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@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ walking sized passage. A passage on the left reenters from the left way of
Pothole Passage, whilst on the right are numerous interconnecting climbs into
the mazelike start of Crystal Clear Passage. The easiest route is to walk
forwards and take the last climb (2m) on the right (just before the way
closes to a small rift [[<a name="qC1996-161-53" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-53">C1996-161-53</a> A])
closes to a small rift [<a name="qC1996-161-53" href="qmtodo.htm#C1996-161-53">C1996-161-53</a> A])
and then follow the passage along (SE).
<p>Ignoring a <a id="id1stright" href="offph.htm#entrymaze">right turn</a>,
@ -199,14 +199,5 @@ right / left kink halfway along its 25m length. <a id="id161f">The last
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<li><a href="names.htm">Glossary of passage names</a></li>
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<li><a href="../../infodx.htm">Index to info/topic pages</a></li>
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<html><head><title>Balkonhohle Underground Description</title></head><body>
<H1>Balkonhohle Underground Description</H1>
<html><head><title>Balkonh&ouml;hle Underground Description</title></head><body>
<H1>Balkonh&ouml;hle Underground Description</H1>
<H2>Entrance series</H2>
@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ At the end of the rift is an large chamber with water splashing down from an ave
<H2>Hiltaplenty</H2>
<p>Accessed by turning left into low passage immediately after a short traverse past a deep hole on the main route away from the bottom of the entry series pitches. The passage continues as an easy crawl over dry, sandy mud. After a relatively short distance the passage reached a t-juction of almost standing height. Right leads to increasingly cramped and bouldery crawls whilst left almost immediately reaches Hiltaplenty pitch.</p>
<p>This pitch can be traversed across, leading to <a href="#spanner">Spanner</a> or descended [how many?] metres past one rebelay and one deviation. The cave in this area appears phreatic and relatively clean, however the lack of obvious source and the presence of a small amount of dirt suggest that the pitch remains dry. This drops down onto the ledge leading to Pubic Synthesis and is then followed by another [how long?]pitch.</p>
<H3 id="spanner">Spanner</H3>
<p>A dozen or so bolts across the right hand wall leads to a phreatic passage on the opposite side of the pitch. This passage slopes gently upwards, before turning into a key hole shaped passage. This leads to a small phreatic tubes which can be squeezed into before probably becoming too tight.</p>
<H2>Pubic Synthesis</H2>
From the ledge at the bottom of the first Hiltaplenty pitch, passage with floor of slightly damp mud inclines upwards roughly 5m where a obvious potential natural belay point sits at the base of the left hand wall. Continuing up the increasingly low passage, it shortly begins to turn left and a crawl which quickly becomes too small backs of on the left. Further up a muddy slope another short crawl doubles back, this time on the right. The main route forward becomes steeper and impassable immediately after this.
<H2>Lemon Snout</H2>
After climbing up to the entrance, Lemon Snout appears as a tall, narrow rift passage with a rocky floor. A short way in the passage turns sharply left then right, with an awkward boulder to scramble around on the second corner. The rift continues sloping gently upward, after a short while the floor drops about a meter and it is advisable to continue by traversing on the obvious footholds.

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@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ apparently 20m high. A dangerous climb, c10, c5m leads to 25m of passage
ending in the huge 30m high Echo Aven [<a name="C1982-41-14"
href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-14">C1982-41-14</a>]. It's not entirely clear whether there is
a way on [<a name="C1982-41-13" href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-13">C1982-41-13</a>] in the roof of
K&ouml;n Dom.</p>
K&ouml;ln Dom.</p>
<p>Many of the passages in these levels contain dead bats, perhaps suggesting
a lower entrance, though this seems unlikely to be nearby. Some of the deeper

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@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ analysed the projection in 1822 and Kr&uuml;ger published formulae to
translate to/from Lat/Long in 1912). In our area, this is UTM zone 31. At
least, this was our belief, but we don't seem to be getting perfect agreement
between UTM/31 figures from GPS and the G&amp;K coordinates of fixed
points... This is probably because the bulk of Austria is in UTM zone 33.
points... This is probably because the bulk of Austria is in UTM zone 33
which you will see if you use a GPS, which will give coordinates in zone 33T.
Hmmmm.</p>
<p>Within this system, there are a number of triangulation points surveyed
@ -55,6 +56,12 @@ nearest Top Camp), which seems to be out by an angular error of 25 or 26&deg;
from the Nase point. In the table, point 14/16 is also noted as possibly
being dodgy, but we have no real indication of why.</p>
<p>Expo (and indeed, the kataster) has now moved over to using the same system as
the rest of the world, ie. UTM based on the WGS84 datum. So it is unfortunate that
the points in the table below haven't been translated (and neitehr, it seems have
the ones in the survex files). Various people at various times have located the points
with GPS, and those fixes I've found are also included here in UTM zone 33T form.</p>
<table class="trad">
<tr><td>point</td><td>Y (east)</td><td>X (north)</td><td>Altitude</td><td>where ?</td></tr>
@ -67,6 +74,7 @@ being dodgy, but we have no real indication of why.</p>
<tr><td>0/5</td><td>36005.96</td><td>(52)82782.82</td><td>1690.70</td><td>up gully and left from <a href="../../1623/107.htm">107</a>
tatty cloth replaced with alloy tag "LASER 0/5" 1998</td></tr>
<tr><td>0/6</td><td>35873.09</td><td>(52)82944.29</td><td>1647.78</td><td>Near <a href="../../1623/76/76.htm">76</a> - between the three entrances. Very faded blue cloth replaced with alloy tag "LASER 0/6" in 2006</td></tr>
<tr><td>0/6 UTM 33T</td><td>0410719</td><td>52821888</td><td>1652.14</td><td>AERW's Oregon 300, 2015-08-03, GPS a foot above the tag</td></tr>
<tr><td>0/7</td><td>35419.56</td><td>(52)82237.16</td><td>1769.77</td><td>Br&auml;uning Nase</td></tr>
<tr><td>7/8</td><td>36040.75</td><td>(52)81522.72</td><td>1732.39</td><td>Felskuppe im Bereich des Vd. Schwarzmooskogel (Wei&szlig;e Warze, The Nipple, Bunter's Bulge)</td></tr>

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<li><a href="1623/40/cucc.htm">Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle</a></li>
<li><a href="1623/204/204.html">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</a></li>
<li><a href="1623/258/258.html">Tunnockschacht</a></li>
<li><a href="1623/264/264.html">Balkonh&ouml;hle</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Recent years:
@ -42,7 +43,11 @@
</li>
<li>Coming year: <a href="years/2015/">2015</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Survey information</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="expoimages/surveyscans/">Survey scans</a>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Area Description</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="noinfo/all.3d">Current data</a> for display with aven</li>

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<letter></letter>
</entrance>
<explorers>CUCC 1978, 2013: opened and Big Rift explored by Team Youth. Team
Geriatric explored the Big Pitch and reached the bottom. Olly and
<explorers>CUCC 1978, 2013: opened and Big Rift explored by Team Youth. Team
Geriatric explored the Big Pitch and reached the bottom. Olly and
Jenny extended in 2012/2013</explorers>
<underground_description><p>Small entrance in boulders in a dry gully drops into a small chamber, in the bottom corner of which is the excavated head of a pitch. This quickly bells out to 6m diameter and lands after 18m in a large passage which contains ice-formations early in the season (or at least did in the late 1970s). This large, phreatic passage leads to 83 (via Down Under) to the southwest (by climbing up the hading left wall into a higher level passage) and Ropeless to the northeast. The 1970's way on is down pitch in a rift almost opposite the entrance pitch, from which some of the draught pours.</p>
<p>To the northeast, the passage is smaller and is soon broken by a 5m deep rift. Upstream (right) ends in a boulder choke below 2012-70, downstream (left) appears to connect to the 1970’s pitch series. To continue, the rift is crossed by a pendule to a chossy slope up on the other side. From the top of this slope a series of short dusty ramping pitches lead down. In 2012 a rope was only used at the top, but in 2013 it was rigged down to the bottom (p10, c3). At the bottom a short section of dusty crawling passage (draft in your face) leads to another rampy pitch. This is initially freehanging, but becomes more rampy (p10, c7). At the bottom of the rampy section, a rifty pitch continues below, and a traverse level heads off to the NNE and into <b>Ropeless</b>. There are two ways Ropeless can be gained. In 2012 the rigging ended when all available gear was used, and a bold traverse continued until it was (just) possible to climb down into the sandy passage. In 2013 more gear was available, and the drop was rigged down from the end of the traverse followed by a short (rigged) down and up to gain the same sandy passage.</p>
<p>This sandy passage is followed against a strong draft. Shortly (~15m later) the passage bends to the right, and a smaller walking sized side passage leaves on the left (which is more obvious when going out) - this leads to Wonderland via Sea of Fudge and connections to the 1970’s route.</p>
<p>Continuing east along the main Ropeless passage, a short climb down (rigged in 2013) and traverse across brings you into a large, drippy chamber with rocks all over the floor. At the end of this a small rift is descended (rope) down a narrow rubble slope which isn’t very stable, so beware of dislodging rocks onto people or the rope below (this may in fact be better rigged by traversing at a higher level from the chamber and then dropping when it opens out). After a few metres you land on a col with pitches to each side. West quickly ends in a too tight rift, East is descended to a rubble slope. Facing down the slope, <b>Ropefree</b> is through a window on the left-hand (north) wall, reached by a short rope traverse. From the top of this it is possible to scramble down the other side into another chamber. A strong draft emanates from a far too-tight right in the floor on the right. At the end of the chamber a tight rift can be gained at floor level, but it is better to bridge up and along, traversing over some rocks (avoiding one squeeze) to an unavoidable short squeeze (<b>Pushing the Envelope</b>). This is best entered feet first - there is a convenient ledge the other side (but do keep in mind there is a pitch below). Tackle is best passed through with at least one person on each side.</p>
<p>Immediately through Pushing the Envelope, is a rift pitch that appears to continue down a fair way. Descend the top narrow part of the rift (rope) until it opens out where a traverse ledge takes you around the left side of the continuing pitch into <b>Sleepless</b>.</p>
<p>Sleepless is a fairly high passage. It is best to follow it at floor level - there is an upper level but this ends in a tricky climb down through the boulders. Following the lower level (which soon splits off down a sloping climb on the right side of the passage) a short section of straight rift is soon followed by some pretty mud banks. The passage opens out and narrows again and continues until it is broken by a small hole. This can be crossed with a short traverse (rope). Beyond this, Sleepless appears to continue north with a pitch. The main way on is to ignoring this and follow ledges round to the right into a short section of curving phreatic passage. Shortly this hits the end of a large cross rift which heads off to the South. At this intersection, the draught is really strong and cold - this is the <b>Coldest Place in Earth</b>. Skirt around the end of the cross rift on the left (rope) to where a short pitch descends to a gloopy muddy floor.</p>
<p>The Coldest Place in Earth is followed until a large pitch is reached. This is crossed by <b>Easy Traverse</b> (rope) round ledges on the LH wall. Beyond this, the passage is followed until a pitch is reached. The <b>Twin Pitches</b> are split by a wet muddy pool. At the bottom of the second part of the pitch the cave becomes more rift like - <b>Restless</b>.</p>
<p>From the base of the second of the Twin Pitches, a floor trench soon starts. The best route we found was (description written from memory nearly a year later) to descend about 2m into in it fairly soon, then traverse along at that level for a bit, climbing down about another 2m near a chock stone (if you descend too quickly the rift is very awkward to move along - and coming out, it’s quite easy to miss where to climb up and find yourself trapped in the bottom of the rift, unable to get higher - if this happens, just backtrack looking carefully for where to climb up). The rift widens as it kinks left, and you want to descend onto the large ledge which is (hopefully) not far below. Traverse round as the rift bends back to the right, and the short <b>Rift Pitch</b> soon follows. This pitch ends on some ledges (but there is a continuation below), follow these ledges on. Continue along the rift, traversing on ledges and climbing down when possible past a small pool. The passage now widens and is broken by a large undescended pitch, <b>Too Bold for This Spit</b>. This is thought to connect with China 68m below. A traverse is made along the right hand wall to reach a passage on the other side with a chossy floor sloping up. From the top of this slope, head down the other side and follow the passage as it bends to the NE.</p>
<p>The passage is broken by a short pitch <b>Down and Up</b>, abseil down this and climb the other side (free-climbable to rig, but really deserves a rope for normal use) to reach Land of Confusion. The main rift passage is high, but in places narrow, and can be followed past several easy climbs and side passages to reach the head of a large pitch, <b>Korea</b>.</p>
<p>Korea can be descended to land at the south end of a large breakdown chamber with several ways on. To continue deeper cross to the North end of the chamber and wriggle down through the rocks until it opens out further. A series of pitches can be descended through the rocks into a continuing rift. To reach China, follow the southern wall to the west through breakdown and down a short climb until you break out into a large passage, <b>China</b>. Turning right in China quickly ends in a large muddy/bouldery wall, with a passage on the right which connects back to the Korea chamber via a short pitch. Turning left, China can be followed along and down until the passage eventually narrows, and progress is blocked by a pitch.</p>
<h2>Wonderland</h2><p>Following the side passage from ropeless leads down several short climbs to come out in the wall of a slightly larger passage. Left here leads to a connection with the 1970’s route, and to another with Ropeless. Right leads to Wonderland via a short wet and muddy duck, the <b>Sea of Fudge</b>. When going through the pinch point, beware of a stalactite. After this the passage enlarges until it ends at a junction with a cross rift. To the right this soon ends, but left can be followed down a couple of climbs (the second is easiest if you follow the LHW) to land at the bottom a drippy aven. Climb up into a tall narrow rift on the other side, and wriggle through <b>The Rabbit Hole</b> (the wide point in an otherwise too narrow rift). This quickly becomes a keyhole passage with a walking sized phreatic part which is followed. The floor trench quickly leaves the main passage on the right (following the departing floor trench is awkward at first, but opens out at an undescended pitch).</p>
<p>The main Wonderland passage is followed, past a small chamber on the left (with side passage doubling back), and then a second larger chamber. The is a climb up on the back wall of this chamber which appears to gain a passage above. A low way on at the end of the chamber reconnects with the main passage further west. The main passage suddenly gets much smaller and splits with a choked passage on the right and a small aven on the left.</p>
<underground_description><p>Small entrance in boulders in a dry gully drops into a small chamber, in the bottom corner of which is the excavated head of a pitch. This quickly bells out to 6m diameter and lands after 18m in a large passage which contains ice-formations early in the season (or at least did in the late 1970s). This large, phreatic passage leads to 83 (via Down Under) to the southwest (by climbing up the hading left wall into a higher level passage) and Ropeless to the northeast. The 1970's way on is down pitch in a rift almost opposite the entrance pitch, from which some of the draught pours.</p>
<p>To the northeast, the passage is smaller and is soon broken by a 5m deep rift. Upstream (right) ends in a boulder choke below 2012-70, downstream (left) appears to connect to the 1970’s pitch series. To continue, the rift is crossed by a pendule to a chossy slope up on the other side. From the top of this slope a series of short dusty ramping pitches lead down. In 2012 a rope was only used at the top, but in 2013 it was rigged down to the bottom (p10, c3). At the bottom a short section of dusty crawling passage (draft in your face) leads to another rampy pitch. This is initially freehanging, but becomes more rampy (p10, c7). At the bottom of the rampy section, a rifty pitch continues below, and a traverse level heads off to the NNE and into <b>Ropeless</b>. There are two ways Ropeless can be gained. In 2012 the rigging ended when all available gear was used, and a bold traverse continued until it was (just) possible to climb down into the sandy passage. In 2013 more gear was available, and the drop was rigged down from the end of the traverse followed by a short (rigged) down and up to gain the same sandy passage.</p>
