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1623/234 - You Must Be Joking
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<div class="centre"><img alt="234 - YMBJ traverse" src="../i/ymbj.jpg" />
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<p>Phil Underwood on the notorious You Must Be Joking traverse,
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Hauchhöhle.</p>
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<p class="caption">Photo © Matt Bent, 2006</p>
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<hr />
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<ul id="links">
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<li><a href="../gallery.html">234 photo gallery</a></li>
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<li><a href="../upperlevel.html">Back to 234 description</a></li>
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<li><a href="../../../infodx.htm">Back to Expedition Intro page</a></li>
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<li><a href="../../../../index.htm">Back to CUCC Home page</a></li>
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@ -21,23 +21,23 @@ It is reached via the Pie Series pitches.</p>
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<h2>Pie Series</h2>
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<p><a href="l/kidney.html"><img src="t/kidney.jpg" class="onleft" /></a>
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The initial 3m climb is free-climbable but in view of the drop beyond it is
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<p><a href="l/kidney.html"><img src="t/kidney.jpg" class="onleft" /></a> The
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initial 3m climb is free-climbable but in view of the drop beyond it is
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advisable to rig from the spit in the ceiling, which may be backed up to a
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thread back on the right. At the bottom is a wide ledge, with a narrow crawl
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leading off to the left [<a href="qm.html#C2004-234-20"
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id="qC2004-234-20">C2004-234-20 B</a>]. Ahead is the head of the first pitch,
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<b>Steak</b> (21m), rigged from a Y-hang in the ceiling and a deviation from
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the left-hand wall around 5m down. There is a sizeable aven above the pitch [<a
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href="qm.html#C2004-234-32" id="qC2004-234-32">C2004-234-32 X</a>]. The landing
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is on a boulder floor, a few metres away from the head of the next pitch,
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<b>Kidney</b> (17m); this is rigged with a traverse bolt on the left-hand wall
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followed by a Y-hang across the rift. It is a fine shaft with a kidney-shaped
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cross-section; it is possible that in very wet conditions it might need a
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deviation to stay out of the drips, but it has been drip-free on all trips so
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far. The landing is on another boulder-strewn floor; at the far side of the
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chamber is a narrow slot in the floor, <b>Who Ate All The Pies</b>, which was
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blocked by a large boulder in 2004.</p>
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leading off to the right (facing the pitch), which was checked out in 2006 and
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doesn't go. Ahead is the head of the first pitch, <b>Steak</b> (21m), rigged
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from a Y-hang in the ceiling and a deviation from the left-hand wall around 5m
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down. There is a sizeable aven above the pitch [<a href="qm.html#C2004-234-32"
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id="qC2004-234-32">C2004-234-32 X</a>]. The landing is on a boulder floor, a
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few metres away from the head of the next pitch, <b>Kidney</b> (17m); this is
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rigged with a traverse bolt on the left-hand wall followed by a Y-hang across
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the rift. It is a fine shaft with a kidney-shaped cross-section; it is possible
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that in very wet conditions it might need a deviation to stay out of the drips,
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but it has been drip-free on all trips so far. The landing is on another
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boulder-strewn floor; at the far side of the chamber is a narrow slot in the
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floor, <b>Who Ate All The Pies</b>, which was blocked by a large boulder in
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2004.</p>
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<p class="branch1">Around 5m from the floor of Kidney, a side passage,
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<b>Crust</b> leads off; after passing a puddle of water it turns to the right
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@ -65,11 +65,12 @@ rather damp) down into Wowoland.</p>
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<p>The bottom of the handline climb is a small chamber with numerous exits.
