Steinbrückenhöhle Passage Names Glossary

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110 A Day: [Midlevel] Dusty passage in Mid Level Series
110 Bidet: [Midlevel] Passage in Mid Level Series
21 Bolt Bypass: [Rhino] Passage connecting to the far end of the traverse over Gaffered
21 Bolt Traverse: [Swings] Earl and Julian's death-defying traverse across Gaffer Tape shaft
7-11 Chamber: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Large chamber with pitch and aven at end of Merry Fucking Christmas
All Roads: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Pitch dropping into Pleasuredome from Insignificant Chamber (distinct from Micturition!)
Anonymous Chamber: [Rhino] Chamber at the far end of On A Mission, just south of 204d. Really needs a proper name.
Ariston Series: [Deep South] 110m pitch series giving access to most of the deepest parts of the cave
Atheism: [Rhino] Chamber at the end of Beyond Belief
Belief: [Rhino] Side gallery branching off On A Mission; continuation is Faith
Beyond Belief: [Rhino] Passage beyond Faith traverse, terminating in chokes at Atheism
Black Lightning: [Deep South] Pitch in Razor Dance
Black Maria: [Gaffered / Underworld] Spacious pitch in upper Underworld
Bonsai Crawl: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Crawl connecting Insignificant Chamber with Treeumphant Passage
Boulder Coaster: [Tree] Passage continuing westwards beyond Crowning Glory Chamber; ends at Helter Skelter
Bracket Fungus Passage: [Gaffered / Underworld] Well-decorated passage in upper Underworld
Brian's Phat Shaft: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] 104m pitch near Pleasuredome
Bunny's Bowel: [Midlevel] Chamber near the bottom of Wolpertinger Way
Calcited Bat Chamber: [Rhino] Chamber in Unconformity
Cat's Claw: [Rhino] Lower branch of Unconformity
Cave Tree Chamber: [Tree] Aven chamber where 204C drops in
Cerberus: [Gaffered / Underworld] Sixth and final pitch of Gaffered to the Walls series.
Chalk and Cheese: [Subsoil] Pitch from Hippo Hollows down to Fat Worm
Chicago Chicanes: [Swings] Oxbow to the west of Swings main passage
Chimney: [Subsoil] Pair of parallel tubes upslope from Earthenware
Chocolate Salty Balls: [Tree] Series of mainly phreatic passages accessed by a traverse across Cave Tree Chamber
Copper: [Deep South] Pitch in Razor Dance
Cresta Run: [Swings] Zigzag passage leading from Swings to a connection with Helter Skelter and on to a pitch (undescended as of 2004)
Crimper: [Rhino] Tight cross-rift branching off On A Mission; connects to Faith at far end, and to Grater
Crowning Glory: [Tree] Phreatic passage which forks off Treeumphant towards 204E entrance and beyond
Crowning Glory Chamber: [Tree] Aven chamber at the foot of the 204E entrance pitch. (Warning: Slightly illogical usage; it is not actually in Crowning Glory Passage)
Crunch + Wet: [Rhino] Upper gallery in Unconformity
Dave Dives: [Deep South] 2m climb in Razor Dance (best not attempted head first)
Dead Good Bat Chamber: [Subsoil] Large chamber, sporting a fresh dead bat in 2004, in Fat Worm area
Dolly Parton Climb: [Near End] Short climb with big jugs
Don't Step: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Climb into ceiling near Insignificant Chamber
Drilling Delight: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Series of short pitches near Insignificant Chamber
Dutch Beauty: [Swings] Passage branching off from Magic Roundabout, leading to the pitch into Rhino Rift
Earthenware: [Subsoil] North-South trunk passage in Subsoil level
Easy There: [Deep South] Pitch in Razor Dance
Eeyore: [Gaffered / Underworld] Side passage branching off from near Cerberus pitch head
Ermintrude: [Swings] Small ascending tube at corner of Magic Roundabout
Eyehole: [Gaffered / Underworld] Alternative name for Sellotape, the fourth pitch of Gaffered to the Walls
Faith: [Rhino] Southwards continuation of Belief past a traverse, unexplored as of 2004
Fat Worm Blows a Sparky: [Subsoil] Complex maze of passages around Bat Chamber in Subsoil level
Firmware: [Subsoil] No description extant
Fledermausschacht: [Deep South] 112m sloping blind pitch off horizontal stuff in Ariston
Flopsy the Bunny Rabbit's Lair: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Connection from Colonnade back into Insignificant Chamber
Gaffer Tape: [Gaffered / Underworld] 80m first pitch of Gaffered to the Wall Series
Gaffered to the Walls Series: [Gaffered / Underworld] Series of pitches leading down from Magic Roundabout chamber to the Underworld: Gaffer Tape, Tape Worm, LX Tape, Eyehole (aka Sellotape), Trihang and Cerberus
Gardener's World: [Gaffered / Underworld] First of two pitches connecting upper Underworld level to Subsoil level
Generation Game: [Gaffered / Underworld] Traverse ledge above Quiz Rift
Germknödel's Revenge: [Tree] 204E entrance crawl
God Loves A Drunk: [Deep South] Chamber in Razor Dance
Grater: [Rhino] 2004 extension of Crimper
Great Oak Chamber: [Tree] Aven chamber which interrupts Treeumphant Passage
Hanging Onto Faith: [Rhino] Deep pitch series descending from Faith
Hardware: [Subsoil] Westward-trending side passage from north end of Earthenware
Heavily Soiled: [Subsoil] Scrofulous oxbow in Subsoil, near the bottom of University Challenge
Helter Skelter: [Tree] Descending ramp and pitch at the end of Boulder Coaster
High Hopes: [Swings] Passage running northwards from Toothless towards G, H and I entrances
Hippo Hollows: [Subsoil] Southern half of the Subsoil level main trunk, heading southwards from Subsoil Chamber past the eponymous dried mud pots to Chalk and Cheese pitch
Hippocratic Oath: [Subsoil] Series of large muddy passages running eastwards from Night Soil Chamber
Insignificant Chamber: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Major junction, from which passages lead off to Pleasuredome, No Pain No Gain, Treeumphant, Swings and Roundabouts and Rhino Rift
Jim'll Fix It: [Near End] Second pitch of 204A entrance series (low snow route); rarely called by this name nowadays.
