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<b>This file is generated by troggle</b> on July 3, 2023, 12:18 p.m. UTC using the form documented at
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<cave>
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<non_public>False</non_public><!-- 'False' or 'True'. True if the cave should only be visible to logged-in users. Caves are normally public, so enter 'False' unless you know otherwise. -->
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<caveslug>1626-359</caveslug><!--(Required). Internal I.D. used to refer to this cave in entrance data files. Typically the same as the filebase, e.g. '1623-195' -->
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<official_name>Heimkehrhöhle</official_name><!-- Name of the cave (normally in German) Use ü for u+Umlaut and ö for o+umlaut eg Höhle for Hohle and Glück for Gluck-->
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<area>1626</area><!-- the CUCC-defined areas shown in http://expo.survex.com/areas.htm -->
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<kataster_code></kataster_code><!-- 'length-or-depth/type exploration'
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code used in the Austrian kataster e.g '1/S +' - https://expo/.survex.com/katast.htm
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T Trockenhöhlen (Dry caves)
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W Wasserhöhlen (Caves with water)
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(W) Zeitweilig aktiv Wasserhöhlen (Caves with seasonal water)
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E Eishohlen (Caves with ice formations)
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S Schachthöhlen (Caves with pitches)
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H Halbhöhlen (Rock shelters ?)
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- unerforscht (unexplored)
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= befahren (visited)
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× teilweise vermessen (partly surveyed)
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+ erforscht (exploration considered complete)
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<kataster_number>359</kataster_number> <!-- (Either this or unofficial_number is required). Official number in Austrian kataster if one has been allocated -->
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<unofficial_number>2018-dm-07</unofficial_number><!-- (Either this or kataster_number is required). Initial temporary cave ID used until kataster number is allocated e.g. '2012-DD-01'-->
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<entrance>
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<entranceslug>1626-359</entranceslug><!-- Internal ID to refer to each entrance instance in the entrance files (typically the same as that filename (e.g. 1623-161c). Matches the 'slug' field in the entrance file -->
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<letter></letter><!--Leave blank for single-entrance cave. If there is more than one entrace then the letter needs to be given. Generally matches the entranceslug ID. -->
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</entrance>
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<explorers></explorers><!-- 'CUCC Expo' and year(s) of exploration. To distinguish from caves explored by foreign groups. Individual names can be given too if it was a small cave. -->
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<survex_file>caves-1626/359/359.svx</survex_file><!-- Name of top-level survey file for this cave. Relative to the 'loser' survex repository. So for most caves that's "caves/cavenum/cavnum.svx". (e.g. caves/204/204.svx -->
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<underground_description><p><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i><u><b>Acronyms:
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</b></u></i></font>
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</p>
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<p><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i>R
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= right; L = left; </i></font>
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</p>
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<p><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i>p
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= pitch (e.g., p30 = 30m pitch)</i></font></p>
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<p><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i>c
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= climb (e.g., c10 = 10m climb)</i></font></p>
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<p><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i>N
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= north, S = south, E = east, W = west</i></font></p>
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<p><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i>QM
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= question mark meaning an open, unexplored lead</i></font></p>
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<p><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i>PT
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= point marked on survey</i></font></p>
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<p><b>Bold </b>text
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indicates passage / series names.</p>
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<p>The main route is
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described in normal text and side passages / oxbows are described in
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<i>italics</i>.</p>
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<p>Homecoming is a significant cave
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found in 2018 on the western edge of our area. This is the first cave
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so far out onto the Plateau that breaks into complex and extensive
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horizontal passage. The entrance is located in a gully with thick
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vegetation on either side. It is an obvious open pit with a snow plug
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in the bottom.</p>
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<h3>Entrance series</h3>
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<p>The entrance pitch
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(p5) drop onto a snow plug where heading downslope leads to a stance
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on jammed boulders. A p4 drops onto a narrow ledge which is traversed
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for a short distance to the head of a p7 which lands on a second snow
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plug. (<i>The p4 is very wet if it is raining on the surface but it
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would not be hazardous to exit the cave in these conditions, just
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very unpleasant</i>)</p>
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<p>From the bottom of
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the second snow plug a short, drafting crawl over boulders leads
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directly to two more pitches, a p5 then immediately a p10. Below here
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a short wriggle through boulders on the L side of the passage leads
