More temporary Tunnocks cave descriptions

1623/258/caveDescriptions-temp/2.txt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The descent continues down the right hand wall of the shaft via a series of rebe
 
 In 2006 the pitch culiminated at the head of a large snow slope, which has become progressively smaller  over the years. Since 2014, the main route into the rest of the cave has been to double back under the entrance pitch and descend the remnant of the snow slope - Ducks on Ice.
 
-From 2006 to 2013, Ducks on Ice was inaccessible, so the original descent continued from the same belay all the way to the bottom of the snow slope. Passing under an arch the slope terminated with ice stalactites in alcoves to either side and (depending on the year) an ice lake or pile of snow. The ice stal in the alcove to the left could be ascended with ice and/or climbing equipment to reach a passage [2006-258-5-C].
+From 2006 to 2013, Ducks on Ice was inaccessible, so the original descent continued from the same belay all the way to the bottom of the snow slope. Passing under an arch the slope terminated with ice stalactites in alcoves to either side and (depending on the year) an ice lake or pile of snow. The ice stal in the alcove to the left could be ascended with ice and/or climbing equipment to reach a passage [2006-258-5-C]. The alcove on the right contains an aven [QM 1417-1 X].
 
 [Description needed 2006-258-2-B is missing - Dave Loeffler or Aaron Curtis or Mark Shinwell]
 

1623/258/caveDescriptions-temp/blindandbroken.txt

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+[INCLUDES BITS FROM delicious2.svx AND gravityalwayswins.svx]
+
+Blind and Broken
+
+A 10m pitch lands on a rubble floor with numerous holes. A hole in the middle of the floor has not been descended [QM 08-32 C]. At the western end, a 2m climb down leads to a wet and windy canyon with a further undescended pitch [QM 08-31 B] and an aven at the westernmost extremity [QM 08-30 X].
+
+The way on is a rift pitch directly below the 10m pitch. A y-hang provides a 36m descent in a beautiful shaft to a boulder ledge, where a rebelay is required for a further descent of 8m to the floor.
+
+From the base of the pitch, a narrow rift heads off initially to the northeast, leading to a pitch with a very tight take-off but an encouraging boom [QM 08-33 C]. The main continuation is to the southwest. A dribbly 10m pitch lands on rubble with a further 25m pitch beyond. This is rigged from two spits in a large boulder at the pitch head providing a fine descent, with one deviation, to a rubble choke. From the bottom of the pitch, a narrow rift carrying a stream leads off initially to the southwest [QM 08-29 C]. There is also and aven in the southeast corner of the terminal chamber [QM 08-28 X]. A rift near this aven is too tight.

1623/258/caveDescriptions-temp/bouldersurfer.txt

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+Boulder Surfer
+
+From the entry point from Ducks on Ice, the main route in is downhill to the west in a phreatic tube. A 2m climb down leads to a steeply descending passage, past a small hole in the floor [QM 08-03 C] and a small passage on the right [QM 08-02 B]. After 50m the continuing passage becomes very small [QM 08-01 C] but a short flat out shuffle to the left gains access to a parallel passage of similar dimensions. Uphill quickly becomes too tight; downhill is the way to the rest of the cave. The passage continues to descend steeply arriving in Ribs with Knödel at the start of the Caramel Catharsis traverse. Bolts have been placed for a handline to descend the last part.
+
+Heading north from the entry point from Ducks on Ice quickly leads to Stone Monkey.

1623/258/caveDescriptions-temp/delicious1.txt

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+Included in delicious1 and gravityalwayswins

1623/258/caveDescriptions-temp/delicious2.txt

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+Delicious Leak
+
+From Starlight Passage near the "snow and leaves" aven (close to Ants in Pants Schacht), a passage heads off downhill to the south reaching the head of Gravity Always Wins (p18) after 15m with aven above [QM 0811-1 X]. The Delicious Leak bolt traverse leads over the top of this pitch. The continuing passage heads gently downhill beneath an aven [MARKED IN TUNNEL; IN ORIGINAL NOTES ON PLAN BUT NOT ELEVATION - DOES THIS EXIST?]. A passage doubling back on the left after 20m is the Gravity Always Wins Bypass which ultimately leads back to Starlight Passage avoiding the Delicious Leak traverse. A further 15m along the passage, a further pitch is reached - Blind and Broken - which can be passed by traversing along a ledge on the left with care. Beyond the pitch, a 2m climb down on the right leads to a window overlooking the same pitch. Continuing straight ahead at the top of this climb, a huge boulder is encountered, immediately beyond which is a further pitch [QM 07-91-A]. This pitch can also be accessed from the traverse over the top of Thin Red Line at the northern extremity of Littoral North.
+
+

