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r10859:  expo | 2006-08-16 16:02:13 +0100

DL: First attempts at some descriptions for 2006 stuff; also removed a few expired QM's
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smkridge/204/entrance.html

@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@
 of the bottom of the 204a/b entrance pitches. It communicates with the <a
 href="midlevel.html">mid-level series</a> via either Thread Pitch or Pendulum
 Pitch, while a side passage leads to a pitch dropping into <a
-href="nopain.html#kingcarbide">'King Carbide</a>, off No Pain No Gain.</p>
+href="nopain.html#kingcarbide">'King Carbide</a>, off No Pain No Gain.
+Alternatively, in 2006 a link (<a href="#deathglory">Death or Glory</a>) was
+discovered leading from the Near End to the <a
+href="treeumphant.html#colonnade">Colonnade</a>).</p>
 
 <h3>Entrance</h3>
 
@@ -131,20 +134,23 @@ Right leads to a narrow stooping height passage which continues for 25m with
 several clear pools in the floor to a widening. Around the widening, most
 routes ahead and to the left are choked with boulders. There are two ways on.
 On the left-hand side is a small awkward chamber, from which a short pitch
-leads into <a href="nopain.html#kingcarbide">'King Carbide</a>. On the right
-a body sized tube leads upwards for ~15m before twisting left into a low
-chamber, <b><a id="kidneybean">Kidney Bean</a></b>.  Perhaps an enlarged
-bedding plane, this has possible QMs in a hole in the floor [<a
-href="qm.html#C2000-204-71" id="qC2000-204-71">C2000-204-71 C</a>] and in a
-narrow passage at the northern corner of the chamber [<a
-href="qm.html#C2000-204-70" id="qC2000-204-70">C2000-204-70 B</a>]. Round to
-the left it is bounded by an area of breakdown, possibly the far side of a
-boulder choke visible from the widening. Back at the entrance to Kidney Bean,
-the main way on continues through a low gap. This opens to stooping height and
-winds upwards. The passage continues over some old gour pools to a flat out
-section (not really a squeeze, except for lardarses) not pushed, but running
-water could be heard [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-69"
-id="qC2000-204-69">C2000-204-69 A</a>].</p>
+leads into <a href="nopain.html#kingcarbide">'King Carbide</a>. On the right,
+crawling up over unpleasant sharp mobile boulders leads to a body sized tube
+sloping slightly upwards. After around 15m it twists left to land in a muddy
+puddle at a slight widening in the passage, which continues for another 3m or
+so to a low chamber, <b><a id="kidneybean">Kidney Bean</a></b>, possibly an
+enlarged bedding plane. A hole in the floor in the chamber is blind. At the
+northern end of the chamber is a narrow crawl; this connects with a wider
+crawling passage leading off from a junction at the end of the body-sized tube.
+The combined passage enlarges to stooping size and continues past old gour
+pools to a low mud squeeze. This was passed in 2006 after some excavation to
+emerge in a low bedding chamber, <b><a id="deathglory">Death Or Glory</a></b>.
+Straight ahead is a horrendous boulder choke (Death), with a propensity to drop
+large rocks on people. Slightly to the right of this is a narrow crawl with a
+hole in the floor; this is a 3m chimney climb down (Glory), emerging in <a
+href="treeumphant.html#waterfall">Waterfall Chamber</a> at the end of the
+Colonnade. Back in the bedding chamber, one can crawl up to the right to a
+junction with several small tubes, all of which are too tight.</p>
 