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to a short section of rift passage ending at a p3 to a ledge. The
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ledge looks out over a large chamber with jammed boulders in the roof
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directly opposite the ledge. <i>(There may be passage leading off
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from these jammed boulders, QMB). </i>The p30 from this ledge to the
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floor of the chamber is <b>Radagast</b> and it lands on a boulder
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floor. (<i>5m below the top of <b>Radagast</b> it is
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possible to swing into a series of small phreatic tubes and immature
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vadose shafts trending SW at point PT01 and leading past PT02. This
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area does not contain any great leads but may be worth a look as it
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is an easy, shallow trip).</i></p>
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<p>From the bottom of
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<b>Radagast</b> a traverse on the L along a bedrock ledge with jammed
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boulders leads to a p5. From here the route narrows to a meander
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which is followed as close to the roof as possible to a point where
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the floor opens out and there is a short traverse (left rigged in
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2019) to drop into a boulder-floored aven chamber. Downslope in this
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chamber chokes; the way on is an up pitch (left rigged in 2019) onto
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another boulder floor, from which a tall meander leads off
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(<b>Definitely not the Dachstein</b>).</p>
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<p><b>Definitely not
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the Dachstein</b> leads (via a number of traverses, two short pitches
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down and one short pitch up) to the top of <b>Wallace</b> (p30) which
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drops down to the base of a large meander then lands on a ledge. From
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the ledge, two short hangs lead to a very exposed stance below which
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the continuing meander bells out into a large free hanging rift
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pitch, <b>Grommit</b> (p55). (<i>Traversing S along the walls of the
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</i><i><b>Grommit</b></i><i> is likely to gain entry to the upstream
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continuation of </i><i><b>The Second Coming; </b></i><i>this is QMA
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2019-01). </i>Around 10m from the base of Grommit pitch it is
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possible to swing onto a ledge on the W wall (this is awkward to rig;
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the easiest option is to descend to the base of the pitch and climb
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up the wall protected with jammers on the pitch rope). Traversing
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along the ledge leads to an abandoned meander with a very strong
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outward draft. A short p5 N of PT03 at the far end of the traverse
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drops down to the start of <b>The Second Coming. </b><i>(Continuing
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to the bottom of </i><i><b>Grommit </b></i><i>lands on a rock floor
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with a vadose trench and a stream in the bottom. This leads via a p10
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to a short series of narrow tubes which end in tight sumps and
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chokes).</i></p>
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<H3>The Second Coming</H3>
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<p><b>The Second Coming
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</b>starts below the p5 N of PT03 (which is at the end of the
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traverse from the Entrance Series). (<i>From here a p8 (left rigged
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2019) up to a small phreatic tube on the R leads to </i><i><b>Propane
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Nightmares). </b></i>The passage continues as a very drafty phreatic
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tube with a vadose trench to quickly reach a junction at PT04.
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(<i>Heading L at this junction leads to </i><i><b>Hobnob Hallway</b></i><i>
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(described in a separate section below). </i>Continuing directly NE
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along <b>The Second Coming </b>the passage immediately passes a small
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L passage (<i>this immediately goes to a junction. Here, L oxbows
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down Kitkat Connection straight back to Hobnob Hallway whilst R goes
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to a parallel passage to The Second Coming). </i>After a further
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section of straight, high rift to the NE it reaches a junction at
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PT05 with a large, abandoned meander. (<i>L here heading downstream
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and SW in this meander, the roof gradually lowers - passing a
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junction on the L that goes to Kitkat Connection - until a high aven
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with a flowstone floor is reached. Beyond this aven a short section
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of passage leads to a pitch (QMA) with a passage visible on the other
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side (QMA) that is presumed to be the continuation of the
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aforementioned meander).</i></p>
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<p>From PT05, heading
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‘upstream’ (though there is not always any water flowing) from
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the junction in the meander leads, via some exposed traversing and an
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area of boulder collapse, to another junction at PT06. Here a
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phreatic tube on the L comes in halfway up the meander. (<i>Continuing
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along the meander past the junction passes a number of pools and
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sections of crawling to reach a large pool across the entire passage.