1623/258/caveDescriptions-temp/ducksonice.txt

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+Ducks on Ice
+
+Since 2014, the ice plug at the bottom of the entrance pitch has been sufficiently low that there has been a gap between the ice plug and the ceiling that allows one to double back under the general trend of the entrance rift. This route - Ducks on Ice - provides a more convenient route to the rest of the cave than was available previously. The 2015 rig comprised a rebelay on the lip of the ceiling that protects an initial descent of the ice slope, followed by a further rebelay part way down the ice slope on the right hand wall. In 2015, a large ice stalactite had developed here which had to be removed for safety. At the bottom of the ice slope is a blind pit - bolts on the left hand wall protect a traverse around this pit. At the end of the traverse, a steep downhill-sloping phreatic passage to the west is Boulder Surfer that is the main route to the rest of the cave. A passage to the north is the continuation of Stone Monkey.
+
+

1623/258/caveDescriptions-temp/gknodel.txt

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 The 9m pitch from Sauerkraut lands on a sloping rock floor. A short clamber down leads to a chamber with multiple ways on. A pitch in the floor [QM 06-25 A] and small passage to the north [QM 06-26 C] have not been explored. There are two main ways on.
 
-Left (southwest) is a stooping-height phreatic passage which slopes down past small passages to the west [QM 06-29 C] and east [QM 06-27 C] [QM 06-28 C] to the head of Pantin Sales Pitch (2.9sec drop but also v. wide and long) with an aven above [QM 06-32 X]. Shortly before the pitch head is a crawl on the left with bat droppings, leading to another window onto the same pitch and a passage beyond – Sleeping Beauty. In the northwest corner at the pitch head is the entrance to C Lead Jackpot. 
+Left (southwest) is a stooping-height phreatic passage which slopes down past small passages to the west [QM 06-29 C] and east [QM 06-27 C] [QM 06-28 C] to the head of Pantin Sales Pitch (2.9sec drop but also v. wide and long) with an aven above [QM 06-32 X]. Shortly before the pitch head is a crawl on the left with bat droppings, leading to another window onto the same pitch and a passage beyond – Sleeping Beauty. In the northwest corner at the pitch head is the entrance to C Lead Jackpot.
+
 Back in the chamber, straight ahead (north) leads past a blind pit in the floor to a section of passage with a sloping floor. There is a climbable hole in the floor (handline required) [QM 06-34 B] with a climb up in the opposite wall [QM 06-33 C]. Beyond this the passage emerges part-way down a large sloping ramp pitch. Descending this pitch leads to Apfelstrudel. The pitch could also potentially be climbed up [QM 06-36 B]. 
 

1623/258/caveDescriptions-temp/gravityalwayswins.txt

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+[gravityalwayswins.svx ALSO INCLUDES FIRST PART OF BLIND AND BROKEN]
+
+Gravity Always Wins
+
+18m descent to a ledge, then traverse to a further 42m freehang. This second part of the pitch is quite spectacular - huge, curtain-like walls of rock in a massive canyon. The pitch lands on a rubble floor. The only possible continuation is a stream inlet from the west [QM 08-34 A].

1623/258/caveDescriptions-temp/literalnorth.txt

@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ If the north passage is taken from the water collecting pool, a 2m climb up rott
 
 On the right, at the widening, is a shallow pit [QM 07-05-C] [Has this been ticked off? Or does it need to be put into tunnel and the QM list? - Becka Lawson].
 
-Ahead (northeast) the comfortable passage only goes for about 20m before reaching the edge of a huge shaft undercutting the RH wall The Thin Red Line. An airy traverse to the left of this reaches another hole on the left down, apparently into the same pitch [QM 07-89-B]. Immediately ahead is another large hole [QM 07-91-A]. Up is a large aven (30m+ [QM 07-98 X]. There appears to be a continuation across the other side - a long bolted traverse away [QM 07-92 B].
+Ahead (northeast) the comfortable passage only goes for about 20m before reaching the edge of a huge shaft undercutting the RH wall: The Thin Red Line. An airy traverse to the left of this reaches another hole on the left down, apparently into the same pitch [QM 07-89-B]. Immediately ahead is another large hole [QM 07-91-A]. Up is a large aven (30m+ [QM 07-98 X]). A continuation is visible across the other side of the pitch - this is the passage at the head of Blind and Broken and Gravity Always Wins and is accessed via Starlight Passage.

