<!DOCTYPE html> <!-- Only put one cave in this file --> <!-- If you edit this file, make sure you update the websites 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>1623-1996WK11</caveslug> <official_name>Neunzehn Yahr Wartezeit Höhle</official_name> <area>1623</area> <kataster_code>1/S -</kataster_code> <kataster_number></kataster_number> <unofficial_number>1996WK11</unofficial_number> <entrance> <entranceslug>1623-1996WK11</entranceslug> <letter></letter> </entrance> <explorers>CUCC 1996,2015 (Wookey)</explorers> <underground_description> <p>Steeply-descending canyon, aligned 115<->295°, 3m wide with boulder floor. The Tag is in the RH wall looking into the hole (south-eastwards), above a large pointy boulder. The GPS point is ~3m above out of the canyon.</p> <p><img src="entrance.jpeg" alt"View of entrance, With Philip Balister putting in tag bolt"></p> <p><img src="descending.jpeg" alt"Wookey shinning as far as you can get sensibly without a rope"></p> <p>A 30m handline is needed for descent as it is steep and (in 1996 and 2015) containing a snow-slope/ridge. Belay from the pointy boulder. A C3 drops onto the snow-ridge. Progress down the side is possible, descending about 10m from where you continue on top of the snow. There is a alcove on the R, and opposite an ice waterfall comes in from above. Descending another few metres the roof comes down and the snow peters out at a slot blocked with rocks. There is a draught here (inwards on a sunny day (2015-08-09)). 4m more narrow but passable passage can be seen through the slot. It would be a trivial dig to make it big enough to prgress, but some gear would be needed as it definitely stops being T-shirt caving at that point. This is a QM worth returning to one day.</p> <p><img src="elev.jpeg" alt="Elevation on centreline of 96Wk11"></p> <p><img src="plan.jpeg" alt="Plan on centreline of 96Wk11"</p> </underground_description> <equipment>25-30m handline, Long sling</equipment> <references><a href="/years/2015/logbook.html#t2015-08-09b">Logbook 2015</a></references> <survey>1996 Sketch plan and elv in NotKH book 1999- p16<br />Proper survey 2015</survey> <kataster_status></kataster_status> <underground_centre_line></underground_centre_line> <notes><a href="/expofiles/surveyscans/2015/2015%2369/index.html">2015#69</a></notes> <length>34m</length> <depth>25m</depth> <extent>20m</extent> <survex_file>caves-1623/1623-96wk11.svx</survex_file> <description_file></description_file> <url>1623/1996WK11/index.html</url> </cave> </body> </html>