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This has not yet been crossed</i>. <i>Just before the pool it is
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possible to climb up around 5m at PT07 to a higher-level passage
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which goes around 10m NE to reach a traverse, </i><i><b>Wilfully
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Endangering Lives,</b></i><i> over a large window into the lower
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passage). </i>
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</p>
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<p>At PT06 the phreatic
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tube on the L passes through several stooping sections and a well
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decorated canyon with pools in the floor to reach a free climbable
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hole in the floor which is the top of the 5m climb at PT07 previously
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described. Crossing over <b>Wilfully Endangering Lives </b>reaches
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some jammed boulders about 5m E of PT08 and the passage continues on
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as a pleasant but very drafty canyon. (<i>At PT09 at the first corner
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there is a climb down on the L into a passage which is presumed to be
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the continuation of the lower level passage. This QM B has not been
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pushed beyond the wide pool). </i>Continuing past this junction the
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passage becomes maze-like and needs fully surveying. It eventually
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ends at a deep drafty rift. (<i>This has been pushed by Haydon
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Saunders et al in 2018, supposedly to a large chamber called the
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</i><i><b>Lizard King, </b></i><i>beyond PT10, but no survey data has
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been forthcoming. The whole area needs a good push; there are
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probably no easy leads but the draft is absolutely ridiculous</i>).</p>
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<H3>Hobnob Hallway</H3>
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<p><i>(This description
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should be checked and related to the QMs marked on the survey)</i>Heading L at the first junction along <b>The Second Coming</b>
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leads to <b>Hobnob Hallway</b>. This starts as a sand floored
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phreatic passage. A short distance along a hole in the floor leads N
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to <b>Kit Kat connection </b>which loops back to <b>The Second
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Coming</b>. Further along, a fine false floor crosses a small stream,
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not explored. A small sandy slope leads down to a canyon on the R,
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with a phreatic passage at the top. A short way along this phreas,
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<b>Phil Lynn’s Concert Hall</b>, a small chamber, is reached. From
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here a hole to the R leads to <b>Dead Bat Dead End</b>. Back at the
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canyon, a small passage can be followed to another junction,
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returning to the canyon. To the R is unsurveyed, but the L continues
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along a phreatic named <b>Papsi Passage</b>, with the canyon in the
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floor. Occasional smaller (barely body sized) phreatics break off
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from this. Eventually the canyon is lost, and the phreatic continues.
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A further junction is reached, to the R, <b>Papsi Passage</b> continues. To the L leads down<b> Dead Fly Passage</b>, ending at the
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top of a canyon, presumably the continuation of the earlier canyon.
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<b>Papsi Passage</b> continues in the phreatic until it too reaches a
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canyon, presumably the same)<i>. </i>
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</p>
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<h3>Propane
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Nightmares</h3>
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<p>From PT03 at the end
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of the traverse from the Entrance Series descend the p5 to the N.
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(<i>Ahead the main passage is The Second Coming). Ascend a p8
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(left rigged 2019) </i>up to a small phreatic tube on the R. This
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enters <b>Propane Nightmares. </b>It starts as a stooping size
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phreatic tube formed on a fault plane heading E. (<i>Around 10m from
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the start of the passage a narrow canyon leads up on the R and then
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heads steeply down towards the sound of a waterfall. This ends in a
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steep slope which the survey suggests connects with <b>Grommit</b>)</i>.