Juicy Bits: [Swings] Oxbow side passage connecting to Swings at either end
Kanga: [Gaffered / Underworld] Sloping rift pitch from the end of Eeyore leading to a crawl and further chamber
Kidney Bean: [Near End] Low chamber
King Carbide: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Small chamber between Pleasuredome and No Pain No Gain, at the foot of a pitch from the Near End.
Kiwi Suit: [Deep South] 130m pitch series (p54, p8, p20, p47) connecting Ariston to Razor Dance. The pitches have individual names (Deviance, Devalued, Devoid, and Devolution) but these have not been used since 2000.
Limescale Cistern: [Rhino] Passage sloping upwards from Swallow Hard, terminating a few metres beneath the floor of Magic Roundabout
Little White Clouds: [Subsoil] Side passage in Fat Worm Blows a Sparky, with beautiful ceiling formations
Living Daylight Chamber: [Swings] Chamber immediately beyond Suspended Solution, from which daylight is visible coming in through the 204D entrance
LX Tape: [Gaffered / Underworld] Third pitch of Gaffered to the Walls series
Magic Roundabout Chamber: [Swings] Large chamber where Swings Passage begins, and numerous side passages (including Ermintrude, Dutch Beauty and the ramp leading to Gaffered to the Walls) radiate out.
Marble Run: [Midlevel] Passage in Mid Level Series with numerous switchbacks
Meeting House: [Rhino] Chamber at the beginning of Rhino Rift
Merry Fucking Christmas: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Tortuous crawl leading south off Mid Level series near connection to Millennium Dome
Merry Go Round: [Swings] 110m pitch series dropping from the Slide (conjectured to connect to the Underworld)
Micturition: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Pitch dropping into Pleasuredome from Insignificant Chamber (distinct from All Roads!)
Millennium Dome: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Large chamber at start of White Elephant Series
Mystery Wind: [Deep South] Complex multi-part pitch in Razor Dance
Near End Series: [Near End] Passages immediately below 204 entrance series; communicates with lower series via Pendulum Pitch or Thread Pitch
Needle Crawl: [Near End] Upward-sloping rift passage (wider at floor level, so a crawl for fatties) leading to the top of Thread Pitch
Night Soil: [Subsoil] Large mud-filled chamber in Subsoil level
No Pain No Gain: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Crawl linking southern passages of old Mid Level series to Insignificant Chamber and the northern horizontal passages
Nordic Traverse: [Deep South] Traverse in Razor Dance
On a Mission: [Rhino] Trunk passage of Rhino Rift series, heading westwards from Taking The Piss to Anonymous Chamber
Oxtail Oxbow: [Gaffered / Underworld] Loop of muddy passage bypassing Bracket Fungus Passage
Paster of Muppets: [Deep South] Pitch in Razor Dance
Pendulum Pitch: [Midlevel] Alternate route connecting Near End series to Mid Level. Not used since 2000
Pepper Pot: [Deep South] Pitch in Razor Dance
Perpetual Motion: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Pitch dropping into Pleasuredome from 'King Carbide
Picadilly Circus: [Rhino] Junction in On A Mission passage near its west end, where numerous loops and oxbows conceal the entrances to Crimper and Rat Biscuit
Pile Driver: [Swings] Boulderous chamber accessed by a traverse over the pitch at the end of Cresta Run
Playground: [Swings] Walking passage leading from Insignificant Chamber towards Magic Roundabout and the rest of the Swings series
Pleasuredome: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Very large chamber (or pair of chambers) which almost everything around No Pain No Gain connects to
Poohstyx: [Gaffered / Underworld] Passage and blind pitch descending from upper Underworld
Pot-U-Like: [Deep South] First pitch of Ariston Series, starting at the bottom of Wolpertinger Way
Quiz Rift: [Gaffered / Underworld] Rift at northern end of upper Underworld, leading to Gardener's World
Rainbow Series: [Deep South] Horizontal passage accessed from You're So Veined
Rat Biscuit: [Rhino] Northwards side branch from On A Mission, which terminates in a boulder choke close to Cresta Run
Razordance: [Deep South] 500m or so of exceedingly awkward rift streamway reaching the current lowest known point of 204
Recycled Rabbit: [Midlevel] Horizontal side passage off Wolpertinger Way
Rhino Rift: [Rhino] Strictly speaking: the rift discovered by Earl Merson and Julian Haines in 2003 which connects Dutch Beauty to Meeting House. Extended to cover the entire western series accessed from Taking the Piss, including On A Mission and all of its numerous side branches.
