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[svn r6828] Attempted descriptions of Ratbiscuit and Unconformity, and added retrospective numbers to some QMs not numbered originally as they are in unsurveyed bits of cave.
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"C2001-204-12","C","Tree","Rift going north from chamber","treeumphant.html",,,
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"C2001-204-13","C","Tree","Rift going west from chamber","treeumphant.html",,,
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"C2001-204-14","B","Tree","Mud crawl to north at offset cross roads",,,"Leads to Sand Pit (2003)",
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"C2001-204-15","C","Tree","Crawl to left","treeumphant.html",,,
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"C2001-204-16","A","Tree","Pitch in chamber 20m deep","treeumphant.html",,,
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"C2001-204-15","C","Tree","Crawl to left",,,"Explored 2003, doesn't go",
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"C2001-204-16","B","Tree","Pitch in chamber 20m deep","treeumphant.html",,,"Downgraded from A to B by Becka in 2003 logbook"
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"C2001-204-17","C","Tree","Crawl to left","treeumphant.html",,,
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"C2001-204-18","X","Tree","Phreatic aven in passage","treeumphant.html",,,
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"C2001-204-19","X","Tree","Phreatic aven in passage","treeumphant.html",,,
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"C2001-204-53","C","Tree","Flat-out crawls","treeumphant.html",,,
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"C2001-204-54","C","Tree","Small body sized crawl at the bottom of a pit needs hammering","treeumphant.html",,,
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"C2001-204-55","X","Tree","Aven climbable",,,"Cresta Run drops in from above (2004)",
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"C2001-204-56","C","Tree","small and crumbly","treeumphant.html",,,
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"C2001-204-57","C","Tree","small passage","treeumphant.html",,,
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"C2001-204-58","C","Tree","small passage","treeumphant.html",,,
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"C2001-204-56","C","Tree","small and crumbly diddly tube","treeumphant.html",,,
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"C2001-204-57","C","Tree","small passage",,,"Explored 2003, doesn't go",
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"C2001-204-58","C","Tree","small passage",,,"Explored 2003, doesn't go",
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"C2001-204-59","B","Tree","Dig through boulders. The way on is visible.","treeumphant.html",,,
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"C2001-204-60","X","Tree","Aven above pitch in Flopsy the Bunny Rabbits Lair","nopain.html",,,
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"C2001-204-61","B","Tree","Short pitch in Flopsy the Bunny Rabbits Lair","nopain.html",,,
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"C2003-204-84","B","Insig","Continuation of Don't Step","nopain.html","204.trunk.dontstep.14",,
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"C2003-204-85","C","Insig","?? Somewhere in Don't Step","nopain.html","204.trunk.dontstep.7",,
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"C2003-204-86","A","Razor","Widening in traverse requiring bolt to descend or to continue traverse",,,"Nordic Traverse (passed 2004)",
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"C2003-204-X87","C","Tree","Small crawl 2m up in LH wall","treeumphant.html","crowningglory.9",,
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"C2003-204-X88","B","Tree","Moderate rift pitch","treeumphant.html","crowningglory.9",,
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"C2003-204-X89","B","Tree","Continuation of passage, requires bolting up 3m","treeumphant.html","crowningglory.9",,
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"C2003-204-X90","A","Rhino","Very big pitch out of Calcited Bat Chamber","rhino.html","unconformity2.8",,
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"C2003-204-X91","?","Rhino","Continuation of partially-descended pitch in Unconformity","rhino.html","unconformity2.1c",,
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"C2003-204-X92","?","Rhino","Holes in floor","rhino.html","unconformity2.1c",,
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"C2003-204-X93","?","Rhino","Possible leads back up-slope","rhino.html","unconformity2.1c",,
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"C2004-204-01","B","Razor","Pitch back to stream level","ariston.html","204.deepsouth.razor9.16",,
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"C2004-204-02","B","Razor","Continuation at stream level (wet and unpleasant)","ariston.html","204.deepsouth.razor9.20",,
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"C2004-204-03","C","Razor","Tight rift on right at Thirteen Year Chamber","ariston.html","204.deepsouth.razor8.20",,
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dripping. Continuing along the passage southwards leads to a fork. Sharp left
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a small passage branches off [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-45"
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id="qC2003-204-45">C2003-204-45 C</a>]. <i>Ahead and to the left is down a ramp to
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an undescended pitch [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-44"
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id="qC2003-204-44">C2003-204-44 A</a>].</i> The right fork continues past a bend
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to the left, another corner with oxbows on each side, and a pit in
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the floor on the left [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-43" id="qC2003-204-43">C2003-204-43
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?</a>]. Finally the passage emerges at a circular chamber. On the left is a slot
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in the floor [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-42" id="qC2003-204-42">C2003-204-42
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B</a>], while at the far end climbing back up leads to the base of a climb into
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<a href="nopain.html#insignificantchamber">Insignificant Chamber</a>.</p>
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a pitch [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-44" id="qC2003-204-44">C2003-204-44 A</a>].
