Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) Glossary

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161a

Main entrance (1988)

161b

Obscure, choked entrance to France, down gully 75m SE from 161a (1990)

161c

Main entrance to France, down gully 75m SE from 161a (1990) originally found by French group GSCB under name "VSS2", to -285m

161d

Scarface entrance from Flat France east to Hochklapf valley (1995)
[Picture]

161e

161f

Entrance NE of (and 20m higher than) Scarface (~50m SSW of 161e) reached from Completely Loopy in Puerile Humour Series (1996, c 5 mins after 161e, but by a different party)

1988 second pitch

An obsolete name for Dungeon Pitch. Refs to this name should be changed.

2.4 kids

13m sixth pitch of Interview Blues (1996)

AA

First squeeze below PP3 Pitch in Flat Battery (1990)

AAA

2nd squeeze below PP3 in Flat Battery, top of NiFe (1990)

Adrian's Route

1st explored route to France, from Rabbit Warren (1988)

AFWAT

An expunged name for "A Floor With A Trench" below Dounreay in Powerstation (1990)

AFWATIT

An expunged name for "A Floor With A Trench In Too" below Sizewell A in Powerstation (1990)
These names were used only in the logbook write-up of the discovery trip.

Alexander Technique

52m pitch below Gob on You (1993). Next pitch leads back to DeHydration (later meaning) (1990). Traverse across is [C1993-161-04]

Alfons Åberg

Two small pits separated by a mudbank at end of Dr. Snuggles (1996)

Algeria

Large chamber deep in France (later meaning), below Frogs' Legs (1992)

Alphetta Streamway

A short section of streamway reached from Trembling via Free Attics which ends tiny up stream and too narrow downstream (1989)

Alternative Shopper

Dead end pitch series beyond Checkout in Big Sainsbury's (1989)

Alternative Universe

c250m of passage from start of Triassic Park, mostly parallel to it, ending near Ring Piece Junction (1996)

Ambidextrous

Route explored from Left Hand to Right Hand Route (French Connection to Wobbling), also described from Right to Left, as this is likely to be more useful to parties using Triassic entrance(s) (1991)

Amyl Nitrate

First hole (traversed past on right) in Puerile Humour Series (1996). May be undescended ?
[Picture]

Androids

Pitch in Bladerunner (1992)

Anorexic Rift

Tight Rift below Bulemic Pit at end of Alternative Universe (1996)

Application for Life

55m fifth pitch (first in State of Independence?) of Interview Blues (1996)

Ariadne's Aven

Pair of avens left of FX2 in Flat Battery (1990)

Arrow Chamber

Chamber at start of pitches in Left Hand Route (1988)

The Arsehole

11m blind pitch in Oral Series off Dreaming of Limo (1995)

Attempted Penetration

30m pitch below Titfield Thunderbolt in France (later meaning) (1993)

Automatic Doors

Pitch below entrance pitch, into Big Sainsbury's (1988)
[Picture]

Axle Stand

Ramp pitch at the end of Black Velvet (1993)

Bacon Slicer

Nasty, muddy, hading rift after Wet Nappy Chamber in Drunk and Stupid (1989)

Baker

(undescended) one of three shafts in Arrow Chamber. Actually there is some debate about this, as the trip of 2nd September 1988 claimed to descend Baker, but all subsequent references suggest that the descended pitch was called Butcher.

The Basement

Chamber below entrance pitch (1988)

Bat Corner

Small sandy chamber below 1st pitch of Flapjack (1989)

Bat Droppings

36m freehang below Bat Corner in Flapjack (1989)

Batman Series

Off Deadbats Chamber in Puerile Humour Series (1996)

Battle of the Bulge

Squeeze on original route to Scarface entrance (1995)

Bearbum Passage

A branch off Psycho Street in Fuzzy Logic ends tight (1998)

Becka Falls

Pitch below Squeeze in Checkout route (named 1989)

Beehive (Flapjack)

Very tight rift at bottom of Flapjack (1989)

Beehive (Repton)

Chamber beyond Repton II, on way to Pipeless (1991)
[Picture]

Beer Belly Blues

Another (1989) name for The Squeeze

Belgium

30m pitch & dead end, bottom of French Connection II (1990). Named because it is small and near France, but much less interesting ;)
Erroneously: to refer to area around Dice Chamber

Between the Thighs

Puerile Humour Series (1996)

Big Sainsbury's

Large passage below entrance on most routes (1988)
[Picture]

Bird's Eye

Rock Bridge over a cross rift c 50m down Niflheim on LHR (1988)

Biscuit Factory

Chamber below Digestive Passage (1994)

Black Bullshit

Final 30m pitch from Waterfalls Walk of Orient Express route (1993)

Black Lagoon

Silt pool at bottom of Left Hand Route (1989)

Black Suspender Pitch

Blind pitch at end (150m from start) of Mississippi (1994), ledge halfway down also reached from Rocky Horror end of Fudge Brownie

Black Velvet

Black sandy passage beyond Satan‘s Sitting Room (1992)

Bladerunner

Series down hole (aka HBTPBTS: Hole Below The Pitch Below The Squeeze) just below Chunnel Pitch (1992)

Bladerunner pitch

The second, 14m, pitch in Bladerunner (1992).

Bloody Hairfire Passage

The furthest part of the left hand branch of Puerile Humour Series, beyond Where the Wind Blows (1996)

B-Meal

Passage off Olympus (1989)

The Bottom

The deepest point, originally bottom of Flapjack series (1989, -498m), but now the furthest point of Siberia, below Midnight in Moscow (1998, -527m)

Bottomless Pit of Eternal Chaos

(Who thinks 'em up, eh?) 60m pitch off Trifurcation at end of Triassic Park part 3 (1996) "BPEC" on survey.