<p>This sandy passage is followed against a strong draft. Shortly (~15m later) the passage bends to the right, and a smaller walking sized side passage leaves on the left (which is more obvious when going out) - this leads to Wonderland via Sea of Fudge and connections to the 1970’s route.</p>
<p>Continuing east along the main Ropeless passage, a short climb down (rigged in 2013) and traverse across brings you into a large, drippy chamber with rocks all over the floor. At the end of this a small rift is descended (rope) down a narrow rubble slope which isn’t very stable, so beware of dislodging rocks onto people or the rope below (this may in fact be better rigged by traversing at a higher level from the chamber and then dropping when it opens out). After a few metres you land on a col with pitches to each side. West quickly ends in a too tight rift, East is descended to a rubble slope. Facing down the slope, <b>Ropefree</b> is through a window on the left-hand (north) wall, reached by a short rope traverse. From the top of this it is possible to scramble down the other side into another chamber. A strong draft emanates from a far too-tight right in the floor on the right. At the end of the chamber a tight rift can be gained at floor level, but it is better to bridge up and along, traversing over some rocks (avoiding one squeeze) to an unavoidable short squeeze (<b>Pushing the Envelope</b>). This is best entered feet first - there is a convenient ledge the other side (but do keep in mind there is a pitch below). Tackle is best passed through with at least one person on each side.</p>
<p>Immediately through Pushing the Envelope, is a rift pitch that appears to continue down a fair way. Descend the top narrow part of the rift (rope) until it opens out where a traverse ledge takes you around the left side of the continuing pitch into <b>Sleepless</b>.</p>
<p>Sleepless is a fairly high passage. It is best to follow it at floor level - there is an upper level but this ends in a tricky climb down through the boulders. Following the lower level (which soon splits off down a sloping climb on the right side of the passage) a short section of straight rift is soon followed by some pretty mud banks. The passage opens out and narrows again and continues until it is broken by a small hole. This can be crossed with a short traverse (rope). Beyond this, Sleepless appears to continue north with a pitch. The main way on is to ignoring this and follow ledges round to the right into a short section of curving phreatic passage. Shortly this hits the end of a large cross rift which heads off to the South. At this intersection, the draught is really strong and cold - this is the <b>Coldest Place in Earth</b>. Skirt around the end of the cross rift on the left (rope) to where a short pitch descends to a gloopy muddy floor.</p>
<p>The Coldest Place in Earth is followed until a large pitch is reached. This is crossed by <b>Easy Traverse</b> (rope) round ledges on the LH wall. Beyond this, the passage is followed until a pitch is reached. The <b>Twin Pitches</b> are split by a wet muddy pool. At the bottom of the second part of the pitch the cave becomes more rift like - <b>Restless</b>.</p>
<p>From the base of the second of the Twin Pitches, a floor trench soon starts. The best route we found was (description written from memory nearly a year later) to descend about 2m into in it fairly soon, then traverse along at that level for a bit, climbing down about another 2m near a chock stone (if you descend too quickly the rift is very awkward to move along - and coming out, it’s quite easy to miss where to climb up and find yourself trapped in the bottom of the rift, unable to get higher - if this happens, just backtrack looking carefully for where to climb up). The rift widens as it kinks left, and you want to descend onto the large ledge which is (hopefully) not far below. Traverse round as the rift bends back to the right, and the short <b>Rift Pitch</b> soon follows. This pitch ends on some ledges (but there is a continuation below), follow these ledges on. Continue along the rift, traversing on ledges and climbing down when possible past a small pool. The passage now widens and is broken by a large undescended pitch, <b>Too Bold for This Spit</b>. This is thought to connect with China 68m below. A traverse is made along the right hand wall to reach a passage on the other side with a chossy floor sloping up. From the top of this slope, head down the other side and follow the passage as it bends to the NE.</p>
<p>The passage is broken by a short pitch <b>Down and Up</b>, abseil down this and climb the other side (free-climbable to rig, but really deserves a rope for normal use) to reach Land of Confusion. The main rift passage is high, but in places narrow, and can be followed past several easy climbs and side passages to reach the head of a large pitch, <b>Korea</b>.</p>
<p>Korea can be descended to land at the south end of a large breakdown chamber with several ways on. To continue deeper cross to the North end of the chamber and wriggle down through the rocks until it opens out further. A series of pitches can be descended through the rocks into a continuing rift. To reach China, follow the southern wall to the west through breakdown and down a short climb until you break out into a large passage, <b>China</b>. Turning right in China quickly ends in a large muddy/bouldery wall, with a passage on the right which connects back to the Korea chamber via a short pitch. Turning left, China can be followed along and down until the passage eventually narrows, and progress is blocked by a pitch.</p>
<h2>Wonderland</h2><p>Following the side passage from ropeless leads down several short climbs to come out in the wall of a slightly larger passage. Left here leads to a connection with the 1970’s route, and to another with Ropeless. Right leads to Wonderland via a short wet and muddy duck, the <b>Sea of Fudge</b>. When going through the pinch point, beware of a stalactite. After this the passage enlarges until it ends at a junction with a cross rift. To the right this soon ends, but left can be followed down a couple of climbs (the second is easiest if you follow the LHW) to land at the bottom a drippy aven. Climb up into a tall narrow rift on the other side, and wriggle through <b>The Rabbit Hole</b> (the wide point in an otherwise too narrow rift). This quickly becomes a keyhole passage with a walking sized phreatic part which is followed. The floor trench quickly leaves the main passage on the right (following the departing floor trench is awkward at first, but opens out at an undescended pitch).</p>
<p>The main Wonderland passage is followed, past a small chamber on the left (with side passage doubling back), and then a second larger chamber. The is a climb up on the back wall of this chamber which appears to gain a passage above. A low way on at the end of the chamber reconnects with the main passage further west. The main passage suddenly gets much smaller and splits with a choked passage on the right and a small aven on the left.</p>
<h2>Big rift series</h2><p>A pitch of 23m has an inlet entering part way down, which makes the rest of this pitch and the following one of 19m unpleasant in wet weather. Two ways then lead on, either down with the water or by traversing round this drop to another passage.</p><p>Climbing down with the water leads to a short passage with the water in a rift below. Round a sharp corner is a short drop to the head of a larger rift. A 5m pitch down this leads to another rift which, in turn, leads out to the side of a large shaft. Stones dropped from a small hole in the corner of the passage above the 5m pitch also fall into this shaft. Laddering from the side, the pitch is 67m with a large ledge just above half-way, and is unpleasantly wet in poor weather. From the base of this pitch, the continuing rift/canyon trends south west and has pitches of 5, 9 and 8m before the other route drops in from above.</p><p>Over the traverse, a short pitch of 4.5m, followed by a short climb up, leads to the head of a pitch of 10m to a boulder floor. Two ways on from here are down through the boulders into a shaft, or across the shaft and into a narrow rift. The way through boulders soon chokes, but the narrow rift soon opens into a massive shaft of 100m with a rebelay roughly halfway. This drops directly into the rift reached by the original route.</p><p>Below the junction, the rift continues with a 5m climb and pitches of 5, 14 and 44m, this last pitch being quite wet and emerging into a massive cross-rift trending south east. The water disappears into the choked floor of this rift via a nasty wet crawl, rapidly becoming too small.</underground_description>
<equipment></equipment>
<references></references>
<survey><p>2013 Plan<br /><a href="../expoimages/surveys/107/107-plan-2013.pdf"><img src="107/plan.png" alt="2013 plan survey"></a></p>
<p>2013 Elevation<br /><a href="../expoimages/surveys/107/107-elv-2013.pdf"><img src="107/elevation.png" alt="2013 elevation survey"></a></p>
<hr />
<survey><p>2013 Plan<br /><a href="../expoimages/surveys/107/107-plan-2013.pdf"><img src="107/plan.png" alt="2013 plan survey"></a></p>
<p>2013 Elevation<br /><a href="../expoimages/surveys/107/107-elv-2013.pdf"><img src="107/elevation.png" alt="2013 elevation survey"></a></p>
<hr />
<p>1978 (grade 5) survey<br /><img src="107/survey-1978.png" alt="1978 107 survey"></p></survey>
<kataster_status></kataster_status>
<underground_centre_line></underground_centre_line>

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<cave>
<non_public>False</non_public>
<caveslug>1623-2002-AD-04</caveslug>
<official_name>Klippenhoele</official_name>
<official_name>Klippenhöhle</official_name>
<area>1623</area>
<area>2d</area>
<kataster_code>1/S =</kataster_code>

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<survey>Notes in 2001#11 apparently, but this wallet is missing</survey>
<kataster_status></kataster_status>
<underground_centre_line>In dataset</underground_centre_line>
<notes>This was once conjectured to be the same as <a href="../1987_02.html">1987-02</a> description, but that cave was relocated in 2007.</notes>
<notes>This was once conjectured to be the same as <a href="../1987_02.html">1987-02</a> in the latter's description, but that cave was relocated in 2007.</notes>
<length></length>
<depth></depth>
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<cave>
<non_public>False</non_public>
<caveslug>1623-2012-ns-10</caveslug>
<official_name>Kleine Baum Hohle</official_name>
<official_name>Kleine Baum Höhle</official_name>
<area>1623</area>
<kataster_code></kataster_code>
<kataster_number></kataster_number>

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<cave>
<non_public>False</non_public>
<caveslug>1623-2014-NEO-01</caveslug>
<official_name>Ferkerhoehle</official_name>
<official_name>Ferkerhöhle</official_name>
<area>1623</area>
<kataster_code></kataster_code>
<kataster_number></kataster_number>

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<underground_description></p><ul><li><a href="../../1623/204/entrance.html">Entrance and The Near End passages</a></li><li><a href="../../1623/204/midlevel.html">Mid-level passages (including Wolpertinger Way)</a></li><li><a href="../../1623/204/ariston.html">Deep routes via the Ariston Series</a></li><li><a href="../../1623/204/millennium.html">Millennium Dome / White Elephant area</a></li><li><a href="../../1623/204/nopain.html">No Pain No Gain and Pleasuredome</a></li><li><a href="../../1623/204/treeumphant.html">Trunk way through Treeumphant Passage to Cave Tree Chamber and beyond</a></li><li><a href="../../1623/204/swings.html">Swings and Roundabouts area</a></li><li><a href="../../1623/204/rhino.html">Rhino Rift</a></li><li><a href="uworld.html">The Underworld</a></li><li><a href="../../1623/204/convenience.html">Convenience Series</a></li><li><a href="../../1623/204/subsoil.html">Subsoil</a></li><li><a href="subway.html">Subway Series</a></li><li style="margin-top: 1em"><a href="../../1623/204/atoz.html">Glossary of passage names</a></li><li><a href="../../1623/204/gallery.html">Photo gallery</a></li></ul><p></underground_description>
<equipment></equipment>
<references></references>
<survey></p> <ul> <li><a href="../../surveys/plan2006.png">Plan, post-2006 Expo</a> [3108k; 6696x12126 pixels, colour] or <a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2006BW.png">greyscale version</a> [570k; 1410x2554 pixels]</li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2005.png">Plan, post-2005 Expo</a> [2696k; 4234x7000 pixels, colour] or <a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2005.svg.gz">1601k gzipped SVG</a> or <a href="surveys/plan2005.pdf">8898k PDF</a></li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2004.png">Plan, post-2004 Expo</a> [1497k; 5722x10764 pixels, colour]</li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2003.png">Plan, post-2003 Expo</a> [760k; 3654x5699 pixels, colour]</li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2002.png">Plan, post-2002 Expo</a> [702k; approx 2400x3200 pixels, greyscale] or <a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2002.ps.gz">1.8M gzipped postscript</a></li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2001.png">Plan, post-2001 Expo</a> [511k; approx 2500x3500 pixels, greyscale]</li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2000.png">Plan, post-2000 Expo</a> [79k; approx 2300x3300 pixels, monochrome]</li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/elev2000.png">Elevation, post-2000 Expo</a> [22k; approx 1900x2200 pixels, monochrome]</li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan1999.gif">Plan, post-1999 Expo</a> [26k; approx 582x783 pixels, greyscale]</li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/elev1999.gif">Elevation, post-1999 Expo</a> [16k; approx 432x586 pixels, greyscale]</li> </ul><p></survey>
<survey></p> <ul> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2006.png">Plan, post-2006 Expo</a> [3108k; 6696x12126 pixels, colour] or <a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2006BW.png">greyscale version</a> [570k; 1410x2554 pixels]</li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2005.png">Plan, post-2005 Expo</a> [2696k; 4234x7000 pixels, colour] or <a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2005.svg.gz">1601k gzipped SVG</a> or <a href="surveys/plan2005.pdf">8898k PDF</a></li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2004.png">Plan, post-2004 Expo</a> [1497k; 5722x10764 pixels, colour]</li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2003.png">Plan, post-2003 Expo</a> [760k; 3654x5699 pixels, colour]</li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2002.png">Plan, post-2002 Expo</a> [702k; approx 2400x3200 pixels, greyscale] or <a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2002.ps.gz">1.8M gzipped postscript</a></li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2001.png">Plan, post-2001 Expo</a> [511k; approx 2500x3500 pixels, greyscale]</li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan2000.png">Plan, post-2000 Expo</a> [79k; approx 2300x3300 pixels, monochrome]</li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/elev2000.png">Elevation, post-2000 Expo</a> [22k; approx 1900x2200 pixels, monochrome]</li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/plan1999.gif">Plan, post-1999 Expo</a> [26k; approx 582x783 pixels, greyscale]</li> <li><a href="../../1623/204/surveys/elev1999.gif">Elevation, post-1999 Expo</a> [16k; approx 432x586 pixels, greyscale]</li> </ul><p></survey>
<kataster_status></kataster_status>
<underground_centre_line>In dataset; download <a href="../../1623/204/204.3d">.3d file</a> or <a href="../../1623/204/surveydata.tgz">Raw survey data</a></underground_centre_line>
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<cave>
<non_public>False</non_public>
<caveslug>1623-264</caveslug>
<official_name>Balkonhoehle</official_name>
<official_name>Balkonhöhle</official_name>
<area>1623</area>
<area>2d</area>
<kataster_code>1/S =</kataster_code>

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<entrance_description></entrance_description>
<explorers></explorers>
<map_description></map_description>
<location_description>100m uphill to the left from <a href="../1623/157.htm">157</a> and 0/5. This entrance was found by CUCC in 1987, but was not given a number because a carbide pig was found at the entrance and taken to be evidence of previous or ongoing exploration. The entrance was then lost for many years (except briefly when Brian Outram refound it and took the carbide pig, without realising its significance). At one point it was postulated to be the same cave as <a href="../1623/bogen.html">Bogenh&ouml;hle</a>, but was finally relocated in 2007.</location_description>
<location_description>100m uphill to the left from <a href="../1623/157/157.html">157</a> and 0/5. This entrance was found by CUCC in 1987, but was not given a number because a carbide pig was found at the entrance and taken to be evidence of previous or ongoing exploration. The entrance was then lost for many years (except briefly when Brian Outram refound it and took the carbide pig, without realising its significance). At one point it was postulated to be the same cave as <a href="../1623/2006-06/2006-06.html">Bogenh&ouml;hle</a>, but was finally relocated in 2007.</location_description>
<approach></approach>
<underground_description></underground_description>
<photo></photo>
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S? = Spit (?),
U = Unmarked,
? = Unknown" -->
<marking></marking>
<marking>S</marking>
<marking_comment></marking_comment>
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OK, executive summary is that theshortlist of things that we ought to be able
to feed to Robert is:
2002-AD-04 PG: needs survey. Seem to have 2012 survey data
2004-01 76 bivi cave - PG: lived in but no survey !! Seem to have svx refer wallet 2006#6 which has a passable plan and elev
2004-03 PG: tagged, no survey. 6 legs of svx, refer wallet 2006#15 which contains something that could be drawn as a plan
2004-14 surveyed, but drawing lost. refer wallet 2004#41
2004-15 svx, refer wallet 2004#41
2004-19 svx refer wallet 2004#46 - looks like we could draw an adequate survey oh, => 1623/254
2004-20 svx refer wallet 2004#51 - looks like we could draw an adequate survey oh, => 1623/255
2006-73 tagged, unexplored. But seems to be a survey in 2006#31 under name Ice Curtain Cave. No description on website.
