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<tr><th align=left><font size=+2>LA25</font></th>
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<th align=center><font size=+2>LUSS/LA25</font></th>
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<th align=right><font size=+2>2/S +</font></th></tr>
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<p><b>Altitude:</b> 1880m, Depth 117m<br>
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<b>Location:</b> 13° 50' 04" E, 47° 42' 04" N<br>
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A large depression on the Hohes Augst-Eck ridge about 1km SSW of
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Roß Kogel, is reached from the crest of the ridge above the obvious
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rock arch, by following a large snow field to the head of the depression.
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Contouring around to the south of the depression, following the bedding,
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LA25 to 27 are close together.
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<p>Above the large depression, LA25 is an open, but obscure hole on a bedding shelf.
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<p>A tricky 4m climb down to a ledge and further 2m drop gain the floor of a
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chamber. Down boulder slope in chamber leads to a further short climb on
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overhanging loose rubble to a small chamber with draughting rift. A squeeze
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through the rift opens directly onto the head of an awkward 8m pitch.
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Beyond, the floor soon disappears and way on is 5m of traverse in a widening
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rift to where stones fall free for 5 seconds, this was the 1987 terminus.
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<p>A 6m drop reaches a point overlooking a 5m wide circular shaft. Bolts for
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a Y-hang lead onto the 56m free-hanging <b>Heart of Gold</b> pitch, named
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for its cross section. Another 10m drop on the other side of a boulder lands
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on a large ledge covered in loose boulders, <b>The Italian Bistro</b>.
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Awkward rigging on the right wall and two lower bolts allow <b>Deep
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Thought</b> to be rigged just clear of the tottering boulders that give the
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18m pitch its name.
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<p>At the base is <b>The Restaurant at the End of the Cave</b>, a large
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chamber sporting five waterfalls. From the foot of the pitch, the floor is
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steeply inclined up to an arch, beyond which the chamber continues to rise
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to a total length of about 50m. A debris slope up to a tube at the highest
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points leads only to a choke. There is no other way on from the Restaurant
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since the floor is choke by major collapse at a depth of 117m.
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<p><b>Exploration:</b> LUSS 1987-8
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<br><b>Survey:</b> A4 elev/plan to grade 5b, LUSS 1987-8
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<p><b>Acknowledgement:</b>The above description is taken from the LUSS
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<a href="../others/luss/index.htm">reports</a> on the 1987 and 1988 expeditions.
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