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(also tagged "CUCC 1998 02" in 1998, but removed in 1999)<br>
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GPS fix, surface survey (1998 and 1999)</td></tr>
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GPS fix, surface survey (1998 and 1999)</td></tr>
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<tr><td></td><td><a href="../hinter/204.htm">204</a></td>
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<tr><td></td><td><a href="../smkridge/204/204.shtml">204</a></td>
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<td>Alloy Tag, surface survey (1999)</td></tr>
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<td>Alloy Tag, surface survey (1999)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>CUCC 1999 01</td><td><a href="../smkridge/205.htm">205</a></td>
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<tr><td>CUCC 1999 01</td><td><a href="../smkridge/205.htm">205</a></td>
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<dt>201<dd><a href="smkridge/201.htm">Haftefelle Schacht</a>
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<dt>201<dd><a href="smkridge/201.htm">Haftefelle Schacht</a>
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<dt>202<dd>Dominoschacht
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<dt>203<dd>Sonnenscheinschacht
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<dt>204<dd><a href="smkridge/204.htm">Steinbrückenhöhle</a>
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<dt>204<dd><a href="smkridge/204/204.shtml">Steinbrückenhöhle</a>
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<dt>205<dd><a href="smkridge/205.htm">Nordalpenschacht</a>
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<dt>205<dd><a href="smkridge/205.htm">Nordalpenschacht</a>
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<dt>206 a b c d e f g<dd>7-Eingangshöhle
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<dt>206 a b c d e f g<dd>7-Eingangshöhle
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<dt>207<dd><a href="plateau/207.htm">Plumpsklohöhle</a>
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<dt>207<dd><a href="plateau/207.htm">Plumpsklohöhle</a>
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<li><b>Steinbrückenhöhle</b>
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<a href="smkridge/204.htm">Cave description</a>
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<li><b>Stellerweghöhle</b>
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<title>Question Mark list conventions</title>
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<H1>Question Mark list conventions</H1>
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<P>The format for question mark lists
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is QM identifier, Quality Grade, Area indicator, decription of QM. The
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QM numbers themselves are in the format Discoverer identifier, Year of
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discovery, Cave identifier, serial number. If you look at the html, you will
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find that the nearest survey station (without its "<cavenumber>." prefix)
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is included in an html comment for almost all leads. Now that there is an <A
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm">index to the
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surveys</A>, there may soon be a way to get from the QM to the relevant survey
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file, but not the pictures :-(
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<P>In general, an unpushed QM will have a link from its QM number in the
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description to here, and a link from here to the relevant point in the
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description. If there is no link, it means that I can't yet work out where the
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QM is in the description, or the description doesn't yet exist :-).
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<h2>Discoverer identifiers</h2>
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<DT>A
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<DD>ARGE
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<DD>Groupe Spéléeo de Clerval - Baume les Dames
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<DT>C
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<DD>Cambridge University Caving Club </DD></DL>
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<h2>Quality grades</h2>
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<DT>A
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<DD>A fine QM - git down there and look.
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<DT>B
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<DD>Not so promising, or requiring some effort (eg. a climb)
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<DT>C
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<DD>Pretty cruddy, or good but very hard to get to.
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<DT>V
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<DD>An aven which might be climbable, but not adequately assessed
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<DD>A high, wet or unsafe-looking aven unlikely to be climbed
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<DD>No-one writing this list actually knows! </DD></DL>
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lead may now drop into passage which wasn't then explored. Also, different
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<HTML lang=en><HEAD><TITLE>1623:204</TITLE>
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<TH align=left width="20%"><FONT size=+2>204</FONT></TH>
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<TH lang=de><FONT size=+2>Steinbrückenhöhle</FONT></TH>
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<TH align=right width="20%"><FONT size=+2>4/S x</FONT></TH></TR>
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<TH align=left><FONT size=+1>(CUCC
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99/03)</FONT></TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER></DIV>
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<P><B>Altitude:</B> 1820m, length 2.5km, depth 368m<BR><B>Location:</B> 204b
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entrance E 36673 N (52)83716
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<P>The cave is situated on the west side of the col between the <SPAN
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lang=de-at>Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel</SPAN> and <SPAN lang=de-at>Nieder
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AugstEck</SPAN>.
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<P><B>Access route:</B>The 1999 route from Top Camp (probably near optimal) is a
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cairned path via <SPAN lang=de>Wolfhöhle</SPAN> (<A
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Point 5, then up to the top of the bare patch of white limestone visible from
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Top Camp, passing <A
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also be approached via <A
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href="../plateau/107.htm">107</A>, a slightly
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lower route; or the white patch of limestone can be reached by a more central
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route across the plateau. In all these cases there is scope for endless
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variation, and an approach which keeps the large bare patch in view is
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recommended. Alternatively, the cave may be approached from the summit of HSK -
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probably the optimal route if you are coming from any of the <A
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<P><B>Marking:</B>Tag. Does it say "CUCC 99-03" or "CUCC 204"?
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<P><B>Description:</B>204a entrance is directly opposite a 10m x 3m stone bridge
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from which it derives its name. The entrance itself is approximately 8m high and
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5m wide, and leads down a boulder slope and round a right hand bend to the top
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of the first pitch. 204b entrance is 15m away to the west, and this is the
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entrance which is rigged. A 3m climb down (handline useful) leads into the
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entrance gully and a ledge at the head of the first pitch, <B>Trick or
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Treat</B>, opposite 204a entrance. This loose, sloping pitch of 20m is rigged
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from a Y-hang on the right hand wall, with a rebelay and deviation. The pitch is
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tedious to prussik on return and is best climbed. The landing is by a large snow
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plug with (in 1999) an ice corridor round the edge leading to the top of a
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boulder slope. A rift passage on the right becomes too tight.
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rocks off) leads to the head of the second pitch, <B>Jim'll Fix It</B> (18m). An
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bolt traverse round the right hand side of the pitch head
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[<A href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-01" name=qC1999-204-01>C1999-204-01 C</A>] (Explored by Brian?).
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bolt. This protects a marginal rub point and also avoids a jet of water which
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spurts from a crack in the wall after heavy rain. The landing is by a large
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pointed snowplug. Landing on top of the snow plug and climbing up 2m to the
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right (when facing the wall on which the pitch is rigged) leads to an
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<H3><A name=kingcarbide>King Carbide</A></H3>
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short passage to a traverse round a blind pit, an alternative route to <A
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||||||
href="204.htm#pendulum">Pendulum
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Pitch</A>. Left is the head of <B>You're So Veined</B>, the start of the <A
|
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||||||
href="204.htm#ariston">Ariston
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||||||
Series</A>. </P>
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<H3><A name=110aday>110 A Day</A></H3>
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<P><B>110 A Day</B> is a long, dusty passage which varies between stooping and
|
|
||||||
crawling for 110m. Immediately after the start is a sharp right hand bend with
|
|
||||||
a crawl straight ahead to <B>110 Bidet</B>. About halfway along is a crossroads,
|
|
||||||
where low passages lead off to the left to <B>110 Bidet</B> and to the right [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-13"
|
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||||||
name=qC1999-204-13>C1999-204-13 C</A>]. At the terminus reached in 1999, the
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|
||||||
passage splits into two. Each branch immediately becomes tight, but could be
|
|
||||||
pushed further with a little determination and effort [<A
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|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-14"
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|
||||||
name=qC1999-204-14>C1999-204-14 C</A> and <A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-15"
|
|
||||||
name=qC1999-204-15>C1999-204-15 C</A>]. In the left hand branch, just before the
|
|
||||||
passage becomes tighter, is an undescended pitch [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-16"
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|
||||||
name=qC1999-204-16>C1999-204-16 A</A>] of perhaps 20m.
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|
||||||
<H3><A name=110bidet>110 Bidet</A></H3>
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|
||||||
<P><B>110 Bidet</B> is a stooping size passage which runs parallel to <B>110 A Day</B>.
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|
||||||
It can be accessed via a crawl about 1m up that carries straight on from where
|
|
||||||
<B>110 A Day</B> starts with a sharp right hand turn. The crawl emerges into
|
|
||||||
larger passage; to the left after 5m is <B>Pendulum Pitch</B>. Going right leads
|
|
||||||
to a hole in the floor among boulders, <B>Marble Run</B>. To the left here
|
|
||||||
is a low passage leading to <B>No Pain No Gain</B>, whilst <B>110 Bidet</B> carries straight on.
|
|
||||||
Continuing on, the passage turns right, followed shortly by a crossroads with a crawly passage.
|
|
||||||
To the right is a dead end; to the left is [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-54"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-54>C2000-204-54 B</A>]. Straight on emerges into <B>110 A Day</B>
|
|
||||||
about half way along its length.
|
|
||||||
<H3><A name=marblerun>Marble Run</A></H3>
|
|
||||||
<P><B>Marble Run</B> runs along a fault line that created a small passable phreatic
|
|
||||||
tube, which has subsequently been intersected by a tight rifty stream way. 20m along
|
|
||||||
the rift bears to the right and is too tight to pass, whilst the phreatic passage continues on to a small
|
|
||||||
chamber. Here the passage doubles back over itself to continue above the original
|
|
||||||
passage. The passage does this once more to end in an earth blockage.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<H3><A name=nopainnogain>No Pain No Gain</A></H3>
|
|
||||||
<P><B>No Pain No Gain</B>is a low tube, which emerges to a mud-floored chamber. (Please
|
|
||||||
try not to disturb the remaining flow patterns in the mud). A crawly mud floored
|
|
||||||
passage leaves the chamber to the right. To the right near the end of the crawl is a
|
|
||||||
bedding plane that continues uphill [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-01"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-01>C2000-204-01 B</A>], whilst to the left is a small stone floored pit. There
|
|
||||||
is a 2m climb up from the top of the pit. This has a stalactite formation at the top on the
|
|
||||||
right, and threads on the left where a sling may be attached to assist. The crawl then
|
|
||||||
continues to a junction with two connecting passages to the left [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-02"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-02>C2000-204-02 B</A>] and two connecting passages to the right [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-03"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-03>C2000-204-03 C</A>]. The passage then continues to a T junction where it
|
|
||||||
enlarges slightly. To the right is [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-04"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-04>C2000-204-04 C</A>]. To the left there is a chamber that is
|
|
||||||
intersected by a tight rift with flowing water. Downstream is [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-05"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-05>C2000-204-05 C</A>]. Upstream a key hole passage slopes upwards, to a T-junction
|
|
||||||
with a chamber to the right, and an short, almost flat-out crawl to the left.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
The chamber, which has
|
|
||||||
an aven [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-55"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-55>C2000-204-55 X</A>], can be dropped into.
|
|
||||||
A rift at the other end of the chamber leads to a
|
|
||||||
waterfall which feeds the stream that runs through the chamber. Climbing up before the rift gives
|
|
||||||
access to a crawl [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-06"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-06>C2000-204-06 C</A>]. The flat out crawl emerges to a small angular chamber, at the
|
|
||||||
top of which, to the right, is a hole [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-07"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-07>C2000-204-07 C</A>]. To the left a low passage runs above a 4m drop [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-08"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-08>C2000-204-08 B</A>]. This then turns right and continues to a fork in the passage. To
|
|
||||||
the left is <B>Insignificant Chamber</B>, and to the right is a smaller chamber with a hole in the floor,
|
|
||||||
windows to <B>Insignificant Chamber</B>, and a bedding plane continuing up at 10°, which again connects into <B>Insignificant Chamber</B>.
|
|
||||||
<H3><A name=insignificantchamber>Insignificant Chamber</A></H3>
|
|
||||||
<P><B>Insignificant Chamber</B>can be entered at floor level from <B>No Pain No Gain</B>. It extends to a
|
|
||||||
passage on the left as one enters, where there are a number a interconnecting holes on the right [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-58"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-58>C2000-204-58 C</A>]. Upslope from the entrance is a bedding plane which splits left to
|
|
||||||
<B>Bonsai Crawl</B> on the left and to [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-09"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-09>C2000-204-09 B</A>] on the right. To the right upon entering Insignificant Chamber one can climb up
|
|
||||||
to a point above the small chamber in <B>No Pain No Gain</B> From here there is a phreatic tube[<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-57"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-57>C2000-204-57 C</A>] that can be probably be reached with the aid of a traverse line. The passage
|
|
||||||
continues climbing ever upward [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-56"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-08>C2000-204-56 B</A>]. The passage to the left from Insignificant Chamber gets smaller and
|
|
||||||
meets a crossroads. To the left is a walking size passage with a small pit in the floor that continues to a large
|
|
||||||
pitch [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-10"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-10>C2000-204-10 A</A>], thought to drop into Pleasuredome. Straight on the passage turns to a steeply
|
|
||||||
sloping pitch [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-11"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-11>C2000-204-11 B</A>]. To the right is some small passage that connects to the Bonsai
|
|
||||||
Crawl. Half way along this passage there is a hole [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-59"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-59>C2000-204-59 C</A>].
|
|
||||||
<H3><A name=Bonsaicrawl>Bonsai Crawl</A></H3>
|
|
||||||
<P><B>Bonsai Crawl</B>is a wide bedding plane. A tall and thin passage to the right goes to a chamber
|
|
||||||
with a pitch [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-52"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-52>C2000-204-52 C</A>] and a couple of small passages to the right [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-50"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-50>C2000-204-50 C</A>] and [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-51"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-51>C2000-204-51 C</A>]. A passage leads off to the left and gets lower, passing some
|
|
||||||
pretties on the floor. It then continues [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-53"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-53>C2000-204-53 A</A>]. Bonsai Crawl continues to a fork that has a stooping-size
|
|
||||||
passage to the left [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-12"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-12>C2000-204-12 B</A>]. To the right is a walking-size passage with a boulder floor.
|
|
||||||
There is a hole in the right wall that has a couple of small passages leading off [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-13"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-13>C2000-204-13 C</A>], [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-14"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-59>C2000-204-14 C</A>]. The passage then debouches into <B>The Colonnade</B>.
|
|
||||||
<H3><A name=thecolonnade>The Colonnade</A></H3>
|
|
||||||
<P><B>Bonsai Crawl</B> joins at a point where <b>The Colonnade</b>, a wide walking passage with a boulder
|
|
||||||
floor, makes a sharp turn. To the right the passage comes to a chamber-like crossroads. To the left
|
|
||||||
is an initially walking-sized tube [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-41"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-41>C2000-204-41 A</A>] and to the right a low draughting crawl [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-42"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-42>C2000-204-42 B</A>]. <b>The Colonnade</b> continues and a stream joins from the left.
|
|
||||||
Further along on the left is a pile of stones which must originate from a passage [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-43"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-43>C2000-204-43 Dig</A>]. The passage then becomes small with a possible aven [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-44"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-44>C2000-204-44 X</A>], a tight rift [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-45"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-45>C2000-204-45 B</A>], and a crawl down and to the right. The crawl emerges into
|
|
||||||
a chamber, with a possible way on over rocks directly ahead [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-49"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-49>C2000-204-49 C</A>]. The chamber gets larger to the right, where there are two
|
|
||||||
tight rifts leading off [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-46"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-46>C2000-204-46 C</A>], [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-47"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-47>C2000-204-47 C</A>] and an aven [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-48"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-48>C2000-204-48 X</A>]. Water was flowing down one of these, possibly to the waterfall
|
|
||||||
entering the chamber in <b>No Pain No Gain</b>. At this time in 2000
|
|
||||||
it had not rained on the surface for 8 days. Back where
|
|
||||||
<B>Bonsai Crawl</B> enters, the passage goes straight on with a number of minor passages to the sides.
|
|
||||||
These are a crawl to the left [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-15"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-15>C2000-204-15 C</A>]; then some distance further on, another crawl on the left [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-16"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-16>C2000-204-16 B</A>] leading from a trench in the passage; a small passage on the
|
|
||||||
right [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-17"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-17>C2000-204-17 C</A>] that links to [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-21"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-21>C2000-204-21 C</A>]; and a crawl high up to the left [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-18"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-18>C2000-204-18 C</A>]. A short distance further a walking-size passage goes to the
|
|
||||||
left [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-19"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-19>C2000-204-19 C</A>]. The main passage then forks: to the left is [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-20"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-20>C2000-204-20 C</A>] whilst to the right the passage continues past a high up crawl [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-21"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-21>C2000-204-21 C</A>], and then possibly [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-22"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-22>C2000-204-22 C</A>]. The main passage then pops out into <B>Treeumphant Passage</B>.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<H3><A name=treeumphantpassage>Treeumphant Passage</A></H3>
|
|
||||||
<P><B>The Colonnade</B> meets <B>Treeumphant Passage</B> at a narrow angle. In one direction
|
|
||||||
<B>Treeumphant Passage</B> ends just next to its entrance at a boulder slope which can be climbed
|
|
||||||
over [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-23"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-23>C2000-204-23 A</A>]. In the other direction it continues over large boulders going
|
|
||||||
slightly up hill. There is a walking passage off to the left [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-24"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-24>C2000-204-24 A</A>], as well as a high up crawl to the right [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-25"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-25>C2000-204-25 C</A>] and then a tight high passage to the left [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-26"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-26>C2000-204-26 C</A>]. The passage then increases in height approaching a sharp turn
|
|
||||||
to the right. Here a walking size passage [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-28"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-28>C2000-204-28 A</A>] continues straight on, and there may be an aven in the ceiling [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-27"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-27>C2000-204-27 X</A>]. The main passage passes possibly diggable holes at floor level [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-29"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-29>C2000-204-29 Dig</A>], and continues into <B>Great Oak Chamber</B>.