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<span class="branch1">Two passages in the left-hand wall part-way down the
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climb are the route into <a href="#threecookies">Three Cookies
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Chamber</a></span>. Further on on the left is a hole in the floor [<a
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href="qm.html#C2005-234-08" id="qC2005-234-08">C2005-234-08 A</a>]. Straight on
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is a narrow trench, carrying the water from Pie Series; here one can climb up
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into <a href="#gloves">Lost Gloves Chamber</a>, while the trench doubles back
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round to the left and continues as a low crawl [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-03"
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Chamber</a></span>. Further on on the left is a hole in the floor, which leads
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to a nasty-looking climb down in a tight rift [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-08"
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id="qC2005-234-08">C2005-234-08 C</a>]. Straight on is a narrow trench,
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carrying the water from Pie Series; here one can climb up into <a
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href="#gloves">Lost Gloves Chamber</a>, while the trench doubles back round to
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the left and continues as a low crawl [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-03"
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id="qC2005-234-03">C2005-234-03 C</a>].
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<h3>Eastern branch via Three Cookies</h3>
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@ -82,26 +83,22 @@ id="qC2005-234-03">C2005-234-03 C</a>].
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</div>
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<p>The two tubes in the wall lead into a compact knot of small crawls, within
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which is an unpushed lead [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-05"
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id="qC2005-234-05">C2005-234-05 C</a>]. Keeping to the left, one emerges in
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<b><a id="threecookies">Three Cookies Chamber</a></b>, a wedge-shaped chamber
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with a mud floor. Here there are three ways on. <span class="branch1">Straight
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on has not been pushed [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-06"
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id="qC2005-234-06">C2005-234-06 B</a>], while on the left a wide passage with a
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narrow slot in the floor reaches a T-junction. Right ends quickly, while left
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leads to an up-climb and short pitch into the base of a drippy aven, <b><a
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id="weeweeland">Weeweeland</a></b>, which is directly underneath Cess Pot in
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the upper levels. The drips disappear into a narrow winding passage in the
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floor in sharp rock [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-07"
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id="qC2005-234-07">C2005-234-07 C</a>].</span> The main way out of Three
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Cookies is under an arch on the right, leading to an upwards-sloping stooping
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passage floored with powdery mud. Soon a junction is reached, <i>where a
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passage leads off to the right but ends in a mud blockage</i>. Straight on up
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the slope leads to a section of crawling over deeply eroded potholes, passing a
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narrow passage on the right [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-09"
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id="qC2005-234-09">C2005-234-09 C</a>] before a short flat-out section,
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emerging in Monster's Lair.</p>
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<p>The two tubes in the wall lead into a compact knot of small crawls. Keeping
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to the left, one emerges in <b><a id="threecookies">Three Cookies
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Chamber</a></b>, a wedge-shaped chamber with a mud floor. Here there are three
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ways on. <span class="branch1">Straight on is too tight, while on
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the left a wide passage with a narrow slot in the floor reaches a T-junction.
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Right ends quickly, while left leads to an up-climb and short pitch into the
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base of a drippy aven, <b><a id="weeweeland">Weeweeland</a></b>, which is
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directly underneath Cess Pot in the upper levels. The drips disappear into a
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narrow winding passage in the floor in sharp rock [<a
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href="qm.html#C2005-234-07" id="qC2005-234-07">C2005-234-07 C</a>].</span> The
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main way out of Three Cookies is under an arch on the right, leading to an
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upwards-sloping stooping passage floored with powdery mud. Soon a junction is
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reached, <i>where a passage leads off to the right but ends in a mud
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blockage</i>. Straight on up the slope leads to a section of crawling over
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deeply eroded potholes, passing a pair of too-tight passages on the right
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before a short flat-out section, emerging in Monster's Lair.</p>
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<div class="centre">
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<a href="l/mlairclimb.html"><img src="t/mlairclimb.jpg"></a>
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@ -115,17 +112,49 @@ cross-section. Soon this levels out, with a small hole in the floor [<a
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href="qm.html#C2005-234-10" id="qC2005-234-10">C2005-234-10 C</a>]. Shortly
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beyond this, the rift opens out, and a shaft, <b>Monster Munch</b>, descends.
