diff --git a/years/2004/intro.html b/years/2004/intro.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..331a88d69 --- /dev/null +++ b/years/2004/intro.html @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +<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">Kaninchenhöhle</a>, <a +href="../../smkridge/41/41.htm">Stellerweghöhle</a> and the stunningly +beautiful <a href="../../smkridge/40/cucc.htm">Schwarzmooskogel +Eishöhle</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">Steinbrückenhöhle</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 Steinbrückenhöhle 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 Kaninchenhöhle, 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 Steinbrückenhöhle, 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 Steinbrücken, 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 Kaninchenhöhle, +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 +Steinbrückenhöhle; 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 +Steinbrückenhöhle is Hauchhöhle, 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 Steinbrückenhöhle +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 Steinbrückenhöhle 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 Steinbrückenhöhle <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> diff --git a/years/2004/thingstodo.html b/years/2004/thingstodo.html index 49e4724b4..374250000 100644 --- a/years/2004/thingstodo.html +++ b/years/2004/thingstodo.html @@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ rope, five hangers and a rope protector will suffice for the rigging. Watch out 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 Hauchhöhle from 2000-09 to 235. -<li />Remove the incorrect tag from what has been tagged as 235. +<li />Retag Hauchhöhle. (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. @@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ surveying. <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 Hauchhöe. +<li />2002-02, which is near Hauchhöhle. <li />2003-07, which is very close to the end of Where the Wind Blows in 161. </ul>