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http://gharparau.org.uk
5. Continuing exploration and survey of Schwarzmooskogel ridge caves, chiefly the “Subsoil” level and "Razordance" in Steinbrückenhöhle, as well extending the promising discovery of Tunnockschact. We will study stress levels (cortisol) in cavers and the role of condensation in cave microclimates and speleogenesis.
6.This year, an interdisciplinary research project will be combined with CUCC's usual high standards of surveying, prospecting, and photography. A network of sensors and dataloggers for temperature, humidity, and airflow will be deployed and then used a) to investigate microclimate and map / quantify expected and observed condensation rates and b) to provide a control backdrop for the caver stress study.
Exploration in Steinbrückenhöhle will include a concerted push on the "Razordance" streamway (currently at -542m) in hopes that it will break through the current level, potentially leading to deep (potentially below -1000m) system or sump. Major pushes will also be carried out in the "Gaffered to the walls" series. Last year's promising discovery of Tunnockschacht will be further explored. Surface prospecting will be continued.
8. CUCC has been exploring in the area since 1976: an expedition has been
held every year since then except in 1986. The ARGE Grabenstetten group
from Germany, with whom we have a good relationship, also work in the
same general area and have held many expeditions there.
10.
Wookey, wookey@aleph1.co.uk
Professor Paul Smith, Head of Earth Sciences, Birmingham University m.p.smith@bham.ac.uk
11. The expedition website, http://cucc.survex.com/expo, contains surveys, detailed descriptions, logbooks etc.
Dreybrodt et al (2005) “Condensation corrosion: a theoretical approach” Acta Carsologica, 34 (2): 317-348.
Stenner, E., E. Gianoli, et al. (2006). "Muscular damage and intravascular haemolysis during an 18 hour subterranean exploration in a cave of 700 m depth." Br J Sports Med 40(3): 235-8.
Nagler, R. M., O. Hershkovich, et al. (2002). "Saliva analysis in the clinical setting: revisiting an underused diagnostic tool." J Investig Med 50(3): 214-25.
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Members will be charged on a pro-rata basis for items such as food and campsite fees. Each member will therefore receive a differing expedition bill according to their individual situation; there is no fixed contribution to the expedition. The costs of fieldwork equipment purchased for the research projects and lab costs will be funded by grants and sponsorship with any remaining shortfall contributed by Aaron Curtis and Djuke Veldhuis.
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EXPENDITURE
Travel costs (communal pooled transport, see above) 2200
Purchase of safety-critical expedition gear (rope etc.) 1000
Replenishment of first aid kits 100
Repairs to and purchase of surveying equipment 100
Purchase of field research equipment 3000
Post-expedition labwork 1500
Insurance 700
Food 1500
Campsite fees 1500
Contingency (10%) 1160
Approximate total expenditure 12760
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INCOME
Total contributions from members 8000
Grants, sponsorship and fundraising 4760
(Other organizations we have applied or plan to apply to include the Cambridge Expeditions Fund, the Royal Geographical Society, the Shell Personal Development Award, the Cambridge University Geography Department Bedford Travel Grant, and the David Richards Travel Fund.)
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Name Age Occupation Number of past CUCC Austria expeditions
Richard Mundy 22 Student 0
Mark Shinwell 27 Programmer 8
Serena Povia 26 Student 0
David Loeffler 24 Student 5
Lucy Freem 20 Student 0
Ollie Stevens 20 none 0
Rebecca Lawson 39 Lecturer 11
Julian Todd 38 Programmer 9
Adam Kessler 19 Student 0
John Billings 22 Student 1
Anthony Day Geologist 12
Mark Dougherty Professor 5
Peter Harley 19 Student 1
Tom Handford 20 Student 1
Richard Mundy 22 Student 1
Djuke Veldhuis 24 Student 0
Aaron Curtis 20 Student 0
Phillip Underwood30 GP 9
Andy Atkinson 37 Teacher 9
Sarah White 22 Student 1
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Ollie Stevens 20
I am a 1st Year Student studying Engineering, and have been caving for a several months. I am keen to gain more experience in more exotic caves, but also through exploring/surveying begin to give something back to the caving community. I also feel this expedition would give me deeper insight into the organisation of major expeditions, such that in later years I can sustain our annual expedition for future cavers. As CUCC does not lend gear for Expo, any financial help I can get for the purchase of an SRT kit, undersuit, oversuit, etc would be gratefully received.