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This can be rigged from a thread in the roof, a traverse bolt in the left-hand
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wall and a Y-hang across the shaft, although there is scope for improvement, as
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the current rig places the Y-hang very low down. 5m down is a constriction,
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with an immense thread providing a convenient rebelay, below which the shaft
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widens dramatically. A large ledge marks the limit of exploration in 2005;
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stones thrown from here fall clean for up to four seconds [<a
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href="qm.html#C2005-234-12" id="qC2005-234-12">C2005-234-12 A</a>].</p>
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wall and a bolt hight on the right; a long deviation back to the traverse bolt
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gives a good hang. 5m down is a constriction, with an immense thread providing
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a convenient rebelay, below which the shaft widens dramatically. A large ledge
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10m below was the 2005 limit. At this point, a rebelay on the left-hand wall
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drops a further 10m onto a pile of jammed boulders. Clambering over these
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reaches a ledge where the main hang bolt for the shaft is set. This hang is
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around 50m; the first section slopes slightly, but after 30m it straightens
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out. The resulting rub point was protected in 2006 by an extremely tenuous
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deviation off a flake; when better bolting equipment is available, a traverse
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to a rebelay on the far wall would be very much preferable. <i>Shortly below
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the final hang bolt, there is a slot in the wall leading back underneath the
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jammed boulders into a chamber. This was not explored due to lack of time, but
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it appears to have a floor, with a narrow slot in one side which may correlate
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with another slot visible further down the pitch. [<a
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href="qm.html#C2006-234-08" id="qC2006-234-08">C2006-234-08 A</a>]</i>. The
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landing at the bottom of the pitch is in a largish chamber, with water dripping
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in from above, and a trench in the floor [<a href="qm.html#C2006-234-06"
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id="qC2006-234-06">C2006-234-06 C</a>]. At the far end of the chamber, one can
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climb up and over a pile of boulders (probably needs protecting with a rope in
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future, as the pile looks liable to fall down the pitch without much
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provocation!) to continue the descent; a spit at the top of the boulder pile
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provides backup, and a second low down on the pitch gives a
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just-about-tolerable hang. A deviation off a huge anvil-shaped projection of
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rock moves the rope out to a better position, allowing a landing on a ledge
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around 5m down. This is the limit of exploration so far; from here, the shaft
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can be seen to widen out to one side (beneath the slot at the base of the
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previous pitch), and a rebelay would allow a descent of perhaps 20m to the
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floor. A slot in the floor seems to herald more pitches to come. [<a
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href="qm.html#C2006-234-07" id="qC2006-234-07">C2006-234-07 A</a>]</p>
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<p>Traversing over the top of Monster Munch leads to a wide ledge. Here, a
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passage in the far wall leads to a network of phreas, which was not surveyed in
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2005 owing to lack of time [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-11"
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id="qC2005-234-11">C2005-234-11 A</a>].</p>
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passage in the far wall leads to <b><a id="spitswallow">Spit or
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Swallow</a></b>, a stooping-size phreatic passage. A turning sharp right leads
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to a ledge overlooking the main shaft of Monster Munch, which may be a good way
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to avoid the tedious rigging of the 2006 route. A second turning on the right
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is unexplored [<a href="qm.html#C2006-234-01" id="qC2006-234-01">C2006-234-01
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C</a>], as are two turnings on the left further on [<a
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href="qm.html#C2006-234-02" id="qC2006-234-02">C2006-234-02 C</a>] [<a
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href="qm.html#C2006-234-03" id="qC2006-234-03">C2006-234-03 C</a>]. Finally the
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passage emerges in the side of a shaft, <b><a id="instant">Instant
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Relief</a></b>, which continues both downwards [<a href="qm.html#C2006-234-04"
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id="qC2006-234-04">C2006-234-04 A</a>] and upwards [<a
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href="qm.html#C2006-234-05" id="qC2006-234-05">C2006-234-05 X</a>].