2014-SD-01 2014 SD 01 looks a convincing set of docs
2006-71 not in PG. see wallet 2006#16
and I think Elaine and Michael have done a survey of 2002-AD-02 this year ?
===================================================================================================
My notes working from the Prospecting Guide to decide on those:
Can't get Austrian number without more work:
A1 missing, unsurveyed, untagged
B1 missing, unsurveyed, untagged
B2 missing, unsurveyed, untagged
B3 missing, unsurveyed, untagged - may be findable starting from B4
B4 needs survey and entrance photo
B5 missing, unsurveyed, untagged, but almost certainly identical with a kataster-numbered cave
B6 missing, probably numbered in invisible green paint. 8m blind. Too small to go in kataster.
B10 missing, occasional sightings ? probably numbered in invisible green paint
BS16 unmarked, unsurveyed, coords may or may not be any good
BS17 we have no survey data, but believed relocated 2015 ? Remote and hard cave
BS19 unmarked, unsurveyed, coords may or may not be any good
LA11 we have LUSS data
LA12 location in svx, no data
LA25 missing, unsurveyed, untagged, but given a lat/long probably from the map
LA26 missing, unsurveyed, untagged, but given a lat/long probably from the map
LA27 missing, unsurveyed, untagged, but given a lat/long probably from the map
LA30 missing, unsurveyed, untagged, but given a lat/long probably from the map
LA34 missing, unsurveyed, untagged, but given a lat/long probably from the map, may be in 1626
LA35 missing, unsurveyed, untagged, but given a lat/long probably from the map
LA37 missing, unsurveyed, untagged, but given a lat/long probably from the map
LA38 missing, unsurveyed, untagged, but given a lat/long probably from the map
LA40 missing, unsurveyed, untagged, but given a lat/long probably from the map
1987-02 PG: needs survey, and possibly more exploration. We have 30+ legs of 2007 data
1992-X-01 allegedly refindable, but unmarked and undescended
1996-01 needs survey - coords are pre-SA and believed hopelessly wrong
1996-WK-4 unexplored but coords
1996-WK-11 exploration incomplete (probably chokes), needs survey
1996-WK-12 needs survey, needs retag (2005-89 as no letters in tag kit)
1996-X-01 documented as under 3m long - so should not need an Austrian number
1996-05 apparently a non-CUCC discovery but no evidence of exploration - should be done !
1997-07 needs survey
1999-MS-01 unmarked, needs survey (unexplored?)
1999-MS-02 unmarked, needs survey (unexplored?)
1999-OB-01 too insignificant to need a kataster number
1999-OB-02 PG: surveyed but data/drawing missing. svx has 3 legs refer wallet 2006#?? Can't see anything in 2006#1 to 2006#33, ie scanned stuff
1999-X-01 needs survey and tag
2000-02 needs survey and photo
2000-08 needs survey
2001-02 needs survey and tag added to spit
2001-03 needs survey
2001-06 needs survey
2001-07 needs survey and tag, exploration incomplete
2001-08 needs survey and tag
2001-09 needs resurvey (original missing)
2001-10 needs survey
2001-11 needs survey, or might be too short for kataster
2001-12 needs survey - may be a VfHM cave
2002-03 needs survey and entrance photo
2002-05 have svx, not in PG. ent coords in 2006#1
2002-06 surveyed, but drawing lost - may be too short for a kataster number. ent coords in 2006#1
2002-07 have svx, not in PG
2002-08 surveyed, but drawing lost. May be pushed by small chemical persuasion
2002-10 needs survey and entrance photo
2002-AD-01 needs survey and entrance photo, and tag
2002-AD-02 needs survey and entrance photo, and tag
2002-AD-03 needs survey and entrance photo, unmarked
2002-AD-04 PG: needs survey. Seem to have 2012 survey data
2002-OB-01 needs survey, tag and more push
2002-W-01 PG says needs survey, but location says "see sketch in survey notes"
2002-W-02 PG: needs survey and tag. Seem to have 2002 svx data
2002-X-09 unmarked and undescended
2002-X-09b unmarked - just a rock shelter, cannot need a kataster number
2002-X-15 unmarked, needs survey and better description if over 10m
2002-X-16 unmarked - may not ne penetrable - one word description is illegible
2002-X-17 unmarked, needs survey
2002-X-18 unmarked, needs survey if over 10m
2002-XX needs tag, surveyed, but drawing lost
2003-01 not in PG, have a short svx - refer to wallet 2003#10
2003-07 unmarked, location and photo may not be the right cave, and the 2003-07 tag was on 2003-08 (now 240)
2003-X-11 unmarked, needs survey and entrance photo
2003-X-12 unmarked, needs survey and entrance photo
2003-X-13 unmarked, needs survey and entrance photo
2003-X-14 needs survey and tag. See wallet 2006#12 <5m long, does not need kataster number
2003-X-15 unmarked, needs survey
2003-X-16 unmarked, needs survey and entrance photo
2003-X-17 unmarked, needs survey and entrance photo, or may be too short for kataster
2003-X-18 unmarked, needs survey and entrance photo
2004-02 needs survey and possible boulder removal
------- "Mystery cave nearish 186" in same wallet as 2004-03 has no ID, but could be given one, and drawn up. Location ?
2004-04 undescended, no coords
2004-05 undescended, no coords, tag prepared but not placed 2004 - did this ever get done ? Does sound refindable...
2004-06 undescended, no coords, ditto
2004-07 needs survey
2004-08 PG: needs survey. 14 legs svx, refer wallet 2006#16 - sketching really not adequate for a survey
2004-09 undescended, no coords, tag prepared but not placed 2004, probably near (missing) 177 ...
2004-10 PG: needs survey - may be QMs. 8 legs of svx, refer wallet 2013# xxxxx
2004-13 needs survey and entrance photo, only marking is part-drilled spit hole
2004-14 surveyed, but drawing lost. refer wallet 2004#41
2004-15 svx, refer wallet 2004#41
2004-16 undescended, drafts in
2004-17 needs survey
2004-18 needs survey, may go further with low snow
2004-21 unmarked, needs survey, one QM
2005-01 unmarked, survey done but drawing missing, needs entrance photo
2005-02 unmarked, needs survey and entrance photo
2005-03 unmarked, needs survey and entrance photo
2005-06 needs survey
2005-08 needs survey
2005-91 needs survey, may be undescended ?
2005-92 needs survey
2005-93 surveyed, but drawing lost
2005-94 surveyed, but drawing lost
2005-95 surveyed, but drawing lost
2005-96 surveyed, but drawing lost
2005-97 needs survey, or may just be too short to need kataster number
2005-98 needs survey - apparently not a CUCC find
2005-99 needs survey, short but will be hard work (tight)
2006-01 needs survey and marking - undescended
2006-02 needs survey and marking
2006-03 needs survey and marking
2006-05 needs survey and entrance photo
2006-06 surveyed, but drawing lost. ent coords in 2006#1
2006-07 needs survey and entrance photo
2006-08 needs survey and entrance photo - svx ? wallet 2007#31 seems to be grade 1 plan and elev but 2006#33 may be actual survey (2 legs)
2006-09 needs survey
2006-70 surveyed, but drawing lost, needs tag
2006-71 not in PG. see wallet 2006#16
2006-72 surveyed, but drawing lost
2007-70 surveyed, but drawing lost
2007-71 surveyed, but drawing lost
2007-72 surveyed, but drawing lost
2011-01 needs survey, 1 QM C
2012-HW-01 needs survey or may be less than 10m and not needing kataster number
2012-HW-02 unmarked, needs survey or may be too short for kataster
2012-OK-01 unexplored, unmarked
2012-OK-02 unexplored, unmarked
2012-OK-03 unfnished, needs survey, may be BS17 [and this info may be superseded, 2015]
88F not our cave, no survey
88H not our cave, missing
E02 not our cave, have survey data from Arge
E09 not our cave, have survey data from Arge
E16 not our cave, have survey data from Arge
E28 not our cave, have survey data from Arge
HFG-KA88 not our cave, no survey
Have got Austrian number, but not actually/adequately documented:
(some things listed as surveyed but drawing lost may mean surveyed by Arge, so we have the data, but no pictures)
37 & 38 to be fair, these aren't our caves, I think...
40 we have survey data, no drawing (mostly not CUCC exploration)
71 drawn up survey, no data (Karl Gaisberger cave, CUCC surveyed)
76 survey of deepest parts deeply suspect (grade 1)
80 needs survey
81 needs survey
82 well-documented, but original survey data thrown away
83 PG: needs survey. Seems to be a *lot* of survey data from 2012
84 missing since c 1977, may actually be 148
85 needs survey - has to be done in a low-snow year
86 missing since c 1977, 25m rift, SE of 82 - needs a search
87 PG says no survey and marking may be wrong. I thought we did survey this ? dataset has Arge resurvey data, 2003
87B too short for kataster and may be incorrectly marked 88
89 missing, 25m shaft. Should have bolts, so ought to at least be indentifiable if found, but person who remembers this may be confusing it with 98
90 needs survey
91 needs survey
92 missing
93 needs survey
94 needs survey
95 needs survey
96 needs survey
97 sketch survey only - has QMs, really needs doing again (but tight and then wet)
98 needs survey (2 pitches to c 48m depth)
99 survey data missing. very esoteric drawn survey. links 76, so this info may be out of date ?
100 needs survey
101 needs survey
102 needs survey
103 needs survey
104 needs survey
105 needs survey
106 numbering cockup
108 needs survey and more convincing description
109 needs survey, probably in low-snow year
110 PG "We don't have a kitten's chance in heck of finding this" but believed now located, needs survey and entrance photo ?
111 needs survey. wallet 2006#32 has GPS fix
112 needs survey. wallet 2006#32 claims to be one, but is just a sketch (and then surface survey)
113 PG says needs survey which will be quite hard as it is 330m deep, but I think that it was surveyed...
the coords says "at start of underground survey". Suspect PG bollocks.
114 utterly missing, no conceivable hope of finding or identifying this
117-120 missing, but probably not CUCC anyway
127-130 missing, but probably not CUCC anyway
131-133 not ours, but beware we may have painted these numbers elsewhere...
135 surveyed, but drawing lost
136 surveyed, but drawing lost
137 no survey or coords but near enough a known cave to refind ?
138 surveyed, but drawing lost
139 surveyed, but drawing lost
140 needs survey
141 needs pushed and surveyed, probably mislabelled 131
146 missing, but ought to be refindable from 147, though apparently unmarked, probably undescended
149 missing, but ought to be refindable from 145, though unmarked. needs survey
150 actually too short for a kataster number (2m)
151 ditto (3m?)
152 surveyed, but drawing lost
153 needs survey
154 needs survey
155 mostly undescended
156 needs survey, may go further in a low-snow year
157 needs survey in low snow year, and may link to 107 (PG) but seems to be 2012 survey data
158 drawn survey, but data missing
159 needs survey
160 needs survey and description
164 needs survey
165 needs survey. PG notes another cave nearby with a non-CUCC bolt, which we should also document
171 needs survey - no rigging, walking passage, should be easy !
173 needs survey
174 needs survey
175 needs survey
176 needs survey
177 missing, no bolts (explored to 35m on Bunde belay)
178 missing
179 missing
180 needs survey
181 needs survey and entrance pic
182 PG says data but drawn survey missing. Needs tag
183 PG says data but drawn survey missing. Needs tag and entrnce pic
184 needs survey, tag and pic
185 PG says data but drawn survey missing. Needs tag
186 needs survey
187 unmarked, only partly explored
188 needs survey
189 needs survey
190 needs survey
191 needs survey and photo
192 missing, paint marked, partially explored, has a spit (not ours?)
194 needs survey
197 needs survey
198 needs survey (=B11)
200 needs survey - OK the PG is definitely out of date, we surveyed this years ago
201 surveyed, but drawing lost, needs photo
202 surveyed, but drawing lost
203 surveyed, but drawing lost
205 needs retag
206 surveyed, but drawing lost, coords only for 1 (of 5) ent
209 surveyed, but drawing lost
210 needs survey (=1998-03)
214 needs survey
215 Desc says "? Wookey"
216 surveyed, but drawing lost
217 needs survey, desc says "? Wookey"
218 needs survey and retag (WOOK6 - which ought to have been 1996-WK-06)
219 needs survey and retag (WOOK5 - which ought to have been 1996-WK-05)
220 survey done, but missing
222 needs survey and retag (9604)
223 needs survey and retag (96-03)
224 needs survey and retag (9602)
225 needs survey
226 needs survey and description
227 needs survey and description
228 surveyed, but drawing lost, needs marking and entrance photo
229 surveyed, but drawing lost, spit but no tag
230 needs survey and retag (99-04)
235 needs survey
236 needs survey, mistagged as 232
237 needs survey and coords for 2 (of 3) entrances
238 second half of survey from 2012 never drawn up
239 needs entrance photo
242 needs entrance photo
243 needs entrance photo and retag (2001-05) which may have been done in 2004 (yes, PG is that out of date...)
