CUCC Expeditions to Austria: 1976 - 2024

Survex File: caves-1626/359/peculiarpotandperversepitch

*begin peculiarpotandperversepitch ; stations linked into other surveys (or likely to) *export 0 28 *title "Peculiar Pot and Perverse Pitch" *date 2024.07.22 *team Disto Charlotte Payne *team Notes Lara Bartleet *team Dog Chi Kuhlmann *team Dog Harry Kettle *instrument MUSC Disto ; Calibration: Yes *ref 2024#11 ; Centreline data *data normal from to length bearing gradient ignoreall 0 1 3.57 273.4 4.3 pink 41 end of watershed traverse at the junction 1 2 2.87 314.5 -7.2 2 3 3.35 295.8 9.8 last of ledge into aven 3 .. 11.65 276 5.9 opposite aven wall into opposite rift 3 . 23.6 271.1 9.7 right on opposite aven wall 3 4 24.99 284.9 -65.5 down aven 4 . 8.82 200.8 -7.9 other side of bend 4 . 8 127.7 2.4 back of aven 4 5 5.05 187.6 -22.7 5 6 3.06 263.9 1.8 start of rift on other side 6 7 11.97 229.0 -82.2 pitch 7 8 12.46 260.9 3.7 in between points bulge 4.4m wide 8 9 3.11 181.2 -17.9 wiggly rift 9 . 7.57 53.3 -1 back through other tunnel 9 10 5.27 175.7 0.8 QMC to right climb 10 11 6.98 108.3 2.2 rift narrows 11 12 4.75 166.8 -4.6 12 13 6.51 104 -1.6 13 14 3.69 127 5.8 14 15 3.35 36 -19.5 15 16 5.59 133.7 -5 stal and flowstone on LHW 16 17 4.51 241.8 -17.1 round steep bend 17 18 2.2 300.2 -7.3 18 19 5.43 193.8 -9.9 wiggles galore 19 20 3.15 91.6 -18.3 traverse line 20 21 4.21 176.5 -15.7 over traverse line 21 22 1.96 83.7 -47.2 over pitch 22 23 11.35 176.6 -79.9 23 24 3.82 119.1 -9.4 24 25 3.56 149.4 -2.1 traverse line 25 26 7.51 166.8 -12.8 middle of sound of water 26 27 9.31 199.5 69.4 in sound of water 27 28 1.15 169.9 34.7 sound of water point 18 in blue nailpolish is the same as point 28 ;----------- ;recorded station details (leave commented out) ;(NP=Nail Polish, LHW/RHW=Left/Right Hand Wall) ;Station Left Right Up Down Description ;pink nail varnish markings ;0 2 0 1 1.3 also a small hole in floor - 8m ;1 0 1.2 0.2 0.9 along junction ;2 2.6 0 1 1 leg entrance to aven, drippy ;3 3.3 0 22.6 25.5 in aven ;4 4.4 0 43.1 1.7 bottom of aven ;5 0 3.4 31.6 0.8 ;6 2.5 0 20.4 12.1 ;7 0.92 1.2 28.5 0.6 ;8 1.2 0 31 1.2 ;9 0.5 0.2 30.6 1.6 ;10 1 0 16.2 1.5 ;11 0 0.7 6.5 2 ;12 0.4 0 6.4 2.1 ;13 0.1 0.6 5.8 2.9 ;14 0.53 0 7.84 3.89 ;15 0 0.7 7.96 3.22 rift drops in floor ;16 0 1 7.8 3.9 ;17 0 0.5 8.4 3.9 ;18 0.5 0 7.9 2.8 ;19 1.3 0 7.6 4.5 ;20 0.2 0.6 6.1 4.5 ;21 0.5 0 9.5 1.9 above pitch ;22 0 0.6 13.25 12.12 ;23 1.2 0 16 1.1 bottom of pitch ;24 0 0.4 11.5 1.6 ;25 0.7 0 4.3 5.1 Sound of Water rope ;26 2.6 1.9 2.3 14 ;27 3.6 0 16 2.8 by deviation ;LRUDs arranged into passage tubes *data passage station left right up down 0 2 0 1 1.3 1 0 1.2 0.2 0.9 2 2.6 0 1 1 3 3.3 0 22.6 25.5 4 4.4 0 43.1 1.7 5 0 3.4 31.6 0.8 6 2.5 0 20.4 12.1 7 0.92 1.2 28.5 0.6 8 1.2 0 31 1.2 9 0.5 0.2 30.6 1.6 10 1 0 16.2 1.5 11 0 0.7 6.5 2 12 0.4 0 6.4 2.1 13 0.1 0.6 5.8 2.9 14 0.53 0 7.84 3.89 15 0 0.7 7.96 3.22 16 0 1 7.8 3.9 17 0 0.5 8.4 3.9 18 0.5 0 7.9 2.8 19 1.3 0 7.6 4.5 20 0.2 0.6 6.1 4.5 21 0.5 0 9.5 1.9 22 0 0.6 13.25 12.12 23 1.2 0 16 1.1 24 0 0.4 11.5 1.6 25 0.7 0 4.3 5.1 26 2.6 1.9 2.3 14 27 3.6 0 16 2.8 ;----------- ;Question Mark List ;Serial number grade(A/B/C/D/X) nearest-station resolution-station description ; QM1 C peculiarpotandperversepitch.10 - questionable climb up to the right of the rift ;TICKed off QMs ; if another survey exists, the resolution-station field (the dash) was filled in, e.g. ;QM8 A watershed.42 peculiarpotandpereversepassage.0 first lead of second immediate 2-way junction mentioned in description ;------------ ;Cave description ;upon taking a left from the main passage at the end of the watershed traverses, you come across a large showery ledge overlooking a significant pot. Facing towards the drop you will see a traverse line to your right leading to a pitch-head. This drops to a j-hang with a single bolt, eventually reading the floor. Here you will find a perspective camp for Watershed: Peculiar Pot. ;At the bottom of Peculiar Pot, a wet boulder pile and flat area can be found. Passing the flat area (camp?) some large boulders, a false-floor and a traverse line will be seen. Care must be taken on the false floor, but it is not necessary to cross this to reach the traverse line. Following this line, a further pitch-head will be found, dropping into a clean-washed chamber. At the far side, two passages are seen. One is wet, one dry and they almost immediately converge in an active streamway (care). Following the streamway a wiggly rift eventually gets too small to follow along the floor. There is an easy climb up to ledges which lead to another traverse line and small pitch, landing on a ledge, which can be climbed to the right to meet the second pitch of Sound of Water. *end peculiarpotandperversepitch

underground survey length: 164.73 metres
cave primary survexfile caves-1626/359/359.svx
directory primary survexfile caves-1626/359/359
block peculiarpotandperversepitch has parent block 359 (in file caves-1626/359/359.svx)

2024-07-22 ['peculiarpotandperversepitch']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1626/359/peculiarpotandperversepitch
    caves-1626/359/rhyw_ogof
Wallets on this date:
    2024#11 Peculiar Pot and Perverse Pitch ['notes4', 'notes3', 'notes-1', 'notes5', 'notes-2']
    2024#13 Rhyw Ogof ['Iron Herny Rigging Guide', 'Henry_Continued', 'Henry_Continued-1p']
Logbook trips on this date:
    Balkonhoehle - Rack Vs Rally
    basecamp - Arrival and rain
    Basecamp - Festering and computers at the end of time
    Menstrual Tunnel - My first underground trip abroad
    Plateau - First Plateau Crossing