|
|
||||||
<H3><A name=greatoakchamber>Great Oak Chamber</A></H3>
|
|
||||||
<P><B>Treeumphant Passage</B> disappears into an approx 5m drop [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-32"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-32>C2000-204-32 B</A>] in Great Oak Chamber and there is an aven above [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-33"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-33>C2000-204-33 X</A>]. There may be passage continuing straight across the chamber [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-31"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-31>C2000-204-31 B</A>], as well as a passage to the right [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-30"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-30>C2000-204-30 C</A>]. Just before the drop there is a bouldery slope up to another
|
|
||||||
smaller walking size passage. There is an oxbow to the left, with a possible passage leading off
|
|
||||||
it [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-34"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-34>C2000-204-34 B</A>], as well as an aven [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-35"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-35>C2000-204-35 X</A>]. There are a couple of possible digs to the left slightly
|
|
||||||
further on [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-36"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-36>C2000-204-36 C</A>], [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-37"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-37>C2000-204-37 C</A>] before the passage enters <B>Cave Tree Chamber</B>.
|
|
||||||
<H3><A name=cavetreechamber>Cave Tree Chamber</A></H3>
|
|
||||||
<P>There is a climb down of about 2m into <B>Cave Tree Chamber</B>, which has a bouldery floor on
|
|
||||||
the left, and a pitch on the right [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-39"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-39>C2000-204-39 B</A>]. An aven extends above [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-38"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-38>C2000-204-38 X</A>], and the passage may continue over the pitch [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-40"
|
|
||||||
name=qC2000-204-40>C2000-204-40 A</A>]. It would be advisable to protect this traverse.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<H3><A name=pendulum>Pendulum Pitch Route</A></H3>
|
|
||||||
<P><B>Pendulum Pitch</B> is in a large rift. The first section is a loose
|
|
||||||
boulder slope (care required) to a rebelay, then a descent of 23m via a
|
|
||||||
deviation off the far wall below a large wedged boulder. There may be a passage
|
|
||||||
on the far side of the rift accessible with difficulty from this boulder [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-17"
|
|
||||||
name=qC1999-204-17>C1999-204-17 C</A>]. From the base of the pitch, two rift
|
|
||||||
passages lead off which very quickly become too tight.
|
|
||||||
<P>The main route on is reached by swinging off after 16m into a 6m wide
|
|
||||||
passage. Two passages in the left hand wall are quickly encountered. The first
|
|
||||||
quickly becomes too tight, the second is a short crawl leading into the network
|
|
||||||
of sandy crawls at the bottom of <A
|
|
||||||
href="204.htm#wolp">Wolpertinger
|
|
||||||
Way</A>, and is the best route from here to the <A
|
|
||||||
href="204.htm#ariston">Ariston
|
|
||||||
Series</A>. Continuing down the main passage, passing either side of a huge
|
|
||||||
boulder, reaches a blind pit in the floor, with two ways on.
|
|
||||||
<P>A loose and slightly precarious traverse round the blind pit leads to a short
|
|
||||||
passage on the left, emerging at the head of <B>You're So Veined</B> at the
|
|
||||||
start of the <A
|
|
||||||
href="204.htm#ariston">Ariston
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Series</A>. A rift visible at the opposite side of the pit has an audible
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connection to <B>You're so Veined</B>.
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|
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<P>To the right at the blind pit is a draughting phreatic tube which heads
|
|
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downhill at a comfortable walking size past a tight passage on the left [<A
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href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-18"
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name=qC1999-204-18>C1999-204-18 C</A>]. After 20m, a 3m climb up into a roof
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|
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tube on the right hand side is the way into the <A
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||||||
href="204.htm#elephant">White
|
|
||||||
Elephant Series</A>. The phreatic passage continues for a further 15m past a too
|
|
||||||
tight inlet on the right and a traverse over a blind pit to a 3m deep hole in
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|
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the floor, which is blind. Traversing over the hole and up a loose climb with a
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|
||||||
too tight rift in the right hand wall leads into an uphill passage, which is
|
|
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choked with mud after 5m. A sandy crawl on the right just before the choke leads
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|
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via a left hand bend with a too tight rift on the right (probably connecting to
|
|
||||||
that at the loose climb) ending at a 2m climb down. There is a possible way on
|
|
||||||
at the bottom of this, but it is very small and tall people at least would have
|
|
||||||
to enter feet first [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-19"
|
|
||||||
name=qC1999-204-19>C1999-204-19 C</A>]. There is a noticeable draught here
|
|
||||||
blowing downhill (into the cave).
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|
||||||
<P>
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<CENTER><IMG alt="elevation: 16k gif" height=780 src="1623204_files/el1999.png"
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width=575></CENTER>
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<H3><A name=ariston>Ariston Series</A></H3>
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|
||||||
<P>The Ariston Series is the route to the current deepest point in the cave. 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; there are two choices of descent here, one to the north,
|
|
||||||
<B>You're So Veined</B> (15m), which was used in 1999, and an as yet undescended
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|
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pitch to the south, which will land further down the Ariston Series, which
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|
||||||
should probably be used in 2000. One rebelay provides a good hang against the
|
|
||||||
wall of You're so Veined to reach the foot of the pitch, which is in a spacious
|
|
||||||
shaft, with an impressive 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
|
|
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section leads to the head of a small pitch of 6m, which was rigged with a
|
|
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Y-hang. From here a walking size phreatic passage 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.
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|
||||||
<P>Back at the foot of <B>You're So Veined</B>, a way on 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 rift. A very short pitch (5m) lands
|
|
||||||
on a large ledge, from which a roped traverse along the left-hand wall gains the
|
|
||||||
head of the next pitch of 12m, which avoids a large ledge which would have been
|
|
||||||
in the way but for the traverse. This pitch currently requires a rope protector
|
|
||||||
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. It is thought that the alternative
|
|
||||||
pitch to You're so Veined will land here, if rigged.
|
|
||||||
<P>The next pitch of 14m consists of a backup bolt followed by a Y-hang, which
|
|
||||||
utilises one very cratered spit, which can only be used with a bollard type
|
|
||||||
hanger. This pitch requires a deviation from the opposite wall or a rebelay to
|
|
||||||
be installed as there is currently a rub point just below the Y-hang. The ledge
|
|
||||||
that this pitch lands on consists 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 (35m). Unfortunately, it seems to be impossible to get a clean
|
|
||||||
hang from here, and a rub-point 3m down will require the installation of a
|
|
||||||
rebelay or deviation in future. Immediately after this point, the walls of the
|
|
||||||
shaft bell out, and the rope hangs in stimulating isolation. About 5m from the
|
|
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floor a ledge is passed, which could be gained by a swing across, where there
|
|
||||||
may possibly be a passage leading off [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-20"
|
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name=qC1999-204-20>C1999-204-20 B</A>].
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<P>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 up
|
|
||||||
and over) in future. This leads to a further short pitch (10m), which lands in
|
|
||||||
an aven chamber of ample proportions. From here drops an 8m pitch,
|
|
||||||
landing on a rubble floor. The only way on is a tight rift
|
|
||||||
[<a href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-60" name="qC2000-204-60">C2000-204-60 C</a>],
|
|
||||||
which was penetrated for only a short distance.
|
|
||||||
More progress might be possible by someone small and imaginative. Not surveyed in 2000.
|
|
||||||
Back at the head of the 8m pitch. a crawl leading off from the foot of the
|
|
||||||
pitch just descended, and a descending rubble slope. The rubble slope curves
|
|
||||||
round to the right, passing a tight rift on the left [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-22"
|
|
||||||
name=qC1999-204-22>C1999-204-22 C</A>], to reach 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 <b><a href="#fled">Fledermausschacht</a></b>.
|
|
||||||
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.
|
|
||||||
<P>Some 50m of alternate crawling and stooping, including a single point where
|
|
||||||
the roof dips and the crawl is flat-out, leads to a small chamber. Here there
|
|
||||||
are two holes in the floor. One leads to
|
|
||||||
<a href="#kiwisuit"><b>Kiwi Suit</b></a>; the other drop is much shorter, and is
|
|
||||||
split into two sections by ledges on each wall part way down. The first section
|
|
||||||
of 8m reaches these small ledges, where a stream enters from the foot of a very
|
|
||||||
large aven. The next section of 11m is wet, and lands on a small ledge
|
|
||||||
overlooking a massive shaft. Stones thrown out from here fall for 3s. This is
|
|
||||||
believed to be the same pitch as the first pitch of <b>Kiwi Suit</b>.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<h3><a name="kiwisuit">Kiwi Suit</a></h3>
|
|
||||||
<p>The first pitch begins with a funnel-shaped opening. The initial approach is rigged
|
|
||||||
from a large pillar at the edge of the funnel (the approach to this could be further
|
|
||||||
protected by a traverse line tied round an even larger pillar a couple of metres back).
|
|
||||||
Suddenly, at the base of the funnel, there is an impressive black space. In 2000 the
|
|
||||||
descent was rigged New-Zealand style, entirely from naturals, which seemed sound, but
|
|
||||||
worrisome for us bolt-junkies, especially given the record of 'Bomb-Proof' naturals in
|
|
||||||
KH visiting the bottoms of pitches. Two deviations keep the descent clear of walls and
|
|
||||||
the small trickle of water which falls down the shaft (probably becomes a much bigger
|
|
||||||
trickle after rain). The floor is reached after 54 metres of descent. The way on is a
|
|
||||||
short traverse, an 8 metre pich, another short traverse, and then a 20 metre pitch to a
|
|
||||||
ledge. The final pitch from this ledge is an impressive rift of 47 metres depth, rigged
|
|
||||||
in 2000 from a natural, one bolt, and the rope from the pitch above.</p>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>At the bottom, a
|
|
||||||
merry little stream is reached (similar volume of water to the Top Camp waterhole in
|
|
||||||
spate). Upstream was not pushed, but reportedly leads quickly to the foot of a
|
|
||||||
waterfall
|
|
||||||
[<a href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-63" name="qC2000-204-63">C2000-204-63 B</a>].
|
|
||||||
Downstream quickly narrows to about 50cm wide, and
|
|
||||||
progress is made by constantly changing level to stay where the passage is wide enough.
|
|
||||||
After about 40m a small cascade of about 4m is reached, which could probably be
|
|
||||||
free-climbed, but a handline here helps avoid getting soaked. The passage is
|
|
||||||
considerably wider for a few metres below the cascade, but soon resumes in its previous
|
|
||||||
manner. Suddenly, the head of a pitch
|
|
||||||
[<a href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-64" name="qC2000-204-64">C2000-204-64 A</a>],
|
|
||||||
estimated at about 10 metres,
|
|
||||||
is reached. This was the limit of exploration in 2000. The streamway can be seen to
|
|
||||||
continue below the pitch, and perhaps becomes a bit wider.</p>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<h3><a name="fled">Fledermausschacht</a></h3>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>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 girth) at the pitch head enables the first, sloping
|
|
||||||
section of the pitch to be descended. Soon the pitch becomes vertical, and a
|
|
||||||
rebelay on the far wall (at -5m) allows the next few metres to be descended.
|
|
||||||
Unfortunately the shaft still hades slightly, and a further two rebelays (at -15m
|
|
||||||
and -28m) are required before the magnitude of this 112m shaft starts to become
|
|
||||||
apparent. A 40m freehanging section leads to a sloping ledge, where the shaft
|
|
||||||
doglegs again and a scrappy descent down a gulley, and a further two rebelays (at
|
|
||||||
-68m and -80m), reaches a sloping ledge overlooking the final section of the
|
|
||||||
pitch. A chossy traverse across the left hand wall appears to head into a parallel
|
|
||||||
shaft [<a href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-61" name="qC2000-204-61">C2000-204-61 C</a>].
|
|
||||||
A bolt round the corner to the right allows a descent of
|
|
||||||
the final 22m to the floor to be made, where a boulder choke is met, with no way
|
|
||||||
on. The whole pitch, particularly the far wall, is rather loose and due care must
|
|
||||||
be taken. A large chockstone near the second rebelay could not be shifted, but
|
|
||||||
should be treated with suspicion.</p>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>Nature Note: A bat was observed flitting around
|
|
||||||
in here on two occasions.</p>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>At the start of the traverse to the head of Fledermaus Schacht is a small crawl
|
|
||||||
leading off to the right. This is initially flat-out over crumbly mud, but enlarges
|
|
||||||
after a short distance to enter a series of small mud-filled chambers. There is no
|
|
||||||
obvious way on, other than to start excavations in the mud banks
|
|
||||||
[<a href="204/qm.htm#C2000-204-62" name="qC2000-204-62">C2000-204-62 Dig</a>]
|
|
||||||
Not surveyed in 2000.</p>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<H3><A name=elephant>White Elephant Series</A></H3>
|
|
||||||
<P>The White Elephant Series is a series of rift pitches which has not been
|
|
||||||
pushed to a definite conclusion, but does not appear especially promising,
|
|
||||||
despite carrying a considerable breeze. From the head of the 3m climb up, a roof
|
|
||||||
tube leads off. After 8m of crawling, the passage opens out at the head of a 2m
|
|
||||||
climb down by a large boulder. A too-tight rift leads off on the left, but ahead
|
|
||||||
opens out into a large space, the <B>Millennium Dome</B>.
|
|
||||||
<P>A 20m pitch rigged from a bolt on the left hand wall backed up to the big
|
|
||||||
boulder, with a rebelay and rope protector after 5m, lands on the boulder floor
|
|
||||||
of the Millennium dome, which is an L-shaped chamber at the base of a large
|
|
||||||
aven, with each arm of the L being 15m long and 5m wide. There do not appear to
|
|
||||||
be any ways through the boulders, but a rift leads off at the western end,
|
|
||||||
quickly arriving at the head of a 10m pitch with a constricted take off, rigged
|
|
||||||
from boulders. An eyehole part way down this pitch appears to lead into a
|
|
||||||
parallel shaft [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-25"
|
|
||||||
name=qC1999-204-25>C1999-204-25 B</A>] (This is probably the connection through to pleasure dome). The pitch lands on a rubble floor with a
|
|
||||||
blind pit. Heading south quickly reaches a loose pitch head, with a rift passage
|
|
||||||
continuing beyond.
|
|
||||||
<P>The pitch is 28m, rigged from a bolt on the left hand wall and deviations
|
|
||||||
from natural threads after 4m and 12m. The second deviation is by a small rock
|
|
||||||
bridge, where descending either side appears to go to the same place, and an
|
|
||||||
eyehole opposite connects to the continuation of the rift at the top of the
|
|
||||||
pitch. The base of the pitch is an oddly shaped chamber formed from several
|
|
||||||
rifts (about 7m up the pitch, these rifts coalesce to form a single shaft.)
|
|
||||||
North from the base of the rope leads to a 3m climb down into an inlet rift
|
|
||||||
coming from the north which ends in a blank wall 8m from the base of the rope,
|
|
||||||
but the rift continues too-tight heading south beneath the 3m climb. South from
|
|
||||||
the base of the rope is another rift heading downhill which rapidly becomes too
|
|
||||||
tight with running water clearly audible, but not visible beyond. West from the
|
|
||||||
base of the rope leads to junction with a too tight rift continuing to the west,
|
|
||||||
and another inlet rift coming from the north which ends in a blank wall after
|
|
||||||
5m.
|
|
||||||
<P>Traversing over the top of the pitch (rope required) and a short descent
|
|
||||||
leads to a continuation of the rift passage. A hole on the left connects to the
|
|
||||||
28m pitch described earlier. After 5m the rift narrows and a constricted pitch
|
|
||||||
head is reached. The descent of 15m is rigged from a large boulder and leads
|
|
||||||
immediately to a further drop of 7m rigged from a bolt. This shorter drop may be
|
|
||||||
bypassed by an alternative free climb in a narrow slot immediately beyond the
|
|
||||||
pitch head. From the base the tall, narrow rift continues with two short climbs
|
|
||||||
and a slot in the floor which gradually widens to the head of the next pitch
|
|
||||||
after 6m. This is rigged from a Y-hang on either side of the rift, but soon
|
|
||||||
opens out to give a fine descent of 15m landing in a spacious rift at 182m depth
|
|
||||||
from 204b entrance. A narrow slot in the floor develops, which is just large
|
|
||||||
enough to descend, but stones thrown down sound dead [<A
|
|
||||||
href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-26"
|
|
||||||
name=qC1999-204-26>C1999-204-26 B</A>]. It is possible to traverse above the
|
|
||||||
slot for a short way before the rift becomes too tight.
|
|
||||||
<P>There is a noticeable breeze at the base of this pitch, as there is through
|
|
||||||
much of the series, with air blowing into the cave. From the base of the 7m
|
|
||||||
pitch, there is no roof visible. This area has potential, but there are no easy
|
|
||||||
leads, and some lunatic bolt traverses may be required to try to bypass the
|
|
||||||
tight sections.