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<h3>Western branch: Pie R Squared</h3>
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@ -137,24 +166,22 @@ id="qC2005-234-11">C2005-234-11 A</a>].</p>
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<p><b><a id="gloves">Lost Gloves Chamber</a></b> is a smallish ovoid chamber
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floored with boulders, sloping slightly. At the top of the slope, in one wall
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is a body-sized tube leading back into <a href="#threecookies">Three
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Cookies</a>, while on the opposite side is another tube [<a
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href="qm.html#C2005-234-04" id="qC2005-234-04">C2005-234-04 C</a>]. At the
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other end is the climb down to connect with the bottom of Pie Series, while
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climbing up above this to the left leads to a horizontal stooping/crawling
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sized passage, <b><a id="piersquared">Pie R Squared</a></b> (or Pie Arse
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Squared). A little way in is an opening on the left [<a
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Cookies</a>, while on the opposite side is another tube which loops round to
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the right to connect back into the same chamber. Near this, at the bottom end
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of the chamber, is the climb down to connect with the bottom of Pie Series,
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while climbing up above this to the left leads to a horizontal
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stooping/crawling sized passage, <b><a id="piersquared">Pie R Squared</a></b>
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(or Pie Arse Squared). A little way in is an opening on the left [<a
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href="qm.html#C2005-234-02" id="qC2005-234-02">C2005-234-02 B</a>], missed by
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the original explorers. Other than this, Pie Arse Squared continues in fine
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style for a considerable distance, meandering from side to side but with no side branches or junctions; part-way
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along is a section with fine moonmilk deposits, and beyond this is a muddy
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wallow. Eventually one emerges in a flat, wide chamber, where there are two
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ways on. On the right is a climb down [<a href="qm.html#C2005-234-01"
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id="qC2005-234-01">C2005-234-01 A</a>], which may or may not be reversible
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without a rope. On the left is a passage leading off at floor level, which
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contains some fine flowstone formations and straws; unfortunately, these soon
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conspire to completely block the passage.</p>
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style for a considerable distance, meandering from side to side but with no
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side branches or junctions; part-way along is a section with fine moonmilk
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deposits, and beyond this is a muddy wallow. Eventually one emerges in a flat,
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wide chamber, where there are two ways on. On the right is a climb down [<a
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href="qm.html#C2005-234-01" id="qC2005-234-01">C2005-234-01 A</a>], which may
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or may not be reversible without a rope. On the left is a passage leading off
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at floor level, which contains some fine flowstone formations and straws;
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unfortunately, these soon conspire to completely block the passage.</p>
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<!-- LINKS -->
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<hr /><ul>
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@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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"C2004-234-17","C","Trunk","Exposed traverse to possible continuation of passage","upperlevel.html","flatulence.43",,
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"C2004-234-18","C","SS","Tight tube sloping upwards","upperlevel.html","flatulence2.23",,
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"C2004-234-19","Dig","SS","Choke at top end of Sweet Sight, drafting outwards","upperlevel.html","flatulence2.29",,
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"C2004-234-20","B","Pie","Passage leads off to right at head of pitch (explored by Stuart?)","pie.html","pie.2",,