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(This has been descended leading to a crawl and "an uniteresting-looking pitch",
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but this was not surveyed.)</i> The right fork continues past a bend to the
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left, another corner with oxbows on each side, and a pit in the floor on the
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left [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-43" id="qC2003-204-43">C2003-204-43 ?</a>].
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Finally the passage emerges at a circular chamber. On the left is a slot in the
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floor [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-42" id="qC2003-204-42">C2003-204-42 B</a>],
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while at the far end climbing back up leads to the base of a climb into <a
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href="nopain.html#insignificantchamber">Insignificant Chamber</a>.</p>
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<h3><a id="boltbypass">21 Bolt Bypass</a></h3>
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@ -172,14 +173,49 @@ to the right leads back to the top of What No Butcombe chamber; stepping over
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this chamber continues into main passage in area at high level 5-8m up.</p>
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<h3><a id="swallowhard">Swallow Hard</a></h3>
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-55" id="qC2003-204-55">C2003-204-55 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-56" id="qC2003-204-56">C2003-204-56 X</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-57" id="qC2003-204-57">C2003-204-57 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-58" id="qC2003-204-58">C2003-204-58 C</a>]
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<p>Swallow Hard slopes down away from On A Mission, passing the entrance to
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<a href="#unconformity">Unconformity</a> on the left. Beyond this it begins to
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slope back upwards increasingly steeply. At a T-junction, the left-hand branch
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leads to a climb up to a passage [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-55"
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id="qC2003-204-55">C2003-204-55 B</a>], while the right-hand branch, <b><a
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id="limescale">Limescale Cistern</a></b>, slopes up even more steeply to end 6m
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beneath the floor of Swings Passage.</p>
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<h3><a id="unconformity">Unconformity</a></h3>
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<p><b><a id="catsclaw">Cat's Claw</a></b>, <b><a id="limescale">Limescale
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Cistern</a></b>...</p>
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<p>This series is developed in a thrust fault leading downwards at around
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60° below the horizontal. The logbook description is rather confusing and it
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is not clear which parts are climbs and which are pitches, since the original
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surveyors did not draw up an elevation.</p>
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<p>Shortly after the Unconformity passage branches off Swallow Hard, there is a
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climb (pitch?) down into a chamber with a single large boulder on the floor. On
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the left is a small passage [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-57"
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id="qC2003-204-57">C2003-204-57 C</a>] and there is an aven above [<a
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-56" id="qC2003-204-56">C2003-204-56 X</a>]. The passage
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continues to a fork. <i>The left branch soon splits again, both branches
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becoming too tight.</i> The right branch proceeds beyond a patch of mud on the
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floor to a junction with a passage leading off to the left. <i>Straight on is
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<b><a id="crunch">Crunch + Wet</a></b>, which continues horizontally to a narrow
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pitch-head [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-58" id="qC2003-204-58">C2003-204-58
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C</a>].</i> The passage on the left is <b><a id="catsclaw">Cat's Claw</a></b>,
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which continues downhill, passing a blind oxbow in the left-hand wall. The
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description of the ensuing part is rather confusing. Apparently this leads to a
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junction, with a pitch down to the left and tubes on the right. <i>The tube on the
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left leads into a chamber, <b><a id="calcitedbat">Calcited Bat Chamber</a></b>.
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The continuation of the passage is up a 3m climb to a phreatic tube which is
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soon choked with mud, but another exit from the chamber is a clamber up of 2.5m
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to a bridge overlooking an extremely deep pitch [<a
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-X90" id="qC2003-204-X90">C2003-204-X90 A</a>]. The
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chamber has a vocal connection to a point above in Crunch + Wet.</i> The pitch
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down to the left leads to a short horizontal passage to a hole in the floor.
