[svn r6581] Added some more. Now we're two weeks into expo and it's getting really exciting! I can't wait to see how it ends!

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 <h1>Expo 2004</h1>
 
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 <d>5/7/04</d>	<w><u>Mark S</u>, Olly M et al</w>	<t>In Cambridge</t>
 
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 <g>T/U 3hrs</g>
 
+<d>19/7/04</d>	<w>Olly B + <u>Jenny</u></w>	<t>76: Brave New World</t>
+
+<p>Went back down 76 with bolting gear with a view to ticking off Olly's lead on the ledge and then rigging on down. I lined Olly up the
+short but exposed climb, then couldn't see what was happening for ages. Olly got to the end of the rope and assured me it was safe to
+untie, and then went off exploring. I sat on a ledge with my light off (in case Olly's passage came back to the shaft). Ages later, and
+just as I was getting worried, Olly returned. I convinced him that seeing as he was there it was worth bolting and then surveying. So
+whilst he bolted the climb I prussiked out for the survey kit.</p>
+
+<p>45 minutes later I was back at the climb to find Olly had dropped my spanner after putting in the backup. I passed him up a maillon and
+he tightened the Y-hang bolts and I came up. The crawling passage led on past two sharp corners (Pool Sink fashion) and a passage off on
+the right to a pitch. We carried on, and after the odd lower bit some more passages branched off at a drafty spot: two more tube type
+things, one high on the left and one on the right, then a narrow (~50cm) crack on the left that appears after a few metres to lead to a
+snow slope. (Looking at the locations, we suspect this might be part of 99.) Continuing along the passage + past another low bit I
+suddenly emerged in the top of a big vadose passage, several metres high and going in both directions!</p>
+
+<p>Upstream led to a choke, so we sureveyed out from here, passing another couple of passages on the way. We had a quick look downstream,
+but didn't survey. Soon an aven joined and the passage increased in size and became looser. In front a pitch dropped down and the passage
+seemed to continue above. To the left another couple of passages left! Amazed and and pleased at our finds we continued to survey out,
+getting very annoyed with the crappy compass. After 35 legs we eventually tied the survey in with the previous one, and could leave the
+cave!</p>
+
+<g>T/U 8hrs</g>
+
+<d>18/7/04</d>	<w><u>Dave</u>, Becka, Nial</w>	<t>Gaffered rig + tourist</t>
+
+<p>Wandered down Gaffered, while Nial + Becka touristed up Swings and aparently pushed a QM somewhere. (Becka: where was it?) (<i>[Becka's
+handwriting]</i> By station 12 on RH wall, wasn't down as QM. Didn't go. Surveyed 2/8/04. Also looked at QMs on Colonnades, nothing
+easy.)</p>
+
+<p>Met up again at the bottom of Tape Worm pitch, where Becka and I just about contrived to find the bolts between us. (Becka added a bolt
+to the traverse below Tape Worm.) Ran out of hangers after Eyehole pitch, so turned around and came out.</p>
+
+<p>Becka suggested a wander up Treeumphant to Chocolate Salty Balls. It's very nice passage; we poked around for a while before heading
+out. On the way back, had a stare at what may be QM 00-34C - it's rubbish, a tube at roof level which might be climbable into with one or
+two bolts, but all the rock is awful.</p>
+
+<g>T/U 8.5hrs</g>
+
+<d>19/7/04</d>	<w>Olly M, <u>Dave</u></w>	<t>Razor Dance</t>
+
+<p>Carried in the pushing rope, and rigged the pitches beyond Steady Now. Ran out of hangers at the top of Yeast. Also placed a hand bolt
+at the top of Mystery Wind, so as to replace existing dodgy thread, but didn't have a hanger for it. Headed out without a great deal of
+speed (I was very cold and Olly very knackered).</p>
+
+<p><strong>NB</strong> The roof tube below Mystery Wind could do with a bolt and a sling or something as a handline - climbing out of it
