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<center><font size=-1>CTS 91.1327/c: Cambridge Underground 1991 pp 16-19</font>
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<h2>Cave Descriptions of 162 and 163</h2></center>
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<p align=right>Wookey
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<p>These are two caves discovered in '88 by Adam which were surveyed (and
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surveyed to) this year by Wookey and Dave F. Both caves are along the side of
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the Hinter Schwarzmoos Kögel, about halfway between 161 and
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Eishöhle. Following the French traverse route along the shelf marked
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with orange spray paint from 161c will take you just below both of the
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entrances.
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<h3><a id="id162">162</a></h3>
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<p>162 is about 200m closer to 161 than 163, and is about 250m from vd1. To
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get to it from there, head down the gully directly below vd1 (bearing about
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100°)for about 130m, then turn right, angle right and traverse below the
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bunde field on the right along the most obvious shelf (you should find the
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French path here) for another 130m or so). The cave entrance is a 1.5m by 2m
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hole in the wall to the right of the traverse shelf with a very cold draught
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coming out of it. It is one shelf above the French path, and if you are at
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the wrong level you will miss it.
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<p>This cave is the larger of the two (33m deep, 159m surveyed length) and
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takes a good couple of hours to explore thoroughly. Through the entrance is a
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large chamber with a 4m by 8m crater in it. A 3m climb down to the bottom
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gives access to a 3m climb back up to the right, leading into the cave and a
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crawl at the lowest point of the boulders leading into a choked bit of cave
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with small solutional stuff in the roof. It is also possible to traverse
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around the left edge of the crater to reach a triangular crawl which goes for
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about 10m before it gets too tight.
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<p>The entire floor of this cave consists of small rocks and boulders. There
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is no solid rock anywhere horizontal, except halfway down the pitch.
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<p>After climbing out of the hole there is another 5m deep choked hole
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beyond. Traverses round to both the left and the right are possible, although
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a little care is required due to the low roof and loose floor.
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<p>To the right, rubble coming out of the bottom of a choked shaft almost
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blocks the passage but a crawl through to the left remains, with a strong
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wind blasting through the confined space. Beyond this constriction the
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draught is lost. The roof remains low on the other side, although it is
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possible to stand up off to the left where there is a 4m climb up to what
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looks like a way on but is actually blind. Moving around the boulder pile to
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the right leads to a big passage. There are a few large boulders 10m to the
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right with a 4m climb down between them leading to a tight choked rift. This
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was also dug into from the top passage by the extremely zealous original
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explorers! There is an alcove in front and a rubble slope up to the right.
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Round the corner to the right is another shaft-bottom rubble pile and a hole
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disappearing into the roof. At the top of the slope to the left is a 4m climb
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up through and around big wedged boulders to reach an impressive chamber 7m
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by 9m and 12m high. There is a possible climb up into an aven in the corner
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which probably doesn't go and has a couple of moves at the top which need
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protecting.
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<p>Back at the fork near the entrance, turning left and thrutching over a
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couple of rocks (another windy spot) leads to the head of a 17m pitch broken
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by a ledge 8m down. There is a bolt for a ladder hang on this ledge. Going
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off to the left allows a safe traverse past the pitch continuation to the
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bottom of a 6m high rift with some ice in it, slowly narrowing as it goes up.
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<p>At the foot of the pitch is what looks like an ancient phreatic remnant.
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It is about 40m long and 6m wide, and mostly full of rocks. To the left it is
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blocked at the end by the rubble coming out of the bottom of a big shaft. It
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is possible to work round the foot of this for about 3m to the left and 10m
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to the right.
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<p>Going the other way down the passage reveals a large snow column by the
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left hand wall. It is possible to climb up between the column and its
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containing shaft, presumably all the way to the surface, but no-one has
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managed it yet. Beyond this column the roof gets lower, apart from a couple
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of solutional avens and eventually a small shaft-bottom rock pile and a
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couple of small inlet tubes mark the end of the cave.
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<p><img alt="survey - 16k gif" width=649 height=505 src="../../1623/others/162.png">
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<h3><a id="id163">163</a></h3>
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<p>This is a fairly small cave remnant (17m deep, 58m surveyed length), but
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it does have a draught at the end suggesting more passage beyond.
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<p>163 is in the right hand side of a 15m diameter couloir which also has a
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couple of other tubes going off it. The entrance is low and wide (3.5m)and
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descends down a rocky slope for 20m to some impressive ice stals. There is a
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small tube in the roof on the right through which daylight can be seen. The
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cave extends another 10m past the ice stals in fossil passage until it
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chokes. A 3m climb up on the left allows access to a tiny rift which can be
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climbed down for a few uninspiring metres.
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<p>5m back from the ice stals, towards the entrance, there is a stoop under a
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massive boulder forming the left wall. Here is a 3m climb down into the
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second part of the cave. Downslope from here is a chamber with a small frozen
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stream running through it and a choked alcove containing another ice stal
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beyond the stream. The chamber through which the stream 'flows' appears to
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have been formed by the entire roof falling about 1.5 metres in one piece and
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it is possible to climb underneath this huge rock near the way in. Over on
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the right is a climb through an eyehole to a 3m climb down into a stream
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rift. This has a howling draught coming out of it but it is too small to get
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down - although the heavy application of a hammer might do the trick.
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<p><img alt="survey - 12k gif" width=640 height=385 src="../../1623/163/163plan.png">
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<li>Cambridge Underground 1991,
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<li>Surveying Report:
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