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<table id="cavepage">
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<tr><th id="kat_no">204</th><th id="name">Steinbrückenhöhle</th><th id="status">4/S x</th></tr>
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<h1>Treeumphant Passage area</h1>
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<div>
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<b><a href="#survey">Survey</a></b> --
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<b><a href="204.html">204 index</a></b></div>
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<h3><a id="thecolonnade">The Colonnade</a></h3>
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<p><a href="nopain.html#bonsai">Bonsai Crawl</a> emerges into <b>The
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Colonnade</b>, a wide walking passage with a boulder floor, at a sharp turn,
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from which one can continue right or straight on.</p>
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<p><i>
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To the right the passage comes to a chamber-like crossroads. To the left is an
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initially walking-sized tube, <a href="#sucker">Sucker</a>, and to the right a low draughting
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crawl, <a href="nopain.html#flopsy">Flopsy the Bunny Rabbit's Lair</a>, which connects back to
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<a href="nopain.html#insignificantchamber">Insignificant Chamber</a>. The
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Colonnade continues straight on, and a stream joins from the left. Further
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along on the left is a pile of stones which must originate from a passage [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-43" id="qC2000-204-43">C2000-204-43 Dig</a>]. The
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passage then becomes small with a possible aven [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-44" id="qC2000-204-44">C2000-204-44 X</a>], a tight
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rift [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-45" id="qC2000-204-45">C2000-204-45 B</a>],
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and a crawl down and to the right. The crawl emerges into a chamber, with a
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possible way on over rocks directly ahead [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-49"
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id="qC2000-204-49">C2000-204-49 C</a>]. The chamber gets larger to the right,
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where there are two tight rifts leading off [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-46"
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id="qC2000-204-46">C2000-204-46 C</a>], [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-47"
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id="qC2000-204-47">C2000-204-47 C</a>] and an aven [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-48" id="qC2000-204-48">C2000-204-48 X</a>]. Water was
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flowing down one of these, possibly to the waterfall entering the chamber in
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<a href="nopain.html#nopainnogain">No Pain No Gain</a>. At this time in 2000
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it had not rained on the surface for 8 days.</i></p>
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<p>Back where <a href="nopain.html#bonsai">Bonsai Crawl</a> enters, the main
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route continues straight on for around 70m, with a number of minor passages to the sides.
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These are:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>A crawl to the left, which slopes slightly upwards to a pit with a small
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body sized tube going off at the bottom [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-54"
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id="qC2001-204-54">C2001-204-54 C</a>]; continuing over the pit leads to a flat
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out crawl [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-53" id="qC2001-204-53">C2001-204-53
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C</a>].
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</li>
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<li>Some
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distance further on, another crawl on the left [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-16"
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id="qC2000-204-16">C2000-204-16 B</a>] leading from a trench in the passage.</li>
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<li>A
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small passage on the right [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-17"
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id="qC2000-204-17">C2000-204-17 C</a>] that allegedly links to [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-21">C2000-204-21 C</a>].</li>
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<li>A
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crawl high up to the left [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-18" id="qC2000-204-18">C2000-204-18 C</a>].</li>
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<li>A short
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distance further a walking-size passage goes to the left [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-19" id="qC2000-204-19">C2000-204-19 C</a>].</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The main passage then forks: to the left is [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-20"
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id="qC2000-204-20">C2000-204-20 C</a>] whilst to the right the passage
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continues past a high up crawl [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-21"
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id="qC2000-204-21">C2000-204-21 C</a>], and then possibly [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-22" id="qC2000-204-22">C2000-204-22 C</a>]. The main
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passage then pops out into <a
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href="treeumphant.html#treeumphantpassage"><b>Treeumphant Passage</b></a>.</p>
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<h3><a id="treeumphantpassage">Treeumphant Passage</a></h3>
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<p><a href="#thecolonnade">The Colonnade</a> meets <b>Treeumphant Passage</b>
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at a narrow angle. Doubling back sharp left leads to a boulder slope. Ascending
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this leads to a fork; the left branch is blind and the right branch ends
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shortly afterwards in a choked chamber. In the other direction, Treeumphant
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Passage continues over large boulders, sloping slightly upwards. There is a
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walking passage off to the left which goes to <a href="#crowningglory">Crowning
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Glory</a>, as well as a high up crawl to the right [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-25" id="qC2000-204-25">C2000-204-25 C</a>] and then a
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tight high passage to the left [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-26"
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id="qC2000-204-26">C2000-204-26 C</a>]. The passage then increases in height
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approaching a sharp turn to the right. Here a walking size passage continues
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straight on, connecting with <a href="#crowningglory">Crowning Glory</a>, and
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there may be an aven in the ceiling [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-27" id="qC2000-204-27">C2000-204-27 X</a>]. The main
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passage passes possibly diggable holes at floor level [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-29" id="qC2000-204-29">C2000-204-29 Dig</a>], and
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continues into <a href="#greatoakchamber">Great Oak Chamber</a>.</p>
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<h3><a id="greatoakchamber">Great Oak Chamber</a></h3>
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<p><b>Great Oak Chamber</b> is a substantial chamber, with a 5m drop in the
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floor [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-32" id="qC2000-204-32">C2000-204-32 B</a>].