+on the downstream side is very awkward if you don't get yourself into the right orientation to start with. (I did a bizarre Superman-style
+dive out of it which could have been very nasty. Fortunately I succeeded in landing on the tacklesack!)</p>
+
+<g>T/U 12hrs</g>
+
+<d>21/7/04</d>	<w><u>Mark D</u>, Dour</w>	<t>Razor Dance</t>
+
+<p>An exceptionally early start (9.30 am!) and a quick trip down to the start of Razor Dance. Reached the pushing front at about 13:30
+after rigging Yeast pitch. Dour bolted the traverse while Mark quickly dropped the pitch on naturals. The continuation at stream level was
+really nasty. So we voted for the high traverse, which goes into a level with a real floor, <b>The Nordic Traverse</b>. We surveyed into
+this, eventually reaching a small climb/pitch down (approx 5m). This was duly rigged and it lands in a small chamber, <b>Thirteen Year
+Itch</b>. From here a further pitch of 18m was dropped back into the streamway. This pitch, <b>Pepper Pot</b>, was a real stunner - best
+pitch in the cave (imho)! Below the pitch, the rift continues in the same awkward style. By now it was 16:30 so we quickly surveyed the
+pitches and then headed out. Mark was out 20:15, Dour at about 22:45. See my note from the previous trip about Dour needing a foot
+jammer!</p>
+
+<p>This was a fantastic trip, one of the best I have ever done in Austria. Home tomorrow, but a great memory to take with me!</p>
+
+<g>T/U Mark D 10.75hrs Dour 13.25hrs</g>
+
+<d>19/7/04</d>	<w><u>Becka</u> + Earl</w>	<t>Gaffered rig to Underworld</t>
+
+<p>Earl put in a Y-hang about 40% down from the top of Gaffered to help speed up using it + take us a bit further from the spray. Becka
+replaced the two ropes Dave rigged yesterday with a 9mm (bit too skinny) 91m then Earl continued to rig down Gaffered, adding a backup
+bolt to Eyehole and bolting the traverse up to Gaffered. Not long at bottom so we surveyed <b>QM 03-8A</b> which soon choked and went out.
+Takes ~2hrs from bottom.</p>
+
+<g>T/U 9hrs</g>
+
+<d>20/7/04</d>	<w><u>Becka</u>, Nial + Earl</w>	<t>Underworld / Sirens push + survey</t>
+
+<p>Finally ready to roll pushing: looked at <b>03-29A</b> rigged handline to edge of large chamber - no rope so leave that, plus
+<b>03-30B</b> which needs a high-level traverse. (See our 22nd July trip.)</p>
+
+<p>Ticked off + surveyed <b>03-28B</b>, <b>03-27B</b> and <b>03-26B</b>. I think <b>03-25B</b> can be downgraded to a "C" QM. Then up to
+crystal pool. Surveyed chamber at <b>03-31B</b>. Nial climbed up to the mud filled pocket on the left of the chamber - apparently choked
+with mud. The small pit in the floor of the chamber is blind except for a miserable boulder-filled hole whcih you can get to the other
+side of from a small passage on the opposite side of the passage as 03-25B. There is a hole over your head in the chamber but Nial said
+the banks of mud would make it very hard to get into, plus a miserable little hole on the opposite wall. Then surveyed from 03-21B to
+03-22C to complete a small loop. <b>03-20B</b> doesn't exist, just mud-filled, though there is a miserable thin rift in the floor of the
+chamber it's in. <b>03-19C</b> is still there (actually there are two roof tubes but the more promising, higher one would be tough to get
+into). Re-checked <b>03-23C</b> - not at all promising, and <b>03-24C</b> likewise - a v.steep climb.</p>
+
+<p>That seemed to tick off all the horizontal leads in Sirens (boo-hiss) so we went back to Eeyore and Earl started to bolt <b>03-3B</b>.
+Whilst he started, I checked <b>03-5B</b> - it's a blind pit, only 4m down. I also went down to <b>03-4B</b> - it's a smallish pitch/rift
+whcih looks like it would connect to <b>03-2B</b> + big, chossy boulders at the top. Once again not at all enticing. Neither <b>03-7C</b>
+or <b>03-6C</b> look to be much.</p>
+
+<g>T/U 9hrs</g>
+
+<p><i>[Extensively annotated copy of 2003 Underworld survey with ticked-off leads noted.]</i></p>
+
+