Boulder Alley

Main route of RHR below Poxy, above Knossos (1988)
[Picture]

Boulderdash Chamber

Obsolete name for Repton (1991)

Bounce Rift

The logical end of Puerile Humour and start of Yorkshire Pudding leading to 161e and Iceland (1996)

Bourneville Lake; Bourneville Choc Flats

A relict (or seasonal ?) lake in Upstream Lost World, marked by a tide mark of dark brown mud. [Picture] (Dark chocolate mud and land speed records)

The Box

A "viewing platform" at the start of Footlights Traverse in Steinschlagschacht (1997)

Brian's Pitch

Short pitch off Puerile Humour (1996)

The Bridge

Precarious boulders over a big pit in Pipeless (1992)
[Picture]

Brownie's Cunt

Squeeze (now dug) into Zombie Slime from French Revolution (1995)
[Picture]

Bugger

Frustrating 1995 end of Triassic Park at climb up (Fine Clean Rock, 1996)
[Picture]

Bulemic Pit

7m pitch at end of Alternative Universe (1996)

Bullshit Alley

Blind rift on right at start of Dreamtime (1990)

The Bungalow

Large boulder, end of Chunnel, with pitch off it (1988)

Bungalow Pitch

Pitch off the Bungalow at end of Chunnel (1988)
[Picture]

Burble

Route from Chicken Flied Nice into the further ramifications of Repton etc. etc. (1990/91)

Burble Crawl

Most obvious way out of aven at start of Burble (1990)

Butcher

First pitch of Left Hand Route, from Arrow Chamber (1988)

Campsite (LHR)

In Dewdrop passage of Left Hand Route (now on main way) (1989)

Campsite (RHR - 1989)

In Toilet Block, off YAPATE at Carrefour (1989)

Campsite (RHR - 1993 on)

In Wet Weekend, and again nearby in Pipeless (1993 on)
[Picture]

Candlestick Maker

1988 usage believed to refer to 1 (undescended) of 3 parallel shafts from Arrow Chamber in Left hand Route.
Confusingly used to refer to 1st Powerstation pitch & pitch below Butcher during Powerstation exploration and in some later versions of description

Captive Wedge

Pitch below Hasta La Vesta (1990) or Alexander Technique (1993), with tube and rift [C1990-161-07]

Carrefour

Major junction at start of YAPATE in RH Route (1988) with Toilet Block, Waterfall Chamber and way to Flapjack.
[Picture]

Catshit

Floor at bottom of first broken 80m pitch in Henri's Cat (1996)

Catwoman's Claws

Left Hand branch in Batman Series leading to Where the Wind Blows (1996)

Checkout

Pitch at end of Big Sainsbury's, old main route, (aka the Third Pitch) (1988)

Cheesegrater

In Flat Battery, Rock barrier in scrotty bit below Electrolyte Level, near FX2 pitch (1990)

Chicken Flied Nice

Continuation of YAPATE beyond Staircase 36 (1990)

Children's Railway

Passage paralleling Triassic Park (but smaller) from Locophobia to Ring Piece Junction. Thus named because start is perfect tunnel, it is off Locophobia, and we found a Children's Railway in subsequent holiday in Hungary (1995)

ChossPot

Pitches (p16,p7) below Bugger at end of Triassic Park (1996)

Chunder Trip Pitch

A deprecated alternative name for the first pitch in the Pitch-Ramp Series (1993).

The Chunnel

Main Passage of Right Hand Route, Becka Falls to Bungalow (1988)
[Picture of Chunnel Pitch]

Clear As Mud

70m dried up streamway to a mud choke at the bottom of Fuzzy Logic (1998)

Clearly Too Tight

Miserable 5m pitch in Doubting Thomas series (1995)

Completely Loopy

Part of right hand branch of Batman Series in Puerile Humour, close to the 161f entrance (1996)

Corinth Canal

30m high narrow rift over water below Redemption Pitch in Chaos series (1996)

Cowboy Caver

Area reached by climb up rift between top of Garden Party and bottom of Squeeze pitch (1995)

Critters' End

Passage containing dead bats and moths via which Scarface was originally found (1995)

Crystal Clear Passage

Main route to 161f from either Pothole Passage or Completely Loopy, Puerile Humour Series (1996)

Crystal Maze

Ice-decorated area of Iceland (1996)

Darkness Dooms

15m pitch below Bacon Slicer in Drunk and Stupid (1989)

Daz Automatic

Another pitch series in the floor of Algeria. Connects to Washer (1995)

Dead and Buried

p8m beyond short passage from Helipad in D&S (1989), can also be reached on its far side from French Connection

Deadbats Chamber

Every cave should have one ! Kaninchenhöhle's is in the Puerile Humour Series (1996)

Dead Drill Hole

In Limo Series beyond Stomping, (or below Driller Killer): pitch into Dreaming of Limo chamber (1994)

Death's Door

The head of Loose Bowels pitch below Checkout (1988)

Deep Sleep

Steep narrow rift, floor of Dreamtime 20m after Alternative Shopper (1992)

Degree of Talent

6m second pitch of Interview Blues (1996)

Dehydration

Originally (1990) everything beyond Staircase 36 (ie. CFN, HGS, Endless). This is now no longer a useful grouping, so scope has been restricted to mean Endless rift/pitch series, ie. Series of shafts from Endless to Half Shaft (1990)

Del's Bit

Obsolete (1988) name for passage leading from Arrow Chamber (LHR) to Pitch-Ramp Series

Del's Climb

[C1989-161-03] in Olympus (1989)

Deja Vu

20m pitch below Roll of the Dice in France (1991 limit)

Dennis the Menace

25m pitch into Doubting Thomas Series from Doll Killer Passage in Limo Series (1995)

Dental Floss

First pitch of Oral Series off Dreaming of Limo (1995)

Dewdrop

Passage in LHR, explored from below (1988) but named when it became main route below S'not pitch (1991) on way to Left Hand Route

Dewdrop Junction

Junction between Dewdrop and main Left Hand Route passage (1991)
[Picture]

