Spiral Staircase, outwards

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Spiral Staircase, outwards[edit | edit source]

Spiral Staircase is reached from the ledge at the end of Green and Smelly Passage, by climbing up via the pile of stacked boulders. A crawl soon leads to a short climb. Ahead, the way on is round a sharp bend to the right, with the water entering from a too-tight passage ahead. Soon a junction is reached. [Ahead soon leads to a pitch, back down to the ledge at the end of Green and Smelly Passage.] The way on is to the left, past formations.

The passage reduces from walking to stooping then crawling. After about five minutes, a hole leading up is reached, which is often quite splashy, and becomes impassible in very wet weather. This opens out into a funnel-shaped hole, lined with boulders, at the end of Big Rift in the Wretched Rabbit entrance series.

  • To the left is Big Rift, which leads to Wretched Rabbit exit.