244 needs retag ? Second part of survey allegedly not scanned, so presumably full survey not drawn up
245 needs retag ? Published survey still under number 2003-09 - should really redraw
246 needs retag ?
247 needs retag ? drawn survey, but data missing. Drawn survey is essentially a sketch, so needs a real survey
248 needs retag ? needs entrance photo
249 needs retag ?
250 needs entrance photo (=2000-aa-01)
251 needs retag ?
253 needs entrance photos (2 ents)
254 needs entrance photos (3 ents) 2 ents might need tags
256 needs entrance photo
257 needs underground description
263 needs retag ? (2010-01)
264 allegedly needs retag (2005-05). Seems unlikely... but no-one has actually checked (2015)
===================================================================================================
My list of all the cave numbers including provisional numbers some of which
may not actually have been used...
(a) not ours:
1 Liägerhöhle
2 Wasserlöcher
3 Gellerofen
4 Ritscherbachhöhle
5 Holzknechtbrünndlloch
6 Quelle
7 Bachschläg
8 Großes Loserloch
9 Kleines Loserloch
10 Spalthöhle
11 Höhle in der Loserwestwand 1
12 Höhle in der Loserwestwand 2
13 Knochenhöhle
14 Schafkirche
15 Michel-Gang
16 Pauli-Loch
17 Bärenhöhle im Höllgraben
18 Gaisofen im Ammerei
19 Gamsofen im Scharlingkar
20 Windhöhle
21 Windloch im Egglgrube
22 Spiralschacht
23 Steinbockhöhle
24 Schachthöhle bei Egglgrubenalm
25 Mauskothhöhle
26 Wasserschlinger I
27 Wasserschlinger II
28 Augsteckhöhle
29 Schwarzmoosloch
30 Grundloses Loch
31 Elchhöhle
32 Windloch am Stögerweg
33 Schichtgrenzenhöhle
34 Höhle am Kratzer I
35 Dr. Kerschner Höhle
36 Schachtgruppe I - V
37 Schachtgruppe beim Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel
38 Algenhöhle
39 SCHWA höhle 39
40 Schwarzmooskogeleishöhle
41 Stellerweghöhle
42 Wasserschacht
43 Höhle beim Wackelstein
44 Höhle am Kratzer II
45 Dannerschacht
46 Engelbrechthöhle
47 SCHWA höhle 47
48 SCHWA höhle 48
49 SCHWA höhle 49
50 SCHWA höhle 50
51 Höhlen 1-3 in Weiße Wand
52 Sennerkeller & Sauloch
53 Gellerliäger
54 Seehöhle
55 Schachthöhle west. Hochanger
56 Hornsteinhöhle
57 Höhle unterhalb der Schafkirche
58 Höhle unterhalb ab Pauli-Loch
59 Bruchshutthöhle
60 Schacht I-IV bei Gschwandalm
61 Gemsbockhöhle
62 Dolinenhöhle
63 Pseudoskorpionhöhle
64 Gr. Durchgangshöhle
65 Widderhöhle
66 Löckerweghöhle
67 Biwakhöhle am Loser
68 Kleine Bärenhöhle
69 Schacht am Gschirr
70 Schneckenloch
72 Skeletthöhle
73 Suppentellerschacht
74 Schneckenhaushöhle
75 Wisenthöhle
77 Fichtenschacht
78 Schwaben(schacht)höhle
79 Badenerschacht
88 Lärchenschacht
116 Kleine Eishöhle
117 Stuttgarter-Schacht
118 Schwa-Schacht 118
119 Schwa-Schacht 119
120 Schwa-Schacht 120
121-126 no records
127 Kleine Firnhöhle
128 Enttauschungsschacht
129 Große Firnhöhle
130 Cäcilien-Schacht
131 Thomas-Eishöhle
132 Tropfsteinhöhle am Augsteck
133 Unterstandhöhle
134 Höhlenruine bei der Wasserstelle
166-170 no records
202 Dominoschacht
203 Sonnenscheinschacht
206 7-Eingangshöhle
211-213 no records
228 Kleine Schnellzughöhle
229 Weiße Höhle (ArGe - but is also CUCC surveyed and documented)
232 Grießkogelschacht (ArGe - no docs, but not in noinfo)
233 Betthupferie (ArGe - no docs, but not in noinfo)
252 Bunnyschacht (ArGe - svx, no docs, but not in noinfo)
259-262 no records
(b) not ours, but only known by the explorers' numbers (both GSCB, we think)
88F
88H
(c) ours, with full kataster numbers (even though some are missing/undocumented)
71 Fledermaushöhle (well, sort of ours - CUCC joint with Karl. Our survey)
76 Eislufthöhle
80 Schwa Schacht 80
81 Schwa Höhle 81
82 Bräuninghöhle
83 Schwa Schacht 83
84 Schwa Höhle 84
85 Schwa Höhle 85
86 Schwa Schacht 86
87A Schacht 87A bei Stögerweg
87B Schacht 87B bei Stögerweg
89 Schwa Schacht 89
90 Bräu Schacht 90
91 Bräu Schacht 91
92 Bräu Schacht 92
93 Bräu Schacht 93
94 Bräu Schacht 94
95 Bräu Schacht 95
96 Bräu Schacht 96
97 Schneewindschacht
98 Plateau Schacht 98
99 Plateau Schacht 99
100 Plateau Schacht 100
101 Plateau Schacht 101
102 Plateau Schacht 102
103 Plateau Schacht 103
104 Plateau Schacht 104
105 Plateau Schacht 105
107 Gemshöhle
108 Plateau Schacht 108
109 Schwa-Schacht 109
110 Kein Hubschrauber Höhle
111 Plateau Schacht 111
112 Plateau Schacht 112
113 Sonnenstrahlhöhle
114 Verlorenschacht 114
115 Schnellzughöhle
135 Schwa Schacht 135
136 Steinschlagschacht
137 Schwa Schacht 137
138 Schwa Schacht 138
139 Schwa Schacht 139
140 Schwa Schacht 140
141 Schwa Höhle 141
142 Schwa Höhle 142
143 Weiße Warze Schacht I
144 Tony's Second Höhle
145 Wolfhöhle
146 Tobogganschacht
147 Schwa Höhle 147
148 Marilyn Monroe Höhle
149 Plateau Schacht 149
150 Schwa Röhrhöhle 150
151 Schwa Höhle 151
152 Bananehöhle
153 Schwa Schacht 153
154 Schwa Schacht 154
155 Unerforscht Schacht 155
156 Schwa Schacht 156
157 Pirat Schacht
158 Donner und Blitzen Höhle
159 Winded Hole
160 Plateau Schacht 160
161 Kaninchenhöhle
162 Schwa Höhle 162
163 Schwa Höhle 163
164 Plateau Schacht 164
165 Schwa Schacht 165
171 Plateau Höhle 90/1
172 Plateau Höhle 90/2
173 Plateau Schacht 90/3
174 Plateau Schacht 90/4
175 Plateau Schacht 90/5
176 Plateau Schacht 90/6
177 Tantalus Schacht
178 Plateau Höhle 90/8
179 Plateau Schacht 90/9
180 Schwa Schacht 90/10
181 Plateau Schacht 90/11
181 was also provisionally given to 1623/160, but the cave never thus marked (but may appear as 181 in logbooks ?)
182 Bovistundpuderzuckerhöhle
183 Elchfalle
184 Shiruken
185 Zweijahreentstehungshöhle originally marked 183
186 Rosenkavalierhöhle
187 Schwa Schacht 187
188 Skinrip Durchgange I-VI 188 might already be allocated to someone else, so this may revert to 1990-18. Need to check with Robert ?
189 Plateau Schacht 189.
190 Glitterstompf
191 Schwa Schacht 191
192 Schwa Schacht 192
193 Schwa Schacht 193
194 Schwa Schacht 194
195 Schwa Schacht 195
196 Schwa Höhle 196
197 Bemoost Tropfen Höhle
198 Fuchshöhle
199 Stürzender Felsbrocken Höhle
200 Verlorener Rucksack Schacht
201 Haftefelle Schacht
204 Steinbrückenhöhle
205 Nordalpenschacht
207 Plumpsklohöhle
208 Quallenhöhle
209 Schistock-Absturzschacht
210 Fettsack und Faulpelz höhle
214 Segment cave
215 Rufverbindungshöhle
216 Nichts 50
217 Schneepfropfenhöhle
218 Hammerkopfabsturtzhöhle
219 Tertaeingfester
220 Kennedy Alternative
221 ? seems no record of this on site
222 Gösserhöhle
223 Eggenbergschacht
224 Toplesscayonhöhle (typo for Toplesscanyonhöhle?)
225 Jahrzehnschacht
226 Skaschacht
227 Faultienschacht
230 Vergeßlichheithöhle
231 Traungoldhöhle
234 Hauchhöhle
235 Schaukelfelsbrockenhöhle
236 Moostunnelhöhle
237 Dreieingangabdrosselnhöhle
238 Flinkameiseschacht
239 Rock'n'Roll Höhle
240 Gewölbeschacht
241 Dreieckhöhle
242 Tropfelhöhle
243 GNDN Höhle
244 Dünne Faulpelz Höhle
245 Weizeneishöhle
246 Damoclesschacht
247 Kartoffelbreihöhle
248 Blaudrachenschacht
249 Artischockehöhle
250 Schönschrifthöhle
251 In Ihrer Gesichtshöhle
253 Rundreisehöhle (survex file still under 2004-15)
254 Kindergartenhöhle (survex file still under 2004-19)
255 Brecheisenhöhle (survex file still under 2004-20)
256 Nischehöhle (survex file still under 2003-01)
257 Daumenkinohöhle (survex file still under 2005-07)
258 Tunnockschacht
263 Clownhöhle
264 Balkonhöhle
(d) our internal numbers. When given full kataster status, => official number
otherwise, these caves are awaiting submission to Robert. We (try to) say elsewhere how complete the documentation is,
as part of a drive to identify caves we actually could submit to Robert. Depressingly few...
The other motivation for this file is to identify gaps in numbering that imply finds which are so poorly recorded that
there is nothing in the Prospecting guide saying what needs doing !
1977/11 expo.survex.com/years/1988/164.htm refers to this number, which is almost certainly 1976-B11
1987-01 might be 199 Stürzender Felsbrocken Höhle but web page for 199 doesn't say.
This is just an AERW memory to remind me to check logbook.
1987-02
1989-01
1990-01 => 1623/171
1990-02 => 1623/172
1990-03 => 1623/173
1990-04 => 1623/174
1990-05 => 1623/175
1990-06 => 1623/176
1990-07 => 1623/177 Tantalus Schacht (which is missing completely)
1990-08 => 1623/178
1990-09 => 1623/179
1990-10 => 1623/180
1990-11 => 1623/181
1990-12 => 1623/182 Bovistundpuderzuckerhöhle
1990-13 => 1623/183 Elchfalle
1990-14 => 1623/184 Shiruken
; the expo report specifically documents 1-14 and nothing else
1990-15 website says this (almost certainly) doesn't exist and is a typo
1990-18 => 1623/188, but CUCC may have used this number without kataster submission
1990-ADAM => 1623/225 Jahrzehnschacht
1992-X01
1993-01 => 1623/200 Verlorener Rucksack Schacht
1996-01 Ski-pole höhle
1996-02 => 1623/224 Toplesscayonhöhle
1996-03 => 1623/223 Eggenbergschacht
1996-04 => 1623/222 Gösserhöhle
1996-05
1996-X01
1996WK2 => 1623/207 Plumpsklohöhle
1996WK3 => 1623/208 Quallenhöhle
1996WK4
1996WK5 => 1623/219 Tertaeingfester
1996WK6 => 1623/218 Hammerkopfabsturtzhöhle
1996WK7 appears to have been retagged => 1997-07
1996WK8 => 1623/209 (maybe also 1996-08 and/or 1997-08) Schistock-Absturzschacht
1996WK9 appears to have been retagged => 1997-08 (which covered WK8, WK9, WK10)
1996WK10 see WK9
1996WK11
1996WK12
1997-07
1998-01 => 1623/201 Haftefelle Schacht (at one time erroneously tagged 1998-02)
1998-03 => 1623/210 Fettsack und Faulpelz höhle
1998-X01
1999-01 seems to have been the actual tag applied to 1999-BO-01, so probably => 1623/205
1999-03 => 1623/204 Steinbrückenhöhle
1999-04 => 1623/230 Vergeßlichheithöhle
1999-10 => 1623/162b
1999-BO-01 => 1623/205 Nordalpenschacht (maybe this is web page error for 1999-OB-01 ? page says tag is 1999-01)
1999-OB-01
1999-OB-02
1999-OB-03 => 1623/226 Skaschacht
1999-OB-04 => 1623/227 Faultienschacht
1999-X01
1999_MS_01
1999_MS_02
2000-01 => 1623/231 Traungoldhöhle
2000-02 ('plus' cave on ridge up to hinter - see '96 docs)
2000-03 => 1623/214 Segment Cave
2000-04 => 1623/220 Kennedy Alternative
2000-05 => 1623/215 Rufverbindungshöhle
2000-06 => 1623/216 Nichts 50
2000-07 => 1623/217 Schneepfropfenhöhle
2000-08 Grabenkrieghöhle
2000-09 => 1623/234 Hauchhöhle
2000-AA-01 => 1623/250 Schönschrifthöhle
2001-02 documented as 1½ body lengths (by Animal - c 1.65m), which is too small for a kataster number
2001-03 Unnamed
2001-04 => 1623/239 Rock'n'Roll Höhle
2001-05 => 1623/243 GNDN Höhle
2001-06 Erbärmlichbaumhöhle
2001-07 Hoffnungschacht
2001-08 Schneeoberlichtschacht
2001-09 Funkberaterschacht
2001-10 Großarbeithöhle
2001-11 Schnürsenkelschacht
2001-12 Unnotiggewohnlichkeitschacht
2001-046 number is referred to in description of 1623/239 (=2001-04). Maybe a typo for 2001-04b ?