1623/258/caveDescriptions-temp/maxpleasure3.txt

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ Star Light Passage
 
 Star Light passage is a fine, roomy walking passage that heads southeast from Starfish Junction. After 15m, a passage on the right connects back to Maximum Pleasure, and immediately after this a further large passage underneath also connects to Maximum Pleasure (accessed by a 3m climb down). The main passage continues in similar fashion for a further 100m to an aven on the left [QM 2007-258-101 X]. Beyond the aven is a small passage heading steeply uphill with snow and leaves at the bottom [QM 2007-258-65 A]. This area is very close to Ants in Pants Schacht, but repeated attempts have failed to find a connection. Immediately before the aven is an unexplored tube heading downhill on the right [QM 2007-258-64 B].
 
-Continuing past the aven leads immediately to a junction with Delicious on the left - the route to Gravity Always Wins - whilst Star Light Passage turns east. A further passage to the left rapidly chokes. The continuing passage ahead passes the head of an 11m pitch into Iceflow. Immediately beyond this, a crawling sized phreatic tube on the right is the Gravity Always Wins bypass that provides access to Delicious passage south of Gravity Always Wins.
+Continuing past the aven leads immediately to a junction where right is the route to Gravity Always Wins and Star Light Passage turns east. A further passage to the left rapidly chokes. The continuing passage ahead passes the head of an 11m pitch into Iceflow. Immediately beyond this, a crawling sized phreatic tube on the right is the Gravity Always Wins bypass that provides access to the passage south of Gravity Always Wins.
 
 At this point, Star Light Passage turns left (north) and heads uphill developing a floor trench. The passage continues up this ramp for a further 120m, gradually getting smaller, to the limit of exploration: a 2m climb up [QM 2007-258-59 C] at the base of a drippy aven [QM 258-0762-1 X]. 20m before the limit of exploration, is a small unexplored tube heading up [QM 258-0762-2 C].

1623/258/caveDescriptions-temp/pantinsales.txt

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+Pantin Sales Pitch
+
+An exceptionally smooth 30m pitch lands on a pile of boulders wedged in the rift overlooking the rest of the pitch. There is an unexplored passage heading west about halfway down this first section [QM 07-51 C]. At the boulders, a small horizontal passage closes down after 4m. The continuing pitch descends 45m to a choke. There is a possible way on that could be accessed by traversing round to the right into a spacious rift about 15m down this 45m pitch [QM 0760-1 B].
+

1623/258/caveDescriptions-temp/sleepingbeauty.txt

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+Sleeping Beauty
+
+The passage quickly leads to a traverse on a narrow ledge (rope required) overlooking Pantin Sales Pitch. Beyond is a 9m pitch, at the foot of which the continuation is a crawl with a small stream [QM 08-16 C]. 

1623/258/caveDescriptions-temp/thinredline.txt

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+Thin Red Line
+
+Thin Red Line is essentially a single 125m pitch that descends from the northern extremity of Littoral North. The landing is on rubble floor with a small undescended pitch to the northeast [QM 08-27 B].

1623/258/caveDescriptions-temp/thinredline2.txt

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+Included in thinredline.txt

