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@ -177,13 +177,24 @@ stream level rapidly becomes tight again, but a traverse line across, <b><a
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id="nordic">Nordic Traverse</a></b>, gives access to a dry fossil passage to
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the head of <b><a id="thirteenyear">Thirteen Year Pitch</a></b> (7m), which
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drops into a spacious dry chamber. Here a tight and scrofulous-looking rift
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leads off to the right (QM 04-XXX C), while the chosen way on is to descend
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leads off to the right
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-03" id="qC2004-204-03">C2004-204-03 C</a>]
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, while the chosen way on is to descend
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<b><a id="pepper">Pepper Pot</a></b> (20m) back to stream level. Here the
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passage returns to familiar rifty crappiness for a few metres; it is helpful to
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take a relatively high level for a while until the passage widens again, at
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which point a 6m pitch, <b><a id="paster">Paster of Muppets</a></b>, regains
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the stream level. At this point there is a convenient widening at a level that
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gradually ascends to the head of <i>yet another</i> pitch (QM 04-XX); it is
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the stream level. Shortly afterwards, the stream can be followed down to the top
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of a short wet drop
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-02" id="qC2004-204-02">C2004-204-02 B</a>]
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or a phreatic widening can be followed upwards. This leads to some key hole
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passage, which imediately has a large circular pit in the floor, this canbe
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descended and the other side can be climbed, preferably with lines. The
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phreatic part of the passage then takes advantage of a sloping weakness, which
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goes up and to the left. This can be followed to a right hand bend where the
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floor drops down with the weakness to <i>yet another</i> pitch
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-01" id="qC2004-204-01">C2004-204-01 B</a>]
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; it is
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noticeable on the survey that from the bottom of Paster the passage swings
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southwards away from the consistent NE-SW alignment of most of Razordance.</p>
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"C2003-204-01","B",,,"swings.html"," 204.allswings.ermintrude.5 ",
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"C2003-204-02","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.eeyore.1 ",
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"C2003-204-03","B","Underworld","Pitch into large sloping chamber",," 204.allgaffered.eeyore.5 ","Kanga - descended 2004"
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"C2003-204-04","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.trihang.11 ",
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"C2003-204-05","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.trihang.10 ",
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"C2003-204-06","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.trihang.2 ",
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"C2003-204-07","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.trihang.4 ",
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"C2003-204-04","B","Underworld",,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.trihang.11 ",
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"C2003-204-05","B","Underworld",,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.trihang.10 ","Blind pit about 4m deep"
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"C2003-204-06","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.trihang.2 ","ask Becka Lawson"
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"C2003-204-07","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.trihang.4 ","ask Becka Lawson"
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"C2003-204-08","A","Underworld",,," 204.allgaffered.trihang.5 ","Explored 2004 - Mud Slope (choked after 12m)"
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"C2003-204-09","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.poohstyx.1 ",
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"C2003-204-10","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.poohstyx.4 ",
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"C2003-204-14","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens.5 ",
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"C2003-204-15","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.1 ",
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"C2003-204-16","C","Underworld","Passage visible from pitch head, but on wrong side for easy access","uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.1 ",
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"C2003-204-17","B","Underworld","Large pitch (> 20m)",," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.1 ","Black Maria - descended 2004"
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"C2003-204-17","B","Underworld","Large pitch (> 20m)",," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.1 ","Black Maria - descended 30m to moderate sized chamber in 2004"
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"C2003-204-18","B","Underworld","Passage visible at end of traverse","uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.1 ",
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"C2003-204-19","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.5 ",
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"C2003-204-20","B","Underworld",,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.5 ","West end of Oxtail Oxbow (2004)"
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"C2003-204-21","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.4 ",
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"C2003-204-19","C","Underworld",,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.5 ",
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"C2003-204-20","B","Underworld",,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.5 ","Turned out not to be a qm"
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"C2003-204-21","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.4 ","West end of Oxtail Oxbow (2004)"
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"C2003-204-22","C","Underworld",,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.7 ","East end of Oxtail Oxbow (2004)"
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"C2003-204-23","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.7 ",
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"C2003-204-24","C",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.9 ",
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"C2003-204-25","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.12 ",
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"C2003-204-26","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.13 ",
