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<h2>161 Kaninchenhöhle: Forbidden Land</h2>
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<h3><a name="forbidden">Overview</a></h3>
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<p>Much of the horizontal development on the eastern side of
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Kaninchenhöhle is at a similar level and of a similar character to
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passages in
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<a href="../../noinfo/1623/40.htm">Schwarzmooskogeleishöhle</a>,
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<a href="../../noinfo/1623/88.htm">Larchenhöhle</a> and the
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<a href="../41.htm">Stellerweghöhle</a> /
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<a href="../115.htm">Schnellzughöhle</a> systems, all of
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which are connected together. From the southernmost point of Flat France,
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perhaps 600m separates these systems. The 1995 lead, Stairway to Hell, led
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into passages trending under the eastern side of the summit of the Vorderer
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Schwarzmooskogel, heading in exactly the right direction, and connected
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(in 1997) the Eyehole route in <a href="136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>
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(1623/136) from which 1999 finds lead to within 50m of the Southern
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Schwarzmooskogelsystem.
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<h3><a name="rhorror">Rocky Horror</a>
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(<a href="../../years/1995/index.htm">1995</a>)</h3>
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<p>The two southern exits from the chamber at the SW end of
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<a href="tptofr.htm#id13mcha">French Revolution</a> (coming from Triassic Park)
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or the SE end of <a href="frtotp.htm#id13mcha">Fudge Brownie</a> (coming from
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France) reunite either side of a rock pillar.
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<p>Continuing (now SW) perhaps 20m leads to a fucking loose, huge overhanging
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pile of utter crap. Most 'hand holds' on the walls fall off and are best
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left, hence the name <b>Rocky Horror</b>. A large & deep opening in the
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floor could be descended but for the astonishing pile of hanging death. In
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the left hand wall are a couple more upwards boulder chokes neither of which
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seem feasible or promising.
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<p><a name="rhorrorp">Straight</a> on over Rocky Horror is the 10m <b>Rocky
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Horror Pitch</b> with crap rigging, landing in a high passage.
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<p>To the left at the foot of Rocky Horror pitch the passage continues the SW
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trend before apparently choking after 25m. Hidden in this wall is the
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unpleasant entrance to <b>Stairway to Hell</b>, the original way into
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the Forbidden Land, now more conveniently, and much more safely reached
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through <a href="136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>.
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<p>Right, at the foot of the pitch, down some boulders, leads back 10m to a
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ledge about half-way down the 18m <a href="offffr.htm#bsuspend">Black
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Suspender</a> pitch, on the far side from Mississippi. High on the left an
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airy traverse across is possible.
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<h3><a name="stohell">Stairway to Hell</a>, Forbidden Land
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(<a href="../../years/1995/index.htm">1995</a>)</h3>
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<p>The hole in the wall of the choked SW passage left at the foot of Rocky
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Horror Pitch, being the southernmost point of the cave, was pushed through a
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tiny, wet, muddy thrutch into the bottom of a boulder choke.
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<b>Stairway to Hell</b> is muddy, shitty & desperately
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loose. Do not look around at all when passing this section! The large
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boulders at the bottom are particularly suspect and great care is needed as
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you climb up on the right, then slither back over the top up a shitty slope,
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using only the LH wall/roof, and avoiding the handy chockstone at the narrow
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exit holding up the next bit. The c4 out of top corner here is made harder as
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only 1.5 walls are solid. A final crawl through boulders leads out into an
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antechamber at the bottom of the <b>Whimper Way</b>.
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<p>During the original exploration of this a couple of boulders rolled down
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the choke causing a hasty retreat, some boulder moving to get out, and vows
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never to return, thus leaving this wide open passage as a question mark
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[<a name="qC1995-161-11" href="qmdone.htm#C1995-161-11">C1995-161-11</a> B]. However, in 1996, after
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checking every other conceivable lead in the area, Stairway to Hell was found
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to be the only viable lead in this direction and therefore obviously the way
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to go. Thus it was pushed regardless, revealing a lot of passage which can
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now (since 1997) be reached from the surface at
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<a href="136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>.
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<h4><a name="wimpway">Whimper Way</a>
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h4>
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<p>Whimper Way is reached by a very muddy 6m climb at the southern end of the
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antechamber above Stairway to Hell. This 'route' has one solid wall sloping
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at about 70° on the SE side. The other side is all jammed boulders. You
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are actually about 30m below the floor of the huge Hall of the Mounting
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Choss. Routes at various levels can be followed both SW & NE. So far all
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three that have been followed to a conclusion have ended up in the chamber
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above. There may be other ways out at the bottom, but wandering about in here
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is an exciting proposition. The NE direction has been checked, but may still
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reveal a route on
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[<a name="qC1996-161-70" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-70">C1996-161-70</a> C].
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<p>The normal route goes SW in a wide (6m) space into the upper half of what
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feels like passage. A dodgy traverse round on the right gains a ledge. There
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is a QM off on the left
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([<a name="qC1996-161-72" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-72">C1996-161-72</a> B]
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traverse line needed). A short squeezy bit here gains another 15m of
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'passage' which comes out in the lowest corner of Hall of the Mounting Choss.
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Taking the lower route in Whimper Way then climbing up through huge boulders
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also ends up here. The climbs down through the boulders have been checked
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fairly thoroughly and no ways on were found.
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<h4><a name="hotmc">Hall of the Mounting Choss</a></h4>
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<p>The Hall of the Mounting Choss is a very long, steep chamber, about 25m
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wide, 20m high and 80m long (above the rocks!). There is a small, undescended
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rift pitch in the W corner
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[<a name="qC1996-161-76" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-76">C1996-161-76</a> B].