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"C2004-234-20","B","Pie","Passage leads off to right at head of pitch (explored by Stuart?)",,"pie.2","Explored by Aaron, doesn't go",
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"C2004-234-21","A","Pie","Tight pitch of approx 3m (may be made much easier by removing large boulder)",,"pie.7","Descended 2005: now Pie Series trade route",
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"C2004-234-22","C","Pie","Continuing tight tube over mud floor","pie.html","pie.13",,
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"C2004-234-23","B","Under","Tube at LH side of passage (explored by Pete?)","upperlevel.html","underhand.3",,
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"C2004-234-26","C","Under","Tube sloping upwards into roof","upperlevel.html","underhand.3",,
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"C2004-234-27","C","Under","Contortion into immature stream passage in floor, upstream","upperlevel.html","underhand.7",,
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"C2004-234-28","C","Under","Contortion into immature stream passage in floor, downstream","upperlevel.html","underhand.7",,
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"C2004-234-29","X","Trunk","Aven above Doesn't Go Rift","upperlevel.html","flatulence.17",,
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"C2004-234-29","X","Trunk","Aven above Doesn't Go Rift",,"flatulence.17","Links to higher levels of rift, explored by Aaron",
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"C2004-234-30","X","Trunk","Aven above Flashgun Chamber","upperlevel.html","flatulence.20",,
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"C2004-234-31","X","Trunk","Aven above Cess Pot","upperlevel.html","flatulence.43",,
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"C2004-234-32","X","Pie","Aven above first pitch","pie.html","pie.3",,
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"C2004-234-33","X","Under","Aven (presumed to connect to 02-05)","upperlevel.html","underhand.3",,
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"C2004-234-34","X","Under","Aven","upperlevel.html","underhand.4",,
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"C2004-234-35","B","Trunk","Continuing low crawl","upperlevel.html","flatulence.22",,
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"C2004-234-35","C","Trunk","Continuing body-size tube","upperlevel.html","flatulence.22",,
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"C2004-234-36","X","SS","Aven above Fledermaushalle","upperlevel.html","flatulence2.22",,
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"C2005-234-01","A","Wowoland","Short pitch down to continuing horizontal passage","pie.html",,,
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"C2005-234-02","B","Wowoland","Upward-sloping passage on left (missed completely on original exploration trip)","pie.html",,,
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"C2005-234-03","C","Wowoland","Tight low stream passage taking Pie Series water","pie.html",,,
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"C2005-234-04","C","Wowoland","Tight tube high in wall","pie.html",,,
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"C2005-234-05","C","Wowoland","Narrow upward-sloping muddy crawl","pie.html",,,
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"C2005-234-06","B","Wowoland","Rift passage","pie.html",,,
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"C2005-234-07","C","Wowoland","Narrow, tight, sharp crawling passage","pie.html",,,
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"C2005-234-08","A","Wowoland","Hole in floor on left at base of Pie Series: ~2m climb down (explored by Stuart??)","pie.html",,,
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"C2005-234-09","C","Wowoland","Passage on left in crawl","pie.html",,,
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"C2005-234-04","C","Wowoland","Tight tube high in wall",,"weeweeland.3","Explored by DL 2006. Links to known stuff.",
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"C2005-234-05","C","Wowoland","Narrow upward-sloping muddy crawl",,"qm05-05c.c","Explored by DL 2006. Mud blockage.",
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"C2005-234-06","B","Wowoland","Rift passage",,"weeweeland.7","Explored by DL 2006. Too tight.",
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"C2005-234-07","C","Wowoland","Narrow, tight, sharp crawling passage taking Weeweeland water.","pie.html",,,
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"C2005-234-08","C","Wowoland","Hole in floor on left at base of Pie Series: ~2m climb down (explored by Stuart??)","pie.html",,,"Looked at by DL 2006, looks evil. Downgraded from A to C."
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"C2005-234-09","C","Wowoland","Passage on left in crawl",,"monster.2","Explored by DL 2006. Too tight.",
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"C2005-234-10","C","Wowoland","Hole in floor in rift","pie.html",,,
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"C2005-234-11","A","Wowoland","Continuation of phreas over pitch-head (explored by Olly and Frank, but unsurveyed)","pie.html",,,
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"C2005-234-12","A","Wowoland","Large pitch with 4sec drop followed by longer rattle","pie.html",,,
