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<h2>161 Kaninchenhöhle: France - side passages</h2>
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<h3><a name="fc2">French Connection II</a></h3>
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<p><a name="belgium">Continuing</a> north up the rift over Adrian pitch,
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along the bolted traverse, leads over a 15m chocked section to a fine 50m
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pitch, French Connection II. At the foot of this pitch there is an open
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boulder-floored area.
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<p>To the left (NE) there is a loose rock slope to a 5m roped section, at the
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foot of which is a second bolt, for a 24m pitch. This area is <b>Belgium</b>
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(it's near France, but hardly worth a visit). From the foot of the rope, SW
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climbs a boulder pile to a prominent rock, then descends again, all in a
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chamber directly below the false floor at the base of FCII. NE from the rope
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descends steeply in more rift, with an 8m vertical to where the rift floor
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chokes and a continuation becomes too tight. This is 143m below the main 161a
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entrance.
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<p>To the right (SW) there is another undescended pitch
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[<a href="qmtodo.htm#C1990-161-11" name="qC1990-161-11">C1990-161-11</a> A] which was bolted and
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partly rigged in 1990. Part way along the rift is a 2m diameter tube 2m above
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the floor in the left hand wall. This takes a strong draught which can be
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followed past a short oxbow to a chamber containing a huge boulder poised at
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the edge of a pitch. This is <a href="france.htm#tdice">the Dice</a>, on the
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main route in France. Access is possible to various small passages from Dice
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chamber. The draught goes up a steep slope into the foot of a boulder choke.
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<p>There is supposed to be another "Hole at the base of French Connection
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II"
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[<a href="qmtodo.htm#C1990-161-10" name="qC1990-161-10">C1990-161-10</a> C],
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but it is unclear where this is, or if indeed, it is a hole already explored
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(eg. Belgium).
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<p>The tube from French Connection II to Dice chamber has a hole in the floor
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which is unexplored (and indeed, not noticed) by CUCC
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[<a href="qmdone.htm#B1988-161-1" name="qB1988-161-1">B1988-161-1</a> B].
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This seems to have been explored by the original French group
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<a href="../../others/gscb/index.htm">GSCB</a>,
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with a depth of 45m to three more QMs via a p11
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[<a href="qmtodo.htm#B1988-161-2" name="qB1988-161-2">B1988-161-2</a>,
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<a href="qmtodo.htm#B1988-161-3" name="qB1988-161-3">B1988-161-3</a>,
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<a href="qmtodo.htm#B1988-161-4" name="qB1988-161-4">B1988-161-4</a>].
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<h3><a name="rcrusoe">Robinson Crusoe</a></h3>
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<p>At the second rebelay about 30m down <a href="france.htm#fphobia">
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Francophobia</a> it is possible to swing off 2m to the right into Robinson
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Crusoe (don't let go of the rope !), a 2m diameter tube heading straight down
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dip, parallel to the one into France, 10m below. After 30m this comes out in
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the French Connection II rift. It is (just) possible to traverse round on the
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left to get into the continuation of the passage (<a name="mfriday"><b>Man
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Friday</b></a>) on the other side of the rift. There was a footprint found
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here. It is blocked by boulders after about 10m.
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<h3>Toothless/Algeria area (1992-95)</h3>
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<p>A traverse across the top of <a href="france.htm#toothless">Toothless</a>
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was possible
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[<a href="qmtodo.htm#C1992-161-01" name="qC1992-161-01">C1992-161-01</a> B]
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until the ledges fell off, just after the traverse back was completed !
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<p>At the SSW end of <a href="france.htm#algeria">Algeria</a> (the outer
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corner of the 'L') are a couple of 4m climbs into an immature stream rift,
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reaching 12m downstream before it gets too tight, and having 30m of difficult
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going upstream. This could be pushed further, but it is likely to get worse
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(and so apparently doesn't have a QM number).
