diff --git a/years/1987/log.htm b/years/1987/log.htm index 42870a213..dd57583bd 100644 --- a/years/1987/log.htm +++ b/years/1987/log.htm @@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ ABOUT COMMUNICATING. Very pretty of course, gosh, wow. Found Bad Aussee and bus immediately (good excuse not to walk) and Gasthof and NO CAVERS. Bloody Hell, sulked in river and talked to local cats, flashed myself at car drivers and eventually ate cold rice pudding. Don't want to cave - am going -to lie in river for 3 weeks.
+to lie in river for 3 weeks. + +
23/8/87 Exploring on plateau 8 hrs surface work @@ -143,7 +145,11 @@ Jenny's glasses !!) ¯¯¯ Doesn't go - Been explored previously +

Or a photo of the original sketch!

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+ 24/8/87

Team Silver Streak ! Or something like it (Streak Lightning)
@@ -157,8 +163,10 @@ which were examined. to 113" it is. This draughts excessively but unfortunately doesn't come to anything significant. +

[ Plan ] +

[ elevation ]

Then continued up to 113 (P0). and surface surveyed back to P2 via P1. @@ -190,6 +198,8 @@ for Jenny or Chris with narrower chests.

No particular climbs and the rift is parallel to a fault in the main rock. +

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It wasn't 153.

Next. (Look I'm the only one with caving gear today) Found various holes @@ -202,6 +212,7 @@ again silted up (perhaps diggable, but to what I don't know). Half way back, a draught and squeeze that I couldn't manage but is perhaps possible - soon widens out ... go & see (and its harder coming back through the first crawl). +

MEANWHILE back at the surface. David found a nice-looking hole v near the Nipple but it blocked after 20 ft ish (Has been known for many years, Mike @@ -214,7 +225,9 @@ tree and ice sheet. Side of depression.

Various other holes were found to be blocked or found to seem too cold and left. One or two really ought to be revisited I suppose. -

Where are they ?!

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Where are they ?! + +

25/8/87 @@ -257,7 +270,9 @@ at the bottom of the first pitch ought to be explored more thoroughly.

We came out at about 2.00 am. -

Time underground 5¼ hours. Jenny.

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Time underground 5¼ hours. Jenny. + +

113 again - reexploration (Animal, Becca, Jared, Andrew) @@ -293,7 +308,9 @@ caving. The official version is he fell down while descending the footpath

Moral of the tale - seriously. WATCH OUT FOR LOOSE BOULDERS - nothing's necessarily solid: no-one's ever been down before & frost damage means everything's dodgy. And if you don't believe it, you may well find yourself -in plaster up to the elbow, if you're lucky (A's postscript).

+in plaster up to the elbow, if you're lucky (A's postscript). + +
26/8/87 87 @@ -321,8 +338,11 @@ connection in 143.

See over for sketch of plan. -

[ this sketch is almost completely unintelligible, at least in photocopy -]

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[ this sketch is almost completely unintelligible, at least in photocopy] + +

113: Becka, Jenny, Jared, Chris, Mike (Animal) 27/8/87 @@ -338,7 +358,15 @@ points to descend and no more hangers. On way up spotted alternative route for next time (see "survey") which will avoid remaining hanging death. Several bolts will be needed. -

Mike (I'm slowly getting more crippled) M's bit ! 27/8/87 +

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Mike (I'm slowly getting more crippled) M's bit ! + +

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Surface time 11 hrs. @@ -356,6 +384,7 @@ couldn't find it ! Hence left a permanent marker (0/2) on a pavement of rock near one of our cairns and two deep shafts. See over for how to find this point. +

[ diagram which shows not how to find it, but how to know when you have found it ] @@ -368,12 +397,16 @@ plateau. Found 107, 83. If you follow gully up until you can see the peak between V & H Schwarzmooskogel, 0/5 is on a slab of rock above a gully to right. The edge of the gully also has a red paint marker ! +

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Next to 106, which has been renumbered 76. Permanent marker placed on slab above 76A.

The Austrians have reallocated 88 to the Germans who have an extensive cave of over 6 km with several pitches which drops into one of our caves. -They don't know which one - we shall have to visit them to discuss.

+They don't know which one - we shall have to visit them to discuss. + +
Saturday 29th August @@ -390,7 +423,9 @@ into (Opera House ?) we think, due to the presence of two naf bolts.

An uneventful exit was made with Ian taking some pictures on the entrance pitch. Group sleepy arrived as we were ascending the entrance pitch. -

Time underground 6½ hours.