The Dice

Large boulder in France (original 1990 sense) at head of Roll of the Dice in France (later 1991-on meaning) (1990)

Digestive Passage

Pitch below Rich Tea into Biscuit Factory (1994)

Dig number 90

Low crawl near bottom of Natural City, Puerile Humour Series (1996)

Dinorwig

50m pitch 2/3 way down Powerstation (1990)

Disintegration

Loose boulder slope below Titfield Thunderbolt in France (later meaning) (1993)

Dr. Snuggles

Passage from tunnel on left just after Moth Chamber in Triassic Park (1996)

The Doledrums

10m third pitch of Interview Blues (1996)

Dolphin Falls

A completely spurious name used in the original 1997 report, for Penguin Falls

Doll Killer Passage

In Dreaming of Limo area (1994) with [C1994-161-53] to [C1994-161-55]

Double A

First squeeze below Oldham Pitch in Flat Battery (1990)

Doubting Thomas Series

Pitch series below Dreaming of Limo named after MikeTA pronounced that it obviously wouldn't go (1995)

Dounreay

Classic 37m pitch below Foulness Ledge in Powerstation (1990)
used in the log book write up only to mean the (then unexplored) 50m pitch now called Dinorwig

Dracula's Grave

3m deep ice-filled pit in Transylvania Avenue, beyond Iceland (1996)

Dreaming of Limo

Large complex chamber, found via Gnome II in Dreamtime, but now reached via Stomping from RHR. Named by thirsty cavers needing a change from Gösser (1994). Has [C1994-161-41]-[C1994-161-49]

Dreaming Pitch

10ish m pitch between Eyehole and Hinge in Dreamtime (1989)

Dream On

This is the name of a survey (rather than a named part of the cave): "Dreamtime top bit extra survey" to start of Deep Sleep (1991)

Dreamtime

Continuation of Big Sainsbury's, becoming a vertical route down to Bungalow pitch (1989-90)

Drier

Dry pitch reached by Top Loader (1994) or climb from Algeria (1993). The further of the two shafts of Twin Tubs

Driller Killer

27m pitch beyond squeeze in Gnome II (1994) - leads to Limo Series and via Stomping to Vestabule in Right Hand Route

Drunk & Stupid

Vertical series from Big Sainsbury's connecting to Left Hand route via French Connection (1989)

Duckpond

Before 25m Exhaustion Pitch, beyond Maze on way to Siberia (1991)

Dunge(o)ness

An expunged name for the Sizewell B pitch and two crawls below in Powerstation (1990)
used only in the log book write up of the discovery trip.

The Dungeon

Base of Dungeon Pitch from The Basement (1988)

Dungeon Pitch

Most obvious way on down from The Basement. Originally referred to as second pitch, and then 1988 second pitch (1988)

Dunno

Rift off to left between The Ramp and Kein Zimmer Rift in the Wheelchair Access series (1997) ('What shall we call this bit ?' - 'Dunno!!' - so it was).

Early Retirement

A small phreatic tube to an unpushed pitch, below The Volvo in Interview Blues (1996)

East Anglia

Low sandy passage beyond Far Too Far (1993) to pitch at end [C1993-161-03] (flat and not very interesting)

Eau Naturel

Short rift series off [C1995-161-48] where water sinks in Locophobia (1998)

Electrolyte Level

Phreatic level at bottom of Flat Battery (1990)

Elin Algor

Large straight NE/SW rift passage in Forbidden Land (named after the fridge in the potato hut, when inspiration was lacking) (1996)

The End is Nigh?

48m ninth pitch with constricted take off, in Interview Blues (1996)

Endless

Steeply descending scrambly rift passage below Hyper Gamma Spaces, leading to Hasta La Vesta (1990)

Entrance pitch (161a)

37m pitch from surface to The Basement (1988)
[Picture]

Even Further

Chamber beyond Further reached by The Needle and Weasel Pit (1993)

Exhaustion Pitch

25m pitch beyond the Duckpond, beyond the Maze (1991)

Eyehole Pitch

Second Pitch of Dreamtime (1989)

Eyehole Route

New (1997) route in Steinschlagschacht, leading to connection with 161.

Far Too Far

Passage beyond sharp corner in Black Velvet (1992), with pitch [C1992-161-19] and left traverse [C1992-161-21] at end

Fat Knot Fruity

15m pitch below Disintegration in France (1993)

Fear-On Traverse

Traverse over Gizza Job (1st pitch of Interview Blues) (unsurveyed and connecting down to fifth pitch of IVB), named for the technical difficulty and exposure of traverse to reach it, pioneered by Dave Fearon (1996)
[Picture of traverse]

Fifty Francis' Phreatic Freehang

Classic 40m pitch in Flat Battery, below Jackpot (1990)

The Final Cut

20m blind rift beyond Wish You were here (Not Me) pitch (1990)

Fine Clean Rock

Climb above Bugger at the end of Triassic Park, into passage heading north past a 226m shaft, Henri's Cat (1996)

Five-Ways Chamber

Beyond Dead Bat Chamber in Puerile Humour Series, the start of Completely Loopy (1996)

Flapjack

Major pitch series from YAPATE level between Carrefour and the far end of Olympus, reaches -498m (1989)

Flapjack II

Alternative version of Flapjack from -50m down latter, reaching just about the same depth (1990)

Flat Battery Series

Pitch series near far end YAPATE to c -400m (1990)

Flat France

Generic term for horizontal passages at the Algeria/Scarface level of France (1994-95)

Fogies' Folly

The original name for Wheelchair Access, which name was originally applied to only part of the series (1996)

Footlights Traverse

Traverse from the head of the fourth pitch on Eyehole route in Steinschlagschacht, high above the Theatre (1997)

Forbidden Land

(Originally) big, partially collapsed rift beyond very active boulder choke (Stairway to Hell) at end of Mississippi/Rocky Horror (1995);
Now: The whole south-west-trending series from this entry point to the Steinschlagschacht connection (1996)