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There is also an aven above [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-33"
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id="qC2000-204-33">C2000-204-33 X</a>]. <i>A traverse across the left-hand wall
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reaches a passage on the far side which is choked after 40m. There is also as a
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passage to the right [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-30"
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id="qC2000-204-30">C2000-204-30 C</a>].</i> Just before the drop there is a
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bouldery slope up to another, smaller, walking size passage. There is an oxbow
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to the left, with a possible passage leading off it [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-34" id="qC2000-204-34">C2000-204-34 B</a>], as well as
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an aven [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-35" id="qC2000-204-35">C2000-204-35
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X</a>]. There are a couple of digs to the left slightly further on; the first
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has not been explored [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-36"
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id="qC2000-204-36">C2000-204-36 C</a>], while the second led to 15m of passage
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with no further leads. The main passage continues into <a
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href="#cavetreechamber">Cave Tree Chamber</a>.</p>
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<h3><a id="cavetreechamber">Cave Tree Chamber</a></h3>
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<p>This is another substantial chamber, accessed by a climb down of about 2m.
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It has a bouldery floor on the left, and a pitch on the right, descended at
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least partially by MikeTA in 2001 [<a href="qm.html#C2000-204-39"
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id="qC2000-204-39">C2000-204-39 B</a>]. An aven extends above [<a
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href="qm.html#C2000-204-38" id="qC2000-204-38">C2000-204-38 X</a>], which is
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the 204c entrance discovered by Duncan and MikeTA in 2001; this has not been
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used since as it is exceedingly loose and dangerous. The passage continues over
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the pitch (via a traverse that needs rigging) to <a
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href="#chocolatesaltyballs">Chocolate Salty Balls</a>.</p>
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<h3><a id="chocolatesaltyballs">Chocolate Salty Balls</a></h3>
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<p>From <a href="#cavetreechamber">Cave Tree Chamber</a>, an exposed climb (a
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traverse line is a sensible precaution) above a pitch gains a comfortably
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proportioned walking passage, which ascends steadily. After 20 metres, the
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passage turns sharp left; here there are two unpromising leads, a narrow rift
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[<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-39" id="qC2001-204-39">C2001-204-39 C</a>] to the
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right and straight ahead a possible opening in a pocket just above head-height
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[<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-40" id="qC2001-204-40">C2001-204-40 C</a>]. The
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passage continues to climb, turning sharp right and again sharp left, to reach
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a pile of breakdown over which it is possible to crawl. Some 40 metres beyond
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the breakdown there are two crawls on the left, which become too tight.
