Pool Sink Streamway, outwards
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Pool Sink Streamway, outwards[edit | edit source]
Note: all the pitches in this series need pre-rigging. Sections of this passage flood to the roof in wet conditions.
From the junction with Green and Smelly Passage, Lower T-Piece Passage starts with easy walking. This soon reaches a four-way junction on a pile of boulders above the streamway. [To the right, downstream, intersects Green and Smelly Passage.] [Straight on, is a narrow, unobvious bedding plane squeeze connecting into Eccles Bypass in the Borehole.] The normal route is to the left, upstream. Ahead, striking horizontal flakes of rock protrude from the walls. A clamber over boulders leaves the stream. A short rift passage leads to a shelf, from which the water is regained. More rocks are followed by a tall rift stream passage with short climbs. This leads to a waterfall, marking the fourth pitch (P10). The normal route for the pitch lands on a ledge to the left of the waterfall. At the top of the pitch, a short lined traverse leads back to the streamway.
Upstream, two minutes caving along the streamway, with a couple of deeper pools, reaches the third pitch (P8). Above, a couple of short climbs lead to the second pitch (P8). Ahead, a pleasant streamway leads, after about two minutes, to the first pitch (P17), which lands on a ledge on the right; this leads to the Pool Sink Exit Series. [Upstream leads to Magpie Grotto.]