|
|
||||||
<P><B>Exploration:</B> CUCC 1999, to length 1365m, depth 226m<BR>CUCC 2000 to
|
|
||||||
2.5km and depth 368m
|
|
||||||
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|
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<TH align=left width="30%"><FONT size=+2>204</font><br><font size=+1>(CUCC 1999/03)</FONT></TH>
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<TH lang=de><h1>Steinbrückenhöhle</h1></TH>
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<tr><td><B>Extent:</B></td><td colspan=4>Length 4.7km, depth 368m.</td></tr>
|
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<tr><td><b>Location:</B></td>
|
||||||
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<td><b>204a</b></td><td>36697E</td><td>(52)83700N</td><td>1812m altitude</td></tr>
|
||||||
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<tr><td></td><td><b>204b</b></td><td>36688E</td><td>(52)83713N</td><td>1810m altitude</td></tr>
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||||||
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<tr><td></td><td><b>204c</b></td><td>36666E</td><td>(52)83905N</td><td>1836m altitude</td></tr>
|
||||||
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<tr><td></td><td><b>204d</b></td><td>36451E</td><td>(52)83882N</td><td>1773m altitude</td></tr>
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||||||
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<tr><td></td><td><b>204e</b></td><td>36618E</td><td>(52)83860N</td><td>1817m altitude</td></tr>
|
||||||
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<tr><td></td><td><b>204f</b></td><td>36627E</td><td>(52)83873N</td><td>1821m altitude</td></tr>
|
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|
||||||
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|
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|
<P>The cave is situated on the west side of the col between the <SPAN
|
||||||
|
lang=de-at>Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel</SPAN> and <SPAN lang=de-at>Nieder
|
||||||
|
Augst-Eck</SPAN>. It is currently one of the main areas of exploration for CUCC.
|
||||||
|
<P><B>Access route:</B>The route from Top Camp used since 1999 (probably near optimal) is a
|
||||||
|
cairned path via <SPAN lang=de>Wolfhöhle</SPAN> (<A
|
||||||
|
href="../../plateau/145.htm">1623/145</A>) and Laser
|
||||||
|
Point 5, then up to the top of the bare patch of white limestone visible from
|
||||||
|
Top Camp, passing <A
|
||||||
|
href="195.htm">195</A> and <A
|
||||||
|
href="196.htm">196.</A>
|
||||||
|
The path used in 2001 then skirts around the contours 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).
|
||||||
|
Alternatively, the cave may be approached from the summit of HSK -
|
||||||
|
probably the optimal route if you are coming from any of the <A
|
||||||
|
href="../161/top.htm">161</A> entrances.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<P><B>Marking:</B>Tags on both 204a and 204b entrances.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<h2>Description</h2>
|
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<li><a href="nopain.shtml">No Pain No Gain through to the Colonnade</a>
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<li><a href="treeumphant.shtml">Trunk way through Treeumphant Passage to Cave Tree Chamber and beyond</a>
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<h2>Exploration and surveys</h2>
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<p><b>On-line surveys:</b>
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<TH lang=de><h1>Steinbrückenhöhle</h1></TH>
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<h2>Deep routes via the Ariston Series</h2>
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<H3><A name=ariston>Ariston Series</A></H3>
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<P>The Ariston Series is the route to the current deepest point in the cave. The
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pitch series begins with a short pitch of 5m rigged from a large thread in the
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roof a few metres back, with a single spit for the vertical part, which is
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almost a scramble. This lands on a large ledge formed of boulders wedged across
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a narrow point; there are two choices of descent here, one to the north,
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<B>You're So Veined</B> (15m), which was used in 1999, and an as yet undescended
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pitch to the south, which will land further down the Ariston Series, which
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should probably be used in 2000. One rebelay provides a good hang against the
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wall of You're so Veined to reach the foot of the pitch, which is in a spacious
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shaft, with an impressive aven above. From here, there are two ways on: to the
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left, facing away from the pitch just descended, is a gully, which in 1999
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contained a thick layer of ice. Carefully traversing this rather slippery
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section leads to the head of a small pitch of 6m, which was rigged with a
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Y-hang. From here a walking size phreatic passage leads off, carrying a
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substantial breeze. The passage initially descends, but then develops a narrow
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floor trench; as the trench deepens, the phreatic part of the passage rises, and
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then ends abruptly where the floor trench turns right and leads off as a
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too-tight rift while ahead the phreas pinches out.
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<P>Back at the foot of <B>You're So Veined</B>, a way on to the right leads into
|
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a small, very crumbly chamber, from which a short section of awkward rift leads
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to a fine crow's nest in the wall of a large rift. A very short pitch (5m) lands
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on a large ledge, from which a roped traverse along the left-hand wall gains the
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head of the next pitch of 12m, which avoids a large ledge which would have been
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in the way but for the traverse. This pitch currently requires a rope protector
|
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just below the Y-hang at the top. The landing is on another large ledge, where a
|
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pool can be used to refill water containers. It is thought that the alternative
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pitch to You're so Veined will land here, if rigged.
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<P>The next pitch of 14m consists of a backup bolt followed by a Y-hang, which
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utilises one very cratered spit, which can only be used with a bollard type
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hanger. This pitch requires a deviation from the opposite wall or a rebelay to
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be installed as there is currently a rub point just below the Y-hang. The ledge
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that this pitch lands on consists of boulders wedged across the shaft, although
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it seems sound. A backup bolt protects the approach to the Y-hang at the head of
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the next pitch (35m). Unfortunately, it seems to be impossible to get a clean
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hang from here, and a rub-point 3m down will require the installation of a
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rebelay or deviation in future. Immediately after this point, the walls of the
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shaft bell out, and the rope hangs in stimulating isolation. About 5m from the
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floor a ledge is passed, which could be gained by a swing across, where there
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may possibly be a passage leading off [<A
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name=qC1999-204-20>C1999-204-20 B</A>].
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<P>At the foot of the pitch, the way on is a very chossy, sloping descent which
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will require either re-rigging or bypassing (which may be possible by a climb up
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and over) in future. This leads to a further short pitch (10m), which lands in
|
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an aven chamber of ample proportions. From here drops an 8m pitch,
|
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landing on a rubble floor. The only way on is a tight rift
|
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[<a href="qm.htm#C2000-204-60" name="qC2000-204-60">C2000-204-60 C</a>],
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which was penetrated for only a short distance.
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More progress might be possible by someone small and imaginative. Not surveyed in 2000.
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Back at the head of the 8m pitch. a crawl leading off from the foot of the
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pitch just descended, and a descending rubble slope. The rubble slope curves
|
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round to the right, passing a tight rift on the left [<A
|
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|
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name=qC1999-204-22>C1999-204-22 C</A>], to reach the bottom of a short climb up
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of 3m on the right, which is followed by a scramble down on the other side. From
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here, straight ahead is a climb up into the foot of an aven, half-right is a
|
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short ascending passage leading to a chamber where a traverse around the right
|
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hand wall leads to a slope down to <b><a href="#fled">Fledermausschacht</a></b>.
|
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Full right is a stooping/crawling
|
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height phreatic passage with a mud floor. This passes on the right the other end
|
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of the crawl which led off from the foot of the previous pitch.
|
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<P>Some 50m of alternate crawling and stooping, including a single point where
|
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the roof dips and the crawl is flat-out, leads to a small chamber. Here there
|
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are two holes in the floor. One leads to
|
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<a href="#kiwisuit"><b>Kiwi Suit</b></a>; the other drop is much shorter, and is
|
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split into two sections by ledges on each wall part way down. The first section
|
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of 8m reaches these small ledges, where a stream enters from the foot of a very
|
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large aven. The next section of 11m is wet, and lands on a small ledge
|
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overlooking a massive shaft. Stones thrown out from here fall for 3s. This is
|
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believed to be the same pitch as the first pitch of <b>Kiwi Suit</b>.
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<h3><a name="kiwisuit">Kiwi Suit</a></h3>
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<p>The first pitch begins with a funnel-shaped opening. The initial approach is rigged
|
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from a large pillar at the edge of the funnel (the approach to this could be further
|
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protected by a traverse line tied round an even larger pillar a couple of metres back).
|
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Suddenly, at the base of the funnel, there is an impressive black space. In 2000 the
|
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|
descent was rigged New-Zealand style, entirely from naturals, which seemed sound, but
|
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worrisome for us bolt-junkies, especially given the record of 'Bomb-Proof' naturals in
|
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KH visiting the bottoms of pitches. Two deviations keep the descent clear of walls and
|
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the small trickle of water which falls down the shaft (probably becomes a much bigger
|
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trickle after rain). The floor is reached after 54 metres of descent. The way on is a
|
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short traverse, an 8 metre pich, another short traverse, and then a 20 metre pitch to a
|
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ledge. The final pitch from this ledge is an impressive rift of 47 metres depth, rigged
|
||||||
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in 2000 from a natural, one bolt, and the rope from the pitch above.</p>
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<p>At the bottom, a
|
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|
merry little stream is reached (similar volume of water to the Top Camp waterhole in
|
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spate). Upstream was not pushed, but reportedly leads quickly to the foot of a
|
||||||
|
waterfall
|
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[<a href="qm.htm#C2000-204-63" name="qC2000-204-63">C2000-204-63 B</a>].
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Downstream quickly narrows to about 50cm wide, and
|
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progress is made by constantly changing level to stay where the passage is wide enough.
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After about 40m a small cascade of about 4m is reached, which could probably be
|
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free-climbed, but a handline here helps avoid getting soaked. The passage is
|
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considerably wider for a few metres below the cascade, but soon resumes in its previous
|
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manner. Suddenly, the head of a pitch
|
||||||
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[<a href="qm.htm#C2000-204-64" name="qC2000-204-64">C2000-204-64 A</a>],
|
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estimated at about 10 metres,
|
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is reached. This was the limit of exploration in 2000. The streamway can be seen to
|
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continue below the pitch, and perhaps becomes a bit wider.</p>
|
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<h3><a name="fled">Fledermausschacht</a></h3>
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|
|
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<p>The traverse round to the pitch head
|
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is protected by a thread belay at the start of the traverse. A substantial thread
|
||||||
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(requiring 2 slings due to its girth) at the pitch head enables the first, sloping
|
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section of the pitch to be descended. Soon the pitch becomes vertical, and a
|
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rebelay on the far wall (at -5m) allows the next few metres to be descended.
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Unfortunately the shaft still hades slightly, and a further two rebelays (at -15m
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and -28m) are required before the magnitude of this 112m shaft starts to become
|
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apparent. A 40m freehanging section leads to a sloping ledge, where the shaft
|
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|
doglegs again and a scrappy descent down a gulley, and a further two rebelays (at
|
||||||
|
-68m and -80m), reaches a sloping ledge overlooking the final section of the
|
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|
pitch. A chossy traverse across the left hand wall appears to head into a parallel
|
||||||
|
shaft [<a href="qm.htm#C2000-204-61" name="qC2000-204-61">C2000-204-61 C</a>].
|
||||||
|
A bolt round the corner to the right allows a descent of
|
||||||
|
the final 22m to the floor to be made, where a boulder choke is met, with no way
|
||||||
|
on. The whole pitch, particularly the far wall, is rather loose and due care must
|
||||||
|
be taken. A large chockstone near the second rebelay could not be shifted, but
|
||||||
|
should be treated with suspicion.</p>
|
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|
|
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|
<p>Nature Note: A bat was observed flitting around
|
||||||
|
in here on two occasions.</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p>At the start of the traverse to the head of Fledermausschacht is a small crawl
|
||||||
|
leading off to the right. This is initially flat-out over crumbly mud, but enlarges
|
||||||
|
after a short distance to enter a series of small mud-filled chambers. There is no
|
||||||
|
obvious way on, other than to start excavations in the mud banks
|
||||||
|
[<a href="qm.htm#C2000-204-62" name="qC2000-204-62">C2000-204-62 Dig</a>].
|
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|
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<h2>Entrance and The Near End passages</h2>
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The 204a entrance is directly opposite a 10m x 3m stone bridge
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||||||
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from which it derives its name. The entrance itself is approximately 8m high and
|
||||||
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5m wide, and leads down a boulder slope and round a right hand bend to the top
|
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of the first pitch. The 204b entrance is 15m away to the west, and this is the
|
||||||
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entrance which is rigged.
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<h3>First Pitch</h3>
|
||||||
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|
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A 3m climb down (handline useful) leads into the
|
||||||
|
entrance gully and a ledge at the head of the first pitch, <B>Trick or
|
||||||
|
Treat</B>, opposite 204a entrance. This loose, sloping pitch of 20m is rigged
|
||||||
|
from a Y-hang on the right hand wall, with a rebelay and deviation. The pitch is
|
||||||
|
tedious to prussik on return and is best climbed. The landing is by a large snow
|
||||||
|
plug with an ice corridor round the edge leading to the top of a
|
||||||
|
boulder slope. A rift passage on the right becomes too tight.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The snow level varies: in 2000 it was much higher than in 1999, rendering the
|
||||||
|
original route impassable (see <a href="#1999">here</a>). A revised route was
|
||||||
|
explored, which was the main route in 2001.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<h3><a name="jim">Second and Third Pitches</h3>
|
||||||
|
<P>Descending the boulder slope (care required to avoid kicking
|
||||||
|
rocks off) leads to the head of the second pitch, <B>Jim'll Fix It</B> (18m in 1999 but
|
||||||
|
only about 10m in 2000/2001 due to increased snow levels). An
|
||||||
|
unexplored passage is visible from the pitch head, which could be accessed by a
|
||||||
|
bolt traverse round the right hand side of the pitch head
|
||||||
|
[<A href="qm.htm#C1999-204-01" name=qC1999-204-01>C1999-204-01 C</A>] (explored by Brian?).
|
||||||
|
The pitch is rigged from a bolt in the
|
||||||
|
left hand wall with a deviation from a spit immediately after the pitch head
|
||||||
|
bolt. This protects a marginal rub point and also avoids a jet of water which
|
||||||
|
spurts from a crack in the wall after heavy rain.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The landing is on a large snow plug. Following the wall around to the right (facing the
|
||||||
|
wall on which the pitch is rigged) leads to a 2m
|
||||||
|
climb into a rift, which quickly descends to the head of the impressive third pitch,
|
||||||
|
<b>Stitch This</b> (30m). A Y-hang rebelay on the left wall is shortly
|
||||||
|
followed by a deviation from the opposite side of the shaft to obtain a free-hang into
|
||||||
|
<a href="midlevel.shtml#wolp">Wolpertinger Way</a>. This pitch is in fact
|
||||||
|
an (upwards) continuation of <b><a href="#thread">Thread Pitch</a></b>.
|
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|
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<h3><a name="1999">1999 route to Wolpertinger Way</a></h3>
|
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|
In 1999, the landing of Jim'll Fix It was by a large
|
||||||
|
pointed snowplug.
|
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|
There was sufficient gap between snow and wall to complete the
|
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|
descent and emerge in a sloping phreatic passage. There are two ways on: Right
|
||||||
|
leads uphill as stooping/crawling height passage for 30m to emerge at the top of
|
||||||
|
<A
|
||||||
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href="#umshit">Umshitshimbo</A>.
|
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|
Left leads downhill into <A
|
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href="#nearend">The Near
|
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End</A> and is the main way on. There is a further unexplored passage in the
|
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wall above the gap between the snow plug and the rock [<A
|
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|
href="qm.htm#C1999-204-03"
|
||||||
|
name=qC1999-204-03>C1999-204-03 C</A>].
|
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|
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<H3><A name=nearend>The Near End</A></H3>
|
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<P><B>The Near End</B> is a collective name for a complex network of high level
|
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|
phreatic passages which slope approximately 20° following the dip of the beds.
|
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Heading downhill from the base of <B>Jim'll Fix It</B> in a stooping height
|
||||||
|
passage leads round a double bend to a 2m climb down to a junction. Right leads
|
||||||
|
to more <A
|
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href="#nearside">side
|
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passages</A> whilst the main route is straight ahead to a crossroads. Right
|
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leads into the same <A
|
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href="#nearside">side
|
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passages</A> as the previous right turn. Left is <B>Needle Crawl</B> past an
|
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|
unexplored passage on the left [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C1999-204-04"
|
||||||
|
name=qC1999-204-04>C1999-204-04 C</A>] and a crawl on the right (feels like
|
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|
straight ahead) which becomes too small after ~8m. Straight ahead (feels like a
|
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|
left) leads to the head of a fine 4m diameter circular shaft, <B><a name="thread">Thread</a>
|
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|
Pitch</B>. This pitch of 17m leads into <A
|
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Way</A>. A continuation of the
|
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crawl is visible at the opposite side of the pitch head [<A
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name=qC1999-204-06>C1999-204-06 C</A>].
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<P>From the crossroads, the main route in 1999 was straight ahead, downhill in
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mostly stooping height passage with a short section of sandy crawling. After 15m
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is a short climb down to the top of a 4m deep pit with a too-tight passage at
|
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the bottom, with the phreatic passage continuing to the right. After a further
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10m the passage is intersected by a large rift with a big rock partially
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blocking the passage. Climbing up to the right leads back into a tall rift in
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the <A href="#nearside">side
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passages</A>. A climb up to the left leads to a passage containing attractive
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white mud which was not entered, however a visual connection to the <A
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Pitch</A> was established.
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<P>Straight ahead leads to a further junction after 15m. Left opens out to the
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head of <A
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Pitch</A>, the main route to the bottom of <A
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continues for 25m with several clear pools in the floor to a widening where most
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routes ahead and to the left are choked with boulders. To the right, a body
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sized tube leads upwards for ~15m before opening out into a low chamber on the
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left. The continuation of the crawl is immediately opposite the entry point and there is a climb down into a rift on
|
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the far side of the chamber to the left [<A
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name=qC1999-204-07>C1999-204-07 B</A>]. The continuation is a winding passage which continues upwards. It then increases to stoping
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heightand goes over some old gower pools. The passage continues to a flat out section ( not really a squeze, except for lardarses) not
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pushed, but running water could be heard. Back in the chamber, it doubles back on itself to
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the left and encounters an area of breakdown which was not fully investigated,
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but is presumed to be the opposite side of the boulder choke.