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Time underground 6½ hours. + +

Saturday 29/8/87 @@ -403,7 +438,9 @@ with some brown fur and a hoof which I think is from a small Chamois or Roe Deer. All bones in arm's reach were removed. The Austrians will be given at least the skull and lower jaws. -

Time underground ½ hour. Ian

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Time underground ½ hour. Ian + +

Saturday 29/8/87 @@ -420,6 +457,8 @@ side but wimped out over what sounded like pitch at bottom. Many small passages leading off around entire chamber, after investigation, all got too tight or headed back up rift. +
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Animal leaned on a boulder 4 ft cubed, which rolled off down the passage giving him a nice surprise. Boiled up some meaty soup with dig bix, then some vege stuff for the vegys, just as Becka and Juliette descended @@ -430,7 +469,9 @@ chamber shall henceforth be known as Marathon Ledge. The ice holding in the rocks had cleared a bit since last time - rather tenuously attached. Got out of cave around 11-30, trudged back & got to camp around 2-30 am. -

Chris. T/U 9 hrs

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Chris. T/U 9 hrs + +

30/8/87 @@ -445,12 +486,14 @@ Wolfhöhle.

Climbed up to area near 0/1 - Shaft ~40m deep explored by Ian and numbered 156. For sketch see survey data at back giving location of cave. +

[ misleading diagram referred to 0/2 with no north arrow ]

Tumbling Boulder Hall was first explored by Jared and then by Mike M. The latter fully appreciating the looseness of the rocks ! Consisted of phreatic uplift passage, 3m diameter, ~45°, ~60m. +

[ a sketch ]

Met German/French cavers @@ -468,7 +511,9 @@ Schwarzmooskogeleishöhle to their cave 88 and then if time permits to

Time underground Ian ¾ hrs
Jared ¼ hrs
- Mike M ¼ hrs - Stopped to graze !

+ Mike M ¼ hrs - Stopped to graze ! + +
31/8/87 Keith, Ian @@ -486,6 +531,8 @@ loose snow. Bottom could not be seen. head of pitch of unknown depth. Bolts were spotted and expected to be from Manchester Caving Club. So exit was made. +
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Keith. Time underground ½ hour.

The other cave had a passage going into the side of the hill. To our left @@ -501,7 +548,11 @@ outside the entrance containing a large quantity of carbide. This is presumed to be from the Manchester University Caving Club. [This is believed to be completely disinformational, Ed.] -

Ian. Time underground ½ hour.

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Ian. Time underground ½ hour. + +

31/8/87 @@ -514,6 +565,8 @@ oversuit over shorts and free climbed entrance shaft. Found amzingly small 15m, placed bolt and handed over to Chris and Becka who had changed into full gear. +
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Chris descended into unknown - a rift around 6 ft wide or less, went down 60 ft vertically with a break half-way down and ended up on floor where it went on, drafting slightly. Becka came down while I (Chris) plucked up @@ -541,7 +594,9 @@ Bergrestaurant (only got lost a few times) & found one car waiting for us got back in end with only some wounded pride and dented enthusiasm for caving ! -

Chris. T/U Becka 3 hrs, Jared and Chris 6 hrs.

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Chris. T/U Becka 3 hrs, Jared and Chris 6 hrs. + +

1/9/87 @@ -555,7 +610,9 @@ everything else and decided MM was out of his tree. So discretion being the better part of valour, we retreated, dropping a hanger and MR down 3rd pitch. Left it rigged for some other poor suckers. -

T/U 4

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T/U 4 + +

31/8/87 Surface surveying @@ -565,7 +622,9 @@ pitch. Left it rigged for some other poor suckers. severely delayed progress. Having successfully completed above, then surveyed from 113 (p0) to 88, then back for other things !!! -

Time on surface 9 hours.

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Time on surface 9 hours. + +

1.9.87 Surface surveying. @@ -575,7 +634,9 @@ enabling errors to be assessed on return to UK.

Met French who said that they hve connected 88 to SWEishöhle. so they now have the highest entrance 1705 (but have found others) and the combined -system now has 11 entrances !!

+system now has 11 entrances !! + +
2.9.87 Mike M, Keith, Becka 87 @@ -594,7 +655,11 @@ which small stream came out, but too high up. Surveyed it going back, not Animal, Ian and Juliette were about to start descending to see what we were up to. Left first 2 pitches tackled. -

T/U 7 hours.