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"C2005-234-11","A","Wowoland","Continuation of phreas over pitch-head (explored by Olly and Frank, but unsurveyed)",,,"Explored by Matt + Phil 2006. Goes to Spit or Swallow.",
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"C2005-234-12","A","Wowoland","Large pitch with 4sec drop followed by longer rattle",,,"Explored by DL et al 2006: Monster Munch.",
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"C2006-234-01","C","Spit or Swallow","?","pie.html","spitswallow.4",,
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"C2006-234-02","C","Spit or Swallow","?","pie.html","spitswallow.7",,
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"C2006-234-03","C","Spit or Swallow","?","pie.html","spitswallow.9",,
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"C2006-234-04","A","Spit or Swallow","Instant Relief shaft, ~20m","pie.html","spitswallow.11",,
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"C2006-234-05","X","Spit or Swallow","Aven above Instant Relief","pie.html","spitswallow.11",,
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"C2006-234-06","C","Monster Munch","Narrow slot at bottom of Monster Munch, almost certainly connects to 06-07A","pie.html","monstermunch.12",,
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"C2006-234-07","A","Monster Munch","Continuing pitch, needs rebelay, around 20m to floor","pie.html","monstermunch.12",,
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"C2006-234-08","A","Monster Munch","Window part-way down pitch looks into chossy chamber with rift in floor","pie.html","monstermunch.10",,
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<p>For question mark list conventions, see <a href="../../qm.html">here</a>.</p>
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<h2>Area codes</h2>
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<h2>Area abbreviations</h2>
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<table>
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<tr><td>Ent</td><td>Entrance passages</td></tr>
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<body>
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<table id="qCavepage">
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<table id="cavepage">
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<tr><th id="kat_no">234 - a b<br />(2000-09)</th><th id="name">Hauchhöhle</th><th id="status">3/S/W x</th></tr>
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</table>
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@ -28,14 +28,19 @@ href="qm.html#C2002-234-01" id="qC2002-234-01">C2002-234-01 C</a>] and a
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wriggle up over rubble into a chamber floored with more loose rock. From this
|
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chamber, the obvious way on is a pitch of approximately 15m; there is an
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unpushed, unpromising crawl above this [<a href="qm.html#C2002-234-07"
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id="qC2002-234-07">C2002-234-07 C</a>].</p>
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id="qC2002-234-07">C2002-234-07 C</a>]. The pitch may be rigged from an obvious
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natural backup in the ceiling on the right followed by a spit at the pitchhead,
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landing on a ledge where a deviation off a spit gives a free hang for the
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remainder of the pitch. The spit in the large crystalline slab to one side of
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the pitchhead should be ignored, and pointed out to novices as an example of
|
||||
how not to place bolts!</p>
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<a href="l/entpitch.html"><img class="onright" src="t/entpitch.jpg" /></a>
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<p>At the foot of the pitch, in large rift passage, a crawl on the left leads
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for about 15m before turning left and becoming too tight. Further along, a
|
||||
crawl on the left leads to <a href="#underhand">Underhand Passage</a>, while
|
||||
the main passage continues to a choice of a climb down of around 2m or an
|
||||
for about 15m before turning left and becoming too tight. Further along,
|
||||
another crawl on the left leads to <a href="#underhand">Underhand Passage</a>,
|
||||
while the main passage continues to a choice of a climb down of around 2m or an
|
||||
ascending traverse round to the left.</p>
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||||
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<p class="branch1">The traverse is exposed but easy, and leads to an upwards
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@ -48,26 +53,32 @@ href="qm.html#C2004-234-01" id="qC2004-234-01">C2004-234-01 C</a>].</p>
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||||
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<p><a href="l/flashgun.html"><img class="onleft" src="t/flashgun.jpg" /></a>The
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||||
climb leads to a short slope down, after which ducking under a low arch leads
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||||
