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<title>CUCC Expedition Handbook - Pitch Rigging</title>
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<center><h1>Rigging Pitches in Austria</h1></center>
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<p>Rigging pitches in Austria is a little different from rigging on a typical
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vertical trip in Yorkshire. For a start, the pitch may remain rigged for a
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whole expedition, so consideration has to be given not just to avoiding water
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in current conditions, but under much wetter conditions during a thunderstorm
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on the surface. The extra traffic on a rope over several weeks and the
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general sharpness of the rock mean that rubs must be even more assiduously
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avoided, and ropes checked for damage on each descent. Loose rock is much
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more of a hazard on pitches which have seen little or no traffic, and natural
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belays may be scarce or absent. On virgin pitches, new bolts must be placed
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in the hard rock, whilst on previously explored pitches, old anchors must be
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found and their safety assessed before screwing in new hangers.
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<p>Often, new pitches will be rigged "quick and dirty" for a first descent to
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see if they go anywhere, and then must be rigged to a much higher standard on
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a subsequent descent if exploration is to proceed beyond. Rerigging is also
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needed if the rope originally used was much too long or too short, as is
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frequently the case when descending unknown pitches.
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<p>Although progress is achingly slow, there are some bits of a CUCC-specific
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rigging chapter for this expedition handbook. So far we have:
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<p><img alt=">" src="../../icons/lists/0.png">
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Expedition Handbook: Rigging Guide<br>
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<img alt="--->" src="../../icons/lists/1.png">
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Rigging Guide: Introduction<br>
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<img alt="--->" src="../../icons/lists/1.png">
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Rigging Guide: <a href="rig/boltin.htm">Placing Bolts</a>
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<p>As this doesn't coiver very much, we recommend you look at Sherry Mayo's
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<a href="http://www.cavepage.magna.com.au/cave/SRTrig.html">Rigging for
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alpine SRT (Beta version)</a>. This is aimed at users in Australia, but is
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based on York and Oxford U.C.C. practices in the Picos de Europa (N.Spain),
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which is in many ways similar to Austria. If you are reading this page from
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a local disc or CD (rather than over the net from chaos) you may find that
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there is a <a href="3rdparty/sherry/srtrig.htm">local copy</a> of this guide.
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<p>It is intended to add rigging guides to the descriptions for each pitch
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series in CUCC's major caves - these will be graphical, and based on sketch
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rigging guides currently in various survey and log books. Look for the symbol
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<br><center>Rigging Guide
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<img src="../../icons/rigit.png" align=middle></center><br>
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in the descriptions, for a link. This is the next major long-term upgrade
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for the website, and has hardly started yet. It is hoped to do the main
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routes in <span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span> which will be needed for
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the 1999 expedition by early summer. The main routes down from the top
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entrances will follow as effort permits. To help this along, it is essential
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that rigging guides are drawn for any new rigging or rerigging each year.
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Ideally, this should be done by the person who did the rigging the next time
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he is at Base Camp (or even in the Top Camp log). It's also essential for
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future years to record any gear left <span lang="la">in situ</span>, so that
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we can keep the <a href="../fixaid.htm">Fixed Aids</a> list up to date.
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<p><a href="l/rbelay.htm"><img alt="Rebelay photo - 32k"
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src="t/rbelay.jpg" width=100 height=200 hspace=15 align=left></a>
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Tina White approaching a typical rebelay in Austria - one of a series
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of illustrations which will eventually form part of this Expo Handbook
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section.
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