mirror of
https://expo.survex.com/repositories/expoweb/.git/
synced 2024-11-26 01:01:58 +00:00
Moved White Elephant description here, plus added link from Phat Shafdt to Pussy Prance
This commit is contained in:
parent
927d343e41
commit
fe3b69f236
@ -223,10 +223,79 @@ alcoves. These need further investigation by possible deviation or pendulum:
|
|||||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-73" id="qC2000-204-73">C2000-204-73</a>]
|
[<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-73" id="qC2000-204-73">C2000-204-73</a>]
|
||||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-74" id="qC2000-204-74">C2000-204-74</a>]
|
[<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-74" id="qC2000-204-74">C2000-204-74</a>]
|
||||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-75" id="qC2000-204-75">C2000-204-75</a>]
|
[<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-75" id="qC2000-204-75">C2000-204-75</a>]
|
||||||
[<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-76" id="qC2000-204-76">C2000-204-76</a>] One of these windows, some 25m above the base of the shaft to the south, leads to Snow Leopard. This route was used to access the "Cats" area in 2012.
|
[<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-76" id="qC2000-204-76">C2000-204-76</a>] One of these
|
||||||
|
windows, some 25m above the base of the shaft to the south, leads to Snow Leopard.
|
||||||
|
This route was used to access the <a href="pussyprance.html">Pussy Prance</a> area
|
||||||
|
via <a href="pussyprance.html#catwalk">Catwalk</a> in 2012. </p>
|
||||||
<p>The shaft ended with a rock strewn floor vaguely oval in cross section with a
|
<p>The shaft ended with a rock strewn floor vaguely oval in cross section with a
|
||||||
small streamway at one end which got too tight to pass.</p>
|
small streamway at one end which got too tight to pass.</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<h3><a id="elephant">White Elephant Series</a></h3>
|
||||||
|
<p>The White Elephant Series is a series of rift pitches which has not been
|
||||||
|
pushed to a definite conclusion, but does not appear especially promising,
|
||||||
|
despite carrying a considerable breeze. It was originally accessed via a 3m
|
||||||
|
climb up in the phreatic passage between <a href="midlevel.html#veined">You're
|
||||||
|
so Veined</a> and <a href="pussyprance.html#merryxmas">Merry Fucking Christmas
|
||||||
|
</a>, and can also be reached from <a href="#pleasuredome">Pleasuredome</a>.</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p>From the head of the 3m climb up, a roof tube leads off. After 8m of crawling,
|
||||||
|
the passage opens out at the head of a 2m climb down by a large boulder. A too-tight
|
||||||
|
rift leads off on the left, but ahead opens out into a large space, the
|
||||||
|
<b><a id="millennium">Millennium Dome</a></b>.</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p>A 20m pitch rigged from a bolt on the left hand wall backed up to the big
|
||||||
|
boulder, with a rebelay and rope protector after 5m, lands on the boulder floor
|
||||||
|
of the Millennium Dome, which is an L-shaped chamber at the base of a large
|
||||||
|
aven, with each arm of the L being 15m long and 5m wide. There do not appear to
|
||||||
|
be any ways through the boulders, but a rift leads off at the western end,
|
||||||
|
quickly arriving at the head of a 10m pitch with a constricted take off, rigged
|
||||||
|
from boulders. An eyehole part way down this pitch appears to lead into a
|
||||||
|
parallel shaft. (This is almost certainly the connection through to <a
|
||||||
|
href="nopain.html#pleasuredome">Pleasuredome</a>). The pitch lands on a
|
||||||
|
rubble floor with a blind pit. Heading south quickly reaches a loose pitch
|
||||||
|
head, with a rift passage continuing beyond.</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p>The pitch is 28m, rigged from a bolt on the left hand wall and deviations
|
||||||
|
from natural threads after 4m and 12m. The second deviation is by a small rock
|
||||||
|
bridge, where descending either side appears to go to the same place, and an
|
||||||
|
eyehole opposite connects to the continuation of the rift at the top of the
|
||||||
|
pitch. The base of the pitch is an oddly shaped chamber formed from several
|
||||||
|
rifts (about 7m up the pitch, these rifts coalesce to form a single shaft.)
|
||||||
|
North from the base of the rope leads to a 3m climb down into an inlet rift
|
||||||
|
coming from the north which ends in a blank wall 8m from the base of the rope,
|
||||||
|
but the rift continues too-tight heading south beneath the 3m climb. South from
|
||||||
|
the base of the rope is another rift heading downhill which rapidly becomes
|
||||||
|
tight with running water clearly audible [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-78"
|
||||||
|
id="qC2000-204-78">C2000-204-78 C</a>],
|
||||||
|
but not visible beyond. West from the
|
||||||
|
base of the rope leads to junction with a tight rift continuing to the west
|
||||||
|
[<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-79" id="qC2000-204-79">C2000-204-79 C</a>],
|
||||||
|
and another inlet rift coming from the north which ends in a blank wall after
|
||||||
|
5m.</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p>Traversing over the top of the pitch (rope required) and a short descent
|
||||||
|
leads to a continuation of the rift passage. A hole on the left connects to the
|
||||||
|
28m pitch described earlier. After 5m the rift narrows and a constricted pitch
|
||||||
|
head is reached. The descent of 15m is rigged from a large boulder and leads
|
||||||
|
immediately to a further drop of 7m rigged from a bolt. This shorter drop may be
|
||||||
|
bypassed by an alternative free climb in a narrow slot immediately beyond the
|
||||||
|
pitch head. From the base the tall, narrow rift continues with two short climbs
|
||||||
|
and a slot in the floor which gradually widens to the head of the next pitch
|
||||||
|
after 6m. This is rigged from a Y-hang on either side of the rift, but soon
|
||||||
|
opens out to give a fine descent of 15m landing in a spacious rift at 182m depth
|
||||||
|
from 204b entrance. A narrow slot in the floor develops, which is just large
|
||||||
|
enough to descend, but stones thrown down sound dead [<a
|
||||||
|
href="qm.html#C1999-204-26"
|
||||||
|
id="qC1999-204-26">C1999-204-26 B</a>]. It is possible to traverse above the
|
||||||
|
slot for a short way before the rift becomes too tight.</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p>There is a noticeable breeze at the base of this pitch, as there is through
|
||||||
|
much of the series, with air blowing into the cave. From the base of the 7m
|
||||||
|
pitch, there is no roof visible. This area has potential, but there are no easy
|
||||||
|
leads, and some lunatic bolt traverses may be required to try to bypass the
|
||||||
|
tight sections.</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<hr />
|
<hr />
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<div class="centre">
|
<div class="centre">
|
||||||
|
Loading…
Reference in New Issue
Block a user