2002-01 => 1623/249 Artischockehöhle
2002-02 => 1623/234B
2002-03 Igelhöhle
2002-04 => 1623/242 Tropfelhöhle
2002-05 Rhabarberhöhle
2002-06 Eiercremehöhle
2002-07
2002-08
2002-10
2002-AD-01 Unamed
2002-AD-02
2002-AD-03
2002-AD-04 Klippenhöhle
2002-OB-01
2002-W-01
2002-W-02
2002-X09
2002-X09B
2002-X11 => 2005-08
2002-X12 => 2005-07 => 1623/257 Daumenkinohöhle
2002-X13 => 2005-06 L Shaft
2002-X14 => 2005-05 => 1623/264 Balkonhöhle now quite important ;-)
2002-X15
2002-X16
2002-X17
2002-X18
2002-XX
2003-01 => 1623/256 Nischehöhle
2003-02 => 1623/248 Blaudrachenschacht
2003-03 => 1623/247 Kartoffelbreihöhle
2003-04 => 1623/241 Dreieckhöhle
2003-05 => 1623/246 Damoclesschacht
2003-06 => 1623/161g
2003-07
2003-08 => 1623/240 Gewölbeschacht
2003-09 => 1623/245 Weizeneishöhle
2003-10 => 1623/244 Dünne Faulpelz Höhle
2003-X11
2003-X12
2003-X13
2003-X14 Knochenloch
2003-X15 Gipfelschacht
2003-X16
2003-X17
2003-X18
2004-01 [2006#6]
2004-02
2004-03 [2006#15]
2004-04
2004-05
2004-06
2004-07
2004-08
2004-09
2004-10
2004-11 => 1623/251 In Ihrer Gesichtshöhle
2004-12 => 1623/161h
2004-13
2004-14 Doktorarbeitloch
2004-15 => 1623/253 Rundreisehöhle
2004-16
2004-17
2004-18
2004-19 => 1623/254 Kindergartenhöhle
2004-20 => 1623/255 Brecheisenhöhle
2004-21
2005-01
2005-02
2005-03
2005-04 => 1623/204h
2005-05 => 1623/264 Balkonhöhle [The original ID 2005-05 was also used (briefly) for another entrance, which was found the next day to connect to 204, and designated as 204G]
2005-06 L Shaft
2005-07 => 1623/257 Daumenkinohöhle
2005-08
2005-91
2005-92
2005-93
2005-94
2005-95
2005-96 Schlotschacht
2005-97 Genutetschacht
2005-98
2005-99 Ohne Mantel Höhle
2006-01
2006-02
2006-03
2006-05
2006-06 Bogenhöhle
2006-07 Infrared Spectrometer
2006-08 Knackered Tacklesack Cave
2006-09 Random Schacht
2006-70 Cairn Cave
2006-71
2006-72
2006-73 Ice Curtain Cave
2007-70 Spit Pot
2007-71 Olly reports over 100m long (verbal, 2015-08-06)
2007-72 Batter Pot
2010-01 => 1623/263 Clownhöhle
2010-03 2010-03
2011-01 BS30 Kugelzweitehöhle
2012-HW-01 Unamed
2012-HW-02 Unamed
2012-OK-01 Unnamed
2012-OK-02 Unnamed
2012-OK-03 Unnamed
2012-dd-01 2012-dd-01
2012-dd-02 Unnamed
2012-dd-03 Unnamed
2012-dd-04 Unnamed
2012-dd-05 Unnamed
2012-dd-06 Big D höhle
2012-dd-07 Unnamed
2012-dd-08 Unnamed
2012-dd-09 Unnamed
2012-dd-10 Unnamed
2012-dd-11 Unnamed
2012-ns-03 Slime Cave
2012-ns-09 Bergspitze Schacht
2012-ns-10 Kleine Baum Höhle
2012-ns-13 Moth Cave
2014-NEO-01 Ferkerhöhle
2014-SD-01 2014 SD 01
A1 CUCC 1976/A1
B1 CUCC 1976/B1
B2 CUCC 1976/B2
B3 CUCC 1976/B3
B4 CUCC 1976/B4 his is easy to finf, and ought to be easy to survey. For fuck sake get rid of it !
B5 CUCC 1976/B5 conceivably => 1623/35
B6 CUCC 1976/B6
B7 CUCC 1976/B7
B8 CUCC 1976/B8 => 1623/197 Bemoost Tropfen Höhle
B9 CUCC 1976/B9 => 1623/190 Glitterstompf
B10 CUCC 1976/B10
B11 CUCC 1976/B11 => 1623/198 Fuchshöhle
BS1-15
BS16 BS16
BS17 Organhöhle
BS18
BS19
BS20-nn?
CUCC2015DL01 Shagged Spit Hoehle
CUCC2015DL02 Chossy Death Slope Hoehle
HFG-KA88
LA25 LUSS/LA25
LA26 LUSS/LA26
LA27 LUSS/LA27
LA30 LUSS/LA30
LA34 Rätselhöhle
LA35 LUSS/LA35
LA37 LUSS/LA37
LA38 LUSS/LA38
LA40 LUSS/LA40
that's ~ 135 provisional numbers (not including BS and LA caves)
(e) *discernible* gaps in the above sequences.
Of course, there may be other numbers used whose existence cannot be deduced from obvious gaps....
Discernible gaps (ie. numbers that logically seem to ought have been used but can't be
found anywhere using grep on likely strings.
; the expo report specifically documents 1990/1-14 and nothing else
; 15 is documented as a probable typo believed never to have referred to an actual cave, 18 may be a logical (but wrong) deduction, and 16, 17 must also never have existed.
1990-16
1990-17
1996WK1 not in PG, not found by grep
1997-01
1997-02
1997-03
1997-04
1997-05
1997-06
1998-02 this tag used for what was really 1998-01, which is documented, so never existed.
1999-02
1999-05
1999-06
1999-07
1999-08
1999-09
2001-01
2002-09 see 2007 log. "Don't think this should be assigned a
kataster number as it is v. small.", but it *is* tagged (2007-07-22 Juia)
2002-X01 to X08
2002-X10
2003-X01 to X10 (suspect these are == 2003-01...)
2006-04 mentioned once in 2006 log - definitely big enough for kataster
2010-02 lon="13.82211997" lat="47.69639036" 1905.80 p2010-02 in map/ents.gpx
2012-ns-01 lon="13.82066426" lat="47.69668055" 1861.81 p2012-ns-01
2012-ns-02 lon="13.82176965" lat="47.69849151" 1922.80 p2012-ns-02
2012-ns-04 not in PG, not found by grep
2012-ns-05 lon="13.82221138" lat="47.69960292" 1913.80 p2012-ns-05
2012-ns-06 lon="13.82232847" lat="47.69973005" 1916.80 p2012-ns-06
2012-ns-07 lon="13.82247902" lat="47.70014557" 1922.80 p2012-ns-07
2012-ns-08 lon="13.82223088" lat="47.70051187" 1928.80 p2012-ns-08
2012-ns-11 lon="13.82058718" lat="47.70010815" 1923.80 p2012-ns-11
2012-ns-12 lon="13.82129671" lat="47.70115017" 1925.80 p2012-ns-12
the ones with locations obviously exist, but are not in the Prospecting
Guide or documented elsewhere (that I've found, yet).
So that's at least 10 more that do indeed exist in some form.

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@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ chamber. It's cold down there crawling in shorts &amp; T-shirt.
T/U &frac12; hr
<hr />
<p>12/7/90 | near 161 - 2 year Gestiation | Jeremy &amp; <u>Matt</u>
<p><a id="id1990-185-1">12/7/90</a> | near 161 - 2 year Gestiation | Jeremy &amp; <u>Matt</u>
<p>(2 years Gestation) &lt;- cave name (matt is
a tosser!)
@ -245,7 +245,9 @@ as yet unexplored. the 4th &amp; probably final pitch has been named
made a hasty retreat with a smallish pause as we negotiated to top of the 3rd
pitch.
<p> T/U -&gt; 6 hrs<hr />
<p> T/U -&gt; 6 hrs
<p><a href="#id1990-185-2">Next trip</a><hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161-2">12/7/90</a> | 161 - Rigging RH Route | Del &amp; <u>Damage</u>
@ -299,7 +301,7 @@ entrance. Came out of 161 to see them walking up the hill!
<a href="#id1990-161c-1">Finding 161c</a>
<hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161b-1">12/7/90 | 161 - Strollers 1st cave | Wookey &amp; <u>Juliette</u>
<p><a id="id1990-161b-1">12/7/90</a> | 161 - Strollers 1st cave | Wookey &amp; <u>Juliette</u>
<p>Rigged down Adrians route - to the head of the large pitch discovered 2
years ago. The Wook - proudly bearing WOOK - on every gear item including
@ -374,7 +376,7 @@ derigged out, dumped ropes and beat it for the surface in a shower of sweat.
The trip <a href="#id1990-161-6">that actually went</a> to the Flapjack QM
<hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161-6">15/7/90 | 161 - Deep question mark at bottom of flapjack | Julian and <u>David H</u>
<p><a id="id1990-161-6">15/7/90</a> | 161 - Deep question mark at bottom of flapjack | Julian and <u>David H</u>
<p>Oh boy what a long way down, and that's before we start any pushing!
@ -437,7 +439,7 @@ by tree meets fault running up mountain.
<p>T.U. 5 mins each<hr />
<p>13/7/90 | Near 161 - return to '2 years Gestation' | <u>Jeremy</u>, Matt &amp; Adam
<p><a id="id1990-185-2">13/7/90</a> | Near 161 - return to '2 years Gestation' | <u>Jeremy</u>, Matt &amp; Adam
<p>Underground after 4.00pm (Not bad), quick trip to bottom, a quick dig
(extended cave by about 5m). Surveyed &amp; derigged (derigging through
@ -445,7 +447,10 @@ squeeze &quot;interesting&quot;).
<p>No major cock ups etc, out in light
<p> T/U 3&frac12; hours<hr />
<p> T/U 3&frac12; hours
<p><a href="#id1990-185-1">Previous trip</a>
<hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161-3">14/7/90</a> | 161 - rig right hand route &amp; push Yapate | Adam &amp; <u>Jeremy</u>
@ -540,7 +545,7 @@ loose rift to climb requiring handline.
<a href="#id1990-161-14">Next trip</a> to 'Endless'
<hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161-9">16/7/90 | 161 - Dreamtime | Leif, Jan, <u>Hugh</u>
<p><a id="id1990-161-9">16/7/90</a> | 161 - Dreamtime | Leif, Jan, <u>Hugh</u>
<p>Dreamtime, ha, ha.
@ -676,11 +681,9 @@ bypasses (eg. pitch francis fell down) are required<br>
<p>Continued exploring the pitches I (Adam) discovered with Jeremy a few days
previously :
</td></tr></table>
<p><center><img src="fbsloc.png" width=726 height=305
alt="sketch of location of way in to Flat Battery Series"></center>
<table><tr><td width=44></td><td width="*">
<p>Descended previously rigged 25m pitch &amp; bolted further 20'-&gt;25'
pitch (slightly damp). Mark descended a further 15' into a pit where water
flowed out down an impassible rift. A way on thro' a squeeze was found just
@ -791,12 +794,10 @@ kind enough to take orders for food over the radio !
It took us 1&frac12; hours to explore the lower cave &amp; 2&frac12; hours to
shift the rock outside the upper one ! Both caves still unmarked. Where's the
paint ?
</td></tr></table>
<p><center><img src="rosenk.png" width=768 height=627
alt="sketch elevation of both caves"></center>
<table><tr><td width=44></td><td width="*">
<p><u>William</u>
<p>T.U. = 1 hr 32 mins each<hr />
@ -848,7 +849,7 @@ Mark S, Julian's <a href="#id1990-161-18">tourist trip</a> (same overnight) /
<a href="#id1990-161-26">Next pushing trip</a>
<hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161b-4">21/7/90 | 161 - 161b | Hugh, Tony, Francis
<p><a id="id1990-161b-4">21/7/90</a> | 161 - 161b | Hugh, Tony, Francis
<p>After much looking, located entrance (this involved Hugh + Francis
standing a long way away and shouting directions to Tony as to where he
@ -935,12 +936,10 @@ Needs back-up (hole part-drilled)<br>
c) 40m pitch ditto.<br>
d) Last pitch - rigged on naturals. Needs bolt at head &amp; wire on rebelay
(Wire left down there). ... had we any spits we'd have done these.
</td></tr></table>
<p><center><a href="elvl.png"><img alt="[extended elevation sketch of
electrolytic level]" src="elvl2.png" width=704 height=330></a></center>
<table><tr><td width=44></td><td width="*">
<p><a href="#id1990-161-13">Previous trip</a> /
<a href="#id1990-161-27">Next trip</a>
<hr />
@ -955,9 +954,9 @@ can if you like - she said she would - and seems to have forgotten!
<p>Start of on the Friday evening with a lift by boss to Cambridge seemingly
involving a tour of all country lanes between Hertford &amp; C'bridge. Knock
on 60 Sedsewick St. door &amp; woman answers and yells &quot;He's here&quot;.
Shovel stuff into Waddersmobile and stand in living room lookins at strange
furnirure &amp; lots and lots and lots of cumputers. Set off after c.5ming
on 60 Sedgewick St. door &amp; woman answers and yells &quot;He's here&quot;.
Shovel stuff into Waddersmobile and stand in living room looking at strange
furniture &amp; lots and lots and lots of computers. Set off after c.5min
and Wadders tries hard to just miss every car on the road. Stopped for chips
&amp; Wadders had to leave engine running &quot;'cos it sometimes doesn't
start when warm&quot;. Reached Grassington late &amp; found I had to share a
@ -971,12 +970,12 @@ Salzburg, hence have to wander round Salzburg from 7pm 'til 4am. Then go by
train to B.A., via Bischopshofen &amp; Staudich Immermann (or something
similar) since earliest train on Sunday goes that way. Claire buys tickets
via Bad Ischl, but flattering eyelashes solves a problem with ticket
collector (number 37, i think). After repeated dozing on train, reach B.A.
collector (number 37, I think). After repeated dozing on train, reach B.A.
Claire asks for directions to Hilda's &amp; we set off into B.A. only to be
stopped by the woman Claire asked directions from, offering a lift (even
though she wasn't going that way). Claire chats to her during journey and I
get about one word in ten. Get to Hilda's &amp; Hilda tells us the cavers
aren't coming for a week. Pointedly discuss fate of Wookey's genetalia.
aren't coming for a week. Pointedly discuss fate of Wookey's genitalia.
Hilda says we can stay the night in the Lager hut. Doze under a tree 'til it
gets hot &amp; then move to lager hut. Awoken by Adam later on to be
informed that Rover had arrived - Reprieve for Wookey's genitalia! Ten
@ -1056,9 +1055,9 @@ P.S. Only 6 Oh D**r's!<br>
anon:<i>long bit of self-indulgent bullshit!!!</i><br>
Olly:<i>(Fuck off!OK?)</i><hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161-22">22/7/90 | 161 - Finishing off Too much too soon | Del, Francis, <u>David H</u>
<p><a id="id1990-161-22">22/7/90</a> | 161 - Finishing off Too much too soon | Del, Francis, <u>David H</u>
<p>[date deduced to be 1990.07.22 from survey data, Ed.]
