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<h2>161 Kaninchenhöhle: Puerile Humour Series side leads</h2>
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<h3><a name="vds">VD Series</a>
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h3>
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<p>Up on the right after the handline climb at the start of
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<a href="phnear.htm#vdstart">Puerile Humour</a> is the top of a 5m diameter
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pitch, <b>Genital Wart</b>, 5m(?) deep. It is possible to climb down through
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boulders with care at the western end. The way on is a rift - <b>A Bad Case
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of Herpes</b>, so called because the walls are covered with brown mud spots -
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which passes beneath <a href="phnear.htm#thighs">Between the Thighs</a> to a
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short pitch (5m (?)). This leads to a ledge overlooking the main pitch -
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<b>Syphilis</b> (30m?) - a fairly large (~4m round) shaft rigged (badly) from
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a low Y-hang with a rebelay half way down. At the base, a short boulder slope
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leads to a further constricted 14m rift pitch - <b>Gonorrhoea</b> - which is
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blind. The lateral continuation of this rift is probably too tight [<a
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name="qC1996-161-97" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-97">C1996-161-95</a> C]. <!-- [In the survey book, I
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think this rift is marked as a C grade QM, but AJD's memory is it's far too
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tight - check with Becka] -->
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<h3><a name="naturalc">Natural City,</a> Dig No. 90, Sam's Folly
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h3>
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<p>20m beyond <a href="phnear.htm#thighs">Between the Thighs</a> near the
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start of Puerile Humour Series, is a hole down. A traverse to the left gains
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both the main way on, and the flake over which a sling provides the rig point
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for the 1st pitch of <b>Natural City</b> (12m). This descends steeply and
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turns rightwards leading immediately on to the second pitch (7m), again
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rigged from the abundant naturals. A small loop to the left quickly rejoins
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the main passage. Second pitch runs into the 3rd more vertical pitch (7m)
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which lands in a small chamber. A 1m shelf on left (looking away from the
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pitch) leads to 1m climb to blind rift at the end of the chamber, a 1.5m
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climb to the right leads to <b>Dig No. 90</b>, a low crawl with right angled
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bend to the left over a sand and mud floor [Need to ask explorers whether
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this is a QM].
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<p><a name="samfolly">Back</a> in the chamber at the base of the 3rd pitch is
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a narrow rift in floor - <b>Sam's Folly</b> - which descends 20m past a
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vertical squeeze 5m down (for thin persons only). A landing is made on a pile
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of rocks sloping down for a further 3m to choked pots left and right.
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<p><center><a href="300dpi/phnear.png"><img
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alt="Near series survey: 18k gif" width=600 height=450
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<h3><a name="offlfolly">Lummat's Folly</a>
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h3>
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<p>From the passage leading to Deadbats Chamber after the climb above Natural
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City, a 2m climb on the left (NE) leads to a steep but climbable aven. Just
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at the top of the initial climb is a small undescended shaft [<a name="qC1996-161-63"
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href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-63">C1996-161-63</a> A]. At the top of the aven a few metres of
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crawling passage on the left opens out into a 2m high rift going left and
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right. Left slopes down a mud bank and opens out to a large pitch [<a
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name="qC1996-161-27" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-27">C1996-161-27</a> A] which almost certainly drops
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into the aven met just after Deadbats Chamber. Right in the rift heads back
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over the aven just climbed and the passage ends at a pitch [<a name="qC1996-161-28"
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href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-28">C1996-161-28</a> A] that almost certainly drops into the roof
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of same aven. A short climb up at this point gains a shelf of rock but no
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obvious way on.
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<h3><a name="offdbats">Deadbats Chamber</a>
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h3>
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<p>To the right of the wall overlooking <a href="phnear.htm#dbatcha">Deadbats
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Chamber</a>, a downward sloping passage leads past a small rift on the left,
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again overlooking the pitch into the chamber, straight on leads down to a 4m
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drop into a rift.
