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<tr><th align=left><font size=+2>71 a b</font></th>
<th align=center><font size=+2>Fledermaush&ouml;hle</font></th>
<th align=right><font size=+2>2/S/W +</font></th></tr>
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<p><b>Altitude:</b> 1600m<br>
<b>Depth:</b> 90m<br>
<b>Location:</b> West of Kratzer valley, off path to Schwarzmoossattel.
<p>Entrance is in a fair-sized shakehole in the dwarf-pine-covered karren
before Schwarzmoossattel.
<p>Initial hands and knees crawl for 20m soon enlarges and descends past a
couple of oxbows (one leading to within sight of daylight up an aven) to
reach twin climbs of 8m, the easier being through a hole to the right. Soon
afterwards is the first pitch, a sloping 8m. Below this, a pleasant passage
with occasional bat-droppings leads to a short muddy crawl, an earth bank
and a sizeable chamber. The next pitch, of 7m, is reached after more muddy
passage, and may be climbed/jumped by a rift to one side, but is best rigged
for the return.
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<p>Easy going continues past a right turn to a complex junction at several
levels. The water can be followed down a rift to a drop into an impenetrable
fissure. Back at the junction, a traverse and thrutch through lead to a
small tube, which crosses a cross-rift and ends at a filthy sump. Left at
the cross rift, however, a low crawl gives onto a greasy chimney climb of 4m
with very little in the way of holds. At the foot of this, the water
reenters, and soon develops acute verticality. The first 5m are technical
and best rigged, but below that, the descent becomes more spiralling in
mainly solid rock. After 30m, things become more shattered and muddy and the
climb drops into water leading very quickly to a sump at -90m.
<p>Shortly before the second pitch, a right turn leads into an inlet passage,
over a slot to the main passage below, over a traverse and a false floor, to
reach, eventually, an aven ascended for about 25m and continuing, but with
no great prospects.
<p>From the Chamber, a traverse can be entered from the top of the
rock-slope. The level closes off after about 15m, but below a climb down, a
pitch was excavated dropping into a larger passage which soon choked
comprehensively.
<p><b>Exploration:</b> Discovered by Karl Gaisberger in October 1975, but
prevented from continuing by start of winter snows, so shared exploration
with CUCC, 1976.
<p><b>Survey:</b> <a href="../../jnl/1977/index.htm">Cambridge Underground
1977</a>, facing page 46.
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