<p>[date deduced to be 1990-07-22 from survey data, Ed.]
<p>The first time Julian took me down flapjack to show me the question mark
he found last year I just laughed and thought he was joking. When it entered
@ -1089,18 +1088,16 @@ sumps then just <u>below</u> 500m!
<a href="#id1990-161-24">Next (photo &amp; derig) trip</a>
<hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161-21">22/7/90 | 161 - TRIP BEFORE finishing off 'too far too soon' | Jeremy + <u>Juliette</u>
<p><a id="id1990-161-21">22/7/90</a> | 161 - TRIP BEFORE finishing off 'too far too soon' | Jeremy + <u>Juliette</u>
<p>Date guessed
<p>Very uninteresting prospect this write up.<br>
Went + looked down too much too soon. Too much on 9mm rope for us bottlers -
So instead -&gt; the complete survey of a man
</td></tr></table>
<p><center><img alt="scan from logbook 672x492" width=672 height=492
vspace=10 src="ofaman.png"></center>
<table><tr><td width=44></td><td width="*">
<p>[12&frac12; hrs]
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<a href="#id1990-161-22">Next (successful) trip</a>
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<p><a id="id1990-161-23">22/7/90 | 161 - Laying the coax (fnaar) | Jeremy + <u>Juliette</u>
<p><a id="id1990-161-23">22/7/90</a> | 161 - Laying the coax (fnaar) | Jeremy + <u>Juliette</u>
<p>(Date totally guessed)
@ -1193,7 +1190,7 @@ doing his Geology super-star bit though.
<p>T/UG - not much (2&frac12;hrs)<hr />
<p><a name="trissel">24/7/90 | Surface - Trisselwand.| <u>Wookey</u>, Wadders, Joe &amp; Juliette
<p><a name="trissel">24/7/90</a> | Surface - Trisselwand.| <u>Wookey</u>, Wadders, Joe &amp; Juliette
<p>Team hard bastard goes to re-enact the ancient CUCC legend of the Trisselwand climb
@ -1222,7 +1219,7 @@ job it's not too hard!
<p>Radios are fun - Can talk to Top camp, Stogerweg, Bergrestaurant, Base
Camp &amp; Entrance.<hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161-27">26/7/90 | 161 - Push and Survey Flat Battery | Adam, Mike &amp; <u>Jeremy</u>
<p><a id="id1990-161-27">26/7/90</a> | 161 - Push and Survey Flat Battery | Adam, Mike &amp; <u>Jeremy</u>
<p>A nice trip, that rare Austrian beasty, a &quot;short trip&quot;. Zoomed
down to 400m (fine route) dithered around a bit deciding where to push.
@ -1241,7 +1238,7 @@ surface.
<a href="#id1990-161-32">Next trip</a>
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<p><a id="id1990-161-24">24/7/90 | 161 - Dreamtime flapjack photos |William</a> &amp; <u>Damage</u>, MarkD and Adam
<p><a id="id1990-161-24">24/7/90</a> | 161 - Dreamtime flapjack photos |William</a> &amp; <u>Damage</u>, MarkD and Adam
<p>says Adam
@ -1268,7 +1265,7 @@ left to finish a highly organized, efficient and (hopefully) successful trip
<p>Team Wings: Mark S, <u>Julian.</u>
<p>Support crew : Olly (photographer), Kieth (chauffer), Wook's car.
<p>Support crew : Olly (photographer), Keith (chauffer), Wook's car.
<p>Finally made it at 11am to the Loser hut. I unfolded my wings and flew
from the ramp. The ground flops down in ripples like a table cloth, stacked
@ -1330,26 +1327,22 @@ superceded by Wook sketch 1991]
<p>Rebolted top of Candlestick(?), Joe set off down to put in rebelay about
10' down. I went for poke from Arrow Chamber, and came out about 10' below
Joe!!
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<p>Joe, Having bolted, came up for rest, I went down 15m(maybe) to FOULNESS
LEDGE. Put in next bolt, then Joe's turn - down 20-25m to freehanging
rebelay. Half did bolt, then dead legs so up, and I finished it. Abbed on
down, got to bottom of rope about 10' above ledge. Rats. Prussiked out.
<p>T/U 9hours
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<p><center>PS. Another hole (2m x &frac12;m x 2 sec drop) in carrefour:<br>
<img alt="[piccy of hole]" src="sokb.png" width=530 height=233><br>
Bloody well go look at it!!!</center>
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<p><a href="../1989/log.htm#id1989-161-42">Previous LHR trip</a> (last year)
/ <a href="#id1990-161-30">Next LHR trip</a> /
<a href="#id1990-161-40">Trip to look</a> at Carrefour hole
@ -1438,7 +1431,7 @@ in a bad rub. Very scary.
<p><a href="#id1990-161-24">Photo/bottoming trip</a> the same day<hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161c-3">31/7/90 | 161 - French Connection | Francis, MarkS, and <u>Peter</u>
<p><a id="id1990-161c-3">31/7/90</a> | 161 - French Connection | Francis, MarkS, and <u>Peter</u>
<p>French Connection<br>
@ -1642,7 +1635,7 @@ Ground zero.
<p>T o/g &frac12; hour<hr />
<p><a id="id1990-182-1">30/7/90 | Surface - plateau-wander |Jeremy &amp; <u>Adam</u>
<p><a id="id1990-182-1">30/7/90</a> | Surface - plateau-wander |Jeremy &amp; <u>Adam</u>
<p>We wandered found a hole, descended it. this was not far from the camp
fault (goes thro nr water hole) &amp; is a rift. Numbered 90/9 but not
@ -1829,7 +1822,7 @@ slightly. Made it out after our call-out time.
<p><a href="#id1990-161-38">Previous trip</a>
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<p><a id="id1990-161b-5">28/7/90 | 161 - go to see Adrian's bottom | Juliette, Del, <u>Olly</u>
<p><a id="id1990-161b-5">28/7/90</a> | 161 - go to see Adrian's bottom | Juliette, Del, <u>Olly</u>
<p>(Better late than never)
@ -1875,7 +1868,7 @@ Pete &amp; Wook 4.5 hrs
trip / <a href="#id1990-161-last">Derigging entrance</a> /
<a href="../1991/log.htm#id1991-161-1">Rigging in</a> (1991)<hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161-43">8/8/90 | 161 - Derig Adrians' | Matt + <u>Francis</u>
<p><a id="id1990-161-43">8/8/90</a> | 161 - Derig Adrians' | Matt + <u>Francis</u>
<p>(date guessed)
@ -1905,7 +1898,7 @@ through.
<p>Docherty's 161b-c <a href="#id1990-161c-2">discovery trip</a> /
<a href="../1991/log.htm#id1991-161c-1">Next 161c trip</a> (next year)<hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161-42a">7/8/90 | 161 - Dreamtime derig | Paul S + Juliette
<p><a id="id1990-161-42a">7/8/90</a> | 161 - Dreamtime derig | Paul S + Juliette
<p>(same trip as 1990-161-42 on 90.08.07 PaulS guessed)
@ -1918,9 +1911,9 @@ totally collapsed just as Paul derigged and stepped off it. - Ju.
<p><a href="#id1990-161-42">Main write up of this trip</a><hr />
8/8/90 | Eish&ouml;hle | Wook &amp; Matt &amp; Peter &amp; <u>Olly</u>
<p><a id="id1990-40-1">8/8/90</a> | Eish&ouml;hle | Wook &amp; Matt &amp; Peter &amp; <u>Olly</u>
<p>(Date guesssed)
<p>(Date guessed)
<p>Long walk - do cave - nasty crawl - nice formations - fun sliding, nasty
walk out up ice slope with one jammer - Matt twists other ankle on walk
@ -1928,7 +1921,7 @@ down. Getting dark - arrive late at Top camp - eat Vestas.
<p>T/U : 4 hours<hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161-last">8/8/90 | 161 - Entrance derigged | Wook, Damage, <u>Olly</u>
<p><a id="id1990-161-last">8/8/90</a> | 161 - Entrance derigged | Wook, Damage, <u>Olly</u>
<p>Entrance pitch derigged &amp; Geraldine photoed.
@ -1953,7 +1946,7 @@ entrances. Paul winded himself by falling about 10cm [might be 10m, Ed.]<br>
<p>T/U 10 mins<hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161-42b">7/8/90 | 161 - Down Squeeze Up Dreamtime Sherpa |Jeremy, <u>Andy</u>, Julian, Peter
<p><a id="id1990-161-42b">7/8/90</a> | 161 - Down Squeeze Up Dreamtime Sherpa |Jeremy, <u>Andy</u>, Julian, Peter
<p>Second Account
@ -2022,7 +2015,7 @@ hours. Andy
<a href="#id1990-161-last">Derigging entrance</a> /
<a href="../1991/log.htm#id1991-161-1">Rigging in</a> (1991)<hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161-39">5/8/90 | 161 - Climbing above Boulder Alley | Mark F, Tanya, Tony, <u>Paul S</u>
<p><a id="id1990-161-39">5/8/90</a> | 161 - Climbing above Boulder Alley | Mark F, Tanya, Tony, <u>Paul S</u>
<p>(Date guessed) has to be before 08.06 when derigged to Bungalow, probably after 07.28
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<p>Handline found in place at Ribs with Knoedel. Caramel Catharsis rigged then continued through Y KeyKey Beach &amp; Max Pleasure. Back through Dubious Pleasure, where all 3 traverse lines were found in place. Reached String Theory top &amp; deposited 100m rope &amp; brew kit, then buggered off out again, picking up Rob on the way.</p>

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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-07a">2015-07-07</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Luke</u>, Joe</div>
<div class="triptitle">Gemsehöhle - 107</div>
<p>An early 7:00am start resulted in a marginally cooler walk up to the entrance of 107 after dropping off first load we returned immediately down making good progress, we collected another rucksack worth of rope and returned to the entrance entering the cave at 12:00. The first pitch had a precariously hanging 2 tonnes of snow hanging on the side of the wall, (this was ignored!) trip continued the first 5 ropes where rigged. A quick return to the surface to warm up, and then re-entered with more rope making it all the way to Twin Pitches at which point all the rope had been exhausted, returning out the trick was to ignore the fact that the block of snow/ice was disintegrating above you showering pieces on you (this would have to be sorted).</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 6hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-08a">2015-07-08</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Luke</u>, Joe</div>
<div class="triptitle">Gemsehöhle - 107</div>
<p>A return with the rope required and drill to sort out the sketchy rigging resulted in the arrival at the top at 12:00 after a more relaxed start. The first task was to destroy the ever melting snow which was achieved in 30 mins. The down trip involved sorting out multiple rigging issues and everything was made much safer. Water flow had increased dramatically since yesterday. Making it to Too Bold For This Spit, we halted, rigged it but had to turn round because of lack of hangers and quantity of water flowing down. Exitting the cave was much more pleasant without the looming iceberg.</p>
<p>Much rerigging was had.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 6 hr</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-09a">2015-07-09</div>
<div class="trippeople">Luke & <u>Joe</u> again</div>
<div class="triptitle">107</div>
<p>Start 11:00 End 19:30</p>
<p>Lucky Luke had been persuaded to go down 107 again with the promise of large cave to be seen. Rigging 'Too Bold For This Spit' wasn't so wet but still not nice! Some new bolts were put in and then we set off for China. We went into 161 searching for the mysterious missing rope - didn't find it but enjoyed 161 which has a very different character to 107. Thedre are some lovely "stone mushrooms" down there (take a camera next time). We had a look down a 'C' lead on the west wall of China ..... Will have to go down and survey tomorrow (Luke).</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 8½ hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-10a">2015-07-10</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Anthony</u> & Mark D</div>
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks Entrance Rig</div>
<p>Headed up to Tunnocks with enough rope for the entrance pitch and maybe Caramel Catharsis as well, plus drill in case entrance rig fettling was required. I rigged down following the trail of reflectors which made finding the bolts easy, making only minimal changes to the 2014 rig. There was a substantial pile of snow at the first choss slope (completely bare last year as I recall) and also at other points lower down. At the second choss slope, I spent a while swinging around with skyhooks to see if I could find a way to avoid it completely, eventually concluding that it would be very acrobatic for little gain. I put in an extra bolt for the next descent to replace the Y-hang with bolts miles up in the air on the far wall with a Y-hang on the near side of the drop with an immediate deviation off the far wall. Continued down until the trail of reflectors seemed to indicate an airy-fairy route across the wall. I elected to descend directly to the floor which was covered in relatively fresh snow. There is still some very old ice down there which would make the original route very tedious. Ducks on Ice is open, however, albeit with a higher snow level than I recall from last year. Mark descended the snow slope and discovered an enormous ice stal hanging like the Sword of Damocles right above the way on. Something needed to be done about this, so we retreated to plan our next move.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 6 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-11a">2015-07-11</div>
<div class="trippeople">Anthony & <u>Mark D</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks Entrance De-ice</div>
<p>At Ducks on Ice we had discovered an enormous ice stal. While not blocking the way on physically, it was judged to be a serious hazard. The first job of the day was therefore de-icing. Something that two blokes who live in Scandinavia ought to be well qualified for, right ?</p>
<p>[illustration to scan and insert]</p>
<p>[caption for illustration:] 6:1 mechanical advantage system<br/>Specially designed ice-lassoo, brought from Scandinavia and usually used to catch reindeer!</p>
<p>Anyway, the ice stal broke into 1 million pieces, leaving the way on clear of danger. Using the formula for the volume of a cone we calculated the volume of ice and hence the weight of the stal.</p>
<p>V = 1/3 pi r<sup>2</sup> h<br/>r ~ 0.3m, h ~ 5m<br/>V ~ 0.5 m<sup>3</sup><br/>density of ice is 0.8 kg/l<br/>=> weight ~ 400kg. Not good if that landed on yhour toe!!!</p>
<p>After the de-ice, we carried on. Rigged traverse & handline down to start of Caramel Catharsis, then the long traverse & pitch itself. Rope was too short but we "borrowed" a small rope from a handline. Then on to String Theory. Mark didn't like the traverse round "Usual Suspects" but we made it to the top of String Theory after Anthony's fine words of encouragement. Most of String Theory was rigged by Anthony and we exitted feeling pleased with ourselves. Just madde it back to the Stone Bridge before a big storm broke.</p>
<p>[full page rigging diagram to scan and insert]</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 8 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-11b">2015-07-11</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Luke</u>, Joe, Matt</div>
<div class="triptitle">107</div>
<p>[there is an arrow captioned "more info" but no clue as to where it is pointing...]</p>
<p>Returned to C lead in China with Matt, to survey the pitch that we dropped the previous trip. Unfortunately only compass/clino so a depressingly small amount of passage was surveyed despite 4½ hours spent surveying. We didn't get cold and "much fun" was had.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 9 hr</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-12a">2015-07-12</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Joe</u>, Luke, Jenny & <u>Olly</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">107/161</div>
<p>"We found the bag!"</p>
<p>Having looked for the bag of rope for over a year, I was happily surprised to find it ...... ! It is now residing at (in a tackle sack) "Too Bold For This Spit". The technical and intellectual info for this trip will now be supplied by Olly (or perhaps Jenny) [continued]</p>
<p>We went through the connection from China into Blown Away / Out and round to Bundestrasse, finding (as Joe said) the errant tackle sack at the junction into the Runnelstone. A small rift on from the last survey station in Bundestrasse had clearly been explored already (by Anthony, Rob + Rob, it seems) but they hadn't realised the big pitch at the end was Korea. Jenny & Joe were able to lean out enough to recognise the pitch head at the end of Land of Confusion, and Disto an approx connection.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 11:45 Olly & Jenny<br/>9 Luke & Joe</div>
<hr><div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-09b">2015-07-09</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>David</u> & Rachel</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balcony</div>
<p>Started rigging the entrance. Put in a traverse to avoid the boulder. Moved the rebelay above the big Y-hang.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 4 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-10b">2015-07-10</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>David</u> & Frank</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balcony</div>
<p>Continued entrance rigging and showed Frank around the bottom. At the bottom of the big hang there is a traverse to move the last pitch away from potential rock falls</p>
<p>[big diagram of 2015 rigging needs scanning and inserting]
<div class="timeug">T/U: 4 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-11c">2015-07-11</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>David</u>, Frank & Rachel</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balcony</div>
<p>Rachel rigged the 'Natural High' traverse. This is getting slippy so a rope should be left in place. We then pushed the A lead at the end of Dark Arts. After ~20m of passage we hit a large shaft. It looked like the phreatic passage continued requiring an easy traverse...</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: [not mentioned]</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-12b">2015-07-12</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>David</u> & Matt</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balcony</div>