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"C2003-204-27","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.13 ",
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"C2003-204-26","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.13 ","ask Becka Lawson"
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"C2003-204-27","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.13 ","ask Becka Lawson"
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"C2003-204-28","B","Underworld",,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.16 ","Explored 2004 - Upper Tube (15m passage, no obvious leads)"
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"C2003-204-29","A",,,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.17 ","Descended 2004 - Gardeners' World"
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"C2003-204-30","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.17 ",
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"C2003-204-30","B",,,"uworld.html"," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.17 ","Leads to Terra Firma "
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"C2003-204-31","B","Underworld",,," 204.allgaffered.sirens2.18 ","Explored 2004 - Terra Firma"
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"C2003-204-32","C",,,"treeumphant.html"," 204.trunk.sandpit.11 ",
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"C2003-204-33","B",,,"treeumphant.html"," 204.trunk.sandpit.14 ",
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"C2003-204-84","B",,,"nopain.html"," 204.trunk.dontstep.14 ",
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"C2003-204-85","C",,,"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",," 204.deepsouth.razor7.25","Nordic Traverse (passed 2004)"
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"C2004-204-01","B","Razor",,,,
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"C2004-204-02","B","Razor",,,,
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"C2004-204-03","C","Razor",,,,
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"C2004-204-04","C","Sw",,,,
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"C2004-204-05","X","Sw",,,,
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"C2004-204-06","X","Sw",,,,
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"C2004-204-07","C","Sw",,,,
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"C2004-204-08","X","Sw",,,,
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"C2004-204-09","B","Sw",,,,
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"C2004-204-10","B","Sw",,,,
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"C2004-204-11","A","Sw",,,,
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"C2004-204-12","C","Sw",,,,
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"C2004-204-13","C","Sw",,,,
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"C2004-204-14","C","Sw",,,,
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"C2004-204-15","B","Underworld","Narrow rift drops down about 15m",,,
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"C2004-204-16","C","Underworld",,,,
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"C2004-204-17","B","Underworld","Large passage about 5m above station 1 of terrafirma, mud bankabove 1. Needs bolts",,,
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"C2004-204-18","B","Underworld","Passage over blind pit about 4m above shaft floor",,,
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"C2004-204-19","C","Underworld",,,,
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"C2004-204-20","X","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-21","C","Underworld",,,,
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"C2004-204-22","A","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-23","C","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-24","A","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-25","B","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-26","B","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-27","A","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-28","A","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-29","X","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-30","X","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-31","C","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-32","X","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-33","A","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-34","A","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-35","A","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-36","A","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-37","A","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-38","B","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-39","B","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-40","B","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-41","?","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-42","?","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-43","C","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-44","B","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-45","X","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-46","C","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-47","C","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-48","X","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-49","A","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-50","A","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-51","B","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-52","C","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-53","B","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-54","C","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-55","?","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-56","C","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-57",,,,,,"Does not exist?"
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"C2004-204-58","B","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-59","B","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-60","A","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-61","A","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-62","B","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-63","A","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-64","C","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-65","B","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-66","C","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-67","C","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-68","B","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-69","B","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-70","C","Wares",,,,
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"C2004-204-71","C","Wares","Tight rift in floor",,,
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<h3>Playground</h3>
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<p>Swings and Roundabouts branches off from <a href="nopain.html#bonsai">Bonsai Crawl</a>, at what was QM2000-12B. Initially, a walking sized passage <b><a id="playground">Playground</a></b> leads past some mud formations and a drippy mini-aven to a view overlooking a mid-sized chamber, <b>Magic Roundabout</b>, with several exits. The easiest way to the chamber floor is via a climb down through a hole in the floor on the right at the end of Playground.</p>
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<p>Swings and Roundabouts branches off from <a href="nopain.html#bonsai">Bonsai
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Crawl</a>, at what was QM2000-12B. Initially, a walking sized passage
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<b><a id="playground">Playground</a></b> leads past some mud formations and a
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drippy mini-aven to a view overlooking a mid-sized chamber,