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<p><a name="joker">NE of the</a> centre of Deadbats Chamber, the mud floor
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has collapsed partially leaving a 1m step and conical mud slope leading to a
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clean washed pitch in the centre - <b>The Joker</b> (12m). This was rigged
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and found to end in an impenetrable slot. At the North eastern end of the
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chamber is a clean washed rift (the feeder for the Joker pitch) which can
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be ascended for 10m or so before ending at a vertical aven.
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<p>Crossing some boulders from the base of the entry pitch to the east side
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of Deadbats Chamber leads to an undescended shaft [<a name="qC1996-161-29"
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href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-29">C1996-161-29</a> A] with an aven 5m to the north against the
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same wall.
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<p><a name="bmspit">15m north</a> from Deadbats chamber, at the start of
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<a href="phnear.htm#batmans">Batman Series</a>, the passage traverses left on
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a sloping mudbank. Immediately on the right before the traverse is an alcove
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which closes down after only a few meters, and to the right of the end of the
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traverse is a steep mud col at the base of a parallel connected aven.
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The pit below the traverse has been descended and leads to a narrow rift
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[<a name="qC1996-161-30" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-30">C1996-161-30</a> C] (described as 'poxy' -
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not sure whether this means it is passable). Both avens almost certainly
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ascend to connect with [<a href="#qC1996-161-27">C1996-161-27</a>] in Lummat's Folly.
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<h3><a name="offgcj">Gotham City Junction</a> to Fiveways</h3>
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<p>Approaching <a href="phnear.htm#gcjn">Gotham City Junction</a> from
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Deadbats Chamber, just after a stooping section, one returns to walking size
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passage keeping right past a mud pool, then left. Continuing right leads into
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an oxbow, continuing as a narrow rift opening out to the base of a small
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aven. At the far side, the oxbow returns to the main passage via a window
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just beyond Gotham City Junction.
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<p>Beyond Gotham City Junction, the <a href="pheast.htm#gcjn">walking
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passage</a> is interrupted by a short crawl. 15m beyond this, on the right,
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is a climbable aven that will require rope protection to ascend further [<a
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name="qC1996-161-39" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-39">C1996-161-39</a> B].
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<p>On the left hand (north) side of the upper mud lake, just on the corner
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above <a href="pheast.htm#pengfalls">Penguin Falls</a>, is an ascending, mud
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floored inlet (not sure if this is a QM or not?).
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<p><a name="sylvestcp">Just at</a> the point where the northernmost entry to
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<a href="pheast.htm#pengfb">Penguin Falls Bypass</a> turns off from the lower
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mud lake of Penguin Falls, a small hole (1m x 50cm) can be seen in the floor
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against the wall. This is <b>Sylvester Cobblepot</b> [<a name="qC1996-161-40"
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href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-40">C1996-161-40</a> A], down which rocks rattle for a couple of
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seconds.
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<h3>Shaftmine
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h3>
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<p>As the name implies, Shaftmine has numerous down-leads dropping from
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various holes in the floor.
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<p><a href="300dpi/161f.png"><img alt="Survey - 25k gif" width=550
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height=700 src="inline/161f.png"></a>
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<p><a name="briansp">First</a> encountered is <b>Brian's Pitch</b>, at the
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end of the passage north from <a href="pheast.htm#fiveways">Fiveways
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Chamber</a>. This has been descended for 22m (p13, p9) to a hading rift with
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a choked boulder floor to the north.
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<p>To the left (west) at Brian's Pitch, a broad (4m)
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ledge leads into <b>Tipico Asturias</b>, quickly encountering a pitch.