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Another 30 metres reaches a climb down into the base of an aven [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-42" id="qC2001-204-42">C2001-204-42 X</a>].</p>
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<p>There are two ways on from the aven; straight ahead leads after 30 metres to
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a pitch [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-38" id="qC2001-204-38">C2001-204-38 A</a>]
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with an aven [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-41" id="qC2001-204-41">C2001-204-41
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X</a>] above it, and a continuing passage [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-37"
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id="qC2001-204-37">C2001-204-37 B</a>] on the far side. Back at the aven, a
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climb up on the left (handline useful) gains a short section of passage to
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another climb down into a small chamber.</p>
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<p>Again there are two ways on; to the left leads after 25 metres to a choke,
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but there is a small hole in the north wall half-way along [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-36" id="qC2001-204-36">C2001-204-36 C</a>], while back
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in the chamber a climb up straight ahead (handline useful) leads after 15
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metres to a T-junction. To the right ascends and enlarges for 20 metres before
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reaching a draughting choke with a narrow gap between the rocks and the ceiling
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[<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-43" id="qC2001-204-43">C2001-204-43 Dig</a>]. To
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the left the passage soon swings right to where a false floor of boulders
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conceals a pitch [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-44"
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id="qC2001-204-44">C2001-204-44 B</a>]. Traversing carefully over the pitch, a
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climb up leads to the head of another pitch. Here, a very strongly draughting
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tube on the right soon reaches a blockage [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-35"
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id="qC2001-204-35">C2001-204-35 Dig</a>], while a traverse across the pitch to
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an apparent continuation merely gains an alcove. The pitch is 7 metres; at the
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bottom a short crawl leads to a small chamber containing 'The Eleven Second
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Rattle' [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-34" id="qC2001-204-34">C2001-204-34 A</a>],
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a pitch down which stones clatter for a Long Time (measured with a
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stopwatch).</p>
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<h3><a id="crowningglory">Crowning Glory</a></h3>
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<p>A phreatic passage with a stream flowing down it, which heads upwards from
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<a href="#treeumphantpassage">Treeumphant Passage</a>. Near the beginning a
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high up crawl heads off to the left [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-8"
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id="qC2001-204-8">C2000-204-8 C</a>]. Another 20m leads to a bolder infall
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which can be climbed over, or the stream can be followed around to the right.
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A 2m scramble climb is reached, and <a href="#bouldercoaster">Boulder
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Coaster</a>, on the left, can be accessed by traversing from the pitch head.
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Further up the passage boulder infall from the left leads to a connection back
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to <a href="#treeumphantpassage">Treeumphant Passage</a>. The summit of a
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boulder is soon reached, as the passage becomes smaller. Going down the
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boulders goes into a chamber, with an aven [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-11"
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id="qC2001-204-11">C2000-204-11 X</a>], and a 4m climb up at the end, followed
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by a pitch, which has been started down [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-10"
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id="qC2001-204-10">C2000-204-10 A</a>].</p>
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<h3><a id="germknodel">Germknödels' Revenge</a></h3>
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<p><img class="onright" src="rigging/e.png" alt="E entrance rigging guide" />
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Germknödels' Revenge is the short connection between the 204e and 204f
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entrances and the Treeumphant end of Boulder Coaster. <b>204e</b> is a low
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square hole in the face of a cliff. From here a low passage leads down and to
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the right. A short climb down and up again brings one to the top of the pitch.
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The (awkward) passage from 204f is a small tube sloping uphill at ~45° on
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the right, and a possible QM from across the top of the shaft.</p>
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<p><b>204f</b> is a hole in a pile of boulders a few metres up the surface
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gully from 204e. A small tube descends towards 204e via a couple of bouldery
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squeezes. The tube becomes steeper with a black space beyond. A light shone
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down this tube reveals that it connects to the top of the pitch reached from
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204e; it was not thought worth the considerable bother of rigging this
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route.</p>
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<p>A backup and Y-hang are followed by a rebelay or short deviation next to a
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window into a parallel shaft (There may be undocumented QMs in this shaft). The
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pitch narrows below the deviation, to a rebelay where it bells out to several
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metres diameter. The remaining drop is in a fine open shaft, passing a ledge a
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few metres off the floor, into Crowning Glory Chamber in <a
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href="#bouldercoaster">Boulder Coaster</a> near its connection to Crowning Glory
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Passage. </p>
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<h3><a id="bouldercoaster">Boulder Coaster</a></h3>
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<p>A walking sized passage goes from <a href="#crowningglory">Crowning Glory
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Passage</a> to <b>Crowning Glory Chamber</b> where 204e and 204f drop in from
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<a href="#germknodel">Germknödels Revenge</a>, daylight being just visible.
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A rift intersects the chamber at the north end [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-12"
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id="qC2001-204-12">C2001-204-12 C</a>], [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-13"
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id="qC2001-204-13">C2001-204-13 C</a>]. The obvious way out of the chamber
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continues for 15m before choking, passing under avens [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-18" id="qC2001-204-18">C2001-204-18 X</a>] and [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-19" id="qC2001-204-19">C2001-204-19 X</a>] at a cross
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junction. To the left is too tight, and to the right, along with the next
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passage to the right join up at a chamber with an aven [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-20" id="qC2001-204-20">C2001-204-20 X</a>]. The
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passage continues from the bottom of the chamber and passes a pocket on the
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right with an aven [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-21"
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id="qC2001-204-21">C2001-204-21 X</a>]. The passage continues to a a staggered
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crossroads; to the right there is a sandy crawl [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-14" id="qC2001-204-14">C2001-204-14 B</a>]. The other
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two ways on later rejoin; the left route has a phreatic tube going into the
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roof [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-22" id="qC2001-204-22">C2001-204-22 X</a>].