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T/U 7 hours. + +

2-9-87 Jared, Jenny, Chris (+ Andy as 'supervisor' and head sherpa) @@ -614,11 +679,15 @@ about to start rescuing us (again) at 9. Bar closed, so everyine scoffed Chris' gluhwein in the tent instead, just to annoy the German couple in the caravan next door. -

Chris. T/U 2 hrs.

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Chris. T/U 2 hrs. + +

3/9/87 - Keith + Ian decided to go to the toboggan run at Strobl and everyone else decided to join them and jack. Time underground relative to -speed through 5 ft tunnel.
+speed through 5 ft tunnel. + +
4/9/87. @@ -629,7 +698,9 @@ hole in distance - veering left. Found lots of holes but nothing of note. Hacked across to 76 and then up to holes previously located by the Millars. Jared descended, but all choked. Finally went in search for 148 again + found it half buried behind a pile of snow. The route is now prominently marked -with cairns.
+with cairns. + +
4-Sept-87 @@ -640,6 +711,8 @@ massively developed chest was a bit big for the rift in the cave which was formerly thought to be 153 so thin-man Chris was sent in and reported a 5m pitch. +
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Juliette found 140 again and a huge well-hidden entrance (thoughts of fame) but it turned out to be 138. Chris and Becka went down a hole Mike found... @@ -656,7 +729,11 @@ ice/snow, but the rope was slicing like a cheesewire through a large chunk above him, & the pitch appeared choked at the bottom, so he prussicked out before the half-ton of snow could fall on him. -

T/U about 2 hrs (Becka & Chris)

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T/U about 2 hrs (Becka & Chris) + +

5th Sep 87 @@ -666,13 +743,17 @@ out before the half-ton of snow could fall on him. ~15m and ~20m followed by as yet undescended pitch of about 20m. Got sodden with sweat on the way up, and caught by thunderstorm on the way back. +
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"Descend entrance rift for about 5m at 45° to cross-rift. Right blocks after about 2m. Left descends for further 2m. Enter squeeze on right, about 2m long to 12m free climb down steep tube. At the bottom, from a small chamber, way on is left to pitch of 15m to large ledge, then 20m to jammed boulders in shaft." -

T/U 3 hrs

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T/U 3 hrs + +

Andrew - Marilyn Munroe Hole - 148 @@ -690,7 +771,11 @@ narrow rift of 5m (?) down to what looks like an earthy passage - perhaps a bypass for the big pitch, perhaps another bit... Looks interesting, this draughting entrance and chambers... -

T/U 2 hrs

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T/U 2 hrs + +

Becka - Big shaft ~300m from Marilyn Munroe Hole. @@ -703,8 +788,12 @@ one tight bit to get through). Looked like there was another 15 or 20m to bottom of pitch, q-few boulders at bottom. V. possibly blocked but worth looking at, still rigged. T/U 2½ hrs +
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Also, I got struck by lightning on the way down in a huge thunderstorm. -Not nice, went purple.

+Not nice, went purple. + +
6th Sep 87 @@ -721,9 +810,15 @@ became too tight with water going down narrow slot. However, found an alternative way over a climb: bolted and half-descended to ledge with view into large wet canyon. -

Main chmaber slopes up for ~25m over loose choss. +

Main chamber slopes up for ~25m over loose choss. -

T/U 7 hrs.

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T/U 7 hrs. + +

6th Sept 87 Andy, Jared. 148 Marilyn Munroe Hole @@ -762,7 +857,11 @@ boulder-choke only to find the way on too tight - however the passage was still drafting and a large chamber was visible through a small hole. With this, both retreated, leaving behind them a packet of crushed Digbics & two tins of Mackerel fillets, some soup, a stove, & a badly dented -saucepan for the survey trip.
+saucepan for the survey trip. + +
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7th Sept 87 Andrew, Jared (surveying) 158
Animal, Juliette, Chris, Becka (pushing) @@ -783,8 +882,14 @@ as a pained belay point !). Rift continued, xxxx width, but did an S-bend in widened later, but would need blasting - ie. a dead end. Out, getting cold and wet. Soup on way out. Tired trog back +
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T/U Andrew, Jared 8 hrs
- Rest 10 hrs

+ Rest 10 hrs + +
9th Sep 87 Jared, Juliette, Chris, Mike R @@ -805,7 +910,9 @@ it. Jared appeared to lug the tackle out. 11th Sep Down to the dregs of the expedition - Jared, Animal, Chris.
Hilda invited us to the celebrations of the local potato club - a few merry -hours of yodelaaaiiooiiii - hic
+hours of yodelaaaiiooiiii - hic + +
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