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<H3><A name=nearside>The Near End: Side Passages</A></H3>
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<P>The first two right turns encountered when heading downhill from the foot of
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<A href="#jim">Jim'll Fix
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It</A> unite in a walking sized passage. After 10m the bottom of <A
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href="#umshit">Umshitshimbo</A>
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is passed on the right, whilst straight ahead leads to a junction with a large
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keyhole passage. Left leads after 15m to a climb up behind a precariously placed
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boulder, to an immediate climb down of 4m which emerges in the 1999 main route
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through the near end before <A
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href="midlevel.shtml#pendulum">Pendulum
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Pitch</A>. Right leads immediately to a 8m pitch. A difficult and exposed traverse round
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the left hand wall leads to a further 30m of passage with a steadily lowering
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roof culminating in a boulder choke.
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<H3><A name=umshit>The Near End: Umshitshimbo and Updip Passages</A></H3>
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<P><B>Umshitshimbo</B> is a fine phreatic ramp, 2m wide and about 4m high, which
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heads uphill in a straight line for 40m. At the top a passage doubling back on
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the right leads back to the base of <A
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|
href="#jim">Jim'll Fix It</A>
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and there is a climb up into a rift passage heading south over the top of
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Umshitshimbo which becomes too narrow. Large passage continues uphill past a 2m
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deep blind pit on the right to a junction.
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<P>Left leads uphill past a choked inlet on the left to a steep uphill section
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with a crawl on the right, which leads shortly to a 2m climb down and immediate
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choke. At the top of the steep section the passage to the right immediately
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chokes, whilst left is <B>Dolly Parton climb</B>, a 2m climb up with huge jugs,
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|
to a further 15m of upward trending phreatic passage, terminating in a boulder
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||||||
|
choke with a slight draught (air coming into the cave). There are two small
|
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|
steep phreatic ramps on the left hand side of this passage, both very small and
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||||||
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both choked.
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<P>Straight ahead at the junction leads through a short section of rift to an
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enlargement with an alcove on the right and a keyhole passage ahead. The rift
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section at the bottom quickly becomes choked, with a slight draught coming in. A
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3m climb gains access to the phreatic section which goes over the top of the
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choke, and about after a further 3m reaches a large boulder, which almost blocks
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the passage with a strong breeze blowing through the gap (into the cave.)
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Squeezing through yields a steeply ascending rocky crawl which chokes after
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about 5m.
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<HTML lang=en><HEAD><TITLE>1623:204 -- Mid-level passages</TITLE>
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<BODY>
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<TR>
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<TH align=left width="30%"><FONT size=+2>204</font><br><font size=+1>(CUCC 1999/03)</FONT></TH>
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<TH lang=de><h1>Steinbrückenhöhle</h1></TH>
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<TH align=right width="30%"><FONT size=+2>4/S x</FONT></TH></TR>
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<h2>Mid-level passages (including Wolpertinger Way)</h2>
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<H3><A name=wolp>Wolpertinger Way</A></H3>
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<P><B>Thread Pitch</B> and <b>Stitch This</b> from <A
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|
href="entrance.shtml#nearend">The Near
|
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|
End</A> land at the top of a large 6-8m diameter phreatic passage,
|
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|
<B>Wolpertinger Way</B>. This heads downhill past some ice formations on the
|
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|
left hand side, for 35m to a junction. Straight ahead is a steep gully leading
|
||||||
|
to a 6.5m diameter circular shaft with aven above - <B>You're So Veined</B>.
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|
There is a traverse round the right hand side of the gully on an increasingly
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|
narrow ledge.
|
||||||
|
<P><B>You're So Veined</B> is rigged at its southern end, and this is reached
|
||||||
|
via a sandy crawl off to the right from the top of the steep gully, which passes
|
||||||
|
over a hole in the floor through dangerous boulders [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C1999-204-09"
|
||||||
|
name=qC1999-204-09>C1999-204-09 C</A>] to reach a junction. Right is a
|
||||||
|
passage, which quickly chokes, straight ahead leads into <A
|
||||||
|
href="#110aday">110 A Day</A>,
|
||||||
|
whilst left is the main route.
|
||||||
|
<P>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 <A
|
||||||
|
href="#pendulum">Pendulum
|
||||||
|
Pitch</A>, the easiest route to the <A
|
||||||
|
href="pleasuredome.shtml#elephant">White
|
||||||
|
Elephant Series</A>. Straight ahead leads to a further junction. Right is a
|
||||||
|
short passage to a traverse round a blind pit, an alternative route to <A
|
||||||
|
href="#pendulum">Pendulum
|
||||||
|
Pitch</A>. Left is the head of <B>You're So Veined</B>, the start of the <A
|
||||||
|
href="ariston.shtml#ariston">Ariston
|
||||||
|
Series</A>. </P>
|
||||||
|
|
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|
<H3><A name=110aday>110 A Day</A></H3>
|
||||||
|
<P><B>110 A Day</B> is a long, dusty passage which varies between stooping and
|
||||||
|
crawling for 110m. Immediately after the start is a sharp right hand bend with
|
||||||
|
a crawl straight ahead to <B>110 Bidet</B>. About halfway along is a crossroads,
|
||||||
|
where low passages lead off to the left to <B>110 Bidet</B> and to the right [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C1999-204-13"
|
||||||
|
name=qC1999-204-13>C1999-204-13 C</A>]. At the terminus reached in 1999, the
|
||||||
|
passage splits into two. Each branch immediately becomes tight, but could be
|
||||||
|
pushed further with a little determination and effort [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C1999-204-14"
|
||||||
|
name=qC1999-204-14>C1999-204-14 C</A> and <A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C1999-204-15"
|
||||||
|
name=qC1999-204-15>C1999-204-15 C</A>]. In the left hand branch, just before the
|
||||||
|
passage becomes tighter, is an undescended pitch [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C1999-204-16"
|
||||||
|
name=qC1999-204-16>C1999-204-16 A</A>] of perhaps 20m.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<H3><A name=110bidet>110 Bidet</A></H3>
|
||||||
|
<P><B>110 Bidet</B> is a stooping size passage which runs parallel to <B>110 A Day</B>.
|
||||||
|
It can be accessed via a crawl about 1m up that carries straight on from where
|
||||||
|
<B>110 A Day</B> starts with a sharp right hand turn. The crawl emerges into
|
||||||
|
larger passage; to the left after 5m is <B>Pendulum Pitch</B>. Going right leads
|
||||||
|
to a hole in the floor among boulders, <B>Marble Run</B>. To the left here
|
||||||
|
is a low passage leading to <B>No Pain No Gain</B>, whilst <B>110 Bidet</B> carries straight on.
|
||||||
|
Continuing on, the passage turns right, followed shortly by a crossroads with a crawly passage.
|
||||||
|
To the right is a dead end; to the left is [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-54"
|
||||||
|
name=qC2000-204-54>C2000-204-54 B</A>]. Straight on emerges into <B>110 A Day</B>
|
||||||
|
about half way along its length.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<H3><A name=marblerun>Marble Run</A></H3>
|
||||||
|
<P><B>Marble Run</B> runs along a fault line that created a small passable phreatic
|
||||||
|
tube, which has subsequently been intersected by a tight rifty stream way. 20m along
|
||||||
|
the rift bears to the right and is too tight to pass, whilst the phreatic passage continues on to a small
|
||||||
|
chamber. Here the passage doubles back over itself to continue above the original
|
||||||
|
passage. The passage does this once more to end in an earth blockage.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<H3><A name=pendulum>Pendulum Pitch Route</A></H3>
|
||||||
|
<P><B>Pendulum Pitch</B> is in a large rift. The first section is a loose
|
||||||
|
boulder slope (care required) to a rebelay, then a descent of 23m via a
|
||||||
|
deviation off the far wall below a large wedged boulder. There may be a passage
|
||||||
|
on the far side of the rift accessible with difficulty from this boulder [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C1999-204-17"
|
||||||
|
name=qC1999-204-17>C1999-204-17 C</A>]. From the base of the pitch, two rift
|
||||||
|
passages lead off which very quickly become too tight.
|
||||||
|
<P>The main route on is reached by swinging off after 16m into a 6m wide
|
||||||
|
passage. Two passages in the left hand wall are quickly encountered. The first
|
||||||
|
quickly becomes too tight, the second is a short crawl leading into the network
|
||||||
|
of sandy crawls at the bottom of <A
|
||||||
|
href="#wolp">Wolpertinger
|
||||||
|
Way</A>, and is the best route from here to the <A
|
||||||
|
href="ariston.shtml#ariston">Ariston
|
||||||
|
Series</A>. Continuing down the main passage, passing either side of a huge
|
||||||
|
boulder, reaches a blind pit in the floor, with two ways on.
|
||||||
|
<P>A loose and slightly precarious traverse round the blind pit leads to a short
|
||||||
|
passage on the left, emerging at the head of <B>You're So Veined</B> at the
|
||||||
|
start of the <A
|
||||||
|
href="ariston.shtml#ariston">Ariston
|
||||||
|
Series</A>. A rift visible at the opposite side of the pit has an audible
|
||||||
|
connection to <B>You're so Veined</B>.
|
||||||
|
<P>To the right at the blind pit is a draughting phreatic tube which heads
|
||||||
|
downhill at a comfortable walking size past a tight passage on the left [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C1999-204-18"
|
||||||
|
name=qC1999-204-18>C1999-204-18 C</A>]. After 20m, a 3m climb up into a roof
|
||||||
|
tube on the right hand side is the way into the <A
|
||||||
|
href="pleasuredome.shtml#elephant">White
|
||||||
|
Elephant Series</A>. The phreatic passage continues for a further 15m past a too
|
||||||
|
tight inlet on the right and a traverse over a blind pit to a 3m deep hole in
|
||||||
|
the floor, which is blind. Traversing over the hole and up a loose climb with a
|
||||||
|
too tight rift in the right hand wall leads into an uphill passage, which is
|
||||||
|
choked with mud after 5m. A sandy crawl on the right just before the choke leads
|
||||||
|
via a left hand bend with a too tight rift on the right (probably connecting to
|
||||||
|
that at the loose climb) ending at a 2m climb down. There is a possible way on
|
||||||
|
at the bottom of this, but it is very small and tall people at least would have
|
||||||
|
to enter feet first [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C1999-204-19"
|
||||||
|
name=qC1999-204-19>C1999-204-19 C</A>]. There is a noticeable draught here
|
||||||
|
blowing downhill (into the cave).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p><HR>
|
||||||
|
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||||||
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<HTML lang=en><HEAD><TITLE>1623:204 -- No Pain No Gain area</TITLE>
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<TABLE border=0 width="100%">
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<TR>
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<TH align=left width="30%"><FONT size=+2>204</font><br><font size=+1>(CUCC 1999/03)</FONT></TH>
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||||||
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<TH lang=de><h1>Steinbrückenhöhle</h1></TH>
|
||||||
|
<TH align=right width="30%"><FONT size=+2>4/S x</FONT></TH></TR>
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||||||
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||||||
|
<h2>No Pain No Gain through to the Colonnade</h2>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<H3><A name=nopainnogain>No Pain No Gain</A></H3>
|
||||||
|
<P><B>No Pain No Gain</B> is a low tube, which emerges to a mud-floored chamber. (Please
|
||||||
|
try not to disturb the remaining flow patterns in the mud). A crawly mud floored
|
||||||
|
passage leaves the chamber to the right. To the right near the end of the crawl is a
|
||||||
|
bedding plane that continues uphill [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-01"
|
||||||
|
name=qC2000-204-01>C2000-204-01 B</A>], whilst to the left is a small stone floored pit. There
|
||||||
|
is a 2m climb up from the top of the pit. This has a stalactite formation at the top on the
|
||||||
|
right, and threads on the left where a sling may be attached to assist. The crawl then
|
||||||
|
continues to a junction with two connecting passages to the left [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-02"
|
||||||
|
name=qC2000-204-02>C2000-204-02 B</A>] and two connecting passages to the right [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-03"
|
||||||
|
name=qC2000-204-03>C2000-204-03 C</A>]. The passage then continues to a T junction where it
|
||||||
|
enlarges slightly. To the right is [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-04"
|
||||||
|
name=qC2000-204-04>C2000-204-04 C</A>]. To the left there is a chamber that is
|
||||||
|
intersected by a tight rift with flowing water. Downstream is [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-05"
|
||||||
|
name=qC2000-204-05>C2000-204-05 C</A>]. Upstream a key hole passage slopes upwards, to a T-junction
|
||||||
|
with a chamber to the right, and an short, almost flat-out crawl to the left.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The chamber, which has
|
||||||
|
an aven [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-55"
|
||||||
|
name=qC2000-204-55>C2000-204-55 X</A>], can be dropped into.
|
||||||
|
A rift at the other end of the chamber leads to a
|
||||||
|
waterfall which feeds the stream that runs through the chamber. Climbing up before the rift gives
|
||||||
|
access to a crawl [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-06"
|
||||||
|
name=qC2000-204-06>C2000-204-06 C</A>]. The flat out crawl emerges to a small angular chamber, at the
|
||||||
|
top of which, to the right, is a hole [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-07"
|
||||||
|
name=qC2000-204-07>C2000-204-07 C</A>]. To the left a low passage runs above a 4m drop [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-08"
|
||||||
|
name=qC2000-204-08>C2000-204-08 B</A>]. This then turns right and continues to a fork in the passage. To
|
||||||
|
the left is <B>Insignificant Chamber</B>, and to the right is a smaller chamber with a hole in the floor,
|
||||||
|
windows to <B>Insignificant Chamber</B>, and a bedding plane continuing up at 10°, which again connects into <B>Insignificant Chamber</B>.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<H3><A name=insignificantchamber>Insignificant Chamber</A></H3>
|
||||||
|
<P><B>Insignificant Chamber</B> can be entered at floor level from <B>No Pain No Gain</B>. It extends to a
|
||||||
|
passage on the left as one enters, where there are a number a interconnecting holes on the right [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-58"
|
||||||
|
name=qC2000-204-58>C2000-204-58 C</A>]. Upslope from the entrance is a bedding plane which splits left to
|
||||||
|
<B>Bonsai Crawl</B> on the left and to [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-09"
|
||||||
|
name=qC2000-204-09>C2000-204-09 B</A>] on the right. To the right upon entering Insignificant Chamber one can climb up
|
||||||
|
to a point above the small chamber in <B>No Pain No Gain</B>. From here there is a phreatic tube[<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-57"
|
||||||
|
name=qC2000-204-57>C2000-204-57 C</A>] that can be probably be reached with the aid of a traverse line. The passage
|
||||||
|
continues climbing ever upward [<A
|
||||||
|
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name=qC2000-204-08>C2000-204-56 B</A>]. The passage to the left from Insignificant Chamber gets smaller and
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name=qC2000-204-10>C2000-204-10 A</A>], thought to drop into Pleasuredome. Straight on the passage turns to a steeply
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name=qC2000-204-11>C2000-204-11 B</A>]. To the right is some small passage that connects to the Bonsai
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name=qC2000-204-59>C2000-204-59 C</A>].
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<H3><A name=Bonsaicrawl>Bonsai Crawl</A></H3>
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name=qC2000-204-52>C2000-204-52 C</A>] and a couple of small passages to the right [<A
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name=qC2000-204-50>C2000-204-50 C</A>] and [<A
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name=qC2000-204-51>C2000-204-51 C</A>]. A passage leads off to the left and gets lower, passing some
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name=qC2000-204-53>C2000-204-53 A</A>]. Bonsai Crawl continues to a fork that has a stooping-size
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name=qC2000-204-12>C2000-204-12 B</A>]. To the right is a walking-size passage with a boulder floor.
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name=qC2000-204-13>C2000-204-13 C</A>], [<A
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name=qC2000-204-14>C2000-204-14 C</A>]. The passage then debouches into <B>The Colonnade</B>.
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<H3><A name=thecolonnade>The Colonnade</A></H3>
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<P><B>Bonsai Crawl</B> joins at a point where <b>The Colonnade</b>, a wide walking passage with a boulder
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floor, makes a sharp turn. To the right the passage comes to a chamber-like crossroads. To the left
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name=qC2000-204-41>C2000-204-41 A</A>] and to the right a low draughting crawl [<A
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name=qC2000-204-42>C2000-204-42 B</A>]. <b>The Colonnade</b> continues and a stream joins from the left.
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name=qC2000-204-43>C2000-204-43 Dig</A>]. The passage then becomes small with a possible aven [<A
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name=qC2000-204-44>C2000-204-44 X</A>], a tight rift [<A
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name=qC2000-204-45>C2000-204-45 B</A>], and a crawl down and to the right. The crawl emerges into
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a chamber, with a possible way on over rocks directly ahead [<A
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|
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name=qC2000-204-49>C2000-204-49 C</A>]. The chamber gets larger to the right, where there are two
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tight rifts leading off [<A
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|
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name=qC2000-204-46>C2000-204-46 C</A>], [<A
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name=qC2000-204-47>C2000-204-47 C</A>] and an aven [<A
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name=qC2000-204-48>C2000-204-48 X</A>]. Water was flowing down one of these, possibly to the waterfall
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entering the chamber in <b>No Pain No Gain</b>. At this time in 2000
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it had not rained on the surface for 8 days. Back where
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<B>Bonsai Crawl</B> enters, the passage goes straight on with a number of minor passages to the sides.