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<b>Magic Roundabout</b>, with several exits. The easiest way to the chamber
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floor is via a climb down through a hole in the floor on the right at the end
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of Playground.</p>
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<h3><a id="magicroundabout">Magic Roundabout Chamber</a> and surrounding
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passage</h3>
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rigging guide" />
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The initial pitch, <b><a id="gaffertape">Gaffer Tape</a></b> (70m), is an
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imposing oval shaft, which continues upwards [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-97"
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id="qC2001-204-97">C2001-204-97 X</a>]. A passage leads off from the bottom,
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splitting in two going round a pillar and emerging in a chamber formed from a
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slightly hading line of weakness. A ledge can be followed on the right hand
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wall. Down a hole to the left, two uninspiring rifts [<a
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href="qm.html#C2002-204-02" id="qC2002-204-02">C2002-204-02 C</a>, <a
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href="qm.html#C2002-204-03" id="qC2002-204-03">C2002-204-03 C</a>] lead off
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downwards, which probably rejoin a parallel shaft to LX Tape pitch. Up to the
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right <a href="qm.html#C2002-204-04" id="qC2002-204-04">C2002-204-04 C</a>], a
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sloping aven is visible which may be climbable. Continuing on past a large
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boulder, a rift is intersected at a chamber. Upstream (to the right) a trickle
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of water emerges from a small slot in the ceiling. The main way on is down
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through a small hole in the floor, which can be descended via a backup round
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the large boulder, a flake in the floor and a rope protector. This is <b><a
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id="tapeworm">Tape Worm</a></b> pitch; this rebelays off a horizontal thread
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down to a ledge with large fossils visible in the floor and walls, where the
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small rift of Tape Worm joins the impressive shaft of <b><a id="lxtape">LX
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Tape</a></b> pitch. Looking out to the left a parallel shaft can be seen which
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may be enterable from <a href="qm.html#C2002-204-02"
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>C2002-204-02 C</a> and <a href="qm.html#C2002-204-03">C2002-204-03 C</a>. A
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traverse along the right-hand wall reaches a natural from which the next pitch
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LX Tape may be rigged; this descends to land on a rock bridge near another
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large boulder. On the far wall near the bottom is a ledge [<a
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href="qm.html#C2002-204-08" id="qC2002-204-08">C2002-204-08 C</a>]. On the near
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side of the rock bridge is a tight and unpromising rift [<a
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href="qm.html#C2002-204-06" id="qC2002-204-06">C2002-204-06 C</a>]. On the far
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side, a spit rebelay allows one to descend to another chamber, where a large
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thread allows one to climb through an eyehole to the next pitch,
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<b><a id="sellotape">Sellotape</a></b>, a fine 2m wide rift, which lands a
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slight puddle, and a horizontal silt floor leads 5m to the next pitch,
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<b><a id="trihang">Trihang</a></b>. This leads into the <a href="uworld.html">Underworld</a>.</p>
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id="qC2001-204-97">C2001-204-97 X</a>]. It is rigged from a bolted traverse on
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the right wall to a bolted Y-hang and a second bolted Y-hang about 25m below.</p>
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<p>A passage leads off from the top of the small chamber at the bottom,
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splitting in two around a pillar and emerging in a chamber formed from a
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slightly hading line of weakness. A ledge can be traversed on the right wall to
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go up past a large boulder, at which point a rift is intersected at a small
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chamber. <i>Down a hole to the left, two uninspiring rifts
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[<a href="qm.html#C2002-204-02" id="qC2002-204-02">C2002-204-02 C</a>],
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[<a href="qm.html#C2002-204-03" id="qC2002-204-03">C2002-204-03 C</a>] lead down
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and probably rejoin a parallel shaft to LX Tape pitch. Up to the right,
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[<a href="qm.html#C2002-204-04" id="qC2002-204-04">C2002-204-04 C</a>], a
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sloping aven is visible which may be climbable. Upstream and to the right of
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the small chamber, a trickle of water emerges from a small slot in the
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ceiling.</i> The main way on is down on the left of the small chamber, through
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a small hole in boulders in the floor to<b><a id="tapeworm">Tape Worm</a></b>
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pitch. This is descended via a backup round the large boulder and a Y-hang on
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spits (care to avoid rubs), then a rebelay off a horizontal thread just below
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a small ledge. Tape Worm pitch lands at a roomy ledge with large fossils
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visible in the floor and walls. Here the small rift of Tape Worm joins the
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larger shaft of <b><a id="lxtape">LX Tape</a></b> pitch. <i>Looking out to the
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left a parallel shaft can be seen which may be enterable from
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[<a href="qm.html#C2002-204-02">C2002-204-02 C</a>] and/or
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[<a href="qm.html#C2002-204-03">C2002-204-03 C</a>].</i> A bolted traverse along
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the right wall reaches a natural from which LX Tape pitch is rigged. This
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descends, via a deviation on the left wall just below the main ledge, and then
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a second deviation on a natural only around 4m lower but much further along.
