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Disappointment Pot is one of the entrances to the Gaping Gill cave system, located in a steep grassy shakehole some south-east of Gaping Gill Main Shaft. Its mainly narrow stream passage descends a number of small shafts to enter the main system as a major inlet of Hensler's Master Cave. ==Description== A climb at the base of the grassy shakehole drops into a stream passage. Upstream, a climb enters a passage which after leads to the stream sink and the ''Motley Pot'' exit. Downstream, a narrow meandering streamway leads to a short flat-out section, followed by a duck, a short section with minimal airspace. The passage becomes larger as it approaches the first of its five short pitches. Shortly before the third pitch, a high aven is where ''Marilyn'', the third entrance, enters the system. The fifth pitch is the largest at , and this enters a large chamber. The way on is down a boulder ruckle and along a spacious passage for some to the connection with Hensler's Master Cave in the main Gaping Gill System. Motley Pot, (), currently blocked, enters some small passages carrying the main stream from the adjacent sink to a climb down just upstream of the main entrance.〔 Marilyn, (), drops directly down a couple of pitches, and , to enter Disappointment Pot just before the third pitch, hence bypassing the tight meanders and the wet crawls.〔 A number of fossil and active inlet passages have been explored in the roof of the main streamway.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Disappointment Pot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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