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<html><head><title>CUCC Expo 2004</title></head>
<body>
<h1>CUCC Expo 2004: Mission Statement</h1>
<p>This summer, Cambridge University Caving Club will be continuing
its highly successful series of expeditions to the Loser plateau in
Austria. This document sets out the principal goals of the 2004
expedition.</p>
<h2>Background</h2>
<p>This summer sees CUCC's 28th expedition to the Loser plateau, which lies in
the Totes Gebirge area of the Austrian Alps, about 80km east of Salzburg. CUCC
is the principal group exploring in the area, which continues to yield new
discoveries.</p>
<p>The principal known cave system in the area is the Schwarzmooskogel system,
which comprises a number of connected caves including <a
href="../../smkridge/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a>, <a
href="../../smkridge/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a> and the stunningly
beautiful <a href="../../smkridge/40/cucc.htm">Schwarzmooskogel
Eish&ouml;hle</a>. Altogether the system is 55.1 kilometres long and 1030m
deep, putting it among both the world's longest and deepest caves; over half of
the length, and the highest and deepest points, were explored by CUCC.</p>
<p>Over the last few years the principal focus of CUCC's work has been <a
href="../../smkridge/204/204.shtml">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</a>, a cave
lying to the north of the main Schwarzmooskogel system, beneath the Nieder
Augst-Eck mountain. Since its discovery in 1999, 7.2 km of passage has been
discovered, reaching a maximum depth of 510m.</p>
<h2>Principal Goals for 2004</h2>
<p>The goals of the 2004 expedition include:</p>
<ul>
<li />The deepest point in Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle is in the tight and
arduous stream passage of Razordance, which appears to continue downwards
beyond the limit of exploration in 2003. It slopes down in a south-westerly
direction, towards the nearest points of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle, so there is a
possiblity of a connection, although the present gradient of the passage is
sufficiently steep that it seems likely to pass right underneath. <!--
Personnel: Dour, Mark, Dave, ?Olly, ?Frank -->
<li />The main find of last summer was a new series of horizontal passages in
the north-west of Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle, known as 'Rhino Rift'. There was
insufficient time to explore this fully in the five weeks of last summer's
expedition, so there is much still to be found. <!-- Personnel: Lots of
people: Earl, Becka, Martin etc -->
<li />The pitch series of Gaffered to the Walls, in the Swings and Roundabouts
area, was explored last summer to reveal a new horizontal level at around
-250m, known as the Underworld. This is considerably deeper than any other
horizontal phreatic development yet found in Steinbr&uuml;cken, and it is hoped
that there is much more yet to be discovered; there are certainly many leads to
explore in this area. <!-- Personnel: Principally Martin + Earl. I'm also
interested (Dave) -->
<li />Some suggestions have been made for a return to Kaninchenh&ouml;hle,
which was the primary site of exploration by CUCC for most of the 1990s. There
are a number of open leads in the Far North, the area closest to
Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle; it is not entirely inconceivable that one of these
may lead downwards towards a connection with Razordance.
<!-- Personnel: This is Wookey's pet project -->
<li />One of the most interesting of the many smaller caves in the area near
Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle is Hauchh&ouml;hle, a prominent entrance near the
walk-in route which draughts very strongly, suggesting that the cave behind is
extensive. Exploration so far has revealed some 128m of horizontal passage,
with the main lead being an undescended pitch. This was not explored last
summer due to lack of time and manpower, but is an interesting lead and might
well repay some effort. <!-- Personnel: Julia, Mark, Dave -->
<li />The area of plateau to the north and west of Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle
has never been studied in detail: there are likely to be many new, unexplored
cave entrances in this area, which lies between the known caves in CUCC's area
(1623) and the boundary with the adjacent area 1626. <!-- Personnel: Brian,
Tony, other people when feeling slack -->
<li />There are a number of other leads in Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle which might merit exploration, including an undescended pitch (QM 01-38A) in the Chocolate Salty Balls area, known as 'The Eleven Second Rattle' after the sound heard on dropping rocks down it; another undescended pitch (01-68A) at the end of the Merry F***ing Christmas crawl; and many others (cf. the Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle <a href="../../smkridge/204/qm.shtml">question mark list</a>).
<li />There is also much documentation and surveying work to be done, which
although less glamorous than original exploration is vitally necessary
considering the extent of CUCC's discoveries in the area so far; a list of
tasks for the summer is already being assembled, <a
href="thingstodo.html">here</a>.
</ul>
The expedition committee is as follows:
<dl>
<dt>Expedition Leader:</dt><dd>Olly Madge (Caius)</dd>
<dt>Treasurer:</dt><dd>David Loeffler (Trinity)</dd>
<dt>Transport Organiser:</dt><dd>Mark Shinwell (Queens')</dd>
<dt>Committee members without portfolio:</dt><dd>Martin Green (Corpus)</dd>
<dd>Steve Bishop (Queens')</dd>
<dd>Peter Clifton (Trinity)</dd>
</dl>
</body></html>

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for the entrance squeeze on the way out, which is a bastard for big people like
me (Dave). Frank, Julian, Becka and myself know where it is.
<li />Retag Arachnowrapper from 2003-06 to 161G.
<li />Retag Hauchh&ouml;hle from 2000-09 to 235.
<li />Remove the incorrect tag from what has been tagged as 235.
<li />Retag Hauchh&ouml;hle. (There is a mess that needs sorting out on the documentation front, in which two caves have been assigned the number 235.)
<li />Push 2003-02 to a conclusion (warning: **big** pitch!). Tony and Brian
know where it is.
<li />Possibly do a surface survey to 2003-01 and 2003-02.
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<li />2001-03, near the above; this is longer, and the logbook is
unclear as to whether it was actually fully explored. It's close to the
Colonnade (off Treeumphant) in 204, which apparently has several avens.
<li />2002-02, which is near Hauchh&ouml;e.
<li />2002-02, which is near Hauchh&ouml;hle.
<li />2003-07, which is very close to the end of Where the Wind Blows in 161.
</ul>