Round Trip: [Rhino] Short oxbow connecting back from a point in Wot No Butcombe to Anonymous Chamber
Sand Pit: [Tree] Complex maze of sandy passages branching off to the north of Helter Skelter
Scroat: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Nomenclature is rather vague, but probably means the horizontal passage connecting King Carbide to No Pain No Gain
Sellotape: [Gaffered / Underworld] Fourth pitch of Gaffered to the Walls series, also known as Eyehole pitch
Sirens: [Gaffered / Underworld] Stalactite grotto in upper Underworld; name has been extended to cover a large ill-defined section of the upper Underworld
Software: [Subsoil] No description extant
Someware: [Subsoil] Network of interconnecting passages west of Hardware
South Circular: [Swings] Large wide ramp leading off Swings, connects to The Slide
Steady Now: [Deep South] Pitch in Razor Dance
Steel Toecap: [Deep South] Largest pitch of Ariston Series
Stitch This: [Near End] High-snow bypass connecting a truncated version of Trick or Treat with the upwards continuation of Thread Pitch
Stoneware: [Subsoil] Passage leading westwards from the north end of Earthenware (just south of Hardware)
Subsoil Chamber: [Subsoil] Large chamber at the foot of University Challenge pitch
Subsoil Series: [Subsoil] General term for the level of passages below Gardener's World pitch
Sucker: [Tree] Long narrow side branch off Treeumphant
Suspended Solution: [Swings] Roof tube at the northern end of Swings Passage, leading to 204D entrance
Swallow Hard: [Rhino] Side branch off On A Mission leading to the Unconformity and to Limescale Cistern
Swings Passage: [Swings] Main trunk passage of Swings & Roundabouts series
Tableware: [Subsoil] Series of small side passages off Underware. Needs a proper name
Taking the Piss: [Rhino] Pitch dropping into Rhino Rift series from Dutch Beauty in Swings & Roundabouts
Tape Worm: [Gaffered / Underworld] Second pitch of Gaffered to the Walls series
Terra Firma: [Gaffered / Underworld] Chamber at the top of a muddy slope in the upper Underworld
The Colonnade: [Tree] Side gallery branching off Treeumphant Passage
The Mash Tun: [Deep South] Pitch in Razor Dance
The Slide: [Swings] Sloping side passage eastwards from Swings, leading to Merry-Go-Round
Thirteen Year Pitch: [Deep South] Pitch in Razor Dance
Thread Pitch: [Near End] Pitch connecting Near End to Mid Level series
Toothless: [Swings] Large phreatic passage connecting Cresta Run to High Hopes
Trapeze: [Swings] Side gallery connecting to Swings Passage at various points
Treeumphant Passage: [Tree] Trunk passage leading northwards from Bonsai Crawl to Cave Tree Chamber
Trick or Treat: [Near End] 204A entrance pitch (rarely called by this name)
Trihang: [Gaffered / Underworld] Fifth pitch of Gaffered to the Walls series
Twiglets: [Tree] Scrotty linking crawl in roof between Crowning Glory and Treeumphant
Umshitshimbo: [Near End] Phreatic ramp in Near End
Unconformity: [Rhino] Steeply descending passage branching off On A Mission
Uncrimped: [Rhino] Loop connecting Crimper to Faith
Underware: [Subsoil] Eastward-trending side passage near north end of Earthenware (also known as Earthenware II)
University Challenge: [Gaffered / Underworld] Second of two pitches connecting upper Underworld level to Subsoil level
Up at 45°: [Midlevel] Series of crawls sloping up at north end of Mid-Level series
Upper Tube: [Gaffered / Underworld] Tube leading back into the roof, proceeding above and parallel to Quiz Rift
White Elephant Series: [NPNG / Pleasuredome / White Elephant] Rift pitch series heading southeast from Millennium Dome
Wolpertinger Way: [Midlevel] Large phreatic trunk passage, centrepiece of old Mid Level series
Wot no Bolts?: [Rhino] Pitch in Rhino Rift (which does now have bolts)
Wot no Butcombe?: [Rhino] Confusing labyrinth of small loose passages west of Anonymous Chamber
Wot no Connection?: [Rhino] Continuation of Wot No Butcombe; maze of loose tubes which don't connect to Weizeneishöhle
Yeast: [Deep South] Pitch in Razor Dance
You're So Veined: [Midlevel] Alternate route connecting to Ariston Series part-way down Pot-U-Like, not used since 1999