Survex File: caves-1626/359/eyeofsauron

*begin eyeofsauron

; stations linked into other surveys (or likely to)
*export 10a 12a

; Cave: HomeComing
; Area in cave/QM: Welsh Engineering
*title "eyeofsauron"
*date 2024.07.29
*team Insts Aidan K
*team Notes James M
*instrument Wookeys SAP5
; Calibration: None
*ref 2024#27
; the #number is on the clear pocket containing the original notes

; Centreline data
*data normal from to length bearing gradient ignoreall
12a 1 8.42 023.7 -78.9
1 2 3.77 029.7 -40.5
2 3 5.60 080.6 -84.5
3 4 2.74 039.8 -5.2
3 .. 4.76 231.9 -5.3
3 .. 2.42 248.9 -6.8
3 .. 8.76 229.0 36.8
4 5 1.79 287.4 12.8
5 6 2.49 323.8 13.4
5 .. 5.42 341.5 -1
5 .. 3.1 +4.4 012.9
6 .. 6.84 24.3 -8.6
6 .. 6.13 085.7 60.5
6 7 8.76 27.3 -84.4
7 8 3.26 256.3 2.4
7 .. 3.37 177.8 2.2
7 .. 7.02 340.9 66.4
8 9 7.13 239.5 -71.2
9 10a 3.12 291.5 -2.7
9 .. 4.42 079.6 -2.4
9 .. 2.6 34.6 4.7
10a .. 14.16 051.3 -80
10a .. 4.84 207.7 -8.4
10a .. 4.52 179.8 -3.1

;-----------
;recorded station details (leave commented out)
;(NP=Nail Polish, LHW/RHW=Left/Right Hand Wall)
;Station Left Right Up Down Description
;Silver nail varnish markings
;12a 2.69 0 16.25 15.69
;1 2.96 0.79 11.35 9.75
;2 1.080.96 9.93 6.83
;3 0.79 0 4.94 1.5
;4 0.84 0 14.8 0.75
;5 0 1.49 12.33 10.17
;6 0 2.56 12.50 9.88
;7 0.69 2.4 13.5 0
;8 0 3.53 2.58 9.69
;9 0 3.65 9.15 1.58
;10a 2.25 0 7.07 55 Down is an estimate due to a reading failure

;LRUDs arranged into passage tubes
;new *data command for each 'passage',
;repeat stations and adjust numbers as needed
*data passage station left right up down 
12a 2.69 0 16.25 15.69
1 2.96 0.79 11.35 9.75
2 1.080.96 9.93 6.83
3 0.79 0 4.94 1.5
4 0.84 0 14.8 0.75
5 0 1.49 12.33 10.17
6 0 2.56 12.50 9.88
7 0.69 2.4 13.5 0
8 0 3.53 2.58 9.69
9 0 3.65 9.15 1.58
10a 2.25 0 7.07 55

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;Question Mark List  ;(keep initial semi-colon on each line)
; The nearest-station is the name of the survey and station which are nearest to
; the QM. The resolution-station is either '-' to indicate that the QM hasn't
; been checked; or the name of the survey and station which push that QM. If a
; QM doesn't go anywhere, set the resolution-station to be the same as the
; nearest-station. Include any relevant details of how to find or push the QM in
; the textual description.
;Serial number   grade(A/B/C/D/X)  nearest-station  resolution-station description
;QM1    B   EyeofSauron.12    -    Descend down the short pitch and 2m climb to diverging rift junctions. Right then left leads to another small stream way. Not surveyed because wrongly believed to be part of Snagged & Shagged.
;QM2 A eyeofsauron.10 - Descent down the hypogenic aven of an unknown depth.

;TICKed off QMs
; if another survey exists, the resolution-station field (the dash) was filled in, e.g.
; and if it crapped out with no survey, then just repeat the station name:

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;Cave description  ;(leave commented-out)
;From the start of Saruman Pot. Description taken from route description in wallet 2024#23
;
;NB it was later discovered that while dry when explored, the entire area can get impassably wet during a flood.
;
;Descend the pitch to a large ledge. To your right notice the bolt and drilled thread for the remainder 
;of the pitch that leads to the 2m climb that arrives in Snagged and Shagged. Your way on is the 
;pitch head to your left from the large ledge in the aven. Note this is a short pitch with an immediate 
;rebelay due to rope rub that should be avoidable if one pushes away from the wall. Pass this drippy 
;rebelay onto a ledge above a canyon with a traverse going to a short pitch. A very short deviation is 
;on the other side of the canyon allowing a smooth descent to the stream way floor.
;
;Upstream you can access the pool of water and it is advised that all descenders are dunked here to 
;give them a chance to cool off. Head down stream where the rift deepens below your feet to another 
;pitch head., starting with a traverse from the drilled thread. Descend this to the ledge below and 
;pass the single-bolt rebelay jutting out on a spur of rock going down the canyon to a large ledge. 
;Follow the traverse line round the wall and walk across the prow of rock to the pitch head down the 
;Eye of Sauron – a large vertical, lenticular, hypogenic, phreatic tube. This is a single straight hang
;of ~55m.

*end eyeofsauron

No differences from last saved file.

underground survey length: 47.08 metres
cave primary survexfile caves-1626/359/359.svx
directory primary survexfile caves-1626/359/359
block eyeofsauron has parent block 359 (in file caves-1626/359/359.svx)

2024-07-29 ['eyeofsauron']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1626/359/eyeofsauron
    caves-1626/359/rivendell
Wallets on this date:
    2024#27 eyeofsauron ['notes2-eyeofsauron', 'plan1-eyeofsauron', 'notes4-eyeofsauron', 'notes3-eyeof…
    2024#28 rivendell|Rivendell ['plan3-rivendell', 'notes1-rivendell', 'plan1-rivendell', 'notes2-rivendell', …
Logbook trips on this date:
    Balkonhoehle - Happy Campers (eventually!)
    Basecamp - Minesweeper sweeping
    homecoming - Welsh Engineering
    Homecoming - The Eye of Sauron

CUCC Expeditions to Austria: 1976 - 2024

Survex File: caves-1626/359/eyeofsauron