1623/258/qm.csv

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Cave	Year	Number	Grade	Nearest station	Description	Completion Description	Found by	Completed by
+Cave	Year	Number	Grade	nearest station	Description	Completion Description	Found by	Completed by
 258	2006	1	B	258.2.1	Pitch at first choss slope on entrance pitch – above Stone Monkey		Aaron Curtis and Mark Shinwell and Tom Handford	
 258	2006	2	B	258.2.1			Aaron Curtis and Mark Shinwell and Tom Handford	
 258	2006	3	B	258.2.19	Rift passage under the col, entrance pitch		Aaron Curtis and Mark Shinwell and Tom Handford	
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Cave	Year	Number	Grade	Nearest station	Description	Completion Description	Found
 258	2007	48						
 258	2007	49		258.apfelstrudel.17	Passage leading to short pitch into 			
 258	2007	50		258.oompah.5				
-258	2007	51						
+258	2007	51	C	gknodel.7	Passage halfway down Pantin Sales Pitch			
 258	2007	52	C	justforalaugh.22	Small uphill crawl in Just for a Laugh			
 258	2007	53						
 258	2007	54	C	justforalaugh.28	Small downhill crawl in Just for a Laugh			
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Cave	Year	Number	Grade	Nearest station	Description	Completion Description	Found
 258	2007	89	B	littoralnorth2.2	Pitch on LHS beyond traverse (possibly joined to Thin Red Line?)			
 258	2007	90	A	littoralnorth2.1	Huge pitch undercutting RHW			
 258	2007	91	A	littoralnorth2.2	Pitch at end of traverse			
-258	2007	92	B	littoralnorth2.2	Possible passage continuation across pitch			
+258	2007	92	B	littoralnorth2.2	Possible passage continuation across pitch	Passage between Gravity Always Wins/Blind and Broken, accessed from far side.		
 258	2007	93	B	maxpleasure2.60	Pitch in Crossword Passage	Pushed in 2013		
 258	2007	94	X	maxpleasure6.2	Aven formed on cross-joint			
 258	2007	95	C	maxpleasure2.65	Canyon in floor			
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Cave	Year	Number	Grade	Nearest station	Description	Completion Description	Found
 258	2008	13						
 258	2008	14						
 258	2008	15						
-258	2008	16						
+258	2008	16	C	sleepingbeauty.4	Crawl containing stream at end of Sleeping Beauty			
 258	2008	17	C	258.darkfumblings.2	Passage at southern end. Does this exist?		Serena Povia, Ollie Madge, Frank Tully	
 258	2008	18						
 258	2008	19						
@@ -172,14 +172,14 @@ Cave	Year	Number	Grade	Nearest station	Description	Completion Description	Found
 258	2008	24						
 258	2008	25						
 258	2008	26						
-258	2008	27						
-258	2008	28						
-258	2008	29						
-258	2008	30						
-258	2008	31						
-258	2008	32						
-258	2008	33						
-258	2008	34						
+258	2008	27	B	thinredline2.1	Small pitch at bottom of Thin Red Line.			
+258	2008	28	X	blindandbroken.3	Aven in terminal chamber of Blind and Broken			
+258	2008	29	C	blindandbroken.1	Narrow rift at bottom of Blind and Broken.			
+258	2008	30	X	delicious2.13	Aven in draughty canyon, top of Blind and Broken			
+258	2008	31	B	delicious2.13	Pitch in canyon, top of Blind and Broken			
+258	2008	32	C	delicious2.13	Hole in floor, bottom of 10m pitch above Blind and Broken.			
+258	2008	33	C	gravityalwayswins.24	Very tight pitch with encouraging boom in rift at base of 40m pitch in Blind and Broken.			
+258	2008	34	A	gravityalwayswins.4	Stream inlet at foot of Gravity Always Wins			
 258	2008	35						
 258	2008	36						
 258	2008	37						
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ Cave	Year	Number	Grade	Nearest station	Description	Completion Description	Found
 258	2013	1325-3	D	258.oompahrift.3	Dig in downstream rift at foot of 17m pitch in Oompah		Becka Lawson, Tom Clayton	
 258	2007	0762-1	X	maxpleasure3.33	Drippy aven at extremity of Star Light Passage			
 258	2007	0762-2	C	maxpleasure3.29	Squeeze to small uphill tube, Star Light Passage			
-258	2007	0755-1	X	dubiouspleasure.8	Aven in Dubious pleasure [PROBABLY DUPLICATES ONE OF 07-36,37,38,39, BUT NOT MARKED IN TUNNEL]			
-258	2007	0755-2	X	dubiouspleasure.8	Aven in Dubious pleasure [PROBABLY DUPLICATES ONE OF 07-36,37,38,39, BUT NOT MARKED IN TUNNEL]			
+258	2007	0755-1	X	dubiouspleasure.8	Aven in Dubious pleasure [PROBABLY DUPLICATES ONE OF 07-36,37, BUT NOT MARKED IN TUNNEL]			
+258	2007	0755-2	X	dubiouspleasure.8	Aven in Dubious pleasure [PROBABLY DUPLICATES ONE OF 07-36,37 BUT NOT MARKED IN TUNNEL]			
 258	2007	0763-1	X	literalnorth4.6	Aven above pitch in Stomach ULSA [PROBABLY DUPLICATES ANOTHER 2007 QM, BUT NOT MARKED IN TUNNEL]			
+258	2007	0760-1	B	pantinsales.3	Traverse into spacious rift, 15m down second half of Pantin Sales Pitch.			
+258	2008	0811-1	X	delicious1.2	Aven above Gravity Always Wins			
+258	2014	1417-1	X	ducksonice.4	Aven in alcove at base of entrance pitch [COULD BE DUPLICATE OF 06-06?]