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LX Tape pitch is then rebelayed just below a rock bridge near another large
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boulder. <i>On the far wall near the bottom is a ledge
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[<a href="qm.html#C2002-204-08" id="qC2002-204-08">C2002-204-08 C</a>]. On the
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near side of the rock bridge is a tight and unpromising rift [<a
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href="qm.html#C2002-204-06" id="qC2002-204-06">C2002-204-06 C</a>].</i></p>
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<p> LX Tape pitch lands in another small chamber. Here a spit backup then a
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crawl through an eye-hole to a bolted Y-hang provides the main hang for
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<b><a id="sellotape">Sellotape</a></b>(or eye hole pitch). This is a fine, 2m
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wide rift which lands in a slight puddle. A horizontal floor leads 5m to a roomy
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ledge on the left of the main rift. A bolted traverse to the end of the ledge
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reaches the <b><a id="trihang">Trihang</a></b> pitch-head. This is no longer
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rigged as a tri-hang but instead around the large natural above the ledge.
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Tri-Hang pitch descends beyond a small ledge which has a bolted deviation level
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with the ledge down to a small puddle. Here wellies and jammers should be
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washed clean of mud prior to ascent (washing-up brush left there in 2004 for
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this purpose). The tight rift continues down
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-02" id="qC2003-204-02">C2003-204-02 B</a>] but the
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way on is up an awkward and steep bolted traverse up the right wall of the rift
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on a small-to-vanishing ledge. After 5m this reaches the top of the final
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pitch, <b><a id="cerberus">Cerberus</a></b>. <i>The traverse is best rigged by
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free-climbing to the top of Cerberus pitch on the left side of the rift then
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rigging the traverse from the top. At the pitch-head for Cerberus, above the
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traverse up to it, there is a small tube, <b><a id="eeyore">Eeyore</a></b>.
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This leads off up on the right and is floored with thick, sticky mud. After
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around five metres of crawling, Eeyore opens out into a moderately large
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chamber. A bolted Y-hang on the right wall drops down to a ledge and then to a
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second bolted Y-hang to the steeply descending floor of the chamber. There is
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a small pitch on the left
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-68" id="qC2003-204-68">C2003-204-68 B</a>] which may
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link to the lower pitch in Eeyore. At the bottom of the chamber a small muddy
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passage leads off on the left to a rift. This can be free-climbed down to the
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head of <b><a id="kanga">Kanga</a></b>. </i> Cerberus is a steeply sloping, very muddy ramp down. It is
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rigged from a bolted Y-hang and then a deviation from a natural the left wall.
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</p>
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<p>Cerberus descends into the <a href="uworld.html">Underworld</a>.</p>
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<h3><a id="21bolttrav">21 Bolt Traverse</a></h3>
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@ -152,7 +191,10 @@ found on the right wall. A pitch on the left [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-92"
|
||||
id="qC2001-204-92">C2001-204-92</a>] is surrounded by a lot of very loose
|
||||
boulders; rocks fall for a considerable distance, but no attempt was made to
|
||||
descend due to the loose debris. Across the top of the pitch are two slots
|
||||
looking into <a href="#chicagochicanes">Chicago Chicanes</a>. Continuing along
|
||||
looking into <a href="#chicagochicanes">Chicago Chicanes</a>. There are some
|
||||
passage to the right at this point that need a descent description, with one qm
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-04" id="qC2004-204-04">C2004-204-04 C</a>].
|
||||
Continuing along
|
||||
Swings passage, the main entrance to Chicago Chicanes is on the left, and a
|
||||
climb up on the right leads to <a href="#trapeze">Trapeze</a>.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -180,6 +222,18 @@ Run</a>.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h4><a id="crestarun">Cresta Run</a></h4>
|
||||
|
||||
Please insert qms into text[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-05" id="qC2004-204-05">C2004-204-05 X</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-06" id="qC2004-204-06">C2004-204-06 X</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-07" id="qC2004-204-07">C2004-204-07 C</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-08" id="qC2004-204-08">C2004-204-08 X</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-09" id="qC2004-204-09">C2004-204-09 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-10" id="qC2004-204-10">C2004-204-10 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-11" id="qC2004-204-11">C2004-204-11 A</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-12" id="qC2004-204-12">C2004-204-12 C</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-13" id="qC2004-204-13">C2004-204-13 C</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-14" id="qC2004-204-14">C2004-204-14 C</a>]
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The climb mentioned above was bolted in 2004 and has been left permanently rigged.