Foulness Ledge

Rock covered ledge at foot of 1st pitch of Powerstation (1990)

France (later meaning)

Major Vertical series below 161c, partly explored by French (1991 on)

France (original meaning)

The chamber containing The Dice, now France Chamber (1990)

Francophobia

Pitch Series reached from 161c, drops into France (1991)
[Picture]

Free Attics

Twisty tubes off Trembling in Pot of Gold (1989)

French Connection Chamber

Chamber where Left Hand Route meets Drunk & Stupid (1989)

French Connection Pitch

Pitch into French Connection Chamber from Left Hand Route (1989)

French Connection II

Rift connected to France by passage identical/parallel/below R.Crusoe. Also the 50m Pitch in this rift from Adrian's/161b (1990)

French Revolution

1995 breakthrough point towards Triassic Park. Passage (starts as traverse) connecting Fudge Brownie to Brownie's Cunt (1995)

Frogs' Legs

Three pitches below Toothless into Algeria, in France (1992)

Fudge Brownie

Muddy passage on left side of Mississippi 20m from start, named for the colour and quality of its mud (1994)

Further Chamber

Chamber reached by Axle Stand from Black Velvet (1993)

Fuzzy Logic

Passage left at Not This Junction (end of 1994 survey) in Siberia (1997)

FX2

Final p8 where Flat Battery drops into Electrolyte Level (1990)

Garden Party

Vertical route from hole in Left Hand Route floor near Dewdrop, to Ragnarök (1992)

Genital Wart

Pitch leading to VD Series, near start of Puerile Humour (1996)

Ginger Crunch

Pitch into high rift reached from Mississippi Mud Pie (1994)

Gizza Job

25m first pitch of Interview Blues (1996)

Gnasher

25m pitch (alternative to Dennis the Menace) into Doubting Thomas Series, continuation of pitch from Doll Killer Passage into Dreaming of Limo (1995)

Gnome Passage

Low passage beyond bedding plane below Eyehole in Dreamtime (1990), ends in boulder choke, not pushed 1992

Gnome II

Right hand fork of Gnome, including serious squeeze to Driller Killer (1992)

Gob

Series from Gob on You (1990), joining Dehydration (1993) at Half Shaft

Gob On You

Pitch at end of YAPATE leading to Wish You Were Here (1990 (1989 ?)) (after a nasty SPIT)

The Gods' Traverse

Spectacular bolted traverse 14m down fourth pitch on Eyehole route in Steinschlagschacht, 40+m above the floor of the Theatre (1997) [Picture]

Golgotha

Short low bit off Mothshag containing big skull (Bear?) (1995)

Gonorrhoea

Blind 14m rift pitch at the bottom of VD Series off start of Puerile Humour (1996)

Gotham City Junction

In Batman Series (Puerile Humour) (1996)

The Gravel Pit

Particularly chossy way off Tirolia Werke in Forbidden Land, pushed via 136 (1997)

The Gravy Train

Right from crossroads below The Volvo in Interview Blues (1996)

Green Gables

Short series right off that part of Siberia explored but not surveyed in 1994 - no description yet (1997)

Grub Chamber

Small chamber in Lying Down on the Job in the eastern part of Puerile Humour (1996)

The Guillotine

High passage connecting Scarface/Salt Lake City junction to Triassic. Named after pointy hanging boulder (1995)

Half Shaft

p35 below Hasta La Vesta and above Captive Wedge (Dehydration/GOB) (1990)

Hall of the Mounting Choss

Long, steeply inclined chamber at the start of Forbidden Land (1996)

Hammeroids

49m pitch below Tapeworm (1996) named for hammer head which broke off during rigging and was found exactly at the bottom of the rope

Han Solo

14m pitch at start of Bladerunner (1992)

Hangover Hang

Nasty 9m handline climb below Tortoise and Hare in Garden Party (1992)

Hare Rift

Freeclimbable rift paralleling Tortoise Pitch, Garden Party (1992)

Hasta La Vesta

Nasty pitch head (hanging death) halfway down Dehydration, leading onto Half Shaft (1990)

Heart of Gold

Short muddy passage to left in Vogon Constructor Ship (1994)

The Helipad

Chamber near the bottom of Drunk and Stupid (1989)

Hell's Teeth

20m tedious rift below Bottomless Pit of Eternal Chaos (1996)

Hellgrind

Crawl at bottom of Left Hand Route leading to Thumper The Talking Sump (1989)

Henri's Cat

Deep pitch series (from -198 to -424m essentially in a single shaft) from Fine Clean Rock (1996)

A Bad Case of Herpes

Rift below Genital Wart in VD Series near start of Puerile Humour (1996)

Hinge Pitch

Fourth pitch of Dreamtime, below Dreaming Pitch (1990)

Hobnob Passage

Short stretch of passage from Rich Tea to Digestive (1994)

The Hole Below The Pitch Below The Squeeze

The original name for the start of Bladerunner (before 1992)

Hole in the Roof Pitch

30m final pitch in Dreamtime (1990)

How far to Tooting?

