In early years, the entrance pitch of Kaninchenhöhle's top (161a) entrance was rigged with a short ladder at the top, to ease the exit difficulties from the rather gymnastic takeoff. This photo was taken on the trip that first used the Bosch GBH24 drill to place a number of bolts which made the takeoff a great deal easier (though still a bit of a shock to the system at the start of a day's caving, at least the exit, when knackered, is somewhat less daunting).
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