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< 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 > 1626-359< / 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' -->
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< official_name > Heimkehrhöhle (Homecoming)< / official_name > <!-- Use ü for u+Umlaut and ö for o+umlaut eg Höhle for Hohle and Glück for Gluck --> <!-- Name of the cave (normally in German) -->
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< area > 1626< / area > <!-- the CUCC - defined areas shown in http://expo.survex.com/areas.htm -->
< kataster_code > < / kataster_code > <!-- 'length - or - depth/type exploration'
code used in the Austrian kataster e.g '1/S +' - https://expo/.survex.com/katast.htm
T Trockenhö hlen (Dry caves)
W Wasserhö hlen (Caves with water)
(W) Zeitweilig aktiv Wasserhö hlen (Caves with seasonal water)
E Eishohlen (Caves with ice formations)
S Schachthö hlen (Caves with pitches)
H Halbhö hlen (Rock shelters ?)
- unerforscht (unexplored)
= befahren (visited)
×
+ erforscht (exploration considered complete)
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< kataster_number > 359< / kataster_number > <!-- (Either this or unofficial_number is required). Official number in Austrian kataster if one has been allocated -->
< unofficial_number > 2018-dm-07< / unofficial_number > <!-- (Either this or kataster_number is required). Initial temporary cave ID used until kataster number is allocated e.g. '2012 - DD - 01' -->
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< entrance >
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< entranceslug > 1626-359< / 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 -->
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< / entrance >
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< explorers > CUCC< / 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. -->
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< underground_description > < p > < font size = "3" style = "font-size: 12pt" > < i > < u > < b > Acronyms:
< / b > < / u > < / i > < / font >
< / p >
< p > < font size = "3" style = "font-size: 12pt" > < i > R
= right; L = left; < / i > < / font >
< / p >
< p > < font size = "3" style = "font-size: 12pt" > < i > p
= pitch (e.g., p30 = 30m pitch)< / i > < / font > < / p >
< p > < font size = "3" style = "font-size: 12pt" > < i > c
= climb (e.g., c10 = 10m climb)< / i > < / font > < / p >
< p > < font size = "3" style = "font-size: 12pt" > < i > N
= north, S = south, E = east, W = west< / i > < / font > < / p >
< p > < font size = "3" style = "font-size: 12pt" > < i > QM
= question mark meaning an open, unexplored lead< / i > < / font > < / p >
< p > < font size = "3" style = "font-size: 12pt" > < i > PT
= point marked on survey< / i > < / font > < / p >
< p > < b > Bold < / b > text
indicates passage / series names.< / p >
< p > The main route is
described in normal text and side passages / oxbows are described in
< i > italics< / i > .< / p >
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< p > A significant cave
found in 2018 on the western edge of our area. This is the first cave
so far out onto the Plateau that breaks into complex and extensive
horizontal passage. The entrance is located in a gully with thick
vegetation on either side. It is an obvious open pit with a snow plug
in the bottom.< / p >
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< h2 > 2018 Discoveries< / h2 >
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< h3 > Entrance series< / h3 >
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< p > The entrance pitch
(p5) drop onto a snow plug where heading downslope leads to a stance
on jammed boulders. A p4 drops onto a narrow ledge which is traversed
for a short distance to the head of a p7 which lands on a second snow
plug. (< i > The p4 is very wet if it is raining on the surface but it
would not be hazardous to exit the cave in these conditions, just
very unpleasant< / i > )< / p >
< p > From the bottom of
the second snow plug a short, drafting crawl over boulders leads
directly to two more pitches, a p5 then immediately a p10. Below here
a short wriggle through boulders on the L side of the passage leads
to a short section of rift passage ending at a p3 to a ledge. The
ledge looks out over a large chamber with jammed boulders in the roof
directly opposite the ledge. < i > (There may be passage leading off
from these jammed boulders, QMB). < / i > The p30 from this ledge to the
floor of the chamber is < b > Radagast< / b > and it lands on a boulder
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floor. (< i > 5m below the top of < b > Radagast< / b > it is
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possible to swing into a series of small phreatic tubes and immature
vadose shafts trending SW at point PT01 and leading past PT02. This
area does not contain any great leads but may be worth a look as it
is an easy, shallow trip).< / i > < / p >
< p > From the bottom of
< b > Radagast< / b > a traverse on the L along a bedrock ledge with jammed
boulders leads to a p5. From here the route narrows to a meander
which is followed as close to the roof as possible to a point where
the floor opens out and there is a short traverse (left rigged in
2019) to drop into a boulder-floored aven chamber. Downslope in this
chamber chokes; the way on is an up pitch (left rigged in 2019) onto
another boulder floor, from which a tall meander leads off
(< b > Definitely not the Dachstein< / b > ).< / p >
< p > < b > Definitely not
the Dachstein< / b > leads (via a number of traverses, two short pitches
down and one short pitch up) to the top of < b > Wallace< / b > (p30) which