First pitch of alternative route below State of Independence? in Interview Blues - the way to Bottomless Pit of Eternal Chaos (1996)

Hymen Crawl

From Dr. Snuggles to Alternative Universe (1996) Named for hammered-out entrance off Moomintroll

Hyper Gamma Spaces

Two different, but adjacent places - both the big space containing Strange Downfall, Upfall and Acrossfall, and also the section of confusing rift at its bottom [C1990-161-04] (not the bit which is Endless) (1990)

Iceland

Ice-formation-decorated chamber beyond the Crystal Maze, most readily accessible via 161e and Roast Beef, or via Bounce Rift at furthest point of Puerile Humour Series (1996)

Ignorance is Bliss

2nd pitch of Ignore this Bit (1993)

Ignore This Bit

Passage off from ledge part way down Automatic Doors (1993)

Indian Rope Trick

7m climb up from below The Thirty in Drunk and Stupid (1989) to [C1989-161-09]

Indian Scoop

In short horizontal passage just before Dreaming Pitch in Dreamtime (1989)

Infinite Improbability Drive

Superb phreatic tube reached from Biscuit Factory via Vogon Constructor Ship, leading to Skeleton in the Cupboard (1994)

Interview Blues

Deep Vertical Series (to -451m) from Trifurcation at end of Triassic Park (1996) named for initial explorer who had to return to UK for an interview after just one trip

Jackpot

4th pitch, 8m, in Flat Battery below NiFe (1990)

The Joker

Blind 12m pitch in Deadbats Chamber, Puerile Humour Series (1996)

Kein Zimmer Rift

A tight rift pitch in Wheelchair Access leading down to the Lost World (1997) [Picture]

Knossos

aka Knossus.. HUGE Chamber on way to far north, found from RHR (1988) and also accessible from Triassic Park (1996)
[Picture]

Knossos pitch

30m pitch from Boulder Alley into Knossos (1988)

KnotWhat

In Drill Series, beyond Gnome II, and above Driller Killer, (as in "Knot what we wanted") (1992)

The Labyrinth

Nasty bit of complex small sharp phreatic passages, Electrolyte Level (1990)

Lazy Labyrinth

Complex bit near top of Garden Party (1992)

Leadmine

Complex area to left of Repton I, towards Maze and Siberia (1991) named when entire survey done on 1cm of pencil lead

Leadmine

Complex area to right from T-junction below Vom pitch beyond Burble (1991) (same place as above, but described from the other end, ie. the direction of discovery)

Left Hand Route

Major Route from Dewdrop/Becka Falls, via Arrow chamber to Ragnarök (1988)

Levitation

Aven reached by short climb up from Dewdrop (1991)

Lift Shaft

(unascended) square aven in Arrow Chamber (1988)

Limo Series

The Limo series is all the passages & pitches beyond Vestablue (Night Soil, Knotwhat, Oral, Doubting Thomas, etc.) (1994-1995)

Limo's Revenge

Grotty passage off Stomping (1995)

Llandudno Singers

Narrowing rift at end of Magic Jumars series (1997)

Loch Gösser

Long pool off Children's Railway/Triassic Park (1995)

Locophobia

Wide section of Triassic park at junction of Children's Railway (1995) pun on Fear of the Dark (actually unlocosomethingphobia) and general train sizedness of passage

Loose Bowels

Second pitch of Checkout route to the Squeeze, immediately below Death's Door (1988)

Lost World

Huge Stomping Passage beyond Kein Zimmer Rift in Wheelchair Access (1997) [Several Pictures - see visual tour]

Lummat's Folly

Cross passage in Puerile Humour Series between Natural City and Dead Bat Chamber (1996)

Lying Down on the Job

An oxbow off the right hand branch of Batman Series in Puerile Humour Series (1996)

Magic Jumars

Off Alternative Universe (1997)

Man Friday

10m long continuation of Robinson Crusoe across FCII, containing unexplained footprint (1991)

The Mathematical Bridge

A rock arch in Flat Battery below Fifty Francis' Phreatic Freehang (1990)

Maud's Window

A hole in the Mathematical Bridge (1990)

Maze

Complex area to left of Vom pitch (1991)

The Meeting Room

Pitch beyond Fear-On traverse above Interview Blues (1996)

Mental Imbalance

Pitch below No Goer in Doubting Thomas (1995)

Mid Life Crisis

13m eighth pitch, beyond the Gravy Train in Interview Blues (1996)

Midnight in Moscow

55m pitch beyond SOmebody Else's Problem in Siberia (1998)

Millennium Falcon

Squeezey bit in Bladerunner (1992)

Minoan Surprise

Short section left at Trifurcation containing 2 big shafts and expected to connect to Knossos (1995) [and proven correct]

Mississippi

Dried up river passage, right at T-junction reached by traversing big muddy shelf 15m down Sultans of Swing (1994) named for river of one of explorers' home town.

Mississippi Mud Pie

Chocolate-mud filled passage, left at T-junction from 15m down Sultans of Swing (opposite direction from Mississippi) (1994)

Mohr in Hemd

Scrotty passage on right 15m from start of Mississippi (1994)

Moomintroll

Short pasage reached by 3m climb down from Zebedee (1996)

Mosquito Coast

Awkward, tight, 8m third pitch in Bladerunner (1992)

Mostly Mud

Sordid keyhole passage beyond Silent Fellow (1992)

Moth Chamber

Hole in floor 60m beyond the Overflow in Triassic Park (1995) - the way in to Wheelchair Access (1996)

Mother of All Deviations

5m off-the-rope deviation 44m down the first 80m pitch of Henri's Cat (1996)

Mothshag

Chamber near Scarface. Contained many shagging moths on discovery (1995)

National Velvet

Deprecated name for Axle Stand pitch into Further (1993)

Natural City

Near start of Puerile Humour Series (1996)

Natural Deception

Next 10m pitch after Fat Knot Fruity in France (1993)

Natural Imbalance

Pitch below Mental Imbalance in Doubting Thomas (1995)

The Needle

9m up pitch from Further Chamber (1993)

Neoprene Chunks

Passage avoiding Henri's Cat to the right - presumably a crawl (1996)

Never Ready

3.5m hole below PP3 in Flat Battery (blind) (1990)

NiFe

3rd pitch of Flat Battery, between PP3 and Jackpot (1990)

Niflheim

Large pitch in Left Hand Route (bottomed 1989)

Night Soil Passage

To right shortly before Dead Drill Hole in Limo Series (1994).
Left Hand Side at junction [C1994-161-39], hole at end [C1994-161-40]

No Goer

20m pitch in Doubting Thomas Series (1995)

No, You Go First

Short pitch partway down Flapjack II (1990)