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These are a crawl to the left [<A
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|
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name=qC2000-204-15>C2000-204-15 C</A>]; then some distance further on, another crawl on the left [<A
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|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-16"
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name=qC2000-204-16>C2000-204-16 B</A>] leading from a trench in the passage; a small passage on the
|
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right [<A
|
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|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-17"
|
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name=qC2000-204-17>C2000-204-17 C</A>] that links to [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-21"
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name=qC2000-204-21>C2000-204-21 C</A>]; and a crawl high up to the left [<A
|
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|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-18"
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name=qC2000-204-18>C2000-204-18 C</A>]. A short distance further a walking-size passage goes to the
|
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left [<A
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|
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name=qC2000-204-19>C2000-204-19 C</A>]. The main passage then forks: to the left is [<A
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|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-20"
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name=qC2000-204-20>C2000-204-20 C</A>] whilst to the right the passage continues past a high up crawl [<A
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|
href="qm.htm#C2000-204-21"
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name=qC2000-204-21>C2000-204-21 C</A>], and then possibly [<A
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name=qC2000-204-22>C2000-204-22 C</A>]. The main passage then pops out into
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<a href="treeumphant.shtml#treeumphantpassage"><B>Treeumphant Passage</B></a>.
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<h3>Pleasuredome</h3>
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<p><b>This description will follow in due course.</b>
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<H3><A name=elephant>White Elephant Series</A></H3>
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<P>The White Elephant Series is a series of rift pitches which has not been
|
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pushed to a definite conclusion, but does not appear especially promising,
|
||||||
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despite carrying a considerable breeze. From the head of the 3m climb up, a roof
|
||||||
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tube leads off. After 8m of crawling, the passage opens out at the head of a 2m
|
||||||
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climb down by a large boulder. A too-tight rift leads off on the left, but ahead
|
||||||
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opens out into a large space, the <B>Millennium Dome</B>.
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||||||
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<P>A 20m pitch rigged from a bolt on the left hand wall backed up to the big
|
||||||
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boulder, with a rebelay and rope protector after 5m, lands on the boulder floor
|
||||||
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of the Millennium dome, which is an L-shaped chamber at the base of a large
|
||||||
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aven, with each arm of the L being 15m long and 5m wide. There do not appear to
|
||||||
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be any ways through the boulders, but a rift leads off at the western end,
|
||||||
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quickly arriving at the head of a 10m pitch with a constricted take off, rigged
|
||||||
|
from boulders. An eyehole part way down this pitch appears to lead into a
|
||||||
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parallel shaft [<A
|
||||||
|
href="qm.htm#C1999-204-25"
|
||||||
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name=qC1999-204-25>C1999-204-25 B</A>] (This is probably the connection through to pleasure dome). The pitch lands on a rubble floor with a
|
||||||
|
blind pit. Heading south quickly reaches a loose pitch head, with a rift passage
|
||||||
|
continuing beyond.
|
||||||
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<P>The pitch is 28m, rigged from a bolt on the left hand wall and deviations
|
||||||
|
from natural threads after 4m and 12m. The second deviation is by a small rock
|
||||||
|
bridge, where descending either side appears to go to the same place, and an
|
||||||
|
eyehole opposite connects to the continuation of the rift at the top of the
|
||||||
|
pitch. The base of the pitch is an oddly shaped chamber formed from several
|
||||||
|
rifts (about 7m up the pitch, these rifts coalesce to form a single shaft.)
|
||||||
|
North from the base of the rope leads to a 3m climb down into an inlet rift
|
||||||
|
coming from the north which ends in a blank wall 8m from the base of the rope,
|
||||||
|
but the rift continues too-tight heading south beneath the 3m climb. South from
|
||||||
|
the base of the rope is another rift heading downhill which rapidly becomes too
|
||||||
|
tight with running water clearly audible, but not visible beyond. West from the
|
||||||
|
base of the rope leads to junction with a too tight rift continuing to the west,
|
||||||
|
and another inlet rift coming from the north which ends in a blank wall after
|
||||||
|
5m.
|
||||||
|
<P>Traversing over the top of the pitch (rope required) and a short descent
|
||||||
|
leads to a continuation of the rift passage. A hole on the left connects to the
|
||||||
|
28m pitch described earlier. After 5m the rift narrows and a constricted pitch
|
||||||
|
head is reached. The descent of 15m is rigged from a large boulder and leads
|
||||||
|
immediately to a further drop of 7m rigged from a bolt. This shorter drop may be
|
||||||
|
bypassed by an alternative free climb in a narrow slot immediately beyond the
|
||||||
|
pitch head. From the base the tall, narrow rift continues with two short climbs
|
||||||
|
and a slot in the floor which gradually widens to the head of the next pitch
|
||||||
|
after 6m. This is rigged from a Y-hang on either side of the rift, but soon
|
||||||
|
opens out to give a fine descent of 15m landing in a spacious rift at 182m depth
|
||||||
|
from 204b entrance. A narrow slot in the floor develops, which is just large
|
||||||
|
enough to descend, but stones thrown down sound dead [<A
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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name=qC1999-204-26>C1999-204-26 B</A>]. It is possible to traverse above the
|
||||||
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slot for a short way before the rift becomes too tight.
|
||||||
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<P>There is a noticeable breeze at the base of this pitch, as there is through
|
||||||
|
much of the series, with air blowing into the cave. From the base of the 7m
|
||||||
|
pitch, there is no roof visible. This area has potential, but there are no easy
|
||||||
|
leads, and some lunatic bolt traverses may be required to try to bypass the
|
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tight sections.
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<H1>Steinbruckenhöhle Question Mark list</H1>
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<H1>Steinbrückenhöhle Question Mark list</H1>
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<P>Format is QM identifier, Quality Grade, Area indicator, decription of QM. The
|
|
||||||
QM numbers themselves are in the format Discoverer identifier, Year of
|
<h2>Conventions</h2>
|
||||||
discovery, Cave identifier, serial number. If you look at the html, you will
|
<p>For question mark list conventions, see <a href="../../qm.shtml">here</a>.
|
||||||
find that the nearest survey station (without its "<cavenumber>." prefix)
|
|
||||||
is included in an html comment for almost all leads. Now that there is an <A
|
<h2>Area codes</h2>
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm">index to the
|
<table>
|
||||||
surveys</A>, there may soon be a way to get from the QM to the relevant survey
|
<tr><td>Aris</td><td>Ariston Series </td></tr>
|
||||||
file, but not the pictures :-(
|
<tr><td>Insig</td><td>Insignificant Chamber and Bonsai Crawl</td></tr>
|
||||||
<P>In general, an unpushed QM will have a link from its QM number in the
|
<tr><td>NE</td><td>Near End</td></tr>
|
||||||
description to here, and a link from here to the relevant point in the
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<tr><td>NPNG</td><td>No Pain No Gain </td></tr>
|
||||||
description. If there is no link, it means that I can't yet work out where the
|
<tr><td>Tree</td><td>Trunk route from The Colonnade via Treeumphant Passage to Cave Tree Chamber</td></tr>
|
||||||
QM is in the description, or the description doesn't yet exist :-).
|
<tr><td>WE</td><td>White Elephant Series</td></tr>
|
||||||
<P>Discoverer identifiers
|
<tr><td>Wolp</td><td>Wolpertinger Way and 110 A Day level</td></tr>
|
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<DL>
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|
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<DT>A
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|
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<DD>ARGE
|
<h2>Question Marks</h2>
|
||||||
<DT>B
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|
||||||
<DD>Groupe Spéléeo de Clerval - Baume les Dames
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|
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<DT>C
|
|
||||||
<DD>Cambridge University Caving Club </DD></DL>
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|
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<P>Quality Grades:
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|
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<DL>
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|
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<DT>A
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|
||||||
<DD>A fine QM - git down there and look.
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|
||||||
<DT>B
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|
||||||
<DD>Not so promising, or requiring some effort (eg. a climb)
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|
||||||
<DT>C
|
|
||||||
<DD>Pretty cruddy, or good but very hard to get to.
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|
||||||
<DT>V
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|
||||||
<DD>An aven which might be climbable, but not adequately assessed
|
|
||||||
<DT>X
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|
||||||
<DD>A high, wet or unsafe-looking aven unlikely to be climbed
|
|
||||||
<DT>?
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|
||||||
<DD>No-one writing this list actually knows! </DD></DL>
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|
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<P>Note that the quality grades are assigned by the explorers at the time, and
|
|
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that subsequent discoveries may mean that the grade is optimistic, since the
|
|
||||||
lead may now drop into passage which wasn't then explored. Also, different
|
|
||||||
explorers have different ideas - one man's "A-lead" may be another's "C-lead"
|
|
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:-(
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|
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<P>Area indicator:
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|
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<dl>
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|
||||||
<DT>Aris
|
|
||||||
<DD>Ariston Series
|
|
||||||
<DT>Insig
|
|
||||||
<DD>Insignificant chamber and Bonsai crawl
|
|
||||||
<DT>NE
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|
||||||
<DD>Near End
|
|
||||||
<DT>NPNG
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|
||||||
<DD>No Pain No Gain
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|
||||||
<DT>Tree
|
|
||||||
<DD>The Collonade, Treeumphant passage, Great oak chamber and Cave tree chamber
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|
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<DT>WE
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|
||||||
<DD>White Elephant
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|
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<DT>Wolp
|
|
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<DD>Wolpertinger Way and 110 a day level </DD></DL>
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<DL><A name=1999></A>
|
<DL><A name=1999></A>
|
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-01"
|
<DT><A href="entrance.shtml#qC1999-204-01"
|
||||||
name=C1999-204-01>C1999-204-01</A> C
|
name=C1999-204-01>C1999-204-01</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>NE:Passage visible from pitchhead [<A
|
<DD>NE:Passage visible from pitchhead [<A
|
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ent">ent.7
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ent">ent.7
|
||||||
</A>]
|
</A>]
|
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-02"
|
|
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name=C1999-204-02>C1999-204-02</A> B [done in 2000]
|
|
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<DD>NE:Pitch/climb reached from top of snowplug [<A
|
|
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ent">ent.7</A>]
|
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|
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-03"
|
<DT><A href="entrance.shtml#qC1999-204-03"
|
||||||
name=C1999-204-03>C1999-204-03</A> C
|
name=C1999-204-03>C1999-204-03</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>NE:Passage above gap at edge of snowplug above normal route [<A
|
<DD>NE:Passage above gap at edge of snowplug above normal route [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ent">ent.7</A>]
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ent">ent.7</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-04"
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<DT><A href="entrance.shtml#qC1999-204-04"
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name=C1999-204-04>C1999-204-04</A> C
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name=C1999-204-04>C1999-204-04</A> C
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<DD>NE:Crawl on left in needle passage [<A
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<DD>NE:Crawl on left in needle passage [<A
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||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ent">ent.25</A>]
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ent">ent.25</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-05"
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<DT><A href="entrance.shtml#qC1999-204-06"
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name=C1999-204-05>C1999-204-05</A> B [done in 2000]
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<DD>NE:Continuation of crawl into boulder chamber [<A
|
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||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#pretty">pretty.4</A>]
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||||||
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-06"
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name=C1999-204-06>C1999-204-06</A> C
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name=C1999-204-06>C1999-204-06</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>NE:Continuation of crawl opposite Thread Pitch head [<A
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<DD>NE:Continuation of crawl opposite Thread Pitch head [<A
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||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ent">ent.27</A>]
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ent">ent.27</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-07"
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<DT><A href="entrance.shtml#qC1999-204-07"
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name=C1999-204-07>C1999-204-07</A> B
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name=C1999-204-07>C1999-204-07</A> B
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<DD>NE:Climb down into rift in low boulder chamber [<A
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<DD>NE:Climb down into rift in low boulder chamber [<A
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||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#pretty">pretty.4</A>]
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#pretty">pretty.4</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-08"
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<DT><A href="midlevel.shtml#qC1999-204-09"
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name=C1999-204-08>C1999-204-08</A> C [done in 2000]
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<DD>NE:Undescended pitch [<A
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#junction">junction.2</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-09"
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name=C1999-204-09>C1999-204-09</A> C
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name=C1999-204-09>C1999-204-09</A> C
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||||||
<DD>Wolp:Hole in floor through dangerous boulders [<A
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<DD>Wolp:Hole in floor through dangerous boulders [<A
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||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#veined">veined.10</A>]
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#veined">veined.10</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-10"
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<DT><A href="midlevel.shtml#qC1999-204-13"
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name=C1999-204-10>C1999-204-10</A> C [done in 2000]
|
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||||||
<DD>Wolp:Passage on right [chokes after 3m][<A
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||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#veined">veined.9</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-11"
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name=C1999-204-11>C1999-204-11</A> C [done in 2000]
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<DD>Wolp:Crawl to left at start of 110-a-day
|
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||||||
[<A href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#110bidet">110 bidet</A>]
|
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||||||
[<A href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#110aday">110aday.23</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-12"
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name=C1999-204-12>C1999-204-12</A> C [done in 2000]
|
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||||||
<DD>Wolp:Left at X-roads
|
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||||||
[<A href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#110bidet">110 bidet</A>]
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||||||
[<A href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#110aday">110aday.17</A>]
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||||||
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||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-13"
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||||||
name=C1999-204-13>C1999-204-13</A> C
|
name=C1999-204-13>C1999-204-13</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Wolp:Right at X-roads [<A
|
<DD>Wolp:Right at X-roads [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#110aday">110aday.17</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#110aday">110aday.17</A>]
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||||||
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-14"
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<DT><A href="midlevel.shtml#qC1999-204-14"
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||||||
name=C1999-204-14>C1999-204-14</A> C
|
name=C1999-204-14>C1999-204-14</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Wolp:Left branch (tight) [<A
|
<DD>Wolp:Left branch (tight) [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#110aday">110aday.1</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#110aday">110aday.1</A>]
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||||||
|
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||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-15"
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<DT><A href="midlevel.shtml#qC1999-204-15"
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||||||
name=C1999-204-15>C1999-204-15</A> C
|
name=C1999-204-15>C1999-204-15</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Wolp:Right Branch (tight) [<A
|
<DD>Wolp:Right Branch (tight) [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#110aday">110aday.1</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#110aday">110aday.1</A>]
|
||||||
|
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||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-16"
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<DT><A href="midlevel.shtml#qC1999-204-17"
|
||||||
name=C1999-204-16>C1999-204-16</A> A [done in 2000]
|
|
||||||
<DD>Wolp:20m pitch in left branch [<A
|
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#110aday">110aday.1</A>]
|
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||||||
|
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||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-17"
|
|
||||||
name=C1999-204-17>C1999-204-17</A> C
|
name=C1999-204-17>C1999-204-17</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Wolp:Possible Passage heading E on far side of rift opposite pitch head
|
<DD>Wolp:Possible Passage heading E on far side of rift opposite pitch head
|
||||||
[<A
|
[<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#pendulum">pendulum.20</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#pendulum">pendulum.20</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-18"
|
<DT><A href="midlevel.shtml#qC1999-204-18"
|
||||||
name=C1999-204-18>C1999-204-18</A> C
|
name=C1999-204-18>C1999-204-18</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Wolp:Tight passage on left [<A
|
<DD>Wolp:Tight passage on left [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#pendulum">pendulum.13</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#pendulum">pendulum.13</A>]
|
||||||
|
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||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-19"
|
<DT><A href="midlevel.shtml#qC1999-204-19"
|
||||||
name=C1999-204-19>C1999-204-19</A> C
|
name=C1999-204-19>C1999-204-19</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Wolp:Awkward way on at bottom of 2m climb down [<A
|
<DD>Wolp:Awkward way on at bottom of 2m climb down [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#phreatic">phreatic.1</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#phreatic">phreatic.1</A>]
|
||||||
|
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||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-20"
|
<DT><A href="ariston.shtml#qC1999-204-20"
|
||||||
name=C1999-204-20>C1999-204-20</A> B
|
name=C1999-204-20>C1999-204-20</A> B
|
||||||
<DD>Aris:Passage possibly leading off from ledge 5m off the floor (RH wall
|
<DD>Aris:Passage possibly leading off from ledge 5m off the floor (RH wall
|
||||||
going in) [<A
|
going in) [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ariston2">ariston2.19</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ariston2">ariston2.19</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-21"
|
<DT><A href="ariston.shtml#qC1999-204-22"
|
||||||
name=C1999-204-21>C1999-204-21</A> A [done in 2000]
|
|
||||||
<DD>Aris:Short pitch in aven chamber [<A
|
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ariston2">ariston2.17</A>]
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-22"
|
|
||||||
name=C1999-204-22>C1999-204-22</A> C
|
name=C1999-204-22>C1999-204-22</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Aris:Tight rift on left [<A
|
<DD>Aris:Tight rift on left [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ariston2">ariston2.16</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ariston2">ariston2.16</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-23"
|
<DT><A href="pleasuredome.shtml#qC1999-204-26"
|
||||||
name=C1999-204-23>C1999-204-23</A> A [done in 2000]
|
|
||||||
<DD>Aris:Pitch at end of slope [<A
|
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ariston2">ariston2.14</A>]
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-24"
|
|
||||||
name=C1999-204-24>C1999-204-24</A> A [done in 2000]
|
|
||||||
<DD>Aris:Big drop at bottom [<A
|
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ariston2">ariston2.3</A>]
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-25"
|
|
||||||
name=C1999-204-25>C1999-204-25</A> B [done in 2000]
|
|
||||||
<DD>WE:Eyehole halfway down 10m pitch [<A
|
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#dome">dome.17</A>]
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-26"
|
|
||||||
name=C1999-204-26>C1999-204-26</A> B
|
name=C1999-204-26>C1999-204-26</A> B
|
||||||
<DD>WE:Narrow slot in rift at -182m [<A
|
<DD>WE:Narrow slot in rift at -182m [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#dome">dome.41</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#dome">dome.41</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-01"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-01"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-01>C2000-204-01</A> B
|
name=C2000-204-01>C2000-204-01</A> B
|
||||||
<DD>NPNG:Upward sloping bedding plane [<A
|
<DD>NPNG:Upward sloping bedding plane [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.34</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.34</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-02"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-02"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-02>C2000-204-02</A> B
|
name=C2000-204-02>C2000-204-02</A> B
|
||||||
<DD>NPNG:Two passages merging leading to small pitch, aven [<A
|
<DD>NPNG:Two passages merging leading to small pitch, aven [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.30</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.30</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-03"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-03"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-03>C2000-204-03</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-03>C2000-204-03</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>NPNG:Crawling passage to right at fork [<A
|
<DD>NPNG:Crawling passage to right at fork [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.30</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.30</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-04"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-04"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-04>C2000-204-04</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-04>C2000-204-04</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>NPNG:Right at T junction [<A
|
<DD>NPNG:Right at T junction [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.27</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.27</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-05"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-05"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-05>C2000-204-05</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-05>C2000-204-05</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>NPNG:Rift with stream, going down stream [<A
|
<DD>NPNG:Rift with stream, going down stream [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.26</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.26</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-06"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-06"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-06>C2000-204-06</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-06>C2000-204-06</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>NPNG:Climb at end of chamber to a crawl [<A
|
<DD>NPNG:Climb at end of chamber to a crawl [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.13</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.13</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-07"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-07"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-07>C2000-204-07</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-07>C2000-204-07</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>NPNG:High end of chamber to right[<A
|
<DD>NPNG:High end of chamber to right[<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.20</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.20</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-08"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-08"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-08>C2000-204-08</A> B
|
name=C2000-204-08>C2000-204-08</A> B
|
||||||
<DD>NPNG:3m drop down slope in floor of passage [<A
|
<DD>NPNG:3m drop down slope in floor of passage [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.19</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#nopainnogain">nopainnogain.19</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-09"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-09"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-09>C2000-204-09</A> B