|
||||
From the head of the pitch, a short climb up leads to a ledge overlooking Swings on
|
||||
one side and a (blind?) pit to the other. Straight ahead is a steep descending tube
|
||||
|
@ -27,19 +27,19 @@ href="swings.html#merrygoround">Merry-Go-Round</a> is also suspected to exist.</
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="l/underworld.html"><img class="onright" src="t/underworld.jpg" /></a>
|
||||
<h3><a id="underworld">The Underworld</h3>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-02" id="qC2003-204-02">C2003-204-02 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-04" id="qC2003-204-04">C2003-204-04 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-05" id="qC2003-204-05">C2003-204-05 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-06" id="qC2003-204-06">C2003-204-06 C</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-07" id="qC2003-204-07">C2003-204-07 C</a>]
|
||||
<!--[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-08" id="qC2003-204-08">C2003-204-08 A</a>]-->
|
||||
<p>The Underworld starts from the foot of Cerberus pitch. <i>A hole down on the
|
||||
left, [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-04" id="qC2003-204-04">C2003-204-04 B</a>]
|
||||
leads to the head of a rift; this is likely to link to the rift
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-02" id="qC2003-204-02">C2003-204-02 B</a>] leading
|
||||
from the base of Trihang. Ahead is a blind pit around 4m deep.</i> An obvious
|
||||
path on the right in the mud floor leads along horizontal walking passage past
|
||||
conservation-taped stalactites to a junction. Up and to the left a passage goes
|
||||
of to Sirens, to the right the passage goes to PoohStyx.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3><a id="eeyore">Eeyore</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="l/kangatwo.html"><img class="onleft" src="t/kangatwo.jpg" /></a>
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-03" id="qC2003-204-03">C2003-204-03 B</a>]
|
||||
|
||||
<p><b>Eeyore</b> is a mud-floored stooping-height passage accessed by a
|
||||
slightly exposed greasy sideways climb at the top of the upwards-sloping
|
||||
@ -53,63 +53,213 @@ slope, where there is a Y-hang rebelay giving a clean hang down the slope to
|
||||
the floor. At this point there is a narrow tube in the far wall, which turns to
|
||||
the left and slopes upwards over loose powdery mud. After around 5m another
|
||||
chamber is reached; climbing down around a large wedged boulder reveals a
|
||||
narrow, unpromising-looking pitch-head, estimated at 10m [C2004-204-XX B].</p>
|
||||
narrow, unpromising-looking pitch-head, estimated at 10m
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-69" id="qC2004-204-69">C2004-204-69 B</a>].</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3><a id="poohstyx">Poohstyx</h3>
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-09" id="qC2003-204-09">C2003-204-09 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-10" id="qC2003-204-10">C2003-204-10 C</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-11" id="qC2003-204-11">C2003-204-11 C</a>]
|
||||
To the right at the junction of the underworld, Poohstyx and sirens, soon ends
|
||||
in a mud choke. Straight ahead, the main passage soon drops down to the ledge
|
||||
over Pooh Styx pitch (which descends 25m picking up spray towards the bottom,
|
||||
to a flat floor with two too tight rifts leading off, there is also a possible
|
||||
continuation through a window a couple of metres above the floor
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-09" id="qC2003-204-09">C2003-204-09 B</a>]). </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Traversing beyond the pitch leads on left to a chamber, with a large rock in
|
||||
the middle. To the left out of this chamber is a passage
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-10" id="qC2003-204-10">C2003-204-10 C</a>], straight
|
||||
on above a climb passages slope upwards out of the chamber
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-11" id="qC2003-204-11">C2003-204-11 C</a>], and to
|
||||
the right a tight rift leads off. This rift leads past some places with sand
|
||||
full of bat bones, half way along another tight passage leads of to the right
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-12" id="qC2003-204-12">C2003-204-12 C</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-13" id="qC2003-204-13">C2003-204-13 X</a>]
|
||||
continuing along the tight rift leads to the small Beyond-PoohStyx pool which is
|
||||
overlooked by the ledge in Sirens beyond Bracket Fungus passage. Extending high
|
||||
above the sirens ledge, an aven goes up for a good 20 metres
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-13" id="qC2003-204-13">C2003-204-13 X</a>].
