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<center><font size=-1>Cambridge Underground 1989 p 24</font></center>
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<h2>And so to 1989 . . .</h2>
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<h3>by Penny Reeves & Daniel Mace</h3>
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<p>Preparations for the 1989 extravaganza began in January, when we'd all
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just about had time to forget what 1988 was really like. Various people began
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looking with nostalgia at the sunlit scenes of happy cavers depicted on the
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1988 slides (no-one ever takes photos in the rain), and waxed lyrical on the
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delights of drinking Gösser Beer in Hilda's potato hut. Even the cave
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(Kaninchenhöhle) was reminisced about with affection. Gone was all
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thought of the depressing weeks of torrential alpine rain; gone the true
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recollection of the squalor of trying to carry on what passes for normal life
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knee deep in mud on a campsite that was doing a good imitation of the Somme;
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gone even, it seemed, was any memory of the horrors of attempting to place a
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sound bolt in rock that crumbled like mouldy Plaster of Paris at the
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slightest touch. People started to be enthusiastic about returning to
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Austria, so the time was ripe for the formation of yet another level of CUCC
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bureaucracy: the expedition committee.
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<p>An expedition building society account was opened (the 'Cambridge
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University Club Austria 1989 Expedition Account', a name carefully chosen so
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as to not quite fit onto the top line of a cheque however small your
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writing). Small non-returnable deposits were collected from all the
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prospective expedition members - including several people who were heard
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quite distinctly to say at the end of the 1988 expedition that they were
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"never going anywhere near that ***** cave ever again". Time is a great
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healer!
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<p>In an effort to improve the general quality of life in Austria, the
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committee wrote off to numerous companies asking for sponsorship. In return
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we offered to provide slides of the product in use in Austria, as well as
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copies of the expedition report. It was suggested that we write to a certain
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well-known condom manufacturer for sponsorship, but the idea had to be
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dropped when volunteers for the 'product in use' photo failed to come
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forward.
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<p>During February, March and April, large parcels began arriving at the
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Robinson Colege Porters Lodge. Hasty manoevres were required to divert these
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from ending up in the college kitchens, thus saving Robinson students from a
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strange diet of bran flakes, chicken noodles, dried milk, and peanut butter -
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a peculiar mixture that will certainly stretch the culinary skills of the
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cooks in Austria ! A large consignment of unrefined sugar will probably
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be baked into flapjack for convenient transportation. Flapjack baking trials
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have already produced excellent results, but unfortunately no samples have
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survived long enough to test how well the product keeps. It was suggested
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that some be given into the safekeping of someone who doesn't like the stuff
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in order to see how long it will keep for, but CUCC seems strangely bereft of
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such a person.
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<p>A ferry company donated two return cross-channel passenger tickets, and
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these were raffled at the annual dinner. The plan is that the money raised is
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to be used to purchase a rope, to be known as 'The Sally Line'..
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<p>As well as a grant of £500 received from the Sports Council, a
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further deposit of £70 has been called for and collection is to start
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immediately (the Treasurer is even now attempting to develop a contraption
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for getting blood out of stones...). This money is to be used for purchasing
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tackle (because when we beat the Austrian depth record we're going to need an
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awful lot!) and paying for insurance.
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<p>It has been pointed out that we ought also to write to the Austrian
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brewery, Gösser, and warn them well in advance of the large increase in
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beer consumption expected in the Bad Aussee region during August and
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September!
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<p>Come August 5th (if we can ever get the transport arrangements sorted
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out), we will leave for Austria to continue the exploration of
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Kaninchenhöhle, attempt to beat last year's record by drinking half a
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metric ton of Gösser, and work on our suntans.
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<p>After all, the weather can't be any worse than last year . . . . . can it?
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<ul>
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<li>Cambridge Underground 1989,
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<a href="../../../jnl/1989/index.htm">Table of Contents</a></li>
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<li>1989 Expedition <a href="../1989/index.htm">Index</a></li>
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<li>1988 Expedition info:
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<li><a href="index.htm">Index</a> (more detail than in this list)</li>
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<li><a href="log.htm">Logbook</a></li>
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<li>Cambridge Underground Expo Report:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="report.htm">Austria 1988</a> expedition report</li>
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<li><a href="cavegd.htm">161 Description</a> to date (ie. 1988)</li>
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<li><a href="164.htm">1623/164</a> exploration</li>
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<li><a href="rover.htm">A Rover's return</a></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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</ul></li>
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<li><a href="../../pubs.htm#pubs1988">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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<li><a href="../../../index.htm">CUCC Home Page</a>
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