<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../css/main2.css" /> <title>258: Underground description</title> </head> <body> <table id="cavepage"> <tr><th id="kat_no">258 - a b</th><th id="name">Tunnockschacht: Littoral North</th><th id="status">2 ??</th></tr> </table> <p>The Littoral North leads northwards from the junction by Y KeyKey beach<p> . <h2>Y KeyKey Beach</h2> <p>If the passage straight ahead is taken from the water collecting pool, a 2m climb up rotten calcite leads (past [2007-258-4-A], LHW) to an unusual critical-angle pile of 10cm diameter rocks <strong>Y KeyKey Beach</strong>. The narrowing at the top of this pile (it gets close to the roof) has a stonking gale coming through it. Just beyond this where the passage widens to 8m, behind the large rock on the left is the hidden entrance to <strong>Rhubarb Crumbly</strong>, leading to the lower levels via String Theory and the northern areas via Max Pleasure. <p>On the right, at the widening, is a shallow pit [2007-258-*05-C] [Has this been ticked off? Or does it need to be put into tunnel and the QM list? - Becka Lawson].</p> <p>Ahead the comfortable passage only goes for about 20m before reaching the edge of a huge shaft undercutting the RH wall <b>The Thin Red Line</b>. An airy traverse to the left of this reaches another hole on the left down, apparently into the same pitch[2007-258-89-B]. Immediately ahead is another large hole [2007-258-91-A]. Up is a large aven (30m+ [2007-258-98-X]. There appears to be a continuation across the other side - a long bolted traverse away[2007-258-92-B].[Needs continuing - Ollie Stevens and Becka Lawson]</p> <h2>Rhubarb Crumbly</h2> [Add 2007-258-18C, 2007-258-19C, 2007-258-24C, 2007-258-25C to description - Wookey and Becka Lawson] <p>Climbing down behind a large rock in Littoral North gives access to nice walking passage floored with dark dirt, trending NNW. A strong breeze blows in. After 40m the passage passes over a cross-joint forming a pitch that can be seen through a very small hole in the floor[2007-258-26B]. Would need capping to get in. Immediately beyond a C2 gets into almost perfectly straight passage with some popcord on the walls. At the end is a wider T-junction. Down to the left is a stoop into a boulder-floored chamber containing a too-tight crawl on the left and two small avens [2007-258-21-X] (at 1st corner), [2007-258-20-X] (at end). To the right is another T-junction only 5m further on. Right is <a href="max.html">Max Pleasure</a> leading to the northern areas of the cave. Left is <a href="dubious.html">Dubious Pleasure</a>, which takes the draught, and leads to the lower levels of the cave via String Theory.</p> <h2>The Usual Suspects pitch</h2> <p>Back at the water collecting pool, to the left (west) a passage leads almost immediately to a tricky climb (rope recommended) up to the right. This gains a further muddy passage, which draughts inwards strongly, leading after about 50 metres to a balcony at the head of the 100m deep pitch <b>The Usual Suspects</b>. This pitch is wet, and is impassible in times of high water (a party was marooned beneath it in 2009), and is now superceded by the route via <b>String Theory</b>. Across the pitch head may be seen a window accessible via the route to String Theory. <h2>Frankly Freezing</h2> <p>Back in the passage to the left, following straight ahead without taking the tricky climb to the right leads to a stepped pitch <b>Frankly Freezing</b> [description needed]. [Description needed of Litteral north 4 - Julian Todd or Becka Lawson] [2007-258-6B] [2007-258-44B] [2007-258-46A] [Description needed of stomach ulsa - Holly and Noel and Mike TA] [2009-258-39A] [Description Needed - Serena Povia and Frank Tullym and Natalie Uomini and Becka and Andrew A] [2008-258-24A] [2008-258-25A] [2008-258-26C] [2009-258-01X] [2009-258-02C] [2009-258-03A] [2009-258-04A] <h2>Deep pitches north of Y Key Key Beach</h2> <h3>The Thin Red Line</h3> [2008-258-27-B] [ sounds like this connects to Usual Suspects - 2010 ] <h3>Blind and Broken</h3> [Needs description - Steve Jones and Becka Lawson] [2008-258-28-X] [2008-258-29-C] [2008-258-30-X] [2008-258-31-B] [2008-258-32-C] [2008-258-33-C] <h3>Gravity Always Wins</h3> [2008-258-34A] <!-- LINKS --> <hr /><ul> <li><a href="258.html">258 index page</a></li> <li><a href="../../smkridge.html">Schwarzmooskogel ridge area index and description</a></li> <li><a href="../../indxal.htm">Full Index of 1623 Caves</a></li><li><a href="../../areas.htm">Other Areas</a></li> <li><a href="../../index.htm">Back to Expedition Intro page</a></li> </ul> <!-- /LINKS --> </body> </html>