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< title > CUCC 2003 Expedition Goals< / title >
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< h2 > < center > CUCC Austria 2003 - Mission statement< / center > < / h2 >
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< p > This summer, Cambridge University Caving Club will be continuing its highly successful series of expeditions to the
Loser plateau in Austria. This document sets out the principal goals of the 2003 expedition.< / p >
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< h2 > Background< / h2 >
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< p > This summer sees CUCC's 27th expedition to the Loser plateau, which lies in the Totes Gebirge mountains, about
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80km east of Salzburg. CUCC is the principal group exploring in the area, which continues to yield new discoveries.< / p >
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< p > The principal known systems in the area are the southern Schwarzmooskogel system, comprising < a
href="../../smkridge/41/41.htm">Stellerweghö hle< / a > itself, the stunningly beautiful < a
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href="../../smkridge/40/cucc.htm">Schwarzmooskogel Eishö hle< / a > , and a number of other smaller caves, much of
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which was explored by CUCC in the 70s and early 80s; and < a href = "../../smkridge/161/top.htm" > Kaninchenhö hle< / a > ,
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an extremely complex system discovered by CUCC in 1989 which was the main focus of expeditions between then and
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2000.< / p >
< p > For a long period these caves were known to approach each other very closely but a connection between them proved
elusive. This was finally achieved by a German group last year, bringing the total length of the
Schwarzmooskogelhö hlensystem to over 50km and its depth to 1030m, placing it in among both the world's deepest
and longest caves.< / p >
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< p > Over the last three years the principal focus of CUCC's work has been < a
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href="../../smkridge/204/204.shtml">Steinbrü ckenhö hle,< / a > a cave lying to the north of the furthest known
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reaches of Kaninchenhö hle. This has quickly yielded over 5.3km of passage reaching a depth of 454m. As well as its
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considerable potential in its own right, it has a number of promising leads pointing in the direction of
Kaninchenhö hle, in particular the Razordance streamway which is currently the deepest known point in the cave and
is no more than 300m away from the Fuzzy Logic series in Kaninchenhö hle. This area of Kaninchenhö hle has a
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number of large unexplored leads which will be reexamined in more detail now
that a connection to Steinbrü ckenhö hle seems possible.
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< h2 > Principal Goals for 2003< / h2 >
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< h3 > Steinbrü ckenhö hle:< / h3 >
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< li > Continue the exploration of Razordance and other leads heading southwards< / li >
< li > Continue the pitch series leading off Swings and Roundabouts (Merry-Go-Round and Plan Not Interesting) explored in
2002< / li >
< li > Explore leads in the north-east end discovered in 2001 (Chocolate Salty
Balls area)< / li >
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< h3 > Kaninchenhö hle:< / h3 >
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< li > Revisit deep pitches in Far North area< / li >
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< h3 > Elsewhere:< / h3 >
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< li > Re-explore < a href = "http://cucc.survex.com/expo/smkridge/2000-09/2000-09.htm" > Hauchhö hle< / a > , which lies above the hypothetical Steinbrü ckenhö hle - Kaninchenhö hle
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connection< / li >
< li > Explore any other undescended caves in this area< / li >
< li > Explore the many large unexplored entrances reported on the far side of the ridge behind the Steinbrü cken
bivvy site, which are believed to be at the same stratigraphic level as the principal horizontal development in
Steinbrü ckenhö hle< / li >
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< h3 > Documentation and resurveying:< / h3 >
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< li > Surface survey to < a href = "../../smkridge/2002-01/2002-01.htm" >
Artischockenhö hle< / a > (discovered 2001)< / li >
< li > Sort out confusion over exact location of Hauchhö le, which appears to be listed twice in our indices under different numbers (2000-08 and 2000-09)< / li >
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< h2 > 2003 Expo Committee< / h2 >
< ul > < li > < b > Leader:< / b > David Loeffler (Trinity)< / li >
< li > < b > Treasurer:< / b > Martin Green (Corpus Christi)< / li >
< li > < b > Transport Organiser:< / b > Mark Shinwell (Queens')< / li >
< li > < b > Sponsorship Organiser:< / b > Julia Bradshaw (ExCS)< / li >
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< p align = "right" > < i > David Loeffler, 19/1/03< / i > < / p > < / body > < / html >