|
name=C2000-204-09>C2000-204-09</A> B
|
||||||
<DD>Insig:Bedding plane to right [<A
|
<DD>Insig:Bedding plane to right [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#insignificant">insignificant.5</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#insignificant">insignificant.5</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-10"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-10"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-02>C2000-204-10</A> A
|
name=C2000-204-02>C2000-204-10</A> A
|
||||||
<DD>Insig:30m pitch [<A
|
<DD>Insig:30m pitch [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#insignificant">insignificant.4</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#insignificant">insignificant.4</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-11"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-11"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-11>C2000-204-11</A> B
|
name=C2000-204-11>C2000-204-11</A> B
|
||||||
<DD>Insig:Sloping chute to 30m pitch, dead?[<A
|
<DD>Insig:Sloping chute to 30m pitch, dead?[<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.2</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.2</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-12"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-12"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-12>C2000-204-12</A> B
|
name=C2000-204-12>C2000-204-12</A> B
|
||||||
<DD>Insig:Stooping passage to left at fork [<A
|
<DD>Insig:Stooping passage to left at fork [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.11</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.11</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-13"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-13"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-13>C2000-204-13</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-13>C2000-204-13</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Insig:Small passage continuing in direction of main passage through hole in right wall [<A
|
<DD>Insig:Small passage continuing in direction of main passage through hole in right wall [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.12</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.12</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-14"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-14"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-14>C2000-204-14</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-14>C2000-204-14</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Insig:Small passage continuing in opposite direction of main passage through hole in right wall [<A
|
<DD>Insig:Small passage continuing in opposite direction of main passage through hole in right wall [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.12</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.12</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-15"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-15"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-15>C2000-204-15</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-15>C2000-204-15</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Crawl on right [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Crawl on right [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.13</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.13</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-16"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-16"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-16>C2000-204-16</A> B
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name=C2000-204-16>C2000-204-16</A> B
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<DD>Tree:Crawl in trench on left [<A
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<DD>Tree:Crawl in trench on left [<A
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.15</A>]
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.15</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-17"
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<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-17"
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name=C2000-204-17>C2000-204-17</A> C
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name=C2000-204-17>C2000-204-17</A> C
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<DD>Tree:Small passage links to ?21 [<A
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<DD>Tree:Small passage links to ?21 [<A
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.15</A>]
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.15</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-18"
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<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-18"
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name=C2000-204-18>C2000-204-18</A> C
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name=C2000-204-18>C2000-204-18</A> C
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<DD>Tree:High up crawl on left [<A
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<DD>Tree:High up crawl on left [<A
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.15</A>]
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.15</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-19"
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<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-19"
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name=C2000-204-19>C2000-204-19</A> C
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name=C2000-204-19>C2000-204-19</A> C
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<DD>Tree:Tight stooping passage to left [<A
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<DD>Tree:Tight stooping passage to left [<A
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.16</A>]
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.16</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-20"
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<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-20"
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name=C2000-204-20>C2000-204-20</A> C
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name=C2000-204-20>C2000-204-20</A> C
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<DD>Tree:Passage to left at fork, reduces in size [<A
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<DD>Tree:Passage to left at fork, reduces in size [<A
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.16</A>]
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.16</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-21"
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<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-21"
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name=C2000-204-21>C2000-204-21</A> C
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name=C2000-204-21>C2000-204-21</A> C
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<DD>Tree:Crawl high up links to ?17 [<A
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<DD>Tree:Crawl high up links to ?17 [<A
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||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.17</A>]
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.17</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-22"
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<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-22"
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name=C2000-204-22>C2000-204-22</A> C
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name=C2000-204-22>C2000-204-22</A> C
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<DD>Tree:I do not know, this may well not exsist [<A
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<DD>Tree:I do not know, this may well not exist [<A
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||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.17</A>]
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.17</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-23"
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<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-24"
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name=C2000-204-23>C2000-204-23</A> A
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<DD>Tree:Over the bolder slope [<A
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.18</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-24"
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name=C2000-204-24>C2000-204-24</A> A
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name=C2000-204-24>C2000-204-24</A> A
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||||||
<DD>Tree:Walking passage keeps go a long way [<A
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<DD>Tree:Walking passage keeps go a long way [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.19</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.19</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-25"
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<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-25"
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name=C2000-204-25>C2000-204-25</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-25>C2000-204-25</A> C
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||||||
<DD>Tree:Crawl high up on right [<A
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<DD>Tree:Crawl high up on right [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.19</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.19</A>]
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-26"
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<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-26"
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||||||
name=C2000-204-26>C2000-204-26</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-26>C2000-204-26</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Tight passage high up [<A
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<DD>Tree:Tight passage high up [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.20</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.20</A>]
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||||||
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<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-27"
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<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-27"
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||||||
name=C2000-204-27>C2000-204-27</A> X
|
name=C2000-204-27>C2000-204-27</A> X
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Possibly an aven [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Possibly an aven [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.19</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.19</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-28"
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<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-28"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-28>C2000-204-28</A> A
|
name=C2000-204-28>C2000-204-28</A> A
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Stooping passage [<A
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<DD>Tree:Stooping passage [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.22</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.22</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-29"
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<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-29"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-29>C2000-204-29</A> Dig
|
name=C2000-204-29>C2000-204-29</A> Dig
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Pitch low down on right needs digging [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Pitch low down on right needs digging [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.23</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.23</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-30"
|
<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-30"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-30>C2000-204-30</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-30>C2000-204-30</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Possible passage needing traversing to [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Possible passage needing traversing to [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.24</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.24</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-31"
|
<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-31"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-31>C2000-204-31</A> B
|
name=C2000-204-31>C2000-204-31</A> B
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Passage continues over pitch [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Passage continues over pitch [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.24</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.24</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-32"
|
<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-32"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-32>C2000-204-32</A> B
|
name=C2000-204-32>C2000-204-32</A> B
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Down Great oak chamber 5m? [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Down Great oak chamber 5m? [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.24</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.24</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-33"
|
<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-33"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-33>C2000-204-33</A> X
|
name=C2000-204-33>C2000-204-33</A> X
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Passage continues over pitch [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Passage continues over pitch [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.24</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.24</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-34"
|
<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-34"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-34>C2000-204-34</A> B
|
name=C2000-204-34>C2000-204-34</A> B
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Somewhere in oxbow [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Somewhere in oxbow [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.26</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.26</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-35"
|
<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-35"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-35>C2000-204-35</A> X
|
name=C2000-204-35>C2000-204-35</A> X
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Aven in oxbow [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Aven in oxbow [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.26</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.26</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-36"
|
<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-36"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-36>C2000-204-36</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-36>C2000-204-36</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Floor level on right needs digging [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Floor level on right needs digging [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.27</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.27</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-37"
|
<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-37"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-37>C2000-204-37</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-37>C2000-204-37</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Floor level on right needs digging [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Floor level on right needs digging [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.27</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.27</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-38"
|
<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-38"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-38>C2000-204-38</A> X
|
name=C2000-204-38>C2000-204-38</A> X
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Aven in cave tree chamber [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Aven in cave tree chamber [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.28</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.28</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-39"
|
<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-39"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-39>C2000-204-39</A> B
|
name=C2000-204-39>C2000-204-39</A> B
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Pitch ?30m [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Pitch ?30m [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.28</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.28</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-40"
|
<DT><A href="treeumphant.shtml#qC2000-204-40"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-40>C2000-204-40</A> A
|
name=C2000-204-40>C2000-204-40</A> A
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Passage continuation over pitch[<A
|
<DD>Tree:Passage continuation over pitch[<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.28</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#treeumphant">treeumphant.28</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-41"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-41"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-41>C2000-204-41</A> A
|
name=C2000-204-41>C2000-204-41</A> A
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Initially walking drafting tube 70m draught uphill still going walk/crawl [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Initially walking drafting tube 70m uphill still going walk/crawl [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.2</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.2</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-42"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-42"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-42>C2000-204-42</A> B
|
name=C2000-204-42>C2000-204-42</A> B
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Low drafting crawl [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Low drafting crawl [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.2</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.2</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-43"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-43"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-43>C2000-204-43</A> Dig
|
name=C2000-204-43>C2000-204-43</A> Dig
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Chose slope on left needs digging[<A
|
<DD>Tree:Choss slope on left needs digging[<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.5/A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.5/A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-44"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-44"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-44>C2000-204-44</A> X
|
name=C2000-204-44>C2000-204-44</A> X
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Aven [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Aven [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.7</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.7</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-45"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-45"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-45>C2000-204-45</A> B
|
name=C2000-204-45>C2000-204-45</A> B
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Straight on tight drafting [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Straight on tight drafting [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.7</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.7</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-46"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-46"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-46>C2000-204-46</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-46>C2000-204-46</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Tight rift [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Tight rift [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.9</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.9</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-47"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-47"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-47>C2000-204-47</A> A
|
name=C2000-204-47>C2000-204-47</A> A
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Tight rift + stream, may be linked to waterfall in chamber in no pain no gain[<A
|
<DD>Tree:Tight rift + stream, may be linked to waterfall in chamber in no pain no gain[<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.9</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.9</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-48"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-48"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-48>C2000-204-48</A> X
|
name=C2000-204-48>C2000-204-48</A> X
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Aven [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Aven [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.9</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.9</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-49"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-49"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-49>C2000-204-49</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-49>C2000-204-49</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Climb up over bolders [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Climb up over boulders [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.8</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#colonade">colonade.8</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-50"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-50"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-50>C2000-204-50</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-50>C2000-204-50</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Small passage low down on right in chamber [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Small passage low down on right in chamber [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#bonsai">bonsai.3</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#bonsai">bonsai.3</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-51"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-51"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-51>C2000-204-51</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-51>C2000-204-51</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Small passage high up on right in chamber [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Small passage high up on right in chamber [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#bonsai">bonsai.3</A>]
|
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#bonsai">bonsai.3</A>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<DT><A href="../204.htm#qC2000-204-52"
|
<DT><A href="nopain.shtml#qC2000-204-52"
|
||||||
name=C2000-204-52>C2000-204-52</A> C
|
name=C2000-204-52>C2000-204-52</A> C
|
||||||
<DD>Tree:Pitch in chamber [<A
|
<DD>Tree:Pitch in chamber [<A
|
||||||
href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#bonsai">bonsai.3</A>]
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href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#bonsai">bonsai.3</A>]
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<DD>Insig:Hole to the side of the crawl [<A
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<DD>Fled: Traverse in Fledermausschacht
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<DD>Fled: Mudbanks in chamber off the top of Fledermausschacht
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<p>Format is QM identifier, Quality Grade, Area indicator, decription of QM.
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-01" name="C1999-204-01">C1999-204-01</a> C<dd>NE:Passage visible from pitchhead [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ent">ent.7
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-02" name="C1999-204-02">C1999-204-02</a> B<dd>NE:Pitch/climb reached from top of snowplug [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ent">ent.7</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-03" name="C1999-204-03">C1999-204-03</a> C<dd>NE:Passage above gap at edge of snowplug above normal route [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ent">ent.7</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-04" name="C1999-204-04">C1999-204-04</a> C<dd>NE:Crawl on left in needle passage [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ent">ent.25</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-05" name="C1999-204-05">C1999-204-05</a> B<dd>NE:Continuation of crawl into boulder chamber [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#pretty">pretty.4</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-06" name="C1999-204-06">C1999-204-06</a> C<dd>NE:Continuation of crawl opposite Thread Pitch head [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ent">ent.27</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-07" name="C1999-204-07">C1999-204-07</a> B<dd>NE:Climb down into rift in low boulder chamber [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#pretty">pretty.4</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-08" name="C1999-204-08">C1999-204-08</a> C<dd>NE:Undescended pitch [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#junction">junction.2</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-09" name="C1999-204-09">C1999-204-09</a> C<dd>Wolp:Hole in floor through dangerous boulders [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#veined">veined.10</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-10" name="C1999-204-10">C1999-204-10</a> C<dd>Wolp:Passage on right [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#veined">veined.9</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-11" name="C1999-204-11">C1999-204-11</a> C<dd>Wolp:Crawl to left at start of 110-a-day [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#110aday">110aday.23</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-12" name="C1999-204-12">C1999-204-12</a> C<dd>Wolp:Left at X-roads [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#110aday">110aday.17</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-14" name="C1999-204-14">C1999-204-14</a> C<dd>Wolp:Left branch (tight) [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#110aday">110aday.1</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-16" name="C1999-204-16">C1999-204-16</a> A<dd>Wolp:20m pitch in left branch [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#110aday">110aday.1</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-17" name="C1999-204-17">C1999-204-17</a> C<dd>Wolp:Possible Passage heading E on far side of rift opposite pitch head [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#pendulum">pendulum.20</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-18" name="C1999-204-18">C1999-204-18</a> C<dd>Wolp:Tight passage on left [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#pendulum">pendulum.13</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-19" name="C1999-204-19">C1999-204-19</a> C<dd>Wolp:Awkward way on at bottom of 2m climb down [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#phreatic">phreatic.1</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-20" name="C1999-204-20">C1999-204-20</a> B<dd>Aris:Passage possibly leading off from ledge 5m off the floor (RH wall going in) [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ariston2">ariston2.19</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-21" name="C1999-204-21">C1999-204-21</a> A<dd>Aris:Short pitch in aven chamber [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ariston2">ariston2.17</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-22" name="C1999-204-22">C1999-204-22</a> C<dd>Aris:Tight rift on left [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ariston2">ariston2.16</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-23" name="C1999-204-23">C1999-204-23</a> A<dd>Aris:Pitch at end of slope [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ariston2">ariston2.14</a>]
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<dt><a href="../204.htm#qC1999-204-24" name="C1999-204-24">C1999-204-24</a> A<dd>Aris:Big drop at bottom [<a href="../../handbook/survey/svindx.htm#ariston2">ariston2.3</a>]
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<TH lang=de><h1>Steinbrückenhöhle</h1></TH>
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<P><B>The Colonnade</B> meets <B>Treeumphant Passage</B> at a narrow angle. In one direction
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Treeumphant Passage ends just next to its entrance at a boulder slope. Ascending this
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name=qC2000-204-24>C2000-204-24 A</A>], as well as a high up crawl to the right [<A
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name=qC2000-204-25>C2000-204-25 C</A>] and then a tight high passage to the left [<A
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name=qC2000-204-26>C2000-204-26 C</A>]. The passage then increases in height approaching a sharp turn
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name=qC2000-204-28>C2000-204-28 A</A>] continues straight on, and there may be an aven in the ceiling [<A
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name=qC2000-204-27>C2000-204-27 X</A>]. The main passage passes possibly diggable holes at floor level [<A
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name=qC2000-204-29>C2000-204-29 Dig</A>], and continues into <B>Great Oak Chamber</B>.
