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<h1>Stellerweghöhlen system (1623/41) Glossary</h1>
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<p>This list will start to get unwieldy - so here are a bunch of
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links to take you to roughly the right place alphabetically:<br>
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<a name="A" href="#AtoZ">A-Z</a> | <a href="#exit">Links</a><dl>
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<dt>Alice im Wunderland<dd>(1998, Arge)
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#confluence">And Another Pitch</a><dd>The wet, 9m,
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second pitch in the streamway downstream from The Confluence (1981, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#confluence">Another Pitch</a><dd>The 5m first pitch
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in the streamway downstream from The Confluence, also known as The Twelve
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Foot Climb, but not really climbable except in the dryest conditions (1981,
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CUCC)
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<dt>Babylon<dd>Major Passage series upstream from 115 Big Chamber which
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CUCC managed to miss almost entirely.
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<dt><a href="115.htm#bbungle">Baker's Bungle</a><dd>First hole down at the
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end of the phreatic passage below Bell Pitch in 115. This turned out not to
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be a viable way on (1980, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="115.htm#derigel">Bell Pitch</a><dd>20m first pitch in 155
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entrance (1980, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="115.htm#bigcham115">The Big Chamber in 115</a><dd>A large
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chamber where the 115 entrance pitch series meets other streams which
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combine into Pete's Purgatory. This is the first significant sub-horizontal
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phreatic level, still incompletely explored (1981, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="off41.htm#bigcham142">The Big Chamber in 142</a><dd>A Large
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chamber reached by a 40m pitch from the point where
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<span lang="de">Schwabenschacht</span> later joined 142. An alternative route
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to the chamber can be gained from the foot of the 18m pitch in 142 (1982,
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1985, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="off115.htm#futser">Big Enough Chamber</a><dd>A 4m high (ie.
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easily big enough to stand up) chamber in Futility Series (1982, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="41.htm#bigpitch">The Big Pitch</a><dd>a 100m pitch in a huge
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elliptical shaft, mostly free hanging by the preferred (1981) route. At the
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end of the sub-horizontal entrance series of
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<span lang="de-at">Stellerweghöhle.</span> (1980, 1981, CUCC).
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This is also the point at which the way in from
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<span lang="de">Larchenschacht,</span>
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<a href="../../noinfo/88.htm">1623/88</a> joins, and just downstream lies the
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connection from <a href="144.htm">1623/144</a>
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<dt><a href="41.htm#bigrift">The Big Rift</a><dd>a 100m broken shaft leading
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from below the short pitches following the Big Pitch in
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<span lang="de-at">Stellerweghöhle</span> down to Junction Chamber. With
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1980's rigging, this section of the cave is extremely flood-prone (1980,
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1981, CUCC)
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</dl><a name="C" href="#AtoZ">A-Z</a> | <a href="#exit">Links</a><dl>
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#camp">Camp Chamber</a><dd>a sandy-floored side
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passage on the left (south) near the end of Dartford Tunnel, continuing
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unexplored as a traverse over what is assumed to be Pete's Purgatory. This
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was the underground camp when the system was bottomed (1982, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="115.htm#ramp">The Col</a><dd>a mud-floored saddle at the foot of
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the Ramp pitches, enabling access at one side to the Rift, and at the other,
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a view over unexplored black space threatened by hanging death (1981, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="offdp.htm#rampant">Cologne Cathedral</a><dd>An impressively
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large chamber, 15m diameter and at least 20m high, reached via Rampant
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Passage above The Confluence (1982, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#slit">Coming Soon</a><dd>The 7m ninth pitch in the
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streamway below the Confluence (1982, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#lakep">Commando Climb</a><dd>A 4m handline climb in
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spray at the bottom of Letch Pitch in the streamway below the Confluence
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(1981, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#confluence">The Confluence</a><dd>The point in
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Pete's Purgatory where a second stream joins from the right, resulting in an
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increase in passage size to something reasonable. This tributary stream is
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assumed to be fed mainly from <span lang="de-at">Stellerweghöhle</span>.
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Directly above is the remoter end of the Purgatory Bypass.
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<dt><a href="115.htm#purgbypass0">The Connection</a><dd>Passages beyond
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the 115 Big Chamber leading towards 41 at Junction Chamber (1981, CUCC/UBSS)
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<dt><a href="115.htm#purgbypass0">Connection Cairn</a><dd>A marked junction
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in low passage no longer on the main route from 115 to 41, where the
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connection was first confirmed (1981, CUCC/UBSS)
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#dartford">Dartford Tunnel</a><dd>A major fossil
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phreatic tube followed from Junction Chamber to the Confluence. Originally
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explored most of the way by CUCC/UBSS in 1981, whose cairn was found in 1982
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by CUCC exploration back from the Confluence.
