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New Cave data entry process: logbook entry, wallets, survex files,

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Philip Sargent
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<h1>Why am I doing this?</h1>
<p>Once upon a time, none of the caves were explored. Anything you found was
guaranteed virgin. Now, many of the obvious caves have been looked at. Some
went, some didn't. The fact that <strong>you can come to Austria and be pretty sure
of finding new passage to explore is all down to the folk who came before you
recording what they looked at</strong>, both the stuff that went, and the stuff that
didn't. Without detailed recording and surveying of the caves, it would
rapidly become more difficult to find new passage, or to be sure that round
the next corner wouldn't be a load of previous explorers' footprints.</p>
<p>The main aim of the expedition is to explore new passages - to boldly
explore what noone has seen before. Indeed, in many cases, what noone even
suspected was there. This is the fun and excitement of expo, so why spoil it
all by doing tedious activities like surveying?</p>
<p>Once upon a time, none of the caves were explored. Anything you found was
guaranteed virgin. Now, many of the obvious caves have been looked at. Some
went, some didn't. The fact that you can come to Austria and be pretty sure
of finding new passage to explore is all down to the folk who came before you
recording what they looked at, both the stuff that went, and the stuff that
didn't. Without detailed recording and surveying of the caves, it would
rapidly become more difficult to find new passage, or to be sure that round
the next corner wouldn't be a load of previous explorers' footprints.</p>
<p>A lot of work is involved in maintaining the lists of caves that didn't
go, the lists of going leads, the cave surveys, the route descriptions and
other documentation. In the very earliest years, this work was not regarded