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name=qC2000-204-32>C2000-204-32 B</A>] in Great Oak Chamber and there is an aven above [<A
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name=qC2000-204-33>C2000-204-33 X</A>]. There may be passage continuing straight across the chamber [<A
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name=qC2000-204-31>C2000-204-31 B</A>], as well as a passage to the right [<A
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name=qC2000-204-30>C2000-204-30 C</A>]. Just before the drop there is a bouldery slope up to another
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smaller walking size passage. There is an oxbow to the left, with a possible passage leading off
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name=qC2000-204-34>C2000-204-34 B</A>], as well as an aven [<A
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href="qm.htm#C2000-204-35"
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name=qC2000-204-35>C2000-204-35 X</A>]. There are a couple of possible digs to the left slightly
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name=qC2000-204-36>C2000-204-36 C</A>], [<A
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name=qC2000-204-37>C2000-204-37 C</A>] before the passage enters <B>Cave Tree Chamber</B>.
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<P>There is a climb down of about 2m into <B>Cave Tree Chamber</B>, which has a bouldery floor on
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the left, and a pitch on the right [<A
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name=qC2000-204-39>C2000-204-39 B</A>]. An aven extends above [<A
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name=qC2000-204-38>C2000-204-38 X</A>], and the passage may continue over the pitch [<A
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name=qC2000-204-40>C2000-204-40 A</A>]. It would be advisable to protect this traverse.
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<th lang="de"><font size="+2">Steinbrückenhöhle</font></th>
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<p><b>Altitude:</b> 1820m, length 2.5km, depth 368m<br>
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<b>Location:</b> 204b entrance E 36673 N (52)83716
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<p>The cave is situated on the west side of the col between the
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<span lang="de-at">Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel</span> and
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<span lang="de-at">Nieder AugstEck</span>.
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<p><b>Access route:</b>The 1999 route from Top Camp
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(probably near optimal) is a cairned path via
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<span lang="de">Wolfhöhle</span>
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(<a href="../plateau/145.htm">1623/145</a>) and Laser Point 5, then up to the
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top of the bare patch of white limestone visible from Top Camp, passing
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<a href="195.htm">195</a> and <a href="196.htm">196.</a> Laser 0/5 can also
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be approached via <a href="../plateau/107.htm">107</a>, a slightly lower
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route; or the white patch of limestone can be reached by a more central route
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across the plateau. In all these cases there is scope for endless variation,
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and an approach which keeps the large bare patch in view is recommended.
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Alternatively, the cave may be approached from the summit of HSK - probably
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the optimal route if you are coming from any of the
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<a href="161/top.htm">161</a> entrances.
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<p><b>Marking:</b>Tag. Does it say "CUCC 99-03" or "CUCC 204"?
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<p><b>Description:</b>204a entrance is directly opposite a 10m x 3m stone
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bridge from which it derives its name. The entrance itself is
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approximately 8m high and 5m wide, and leads down a boulder slope and
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round a right hand bend to the top of the first pitch. 204b entrance is
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15m away to the west, and this is the entrance which is rigged. A 3m
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climb down (handline useful) leads into the entrance gully and a ledge at
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the head of the first pitch, <b>Trick or Treat</b>, opposite 204a
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entrance. This loose, sloping pitch of 20m is rigged from a Y-hang on the
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right hand wall, with a rebelay and deviation. The pitch is tedious to
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prussik on return and is best climbed. The landing is by a large snow
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plug with (in 1999) an ice corridor round the edge leading to the top of
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a boulder slope. A rift passage on the right becomes too tight.
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<p><a name="jim">Descending</a> the boulder slope (care required to
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avoid kicking rocks off) leads to the head of the second pitch, <b>Jim'll
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Fix It</b> (18m). An unexplored passage is visible from the pitch
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head, which could be accessed by a bolt traverse round the right hand
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side of the pitch head [<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-01" name="qC1999-204-01">C1999-204-01 C</a>]. The pitch is rigged from a bolt in
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the left hand wall with a deviation from a spit immediately after the
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pitch head bolt. This protects a marginal rub point and also avoids a jet
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of water which spurts from a crack in the wall after heavy rain. The
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landing is by a large pointed snowplug. Landing on top of the snow plug
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and climbing up 2m to the right (when facing the wall on which the
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pitch is rigged) leads to an undescended pitch/climb [<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-02" name="qC1999-204-02">C1999-204-02 B</a>]
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which lies above the northern end of
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<a href="#wolp">Wolpertinger Way</a>. In 1999 there was sufficient
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gap between snow and wall to complete the descent and emerge in a sloping
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phreatic passage. There are two ways on: Right leads uphill as
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stooping/crawling height passage for 30m to emerge at the top of
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<a href="#umshit">Umshitshimbo</a>. Left leads downhill into
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<a href="#nearend">The Near End</a> and is the main way on. There is a
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|
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further unexplored passage in the wall above the gap between the snow plug
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|
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and the rock [<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-03" name="qC1999-204-03">C1999-204-03 C</a>].
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<h3><a name="nearend">The Near End</a></h3>
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<p><b>The Near End</b> is a collective name for
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|
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a complex network of high level phreatic passages which slope
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||||||
approximately 20° following the dip of the beds. Heading
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|
||||||
downhill from the base of <b>Jim'll Fix It</b> in a stooping
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|
||||||
height passage leads round a double bend to a 2m climb down to a
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|
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junction. Right leads to more <a href="#nearside">side
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passages</a> whilst the main route is straight ahead to a
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crossroads. Right leads into the same <a href="#nearside">side
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passages</a> as the previous right turn. Left is <b>Needle Crawl</b>
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past an unexplored passage on the left [<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-04" name="qC1999-204-04">C1999-204-04 C</a>] and
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|
||||||
a crawl on the right (feels like straight ahead) which becomes too small after ~8m.
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Straight ahead (feels like a left) leads to the head of a fine 4m diameter circular shaft, <b>Thread
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Pitch</b>. This pitch of 17m leads into <a href="#wolp">Wolpertinger Way</a>,
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and is likely to be the main route from 2000. A continuation of the crawl is
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|
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visible at the opposite side of the pitch head [<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-06" name="qC1999-204-06">C1999-204-06 C</a>].
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<p>From the crossroads, the main route in 1999 was straight ahead, downhill
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|
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in mostly stooping height passage with a short section of sandy crawling.
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After 15m is a short climb down to the top of a 4m deep pit with a too-tight
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|
||||||
passage at the bottom, with the phreatic passage continuing to the right.
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|
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After a further 10m the passage is intersected by a large rift with a big
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|
||||||
rock partially blocking the passage. Climbing up to the right leads back into
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|
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a tall rift in the <a href="#nearside">side passages</a>. A climb up to the
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|
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left leads to a passage containing attractive white mud which was not
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|
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entered, however a visual connection to the <a href="#pendulum">Pendulum
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|
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Pitch</a> was established.
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|
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<p>Straight ahead leads to a further junction after 15m. Left opens out to
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|
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the head of <a href="#pendulum">Pendulum Pitch</a>, the main route to the
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|
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bottom of <a href="#wolp">Wolpertinger Way</a> used in 1999. Right leads to a
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|
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narrow stooping height passage which continues for 25m with several clear
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|
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pools in the floor to a widening where most routes ahead and to the left are
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|
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choked with boulders. To the right, a body sized tube leads upwards for ~15m
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|
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before opening out into a low chamber on the left. The continuation of
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|
||||||
the crawl is immediately opposite the entry point [<a
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|
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href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-05" name="qC1999-204-05">C1999-204-05 B</a>]
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|
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and there is a climb down into a rift on the far side of the chamber to
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|
||||||
the left [<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-07"
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|
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name="qC1999-204-07">C1999-204-07 B</a>]. The chamber doubles back on
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|
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itself to the left and encounters an area of breakdown which was not
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|
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fully investigated, but is presumed to be the opposite side of the
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|
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boulder choke.
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|
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|
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<h3><a name="nearside">The Near End: Side Passages</a></h3>
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|
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|
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<p>The first two right turns encountered when heading downhill
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|
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from the foot of <a href="#jim">Jim'll Fix It</a> unite in a walking
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|
||||||
sized passage. After 10m the bottom of <a href="#umshit">Umshitshimbo</a>
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|
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is passed on the right, whilst straight ahead leads to a junction
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|
||||||
with a large keyhole passage. Left leads after 15m to a climb up
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|
||||||
behind a precariously placed boulder, to an immediate climb down
|
|
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of 4m which emerges in the 1999 main route through the near end
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|
||||||
before <a href="#pendulum">Pendulum Pitch</a>. Right leads
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|
||||||
immediately to an undescended pitch [<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-08" name="qC1999-204-08">C1999-204-08 B</a>]. A difficult and
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|
||||||
exposed traverse round the left hand wall leads to a further 30m
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|
||||||
of passage with a steadily lowering roof culminating in a boulder
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|
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choke.
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|
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|
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<p><center><img alt="plan: 24k gif" width=582 height=783 src="204/pl1999.png"></center>
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|
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|
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<h3><a name="umshit">The Near End: Umshitshimbo and Updip
|
|
||||||
Passages</a></h3>
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|
||||||
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|
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<p><b>Umshitshimbo</b> is a fine phreatic ramp, 2m wide and about 4m
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|
||||||
high, which heads uphill in a straight line for 40m. At the top a
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|
||||||
passage doubling back on the right leads back to the base of
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|
||||||
<a href="#jim">Jim'll Fix It</a> and there is a climb up into a rift passage
|
|
||||||
heading south over the top of Umshitshimbo which becomes too narrow. Large
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|
||||||
passage continues uphill past a 2m deep blind pit on the right to a junction.
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
<p>Left leads uphill past a choked inlet on the left to a steep
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|
||||||
uphill section with a crawl on the right, which leads shortly to
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|
||||||
a 2m climb down and immediate choke. At the top of the steep
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|
||||||
section the passage to the right immediately chokes, whilst left
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|
||||||
is <b>Dolly Parton climb</b>, a 2m climb up with huge jugs, to a further
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|
||||||
15m of upward trending phreatic passage, terminating in a boulder choke
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|
||||||
with a slight draught (air coming into the cave.) There are two small
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|
||||||
steep phreatic ramps on the left hand side of this passage, both very
|
|
||||||
small and both choked.
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|
||||||
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|
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<p>Straight ahead at the junction leads through a short section
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|
||||||
of rift to an enlargement with an alcove on the right and a
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|
||||||
keyhole passage ahead. The rift section at the bottom quickly
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|
||||||
becomes choked, with a slight draught coming in. A 3m climb gains
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|
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access to the phreatic section which goes over the top of the choke, and
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|
||||||
about after a further 3m reaches a large boulder, which almost blocks the
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|
||||||
passage with a strong breeze blowing through the gap (into the cave.)
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|
||||||
Squeezing through yields a steeply ascending rocky crawl which chokes
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|
||||||
after about 5m.
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|
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|
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<h3><a name="wolp">Wolpertinger Way</a></h3>
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|
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|
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<p><b>Thread pitch</b> from <a href="#nearend">The Near End</a>
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|
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lands at the top of a large 6-8m diameter phreatic passage,
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<b>Wolpertinger Way</b>, which heads downhill past some ice formations on
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|
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the left hand side, for 35m to a junction. Straight ahead is a steep
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|
||||||
gully leading to a 6.5m diameter circular shaft with aven above -
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|
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<b>You're So Veined</b>. There is a traverse round the right hand side of
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|
||||||
the gully on an increasingly narrow ledge.
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|
||||||
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|
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<p><b>You're so Veined</b> is rigged at its southern end, and this is
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|
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reached via a sandy crawl off to the right from the top of the steep gully,
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which passes over a hole in the floor through dangerous boulders
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|
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[<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-09" name="qC1999-204-09">C1999-204-09 C</a>] to reach a junction. Right is an unexplored passage
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[<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-10" name="qC1999-204-10">C1999-204-10 C</a>], straight ahead leads into <a href="#110aday">110 A Day</a>,
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whilst left is the main route.
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|
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<p>More sandy crawling leads to a crossroads, where left leads to
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|
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the ledge overlooking the pitch, and right is a short crawl leading
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to the main passage part of the way down <a href="#pendulum">Pendulum
|
|
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Pitch</a>, the easiest route to the <a href="#elephant">White
|
|
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Elephant Series</a>. Straight ahead leads to a further junction.
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Right is a short passage to a traverse round a blind pit, an
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|
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alternative route to <a href="#pendulum">Pendulum Pitch</a>. Left
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|
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is the head of <b>You're So Veined</b>, the start of the
|
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<a href="#ariston">Ariston Series</a>. </p>
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|
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|
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<h3><a name="110aday">110 A Day</a></h3>
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<p><b>110 A Day</b> is a long, dusty passage which varies between stooping
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and crawling for 110m. Immediately after the start is a sharp right hand bend
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with an unexplored crawl straight ahead [<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-11" name="qC1999-204-11">C1999-204-11 C</a>]. About halfway along
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is a crossroads, where low passages lead off to left and right
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[<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-12" name="qC1999-204-12">C1999-204-12 C</a> and <a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-13" name="qC1999-204-13">C1999-204-13 C</a>]. At the terminus reached in 1999, the
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passage splits into two. Each branch immediately becomes tight, but could be
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pushed further with a little determination and effort [<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-14" name="qC1999-204-14">C1999-204-14 C</a> and
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<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-15" name="qC1999-204-15">C1999-204-15 C</a>]. In the left hand branch, just before the passage becomes
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tighter, is an undescended pitch [<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-16" name="qC1999-204-16">C1999-204-16 A</a>] of perhaps 20m.
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<h3><a name="pendulum">Pendulum Pitch Route</a></h3>
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<p><b>Pendulum Pitch</b> is in a large rift. The first section is a
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loose boulder slope (care required) to a rebelay, then a descent
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of 23m via a deviation off the far wall below a large wedged
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boulder. There may be a passage on the far side of the rift accessible
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with difficulty from this boulder [<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-17" name="qC1999-204-17">C1999-204-17 C</a>]. From the base of the
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pitch, two rift passages lead off which very quickly become too tight.
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<p>The main route on is reached by swinging off after 16m into a
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6m wide passage. Two passages in the left hand wall are quickly
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encountered. The first quickly becomes too tight, the second is a
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short crawl leading into the network of sandy crawls at the bottom of
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<a href="#wolp">Wolpertinger Way</a>, and is the best route from here to the
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<a href="#ariston">Ariston Series</a>. Continuing down the main passage,
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passing either side of a huge boulder, reaches a blind pit in the floor, with
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two ways on.
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<p>A loose and slightly precarious traverse round the blind pit
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leads to a short passage on the left, emerging at the head of <b>You're
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So Veined</b> at the start of the <a href="#ariston">Ariston Series</a>. A
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rift visible at the opposite side of the pit has an audible connection to
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<b>You're so Veined</b>.
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<p>To the right at the blind pit is a draughting phreatic tube which heads
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downhill at a comfortable walking size past a tight passage on the left
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[<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-18" name="qC1999-204-18">C1999-204-18 C</a>]. After 20m, a 3m climb up into a roof tube on the right hand
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side is the way into the <a href="#elephant">White Elephant Series</a>.
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The phreatic passage continues for a further 15m past a too tight inlet on
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the right and a traverse over a blind pit to a 3m deep hole in the floor,
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which is blind. Traversing over the hole and up a loose climb with a too
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tight rift in the right hand wall leads into an uphill passage, which is
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choked with mud after 5m. A sandy crawl on the right just before the
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choke leads via a left hand bend with a too tight rift on the right
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(probably connecting to that at the loose climb) ending at a 2m climb
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down. There is a possible way on at the bottom of this, but it is very
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small and tall people at least would have to enter feet first
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[<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-19" name="qC1999-204-19">C1999-204-19 C</a>]. There is a noticeable draught here blowing downhill (into
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the cave).
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<p><center><img alt="elevation: 16k gif" width=575 height=780 src="204/el1999.png"></center>
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<h3><a name="ariston">Ariston Series</a></h3>
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<p>The Ariston Series is the route to the current deepest point in the
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cave. The pitch series begins with a short pitch of 5m rigged from a large
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thread in the roof a few metres back, with a single spit for the
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vertical part, which is almost a scramble. This lands on a large
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ledge formed of boulders wedged across a narrow point; there are
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two choices of descent here, one to the north, <b>You're So
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Veined</b> (15m), which was used in 1999, and an as yet
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undescended pitch to the south, which will land further down the
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Ariston Series, which should probably be used in 2000. One
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rebelay provides a good hang against the wall of You're so Veined
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to reach the foot of the pitch, which is in a spacious shaft,
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||||||
with an impressive aven above. From here, there are two ways on:
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to the left, facing away from the pitch just descended, is a
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gully, which in 1999 contained a thick layer of ice. Carefully
|
|
||||||
traversing this rather slippery section leads to the head of a
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|
||||||
small pitch of 6m, which was rigged with a Y-hang. From here a walking
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|
||||||
size phreatic passage leads off, carrying a substantial breeze.
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|
||||||
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
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|
||||||
out.