Not This Junction

T-junction at end of 1994 survey in Siberia, named in 1997

Not yet Baloo

42m tenth pitch, 6m diameter, after The End is Nigh? in Interview Blues (1996)

Oldham Pitch

First pitch of Flat Battery, before PP3 (1990)

Olympus

Area of horizontal passages off west from Tower Blocks, also spelt Olypus due to initial writo (1988-1989)

Oral Series

Rift pitch series down from Dreaming of Limo (1995)

Orchestral Pit

Lower chamber below The Theatre in Steinschlagschacht (1997)

Orient Express

48m Pitch below Algeria in France (1992)

The Oubliette

Short pitch below Butcher in Left Hand Route (1988)

Outright Rejection

16m fourth pitch of Interview Blues (1996)

The Overflow

Waterfall (good carbide filler) marking change from Triassic Park I to Triassic Park II (1995), and the short pitch series below this (1998)

Over the Rainbow

Complex widening of Chunnel at traverse over Rainbow Pitch in Right Hand Route (1988)

Pacman Wall

Wall of bisected bivalves below Lift Shaft in Arrow Chamber (1988)

Paradox Rift

1st pitch of Fuzzy Logic in Siberia (1998)

Parallel Processing

Pitch after Tortoise in Garden Party, with unexplored parallel shaft (1992)

Parallel Universe

Pitch sort of halfway down Drunk and Stupid (1989)

Pencil Shaft

Blind pitch in Puerile Humour Series, from Where the Wind Blows (1996)

Penguin Falls, Penguin Falls Bypass

In Puerile Humour Series - main route from Gotham City Junction to Fiveways (1996) [Picture]

Perseverance

Complex grotty area with howling draught connecting Triassic Park to Scarface (161d) entrance (1995)

Pete's Chamber

Chamber at bottom of Bullshit Alley (1990)

Phreatic Fantasy

(originally Fantasy Frigging Phreatic Level). Third pitch of Wet Dreams route in Steinschlagschacht (1984/1997)

Pipeless

Main Route on from Beehive beyond Repton (1991)
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Piss Pot

Reached down rift just before Ginger Crunch in Flat France - choked passage parallel to Mississippi Mud Pie (1995)

The Pit & the Pendulum

Big shaft and aven off LH side at foot of Boulder Alley, leading to Rabbit Curry (1990)

Pitch-Ramp Series

Short series of pitches beyond holes in Arrow Chamber, Left Hand Route. Top originally called Del's Bit, then for a while, Chunder Trip Pitch (1993)

Pointless Pitch

Pitch below Candlestick Maker in the floor of Arrow Chamber in Left Hand Route (1993)

Pothole Passage

Main way from Shaftmine to 161f entrance from Puerile Humour Series (1996)

Pot of Gold

Pitch series from Over The Rainbow (1989)

Powerstation

Pitch series from LHR just before Arrow Chamber (1990)

Poxy Pitch

6m Pitch after Bungalow Pitch in Right Hand Route (1988)

PP3

Small (6m) 2nd pitch in Flat Battery after Oldham (1990)

Pretty Pointless

Small side passage in Ambidextrous, containing tidgy stal (1991)

Professor Yaffle

Small pitch in Dr. Snuggles, leading to Zebedee (1996)

Psycho Street

Small hading passage to mud-choked chamber at bottom of Fuzzy Logic (1998)

Pteramacsuit Chamber

Sizeable chamber in Upstream Lost World (1997) [Picture] Named because this is where damage inflicted to oversuits in Kein Zimmer Rift was invariably spotted

Puerile Humour Series

Very extensive horizontal development E and NE from Triassic Park just beyond Ring Piece Junction, leading to exit 161f and Bounce Rift (from where passages head to 161e and Iceland to the north) (1996)
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Pump House

Passage from Hall of the Mounting Choss to Elin Algor in Forbidden Land (1996)

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Rabbit Curry

Boulder choke at the bottom of Pit and Pendulum (1990)

Rabbit Warren Series

Series leading from the Basement towards France (1988)

Ragnarök

Big passage at the bottom of Left Hand Route (1989)

Rainbow Pitch

Pitch underneath Over The Rainbow in Right Hand Route (1988)

The Ramp

Ramp passage forming main way on in (and originally carrying the name of) Wheelchair Access (1996)

Rasputin

Pitch at end of dried out streamway at the very bottom of Siberia, below Midnight in Moscow with probably-unfeasiblew dig at end (1998) named because it refused to die properly

Redemption Pitch

28m pitch below Bottomless pit of Eternal Chaos (1996)

Regurgitation

Big chamber (bottom of aven) at end of Mohr in Hemd (1994) named after popular eat-MiHs-until-you-throw-up game at Hilde's

Repton Chamber

Large chamber in two sections beyond CFN (1991)

Repton I

First half of Repton (Hyper Gamma Spaces end) (1991)

Repton II

Second half of Repton (Beehive end) (1991)

Rich Tea

Right turn in descending boulder slope below Ginger Crunch (1994) several QMs hereabouts - holes in floor, difficult climb up left

The Riddler

Crawl from north side of Crystal Clear Passage in 161f (1996)

Rift Sans Nom

Rift above the squeeze on Checkout route

Right Hand Route

Route from Dewdrop/Becka Falls, to NE end of system (1988)

Ring Piece Junction

T-junction along Triassic Park, named after hole in floor (1995)

Roast Beef

Passage from 161e to the junction with Iceland and on to Bounce Rift (1996)

Robinson Crusoe

A 30m passage from a ledge 10m up Francophobia to get stranded on in France, leading to FCII (1991)

Rocky Horror

Hanging death passage beyond Fudge Brownie (1994)

Rocky Horror Pitch

Pitch at end of Rocky Horror, by Black Suspender (1994)

Rocky Horror Rift

High rift, actually lower portion of Rocky Horror itself. Reached just below Rocky Horror Pitch on right, via 20m pitch (1994)

Roll of the Dice

25m pitch below the Dice in France, below Francophobia (1991)

Saarlacc Pit

Easily overlooked shaft on left just into Puerile Humour Series (1996) (a Star Wars reference)

Salt Lake City

Beautiful white-floored passage between Staud'n'wirt Palace and Scarface/Guillotine junction. Includes Fossilised streamway and Batdroppings (1995)
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Sam's Folly

Very tight 20m pitch, bottom of Natural City, Puerile Humour Series (1996)

Satan's Sitting Room

Very large chamber with Tyroleans at end of Pipeless (1992)

Scarface

161d entrance. Named after big rockfall which has swept over it in the last few years, making it easy to find (1995)
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Scraping Foetus Off The Pitch

An obsolete and deprecated name for the Knossos Pitch (1988?)