<p>We returned to traverse the shaft. It appeared that the shaft intersected some large horizontal passage ~15m down, so we dropped the pitch only to find a deceptive alcove! A small body-sized tube led to another drippy chamber with a deep hole in the floor. After this disappointment I bolted the traverse only to find the phreatic passage became too small with no draft. There is a second, much deeper pitch, which is likely where the howling gale in Dark Arts disappears to. This is worth dropping but is drippy in dry weather and may be deadly in wet weather.</p>
<p>[sketch survey needs scanned and added]</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: [not mentioned]</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-13a">2015-07-13</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>David</u>, Rachel & Luke</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balcony</div>
<p>We tied in the surveys from the 2 previous trips in Dark Arts and pulled the gear back to the main passage. Oh, and I retrieved the hanger I dropped.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 4 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-11d">2015-07-11</div>
<div class="trippeople">Joe, Luke, <u>Matt</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">107 Pushing</div>
<p>By this point Joe had rigged to China so decided to join them for a trip to survey a lead we had poked our head in last year.</p>
<p>A short pitch with 2 Y-hangs drops down the side wall through the boulders onto a sand and rubble slope.</p>
<p>There is a scary looking climb down to the left QMC and a small passage going off to the right QMC.</p>
<p>At the bottom of the slope we entered a narrow phreatic rift with a sandy floor "Smooth Sandy Bottom".</p>
<p>Surveying was slow and 4½ h later we hadn't really got very far. We left an aven lead QMB and the rift continues with a slight draft QMB</p>
<p>[small rigging diagram to scan]</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: [not mentioned]</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-13b">2015-07-13</div>
<div class="trippeople">Joe, Olly, <u>Jenny</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">107 - Wonderland: Wild West + Dire Straits</div>
<p>Decided on a short trip for Joe's final day so that we could head down the hill afterwards. We gave Joe a (slightly too long) head start so that he could retrieve his gear from Restless, and then we all headed through the Sea of Fudge and into Wonderland. Got to the Wildwest lead (last seen in 2013 when the drill battery died and attempts at lassooing a spike as a belay resulted in rockfall).</p>
<p>Joe placed 2 bolts and clambered up before placing a final bolt at the top. We joined him up there. Almost immediately the passage hit a T junction, right went to a soil/gravel dig. We followed left along a lovely phreatic passage with a few formations which got photoed (badly) by me, and also dead insects and oddly some animal droppings. We followed along to a short climb up and down again to the bottom of an aven. Joe climbed this (being very careful of the loose flakes), and we sent the rope + drill up for him to rig for us.</p>
<p>Followed this to another aven. Main way on appears to be 18m up - would almost certainly need a bolt or two. There was also a small tube only a few metres up, which didn't draft. Joe removed his SRT kit and explored, after a bit I followed. A low crawl led to a rift and then left bent then another badly sized crawl to a widening. Joe climbed down to a lower level which was small but may go. Straight on led to another aven.</p>
<p>We surveyed back to Olly, despite being small passage and horrible to have to wriggle backwards while survey was lovely and straight so didn't require too many legs. We named this <u>Dire Straits</u>. Once we got back to Olly, Joe headed out to start carrying his gear down and we finished the survey.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: Joe 7½ hrs Jenny+Olly 6 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-14a">2015-07-14</div>
<div class="trippeople">Mark, Dan, <u>Anthony</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks Rigging ctd.</div>
<p>A wet night at the bivi meant that plans for a long rigging trip were put on hold in favour of a shorter trip that would allow us to bolt down the hill. Ferried Big Bertha Mk II containing 200m of 10mm (intended for Procrastination and Number of the Beast) as far as the top of String Theory. Mark and Dan put in some bolts to protect the chossy traverse round the 80m deep wet hole on the approach to String Theory. I completed the String Theory rig. With that we headed out.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 6 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-16a">2015-07-16</div>
<div class="trippeople">Dan, Matt, <u>Anthony</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">Team Fiasco go surface prospecting</div>
<p>The plan was to go and find Organhöhle (located by Wookey and Olaf in 2012) plus swing by some of the holes Duncan and I found in the same area in the same year. Since expo was quite sparsely populated, we decided to take advantage of drill availability to drop some of the short pitches we had found. We decided to take two oversuits, two helmets and one SRT kit between us and also some surveying gear to give ourselves the option of verifying that we really had found Organhöhle.</p>
<p>Things did not go entirely according to plan.</p>
<p>We first swung by Tunnocks to pick up an SRT kit. It was at this point that I realised that I hadn't seen any rope being packed. It was hot and fairly late so we pressed on to Balconhöhle from where we took a somewhat roundabout route towards Organhöhle via a subsidiary summit of the Hohes Augsteck. Coming off the back of this, Dan spotted a cave. There is a hole in the side of the cliff leading onto a rift pitch, with another couple of surface shafts above that go to the same place - definitely worth a tag. Since we had a drill, this should have been a quick job. However, a lack of drill bits was going to make it a lot harder. Fortunately, we had a hand bolting kit, so I made up a tag (2015-DL-01) and Dan set about placing a hand bolt for it.</p>
<p>Whilst Dan was drilling, I set off in the direction where Mark's GPS said Organhöhle was supposed to be. Found a hole in the right place, and headed back to Dan who had by now stopped drilling - not because the bolt was complete but because the head of the bolt driver had sheared off.</p>
<p>We all trooped over to the Organhöhle candidate entrance, where we could have started surveying.... if we had brought a tape measure. I donned oversuit and helmet and set off to verify that we had the right cave. After a bit of walking / crawling I found a decent sized pitch with two spits for a Y-hang at the top (one of which looks good, and one is shagged) - so I'm pretty sure we've got the right cave. It looks a bit like this:</p>
<p>[sketch plan to scan and insert]</p>
<p>With that we headed back towards Top Camp via a more direct route, placing cairns as we went. Eventually we picked up a cairned path that I suspect goes to Bullet's 2nd Höhle. This route is fairly direct and the terrain reasonable, but it is going to takae a while - likely over an hour from Balconyhöhle.</p>
<p>Our final act was to take a look at Ants in Pants schlucht. The snow level looks pretty low, so this might be worth revisiting later on expo.
<div class="timeug">T/U: 0</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-17a">2015-07-17</div>
<div class="trippeople">Mark, <u>Anthony</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">More Tunnocks rigging</div>
<p>Headed into Tunnocks to rig the 200m of rope we had carted in earlier. Mark sorted out the rebelay at the bottom of String Theory, making it less of a twat to pass. I made a start on Procrastination. Unfortunately I didn't find the right bolts for the Y-hang, so there is a rub - needs fixing on the next trip. I rigged down using Chris' 2013 thrubolts for the first hang to (hopefully) avoid the worst of the water. Discovered that the traverse and shitty little pitch at the bottom had been derigged, so Mark rigged these using the 200 of 9mm kindly ferried in by Dan and David. Up Bring on the Clowns, then I rigged Number of the Beast with remainder of the 10mm. Out in 3 hrs - a pretty efficient trip.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 10 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-18a">2015-07-18</div>
<div class="trippeople">George, David Walker, <u>Julian</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">Balcony - 90b</div>
<p>Trip to look at Frank's hole east of Pitchfork towards 75c, left. Dave to start work while George & me visited other end. (We'd looked at QMs on route, amended maps, posted George into holes that weren't drawn for him to come out 20m back out of another unknown hole). We looked at the boulder choke in a loose passage and spied a slot up. On the way back to Dave I said "How about I give you a leg up?" "Sure", said George. He reported a big chamber up there. I didn't believe him coz there was no echo, but checked it. Yep. Back at Frank's hole, Dave had already knocked a lid over it and couldn't do anything, so took no time to convert to our lead. George & I surveyed while he investigated pitch opposite. We borrowed him briefly to rig a traverse in the northern passage. It being late and with a callout of 8 pm, we had to rush on out and join the queue at the entrance pitch. NB I'd walked up from base camp with George and Rob that morning, so quite a long day. Also recalibrated 8W-poney 3 times underground with no success.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 6 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-19a">2015-07-19</div>
<div class="trippeople">George, David Walker, <u>Julian</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">Balcony 90b</div>
<p>Same place, same time. Took compass and clino this time and surveyed up south end to a pitch. George went back to chamber and furtled through a passage to a place where he came out of the bottom. Also climbed up the rift through high wet bit. Meanwhile Dave had done his pitch and balcony ledge traverse to big passage. We surveyed into it, plumbed down, then across hole. At this point I got suspicious of how fast George was taking notes. Turned out he had drawn no diagrams at all. I went to sleep while Gorge got coached by David. Down the end under a low bit, David pushed a rock off a sandy slope. Sounded like the whole world was ending. Even George lost his cool. We cowered against the wall for 20 secs. The reverberating echo on the ceiling made it appear from above. Detackled, Luke and Rob joined us, went and trampled the dead bat in the north end, while George & I bodged a survey drawing in this chamber.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 6 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-16b">2015-07-16</div>
<div class="trippeople">Olly + <u>Jenny</u></div>
<div class="triptitle"><u>107 - Old Route</u></div>
<p>Got a lift up the hill in the morning and after a bit of faffing headed down 107 with a view to looking at the old route beyond the entrance pitch. Used the backup bolt I'd placed in 2012, and Olly traversed along to get a Y-hang at the end. This got us nicely to the bottom of the old p23, and I noticed that upon the right was the window through from the rampy bit above Ropeless. (We'd been down from there in 2013, but gone right not left, so seen this pitch but not known for sure that this was the original route).</p>
<p>Olly put in his second Y-hang of the day, then got bored of rigging properly and stuck in a rope protector and headed down. This got us to the bottom of Red [?] - p18 and down the next (~3m) short drop as well. The p18 looks fine in terms of water (our rig is quite a bit across from the wet 1978 hang) but the next little drop was in the water.</p>
<p>Took off our SRT kit and headed off - there are several passages here, it is more complex than the 1978 survey implies, though that survey is corect in what it does show. Headed down a eastward passage, a mixture of crawling + sideways wriggling. After a bit the floor trench heads right then left - west. Followed this, past a pretty stal. On the way back (surveying) noticed that the other way on was the drafty route. Surveyed back to the bottom of the rope, then left the survey hanging for now and derigged out planning to come in using the Ropeless window tomorrow. Consequently surveyed the top pitch now, but failed to find the old station to tie into.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 6½ hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-17b">2015-07-17</div>
<div class="trippeople">Olly + <u>Jenny</u></div>
<div class="triptitle"><u>107 - Old Route</u></div>
<p>Failed to get an early start, and headed into the cave around noon. First finished derigging and sketching from yesterday. Olly rigged into where we were yesterday via the Window in Ropeless, to yesterday's 2nd Y-hang. This time with a rebelay not a rope protector. For reasons I now forget, this semi-free hanging rebelay got rigged with a clown for added entertainment.</p>
<p>Got down into Old Rift via the 1978 route (climb doesn't need a bolt / rope etc.) Started surveying from the big boulder that all the surveys in the area seem to connect to. Then tied into the end of yesterday's tubular survey and then the start of yesterday's p18 survey (at the Y-hang bolt) then up to the 2015 station on the Ropeless window. Not sure how that took a whole trip, but it did somehow.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 6½ hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-18b">2015-07-18</div>
<div class="trippeople">Olly + <u>Jenny</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">Surface stuff around 107/83/laser05</div>
<p>Decided on a morning of surface work + afternoon of gear fettling ready for an early start tomorrow to avoid being on a wet pitch at thunderstorm time.</p>
<p>Walked up past 83 to look above Thunder Road. It is quite chossy and bouldery here. Found a few (not drafting) piles of rocks I could climb into, but nothing that went or was worth tagging sadly.</p>
<p>Headed over to laser05 for Olly to GPS - we suspect the old Austrian version of laser05 in the dataset is closer to reality than Nil's fix. Noticed that 1987-02 has a tag bolt but no tag - will try and fix that later on. Walked back via above 107.direstraits to look for entrances above the avens. Only found one possibility (not far above our tent) - plan to return with rope another day.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 0</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-19b">2015-07-19</div>
<div class="trippeople">Olly + <u>Jenny</u></div>
<div class="triptitle"><u>107 - Old Route</u></div>
<p>Got underground nice and early - 9:10 am! Whizzed down to where the two old routes diverge and headed towards the p67. Turns out you traverse over the p67 to get to the p5. We did this using 1978 spits just to have a look. There is a trickle of water down the back wall, and a rift heading west. We traversed along this, it was the sort of rift with no visible floor and of unknown depth. After a short while the rift got wider, and I became incredibly scared and refused to continue. We surveyed back to the head of the p67. On typing in the data, it seems that my pitch detecting radar knew we were about to traverse over the p100, and hence made me stop. Olly rigged down the p67 directly (ie. not via the p5) and got a Y-hang that made a lovely free hang, despite a complex pitch head. Sadly it got wet and the rope was fast so Olly had it wrapped round his leg. This gave him 2 options, abseil [illegible], or torniquet his leg. He took the first option.</p>
<p>Olly shouts up "I'm down, the pitch is wet". I wonder how wet, is he telling me that he will come back up and add some rigging, or that I should come down but make sure the survey box is closed first. After a few iterations of Olly shouting 'the hang is wet' and me shouting 'can I descend?', Olly eventually shouts that he is coming up.</p>
<p>This would be the perfect time to sit in my lovely new bothy bag, except that I am the wrong side of the pitch wedged in a rift. After a while I see Olly putting in a bolt, and I can follow down. We end up in a side rift via a couple of rebelays and a comedy deviation. We survey up this and down to the bottom of the main hang. Then have a quick wander down to the next short pitch.</p>
<p>We survey back out derigging up to the Y-hang so the rig can be made drier for next time. Uneventful exit, to get out just as the thunderstorm started.</p>
<p>PS. They were pretty hard core in 1978. 67m pitch on ladders !</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 10 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-20a">2015-07-20</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>David</u> & Luke</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balcony</div>
<p>We went in Balcony to push 94a and 95a. The passage continued under a boulder which could be climbed up from the far side to reach 95a by an easy 4m free climb. 95a is nice straight walking passage which led to a 3m climb into a chamber with numerous leads. A small pitch may lead to horizontal passage - or it could be another alcove. Traversing around the pitch would provide 2 further leads.</p>
<p>To the left of the climb a large rift can be followed until a climb down requiring a rope is encountered. Before this, a crawling passage was found to the right leading to a 4m pitch. It seems likely that several of these leads are connected.</p>