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<dt>Dazu<dd>Side passage left from Windloch beyondf Babylon (1999, Arge)
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#slit">The Duck</a><dd>A swimming-depth canal with
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10 cm airspace at -800m in the streamway below the Confluence (1982, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="offdp.htm#rampant">Echo Aven</a><dd>an aven estimated 30m high,
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reached by dangerous climbs of 10 and 5m from <span lang="de">Köln
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Dom</span> (1982, CUCC)
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<dt>Euphrates<dd>Right (west) at T-junction at end of Babylon (Arge)
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<dt>Fritz's Freeway<dd>
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<dt><a href="off115.htm#futser">Futility Series</a><dd>a series of generally uninspiring passages reached by a left turn in the traverse above the start of Pete's Purgatory. Mainly explored because of its tantalising draught which led to a choke c 100m fr
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om the surface
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<dt><a name="germanr" href="off41.htm#germanr">German Route</a><dd>The
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original route of exploration in
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<span lang="de-at">Stellerweghöhle,</span> never well-documented. Not
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believed to be a useful way to depth, though it was supposed to go to -276m
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by a way on now apparently lost (1954, SA; 1972, unknown ?)
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#lakep">Grope Pitch</a><dd>The 17m sixth pitch in the
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streamway below the Confluence (1981, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="115.htm#derigel">The Hedgehog</a><dd>an awkward catchy rift passage, negotiated mainly by crawling at one level or another, leading from Bell Pitch to the big phreatic passage leading on in 115 (1980, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="115.htm#inletp">Inlet Pitches</a><dd>Below the Ramp and the Rift
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in 115, originally 18, 19 and 6m pitches in rift exposed to spray from an
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inlet high above. Rebolted by power drill in 2000 by Arge to give an
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all-weather route (1981, CUCC)
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</dl><a name="J" href="#AtoZ">A-Z</a> | <a href="#exit">Links</a><dl>
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<dt>Jade<dd>Passage of Warme Dusche Rampe (2000, Arge)
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#jncha">Junction Chamber</a><dd>The chamber where
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Stellerweg's Big Rift drops into the horizontal passages of
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<span lang="de">Schnellzughöhle,</span> and the key to the onward route
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to great depth (1981, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="offdp.htm#rampant"><span lang="de">Köln Dom</span></a><dd>
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An impressively large chamber, 15m diameter and at least 20m high, reached
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via Rampant Passage above The Confluence (1982, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#lakep">Lake Pitch</a><dd>The 9m fourth pitch in the
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streamway downstream from The Confluence, landing in a large pool (1981,
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<dt>Lampentot<dd>Side passage from Warm Duscher Rampen (1998, Arge)
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#lakep">Letch Pitch</a><dd>The 22m fifth pitch in the
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streamway downstream from The Confluence, with a rebelay ledge halfway
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down (1981, CUCC)
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</dl><a name="M" href="#AtoZ">A-Z</a> | <a href="#exit">Links</a><dl>
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#confluence">Marlow Climb</a><dd>The 7m third
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pitch in the streamway downstream from The Confluence, also known as
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Yet Another Pitch (1981, CUCC)
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<dt>Megalo-Schlinger<dd>
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<dt><a href="off115.htm#zwei">Nebukadnezar</a><dd>climbing passage off
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SE from Tigris. Ascends to 155m above 115 Big Chamber leading (at 1450m
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altitude) to within 15m of surface with a massive draught. Likely to lead to
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a new entrance lower down east of 115, thus bypassing the Ramp, the Rift and
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the Inlet pitches (2000, Arge)
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<dt>Nutzlosigkeit<dd>German translation for what CUCC explored as
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<a href="#futser">Futility Series</a>
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#orgasm">Orgasm Chasm</a><dd>The 90m shaft beyond
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the duck in the main streamway below -800m.
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<dt><a href="off115.htm#futser">Pebble Beach Chamber</a><dd>A 12m high
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chamber in Futility Series with interesting red flowstone (1982, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="off115.htm#petepurg">Pete's Purgatory</a><dd>The unrelenting
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narrow streamway taking the combined waters over 800m from the 115 Big
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Chamber to The Confluence (1981, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#jncha">Purgatory Bypass</a><dd>Collective name
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for passages which bypass Pete's Purgatory to reach the Confluence. On the
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usual route from 115, this includes all <a href="115.htm#purgbypass0">the
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passage from Big Chamber,</a> as well as Dartford Tunnel (1981/2, CUCC)
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</dl><a name="Q" href="#AtoZ">A-Z</a> | <a href="#exit">Links</a>
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<p>There are no places beginning with a "Q" !