drops down to the base of a large meander then lands on a ledge. From
the ledge, two short hangs lead to a very exposed stance below which
the continuing meander bells out into a large free hanging rift
pitch, < b > Grommit< / b > (p55). (< i > Traversing S along the walls of the
< / i > < i > < b > Grommit< / b > < / i > < i > is likely to gain entry to the upstream
continuation of < / i > < i > < b > The Second Coming; < / b > < / i > < i > this is QMA
2019-01). < / i > Around 10m from the base of Grommit pitch it is
possible to swing onto a ledge on the W wall (this is awkward to rig;
the easiest option is to descend to the base of the pitch and climb
up the wall protected with jammers on the pitch rope). Traversing
along the ledge leads to an abandoned meander with a very strong
outward draft. A short p5 N of PT03 at the far end of the traverse
drops down to the start of < b > The Second Coming. < / b > < i > (Continuing
to the bottom of < / i > < i > < b > Grommit < / b > < / i > < i > lands on a rock floor
with a vadose trench and a stream in the bottom. This leads via a p10
to a short series of narrow tubes which end in tight sumps and
chokes).< / i > < / p >
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< H3 > The Second Coming< / H3 >
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< p > < b > The Second Coming
< / b > starts below the p5 N of PT03 (which is at the end of the
traverse from the Entrance Series). (< i > From here a p8 (left rigged
2019) up to a small phreatic tube on the R leads to < / i > < i > < b > Propane
Nightmares). < / b > < / i > The passage continues as a very drafty phreatic
tube with a vadose trench to quickly reach a junction at PT04.
(< i > Heading L at this junction leads to < / i > < i > < b > Hobnob Hallway< / b > < / i > < i >
(described in a separate section below). < / i > Continuing directly NE
along < b > The Second Coming < / b > the passage immediately passes a small
L passage (< i > this immediately goes to a junction. Here, L oxbows
down Kitkat Connection straight back to Hobnob Hallway whilst R goes
to a parallel passage to The Second Coming). < / i > After a further
section of straight, high rift to the NE it reaches a junction at
PT05 with a large, abandoned meander. (< i > L here heading downstream
and SW in this meander, the roof gradually lowers - passing a
junction on the L that goes to Kitkat Connection - until a high aven
with a flowstone floor is reached. Beyond this aven a short section
of passage leads to a pitch (QMA) with a passage visible on the other
side (QMA) that is presumed to be the continuation of the
aforementioned meander).< / i > < / p >
< p > From PT05, heading
‘ ’
the junction in the meander leads, via some exposed traversing and an
area of boulder collapse, to another junction at PT06. Here a
phreatic tube on the L comes in halfway up the meander. (< i > Continuing
along the meander past the junction passes a number of pools and
sections of crawling to reach a large pool across the entire passage.
This has not yet been crossed< / i > . < i > Just before the pool it is
possible to climb up around 5m at PT07 to a higher-level passage
which goes around 10m NE to reach a traverse, < / i > < i > < b > Wilfully
Endangering Lives,< / b > < / i > < i > over a large window into the lower
passage). < / i >
< / p >
< p > At PT06 the phreatic
tube on the L passes through several stooping sections and a well
decorated canyon with pools in the floor to reach a free climbable
hole in the floor which is the top of the 5m climb at PT07 previously
described. Crossing over < b > Wilfully Endangering Lives < / b > reaches
some jammed boulders about 5m E of PT08 and the passage continues on
as a pleasant but very drafty canyon. (< i > At PT09 at the first corner
there is a climb down on the L into a passage which is presumed to be
the continuation of the lower level passage. This QM B has not been
pushed beyond the wide pool). < / i > Continuing past this junction the
passage becomes maze-like and needs fully surveying. It eventually
ends at a deep drafty rift. (< i > This has been pushed by Haydon
Saunders et al in 2018, supposedly to a large chamber called the
< / i > < i > < b > Lizard King, < / b > < / i > < i > beyond PT10, but no survey data has
been forthcoming. The whole area needs a good push; there are
probably no easy leads but the draft is absolutely ridiculous< / i > ).< / p >
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< H3 > Hobnob Hallway< / H3 >
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< p > < i > (This description
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should be checked and related to the QMs marked on the survey)< / i > Heading L at the first junction along < b > The Second Coming< / b >
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leads to < b > Hobnob Hallway< / b > . This starts as a sand floored
phreatic passage. A short distance along a hole in the floor leads N
to < b > Kit Kat connection < / b > which loops back to < b > The Second
Coming< / b > . Further along, a fine false floor crosses a small stream,
not explored. A small sandy slope leads down to a canyon on the R,
with a phreatic passage at the top. A short way along this phreas,
< b > Phil Lynn’ < / b > , a small chamber, is reached. From
here a hole to the R leads to < b > Dead Bat Dead End< / b > . Back at the
canyon, a small passage can be followed to another junction,
returning to the canyon. To the R is unsurveyed, but the L continues
along a phreatic named < b > Papsi Passage< / b > , with the canyon in the
floor. Occasional smaller (barely body sized) phreatics break off
from this. Eventually the canyon is lost, and the phreatic continues.
