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<h2>161 Kaninchenhöhle: Off Forbidden Land
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h2>
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<h3><a name="gravpit">Gravel Pit</a>
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>,
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<a href="../../years/1997/index.htm">1997</a>)</h3>
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<!-- source: this is a synthesis of descriptions from Chris Densham (email),
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William (1997 KH survey book p 13), then edited by AndyA 1998.01.18, and
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then by AndyW 1998.01.21 by reference to half a dozen earlier email
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messages and the first draft of the drawn-up survey. Wookey 1999.09.29:
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The below is wrong - I'm almost sure of it, but wads has done such a good
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job of amalgamating the parts that I can't untangle the bits. William's
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logbook write-up makes it quite clear that they went down a hole on the
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left at the bottom of the chamber as the obvious hole was '100% choss'. This
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is the one Wookey descended in 1996, which William later describes as 'this
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seems to go somewhere else and should be pushed' This bit of the description
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is a mess.. -->
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<p>20m beyond (west of) the 3m ladder climb in
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<a href="fbl136.htm#twerke">Tirolia Werke</a> is a small opening low down
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in the left hand (south) wall. This is the entrance to <b>Gravel Pit</b>, so
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named because most of the walls, floors and roof are made of pebbles stuck
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together with mud. The small hole opens into a large space, which is a pitch,
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split by a ledge 7m down. Below this, the pitch turns into a steep (still
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roped) slope.
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<!-- This pitch can also be descended by traversing betweeen a boulder and
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the wall on the right hand side. Which pitch is this talking about ? Not the
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main pitch, or the (1996) choss pit in the floor, so presumably the 1997 bit
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[W]. -->
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<p>At the foot of the rope (c18m) is a chamber with a steeply sloping loose
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silt floor. Looking downslope (south) a dry streambed runs down right (NW) to
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left (SE). Upstream (right) leads to an easily diggable (in sand) small hole,
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from which a strong draught issues
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[<a name="qC1997-161-01" href="qmtodo.htm#C1997-161-01">C1997-161-01</a> B].
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The passage appears to slope upwards beyond the dig, and is heading back
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under Tirolia Werke.
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<p>Left at the foot of the slope, beyond a boulder bridged over the
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streambed, leads to a 5m pitch with one bolt on the right hand wall/ceiling.
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A tiny hole in the wall here leads into a washed-out boulder choke. A large
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(after rain in Austria this was normal Swildon's sized) stream bubbles out of
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a sump and courses down through the boulders, to a wet slot.
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<p>Above the sump is a continuing rift which needs to be climbed into and
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therefore has not been pushed
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[<a name="qC1996-161-90" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-90">C1996-161-90</a> C]. There is a suspicion that it would go to Elin Algor, possibly at
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[<a href="fbland.htm#qC1996-161-78">C1996-161-78</a>]. However, from the
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survey, this would appear to be well beyond the end of Elin Algor, possibly
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heading towards the unexplored area between Kaninchenhöhle and the
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southern Schwarzmooskogel systems.
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<p>The stream from the sump can be followed steeply for about 20m to a tight
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squeeze
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[<a name="qC1996-161-89" href="qmdone.htm#C1996-161-89">C1996-161-89</a> B]
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pushed in drier conditions in 1997. It continues down a very small flat-out
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passage (that appears to flood to the roof in places) through squeezes to
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another tight squeeze that enters five metres of walking passage. This is
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short-lived, leading to a down slope and extremely awkward slot. After
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negotiating the slot you land on soft mud that quickly ends in a low sump. On
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turning back another low passage can be seen to the right of the original
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passage. This is a flat-out wriggle with squeezes to a boulder collapse 30m
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along (the passage has to be reversed out of). This series has been sketched
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but not properly surveyed, and has nothing to commend it. It should be
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avoided except in the driest of conditions.
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<p>Back at the bottom of the first pitch into Gravel Pit, across the steep
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slope to the east (care!), a small canyon in the gravel leads through a
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broader hading rift to an awkward 2m scramble down. This brings you out over
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the head of a 8m pitch with a very loose takeoff. It is possible to traverse
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round to the left at the pitch head to a climb down taking one 5m above the
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stream. Looking across the pitch-head, another gravelly passage (apparently
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walking sized) can be seen continuing on the right
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[<a name="qC1997-161-02" href="qmtodo.htm#C1997-161-02">C1997-161-02</a> A].
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This would be very hard to gain access to due to the gravel walls and
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overhanging gravel pit.
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<p>The pitch is descended by spits in the 'large' boulder embedded in the
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gravel to the left. A small stream is followed for 30m down a few climbs to a
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large aven. The stream disappears into rubble but can be regained the other
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side of the chamber but then rapidly disappears into a small mud hole that
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looks like it floods in wet conditions. Several holes in the roof become too
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small very quickly.
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<h2><a name="hotmcp">Pitch</a> at the top of Hall of the Mounting Choss
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(<a href="../../years/1999/index.htm">1999</a>)</h2>
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<p>There are two very large holes at the apparent top of the
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<a href="fbl136.htm#hotmc">Hall of the Mounting Choss</a> boulder slope.
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The leftmost of these
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[<a name="qC1996-161-75" href="qmdone.htm#C1996-161-75">C1996-161-75</a> A]
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has been descended to a ledge with an undescended continuation visible.
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The right hand hole from Hall of the Mounting Choss
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[<a name="qC1996-161-74" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-74">C1996-161-74</a> C]
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appears in fact to be the same pitch. A description of the left hand
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route follows.
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<p>Two bolts in the left hand wall of the chamber provide a short, scrappy
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descent to a large sloping boulder-strewn ledge where a further bolt affords
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protection for the descent across the ledge (whilst avoiding a rub further
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up). Just below the lip of the ledge is a rebelay, where good footholds
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assist its passing. From here the floor can be seen some 20m down. Two
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further rebelays are required to complete the descent, both of which are
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bolted as all of the available naturals are insecurely attached.
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<p>The foot of the pitch is spacious, some 5m across; to the left (facing the
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rope) is a descent round to the left, passing beneath a very large wedged
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boulder high up in the rift, to the foot of an impressive aven, which is
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assumed to be the other pitch from that corner of Hall of the Mounting Choss.
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To the right from the foot of the pitch is a hole down through boulders, too
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tight and unstable to enter, down which stones fall free for over 3s. There
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initially appears to be no viable way on from here, but in an alcove at the
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foot of the pitch is a crawl concealed behind a flake on the right. This is
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initially flat out, but almost immediately eases and reaches a left turn and,
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straight ahead, a climb down into a small chamber.
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<p>This chamber has a narrow slot in the floor which seems to communicate
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with the deep pitch beneath the boulders mentioned above. Back in the crawl,
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the left turn leads to an easy continuation which soon develops a narrow
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floor slot; after some 10 or 15m the floor abruptly ends and one is left with
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head and shoulders poking out of the crawl overlooking an impressive rift.
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Stones fall for 3s before first impact, then fall free again before rattling
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away. The sound of running water can be clearly heard throughout this part of
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the cave, which unfortunately remains unsurveyed.
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