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<title>1990: Cambridge Underground report</title>
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<center><font size=-1>CTS 91.1327/d: Cambridge Underground 1991 pp 20-23</font>
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<h2>Caves Discovered - Austria '90</h2></center>
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<p align=right>Wookey
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<p>As well as all that slogging up and down 161, a fair amount of prospecting
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took place, yielding lots of new holes, as we have come to expect over the
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years.
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<p>Here, mostly for future reference, is a list of the holes found, their
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provisional numbers, their assigned numbers, their names (if they were deemed
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large enough), who numbered them, and who else knows where they are.
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<p>This year it took some time for our request for official numbers to filter
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through the Austrian hierarchy so for most of the expo we had to assign
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provisional numbers of the form 90/1, 90/2 etc. These are used throughout the
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logbook and survey book and so must be related back to the 'real' numbers
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below, which have not yet been painted on but should be. Those who know where
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these holes are should make an effort to scribble on them sometime next year
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and preferably survey to the more significant ones. If you do not, your
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knowledge will disappear with you.
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<pre>
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Marking CUCC Kataster Numberer Location also known by
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90/1 90/1 171 Paul S Mark D, Tina W
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90/2 90/2 172 Paul S Mark D, Tina W
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90/3 90/3 173 Paul S Mark D, Tina W
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90/4 90/4 174 Paul S Mark D, Tina W
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90/5 90/5 175 Paul S Juliette K, Mark F, Claire P, Adam C
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90/6 90/6 176 Paul S Mark D, Tina W
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90/7 177 Paul S Del R, Juliette K, Mark D
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Tantalus Schachte
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90/8 178 Paul S Del R, Juliette K
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90/9 90/9 179 Adam C Jeremy R
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90/10 90/10 180 Joe L Francis T, Adam C
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90/11 90/11 181 Adam C Joe L
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90/12 90/12 182 Adam C Joe L
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Puffball & icing sugar cave
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90/13 90/13 183 Joe L
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90/14 90/14 184 Joe L Adam C
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Shiruken
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183 185 Jeremy R Matt K, Pete S
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Two Year Gestation Höhle
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186 Mark D, William S
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Rosenkavalierhöhle
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90 187 Matt K Francis T
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188 Julian T Jeremy R, Keith M, Tony R
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Skinrip Passages I-IV
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<p>Notes:<br>
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1) Two Year Gestation Höhle (185) is currently marked 183 but will be
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changed next year.<br>
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2) Rosenkavalierhöhle is not marked at all (bloody slackers).
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<p>Details of these caves have been compiled from the summary at the end of
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the survey book (171 to 178), and various write-ups in the logbook.
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<h4>159? - Winded Hole</h4>
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<p>Hinter Schwarzmoos Kögel (HSK): 116°, Nipple: 174°,
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Bräuning Nase: 199°, Bräuning Zinken: 216°
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<p>One cave was re-discovered near the crapping region. This was named Winded
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Hole as Paul S. fell down by it and winded himself. This has already been
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bolted but no number could be found. It is probably 159, which was pushed to
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a conclusion at about -50m by Jared, Chris Densham and Becka Lawson in '88.
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<h4>171 (90/1)</h4>
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<p>B. Nase: 186°, Vord Schwarzmoos Kögel (VSK): 126°, (HSK):
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056°<br>
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Alt: 620 to 630m<br>
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150m N of Top Camp
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<p>Limestone horizontal at this point, cave is c. 20 to 50m E of prominent
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fault which cuts through Brauning Nase. Subhorizontal phreatic tube trending
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154°. Multiple entrances and windows with total passage length in excess
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of 150m. Passage generally elliptical: 5m wide by 3m high.
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<p>Along the the fault to the North are numerous choked shafts with a max
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depth of 5m.
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<h4>172 (90/2)</h4>
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<p>HSK: 063°, Schönberg summit cross: 343°
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<p>Further north along fault on cliff facing N, and 10m to east of fault.
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Horizontal, walk-in, phreatic tube dipping to S and trending 190°. 40m
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long, 4m wide, 1.5 to 2m high. Choked at end.
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<h4>173 (90/3)</h4>
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<p>B. Nase: 186°, Nipple: 159°, HSK:082°, B. Zinken: 220°
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<p>Lies along fracture line with several shafts connected by narrow rift.
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Most of these are snow-plugged - 173 also has a plug but this has shrunk and
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a large gap is visible around the edges. Fracture trends 024° Shaft is c.