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A further junction is reached, to the R, < b > Papsi Passage< / b > continues. To the L leads down< b > Dead Fly Passage< / b > , ending at the
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top of a canyon, presumably the continuation of the earlier canyon.
< b > Papsi Passage< / b > continues in the phreatic until it too reaches a
canyon, presumably the same)< i > . < / i >
< / p >
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< H2 > 2019
Discoveries< / H2 >
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< h3 > Propane
Nightmares< / h3 >
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< p > From PT03 at the end
of the traverse from the Entrance Series descend the p5 to the N.
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(< i > Ahead the main passage is The Second Coming). Ascend a p8
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(left rigged 2019) < / i > up to a small phreatic tube on the R. This
enters < b > Propane Nightmares. < / b > It starts as a stooping size
phreatic tube formed on a fault plane heading E. (< i > Around 10m from
the start of the passage a narrow canyon leads up on the R and then
heads steeply down towards the sound of a waterfall. This ends in a
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steep slope which the survey suggests connects with < b > Grommit< / b > )< / i > .
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The main passage continues E with a similar size, passing a handline
c8 up (< i > left rigged in 2019)< / i > immediately followed by a p12
down. Continuing E soon reaches a three-way junction at PT11. This is
the beginning of a maze area. Down and keeping L (N) leads to another
junction. Turning R at this second junction shortly leads to the top
of a p5 down. < i > (Straight on at this second junction leads, via a
steeply descending phreas with a squeeze, to a steep sided static
sump. Traversing around the edge of this sump leads to a larger
passage which heads SW and shortly reaches the bottom of the p5
described above. This route bypasses the p5 but it is not recommended
due to the risk of falling into the static sump which would likely be
fatal. E of the sump a drafty ramp ascends to a short bolt climb with
a good draft, QMA)< / i > .< / p >
< p > From the bottom of
the p5 the passage develops a trench in the floor and soon leads to a
T junction at PT12 with a large pitch in the floor (QMA)< i > . (To the
R leads to a splashy aven and the head of an immature canyon,
QM_not_worth_the_misery). < / i > To the L at the PT12 junction is a
short, roped traverse (left rigged 2019) which leads to a crawling
sized phreatic tube that soon arrives at a p4 with a tiny wet inlet
in the roof at the head of the pitch. Below, the phreas continues as
a crawl until a canyon develops in the floor which, after a couple of
short climbs, arrives at the top of < b > Strained by Gravity < / b > (p75)< / p >
< p > < b > Strained by
Gravity < / b > is broken by four large ledges and lands on a boulder
floor with a waterfall entering on the E side. (< i > A passage leads
off directly behind the waterfall - it is not possible to avoid
getting wet - and traverses over a pit in the floor with a streamway
at the bottom; after the traverse it is possible to drop down into a
streamway (described next) or to continue to traverse into a phreatic
tube in the roof, QMB). < / i > Clambering down among the boulders at the
bottom of < b > Strained By Gravity< / b > it is possible to scurry under a
drippy area below the waterfall (umbrella recommended) to enter
< b > Watershed< / b > , a fine streamway that trends SE. (< i > Just past the
waterfall the passage passes beneath the traverse mentioned above)< / i > .< / p >
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< p > < b > Watershed< / b > continues for over 100m as a significant streamway with some
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unusually impressive speleothems for the Totes Gebirge. This section
is reminiscent of the great stream caves of the Mendip Hills until
the water begins to cut down into a trench in the floor. At this
point progress is made by traversing at roof level in a phreatic tube
that continues to be finely decorated. This carries on until it
eventually reaches a T-junction. R immediately arrives at a large,
wet pitch (QMA) whilst to the L the phreas continues and almost
immediately reaches another two way junction (QMAx2).< / p > < / 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. -->
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< kataster_status > In Kataster< / kataster_status >
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< underground_centre_line > In Dataset< / 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'. -->
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