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<i>This been descended 10m to a ledge but has not been surveyed, and continues
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beyond this [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-X91" id="qC2003-204-X91">C2003-204-X91
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?</a>].</i> Traversing over the hole leads to 20-30m of passage, also
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unsurveyed, with some holes in the floor [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-X92"
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id="qC2003-204-X92">C2003-204-X92 ?</a>] and possible QMs up [<a
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-X93" id="qC2003-204-X93">C2003-204-X93 ?</a>].</p>
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<h3><a id="belief">Belief</a></h3>
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-61" id="qC2003-204-61">C2003-204-61 X</a>]
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@ -190,13 +226,25 @@ Cistern</a></b>...</p>
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-64" id="qC2003-204-64">C2003-204-64 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-65" id="qC2003-204-65">C2003-204-65 A</a>]
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<h3><a id="crimper">Crimper</a></h3>
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<p>Narrow rift with connections to Faith (via Uncrimped) and Grater.</p>
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-67" id="qC2003-204-67">C2003-204-67 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-68" id="qC2003-204-68">C2003-204-68 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-69" id="qC2003-204-69">C2003-204-69 B</a>]
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<h3><a id="grater">Grater</a></h3>
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<h3><a id="uncrimped">Uncrimped</a></h3>
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<h3><a id="ratbiscuit">Rat Biscuit</a></h3>
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<p>Rat Biscuit is an upwards-sloping horizontal passage with a strong draught,
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which continues for 120m without any side branches or junctions to a
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"frustrating" end in draughting boulders. (This point is a mere 5m from a small
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draughting boulderous hole in <a href="swings.html#crestarun">Cresta Run</a>,
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and might be a good candidate for a dig to connect the two, since both Nial and
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Dave narrowly avoided getting entombed attacking this from the Cresta end in
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2004.)</p>
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<hr style="clear: both" />
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distance further a walking-size passage goes to the left [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-19" id="qC2000-204-19">C2000-204-19 C</a>].</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The main passage then forks: to the left is [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-20"
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id="qC2000-204-20">C2000-204-20 C</a>] whilst to the right the passage
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continues past a high up crawl [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-21"
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id="qC2000-204-21">C2000-204-21 C</a>], and then possibly [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-22" id="qC2000-204-22">C2000-204-22 C</a>]. The main
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passage then pops out into <a
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<p>The main passage then forks: to the left is blind <!-- was [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-20" id="qC2000-204-20">C2000-204-20 C</a>]--> whilst to
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the right the passage continues past a high up crawl [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-21" id="qC2000-204-21">C2000-204-21 C</a>], and then
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possibly [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-22" id="qC2000-204-22">C2000-204-22
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C</a>]. The main passage then pops out into <a
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href="treeumphant.html#treeumphantpassage"><b>Treeumphant Passage</b></a>.</p>
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<h3><a id="treeumphantpassage">Treeumphant Passage</a></h3>
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-10">C2001-204-10 A</a>]. At the bottom of this is a
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blind pit; walking up a boulder slope on the other side of this leads to a
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further drop, descended in 2003 with a tackle-sack rope protector. To the left
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was a rift with an aven (went 3m). In the LH wall, 2m up, was a small crawl (QM
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C). Straight on, the rift continued down a moderate pitch (QM B) and above
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this the passage continued (QM B), which could be reached by bolting up ~3m.
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(This was not surveyed, so the QMs are unnumbered and the parent QM hasn't been
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moved to the expired list yet.)</p>
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was a rift with an aven (went 3m). In the LH wall, 2m up, was a small crawl [<a
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-X87" id="qC2003-204-X87">C2003-204-X87 C</a>].
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Straight on, the rift continued down a moderate pitch [<a
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-X88" id="qC2003-204-X88">C2003-204-X88 B</a>] and above
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this the passage continued, which could be reached by bolting up ~3m [<a
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href="qm.html#C2003-204-X89" id="qC2003-204-X89">C2003-204-X89 B</a>]. (This
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was not surveyed, so the QM numbers are provisional, and the parent QM hasn't
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been moved to the expired list yet.)</p>
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<!-- The extensions from 2003 were allegedly surveyed at the time but the data seems to have been lost! -->
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<!-- The extensions from 2003 /were/ allegedly surveyed at the time but the
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data seems to have been lost! -->
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<h3><a id="germknodel">Germknödels' Revenge</a></h3>
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<h3><a id="bouldercoaster">Boulder Coaster</a></h3>