Serena Povia 26
I'm an italian PhD student who started caving in october 2005. I had to suspend caving in Dec 2005 due to a non-caving related broken leg and a scholarship in USA. Now I'm back in U.K. and the first thing I did was go underground. In caving I appreciate the 'group' spirit and the total sense of dependence and trust that develops among party memebers. On a more individualistic side I love the thrilling feeling of challenge and adventure, I love the cold water that makes my feet numb, the mud on my Mars bar, the impressive rock that I have to climb and conquer. I will go on CUCC Expo in Austria and make myself useful as much as possible, although I will need to purchase gear which is difficult to afford on my own and therefore any assistance is greatly appreciated.
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The 2007 Austria expedition incorporates many new elements. This year we have applied to the Cambridge Expeditions Committee to become officially endorsed by the University, and fully expect to gain that status. We also have applied for and expect to gain Royal Geographical Society approval and funding to assist with the purchase of fieldwork equipment.
The research aims of the expedition will provide the data for Aaron Curtis' undergraduate dissertation as well as an upcoming paper to be published by Djuke Veldhuis.
In addition to the main research aims, we intend to test a prototype of a new cave exploration aid: a remotely operated blimp for underground use. A camera, and light mounted on the blimp will allow scouting of avens and pitches to determine whether they are worth ascending or descending. This is being developed with advice from Rob Franklin, balloonist, caver, and cameraman whose work includes the BBC Titan video and Planet Earth: Caves.
While we will make every attempt possible to be economical in these projects, your financial assistance is invaluable to their success and that of the expedition overall.

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<h2 align=center>Expo 2007 (Cambridge Austrian Cave Science Expedition): Support and Sponsorship</h2>
<h3>&nbsp;</h3>
<h3>Applications in progress or being reviewed</h3>
<ul>
<li>Royal Geographical Society Fieldwork Approval / Grant
<ul>
<li>Status: Application submitted, being reviewed</li>
<li>Download <a href="GFGapp.pdf">our application</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Ghar Parau Fund
<ul>
<li>Status: Application submitted, being reviewed</li>
<li>Download <a href="GPFapp.txt">our application </a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>BCRA Cave Science and Technology Research Initiative </li>
<ul>
<li>Status: Application in progress </li>
</ul>
<li>David Richards Travel Grant
<ul>
<li>Status: Application in progress</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Bedford Travel Grant
<ul>
<li>Status: Application in progress </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Shell Personal Development Award </li>
<ul>
<li>Status: Application in progress </li>
</ul>
</ul>
<h3>Successful applications so far:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Cambridge Expeditions Committee
<ul>
<li>Status: Expedition approved. Permission granted to use university name and logo, as well as CUEX charity and gift aid status. Eligible for possible funding from Cambridge Expeditions Fund.</li>
<li>Download <a href="CECapp.doc">our application</a> </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Lab sample analysis support from Biological Anthropology
<ul>
<li>Status: project accepted by Professor Herbert</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Geography undergraduate dissertation proposal, risk assessment and ethics form
<ul>
<li>Status: accepted </li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="index.html">Expo 2006: documentation index</a></li>
<li><a href="../../infodx.htm">Main index of the expedition site</a></li>
<li><a href="../../../index.htm">CUCC Home Page</a></li>
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<h1>Expo 2007: documentation index</h1> <h1>Expo 2007 (Cambridge Austrian Cave Science Expedition 2007) <br>Documentation Index </h1>
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<ul><li>Mission statement: in progress</li> <li><a href="mission.html">Provisional mission statement</a></li>
<li>Expo committee / who's responsible for what: in progress </li> <li>Expo committee and jobs: in progress </li>
<li>Grant application and sponsorship material: in progress</li> <li><a href="grants.html">Grant application, sponsorship, and institutional support material</a></li>
