.13 ",
-"C2003-204-84","B",,,," 204.trunk.dontstep.14 ",
-"C2003-204-85","C",,,," 204.trunk.dontstep.7 ",
+"C2003-204-49","C",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.rhinorift.16 ",
+"C2003-204-50","?",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.rhinorift.8 ",
+"C2003-204-51","B",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.21boltsalute.1 ",
+"C2003-204-52","C",,,"swings.html"," 204.allrhino.rhinorift.12 ",
+"C2003-204-53","C",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.onamission.3 ",
+"C2003-204-54","B",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.onamission.3 ",
+"C2003-204-55","B",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.swallowhard.10 ",
+"C2003-204-56","X",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.unconformity.3 ",
+"C2003-204-57","C",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.swallowhard.3 ",
+"C2003-204-58","C",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.unconformity.10 ",
+"C2003-204-59","C",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.belief.jb6 ",
+"C2003-204-60","?",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.belief.2 ",
+"C2003-204-61","X",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.faith.1 ",
+"C2003-204-62","A",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.faith.2 ",
+"C2003-204-63","C",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.faith.5 ",
+"C2003-204-64","C",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.faith.5 ",
+"C2003-204-65","A",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.faith.11 ",
+"C2003-204-66","B",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.onamission.14 ",
+"C2003-204-67","A",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.crimper.4 ",
+"C2003-204-68","B",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.crimper.6 ",
+"C2003-204-69","B",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.crimper.6 ",
+"C2003-204-70","A",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.faith.4 ",
+"C2003-204-71","B",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.onamission.11 ",
+"C2003-204-72","C",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.onamission.16 ",
+"C2003-204-73","C",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.onamission.17 ",
+"C2003-204-74","C",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.onamission.18 ",
+"C2003-204-75","A",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.onamission.21 ",
+"C2003-204-76","B",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.onamission.21 ",
+"C2003-204-77","C",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.watnobutcombe.6 ",
+"C2003-204-78","C",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.onamission3.3 ",
+"C2003-204-79","C",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.onamission3.3 ",
+"C2003-204-80","C","Rhino","Tight crawl at floor level","rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.roundtrip.4 ",
+"C2003-204-81","A",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.watnobutcombe.5 ",
+"C2003-204-82","B",,,"rhino.html"," 204.allrhino.watnobutcombe.4 ",
+"C2003-204-83","B",,,"nopain.html"," 204.trunk.dontstep.13 ",
+"C2003-204-84","B",,,"nopain.html"," 204.trunk.dontstep.14 ",
+"C2003-204-85","C",,,"nopain.html"," 204.trunk.dontstep.7 ",
"C2003-204-86","A","Razor","Widening in traverse requiring bolt to descend or to continue traverse",," 204.deepsouth.razor7.25","Nordic Traverse (passed 2004)"
diff --git a/smkridge/204/qm.html b/smkridge/204/qm.html
index fbac7a708..91001df89 100644
--- a/smkridge/204/qm.html
+++ b/smkridge/204/qm.html
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@
Underworld, near 204.allgaffered.sirens2.1 : Black Maria - descended 2004
diff --git a/smkridge/204/rhino.html b/smkridge/204/rhino.html
index d479e83bd..029d425b3 100644
--- a/smkridge/204/rhino.html
+++ b/smkridge/204/rhino.html
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ href="swings.html#dutchbeauty"> Taking the Piss, the pitch at the end of Dutch B
Swings and Roundabouts is an area of rubble-strewn passages to the west of
Treeumphant Passage. Access is from Bonsai Crawl or the 204d entrance.
+href="nopain.html#bonsai">Bonsai Crawl or the 204d entrance. The series
+links to the Rhino Rift series via Taking the Piss
+pitch, and to the Underworld via the Gaffered to the
+Walls series.
Playground
Swings and Roundabouts branches off from Bonsai Crawl, at what was QM2000-12B.
-Initially, a walking sized passage Playground leads past some mud
+Initially, a walking sized passage Playground leads past some mud
formations and a drippy mini-aven to a view overlooking a mid-sized chamber,
Magic Roundabout, with several exits. The easiest way to the chamber
floor is via a climb down through a hole in the floor on the right at the end
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ passage
small exit between rocks. A short rubble-strewn chute (which is free-climbable
but crumbly, and was rigged in 2002 with a Y-hang following Dave falling off it)
leads to a duck under a flake into a mud-floored ramp. After 15m or so a large
-shaft is reached, Gaffer Tape, the start of the Gaffered
+shaft is reached, Gaffer Tape, the start of the Gaffered
to the Walls series.