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The main passage continues E with a similar size, passing a handline
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c8 up (<i>left rigged in 2019)</i> immediately followed by a p12
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down. Continuing E soon reaches a three-way junction at PT11. This is
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the beginning of a maze area. Down and keeping L (N) leads to another
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junction. Turning R at this second junction shortly leads to the top
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of a p5 down. <i>(Straight on at this second junction leads, via a
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steeply descending phreas with a squeeze, to a steep sided static
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sump. Traversing around the edge of this sump leads to a larger
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passage which heads SW and shortly reaches the bottom of the p5
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described above. This route bypasses the p5 but it is not recommended
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due to the risk of falling into the static sump which would likely be
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fatal. E of the sump a drafty ramp ascends to a short bolt climb with
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a good draft, QMA)</i>.</p>
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<p>From the bottom of
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the p5 the passage develops a trench in the floor and soon leads to a
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T junction at PT12 with a large pitch in the floor (QMA)<i>. (To the
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R leads to a splashy aven and the head of an immature canyon,
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QM_not_worth_the_misery). </i>To the L at the PT12 junction is a
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short, roped traverse (left rigged 2019) which leads to a crawling
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sized phreatic tube that soon arrives at a p4 with a tiny wet inlet
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in the roof at the head of the pitch. Below, the phreas continues as
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a crawl until a canyon develops in the floor which, after a couple of
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short climbs, arrives at the top of <b>Strained by Gravity </b>(p75)</p>
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<p><b>Strained by
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Gravity </b>is broken by four large ledges and lands on a boulder
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floor with a waterfall entering on the E side. (<i>A passage leads
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off directly behind the waterfall - it is not possible to avoid
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getting wet - and traverses over a pit in the floor with a streamway
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at the bottom; after the traverse it is possible to drop down into a
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streamway (described next) or to continue to traverse into a phreatic
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tube in the roof, QMB). </i>Clambering down among the boulders at the
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bottom of <b>Strained By Gravity</b> it is possible to scurry under a
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drippy area below the waterfall (umbrella recommended) to enter
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<b>Watershed</b>, a fine streamway that trends SE. (<i>Just past the
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waterfall the passage passes beneath the traverse mentioned above)</i>.</p>
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<p><b>Watershed</b> continues for over 100m as a significant streamway with some
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unusually impressive speleothems for the Totes Gebirge. This section
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is reminiscent of the great stream caves of the Mendip Hills until
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the water begins to cut down into a trench in the floor. At this
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point progress is made by traversing at roof level in a phreatic tube
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that continues to be finely decorated. This carries on until it
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eventually reaches a T-junction. R immediately arrives at a large,
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wet pitch (QMA) whilst to the L the phreas continues and almost
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immediately reaches another two way junction (QMAx2).</p></underground_description><!-- Underground description. (description of approach and entrance goes in entrance file). For a small cave this will be the entire description. For larger caves it will be the front page of the description, or a short intro, containing links to other pages with the cave description in, or even nothing but a link. -->
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<equipment></equipment><!-- For a small cave, summary of gear needed to descend. For longer caves it could be blank, a table, or just refer to the description/topos. Leave blank if this info is in the description. -->
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<references></references><!-- References to documentation. Could be Journal articles or Logbook entries. Can be links if the docs are online. -->
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<survey><ul>
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<img class="photo" src="/expofiles/surveys/1626-359/homecoming_plan-after2019expo-10%25.png">
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<div class="caption"><h4>Low resolution plan of Heimkehrhöhle (1626/359) from after the 2019 Expo.</h4></div>
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</div>
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<li>
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<a href="/expofiles/surveys/1626-359/homecoming_plan-after2019expoQMs.png"><h3>Click here to download the detailed plan survey of Heimkehrhöhle (1626/359) from after the 2019 Expo</h3></a>
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</li>
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<p></p>
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<p></p>
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<img class="photo" src="/expofiles/surveys/359_extended_elevation_2023_06_22.svg">
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<div class="caption"><h3>Simplified extended elevation of 359 after 2022 Expo.</h3></div>
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</div>
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</div>
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</ul></survey><!-- Drawn-up surveys. Scans of paper surveys or images/PDFs of electronic surveys. Should include HTML to display current plan and elevation, with links to larger versions (See section on URLs and files). Could list links to multiple years of survey, or even a separate survey page if it's complicated enough. -->
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<kataster_status></kataster_status>
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<underground_centre_line></underground_centre_line><!-- 'In dataset' if it is in the survex dataset. Blank if not, or notes about status such as 'surveyed, but no entrance fix so not yet in dataset'. -->
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<notes></notes><!-- Normally empty, but place for anything else that should be noted, such as info on cave maybe being a duplicate, or lost -->
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<length></length><!-- Cave length. Can be left blank and system should fill it in automatically from survey data (it doesn't yet) -->
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<depth></depth><!--Cave depth. Can be left blank and system should fill it in automatically from survey data (it doesn't yet) -->
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<extent></extent>
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<description_file>1626/359/359.html</description_file><!-- Path of top-level description file for this cave, when a separate file is used. Otherwise blank. -->
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<url>1626/359/359</url><!-- (Required). Relative URL of this cave. i.e the URL this cave appears at on the website, not including 'https://expo.survex.com/. Normally area/cavenum., e.g ('1623/000')-->
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