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="l/sirens.html"><img class="onright" src="t/sirens.jpg" /></a>
|
||||
<h3><a id="sirens">Sirens</h3>
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-14" id="qC2003-204-14">C2003-204-14 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-15" id="qC2003-204-15">C2003-204-15 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-16" id="qC2003-204-16">C2003-204-16 C</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-17" id="qC2003-204-17">C2003-204-17 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-18" id="qC2003-204-18">C2003-204-18 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-19" id="qC2003-204-19">C2003-204-19 C</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-20" id="qC2003-204-20">C2003-204-20 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-21" id="qC2003-204-21">C2003-204-21 B</a>]
|
||||
Left at the main junction in the Underworld is the start of Sirens. From this
|
||||
point into Sirens and Subsoil the cave consists mainly of phreatic tunnels
|
||||
partially filled with mud or gravel banks with a strong draft coming out of the
|
||||
cave. From the junction into Sirens the narrow but always walking passage
|
||||
climbs steeply up a mud-floored passage to a ledge with conservation-taped
|
||||
formations that overlooks Black Maria chamber (p.30). Just before the ledge,
|
||||
two holes in the floor on the right drop steeply down, with rocks bouncing a
|
||||
long way [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-14" id="qC2003-204-14">C2003-204-14 B</a>]
|
||||
and [<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-15" id="qC2003-204-15">C2003-204-15 B</a>].
|
||||
Below and to the left of where Sirens enters Black Maria chamber, a passage
|
||||
appears to lead off
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-16" id="qC2003-204-16">C2003-204-16 C</a>]. Black
|
||||
Maria chamber is rigged from a ledge that traverses around the right of the
|
||||
chamber. Rigged from two bolted Y-hangs, this pitch lands in a moderate-sized
|
||||
chamber with just one small passage leading off
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-70" id="qC2004-204-70">C2003-204-70 C</a>]. At the
|
||||
level of the pitch head for Black Maria and further around the chamber, a
|
||||
moderate-size, horizontal mud-floored passage leads off
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-18" id="qC2003-204-18">C2003-204-18 B</a>]. From
|
||||
the ledge where Sirens enters Black Maria chamber, the main way on is over a
|
||||
traverse on the right using naturals (15m rope; 2 slings) to gain a large
|
||||
passage sloping up. Straight ahead is a thin rift: Bracket Fungus passage, the
|
||||
way on is up the steep mud slope to the left, oxtail oxbows.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3><a id="bracketfungus">Bracket Fungus Passage</h3>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<a href="l/bracketfungus1.html"><img class="onleft" src="t/bracketfungus1.jpg" /></a>
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-22" id="qC2003-204-22">C2003-204-22 C</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-23" id="qC2003-204-23">C2003-204-23 C</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-24" id="qC2003-204-24">C2003-204-24 C</a>]</p>
|
||||
[DO NOT ENTER; CONSERVATION-TAPED OFF; USE OXTAIL OXBOW BYPASS ON THE LEFT
|
||||
INSTEAD] which is well-decorated with bracket-fungus-like formations on both
|
||||
walls and stalactites above. This leads straight to a ledge above the
|
||||
Beyond-PoohStyx pool. To the right are two sloping mud chutes
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-23" id="qC2003-204-23">C2003-204-23 C</a>] that
|
||||
appear to drop into the chamber above the Beyond-PoohStyx pool.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3 style="clear: both"><a id="oxtail">Oxtail Oxbow</h3>
|
||||
The way on, which bypasses bracket fungus passage is up a steep mud slope,
|
||||
<i>passing a phreatic tube which enters high on the left
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-19" id="qC2003-204-19">C2003-204-19 C</a>]</i>,
|
||||
which soon reaches a steep mud slope down (bolt and sling for hand line on right
|
||||
wall). At the bottom of the mud slope, a thin rift leads off straight ahead
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-15" id="qC2004-204-15">C2003-204-15 B</a>]
|
||||
and there is a hole in the floor
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-71" id="qC2003-204-71">C2003-204-71 C</a>] that may
|
||||
link to this rift. <i>At the bottom of the mud slope the main route around Oxtail
|
||||
Oxbow continues as a scramble up a steep mud passage on the right.</i> This
|
||||
passage then leads steeply down a mud slope, <i>past a tight rift in the floor
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-67" id="qC2004-204-67">C2004-204-67 C</a>] and a
|
||||
passage to the right going to Beyond-PoohStyx,</i> to join a larger passage. <i>
|
||||
At this junction, the passage to the right leads to the ledge above
|
||||
Beyond-PoohStyx pool which traverses along the right wall into Bracket Fungus
|
||||
passage. Just before this ledge, a passage up to the left goes to a small
|
||||
chamber with a very steep climb up from it
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-24" id="qC2003-204-24">C2003-204-24 C</a>]</i>. At
|
||||
the junction with the main passage, the main route is to the left, up a steep
|
||||
mud slope to a further junction. At this junction, straight ahead leads to
|
||||
Terra Firma, and to the right leads to Quiz Rift.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3><a id="terrafirma">Terra Firma</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3><a id="blackmaria">Black Maria</h3>
|
||||
Straight ahead is a narrow passage which
|
||||
opens onto a small chamber, Terra Firma, with mud banks and a blind pit in the
|
||||
floor. Above the pit, a passage appears to lead off
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-18" id="qC2004-204-18">C2004-204-18 B</a>] and on
|
||||
top of the mudbank above the entry-point into chamber another, larger passage
|
||||
appears to lead off
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-17" id="qC2004-204-17">C2004-204-17 B</a>]. A small
|
||||
passage on the left before Terra Firma is reached leads down to a
|
||||
conservation-taped crystal pool which can also be seen from above from Terra
|
||||
Firma, across the pool is
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-16" id="qC2004-204-16">C2004-204-16 C</a>].