<li><a href="whowhen.html">Provisional &quot;who and when&quot; table</a></li> <li><a href="whowhen.html">Provisional &quot;who and when&quot; table</a></li>
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<h2 align=center>Expo 2007 (Cambridge Austrian Cave Science Expedition): mission statement</h2>
<p>Expo 2007 (Cambridge Austrian Cave Science Expedition) seeks to build on decades of expeditions by incorporating scientific research aims while maintaining a high standard of original exploration and survey. Below is a provisional outline of our major exploration and research goals. For additional descriptions, please see the <a href="grants.html">grant and institution application page</a>. </p>
<p>Note that numbers given by cave names are those of the <a href="../../indxal.htm">Austrian Kataster for our area</a>.</p>
<h3>Exploration Goals</h3>
<h4>Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</h4>
<ul>
<li>Push <a href="../smkridge/204/ariston.html#razor">Razordance</a> until it breaks through its current level or sumps. This is the heighest exploration priority of the 2007 expedition, and will probably require three rigging trips and three derigging. Plan to accomplish a minimum of 10 pushing trips.</li>
<li>Attempt to find alternate route to <a href="../smkridge/204/subsoil.html">Subsoil</a> and / or <a href="../smkridge/204/uworld.html">Underworld</a> levels which provides for shorter trips than the Gaffered to the Walls route. Possibilities to be explored in the following order </li>
<ol>
<li> Drop the &quot;eleven second rattle&quot; off of CSB, 01-34A, in hopes that it will connect with aven 05-70X in Hippocratic Oath, which is directly below.</li>
<li>Continue exploration of G&ouml;sser Streamway, which leads in the correct general direction. Drop 06-7A.</li>
<li>Continue exploration of Riverdance, which leads in the correct general direction. Drop 06-8A.</li>
</ol>
<li>Explore &quot;wares&quot; leads in Subsoil.</li>
<li>And many others - see the Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle <a href="../../smkridge/204/qm.html">question mark list</a> for details.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Tunnockschact</h4>
<ul>
<li>19A</li>
<li>35A</li>
</ul>
<h4>Surface and shallow work near Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle bivvy</h4>
<ul>
<li>There are dozens of holes in the vicinity of 204 that have been marked but never descended, or marked and partially descended but never properly explored or surveyed; these should be properly explored, and properly documented (ideally before we go and find yet more of them) &ndash; see section 2d of the <a href="../../handbook/prospecting_guide.html">Prospecting Guide</a>.</li>
<li>The area around the 204G/H/I entrances is interesting, and should be more thoroughly examined.</li>
<li><a href="../../smkridge/239/239.html">Rock'n'Roll H&ouml;hle (239)</a>: Open lead over blind pit leading 204-wards.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Research Goals </h3>
<h4>Atmospheric Data</h4>
<ul>
<li> We aim to produce a dataset of cave atmospheric data contributing to the following two groups of scientific objectives.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Caver stress physiology (paper to be published, Djuke Veldhuis) </h4>
<ul>
<li>Since novel ecology, temperature gradients and sustained exercise encountered underground also influence stress physiology (see e.g. Ronsen, et al., 2001; Rhind et al., 2004) the dataloggers provide a control background to the inter-individual variation (behavioural or physiological) of the stress response. We will explore a) caver variability in stress-hormone levels; b) what underground stressors (e.g. high humidity, darkness) are dominant and c) stress-coping mechanisms (e.g. flight or fight response). Understanding responses to the stresses of the subterranean environment is limited (e.g. Stenner et-al. 2006) and this project aims to increase awareness. </li>
</ul>
<h4>Condensation and cave microclimates (undergraduate dissertation to be completed, Aaron Curtis) </h4>
<ul>
<li>An investigation of cave microclimates and specifically their interaction with condensation will employ the data to predict and quantify the geographical distribution of condensation. Implications for phenomena such as cave thermal inertia, cave breathing, speleogenesis, karst water balance, and ultimately the response of caves to climate change will be considered. Various techniques for condensation prediction and theories of microclimates will be evaluated. Climactic overlays for surveys will be produced. <strong></strong></li>
</ul>
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