Scrofulosity

c 140m of sandy passage, mostly crawl, beyond Further (1993) to [C1993-161-02] pitch

Semi-detached

Route off from the Viewport passage above Bungalow (1995)

Shaft Mine

At end of Puerile Humour Series, ending at Bounce Rift (start of passage to 161e and Iceland) (1996)

SHAT Pitch

Pitch in Garden Party (Should Have A Traverse-bolt) (1992)

Sheared Off Known Better

Stream level passage, through narrow hole in floor at Carrefour (1990)

Shelf Indulgence

Pointless location above hard 2m climb in Burble (1991)

Shingler's Rift

Entrance passage of 161f (1996)

Shortage of Walls

Wide space to left where Guillotine joins Triassic Park (1995)
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Short Circuit

Tiny roof tube near start of Flat Battery (1990)

Siberia

Passage beyond Exhaustion pitch to head of Somebody Else's Problem (1994). Now includes the vertical series below this to Rasputin (1997/8).

Silent Fellow

Sloping chamber down pitch and round corner from Satan's Sitting Room (1992) [C1992-161-11]

Sizewell A

5m pitch on main route in Powerstation below Dounreay (1990)
used in log book write up of discovery only for one of the crawls below the parallel Sizewell B pitch (there called Dungeness)

Sizewell B

5m pitch off main route in Powerstation parallel to Sizewell A (1990)
used in log book write up of discovery only for one of the crawls below this Sizewell B pitch (there called Dungeness)

Skeleton in the Cupboard

Pitch at end of Infinite Improbability Drive connects to Fat Knot Fruity (1994)

Skull Pitch

Hole off LHS Big Sainsbury's (1988)

Slidy Caver

Dug passage with scree slope in Perseverance (1995)

Snap Off A Lot

A redundant name (due to rediscovery) (1991) for Bullshit Alley

S'not Pitch

55m rift pitch down to dewdrop on normal route down from 161a (1991)

Soil Pitch

[C1991-161-22] Undescended pitch in side passage off Leadmine on Repton/Maze route (1991)

Somebody Else's Problem

Big pitch [C1994-161-58] to right at end of Siberia (1994)

Some Like It Hot

Final 13m pitch of Power Station, reference to track put out by ex-Duran Duran band calling themselves Powerstation (1990)

Spatial Awareness

35m second pitch of connecting series from State of Independence? in Interview Blues to Bottomless Pit of Eternal Chaos (1996)

Spit at the Bottom

Unfinished pitch series in Shaftmine, Puerile Humour Series (1996)

Splatdown

Bottom of final pitch of Flapjack II (1990)
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Splattery

Damp route below Dreaming of Limo (1995)

Squashed Fly Traverse

Traverse to the head of the Knossos Pitch (1988) (after a squashed fly in the survey book !)

The Squeeze

Narrowest bit of original Checkout route down, between Rift Sans Nom and Becka Falls (1988)
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Staircase 36

7m up-pitch at the end of YAPATE to reach Chicken Flied Nice (1990) [Picture]

Stairway to Hell

Horrendous climb up through loose boulder choke beyond Rocky Horror, to reach Forbidden Land (1995)

Standard Deviation

Rift pitch on TopLoader route, immediately below Toothless (1994)

Star Wars

Way through boulders from Knossos to Tower Hamlets (1988)
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State of Independence?

Whole area below Outright Rejection in Interview Blues (1996)

Staud'nwirt Palace

Big rift-developed chamber at end of Salt Lake City (1995)

Stinky Pool

Landmark in Dreamtime after Hinge Pitch (1990)

Stomach

A chamber in Oral Series (1995)

Stomping

Annoying, clambery, muddy, catchy passage off Vestabule, links bottom of Driller Killer (1994)

Strange Acrossfall

Tyrolean over Strange Downfall to top of Strange Upfall (1992)
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Strange Downfall

Pitch from end of Chicken Flied Nice into hyper Gamma Spaces on route to Endless (1990)

Strange Upfall

Uppitch to Repton I. Opposite side of HGS to Strange Downfall (1991)

Sultans of Swing

Big pitch off southern end of Algeria (1994) Route to Flat France

Sylvester Cobblepot

Unexplored lead off start of Penguin Falls Bypass in Puerile Humour Series (named 1996)

Syphilis

Main pitch of VD Series off start of Puerile Humour (1996)

Tapeworm

Passage and pitch (27m) from Ring Piece Junction in Triassic Park, leading to Hammeroids (1996)

Teapot

Link Passage from Shortage of Walls to Rich Tea (1996)

Teeth

Awful rift in chossy rock in Oral Series (1995)

The Ten

First pitch of Drunk and Stupid (1989)

Teskedsgumman

Small chamber at start of Dr. Snuggles (1996) ('Teaspoon Lady' - a character on Swedish Children's Television, like all the other names in this area)

The Theatre

Huge chamber on the Eyehole route in Steinschlagschacht (1997)

The Thirty

Third pitch of Drunk and Stupid (1989)

Three Wise Men

Tensioned bolt traverse out of Satan's Sitting Room (1992). Named for three people not risking their lives but giving plenty of helpful advice, nevertheless

Thumper the Talking Sump

Gloopy sump beyond Hellgrind at bottom of LH Route (1989)

Time Dilation

Section of Ambidextrous from Ragnarök to the pitch (1990)

Tinkle Rift

Rift beyond Three Wise Men (1992). Named for cauliflower formations which break off and tinkle

Tipico Asturias

Pitch series, NW branch of Shaftmine in Puerile Humour (1996)

Tirolia Werke

Right hand branch of Forbidden Land off Elin Algor, where way on becomes unclear (1996). To continue the theme started with EA, TW is named after the cooker !