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<h4><a name="ttubs">Twin Tubs</a> (1993)</h4>
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<p>In the opposite wall of <a href="france.htm#algeria">Algeria</a> from the
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Frogs' Legs pitch is a climb up (freeclimbed, but easier with a rope) to
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reach a pair of shafts, <b>Twin Tubs</b>. The nearer and wetter pitch is
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<a name="washer"><b>Washer</b></a>, while the further is
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<a name="drier"><b>Drier</b></a>. Washer appears to be an unpleasant 26m
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drop, followed by 5m into a volume of boulders. Further progress seems to
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have been prevented by flooding in 1993 but was pushed somewhat via
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<a href="#dazauto">Daz Automatic</a> in 1995.
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<p>At the bottom of Daz/Twin Tubs (beware hanging death) is a smaller hole
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with an old spit in the boulder above. This leads into a small chamber,
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where you can crawl through a small hole round to the right up
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through boulders a short way, into the bottom of another wet pitch (not
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surveyed).
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<h4><a name="toplo">Top Loader</a> (1994)</h4>
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<p>A parallel route to Frogs' Legs, dropping into Twin Tubs.
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<p><a name="stddev">At the foot</a> of
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<a href="france.htm#toothless">Toothless</a>
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there is a narrow rift,
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[<a href="qmdone.htm#C1992-161-02" name="qC1992-161-02">C1992-161-02</a> B],
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that intersects on the right, and has a stream in it. This is
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<b>Standard Deviation</b>, and is followed by Top
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Loader, which drops into <a href="#ttubs">Twin Tubs</a>.
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<h4><a name="dazauto">Daz Automatic</a> (1995)</h4>
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<p>In <a href="france.htm#algeria">Algeria</a>, between the foot of Frogs'
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Legs III and Orient Express, but on the opposite side from the point of
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entry, is a hole in the floor
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[<a href="qmdone.htm#C1992-161-04" name="qC1992-161-04">C1992-161-04</a> B]
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which leads to <b>Daz Automatic</b>.
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<p>On the right (Orient Express side) of a large boulder by the wall is a
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hole where a boulder floor can be seen a short way down, with a slot
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by the wall leading further down. There are two spits on the main wall
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above the right side of the hole (facing wall). A short pitch (~6m ?) leads
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down through the slot, keeping left to land on a boulder in the corner of
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<b>Daz Chamber</b>, the main part of which is to the left and forwards under
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the wall of Algeria.
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<p>From the bottom of the pitch, going left down a slope of small rocks, to
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the left of a large boulder, leads to <b>Daz Pitch</b> - the pitch head is
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loose. There is 1 spit on right wall. The pitch is ~3m x 3m across with a
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small amount of water entering and is in fact Twin Tubs.
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<p>Daz Chamber has an irregular boulder floor. From the bottom of the 6m
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pitch, the wall behind and to the left is made of the boulders forming the
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floor of Algeria, with a solid far wall opposite, and a low ceiling with
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rocks underneath to the right.
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<p>By the solid wall ahead one can climb down boulders into a hole which is
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choked at the bottom. Above this there is a hole in the wall leading to a
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narrow clean-washed rift (~15m long ?) with a pitch at the end (2-3 seconds
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clattering I think)
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[<a href="qmtodo.htm#C1995-161-73" name="qC1995-161-73">C1995-161-73</a> B].
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This rift can also be reached by following the right wall above Daz Pitch.
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This rift has not been surveyed.
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<p>Right of the boulder at the foot of the 6m pitch it is possible to crawl a
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short distance through smaller boulders under the wall of Algeria. This
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chokes to the right and enters Daz Chamber on left.
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<h4><a name="sswingp">Sultans of Swing Pitch</a></h4>
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<p>The Sultans of Swing pitch,
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[<a href="qmdone.htm#C1994-161-61" name="qC1994-161-61">C1994-161-61</a> A],
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continues below the traverse off to Flat France. Drops in three sections of
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about 20m each, to a sump at -302m (from the main 161a entrance).
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