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<h2 align=center>Expo 2009: mission statement</h2>
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<p>Expo 2009 (Cambridge Austrian Cave Science
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Expedition) seeks to continue over three decades worth of cave
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exploration and surveying on the Loser Plateau in the Totes Gebirge
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mountains, Austria. </p>
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<p>Note that numbers given by cave names are those of
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the <a href="../../indxal.htm">Austrian Kataster for our area</a>.</p>
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<p>During the 1990s the main focus of expo was Kaninchenhöhle (<a href=
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"../../1623/161/161.html">161</a>). The past few years have seen the discovery and
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subsequent exploration of Steinbrückenhöhle (<a href=
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"../../1623/204/204.html">204</a>) and, more recently, Tunnockschacht (<a href=
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"../../1623/258/258.html">258</a>). A particularly impressive effort in 2007 saw
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204 pushed to within several dozen metres of KH. The stage is now set for the next
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few years of exploration to potentially be spectacularly successful as we search for
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the connections between the three caves. Success would result in one of the world's
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30 longest cave systems. </p>
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<h3>Exploration Goals</h3>
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<h4>Kaninchenhöhle, <a href="../../1623/161/161.html">161</a>,
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Primary Objective:</h4>
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The ultimate goal is to seek a connection between Kaninchenhöhle
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and the lowest reaches of 204, beyond Razordance. However there are
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so many high-grade leads at The Far End in Kaninchenhöhle that
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continuing exploration here is a worthwhile goal in itself. The
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description is available <a href="../../1623/161/farnth.htm">here</a>.
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<h4>Tunnockschacht, <a href="../../1623/258/258.html">258</a>:</h4>
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<li>To continue to push some of the horizontal leads, most notably:
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<ul>
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<li>Stone Monkey</li>
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<li>Flying High</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li>To drop some of the many undescended pitches with the aim of finding a
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deeper horizontal level.
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</li></ul>
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<h4>Steinbrückenhöhle, <a href="../../1623/204/204.html">204</a>:</h4>
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To continue exploration of some of the upper level leads in the
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vicinity of E entrance. More specifically:
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<ul>
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<li>The area beyond 7-11 chamber, which was initially explored in 2008</li>
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<li>Riverdance, <a
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href="../../1623/204/qm.html#C2006-204-08">undropped
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pitch</a></li>
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<li>The area near sandpit which was also explored in 2008, <a href="../../1623/204/qm.html#C2003-204-32">here</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Other Goals</h4>
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<li>To continue to maintain good relations with local Austrian
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caving groups.</li>
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<li>To update the expo website to reflect the passages found in
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the past 2 or 3 years.</li>
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<li>To test out <a href="../../handbook/troggle/trogintro.html">Troggle</a> on the expedition.</li>
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