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<p>A walking sized passage goes from <a href="#crowningglory">Crowning Glory Passage</a> to <b><a id="cgchamber">Crowning Glory Chamber</a></b> where 204e and 204f drop in from <a href="#germknodel">Germknödels Revenge</a>, daylight being just visible. A rift intersects the chamber at the north end [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-12" id="qC2001-204-12">C2001-204-12 C</a>], [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-13" id="qC2001-204-13">C2001-204-13 C</a>]. The obvious way out of the chamber continues for 15m before choking, passing under avens [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-18" id="qC2001-204-18">C2001-204-18 X</a>] and [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-19" id="qC2001-204-19">C2001-204-19 X</a>] at a cross junction. To the left is too tight, and to the right, along with the next passage to the right join up at a chamber with an aven [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-20" id="qC2001-204-20">C2001-204-20 X</a>]. The passage continues from the bottom of the chamber and passes a pocket on the right with an aven [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-21" id="qC2001-204-21">C2001-204-21 X</a>]. The passage continues to a a staggered crossroads; to the right there is a sandy crawl, leading to <a href="#sandpit">Sand Pit</a>. The other two ways on later rejoin; the left route has a phreatic tube going into the roof [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-22" id="qC2001-204-22">C2001-204-22 X</a>]. Continuing downslope, the passage splits in two, to the left is [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-15" id="qC2001-204-15">C2001-204-15 C</a>]. The right way leads to a chamber with a pitch [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-16" id="qC2001-204-16">C2001-204-16 A</a>] and an aven [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-23" id="qC2001-204-23">C2001-204-23 X</a>]. The passage continues opposite the entrance, in walking sized downhill passage, passing a crawl to the left [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-17" id="qC2001-204-17">C2001-204-17 C</a>], then a too tight passage to the right.</p>
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<p>A walking sized passage goes from <a href="#crowningglory">Crowning Glory
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Passage</a> to <b><a id="cgchamber">Crowning Glory Chamber</a></b> where 204e
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and 204f drop in from <a href="#germknodel">Germknödels Revenge</a>,
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daylight being just visible. A rift intersects the chamber at the north end [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-12" id="qC2001-204-12">C2001-204-12 C</a>], [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-13" id="qC2001-204-13">C2001-204-13 C</a>]. The obvious
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way out of the chamber continues for 15m before choking, passing under avens
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[<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-18" id="qC2001-204-18">C2001-204-18 X</a>] and [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-19" id="qC2001-204-19">C2001-204-19 X</a>] at a cross
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junction. To the left is too tight, and to the right, along with the next
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passage to the right join up at a chamber with an aven [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-20" id="qC2001-204-20">C2001-204-20 X</a>]. The passage
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continues from the bottom of the chamber and passes a pocket on the right with
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an aven [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-21" id="qC2001-204-21">C2001-204-21 X</a>].
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The passage continues to a a staggered crossroads; to the right there is a
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sandy crawl, leading to <a href="#sandpit">Sand Pit</a>. The other two ways on
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later rejoin; the left route has a phreatic tube going into the roof [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-22" id="qC2001-204-22">C2001-204-22 X</a>]. Continuing
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downslope, the passage splits in two, to the left is blind <!-- Was [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-15" id="qC2001-204-15">C2001-204-15 C</a>]-->. The
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right way leads to a chamber with a pitch [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-16"
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id="qC2001-204-16">C2001-204-16 B</a>] and an aven [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-23" id="qC2001-204-23">C2001-204-23 X</a>]. The passage
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continues opposite the entrance, in walking sized downhill passage, passing a
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crawl to the left [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-17"
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id="qC2001-204-17">C2001-204-17 C</a>], then a too tight passage to the
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right.</p>
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<p>Further down, the passage turns a sharp left, then turns around to the left, after which a small passage goes of to the left [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-56" id="qC2001-204-56">C2001-204-56 C</a>]. Further on a passage is reached, with an aven above where <a href="swings.html#crestarun">Cresta Run</a>, the connection with Swings and Roundabouts, drops in. The passage to the right soon turns left, going downhill to a junction. Straight on is a small passage [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-57" id="qC2001-204-57">C2001-204-57 C</a>]. Turning left leads to a junction with the downhill passage of the previous chamber. Continuing downwards, a small passage leads to the left [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-58" id="qC2001-204-58">C2001-204-58 C</a>]. Further down <b><a id="helterskelter">Helterskelter Pitch</a></b> is reached. At the pitch head passages go to the left and right but are too tight. The pitch is 8m deep and can be climbed down, and spirals around on itself, ending in boulders, and a visible way on through the boulders [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-59" id="qC2001-204-59">C2001-204-59 B</a>].</p>
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<p>Further down, the passage turns a sharp left, then turns around to the left,
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after which a small passage goes of to the left [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-56"
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id="qC2001-204-56">C2001-204-56 C</a>]. Further on a passage is reached, with
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an aven above where <a href="swings.html#crestarun">Cresta Run</a>, the
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connection with Swings and Roundabouts, drops in. The passage to the right soon
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turns left, going downhill to a junction. Straight on is a small passage
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(blind). <!-- Was [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-57"
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id="qC2001-204-57">C2001-204-57 C</a>]-->. Turning left leads to a junction
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with the downhill passage of the previous chamber. Continuing downwards, a
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small passage leads to the left, also blind <!-- Was [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-58"
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id="qC2001-204-58">C2001-204-58 C</a>]-->. Further down <b><a
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id="helterskelter">Helterskelter Pitch</a></b> is reached. At the
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pitch head passages go to the left and right but are too tight. The pitch is 8m
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deep and can be climbed down, and spirals around on itself, ending in boulders,
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and a visible way on through the boulders [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-59"
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id="qC2001-204-59">C2001-204-59 B</a>].</p>
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<h3><a id="sandpit">Sand Pit</a></h3>
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