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<center><h2>University of Bristol Speleological Society</h2></center>
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The UBSS is the oldest of the existing British University caving clubs.
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Most famous for its work in the caves of County Clare, and also much
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involved in Mendip caving, the UBSS also venture further afield.
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<p>Steve Perry (once dubbed "the fittest man on Mendip") was a CUCC member
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with UBSS connections, who was on the 1977 expedition. Other UBSS members
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first joined CUCC's Austria expedition as guests in 1980, and UBSS was a
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"guest club" on the CUCC expedition in both 1981 and 1982, after which their
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involvement declined. The work done by UBSS members was written up in the
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prestigious Proceedings of UBSS:
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<dt><a href="811427.htm">81.1427</a><dd>
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<cite>Proceedings of the University of Bristol Speleological Society 16(1)
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(1981) pp 5-10</cite>, <b>An introduction to Austrian karst</b>, Steve Perry
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<dt><a href="811309.htm">81.1309</a><dd>
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<cite>Proceedings of the University of Bristol Speleological Society 16(1)
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(1981) pp 11-20</cite>, <b>A description of some caves...</b>, Julian
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Griffiths
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<dt><a href="831621.htm">83.1621</a><dd>
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<cite>Proceedings of the University of Bristol Speleological Society 16(2)
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(Nov 1982) pp 77-83</cite>, <b>The Stellerweghöhle system, Totes
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Gebirge, Austria</b>, Rich Barker et al
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<hr>
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<p>Unknown to CUCC (and very much to our embarassment in 1989), a few UBSS
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members staged independent expeditions to an area north of the plateau. We
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believe there were two trips (in 1989 and 1990), though information is still
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hard to come by, as the whole thing was clandestine. The local Austrian
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cavers found it hard to believe that CUCC had no knowledge of the trips
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whilst CUCC found it hard to believe that no-one at the BCRA Conference would
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admit to being with the "English group camped on Augst-Eck" found by the
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helicopter during Becka's 1989 rescue. This upset an already delicate
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political situation, with the risk that all English groups might be banned
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from the area permanently. It would appear that the officers and committee
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of the UBSS itself were unaware that their members were visiting the area
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without permission and had not bothered to research the political situation
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before giving grant money for the trip.
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