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<h4><a name="tipico">Tipico Asturias</a></h4>
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<p>Follow the 2 m wide phreatic passage to a 15m pitch. This lands on a false
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floor where a further 7m drop narrows to a choke. Traversing over three 4 m
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deep holes in the false floor leads to a m climb down where a draughting
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crawl reaches a T-junction. To the left a narrow flat out crawl leads round a
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right hand bend to a 5-6?m pitch ending in a too tight draughting rift (as
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recalled hearsay from Lummatt [<a name="qC1996-161-95"
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href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-95">C1996-161-95</a> C]). To the right the crawl leads over a 25
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m deep blind shaft to a junction. On the right a muddy squeeze into a small
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chamber ends at an 8m deep blind pitch while on the left a narrow rift ends
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at a chamber with a 6m aven and a possible small passage leading off from the
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top [<a name="qC1996-161-96" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-96">C1996-161-96</a> C].
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<h4><a name="spitbot">Spit at the Bottom</a>
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h4>
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<p>Turning right (east) at Brian's Pitch, passes a
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<a href="pheast.htm#phpjn">complex area</a>, to continue NE, where the floor
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drops away to the left down a pitch, <b>Spit at the Bottom</b>. The first
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pitch (10m) drops to a steep mud bank which runs off down to an eyehole to
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the right from which the lower part of the shaft can be rigged off naturals.
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A dripping aven above a vadose rift runs in from the north west and drops
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down to the left side of the eyehole. The lower section (19m) is descended in
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the narrow end of the riftlike pitch lands in a clean washed pot with an
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impenetrable rift running off south west and puddle in the floor. Climbing
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out of the pot and going to the other end of the base of the pitch there is a
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hole in the wall from which a steep inclined bedding descends. This can be
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climbed down for 10m or so before becoming too steep - a rope will be
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required for further descent [<a name="qC1996-161-41"
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href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-41">C1996-161-41</a> A].
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<h3><a name="cloopy">Completely Loopy</a>
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h3>
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<p>Following the mud bank up at the southern end of
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<a href="pheast.htm#fiveways">Fiveways Chamber</a>, the roof lowers until
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crawling is required in the wide low passage. This is the start of
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<b>Completely Loopy</b>, initially heading ESE.
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<p>On the right a small calcited grotto is seen next to a mud pool, with
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small aven above. The passage can be followed to the right around this
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feature via a short climb 1.5m and slope up to rejoin the left hand route
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along the 5m wide bedding.
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<p>Passing a few boulders in the middle of the passage there is a small 10m
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pitch [<a name="qC1996-161-45" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-45">C1996-161-45</a> A] after which the
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bedding continues, bearing left. Some 15m on from the pitch the mud gives way
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to rock. A 3m deep rift opens out in the floor and heads right after a couple
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of metres into a low crawling passage.
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<p>Staying above the level of the rift enters a higher level passage parallel
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to but separate from the lower route. Turning left in the higher level
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passage quickly leads to a 3m climb down. At the bottom of the climb a low
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cobble crawl heads off north [<a name="qC1996-161-47"
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href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-47">C1996-161-47</a> B]. Immediately below the climb is a (20m ?)
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pitch with a constriction some 8m down [<a name="qC1996-161-46"
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href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-46">C1996-161-46</a> A]. Traversing over the pitch through a low
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arch joins the base of the rift that was traversed over to gain the higher
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level passage.
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<p>Turning right along the higher level passage, a stooping height rift runs
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for 5m until the right wall ends and a 2m climb down to the right joins the
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end of the crawl in the lower passage. The passages continue to run parallel
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for 5m until the lower route closes down. The upper route passes up a climb
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to the left of a 6m clean washed pitch, that looks blind, but has not been
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descended [<a name="qC1996-161-48" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-48">C1996-161-48</a> B]. Then a
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further 3m clamber, over boulders to the left, reaches the right branch at
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the top of <a href="pheast.htm#potlp">Pothole Passage</a>. Straight on is the
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traverse over boulders leading to the start of
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<a href="pheast.htm#xtalclear">Crystal Clear Passage</a>.
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<h3><a name="lydown">Lying Down on the Job</a>
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h3>
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<p>A small but complex series of passages connecting
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<a href="pheast.htm#fiveways">Fiveways Chamber</a> to the east end of
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<a href="pheast.htm#potlp">Pothole Passage</a> at the start of
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<a href="#vadose">Vadose</a>. Most of the passage lies directly below the
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eastern half of <a href="pheast.htm#shaftm">Shaftmine</a>.