|
||||
|
||||
<h3><a id="quiz">Quiz Rift</h3>
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-25" id="qC2003-204-25">C2003-204-25 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-26" id="qC2003-204-26">C2003-204-26 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-27" id="qC2003-204-27">C2003-204-27 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-28" id="qC2003-204-28">C2003-204-28 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-29" id="qC2003-204-29">C2003-204-29 A</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-30" id="qC2003-204-30">C2003-204-30 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-31" id="qC2003-204-31">C2003-204-31 B</a>]
|
||||
I think the following qms from the upper tube survey should be in here.
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-19" id="qC2004-204-19">C2004-204-19 C</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-21" id="qC2004-204-21">C2004-204-21 C</a>]
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Emerging from the short muddy crawl reveals a walking passage. Right leads quickly to a climb up and traverse back over the existing passage, <b><a id="generation">The Generation Game</a></b>, explored by Becka.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Left leads shortly to a bend in the passage and a steep downwards slope floored with crumbly mud; spits are in place for a traverse line, since slipping would mean a long fall. After a few metres is a pitch, <b><a id="gardenersworld">Gardener's World</a></b> (26m), which slopes awkwardly and has been subjected to a variety of rigs, none of them ideal!</p>
|
||||
At the junction before Terra Firma, turn right and clamber over large wedged
|
||||
boulders <i>[CARE - deep, undescended rift below
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-25" id="qC2003-204-25">C2003-204-25 B</a>]</i>, to a
|
||||
small mud chamber. Duck under the low arch, avoiding contacting the
|
||||
conservation-taped stalactites, to a further small mud chamber. Crawl down
|
||||
again under a second low arch, up a mud slope on the right and turn left into
|
||||
Quiz Rift. <i>To the right a narrow rift goes up to a ledge which is the start of
|
||||
the Generation Game bolted traverse. This leads over the top of Quiz Rift to
|
||||
the passage the far side; this appears to have no way on. On the other side of
|
||||
this ledge are a series of phreatic roof tubes and passage which overlook the
|
||||
mud slopes and chambers just described.</i> Quiz Rift soon turns right down a
|
||||
mud slope (traverse line on naturals and one bolt) to the Gardener's World
|
||||
pitch (p25). This descends via awkward rigging (not perfected in 2004) to a
|
||||
ledge in a moderately large chamber. From this ledge the University Challenge
|
||||
pitch (p15) descends to land partway down the large, confusing Subsoil Chamber.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The landing is on a narrow rubble floor; a few metres ahead the floor drops away again, and another pitch, <b><a id="univchallenge">University Challenge</a></b> (12m), descends past an interesting hollow boulder to land in the <a href="#subsoil">Subsoil Series</a>.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--
|
||||
|
||||
Daves description edited out to put in Beckas.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Emerging from the short muddy crawl reveals a walking passage. Right leads
|
||||
quickly to a climb up and traverse back over the existing passage,
|
||||
<b><a id="generation">The Generation Game</a></b>, explored by Becka.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Left leads shortly to a bend in the passage and a steep downwards slope
|
||||
floored with crumbly mud; spits are in place for a traverse line, since
|
||||
slipping would mean a long fall. After a few metres is a pitch,
|
||||
<b><a id="gardenersworld">Gardener's World</a></b> (26m), which slopes awkwardly
|
||||
and has been subjected to a variety of rigs, none of them ideal!</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The landing is on a narrow rubble floor; a few metres ahead the floor drops
|
||||
away again, and another pitch,
|
||||
<b><a id="univchallenge">University Challenge</a></b> (12m), descends past an
|
||||
interesting hollow boulder to land in the
|
||||
<a href="#subsoil">Subsoil Series</a>.</p>!-->
|
||||
|
||||
<h3><a id="subsoil">Subsoil level</a></h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<h4><a id="earthenware">Earthenware</a></h4>
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-23" id="qC2004-204-23">C2004-204-23 C</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-24" id="qC2004-204-24">C2004-204-24 A</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-25" id="qC2004-204-25">C2004-204-25 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-26" id="qC2004-204-26">C2004-204-26 B</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-27" id="qC2004-204-27">C2004-204-27 A</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-28" id="qC2004-204-28">C2004-204-28 A</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-41" id="qC2004-204-41">C2004-204-41 ?</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-42" id="qC2004-204-42">C2004-204-42 ?</a>]