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20m deep and 7m diameter.
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<h4>174 (90/4)</h4>
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<p>HSK: 087°, Nipple: 160°, B. Nase: 189°, B. Zinken: 218°
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<p>Situated on fracture bearing 044° which forms prominent banded cliff
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visible to N of camp on second low ridge. c. 30m shaft, climbable for first
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10m to rock bridge. Snow at bottom but cobble floor also visible.
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(Subsequently descended by Adam?)
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<h4>175 (90/5)</h4>
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<p>Nipple: 167°, B. Nase: 193°, B. Zinken: 220°, HSK: 100°
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<p>c. 20m shaft further round cliff to NE of 174 on NW side of shallow valley
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bounded on one side by the HSK. Snow at bottom but quite possibly open.
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<h4>176 (90/6)</h4>
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<p>HSK: 104°, Nipple: 169°, B. Nase: 193°, B. Zinken: 214°,
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Camp: 192°
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<p>Situated on a large bedding plane above 175. c. 30m shaft with
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snow-covered ledge at 15m. Rocks thrown down land on cobble floor.
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<h4>177 - Tantalus Schachte (90/7) (NOT NUMBERED)</h4>
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<p>B. Nase: 215°, B. Zinken: 234°, Schönberg summit Cross:
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332°
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<p>Situated at break of slope between side of HSK and the plateau (plan in
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survey book). Thus named because when Paul S and Mark D discovered it they
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were dying of thirst, having made the mistake of letting Tina take the water
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(and the paint) away with her. At the bottom of this shaft was a beautiful
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flowing stream, utterly unattainable without gear. If this is not sufficient
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explanation, go and swot up on your Greek mythology.
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<p>35m shaft from bunde belay with pool, water seep and ice at bottom. Access
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to promising-looking passage which unfortunately quickly chokes (see plan in
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survey book).
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<h4>178 (90/8) (NOT NUMBERED)</h4>
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<p>Schönberg Cross: 330°, B. Zinken: 239°, B. Nase: 229°,
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Nipple: 210°
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<p>Window into very large passage about 10 x 20 m, fluted snow plug, second
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drops onto end of plug. To NE passage leads to another large chamber with
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another shaft coming in at far end (see plan in survey book P101).
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<h4>179 (90/9)</h4>
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<p>Bearing B. Scharte (I think - see survey book P77): 218°
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<p>A 7m pitch leading to c. 5m of low cave.
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<h4>180 (90/10)</h4>
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<p>Located on terrace N of 161b and 161c (French entrance), before a big bowl
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of choss and rifts (map in survey book P81).
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<p>There is an ice shaft under collapsed boulders. A bedding in the side of
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this gives access to two adjacent loose pitches. Various impenetrable vocal
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connections to the surface exist. 30m pitch with ledge and rebelay at -15m
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leads to 'Icicle works' - very nice ice stals and flows. Follow flow down
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hole 'Slush crawl' then rift.
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<h4>181 (90/11)</h4>
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<p>Bearings: HSK: 074°, B. Nase: 165°, B. Scharte: 194°, B.
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Zinken: 216° (see survey book P77)
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<p>12m shaft with snow at bottom and rocky ledge at -5m. Aligned on 120°.
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Short way off at bottom is soon too tight.
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<p>182, 183 and 184 are all in same area (map in survey book P80).
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<h4>182 (90/12) - Puffball and Icing Sugar Cave</h4>
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<p>B.Scharte: 180°, B. Zinken: 210°, HSK: 070°, VSK: 210°
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(see survey book pp79 to 80)<br>
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Camp is on 144° and clino +1.5° but it cannot actually be seen from
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the entrance.
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<p>182 consists of a low 45° boulder slope leading to a higher 45°
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boulder slope. This leads to vadose canyon for about 200+ metres then a 20'
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ladder pitch to a joint controlled rift about 15m long. At the end is an
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undescended pitch about 20m deep. The canyon is approx on 200°. The cave
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is long enough to need a real survey.
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<h4>183 (90/13)</h4>
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<p>To reach 183 from 182: go N up the pavement. Just over the crest turn left
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along a sporadically vegetated ledge below a 2m wall (which is S of the
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ledge). After 100m a large fault is met which contains 183.
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<p>183 is a small man-sized hole behind a flake in the obvious fault. Descend
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a boulder pile for 5m then undescended pitch (5m + 5m rattle). Drafts
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strongly.
