<non_public>False</non_public><!-- 'False' or 'True'. True if the cave should only be visible to logged-in users. Caves are normally public, so enter 'False' unless you know otherwise. -->
<caveslug>1623-290</caveslug><!--(Required). Internal I.D. used to refer to this cave in entrance data files. Typically the same as the filebase, e.g. '1623-195' -->
<official_name>Fischgesicht Höhle</official_name><!-- Use ü for u+Umlaut and ö for o+umlaut eg Höhle for Hohle and Glück for Gluck--><!-- Name of the cave (normally in German) -->
<area>1623</area><!-- Name of the cave (normally in German) -->
<area></area><!-- the CUCC-defined areas shown in http://expo.survex.com/areas.htm -->
<kataster_number>290</kataster_number><!-- (Either this or unofficial_number is required). Official number in Austrian kataster if one has been allocated -->
<unofficial_number>2017_cucc_28</unofficial_number><!-- (Either this or kataster_number is required). Initial temporary cave ID used until kataster number is allocated e.g. '2012-DD-01'-->
<entranceslug>1623-290</entranceslug><!-- Internal ID to refer to each entrance instance in the entrance files (typically the same as that filename (e.g. 1623-161c). Matches the 'slug' field in the entrance file -->
<letter></letter><!--Leave blank for single-entrance cave. If there is more than one entrace then the letter needs to be given. Generally matches the entranceslug ID. -->
<explorers><p>CUCC 2017 on</p></explorers><!-- 'CUCC Expo' and year(s) of exploration. To distinguish from caves explored by foreign groups. Individual names can be given too if it was a small cave. -->
<p>Entrance is strongly drafting horizontal walking / stooping rift with some snow. From the entrance, travel along the passage for approx 5 min to reach
first pitch. Below first pitch, cross the chamber and head right into the tube to reach second pitch. Leftwards from the base of the pitch leads to Windy
Tube and 12 Monkeys. Below second pitch, cross the ice plug and do a small climb to a traverse leading to third pitch (Pendulum Pitch). Pendule to a rock
halfway down into rift passage. The passage starts as a meandering rift, before it drops fourth pitch (33m) into a canyon with a stream at the bottom
(Blitzen Boulevard).</p>
<p>After traversing Blitzen boulevard for roughly 20m down stream, you come to a phreatic passage on the left had side above a slightly exposed, muddy
climb. Following this passage onwards for roughly 20m you reach a small chamber know as Benign Bubble Baby Bypass (so called due to the odd look formation
suck in the corner) To the left of the formation you reach fifth pitch (7m) that drops into Piss Pot. Piss Pot is roughly 15m in depth but ends in a
bouldery choke, not worth any more exploration unless you fancy starting a dig. Left of the pitch at station 7 is another meandering passage. Following
this for roughly 15m you reach sixth pitch (Liquid Luck).</p>
<p>Liquid Luck is a roughly 25m pitch head that drops onto a ledge, surrounded by canyon. The chamber is large and fairly drippy. Opposite this ledge is
a phreatic passage that can be accessed by a traverse. The passage leads to a pitch head and a large wet chamber called the Urinal (named due to its usage
during exploration). The traverse above must be rigged and the descent is roughly 19m to the bottom, however the ceiling extends by roughly 20m above the
pitch head and is suspected to connect into happy butterfly. Back at Liquid Luck, phreatic development also continues South East leading to the rest of
the discovered system. Traverse along the phreatic passage, into another chamber, staying high and traversing along until you are across to into the
continuation of the phreatic passage. This is the beginning of Freeattic Flys, so called because Lydia Leather is dyslexic and didn't realise it wasn't
spelt that way.</p>
<p>Freeattic Flys continues along for 30m, passing intricate coral looking formations and a multitude of dead flys. A continues, rifting, meandering
passage leads to several awkward free climbs down. Eventually you get to seventh pitch (5m) that drops into a ledge halfway down, with the continuation
called Odious Odium going South East on a traverse line, instead of continuing down to the bottom. If you do drop to the bottom of seventh pitch, it puts
you into Toto chamber, So called because of the boulder in the shape of Africa. This leads to crystal crumble where stalactites lie and an assortment of
passable leads. Odious Odium continues the phreatic passage with eighth pitch (6m) and ninth pitch (5m). Ninth pitch is a one-bolt-wonder which puts you
into a junction which continues both left and right. Turning right will lead you toward Ulysses.</p>
<p>Ulysses is a very large chamber, roughly 20 metres in diameter, and a currently unknown depth but expected to be greater than 50 metres. The walls
around the chamber are prtty crap.
