<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>1623-114</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>Verlorenhohle</official_name><!-- Name of the cave (normally in German) Use ü for u+Umlaut and ö for o+umlaut eg Höhle for Hohle and Glück for Gluck-->
<kataster_number>114</kataster_number><!-- (Either this or unofficial_number is required). Official number in Austrian kataster if one has been allocated -->
<unofficial_number></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>1623-114</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>CUCC 1980, 2007, 2019</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. -->
<survex_file></survex_file><!-- Name of top-level survey file for this cave. Relative to the 'loser' survex repository. So for most caves that's "caves-162x/cavenum/cavnum.svx". (e.g. caves-1623/204/204.svx -->
<underground_description><ahref="/years/2018/logbook.html#2018-07-18a">2018-07-18</a>: Rock-filled rift ~1m high and wide goes 260 degrees magnetic into hillside (descending approx. 15 degrees). Hole in floor near ent. is a climbdown, then a 22cm squeeze (Radost did it) to where it continues - tight. No draft.
Going over the hole in the floor the more obvious route leads after 14m from ent.to a 2m climb down and a drafting flat-out hole leading to a vertical (upwards) solution (?) shaft filled with rocks. [Since the hillside is very steep here, this may be ~20m or more to the surface.] Could be dug, but ideally not from the bottom where Radost was.
Whole cave drafts cold air out slightly - less in 2019 than 2018 possibly due to snow choke elsewhere. No snow visible anywhere near it.
The roof of the rift is flat and slopes to the south, about 30 degrees from vertical. This is very similar to rifts in Schnellzughohle and Stellerweghohle nearby, but in this cave there are no flow scallops.
Roof is solid rock and floor is blocks and rocks [and relic vadose features].
<p>Good sketch of how to find it in <ahref="/logbookentry/2007-07-11/2007-07-11a">Logbook Wed 11 Jul 2007</a> when Mark Doherty and Anthony Day found it (again) while looking for 115. 114 is the "Small Cave Entrance (body-sized tube)".
The shape, length and orientation of the cave is very suspiciously similar to surveyed 1623-228 "Kleine Schnellzughohle". And the entrance is very close (60m) to Schnellzughohle and does indeed look like a smaller version of Schnellzughohle. So is the survey location of 1623-228 in Egglgrube valley incorrect ?</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>none. Chilly draft and scramble so shorts not advised.</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>1980 logbook, 2007 logbook, 2018 & 2019 logbooks.</references><!-- References to documentation. Could be Journal articles or Logbook entries. Can be links if the docs are online. -->
<survey></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'. -->
<br>Photos taken from turn-off point [from Stoger Weg]: "a barely discernable trod" to cave.
This "trod" is much more overgrown than it was in 1982.
<br>
I have just (May 1990) found an old note book which says this was explored by John, Tony and Andy C, but gives no detail on where or what.
There is a strong suspicion that the cave was one of the "promising leads" found on their trip to Wildenseealm. However, the only
published account refers the reader to the 1980 log book. This latter is, unfortunately, missing.</p>
<p>This does not appear to be in the Austrians' Kataster.
<p>
AERW email 30 June 2020:
The name Verlorenschacht was probably invented by me, and in the absence
of the 1980 logbook, there is no real reason to believe it was a schacht,
just something they thought worth a number in a year when we were making
the effort to actually number stuff we found. It is _probably_ not (as you
might hope) somewhere between 113 and 115, but it _might_ be ... There is
something in that area that one steps over on a particular (probably
obscure) route from one cave to another. I don't *think* it got a
number but it *might* be 114. If that surmise is anywhere near, then it
is between the Stogerweg and 113, rather than close to 115.
<p>
> But it is definitely not a "Schacht": more a horizontal scramble with a
> couple of pits. [Philip]
That doesn't sound like the thing in the 113 area I'm thinking of - that
was at least a bit of a climb down at the entrance (enough not to venture
in without at least a handline). Of course, if it was something on the
Wildenseealm walk, then it is nowhere near 113/41/115.
<p>
The missing 1980 logbook really is critical to this one.
<p>
Philip Sargent email 1 July 2020 to Wookey:
<p>
> According to AERW it might or might not be the same cave, or be might
> be remembering something else; but it is arguably in the right place
> as at least two groups have found it while looking for 115 coming from
> the path - and 113 is on the other (upper) side of the path - so it is
> topologically between 113 and 115 even if not geometrically between 113 and 115.
>
> I say let's go for it and rub out the uncertainty.
> Which means I had better write up a sketch survey for all 15m of it.
<p>
I've not followed the whole thread/saga, but at this stage I think this sounds reasonable. Almost anything would be an improvment and so long as we're reasonably sure that the original 114 is not marked as such in a way that might one day be noticed (and it seems unlikely that the 1980 logbook will surface at this point) any reasonable effort to get a cave in about the right place should suffice.
<url>1623/114/114.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')-->
