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<h2>161 Kaninchenh&ouml;hle: Drunk and Stupid</h2>

<p>On <a href="drunk.htm#ttwenty">The Twenty</a>, the initial 20m rift pitch,
there is a possible route 10m down the pitch, and a tight side rift to an
undescended pitch at the bottom. The hole in the floor beneath the boulders
is about 10m deep to a dead end chamber.

<p><a name="iropet">At the bottom</a> of the 30m pitch
(<a href="drunk.htm#tthirty">The Thirty</a>), there is a very tight rift
leading back which is too tight, and also a parallel rift to the main one,
reached by a 7m climb up, <b>Indian Rope Trick</b> to find a bolt to rig it
more safely. This point can also be reached by some tight thutching up a rift
(on 030&deg;). The rift heads down (bearing 190&deg;) and enlarges with a 15m
pitch to a ledge at the limit of exploration in 1989
[<a href="qmtodo.htm#C1989-161-09" name="qC1989-161-09">C1989-161-09</a> A]. Anyone exploring this
should find a hammer dropped on 27th August 1989, but voice communication
suggests the route may reenter D&amp;S lower down.

<p><a name="dns20mposs">On</a> the next <a href="drunk.htm#dns20m">20m
pitch</a>, there are several possibilities. Descending the pitch, 10m
down is a ledge and a good natural rebelay. From this ledge a 1m diameter
tube descends a series of climbs and continues unexplored
[<a href="qmtodo.htm#C1989-161-13" name="qC1989-161-13">C1989-161-13</a> B].
At the bottom of the 20m pitch is a 3m diameter chamber with nice fossil
bivalves set in the floor. A very tight damp rift,
[<a href="qmtodo.htm#C1989-161-10" name="qC1989-161-10">C1989-161-10</a> B?],
heads off from one side. <a name="whiteh">At the other</a> side is a very
tight squeeze through an eyehole, <b>White Hole</b>, into a neighbouring
shaft (<a href="drunk.htm#parauniv">Parallel Universe</a>) which is part of
the main continuation of <a href="drunk.htm">Drunk &amp; Stupid.</a>

<h4><a name="hpad">Helipad</a> (1989)</h4>

<p>There are several routes from <a href="drunk.htm#helipad">this
chamber</a>. At the far end is a stream inlet (the route on to French
Connection is to its right)
[<a name="qC1989-161-17" href="qmtodo.htm#C1989-161-17">C1989-161-17</a> C].
However, the rocks in the inlet look extremely loose and it has never been
ascended. The stream disappears into boulders in the floor and it is possible
to climb down through the boulders to an undescended pitch
[<a name="qC1989-161-18" href="qmtodo.htm#C1989-161-18">C1989-161-18</a> C].

<p><a name="deadandb">Immediately</a> to the left of the boulder climb is a
5m section of 2m high passage that ends at an 8m pitch, <b>Dead and
Buried</b>. All ways on from the bottom of the pitch were too tight. The tiny
rift at the far side is the other route from <a href="drunk.htm#fcc">French
Connection Chamber</a>.

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