<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf8" /> <title> 1623/161 Kaninchenhöhle Dreamtime </title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/main2.css" /> </head> <body> <p><center><a href="161.html"><img alt="Overview " src="ovview.png" width=40 height=40></a> <a href="pixrh.htm"><img alt=" Photos " src="vtour.png" width=40 height=40></a> <img alt="Rigging" src="rigbut.png" width=40 height=40> <a href="names.htm"><img alt=" Glossary " src="idx161.png" width=40 height=40></a> <a href="../index.html#id161"><img alt=" Desc " src="desc.png" width=40 height=40></a> <a href="../../index.htm"><img alt=" Expo " src="ausbut.png" width=40 height=40></a> </center> <h2>161 Kaninchenhöhle: Dreamtime</h2> <h3>Dreamtime (1989-90)</h3> <p><center><a href="l/dtime.htm"><img alt="Dreamtime pitch photo" src="t/dtime.jpg" width=116 height=166></a> <a href="l/dtime2.htm"><img alt="Dreamtime pitch rebelay" src="t/dtime2.jpg" width=77 height=157></a></center> <p>Descending the top part of <a href="bsains.htm#checkout">Checkout</a> for 4m to the second rebelay, it is possible to stand on the rock ridge between Checkout pitch and the <a href="offtop.htm#ashopper">Alternative Shopper</a> 30m pitch. From the ridge a traverse over loose boulders gains the continuation of <a href="bsains.htm#bigsain">Big Sainsbury's</a> passage into <a name="dreamtime">Dreamtime</a>. This traverse should be lined. There are bolts in one boulder across the col, and two in the wall around the pitch. <p>The passage descends over boulders and a trench in the floor, <a href="offdtm.htm#deepsleep">Deep Sleep</a>, with a hole on the right leading into a blind rift, <a name="bullalley"><b>Bullshit Alley</b></a> with a chamber at the bottom, <a name="petecha"><b>Pete's Chamber</b></a>. The main passage eventually closes off, but a narrow passage to the right descends to Eyehole Pitch. A hole to the left of the pitchhead descends a 20m pitch to an excessively tight rift, which would be near impossible to rig without a power drill [No QM number]. <p><a name="eyeholep">Ahead,</a> <b>Eyehole Pitch</b> is first a 4m drop into a chamber, with a window back to the 20m pitch, then a climb over or through (the eyehole) a rock bridge and 6m down an elliptical tube to land in a passage with a bedding plane off to left and right. <p><a name="iscoop">In the bedding</a> plane, left around a central pillar leads to a short pitch to the bottom of the 20m, and across the bedding is the start of <a href="offdtm.htm#gnome">Gnome Passage</a>. Ahead the passage enters a rift via a handline climb. Traverse over a hole in the floor, and continue until the rift drops right into a pit. Left here is a tight rift to an undescended pitch [<a href="qmtodo.htm#C1989-161-07" name="qC1989-161-07">C1989-161-07</a> C]. <p><a name="dreamingp">Climbing</a> the far side of the pit gains <b>Indian Scoop</b> in a short passage to <b>Dreaming Pitch</b>, the head of which ended the 1989 exploration. This descends to a short horizontal section, and then <a name="hingep"><b>Hinge Pitch</b></a>. Hinge Pitch drops about 10m to become tight, but about 5m down, a ledge can be gained on the right. Climb over a notch and down into a larger passage. <p><a name="stinkyp">This passage</a> is about 50m long, over a hole which should preferably be provided with a handline. This hole has not been descended [<a href="qmtodo.htm#C1990-161-08" name="qC1990-161-08">C1990-161-08</a>]. At the end of the passage, just before <b>Stinky Pool</b>, climb up to the right into a cross passage, leading to the top of <a name="hitrp"><b>Hole in the Roof Pitch</b></a>. This descends for 30m via four rebelays and a Y-hang to land on boulders. To the left is a blind pit, to the right a climb down and short section of passage to join the <a href="rhr.htm#rhroute">Right Hand Route</a> a few metres before <a href="rhr.htm#poxyp">Bungalow Pitch</a>. <hr /> </body> </html>