 <h3><a id="nearside">The Near End: Side Passages</a></h3>
 

smkridge/204/qm.csv

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 "C2000-204-46","C","Tree","Tight rift","treeumphant.html","colonade.9",,
 "C2000-204-47","C","Tree","Tight rift + stream, may be linked to waterfall in chamber in No Pain No Gain","treeumphant.html","colonade.9",,"For some reason this was marked as A in the qms file, although the survey and the description had it as a c"
 "C2000-204-48","X","Tree","Aven","treeumphant.html","colonade.9",,
-"C2000-204-49","C","Tree","Climb up over boulders","treeumphant.html","colonade.8",,
+"C2000-204-49","C","Tree","Climb up over boulders",,"colonade.8","Other side of Death chimney (not passable)",
 "C2000-204-50","C","Tree","Small passage low down on right in chamber",,"bonsai.3","Don't Step",
 "C2000-204-51","C","Tree","Small passage high up on right in chamber",,"bonsai.3","Don't Step",
 "C2000-204-52","C","Tree","Pitch in chamber","nopain.html","bonsai.3",,
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@
 "C2000-204-64","A","Razor","Downstream pitch",,,"Razor Dance continued in 2002",
 "C2000-204-65","B","PD","In the left hand wall about 3m up a short climb is a small body size tube through which water could be heard.","nopain.html",,,
 "C2000-204-66",,"PD","a 3m deep blind(?) trench which has been observed to take a sizeable stream in wet weather","nopain.html",,,
-"C2000-204-69","A","NE","flat out section (not really a squeeze, except for lardarses), running water can be heard","entrance.html",,,
-"C2000-204-70","B","NE","narrow passage at the northern corner of the chamber","entrance.html",,,
-"C2000-204-71","C","NE","hole in the floor","entrance.html",,,
+"C2000-204-69","A","NE","flat out section (not really a squeeze, except for lardarses), running water can be heard",,,"Death or Glory (2006)",
+"C2000-204-70","B","NE","narrow passage at the northern corner of the chamber",,,"Connects to Death or Glory",
+"C2000-204-71","C","NE","hole in the floor",,,"Descended by Sandeep Mavadia in 2006 -- doesn't go",
 "C2000-204-72",,"PD","By a back and foot traverse to the right at the head of the pitch a small passage can be accessed",,,"Obese traverse, explored by Brian + Martin 2004 - no leads",
 "C2000-204-73",,"PD","Possible side gallery off Brian's Phat Shaft","nopain.html",,,
 "C2000-204-74",,"PD","Possible side gallery off Brian's Phat Shaft","nopain.html",,,
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 "C2001-204-32","C","Tree","downslope continuation of rift","treeumphant.html",,,
 "C2001-204-33","B","Tree","1m diameter tube ending in water","treeumphant.html",,,
 "C2001-204-34","A","Choc Salty Balls","Eleven Second Rattle - pitch down which stones clatter for a Long Time.","treeumphant.html",,,
-"C2001-204-35","D","Choc Salty Balls","Blockage at end of very strongly draughting tube","treeumphant.html",,,
+"C2001-204-35","D","Choc Salty Balls","Blockage at end of very strongly draughting tube",,,"Passed 2006: leads to Fingerbang",
 "C2001-204-36","C","Choc Salty Balls","Small hole in north wall","treeumphant.html",,,
 "C2001-204-37","B","Choc Salty Balls","Continuing passage beyond pitch-head","treeumphant.html",,,
 "C2001-204-38","B","Choc Salty Balls","Pitch at end of crawl","treeumphant.html",,,
@@ -305,9 +305,9 @@
 "C2003-204-84","B","Insig","Continuation of Don't Step","nopain.html","204.trunk.dontstep.14",,
 "C2003-204-85","C","Insig","?? Somewhere in Don't Step","nopain.html","204.trunk.dontstep.7",,
 "C2003-204-86","A","Razor","Widening in traverse requiring bolt to descend or to continue traverse",,,"Nordic Traverse (passed 2004)",
-"C2003-204-X87","C","Tree","Small crawl 2m up in LH wall","treeumphant.html","crowningglory.9",,
-"C2003-204-X88","B","Tree","Moderate rift pitch","treeumphant.html","crowningglory.9",,
-"C2003-204-X89","B","Tree","Continuation of passage, requires bolting up 3m","treeumphant.html","crowningglory.9",,
+"C2003-204-X87","C","Tree","Small crawl 2m up in LH wall",,"crowningglory.9","Resurveyed in 2006",
+"C2003-204-X88","B","Tree","Moderate rift pitch",,"crowningglory.9","Resurveyed in 2006",
+"C2003-204-X89","B","Tree","Continuation of passage, requires bolting up 3m",,"crowningglory.9","Resurveyed in 2006",
 "C2003-204-X90","A","Rhino","Very big pitch out of Calcited Bat Chamber","rhino.html","unconformity2.8",,
 "C2003-204-X91","?","Rhino","Continuation of partially-descended pitch in Unconformity","rhino.html","unconformity2.1c",,
 "C2003-204-X92","?","Rhino","Holes in floor","rhino.html","unconformity2.1c",,

