Hall of the Mountain King to Peterson Pot

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Hall of the Mountain King to Peterson Pot Fourth Pitch[edit | edit source]

There are two routes from the Hall of the Mountain King into Peterson Pot. Both start at the balcony overlooking the chamber.

  • A traverse to the left leads to the bottom of a 20m pitch (rope of dubious quality in situ, February 2018). At the top of the pitch, the passage soon reaches a junction, where the two routes re-unite.
  • Directly opposite the rope is the start of a muddy traverse, Wellington Traverse. This soon leads to a clamber up muddy boulders to the right, just before some stal bosses. Ahead reaches a 2.5m climb up (scaffold bar stemple in situ). Continuing leads to a climb up a muddy, steeply ascending tube. This emerges at a window overlooking a chamber, reached by a muddy 4m climb down (rope in situ, February 2018). This regains the pitch route.

A 7m pitch ascends from the chamber (rope in situ, February 2018). Round the corner, a 3m climb up enters a rift, which soon leads into a boulder chamber, Svengland. The way on is to the right, soon after the highest point of the chamber, a short climb down and then a wriggle forward. This emerges at head height in a 2m by 1.5m chamber, at the base of an 8m aven. [Alternatively, a muddy crawl leads from Svengland to the same place.] A short muddy crawl leads to a window above the fourth pitch of Peterson Pot.

  • Descending the fourth pitch (P3), requiring a 5m rope, leads immediately to the fifth pitch (P6), requiring a 12m rope. Below, the passage soon gets too tight.
  • Traversing to the right (rope rigged to bolt, in situ, February 2018), leads towards Peterson Pot Exit.