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<p>Following the narrow, mud floored rift, north east out of Fiveways
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Chamber, leads to <b>Lying down on the Job</b> (due to the nature of the
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surveying). The passage turns right after 15m and then bears left. The next
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15m has occasional boulders in the floor and paralleling it to the right is a
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bedding plane about 1m above floor level, which connects to the rift at
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either end and has several views out into the rift along its length. Where
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the bedding and the rift meet there is an enlarged, clean washed section of
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rift. Above and to the right is the easiest way on with a low crawl entering
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on the left after 7m.
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<p>Straight on at the clean washed section, up a small step, the passage
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lowers to a crawl with a further three crawls off to the right in the next
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8m. Above and opposite the last of these crawls is a body sized tube
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ascending steeply for a few metres, straight on becomes too tight but to the
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right is a more level, very constricted rift, which continues, but is
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committing for even the midget caver [<a name="qC1996-161-43"
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href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-43">C1996-161-43</a> B]. The three crawls on the right soon unite
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and a flat out crawl to the left ends at a body sized hole looking 3m down
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into Grub Chamber, whilst right is the above-mentioned low crawl back
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to the main route 7m up from the clean washed rift.
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<p><a name="grubcha">On the easier route</a>, 5m after the low crawl rejoins,
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now heading SE, there is 3m climb down on the left into <b>Grub Chamber</b>.
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Once in the chamber, the small hole encountered in the crawls can be seen
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above to the left (facing away from the climb in), whilst to the right is a
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1m rock wall, the other side of which is a 6m pitch [<a name="qC1996-161-44"
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href="qmdone.htm#C1996-161-44">C1996-161-44</a> A]. This proved too tight in 1997.
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Continuing along the main route, above Grub chamber the passage widens to 2m
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and a 4m climb up the end of the rift is required to arrive in the left hand
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branch at the top of <a href="pheast.htm#potlp">Pothole Passage</a>.
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<h3><a name="vadose">Vadose</a>
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h3>
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<p>A route from the eastern end of <a href="pheast.htm#potlp">Pothole
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Passage</a> and <a href="#lydown">Lying Down on the Job</a>, parallel to and
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NE of <a href="pheast.htm#xtalclear">Crystal Clear Passage</a>, probably
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connecting to <a href="#riddler">the Riddler</a> via an untried
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traverse.
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<p>(Written from the survey piccy - may need amending by someone that went
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there. S.L.). Following the left hand branch at the top of Pothole Passage
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a way on to the right after 5m is the link across to the NW end of
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Crystal Clear Passage. Opposite (to the left) is the 4m climb down to
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Lying Down on the Job. Straight on leads to <b>Vadose</b>, named after the
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vadose trench that runs down to the top of the 4m climb.
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<p>Eight metres along the passage is a cross-roads. Bearing left (east)
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closes down after a few metres, whilst back right (west) loops back, around a
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pillar, to the passage linking to Crystal Clear Passage.
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<p>Straight on (SE) enters a wider (5m) boulder floored area with a small
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passage on the right after 13m [<a name="qC1996-161-52"
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href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-52">C1996-161-52</a> A]. The passage ends at a large pitch
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straight on [<a name="qC1996-161-50" href="qmdone.htm#C1996-161-50">C1996-161-50</a> A], which
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proved (1997) to be 15m to a too-tight exit.