smkridge/204/treeumphant.html

@@ -36,16 +36,18 @@ href="qm.html#C2000-204-43" id="qC2000-204-43">C2000-204-43 Dig</a>]. The
 passage then becomes small with a possible aven [<a
 href="qm.html#C2000-204-44" id="qC2000-204-44">C2000-204-44 X</a>], a tight
 rift [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-45" id="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="qm.html#C2000-204-49"
-id="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="qm.html#C2000-204-46"
-id="qC2000-204-46">C2000-204-46 C</a>], [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-47"
-id="qC2000-204-47">C2000-204-47 C</a>] and an aven [<a
-href="qm.html#C2000-204-48" id="qC2000-204-48">C2000-204-48 X</a>]. Water was
-flowing down one of these, possibly to the waterfall entering the chamber in
-<a href="nopain.html#nopainnogain">No Pain No Gain</a>. At this time in 2000
-it had not rained on the surface for 8 days.</i></p>
+and a crawl down and to the right. The crawl emerges into a chamber, <b><a
+id="#waterfall">Waterfall Chamber</a></b>. Directly ahead is a boulder chimney,
+the other side of <a href="entrance.html#deathglory">Death</a>, while above is
+Glory chimney, the connection route into the Near End.  The chamber gets larger
+to the right, where there are two tight rifts leading off [<a
+href="qm.html#C2000-204-46" id="qC2000-204-46">C2000-204-46 C</a>], [<a
+href="qm.html#C2000-204-47" id="qC2000-204-47">C2000-204-47 C</a>] and an aven
+[<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-48" id="qC2000-204-48">C2000-204-48 X</a>]. Water
+was flowing out of the aven and down one of the rifts, possibly to the
+waterfall entering the chamber in <a href="nopain.html#nopainnogain">No Pain No
+Gain</a>. At this time in 2000 it had not rained on the surface for 8
+days.</i></p>
 
 <h3><a id="sucker">Sucker</a></h3>
 
@@ -232,25 +234,24 @@ Scrambling 2m up loose boulders reaches an important junction <i>(right)</i>
 where a side passage, <a href="#bouldercoaster">Boulder Coaster</a>, branches
 off to the left; this is the route to the 204e entrance.</p>
 
-<p style="clear: left"><a href="l/cgnorth.html"><img src="t/cgnorth.jpg" class="onleft"
-/></a> Continuing along the main passage, boulder infall from the left
-leads to a connection back to <a href="#treeumphantpassage">Treeumphant
-Passage</a>.The summit of a boulder is soon reached, as the passage becomes
-smaller. Going down the boulders goes into a chamber, with an aven [<a
-href="qm.html#C2001-204-11" id="qC2001-204-11">C2001-204-11 X</a>], and a 4m
-climb up at the end, followed by a pitch of approximately 5m. At the bottom of this is a
-blind pit; walking up a boulder slope on the other side of this leads to a
-further drop, descended in 2003 with a tackle-sack rope protector. To the left
-was a rift with an aven (went 3m). In the LH wall, 2m up, was a small crawl [<a
-href="qm.html#C2003-204-X87" id="qC2003-204-X87">C2003-204-X87 C</a>]. Straight
-on, the rift continued down a moderate pitch [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-X88"
-id="qC2003-204-X88">C2003-204-X88 B</a>] and above this the passage continued,
-which could be reached by bolting up ~3m [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-X89"
-id="qC2003-204-X89">C2003-204-X89 B</a>].  (This was not surveyed, so the QM
-numbers are provisional.)</p>
-
-<!-- The extensions from 2003 /were/ allegedly surveyed at the time but the
-data seems to have been lost! -->
+<p style="clear: left"><a href="l/cgnorth.html"><img src="t/cgnorth.jpg"
+class="onleft" /></a> Continuing along the main passage, boulder infall from
+the left leads to a connection back to <a
+href="#treeumphantpassage">Treeumphant Passage</a>.The summit of a boulder is
+soon reached, as the passage becomes smaller. Going down the boulders goes into
+a chamber, with an aven [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-11"
+id="qC2001-204-11">C2001-204-11 X</a>], and a 4m climb up at the end, followed
+by a pitch of approximately 5m. At the bottom of this is a blind pit; walking
+up a boulder slope on the other side of this leads to a further drop, descended
+in 2003 with a tackle-sack rope protector. To the left was a rift, ending in an
+aven after 5m [QM XXX]. In the LH wall, 2m up, is a small crawl which closes
+down after around 2m. Straight on, the rift continued down a moderate pitch [QM
+XXX]; above this the passage continues. This was reached in 2006 via a slightly
+hairy climb, now left permanently rigged.  Shortly beyond is another short
+descent (riggable from a thread in the right-hand wall) with an aven on the
+left. Ahead the passage continues up a slope of boulders, passing a 2m chimney
+climb; at this point exploration ended due to lack of time, with walking
+passage continuing [QM XXX].
 
 <h3><a id="germknodel">Germkn&ouml;dels' Revenge</a></h3>