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About 5-10m up the S/SE wall is a row of four openings. The first and lowest
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leads 5m to a closed 5m high solution aven. The second is inaccessible (would
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need bolts), above Whimper Way
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[<a name="qC1996-161-77" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-77">C1996-161-77</a> C].
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The third is a 6m wide and low phreatic, the main way on into the Forbidden
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Land. The fourth is choked with sand.
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<p>At the top of the 40m slope there is a big aven in the N corner and
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a pair of pitches
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[<a name="qC1996-161-74" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-74">C1996-161-74</a> A
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on the right and
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<a name="qC1996-161-75" href="qmdone.htm#C1996-161-75">C1996-161-75</a> A
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on the left]. The left hand hole has been descended and
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<a href="offfld.htm#hotmcp">still continues</a>. There is a secondary low
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point in the NE corner. Climbing down through the floor here leads back to
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Whimper Way (NE of the entry point). A 15m x 15m x 10m boulder can be passed
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by an 8m climb on the right. A harder 8m climb is also possible on the left.
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These gain another 60m of passage over large breakdown to a draughting choke
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of small rocks coming down from above
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[<a name="qC1996-161-71" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-71">C1996-161-71</a> C].
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Just before this on the left wall there is a draughting crawl below an
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undercut
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[<a name="qC1999-136-nn" href="qmtodo.htm#C1999-136-nn">C1999-136-nn</a>.
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Above the huge boulder are steeply sloping QMs in the left hand wall
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[<a name="qC1996-161-73" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-73">C1996-161-73</a> B].
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Protection is needed for the climb.
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<p><a name="pumph">Following</a> the howling gale down the 6m x 2m phreatic
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passage, <b>Pump House</b>, leads to a 6m pitch after 70m.
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<h4><a name="ealgor">Elin Algor</a></h4>
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<p>The pitch in Pump House looks out into a large (7m wide, 13m high),
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straight rift passage, <b>Elin Algor</b>, going both NE and SW. The wind
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blows NE (left at the junction - away from the connection to 136). The 6m
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pitch can be bypassed by traversing on the right to an obscure 3m climb.
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There is an aven in the roof here.
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<p>Easy going for 50m NE (left) leads to a big sand cliff/slope into a large
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chambery thing. A 10m handline on the right (bolt right hand wall) leads down into it. Traversing round to the right at the level of the handline bolt
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a steep (45°) loose muddy ramp ascends for 20-30m, turning left near the begining. This ends at a small rift slope, mostly choked with mud and
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rocks, through which is a pitch of perhps 20m. The pitch head needs some
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gardening and a smallish person
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[<a name="qC1999-136-nn" href="qmtodo.htm#C1999-136-nn">C1999-136-nn</a> C].
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<p>There are numerous ways off the chambery thing at the bottom of the
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handline, but it is not clear where the gale goes. To the right, between
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mudbanks, is the wet foot of a largish pitch. The water goes down an
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impenetrable crack. A chossy 10m climb up a mud bank on the left leads to a
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smallish tube at 'floor' level.
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[<a name="qC1996-161-81" href="qmdone.htm#C1996-161-81">C1996-161-81</a> C].
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This was looked at in 1997: the tube is only about 4m long, but has 2
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right-angle bends making it very difficult for tall people. It emerges into
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the wall of a big shaft which couldn't be explored owing to lack of tackle
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[<a name="qC1997-161-40" href="qmtodo.htm#C1997-161-40">C1997-161-40</a> A].
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<p>There is a 15m diameter, 15m deep undescended pitch on the far side
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[<a name="qC1996-161-79" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-79">C1996-161-79</a> A],
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with probably an aven at the far end.
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<p>On the left is a wet area where the water can be followed into a rift for
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some metres, unfinished
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[<a name="qC1996-161-80" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-80">C1996-161-80</a> C].
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Above this, 10m of passage leads to a 4m pitch, bridged by a large rock.
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traversing the bridge leads to a squalid crawl over mud which gets too small
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without digging after 10m. Descending the pitch leads to about 80m of small
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winding draughting passage explored as far as a chossy pitchhead
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[<a name="qC1996-161-78" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-78">C1996-161-78</a> A].
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<p>Right at the junction, now heading SW, a 15m passage to the foot of an
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impressive aven is passed on the left. Ahead the dimensions reduce as the
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rift becomes much chossier.
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There is a window (exactly head sized) to a pitch on the left
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[<a name="qC1996-161-82" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-82">C1996-161-82</a> C].
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Twenty metres beyond, the rift can be followed back below for c20m, but the
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way on is an awkward climb down through the boulder floor at the SW end. This
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can be bypassed by a climb up and a bolted pitch down somewhere near here.
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The rift opens out here into a wide junction. Elin Algor continues straight
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ahead, <a href="fbl136.htm#twerke">Tirolia Werke</a> forks off to the right.
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<p><a name="eacon">Elin Algor</a> goes another 40m, past an unexplored and
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unpromising pitch through boulders in the floor on the right
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[<a name="qC1996-161-94" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-94">C1996-161-94</a> C],
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then through a narrow traversy bit to open into the side of a very big pitch.
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The far side can barely be seen
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[<a name="qC1996-161-83" href="qmdone.htm#C1996-161-83">C1996-161-83</a> A].
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This is about half way down the <a href="136.htm#theatre">Theatre</a> on the
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<a href="136.htm#eyehole">Eyehole Route</a> of <b>Steinschlagschacht</b>, and
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reached from that entrance via the exposed <a href="136.htm#thegods">Gods'
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Traverse</a>.
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