to <b>Doesn't Go Rift</b>, where an ascending traverse can be followed up a
|
||||
ledge on the left-hand wall; alternatively it is possible to force through at
|
||||
floor level, but this is difficult. There is an aven above [<a
|
||||
href="qm.html#C2004-234-29" id="qC2004-234-29">C2004-234-29 X</a>]. It is
|
||||
advisable to climb down a little before the end of the passage, reaching the
|
||||
level of two prominent wedged boulders, where there are threads in the
|
||||
left-hand wall from which a handline can be rigged for the 3m climb down to the
|
||||
floor of <b>Flashgun Chamber</b>. This is a large rift chamber whose floor
|
||||
slopes upwards steeply to the left; there is an aven above [<a
|
||||
href="qm.html#C2004-234-30" id="qC2004-234-30">C2004-234-30 X</a>]. At the
|
||||
bottom of the chamber one can climb back down underneath the rift to the head
|
||||
of a pitch, <b>Foolish Plan</b>. <i>This was descended in 2005 and proved to be
|
||||
blind.</i> At the far side of the chamber is a ledge loose boulders (care); to
|
||||
the left is a crawl, with a narrow tube in the ceiling and an oxbow on the
|
||||
right. A few metres on there is a T-junction: straight on is tight and looks
|
||||
unpromising [<a href="qm.html#C2004-234-35" id="qC2004-234-35">C2004-234-35
|
||||
B</a>] while the draughting right-hand passage, <b><a id="geom">Geometers'
|
||||
Crawl</a></b>, is the main way on. A few metres in is the other end of the
|
||||
oxbow, and further along is a passage on the right, the far end of <a
|
||||
href="#circuit">Clifton's Circuit</a>.</p>
|
||||
to <b>Doesn't Go Rift</b>, where a choice of ascending traverse levels can be
|
||||
followed via various ledges on the left-hand wall; alternatively it is possible
|
||||
to force through at floor level, but this is difficult. It is advisable to
|
||||
climb down a little before the end of the passage, reaching the level of two
|
||||
prominent wedged boulders, where there are threads in the left-hand wall from
|
||||
which a handline can be rigged for the 3m climb down to the floor of
|
||||
<b>Flashgun Chamber</b>. Alternatively, one may stay high up and descend this
|
||||
as a pitch, but a rope protector is required; this 2006 variant lands rather
|
||||
higher up the sloping floor of the chamber.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Flashgun Chamber is a large rift chamber whose floor slopes upwards steeply
|
||||
to the left; there is an aven above [<a href="qm.html#C2004-234-30"
|
||||
id="qC2004-234-30">C2004-234-30 X</a>]. At the bottom of the chamber one can
|
||||
climb back down underneath the rift to the head of a pitch, <b>Foolish
|
||||
Plan</b>. <i>This was descended in 2005 and proved to be blind.</i> Climbing up
|
||||
the sloping floor of the chamber (beware of loose rock) reaches a ledge;
|
||||
turning left there is a short crawl, with a narrow tube in the ceiling and an
|
||||
oxbow on the right. A few metres on there is a T-junction. <i>The passage on
|
||||
the left is a descending body-sized tube, which was explored by Dave Loeffler
|
||||
for several body lengths to a tight bend [<a href="qm.html#C2004-234-35"
|
||||
id="qC2004-234-35">C2004-234-35 C</a>]. This must be close to the upper levels
|
||||
of Doesn't Go Rift.</i> The main way on the draughting right-hand passage,
|
||||
<b><a id="geom">Geometers' Crawl</a></b>; this is not really a crawl, and can
|
||||
be negotiated by stooping. A few metres in is the other end of the
|
||||
aforementioned oxbow, and further along is a passage on the right, the far end
|
||||
of <a href="#circuit">Clifton's Circuit</a>.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>At the end of Geometers' Crawl is a T-junction. <span class="branch1">Left
|
||||
leads to <b>Hades</b>, two interconnecting parallel passages sloping steeply
|
||||
@ -90,7 +101,8 @@ id="qC2004-234-04">C2004-234-04 C</a>]. The rightwards branches soon unite and
|
||||
lead back into <a href="#geom">Geometers' Crawl</a>, forming the loop known as
|
||||
<b><a id="circuit">Clifton's Circuit</a></b>.</span></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>An intimidating ascending traverse across the hole, <b>You Must Be
|
||||
<p><a href="l/ymbj.html"><img class="onleft" src="t/ymbj.jpg" /></a>
|
||||
An intimidating ascending traverse across the hole, <b>You Must Be
|
||||
Joking</b>, soon regains the floor. <span class="branch1">Climbing into the
|
||||
roof at this point gains access to <a href="#dangly">Dangly Bag
|
||||
Jazz</a>.</span> Straight on is <b>Tacklesack Blues</b>, an awkward section of
|
||||
@ -105,7 +117,7 @@ id="qC2004-234-12">C2004-234-12 C</a>]. Traversing over this hole to the left
|
||||
leads to <a href="#measles">Measles Inlet</a>. Straight on leads to Stalactite
|
||||
Passage.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p><a href="l/stalactite.html"><img class="onleft" src="t/stalactite.jpg"
|
||||
<p style="clear: both"><a href="l/stalactite.html"><img class="onleft" src="t/stalactite.jpg"
|
||||
/></a><b>Stalactite Passage</b> is a fine stooping-height phreatic passage with
|
||||
a soft mud floor; after a few metres there is a duck under a low section where
|
||||
there are some formations on the right. Shortly beyond this is a choice of a
|
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