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<p>Just before the pitch, in the right hand wall, is a smaller passage with
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ascending climbs and three pitches along its length. The first,
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[<a name="qC1996-161-51" href="qmdone.htm#C1996-161-51">C1996-161-51</a> A] is between two short
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climbs (30m+ to a choke, 1997), the other pair [<a name="qC1996-161-49"
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href="qmdone.htm#C1996-161-49">C1996-161-49</a> A] are parallel shafts with a rock bridge
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between. These are the same pair of shafts as seen from the eyehole beyond
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<a href="#riddler">The Riddler</a> off <a href="pheast.htm#xtalclear">Crystal
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Clear Passage</a> [<a href="qmdone.htm#C1996-161-56">C1996-161-56</a>]. The shafts connect
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and a rift descends to a further pitch (1997). This was declared unriggable
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due to the state of the rock, but apparently continues [<a name="qC1997-161-37"
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href="qmtodo.htm#C1997-161-37">C1997-161-37</a>]
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<h3><a name="offxtal">Side leads from Crystal Clear Passage</a>
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h3>
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<p>South of the "main route" of <a href="pheast.htm#xtalclear">Crystal Clear
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Passage</a> as it is described, is a series of interconnecting maze-like
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passages all formed in the same bedding plane. Any of the climbs up to the
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right, east from the right branch at the end of
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<a href="pheast.htm#potlp">Pothole Passage</a> lead into this area.
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<p><a name="entrymaze">Keeping left</a> (more northeasterly) in this area
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rejoins the main route (at the <a href="pheast.htm#id1stright">right turn</a>
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just after entry), whilst staying right (more southerly), the passages merge
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to form a single route which soon meets a more significant right / left
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junction. Going left (ENE), the passage is boulder and cobble floored and
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rejoins the main route after 8m at an undescended pitch of ~14m [<a
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name="qC1996-161-54" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-54">C1996-161-54</a> A]. Going right (south), a
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brief crawl drops into a mud floored pot and then opens out into a rift. A 3m
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climb down to the left drops into a parallel, clean washed rift with aven
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rising above at the far end.
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<p>In the main Crystal Clear Passage, SE (right) immediately after the above
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passage rejoins at [96-54], another lead [<a name="qC1996-161-55"
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href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-55">C1996-161-55</a> ?] may also be a pitch.
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<p><a name="offslab">To the left</a> after this is an unsurveyed crawl
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heading down at floor level which precedes the <a
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href="pheast.htm#upslab">huge slab</a> across the passage mentioned in the
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main route description. Straight on at floor level, underneath the huge slab,
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is a clean washed pitch (~20m ?) [<a name="qC1996-161-58"
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href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-58">C1996-161-58</a> A] and past this a low crawl continuing
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under the slab [<a name="qC1996-161-57" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-57">C1996-161-57</a> A].
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<p><a name="riddler">The crawl</a> to the left soon enters a complex of
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narrow rifts, <b>The Riddler</b>, separated by rock pillars. Zig-zagging
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through these, a 3m climb down is found on the right into a larger rift.
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Traversing to the right and climbing up at the far end gains an eyehole
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beyond which can be seen two parallel pitches [<a name="qC1996-161-56"
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href="qmdone.htm#C1996-161-56">C1996-161-56</a> A], one straight on and one off to the
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right. These pitches are the same as the pair encountered at the end of the
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<a href="#vadose">Vadose</a> series [<a href="qmdone.htm#C1996-161-49">C1996-161-49</a> A]
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<h4><a name="offspider">Spiderman Chamber</a>
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h4>
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<p>Of the eight ways off <a href="pheast.htm#spiderman">Spiderman
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chamber</a>, two are the main ways in and out between
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<a href="pheast.htm#xtalclear">Crystal Clear Passage</a> and
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<a href="pheast.htm#shinglers">Shingler's Rift</a> (from 161f).
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<p>The westernmost of the three passages on the NE side of the chamber
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(first left coming from Crystal Clear Passage) is a small loop connecting
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to two other small leads off the NE side of Crystal Clear Passage.
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<p>The middle one trends back NW (towards The Riddler) and is unexplored [<a
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name="qC1996-161-59" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-59">C1996-161-59</a> A]. The third, narrow, passage
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to the left has a fine ice formation flowing down the right wall, but ends
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after a couple of metres at a short cross rift.