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<h4>184 (90/14) - Shiruken</h4>
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<p>To get to 184 from 183: go S up the fault until an area of exposed
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limestone is met on the left (about 20m). Go left (E) along this exposure up
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to where the bunde starts and locate a surface stream canyon. This becomes
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184 when it goes underground (and it's marked).
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<p>It is a sharp narrow canyon and it's a BASTARD. Hence is called Shiruken
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(the sharp spikey things Ninjas throw).
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<h4>185 - Two Year Gestation Höhle (MARKED 183)</h4>
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<p>This is the narrow slot in the pavement on the E side of the col, on the
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usual ('89 to '90) route from top camp to 161. 185 was first bolted in '88
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and descended in 1990 by Jeremy and Matt.
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<p>The first pitch 'Fancy a coffee' descends past a small snow plug down to a
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large(ish) chamber covered with snow which appeared to be about 7m deep. A
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small section to the left lets in a shaft of light, which changes from a wide
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beam to a narrow one. A low crawl on the left (ice covered) leads to the
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second pitch ('Your place or mine') - a short 3m (approx) drop to a ledge
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then a longer (10 to 13m) drop down to the floor. The second pitch is
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slightly wet, with small amounts of water dripping from the roof. A loose
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climb leads to a tight crawl and even tighter pitch (Marble Sink revisited
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according to Jeremy), which is now named 'Get yer kit off' this descends into
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a small chamber, where the limestone changes in colour from yellow to blue, a
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rift then drops into a boulder covered chamber, with a larger boulder choked
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to the right and a very, very small hole leading to the left for a few
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metres. The 4th and probably final pitch has been named 'Came to soon'.
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<h4>186 - Rosenkavalierhöhle (NOT MARKED)</h4>
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<p>Bearings Nase: 285°, Gr. Schiebling Kögel: 350°<br>
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Near col just before camp one (iron cross), 50m above path on opposite
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hillside. Where path by the Nase meets fault running up the mountain.
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<p>The name is supposed to be in honour of Mark D's red Cavalier, but I think
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it may mean something more like 'Pink Knight Cave'. Cairn built by entrances.
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<p>There are three entrances investigated in the area.
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<p>Highest is a really tight flat-out crawl leading to a tightish but
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passable rift. Draughting.
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<p>Abandoned in favour of a newly collapsed small hole 10m below, at the foot
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of a small (5m) cliff. This had a very big rock blocking the entrance and
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rewarded the huge effort required to shift it with nearly 5m of passage to a
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choke and a choked shaft.
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<p>10m further down still is the third entrance. A 6m climb down to a large
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ramp and a rebelay is the start of a 30m pitch. One way at the bottom is an
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8m boulder slope climb up to a choke and small aven. The other way is a 2m
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climb into moonmilk crawl and some tight thrutching and chokes. All
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thoroughly investigated and not going anywhere.
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<h4>187 (CUCC 90)</h4>
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<p>Cairn by entrance. B. Nase: 246°, Central Peak of Dachstein!: 215°
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Up ridge to HSK from 161 entrance.
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<p>Nearly vertical bedding plane allows a 5m climb from where 5m+ of pitch
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can be seen, and stones thrown down it indicate more.
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<h4>188 - Skinrip Passages I - IV (NOT MARKED)</h4>
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<p>There is one unmarked cave, called Skinrip Passages I-IV, discovered by
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Julian, Tony, Keith and quote 'the total bastard pants gravel hypodermic
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foreskin up-your thunk' Jeremy. Assuming that it is more than 10m long then
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it qualifies and one of the above should go and scribble on it. This is
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described as a fun system of about six openings all in a line near the camp,
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all connected by cave, the last of which is a very tricky climb to get out of
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and is in the middle of bunde. It contains some snow and ice blockages,
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making it unpleasant without gear.
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1990 Expedition info:<br>
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<a href="index.htm">Index</a> (more detail than in this list)<br>
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<a href="log.htm">Logbook</a><br>
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<a href="report.htm">Expo Report</a> (Diary)<br>
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<a href="cavegd.htm">161 Description</a> to date (ie. 1990)<br>
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<a href="162163.htm">Entrances 162 and 163</a><br>
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Surveying Report:<br>
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<a href="svy1.htm"> 1: Calibration</a><br>
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<a href="svy2.htm"> 2: Survey Production</a><br>
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Bosch Cordless Rotary Hammer <a href="drill.htm">Drill Report</a><br>
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<a href="../../pubs.htm#1990">Index</a> to all publications<br>
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