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|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>Back at the foot of <b>You're So Veined</b>, a way on to the right
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|
||||||
leads into a small, very crumbly chamber, from which a short section of
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|
||||||
awkward rift leads to a fine crow's nest in the wall of a large rift. A
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|
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very short pitch (5m) lands on a large ledge, from which a roped traverse
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|
||||||
along the left-hand wall gains the head of the next pitch of 12m, which
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|
||||||
avoids a large ledge which would have been in the way but for the
|
|
||||||
traverse. This pitch currently requires a rope protector just below the
|
|
||||||
Y-hang at the top. The landing is on another large ledge, where a pool can
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|
||||||
be used to refill water containers. It is thought that the alternative
|
|
||||||
pitch to You're so Veined will land here, if rigged.
|
|
||||||
|
|
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<p>The next pitch of 14m consists of a backup bolt followed by a Y-hang,
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|
||||||
which utilises one very cratered spit, which can only be used with a
|
|
||||||
bollard type hanger. This pitch requires a deviation from the opposite
|
|
||||||
wall or a rebelay to be installed as there is currently a rub point just
|
|
||||||
below the Y-hang. The ledge that this pitch lands on consists 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 (35m).
|
|
||||||
Unfortunately, it seems to be impossible to get a clean hang from here,
|
|
||||||
and a rub-point 3m down will require the installation of a rebelay or
|
|
||||||
deviation in future. Immediately after this point, the walls of the shaft
|
|
||||||
bell out, 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 [<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-20" name="qC1999-204-20">C1999-204-20 B</a>].
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>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 up and over) in future. This leads to a further short pitch
|
|
||||||
(10m), which lands in an aven chamber of ample proportions. From here is
|
|
||||||
another short, undescended pitch [<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-21" name="qC1999-204-21">C1999-204-21 A</a>], a crawl leading off from
|
|
||||||
the foot of the pitch just descended, and a descending rubble slope. The
|
|
||||||
rubble slope curves round to the right, passing a tight rift on the left
|
|
||||||
[<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-22" name="qC1999-204-22">C1999-204-22 C</a>], to reach 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 an undescended pitch
|
|
||||||
[<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-23" name="qC1999-204-23">C1999-204-23 A</a>], and 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.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>Some 50m of alternate crawling and stooping, including a single point
|
|
||||||
where the roof dips and the crawl is flat-out, leads to a small chamber.
|
|
||||||
Here there are two holes in the floor. One, which has not been descended,
|
|
||||||
is a reasonably large drop (stones bounce off the walls a couple of
|
|
||||||
times and then fall free for some 3s)[<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-24" name="qC1999-204-24">C1999-204-24 A</a>]. The other drop is much shorter, and
|
|
||||||
is split into two sections by ledges on each wall part way down. The first
|
|
||||||
section of 8m reaches these small ledges, where a stream enters from the
|
|
||||||
foot of a very large aven. The next section of 11m is wet, and lands on a
|
|
||||||
small ledge overlooking a massive shaft. Stones thrown out from here fall
|
|
||||||
for 3s. This is believed to be the same pitch as C1999-204-24, which will
|
|
||||||
probably prove to provide a drier descent. This ledge is the current limit
|
|
||||||
of exploration at -226m.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<h3><a name="elephant">White Elephant Series</a></h3>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>The White Elephant Series is a series of rift pitches which has not been
|
|
||||||
pushed to a definite conclusion, but does not appear especially promising,
|
|
||||||
despite carrying a considerable breeze. From the head of the 3m climb up,
|
|
||||||
a roof tube leads off. After 8m of crawling, the passage opens out at the
|
|
||||||
head of a 2m climb down by a large boulder. A too-tight rift leads off on
|
|
||||||
the left, but ahead opens out into a large space, the <b>Millennium
|
|
||||||
Dome</b>.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>A 20m pitch rigged from a bolt on the left hand wall backed up to the
|
|
||||||
big boulder, with a rebelay and rope protector after 5m, lands on the
|
|
||||||
boulder floor of the Millennium dome, which is an L-shaped chamber at the
|
|
||||||
base of a large aven, with each arm of the L being 15m long and 5m wide.
|
|
||||||
There do not appear to be any ways through the boulders, but a rift leads
|
|
||||||
off at the western end, quickly arriving at the head of a 10m pitch with a
|
|
||||||
constricted take off, rigged from boulders. An eyehole part way down this
|
|
||||||
pitch appears to lead into a parallel shaft [<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-25" name="qC1999-204-25">C1999-204-25 B</a>]. The pitch lands
|
|
||||||
on a rubble floor with a blind pit. Heading south quickly reaches a loose
|
|
||||||
pitch head, with a rift passage continuing beyond.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>The pitch is 28m, rigged from a bolt on the left hand wall and
|
|
||||||
deviations from natural threads after 4m and 12m. The second deviation is
|
|
||||||
by a small rock bridge, where descending either side appears to go to the
|
|
||||||
same place, and an eyehole opposite connects to the continuation of the
|
|
||||||
rift at the top of the pitch. The base of the pitch is an oddly shaped
|
|
||||||
chamber formed from several rifts (about 7m up the pitch, these rifts
|
|
||||||
coalesce to form a single shaft.) North from the base of the rope leads to
|
|
||||||
a 3m climb down into an inlet rift coming from the north which ends in a
|
|
||||||
blank wall 8m from the base of the rope, but the rift continues too-tight
|
|
||||||
heading south beneath the 3m climb. South from the base of the rope is
|
|
||||||
another rift heading downhill which rapidly becomes too tight with running
|
|
||||||
water clearly audible, but not visible beyond. West from the base of the
|
|
||||||
rope leads to junction with a too tight rift continuing to the west, and
|
|
||||||
another inlet rift coming from the north which ends in a blank wall after
|
|
||||||
5m.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>Traversing over the top of the pitch (rope required) and a short descent
|
|
||||||
leads to a continuation of the rift passage. A hole on the left connects to
|
|
||||||
the 28m pitch described earlier. After 5m the rift narrows and a constricted
|
|
||||||
pitch head is reached. The descent of 15m is rigged from a large boulder and
|
|
||||||
leads immediately to a further drop of 7m rigged from a bolt. This shorter
|
|
||||||
drop may be bypassed by an alternative free climb in a narrow slot
|
|
||||||
immediately beyond the pitch head. From the base the tall, narrow rift
|
|
||||||
continues with two short climbs and a slot in the floor which gradually
|
|
||||||
widens to the head of the next pitch after 6m. This is rigged from a Y-hang
|
|
||||||
on either side of the rift, but soon opens out to give a fine descent of 15m
|
|
||||||
landing in a spacious rift at 182m depth from 204b entrance. A narrow slot in
|
|
||||||
the floor develops, which is just large enough to descend, but stones thrown
|
|
||||||
down sound dead [<a href="204/qm.htm#C1999-204-26" name="qC1999-204-26">C1999-204-26 B</a>]. It is possible to traverse above the slot
|
|
||||||
for a short way before the rift becomes too tight.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>There is a noticeable breeze at the base of this pitch, as there is
|
|
||||||
through much of the series, with air blowing into the cave. From the base
|
|
||||||
of the 7m pitch, there is no roof visible. This area has potential, but
|
|
||||||
there are no easy leads, and some lunatic bolt traverses may be required
|
|
||||||
to try to bypass the tight sections.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p><b>Exploration:</b> CUCC 1999, to length 1365m, depth 226m<br>
|
|
||||||
CUCC 2000 to 2.5km and -368m
|
|
||||||
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|
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@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ href="../plateau/index.htm">plateau</a>. Steeper slopes to the east drop into
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the <span lang="de-at">Hoch Klapf</span> valley which marks the boundary with
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the <span lang="de-at">Hoch Klapf</span> valley which marks the boundary with
|
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the adjacent kataster region 1624. There is no real boundary to the north or
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the adjacent kataster region 1624. There is no real boundary to the north or
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northeast - just a limit to how far we have yet looked. Currently this is
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northeast - just a limit to how far we have yet looked. Currently this is
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about as far NE as the summit of the <span lang="de-at">Hinterer
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some distance further NE beyond the summit of the <span lang="de-at">Hinterer
|
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Schwarzmooskogel.</span> Beyond this, there are no known caves for some way,
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Schwarzmooskogel.</span> Beyond this, there are no known caves for some way,
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by which time they fall into the <a href="../remote/index.htm">remote
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by which time they fall into the <a href="../remote/index.htm">remote
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plateau</a> or <a href="../wilden/index.htm"><span
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plateau</a> or <a href="../wilden/index.htm"><span
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@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ too. This tends to restrict <a href="../handbook/look4.htm">prospecting</a>
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to narrow corridors of access on established routes (these can hardly be
|
to narrow corridors of access on established routes (these can hardly be
|
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described as paths).
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described as paths).
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<p>Four approaches are in use:
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<p>Five approaches are in use:
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<ol>
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<ol>
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<li><span lang="de-at">Stogerweg</span> - path 201, for entrances low on
|
<li><span lang="de-at">Stogerweg</span> - path 201, for entrances low on
|
||||||
@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ up the hill
|
|||||||
entrances near it - several variants are possible here.
|
entrances near it - several variants are possible here.
|
||||||
<li>An established route to <span lang="de-at">Kaninchenhöhle</span>
|
<li>An established route to <span lang="de-at">Kaninchenhöhle</span>
|
||||||
and down the east side.
|
and down the east side.
|
||||||
|
<li>A route from Top Camp across the plateau, via the large bare patch of
|
||||||
|
limestone on the side of the Hinter (visible from Top Camp) across to
|
||||||
|
<a href="204/204.shtml"><span lang="de-at">Steinbrückenhöhle</span></a>.
|
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</ol>
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</ol>
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|
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<p>Caves are indexed in two lists - the first for caves known or strongly
|
<p>Caves are indexed in two lists - the first for caves known or strongly
|
||||||
@ -292,7 +295,7 @@ Höhle</span></a> via <a href="viavsk.htm">VSK path</a></td></tr>
|
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via <a href="viavsk.htm">VSK path</a></td></tr>
|
via <a href="viavsk.htm">VSK path</a></td></tr>
|
||||||
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|
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<tr><td><a name="204">204</a></td>
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<tr><td><a name="204">204</a></td>
|
||||||
<td><a href="204.htm"><span lang="de-at">Steinbrückenhöhle</span></a>
|
<td><a href="204/204.shtml"><span lang="de-at">Steinbrückenhöhle</span></a>
|
||||||
</td></tr>
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</td></tr>
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|
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<tr><td><a name="205">205</a></td>
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<tr><td><a name="205">205</a></td>
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@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ Kaninchenhöhle and the Schneevulkanhalle area of
|
|||||||
Schwarzmooskogeleishöhle. This page is to provide quick links to the
|
Schwarzmooskogeleishöhle. This page is to provide quick links to the
|
||||||
documentation of these finds:
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documentation of these finds:
|
||||||
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|
||||||
<P>This documentation is rapidly metamorphosing, as we collect info from
|
|
||||||
the members, and some is of a highly preliminary nature. All expo members
|
|
||||||
should check that the info here fits with areas/caves they are familiar
|
|
||||||
with and tell the expo leader, <A HREF="mailto:paulhammond@talk21.com">Paulhammond@talk21.com</A> if it doesn't.
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
<p>Not all the links below will work, as yet, but we are working on it,
|
<p>Not all the links below will work, as yet, but we are working on it,
|
||||||
as fast as we can !
|
as fast as we can !
|
||||||
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|
||||||
@ -29,7 +24,7 @@ All the trips written up in the logbook are
|
|||||||
Passage descriptions for 1999's major finds:<br>
|
Passage descriptions for 1999's major finds:<br>
|
||||||
<img alt="--->" src="../../../icons/lists/1.png"><A HREF="../../smkridge/161/chile.htm">Chile area (of 136/161) description</A>
|
<img alt="--->" src="../../../icons/lists/1.png"><A HREF="../../smkridge/161/chile.htm">Chile area (of 136/161) description</A>
|
||||||
<br>
|
<br>
|
||||||
<img alt="--->" src="../../../icons/lists/1.png"><A HREF="../../smkridge/204.htm">Steinbrückenhöhle, 1623/204 description</A>
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<img alt="--->" src="../../../icons/lists/2.png"><A HREF="http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dgl3ajd/steinbrk.wrl">Steinbrückenhöhle VRML image</A>
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<p>A "surface stroll" by three cavers on the 25<sup>th</sup> July discovered
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<p>A "surface stroll" by three cavers on the 25<sup>th</sup> July discovered
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"a very large horizontal entrance by a prominent rock bridge". There were
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"a very large horizontal entrance by a prominent rock bridge". There were
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actually two entrances discovered and the cave was named
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actually two entrances discovered and the cave was named
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<a href="../../smkridge/204.htm"><span lang="de">Steinbrückenhöhle</span></a> after the rock bridge.
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<a href="../../smkridge/204/204.shtml"><span lang="de">Steinbrückenhöhle</span></a> after the rock bridge.
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<p>The next day saw two of the discoverers return to start descending the
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<p>The next day saw two of the discoverers return to start descending the
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new cave. A significant amount new passage was discovered - spirits were
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new cave. A significant amount new passage was discovered - spirits were
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<u>and</u> deep lists - truly a cave of world significance.
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<u>and</u> deep lists - truly a cave of world significance.
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<p>Elsewhere in 1999, a new cave,
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<p>Elsewhere in 1999, a new cave,
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<a href="../../smkridge/204.htm">Steinbrückenhöhle,</a> was found
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<a href="../../smkridge/204/204.shtml">Steinbrückenhöhle,</a> was found
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beyond the known extent of Kaninchenhöhle to the north. This shows many
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beyond the known extent of Kaninchenhöhle to the north. This shows many
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similarities to the caves further south, and reached a depth of 226m at the
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similarities to the caves further south, and reached a depth of 226m at the
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head of a big black pitch of 40m or so. There is great hope that this cave
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head of a big black pitch of 40m or so. There is great hope that this cave
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<h2>Discoveries in <span lang="de">Steinbrückenhöhle</span></h2>
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<h2>Discoveries in <span lang="de">Steinbrückenhöhle</span></h2>
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<p>As mentioned previously
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<p>As mentioned previously
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stood at 224m deep at the end of the 1999 expedition. Unfortunately work
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stood at 224m deep at the end of the 1999 expedition. Unfortunately work
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early in this year's expedition was hindered by the discovery of a large
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early in this year's expedition was hindered by the discovery of a large
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amount of snow at the bottom of the entrance pitch. This necessitated work to
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amount of snow at the bottom of the entrance pitch. This necessitated work to
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truly a cave of world significance.
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truly a cave of world significance.
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<p>Elsewhere in 1999, a new cave,
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<p>Elsewhere in 1999, a new cave,
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<a href="../../smkridge/204.htm"><span lang="de">Steinbrückenhöhle,</span></a> was found
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<a href="../../smkridge/204/204.shtml"><span lang="de">Steinbrückenhöhle,</span></a> was found
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beyond the known extent of <span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span> to the north. This shows many
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beyond the known extent of <span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span> to the north. This shows many
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similarities to the caves further south, and reached a depth of 226m at the
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similarities to the caves further south, and reached a depth of 226m at the
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head of a big black pitch. In 2000 this went to a narrow stream outlet at
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head of a big black pitch. In 2000 this went to a narrow stream outlet at
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<h3>Recent History</h3>
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<h3>Recent History</h3>
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<p>In the last 3 years C.U.C.C., and its post-graduate sister club ex-Cambridge
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<p>In the last 3 years C.U.C.C., and its post-graduate sister club ex-Cambridge
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Speleologists have concentrated <a href="../../smkridge/204.htm"><span
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Speleologists have concentrated <a href="../../smkridge/204/204.shtml"><span
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lang="de">Steinbrückenhöhle,</span></a> was found beyond the known
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lang="de">Steinbrückenhöhle,</span></a> was found beyond the known
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extent of <span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span> to the north. This shows
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extent of <span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span> to the north. This shows
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many similarities to the caves further south, and reached a depth of 226m at
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many similarities to the caves further south, and reached a depth of 226m at
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<h3>Dates:</h3>
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<p><b>The main Expo 2002 dates are probably going to be later than recent
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expeditions, so that folk can continue to a conference afterwards.</b>
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<p>For the main expo, it would be useful to have people who are interested in
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<p>For the main expo, it would be useful to have people who are interested in
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<span lang="de">Eishöhle</span> pick dates which overlap with Arge's main summer trip. However,
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<span lang="de">Eishöhle</span> pick dates which overlap with Arge's main summer trip. However,
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<p>The £200 gets you there and back and use of the gear, the
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<p>The £200 gets you there and back and use of the gear, the
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£40/week covers food, camping, insurance and typical bier
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£40/week covers food, camping, insurance and typical bier
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consumption...
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Leader: Martin Green<br>
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Treasurer: <br>
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<p>Most up to date information is available on the student website at
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<a href="http://mrs30.quns.cam.ac.uk/expo/">http://mrs30.quns.cam.ac.uk/expo/</a>
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<p>The southern <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogel</span> system link is an ambitious project - 2.5 km
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to a depth of 440m in 1999 was a good result, even if a link wasn't achieved.
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from one easy lead among the first to be looked at. There is no reason to
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believe that 2000 won't be at least as successful - Chile just emphasises how
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much passage can easily be found in a part of the mountain that we thought
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was pretty much explored. A 50km/1000m+ system could be ours to celebrate
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the new millennium ! <span lang="de">Steinbrückenhöhle</span> also has the potential to go
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deep and the northward trending horizontal lead will extend towards terra
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incognita, so there will be plenty of scope for hard caving and new
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exploration. But those 250-plus other leads include easy ones near entrances,
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and much of the other work will not need mega-hard caving talent, so there
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