|
||||
|
||||
<h4><a id="hardware">Hardware</a></h4>
|
||||
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-29" id="qC2004-204-29">C2004-204-29 X</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-30" id="qC2004-204-30">C2004-204-30 X</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-31" id="qC2004-204-31">C2004-204-31 C</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-32" id="qC2004-204-32">C2004-204-32 X</a>]
|
||||
<h4>Do not know what this passage is called</h4>
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-33" id="qC2004-204-33">C2004-204-33 A</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-34" id="qC2004-204-34">C2004-204-34 A</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-35" id="qC2004-204-35">C2004-204-35 A</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-36" id="qC2004-204-36">C2004-204-36 A</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-37" id="qC2004-204-37">C2004-204-37 A</a>]
|
||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-38" id="qC2004-204-38">C2004-204-38 B</a>]
|
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-39" id="qC2004-204-39">C2004-204-39 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-40" id="qC2004-204-40">C2004-204-40 B</a>]
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<h4><a id="underware">Underware</a></h4>
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These are the northly qms that happened on the same trip as underware, do not
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know if passage is called underware
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-43" id="qC2004-204-43">C2004-204-43 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-44" id="qC2004-204-44">C2004-204-44 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-45" id="qC2004-204-45">C2004-204-45 X</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-46" id="qC2004-204-46">C2004-204-46 C</a>]
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These are the southly qms of underware
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-47" id="qC2004-204-47">C2004-204-47 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-48" id="qC2004-204-48">C2004-204-48 X</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-49" id="qC2004-204-49">C2004-204-49 A</a>]
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<h4><a id="chimney">Chimney</a></h4>
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<h4><a id="heavilysoiled">Heavily Soiled</a></h4>
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Don't really know what the passage is called that these qms are in:
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-20" id="qC2004-204-20">C2004-204-20 X</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-22" id="qC2004-204-22">C2004-204-22 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-56" id="qC2004-204-56">C2004-204-56 C</a>]
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<h4><a id="soiled">Soiled Passage</a></h4>
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-50" id="qC2004-204-50">C2004-204-50 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-51" id="qC2004-204-51">C2004-204-51 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-52" id="qC2004-204-52">C2004-204-52 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-53" id="qC2004-204-53">C2004-204-53 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-54" id="qC2004-204-54">C2004-204-54 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-55" id="qC2004-204-55">C2004-204-55 ?</a>]
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<h4><a id="hippohollows">Hippo Hollows</a></h4>
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-58" id="qC2004-204-58">C2004-204-58 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-59" id="qC2004-204-59">C2004-204-59 B</a>]
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<h4><a id="fatworm">Fat Worm Blows a Sparky</a></h4>
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-60" id="qC2004-204-60">C2004-204-60 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-61" id="qC2004-204-61">C2004-204-61 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-62" id="qC2004-204-62">C2004-204-62 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-63" id="qC2004-204-63">C2004-204-63 A</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-64" id="qC2004-204-64">C2004-204-64 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-65" id="qC2004-204-65">C2004-204-65 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2004-204-66" id="qC2004-204-66">C2004-204-66 C</a>]
|
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<h4><a id="batchamber">Bat Chamber</a></h4>
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<h4><a id="thinrift">Thin Worm Rift</a></h4>
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