Titfield Thunderbolt

Short pitch below Orient Express near end of France (found and named 1992, explored 1993)

Toilet Block

Passage opposite the way in to Carrefour, 1989 RHR campsite, 1990 brewsite (1989) [Picture]

Tonsils

Sloping rift below 1st pitch in Oral Series (1995)

Too Much to Do

10m diameter chamber at the bottom of the tenth pitch (Not Yet Baloo) in Interview Blues (1996)

Too Much Too Soon

Stonking 100m pitch forming most of Flapjack II (1990)

Toothless

Pitch below Deja Vu, before Frog's Legs in France (1992)

Top Loader

Pitch below Standard Deviation to Twin Tubs (1994)

Tortoise Pitch

Pitch parallel to Hare Rift in Garden Party (1992)

Tower Blocks

Large bouldery chamber on main way on of Right Hand Route (1988)

Tower Hamlets

Area off Tower Blocks, comprising a bouldery chamber at foot of slope down from Star Wars, a steep sandy slope up and a number of connecting passages (1988-1989)

Transylvania Avenue

Wide sandy crawl north from Iceland (1996)

Trehala

Obscure end of Left Hand Route, off Black Lagoon (1991)

Trembling

Fossil streamway in Pot of Gold (1989)

Triassic Park

Huge Palæotrunk from Flat France towards Knossos and Bugger (1995) pun on Jurassic Park, adjusted for actual age of this rock !
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Trifurcation

T-junction along Triassic Park, by Minoan Surprise (1995)

Triple A

Second squeeze below Oldham Pitch in Flat Battery (1990)

Tunnocks' Caramel Wafer

Parallel shafts, left from Biscuit Factory (1994)

The Twenty

Second pitch of Drunk and Stupid (1989)

Twin Tubs

Parallel shafts reached by climb from Algeria, one wet (Washer), one dry (Drier) (1993)

Umleitung

Big Sainsbury's offshoot - climb, passage/traverse, pitches round 'back' of Dungeon pitch (1990)

Vadose

Passage northeast of Crystal Clear Passage in 161f (1996) named for vadose trench in floor

Variomatic

A new bit, near S'not Pitch (1993)

Venereal Diseases

Pitch Series from Genital Wart in Puerile Humour Series (1996)

Vestabule

big rift (and side passages) off Chunnel near Over the Rainbow (1989-1990)
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Viewport

Huge window reached by climb up from Bungalow (found 1990, name & survey 1995)

Vogon Constructor Ship

Right from Biscuit Factory to Infinite Improbability Drive (1994)

The Volvo

20m seventh pitch of Interview Blues (1996)

Vom Pitch

Pitch 38m in Burble leading to Maze/Leadmine (1991)

VSS2

The original name for the 161c entrance, found by French group GSCB and explored to -285m, but abandoned by them when it seemed likely to connect into 161

Washer

Wet pitch reached by Top Loader (1994) or climb from Algeria (1993). The nearer of the two shafts of Twin Tubs

Waterfall Chamber

Chamber beyond Tower Hamlets before Carrefour on RHR (1988)

Waterfalls Walk

Bottom of Natural Deception pitch on Orient Express route in France (1993)

Weasel Pit

7m angled, crappy pitch down side of block in Even Further (1993)

Wellie Scraper Pitch

Sandy passage with pitch [C1992-161-14], off Tinkle Rift (1992)

Wet Dreams

The original (wetter) route route down in Steinschlagschacht (1983)

Wet Nappy Chamber

Chamber below YATMP in Drunk and Stupid (1989)

Wet Weekend

Passage at far end of Beehive beyond Repton (1991)

Wheelchair Access

Passages from end of Triassic Park part 1 (c 20m beyond the Overflow) leading eventually to the Lost World (1996)

Where the Wind Blows

Furthest reaches of Puerile Humour Series, left off the Batman Series, heading north at a higher level than the existing most remote passages (1996)

Whimper Way

Unstable route from Stairway to Hell up towards Hall of the Mounting Choss (1996)

White Hole

Shaft avoiding Parallel Universe in Drunk and Stupid (1989) [C1989-161-10]

White Rift

Back under 20m pitch towards Rocky Horror Rift (1994) [C1994-161-67 - ends]

Windowed

16m split pitch below Parallel Processing in Garden Party (1992)

Wish You were here (not me) pitch

Pitch beyond Gob on You, Gob series (1990)

Wobbling

Side passage of Olympus where Ambidextrous arrives (1989)

The Wormhole

Obscure bit connecting Wobbling to Ambidextrous (1991)

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YAPATE Inlet

Really important phreatic level from Knossos leading north (1988/89). [Picture]

YATMP

Yet Another 20m Pitch in Drunk and Stupid (1989)

Yoda

Mazey bit in Bladerunner (1992)

Yorkshire Holiday

Final 40cm wide rift in Chaos Series (1996)

Yorkshire Pudding

Squeeze just inside 161e entrance passage (1996) (named when the Dour Yorkshireman had to be excavated from it during the initial exploration)

Zebedee

~10m diameter aven in Dr. Snuggles (1996)

Zits

Short dead-end passage right after Between the Thighs in Puerile Humour (1996)

Zombie Slime

Complex area of pretty, but muddy, passages connecting French Revolution to climb into Staud'nwirt Palace (1995)
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