<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <!-- Only put one cave in this file --> <!-- If you edit this file, make sure you update the website database --> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> </head> <body> <cave> <non_public>False</non_public> <caveslug>1623-LA25</caveslug> <official_name>LUSS/LA25</official_name> <area>1623</area> <area>6</area> <kataster_code>2/S +</kataster_code> <kataster_number></kataster_number> <unofficial_number>LA25</unofficial_number> <entrance> <entranceslug>1623-LA25</entranceslug> <letter></letter> </entrance> <explorers>LUSS 1987-8</explorers> <underground_description>A tricky 4m climb down to a ledge and further 2m drop gain the floor of a chamber. Down boulder slope in chamber leads to a further short climb on overhanging loose rubble to a small chamber with draughting rift. A squeeze through the rift opens directly onto the head of an awkward 8m pitch. Beyond, the floor soon disappears and way on is 5m of traverse in a widening rift to where stones fall free for 5 seconds, this was the 1987 terminus.</p><p>A 6m drop reaches a point overlooking a 5m wide circular shaft. Bolts for a Y-hang lead onto the 56m free-hanging <b>Heart of Gold</b> pitch, named for its cross section. Another 10m drop on the other side of a boulder lands on a large ledge covered in loose boulders, <b>The Italian Bistro</b>. Awkward rigging on the right wall and two lower bolts allow <b>Deep Thought</b> to be rigged just clear of the tottering boulders that give the 18m pitch its name.</p><p>At the base is <b>The Restaurant at the End of the Cave</b>, a large chamber sporting five waterfalls. From the foot of the pitch, the floor is steeply inclined up to an arch, beyond which the chamber continues to rise to a total length of about 50m. A debris slope up to a tube at the highest points leads only to a choke. There is no other way on from the Restaurant since the floor is choke by major collapse at a depth of 117m.</underground_description> <equipment></equipment> <references>The above description is taken from the LUSS <a href="../others/luss/index.htm">reports</a> on the 1987 and 1988 expeditions.</references> <survey>A4 elev/plan to grade 5b, LUSS 1987-8 </survey> <kataster_status></kataster_status> <underground_centre_line></underground_centre_line> <notes></notes> <length></length> <depth>117m</depth> <extent></extent> <survex_file></survex_file> <description_file>1623/la25.htm</description_file> <url>1623/la25.htm</url> </cave> </body> </html>