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Continuing downslope, the passage splits in two, to the left is [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-15" id="qC2001-204-15">C2001-204-15 C</a>]. The right
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way leads to a chamber with a pitch [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-16"
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id="qC2001-204-16">C2001-204-16 A</a>] and an aven [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-23" id="qC2001-204-23">C2001-204-23 X</a>]. The
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passage continues opposite the entrance, in walking sized downhill passage,
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passing a crawl to the left [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-17"
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id="qC2001-204-17">C2001-204-17 C</a>], then a too tight passage to the
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right.</p>
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<p>Further down, the passage turns a sharp left, then turns around to the left,
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after which a small passage goes of to the left [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-56" id="qC2001-204-56">C2001-204-56 C</a>]. Further
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on a passage is reached, with a climbable aven [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-55"
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id="qC2001-204-55">C2001-204-55 X</a>]. The passage to the right soon turns
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left, going downhill to a junction. Straight on is a small passage [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-57" id="qC2001-204-57">C2001-204-57 C</a>]. Turning
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left leads to a junction with the downhill passage of the previous chamber.
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Continuing downwards, a small passage leads to the left [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-58" id="qC2001-204-58">C2001-204-58 C</a>]. Further
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down <b><a id="helterskelter">Helterskelter Pitch</a></b> is reached. At the
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pitch head passages go to the left and right but are too tight. The pitch is 8m
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deep and can be climbed down, and spirals around on itself, ending in boulders,
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and a visible way on through the boulders [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-59"
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id="qC2001-204-59">C2001-204-59 B</a>].</p>
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<h3><a id="sandpit">Sand Pit</a></h3>
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-32" id="qC2003-204-32">C2003-204-32 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-33" id="qC2003-204-33">C2003-204-33 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-34" id="qC2003-204-34">C2003-204-34 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-35" id="qC2003-204-35">C2003-204-35 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-36" id="qC2003-204-36">C2003-204-36 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-37" id="qC2003-204-37">C2003-204-37 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-38" id="qC2003-204-38">C2003-204-38 B</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-39" id="qC2003-204-39">C2003-204-39 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-40" id="qC2003-204-40">C2003-204-40 C</a>]
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[<a href="qm.html#C2003-204-41" id="qC2003-204-41">C2003-204-41 C</a>]
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<h3><a id="sucker">Sucker</a></h3>
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<p>An initially walking passage branching off from <a href="#thecolonnade">The
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Colonnade</a>, which soon degenerates to crawling. After 15m, a 1m diameter
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tube continues straight on [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-33"
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id="qC2001-204-33">C2001-204-33 B</a>], whilst the explored route turns right.
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After another 30m a small passage bears to the right [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-24" id="qC2001-204-24">C2001-204-24 C</a>]. A further
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15m leads to a small chamber with large dubious boulders on a sloping floor.
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Straight on is [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-25" id="qC2001-204-25">C2001-204-25
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C</a>], and there is a pitch in the floor [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-101"
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id="qC2001-204-101">C2001-204-101 B</a>], which can be stepped over. This leads
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to a key hole passage with a rift disappearing on the right [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-32" id="qC2001-204-32">C2001-204-32 C</a>], which may
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be descendible. The key hole passage then turns right, straight on at this
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point a small stream enters, where there is an aven above [<a
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href="qm.html#C2001-204-27" id="qC2001-204-27">C2001-204-27 X</a>], and a flat
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out crawl entering from the right [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-26"
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id="qC2001-204-26">C2001-204-26 C</a>] , this ends in a mud floored chamber
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with an aven [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-28" id="qC2001-204-28">C2001-204-28
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X</a>]. Continuing along the key hole passage, a passage intersects, and the
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keyhole passage becomes blocked. To the right, another passage intersects which
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quickly becomes too tight in both directions, the passage continues straight on
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to a small partially mud filled passage [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-29"
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id="qC2001-204-29">C2001-204-29 C</a>]. To the left a body sized passage
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continues to a T junction with continuations [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-30"
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id="qC2001-204-30">C2001-204-30 C</a>], [<a href="qm.html#C2001-204-31"
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id="qC2001-204-31">C2001-204-31 C</a>].</p>
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