A traverse has been rigged along the right side wall, with the intension of either A) traversing half way round the chamber and dropping it to find the
expected depth, or B) continuing to traverse the chamber, in order to reach the strong lead on the opposite wall, which is a massive railway sized,
continuing phreatic tunnel which requires a 20m bolt climb. This is still to be explored, however has strong draft facing SE. As of 2018, this traverse
has been completed about 2/3rds of the way around to a intersecting rift, which leads to some minor leads in Choleric Chamber. The whole of Ulysses
itself is excessively crumbly, and likely no amount of gardening will make the chamber "safe", so if the pitch is dropped, descents should be very
carefully made, one by one, with awareness on very possible falling rock.</p>
<p>Turning left after ninth pitch will lead to tenth pitch (15m) which drops into the Shit Show. The chamber is made up of false floor and massive boulder
chokes, and is not an area to tread heavily. The way on is through a rift out of the chamber and leads to eleventh pitch (6m). Shortly after eleventh
pitch you arrive at twelfth pitch (Rubble Rumble), a significant 70m pitch into a large chamber. Crossing over a large boulder and then climbing down
underneath the chamber has the final 3m hang which can be rigged from the end of the same rope in a steeply sloping passage with a lot of loose choss,
which leads to a low crawl crossroads.</p>
<p><b>Lower Horizontal Level</b></p>
<p>Left at the crossroads leads to Big Bastard, an as-yet undropped pitch expected to be 80+m in depth. Straight at the crossroads is a small crawl
passage, unexplored. Right at the crossroads leads to Miracle Maze, an assortment of sandy phreatic tubes. The first left in Miracle Maze takes you
eventually to a large junction chamber. In this chamber, the right turn is a small climb up to a large phreatic development that loops back to the rest of
Miracle Maze. The left turn is the downstream continuation of the phreatic tube, called Kubla Khan.</p>
<p>Kubla Khan continues downstream, with a floor rift joining in from the right in Avian Appendix, named after a prominent wall marking that looks like a
bird. Following Avian Appendix is a horribly precarious rift which also leads back to Miracle Maze. Kubla Khan itself continues downstream with the
walking surface descending to the water level to reach a small pool (Caverns measureless to man, down to a sunless sea) which is good for having a piss
in. After the pool the walking surface rises again, past a precarious mudstone arch. Eventually the water and the floor rift leaves the passage again on
the right. At the end of Kubla Khan the passage splits, a high level phreatic tube requires a handline bolting over a nasty traverse, whereas the low
level goes under a crawl into a small sandy tube.</p>
<p>Back in Miracle Maze, the passage continues with a sandy floor, with passages coming in on the left from Kubla Khan and Avian Appendix. Eventually it
reaches Eldritch Eyeholes, a chamber with two prominent round solution pockets in the ceiling which look like eyes. There are three routes here which all
join back together after 5-10m. The passage climbs out of Eldritch Eyeholes until a rift re-enters from the right at a 2m climb. Above the climb, the rift
may be followed or a tube on the left taken, however the tube turns right back to re-join the rift after only a few meters. In the rift is a right turn
which goes up to Coconut Chamber, or the continuation of the rift also eventually reaches the same chamber. In Coconut Chamber, a series of narrow tubes
to the left of the large rift continue, and eventually loop back to the same rift that can be seen from the chamber itself. The final lead is a small
climb in the tubes which leads to an undropped pitch of approximately 10m.</p></underground_description><!-- Underground description. (description of approach and entrance goes in entrance file). For a small cave this will be the entire description. For larger caves it will be the front page of the description, or a short intro, containing links to other pages with the cave description in, or even nothing but a link. -->
<equipment><p></p></equipment><!-- For a small cave, summary of gear needed to descend. For longer caves it could be blank, a table, or just refer to the description/topos. Leave blank if this info is in the description. -->
<references><p></references><!-- References to documentation. Could be Journal articles or Logbook entries. Can be links if the docs are online. -->
<survey><p></p></survey><!-- Drawn-up surveys. Scans of paper surveys or images/PDFs of electronic surveys. Should include HTML to display current plan and elevation, with links to larger versions (See section on URLs and files). Could list links to multiple years of survey, or even a separate survey page if it's complicated enough. -->
<underground_centre_line></underground_centre_line><!-- 'In dataset' if it is in the survex dataset. Blank if not, or notes about status such as 'surveyed, but no entrance fix so not yet in dataset'. -->
<notes><p>Test online edit</p></notes><!-- Normally empty, but place for anything else that should be noted, such as info on cave maybe being a duplicate, or lost -->
<length></length><!-- Cave length. Can be left blank and system should fill it in automatically from survey data (it doesn't yet) -->
<depth></depth><!--Cave depth. Can be left blank and system should fill it in automatically from survey data (it doesn't yet) -->
<survex_file>caves-1623/2017-cucc-28/2017-cucc-28.svx</survex_file><!-- Name of top-level survey file for this cave. Relative to the 'loser' survex repository. So for most caves that's "caves/cavenum/cavnum.svx". (e.g. caves/204/204.svx -->
<url>1623/290/290.html</url><!-- (Required). Relative URL of this cave. i.e the URL this cave appears at on the website, not including 'https://expo.survex.com/. Normally area/cavenum., e.g ('1623/000')-->