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<dt><a href="115.htm#ramp">The Ramp</a><dd>this proved to be the correct way on just beyond Baker's Bungle in 115. Spotted at the end of 1980 expo, but not explored until 1981 (1981, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="offdp.htm#rampant">Rampant Passage</a><dd>Large rising passage,
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7m high and 2m wide, heading north from above the Confluence to Cologne
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Cathedral (1982, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="115.htm#115rift">The Rift</a><dd>Below the Ramp and across the
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col, the main 115 pitch series eventually hits a more vertical fault, forming
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this split pitch (1981, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="off41.htm#rodrunway">Rodent Runway</a><dd>The original
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connection route from 142 to <span lang="de-at">Stellerweghöhle</span>
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hidden in boulders off the sloping chamber leading up to the Big
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Chamber in 142 (1983, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="144.htm#roddive">Roddick's Dive</a><dd>A drop through an
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awkward and slippery restriction below the Yellow Brick Road in 144. Best
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with some sort of protection, as the continuing descent of a rock slab
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has an exposed and muddy landing (1985, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="off41.htm#roofpcham">Roof Pendant Chamber</a>A phreatic passage
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along the strike of the hading joints in 142, leading from Rodent Runway
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towards the 21m pitch in <span lang="de-at">Stellerweghöhle</span>
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(1983, CUCC)
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<dd>
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</dl><a name="S" href="#AtoZ">A-Z</a> | <a href="#exit">Links</a><dl>
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<dt>Schabernackschacht<dd>
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#slit">The Slit</a><dd>The 22m eighth pitch in the
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streamway below the Confluence (1982, CUCC)
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<dt><span lang="de">Stalaglufthöhle</span><dd>The name used by CUCC in
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conversation and the log books for the <a href="#germanr">German route</a> in
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<span lang="de-at">Stellerweghöhle</span> during its fruitless
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re-exploration in 1980.
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#lakep">Subtle Approach</a><dd>The 13m seventh pitch,
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with an awkward takeoff, in the streamway below the Confluence (1981, CUCC)
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<dt>Tigris<dd>Left (east) at T-junction at end of Babylon (1999, Arge)
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<dt>Treppengang<dd>Side passage from Vereinigungshalle by MP 21 (Arge)
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#confluence">Twelve Foot</a><dd>The 5m first pitch
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in the streamway downstream from The Confluence, also known as Another
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Pitch, and not really climbable except in the dryest conditions (1981,
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</dl><a name="U" href="#AtoZ">A-Z</a> | <a href="#exit">Links</a><dl>
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</dl><a name="W" href="#AtoZ">A-Z</a> | <a href="#exit">Links</a><dl>
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<dt>Warm Duscher Rampen<dd>(Arge)
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<dt>Wet'n'Wild<dd>(Arge)
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<dt><a href="off41.htm#wigway">Wiggy's Way to 60' pitch</a><dd>A route
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leading from very near the 1623/142 entrance and ending unexplored at
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a pitch estimated at 20m (1983, CUCC)
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<dt>Windloch<dd>NE-trending passage with strong gale, left near end of
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Babylon (1999, Arge)
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<dt>A Windy Day in Manhattan<dd>(1999, Arge)
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</dl><a name="X" href="#AtoZ">A-Z</a> | <a href="#exit">Links</a>
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<p>There are no places beginning with an "X"!
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<dt><a href="144.htm#entser">Yellow Brick Road</a><dd>The first level of
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phreatic development in 144, about 180m below the entrance, a dusty-floored
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passage sporting various ways off not pushed to a conclusion (1983, CUCC)
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<dt><a href="deepwy.htm#confluence">Yet Another Pitch</a><dd>The 7m third
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pitch in the streamway downstream from The Confluence, also known as
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Marlow Climb (1981, CUCC)
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</dl><a name="Z" href="#AtoZ">A-Z</a> | <a href="#exit">Links</a><dl>
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<dt><a href="off115.htm#zwei">Zweistromland</a><dd>Main passage in Babylon,
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reached via a canyon from 115 Big Chamber. Splits at end into Euphrates
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and Tigris (latter to Nebukkadnezar-Rampe).
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<b>Stellerweghöhlensystem</b> Cave Description -<br>
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<a href="41.htm">Entrance 41</a> (Stellerweghöhle)<br>
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<a href="115.htm">Entrance 115</a> (Schnellzughöhle)<br>
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<a href="histry.htm">History</a> (index to CUCC trips in the log book)<br>
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