Back in the main chamber, a rubble slope to the north leads onwards. To the
@@ -55,14 +59,15 @@ boulders to the start of the main Swings trunk passage: 10m wide and 8m
high.
-The initial pitch, Gaffer Tape (70m), is an imposing
-oval shaft, which continues upwards [Gaffer Tape (70m), is an
+imposing oval shaft, which continues upwards [C2001-204-97 X]. A passage leads off from the bottom,
splitting in two going round a pillar and emerging in a chamber formed from a
slightly hading line of weakness. A ledge can be followed on the right hand
@@ -75,23 +80,24 @@ sloping aven is visible which may be climbable. Continuing on past a large
boulder, a rift is intersected at a chamber. Upstream (to the right) a trickle
of water emerges from a small slot in the ceiling. The main way on is down
through a small hole in the floor, which can be descended via a backup round
-the large boulder, a flake in the floor and a rope protector. This is Tape Worm
-pitch; this rebelays off a horizontal thread down to a ledge with large fossils
-visible in the floor and walls, where the small rift of Tape Worm joins the
-impressive shaft of LX Tape pitch. Looking out to the left a parallel shaft can
-be seen which may be enterable from C2002-204-02 C and C2002-204-03 C. A traverse along the right-hand wall
-reaches a natural from which the next pitch LX Tape may be rigged; this
-descends to land on a rock bridge near another large boulder. On the far wall
-near the bottom is a ledge [C2002-204-08 C]. On the near side of the rock bridge is
-a tight and unpromising rift [C2002-204-06 C]. On the far side, a spit rebelay allows
-one to descend to another chamber, where a large thread is the main hang for
-Sellotape pitch, a fine 2m wide rift, which lands a slight puddle, and a
-horizontal silt floor leads 5m to the next undescended pitch [C2002-204-05 A].
+the large boulder, a flake in the floor and a rope protector. This is Tape Worm pitch; this rebelays off a horizontal thread
+down to a ledge with large fossils visible in the floor and walls, where the
+small rift of Tape Worm joins the impressive shaft of LX
+Tape pitch. Looking out to the left a parallel shaft can be seen which
+may be enterable from C2002-204-02 C and C2002-204-03 C. A
+traverse along the right-hand wall reaches a natural from which the next pitch
+LX Tape may be rigged; this descends to land on a rock bridge near another
+large boulder. On the far wall near the bottom is a ledge [C2002-204-08 C]. On the near
+side of the rock bridge is a tight and unpromising rift [C2002-204-06 C]. On the far
+side, a spit rebelay allows one to descend to another chamber, where a large
+thread allows one to climb through an eyehole to the next pitch,
+Sellotape, a fine 2m wide rift, which lands a
+slight puddle, and a horizontal silt floor leads 5m to the next pitch,
+Trihang. This leads into the Underworld.
[C2003-204-52 C]
@@ -146,9 +152,8 @@ id="qC2001-204-92">C2001-204-92] is surrounded by a lot of very loose
boulders; rocks fall for a considerable distance, but no attempt was made to
descend due to the loose debris. Across the top of the pitch are two slots
looking into Chicago Chicanes. Continuing along
-Swings passage, the main entrance to Chicago Chicanes is on the left and a
-short unpromising QM on the right [C2001-204-83 C].
+Swings passage, the main entrance to Chicago Chicanes is on the left, and a
+climb up on the right leads to Trapeze.
A little further along, a phreatic tube slopes down to the left. This passes
through a small chamber and develops a stream in a deep, narrow slot in the
@@ -169,11 +174,8 @@ is possible. This leads one to the base of a climb (not yet done) up to where
water can be heard and a large passage continues [C20010-204-79 C].
Alternatively, traversing further to the right from the base of the climb leads
-to a steeply sloping, clean-washed phreatic tube. This heads both up and down
-and may be the connection to Helter
-Skelter [C2001-204-78
-B].
-
+to a steeply sloping, clean-washed phreatic tube, Cresta
+Run.
@@ -195,17 +197,18 @@ level appear to continue beyond the pitch head.
The only one of these accessible without gear is reached by a clamber to the left
over a greasy slab, leading to a high rift passage. After a few metres the lower
-level becomes too narrow, but a tube in the ceiling continues to a chamber, Pile
-Driver, floored with a loose choss slope. Here a hole in the floor leads to a
+level becomes too narrow, but a tube in the ceiling continues to a chamber, Pile
+Driver, floored with a loose choss slope. Here a hole in the floor leads to a
tight-looking crawl (QM C); there is an aven in the ceiling, while straight on there
may be a continuing crawl underneath a magical levitating boulder (QM C).
