diff --git a/smkridge/204/entrance.html b/smkridge/204/entrance.html index 46ba5bdca..b83eb1841 100644 --- a/smkridge/204/entrance.html +++ b/smkridge/204/entrance.html @@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ of the bottom of the 204a/b entrance pitches. It communicates with the mid-level series via either Thread Pitch or Pendulum Pitch, while a side passage leads to a pitch dropping into 'King Carbide, off No Pain No Gain.

+href="nopain.html#kingcarbide">'King Carbide, off No Pain No Gain. +Alternatively, in 2006 a link (Death or Glory) was +discovered leading from the Near End to the Colonnade).

Entrance

@@ -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 'King Carbide. On the right -a body sized tube leads upwards for ~15m before twisting left into a low -chamber, Kidney Bean. Perhaps an enlarged -bedding plane, this has possible QMs in a hole in the floor [C2000-204-71 C] and in a -narrow passage at the northern corner of the chamber [C2000-204-70 B]. 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 [C2000-204-69 A].

+leads into 'King Carbide. 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, Kidney Bean, 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, Death Or Glory. +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 Waterfall Chamber 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.

The Near End: Side Passages

diff --git a/smkridge/204/qm.csv b/smkridge/204/qm.csv index 8f96a27d5..f6be4a7a2 100644 --- a/smkridge/204/qm.csv +++ b/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",, diff --git a/smkridge/204/treeumphant.html b/smkridge/204/treeumphant.html index 9cc6ecb92..988d1927c 100644 --- a/smkridge/204/treeumphant.html +++ b/smkridge/204/treeumphant.html @@ -36,16 +36,18 @@ href="qm.html#C2000-204-43" id="qC2000-204-43">C2000-204-43 Dig]. The passage then becomes small with a possible aven [C2000-204-44 X], a tight rift [C2000-204-45 B], -and a crawl down and to the right. The crawl emerges into a chamber, with a -possible way on over rocks directly ahead [C2000-204-49 C]. The chamber gets larger to the right, -where there are two tight rifts leading off [C2000-204-46 C], [C2000-204-47 C] and an aven [C2000-204-48 X]. Water was -flowing down one of these, possibly to the waterfall entering the chamber in -No Pain No Gain. At this time in 2000 -it had not rained on the surface for 8 days.

+and a crawl down and to the right. The crawl emerges into a chamber, Waterfall Chamber. Directly ahead is a boulder chimney, +the other side of Death, 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 [C2000-204-46 C], [C2000-204-47 C] and an aven +[C2000-204-48 X]. Water +was flowing out of the aven and down one of the rifts, possibly to the +waterfall entering the chamber in No Pain No +Gain. At this time in 2000 it had not rained on the surface for 8 +days.

Sucker

@@ -232,25 +234,24 @@ Scrambling 2m up loose boulders reaches an important junction (right) where a side passage, Boulder Coaster, branches off to the left; this is the route to the 204e entrance.

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Continuing along the main passage, boulder infall from the left -leads to a connection back to Treeumphant -Passage.The summit of a boulder is soon reached, as the passage becomes -smaller. Going down the boulders goes into a chamber, with an aven [C2001-204-11 X], 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 [C2003-204-X87 C]. Straight -on, the rift continued down a moderate pitch [C2003-204-X88 B] and above this the passage continued, -which could be reached by bolting up ~3m [C2003-204-X89 B]. (This was not surveyed, so the QM -numbers are provisional.)

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Continuing along the main passage, boulder infall from +the left leads to a connection back to Treeumphant Passage.The summit of a boulder is +soon reached, as the passage becomes smaller. Going down the boulders goes into +a chamber, with an aven [C2001-204-11 X], 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].

Germknödels' Revenge