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<h3>NEW DISCOVERIES</h3>
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<p align=right>Mike Thomas
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<p>Only a day of prospecting was done this year, surprising considering the
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alternatives along the caving line. One small but powerfully draughting
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entrance (132) was found by Phil T. also a larger but static entrance (131),
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131 being just above 32 on the Wildensee Hut track, so probably connecting
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with the 41 - 115 system, but about 15m below 41. They were both left while
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the push went on in 115.
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<p>Unfortunately the heavens opened one day, forcing everyone to hide in the
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Bar Fischer and when Phil and Mike went up to push 115 they had to park the
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car in a lake. Realising that we couldn't return for a while and finding the
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restaurant closed, we decided to look at recent finds.
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<p>After swimming through the bunde, we found the well concealed entrance
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blowing a gale. Phil put on his hard caving gear comprising jeans, T-shirt
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and even a wetsuit top and descended into the beckoning void. He raced in,
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and avoiding the howling gale blowing in his ear, crawled up the blind
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passage to find Mike squeezing through a hole he had just dug out. We were
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in. The cave just got bigger and bigger. So, after running round and losing
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each other, we surfaced after an arduous two hour trip. 131 was then looked
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at. Although it has a probable 80m pitch down a narrow rift, past experience
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has shown that the draught is necessary for a sizeable system.
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<p>The next trip pushed further afield and found a medium sized chamber with
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several leads going off. Doug and Mike tried to fill one of these in, but
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decided to leave as the rocks were taking rather a long time to hit bottom.
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They then lost each other and left separately to rescue each other.
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<p>When this news was heard, it was ealised by an intelligent few that here
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was an easier alternative to 115. So, a crack team did the half hour trip to
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the head of the undescended pitch. When the bolts were finally placed and
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powerful electric lights failed to show the rope to touch bottom, Mike and
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Andy decided to jack but Tim abseiled into the gloom to find a 35-40m pitch
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into a gigantic chamber approximately half the dimensions of Gaping Gill
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(yes, it's all from memory - very grade 1). Two very promising leads
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involving a squeeze past hanging death or a tumble down a tube were found in
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the half hour's exploration which followed. The final trip derigged the rope
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and left all the unexplored ends till next year.
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<!-- LINKS -->
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<ul id="links">
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<li>1982 Expedition info:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="log.htm">Logbook</a></li>
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<li>Main Expo report, Cambridge Underground 1983:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="report.htm">CUCC in Austria</a> - Phil Townsend</li>
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<li><a href="41gd.htm">Stellerweg Guidebook Description</a> by Pete Lancaster</li>
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<li><a href="41svy.htm">Stellerweg Survey</a> article by Andy Waddington</li>
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<li><a href="41camp.htm">The Underground Camp</a> by Chas Butcher</li>
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<li><a href="bats.htm">The Bats of 115</a> by Dave Brindle</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><a href="bcracc.htm">BCRA Caves & Caving Report</a></li>
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<li><a href="../../pubs.htm#pubs1982">Index</a> to all publications</li>
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<li><a href="../../index.htm">Back to Expeditions intro page</a></li>
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