A large passage to the right quickly narrows up a rubble slope to a
-drafting, but otherwise unpromising QM [C2001-204-94 B]. Before the slope, a passage entering
-from the left leads to The Slide passages.
+
A large passage to the right, South
+Circular quickly narrows up a rubble slope to a drafting, but otherwise
+unpromising QM [C2001-204-94
+B]. Before the slope, a passage entering from the left leads to The
+Slide passages.
The Slide passages are upwardly sloping phreatics, mainly clean washed. Soon
after entering the slide, a small passage on the left connects back to the main
@@ -221,7 +224,6 @@ connect back into Merry Go Round.
The first pitch of Merry Go Round is rigged with a backup and Y hang, and the
@@ -268,6 +270,8 @@ Bits. Climbing up and over the hole leads to more pot-holes and a boulder
choke. Carefully negotiating the boulders and through a narrow slot brings one
back to Juicy Bits.
+The Colonnade meets Treeumphant Passage
at a narrow angle. Doubling back sharp left leads to a boulder slope. Ascending
this leads to a fork; the left branch is blind and the right branch ends
shortly afterwards in a choked chamber. In the other direction, Treeumphant
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ id="qC2001-204-10">C2000-204-10 A].
+
Germknödels' Revenge is the short connection between the 204e and 204f
entrances and the Treeumphant end of Boulder Coaster. 204e is a low
square hole in the face of a cliff. From here a low passage leads down and to
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ Passage.
Further down, the passage turns a sharp left, then turns around to the left,
-after which a small passage goes of to the left [C2001-204-56 C]. Further
-on a passage is reached, with a climbable aven [C2001-204-55 X]. The passage to the right soon turns
-left, going downhill to a junction. Straight on is a small passage [C2001-204-56 C]. Further on a passage is reached, with
+an aven above where Cresta Run, the
+connection with Swings and Roundabouts, drops in. The passage to the right soon
+turns left, going downhill to a junction. Straight on is a small passage [C2001-204-57 C]. Turning
left leads to a junction with the downhill passage of the previous chamber.
Continuing downwards, a small passage leads to the left [The Underworld
The Underworld is an area of horizontal development at 1580m, around 160m
-deeper than the majority of the horizontal development in Steinbrückenhöhle.
-Access is from Gaffered.
+deeper than the majority of the horizontal development in
+Steinbrückenhöhle. Access is from Gaffered, although a connection from Merry-Go-Round is also suspected to exist.
Eeyore is a mud-floored stooping-height passage accessed by a slightly exposed greasy sideways climb at the top of the upwards-sloping traverse from the bottom of Trihang pitch, before the final pitch into the main Underworld level is reached. This levels off and continues for around 15m. At the end is a window into a large chamber, Kanga, with the floor sloping down steeply to the left.
+
Eeyore is a mud-floored stooping-height passage accessed by a
+slightly exposed greasy sideways climb at the top of the upwards-sloping
+traverse from the bottom of Trihang pitch, before the final pitch into the main
+Underworld level is reached. This levels off and continues for around 15m. At
+the end is a window into a large chamber, Kanga, with
+the floor sloping down steeply to the left.
-
A Y-hang and deviation gain access to a ledge perched at the top of the slope, where there is a Y-hang rebelay giving a clean hang down the slope to the floor. At this point there is a narrow tube in the far wall, which turns to the left and slopes upwards over loose powdery mud. After around 5m another chamber is reached; climbing down around a large wedged boulder reveals a narrow, unpromising-looking pitch-head, estimated at 10m [C2004-204-XX B].
+
A Y-hang and deviation gain access to a ledge perched at the top of the
+slope, where there is a Y-hang rebelay giving a clean hang down the slope to
+the floor. At this point there is a narrow tube in the far wall, which turns to
+the left and slopes upwards over loose powdery mud. After around 5m another
+chamber is reached; climbing down around a large wedged boulder reveals a
+narrow, unpromising-looking pitch-head, estimated at 10m [C2004-204-XX B].
Emerging from the short muddy crawl reveals a walking passage. Right leads quickly to a climb up and traverse back over the existing passage, The Generation Game, explored by Becka.
+
+
Left leads shortly to a bend in the passage and a steep downwards slope floored with crumbly mud; spits are in place for a traverse line, since slipping would mean a long fall. After a few metres is a pitch, Gardener's World (26m), which slopes awkwardly and has been subjected to a variety of rigs, none of them ideal!
+
+
The landing is on a narrow rubble floor; a few metres ahead the floor drops away again, and another pitch, University Challenge (12m), descends past an interesting hollow boulder to land in the Subsoil Series.