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<p>On the opposite (SW) side of the chamber are three more small leads, none
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explored to any conclusion [<a name="qC1996-161-60" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-60">C1996-161-60</a>
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A]. Likely to go to the same place is another SW-trending lead on the corner
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where Shingler's Rift turns NE heading for the surface [<a name="qC1996-161-61"
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href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-61">C1996-161-61</a> A]
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<h4><a name="offbounce">Bounce Rift</a>
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h4>
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<p><a href="300dpi/161e.png"><img alt="Survey - 11k gif" width=400
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height=500 src="inline/161e.png"></a>
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<p>At the bottom of the 2m wide rift below the 6m climb up towards 161e, is a
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2m climb down to a narrow rift that quickly becomes too tight.
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<p>Heading down the boulder slope to the left (north) reaches the clean
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washed base of an aven, another aven rises above the opposite (south) end of
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the rift.
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<h3><a name="offcat">Catwoman's Claws</a>
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h3>
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<p>On the right at the first corner (30m from start) of
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<a href="phnth.htm#catwoman">Catwoman's Claws</a> is an undescended pitch
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[<a name="qC1996-161-31" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-31">C1996-161-31</a> A] ~7m with narrow inlet
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crossing the main passage. slightly beyond this, also on the right is an
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aven.
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<p>35m beyond the first corner, just opposite No Utility Belt Required, is an
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aven on the right. Initially this is easily climbable, but above remains
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unexplored [<a name="qC1996-161-32" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-32">C1996-161-32</a> B].
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<p><a name="offnubr">Upon exiting</a> the squeeze of
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<a href="phnth.htm#nubr">No Utility Belt Required</a>, there is a 2m drop
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down a tight rift in the floor. Following this (back under the squeeze)
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quickly becomes too tight. To the immediate left there is a free climbable 5m
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pitch that has no way on at the bottom. Continuing straight on up a 2m climb
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and down the other side reaches the end of the chamber with an undescended
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pitch [<a name="qC1996-161-33" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-33">C1996-161-33</a> A] of about 5m to the
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left.
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<p>Straight on, over the mud pile at the top of the handline climb up to
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<a href="phnth.htm#wtwb">Where the Wind Blows</a>, leads to the base of a
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boulder pile heading up [<a name="qC1996-161-34" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-34">C1996-161-34</a> C]
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alongside the aven of [96-32].
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<p><center><a href="300dpi/cat.png"><img
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alt="Catwoman's Claws survey - 10k gif" width=640 height=250
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src="inline/cat.png"></a></center>
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<h3><a name="pencils">Pencil Shaft</a>
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(<a href="../../years/1996/index.htm">1996</a>)</h3>
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<p>There are several narrow rifts in the floor of
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<a href="phnth.htm#wtwb">Where the Wind Blows</a>, about 40m from the start.
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The rifts combine about 3m down, to the right side of the main passage where
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a tiny tube (~50cm diameter) opens out onto a circular shaft with a fine
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echo, <b>Pencil Shaft</b>. This was rigged (an entertaining takeoff from the
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small tube!) and drops damply for 14m where an impenetrable rift leads off.
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Opposite the pitch head there is a second narrow inlet [<a name="qC1996-161-62"
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href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-62">C1996-161-62</a> B], which would require a traverse line to
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reach.
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<p><a name="offwtwb">The large</a> fault chamber in Where the Wind Blows,
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c20m beyond Pencil Shaft has several shafts and avens. The first, a large
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shaft, opens out to the left, with aven above. This is unsurveyed (~10m), but
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has been descended and has no passable way on. To the right opposite this
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shaft is a 4m drop down the side of the boulders to a mud and boulder floor.
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Halfway along the chamber is another large shaft on the right, again with an
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aven above. A descent of 13m lands on a clean washed shelf and a further damp
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climb of 2m down a large boulder, to the bottom of the shaft where an
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impassable rift heads off.
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<p>15m along <a href="phnth.htm#hairfire">Bloody Hairfire Passage</a>, a
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tight aven leads off in the roof with a 2m mud choked pit on the right.
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