<p>94a was pushed for about 10m where it turns a corner at a rocky slope. We left this as a walking lead.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: [not mentioned]</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-21a">2015-07-21</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>David</u> & Mark</div>
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks</div>
<p>After an early start we got underground at 7:45 and continued to make good progress down to Number of the Beast. Mark added some deviations to the pitch below No. of the B. which is now much better. This pitch now called Widow Twanky's Knicker Elastic. A few other sections were also improved by additional bolts. Upon reaching the tensioned traverse around the large boulder, set up camp and selfishly let me push the next pitch. Below the traverse there are two pitches. The draft is coming from the left one so I put two Y-hangs in and dropped down ~20m to another chamber.</p>
<p>The passage continues down another pitch in a popcorn heavy rift. I was less happy with my rigging here and another Y-hang rebelay should be added. After this ~10m pitch another chamber is reached. Again another pitch ~20m must be dropped. I started putting some bolts in before running out of drill battery. This is quite the lead - the dust from the drill was being blown upwards !</p>
<p>The prussik out was unrelenting but fast which meant we exitted at 5:15 pm with just enough energy to amble down to the car park, and eat some veggie slop kindly prepared by Julian.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 9½ hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-16c">2015-07-16</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Rachel</u>, Luke & Mark</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balkonhöhle</div>
<p>After some unexpeced surface prospecting (read: getting lost) at the left hand valley between Tunnocks and Balcony, we made it into the entrance about 12. Since the Dark Arts had pretty much been killed off, we set our sights on a cluster of A/B leads (85, 86, 87) in the Far Side. Luke rigged the traverse by 60C since the mud here was particularly thick and persistent. It seems like someone blocked all the bolts along here with small stones to prevent them being used again ? (Not mentioned in last year's log book as far as we can see). Unperturbed, Luke set about bolting and soon we reached a second traverse rigged by Mark. There seems to be a minor flaw on the survey where stomping passage leads to a sandy chamber, which is actually a fuck-off 63m pitch. Closer inspection of the survey shows the detail hidden under the sand, and perhaps this could be amended to prevent Luke making any more surprised squeaks & giggles.</p>
<p>We turned around and took the long route round to the cluster of leads we were after, following the survey since none of us had been in this direction before. I rigged the P10m and we quickly found the F.O. hole from the other (Far Farside?) side. At 85, 86 it was really loose rock and Luke "scampered" up the climb at 87, finding it was a connection without rigging to 85,86.</p>
<p>Here, Mark's nerves were crushed with all the loose slatey rock that followed with every step Luke made over the pitch 20, so we retreated and tied in the two B leads at 35,36. As the Pre-'15 survey suggests, they do connect, and lead on to a sizeable chamber, which was quite wet and led to two (small) pitches and not a lot else.</p>
<p>Cold, we left</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: ~7 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-17c">2015-07-17</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Rachel</u>, Luke & Frank</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balkonhöhle</div>
<p>Keen and inspired, we took some slings back to Luke's risky climb and followed it up to a chimney climb. Frank followed him up and suddenly backed off exclaiming "fuck me". Luke's opinion on what is free-climbable apparently needs some tuning. Bolts were placed and a path around the pitch to 86A was surveyed. This led to two leads, a right-hand route which finally led to a boulder choke.</p>
<p>Deciding the left hand passage was much more inspiring, we returned the next day.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 8 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-18c">2015-07-18</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Rachel</u>, Frank & Rob</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balkonhöhle</div>
<p>After showing Rob the sights in Balcony, we continued on the left hand side. It continued much further than we expected, leading to a ~25m chamber containing a 15m pitch and two leads on the far wall.</p>
<p>The lead on the left connected round to 85A, while the right led on up a loose, steep rift. Here a couple of small pitches were found and what seems to be a moraine left by an ice flow. From here, it would get a bit wet and bolting was required, so we upped and left.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 7 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-19c">2015-07-19</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Rachel</u> & Frank</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balkonhöhle</div>
<p>Frank and I returned to continue surveying and kill off a few leads that led off horizontally. There is a huge draught acting [a wide blank - something intended to be added here?], and further exploration is required. Said draught made it too cold to continue after several hours, so we set off to look for the many other groups down Balcony. After dismissing a muddy climb which looked uninviting, we left the search for Julian's group. We followed Turtlehead to warm ourselves up, and ultimately left, considering the small hole Frank had begun digging at the bottom of the entrance series.</p>
<p>A human-sized hole was visible, with a steep tube leading downwards for a few metres. We left our SRT kits and descended, myself somewhat unenthusiastic, making comments like "typical Mendip caver" and "Grrr". However, it soon opened up into a T-junction, with 5m high ceilings, and shattered boulders. We followed the route to the left, a rift leading to a 10m pitch (QM A), with a further QMA climb up a small hole on the left hand wall. It was V. cold down here and seemingly solid boulders were actually fragmented, held together with wishful thinking.</p>
<p>Whilst Frank drew up the survey, I had a gander down the right hand passage, sticking to the right and ignoring further leads off. I followed the sound of running water and finally found the connection with "Room With A View". Frank followed and pointed out a somehwat frisky looking boulder on a left-hand lead that I had passed, a few metres across and held a couple of metres up by two points crumbling away. I obediently stood under said boulder for Frank to take a photo.</p>
<p>Rather giddy, we heard George and David descend down the tube and we were happy to see their enthusiasm too. Quite cold, we left, with a bit of heaving to get back out.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 9 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-18d">2015-07-18</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Luke</u>, Anthony, Dan</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balcony Höhle</div>
<p>The aim was to rig rift 59b with the hope of entering the large sandy "massive hole". The rift initially started out in the right direction and after some handy points from Anthony I started on the process of dropping multiple Y hangs (rigging guide with survey). Well Anthony and Dan set off to retrieve more rope from further in the cave and take many photos. They conveniently returned when the drill battery ran out after "6 holes" so returned to collect the rope and extra battery after explaining to Dan and Anthony I was close to the bottom and would only be 30 mins. I dropped the last pitch which was longer than expected. Upon reaching the bottom, the rift decided to change direction away from the massive hole I was aiming to enter. It unfortunately continued in the other direction so a return trip would be needed to survey and derig. I returned an hour later to find a cold Dan and Anthony and headed out.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 7</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-19d">2015-07-19</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Luke</u> + Rob</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balconyhöhle</div>
<p>A return trip was needed to survey and derig the disastour of the previous day. I managed to persuade (cous-cous) Rob into helping me, believing it would crap out and thus be an easy job and being able to move the rope to other areas of the cave. This was not to be. The rift continued so needed surveying. After a couple of sketchy freeclimbs we made it to another big hole. This was wet and it did not look like a suitable way to rig from (could shorten the wetness of the rigging from the top). This was likely to be a thing which was going to be done when all the excellent A leads had been killed off. Rob derigged. By the time we set off, Rachel and Frank were already exitting the area to more warmer leads. We continued so as to give Julian's team the rope. We found them in a massive surveying fuck up but were directed along the passage to where there was a dead bat. By the time Julian caught up the bat was flat and no longer well preserved. Since 5 people were planning to exit the cave, me and Rob head off into the extremeties of the Turtle Head to access the leads. This proved quite interesting and managed to kill off an A lead (92a) by just sticking my head into it (confirmed the following day).</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 8</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-21b">2015-07-21</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Luke</u> + multiple teams</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balconyhöhle</div>
<p>Showed a new team into Balcony, showing them the leads and rope. Left them to survey, returning from the end of Turtle Head to the entrance pitch in 25 mins to meet up with a team which was exitting early for a trip down the hill.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: [not mentioned]</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-20b">2015-07-20</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Anthony</u>, Rachel</div>
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks, complete rig to pushing front below Number of the Beast</div>
<p>Headed down with very little gear since it had all been taken in previously. Dumped some flapjack. Sorted out the Procrastination rig. Also dumped some flapjack at the top and established an emergency dump at the bottom (in the sandy bit between the poxy pitch below Procrastination and Bring on the Clowns) in case of flooding.</p>
<p>Descended Number of the Beast, which needed some work since the rebelay loops were ridiculously tight. After the Tunnocks entrance pitch I am not used to pitches where you can't see the previous rebelay bolt, so had failed to leave enough slack. Rachel sorted out the rig whilst I carried on down. Such was her diligence that she ended up abseiling the pitch three times to make sure everything was tickety-boo - which served the purpose of keeping her warm but entailed lots of extra prussiking.</p>
<p>Meanwhile I continued rigging the scrappy pitches towards the pushing front. The second of these was particularly dire and clearly in need of remedial work - what SRT illiterate put this rig in ? (*) Arriving at the 2015 pushing front, I was pleasantly surprised to find a rigged rope heading down the next two drops and along the (rather airy) traverse to the head of the final pitch - all I had to do was install a couple of deviations. By the time I had done this, Rachel had joined me so I rigged the final pitch and we both descended.</p>
<p>At the bottom, there are two main ways on. There is a phreatic passage wth a floor trench (traverse line required) which doesn't take much of a draught (QM-A). The star lead was a pitch in the other direction with a howling gale blowing up it (QM-A).</p>
<p>At that point we began the long slog out. At Bring on the Clowns, a large chunk of wall that Rachel was hanging onto fell off onto her and the rope, causing a certain degree of disquiet. By the time we emerged, Rachel determined that she didn't want to see another rebelay for a while and was even contemplating caving in the Mendips.</p>
<p>(*) It was me.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 12½ hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-24a">2015-07-24</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Mark</u>, Dan</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balcony</div>
<p>An attempt to descend the "sandy chamber" as described by Rachel on 16/7. Rigged as follows</p>
<p>[large rigging sketch to scan and insert]</p>
<p>At this point the walls of the rift have a lot of sharp flakes. So difficult to get a good hang without it going into the water. -> try from the "Far Side" ???</p>
<p>When detackling, Mark managed to fall down a hole injuring his hand. First aid kit came out and we bandaged it up. Slow struggle out. Prussiking with one hand is harder than you might think.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 5 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-21c">2015-07-21</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Wookey</u>, Matt, Sarah (+ Luke)</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balconhöhle - Einundzwanzig leads (Ice cock)</div>
<p>1st expo trip for Sarah, 1st trip to BH for Wook.</p>
<p>Carried gear over after sorting survey stuff so only just underground before midday. Luke showed us the route to the far end + gear dump & the various leads.</p>
<p>Friendly cave, but a fair way to the end. Had a look at the near (wet) side of the pitch to consider rigging. Could be done from this side but prob better from the other.</p>
<>Decided to start beyond 94a lead. Surveyed rift off to left: short passage to dead end with scroffing below. Sarah got to drive DistoX2.</p>
<>Next looked at climb at the end. Dubious-looking pile of boulders with hole at top. Wook shinned up & found it was in fact quite solid. Largish rift at top with ice formations ! Big draught through small hole.</p>
<p>Surveyed up & others followed then explored. Matt shinned up to R on ledge - looks like a lead. Sarah went round corner to find [illegible] aven-base with more ice. Very impressive. Called 'Ice cock'.</p>
<p>Surveyed it all till it was 5:30 & time to go home.</p>
<p>W+S got a bit lost on way out, & Matt overtook, so confusion for a few mins. Soon back together, then in familiar territory, so Matt could get us home. 80m of entrance felt quite long. 500m tomorrow is going to be super-long.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 8 hrs</div>
<p>Passage Desc: Passage on L wiggles to 5m traverse reaching sandy dead-end. Sandy dig & small choked inlet slot back joins into bottom of traverse & accesses bottom of scree below climb to Icecock. On main way, c5 reaches small hole above top chockstone. Climbing through reaches high (25m) hading rift with Icefall on far wall. Ledge ascends NE to climb (QM-B). To L (W) c1 then leads to R with roof lowering. Passage off on R (QM-A). Almost immediately break out into large round space which is bottom of ~40m aven. 8m up on west wall is a space, could be bolted to (QM-B). On R is small pitch in wall QM-C (p7). Ahead, part fallen ice & another ice fall coming from smaller aven on L (QM-X). Beyond is short climb down (QM-B). Draught has been lost here - no doubt it is coming down the pitch.</p>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-22a">2015-07-22</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Anthony</u> & Wookey</div>
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - pushing below Number of the Beast</div>
<p>The objective of this trip was to clear the surveying backlog and continue the pitch from where David left off the day before. Wookey had misplaced his [Parkin - I'm sure this is a misreado], and was thinking this was a particularly bad day to be without this device - so he was delighted to unearth it from the depths of his dangly bag at the watering hole near Caramel Catharsis.</p>
<p>Uneventful trip to the traverse at the last pitch from 2014 (Magic Glue) where we started the survey - Wookey on book, your narrator wielding the distoX and taking some low quality photos with my point-and-press camera. Tried to shoot a leg from the bottom of Magic Glue to the deviation krab which repeatedly failed. Attempts on the exit met a similar lack of success. So a tape measure will be taken on the next trip. The advice from Jenny is that shooting such a leg in the downward direction often meets with more success.</p>
<p>From the bottom we continued surveying the two drops rigged by David. The pitch heads were absolutely howling, and I didn't feel much like hanging around for ages taking multiple disto readings. Pitches are to be called "Inferno".</p>
<p>Arriving at the Y-hang installed by David, Wookey continued the rig by placing a bolt for an immediate deviation, a further bolt for a rebelay and a rebelay from a natural that looks more convincing from below. Pitch is ~30m and lands in a large chamber full of huge boulders covered in black mud - to be christened "Kraken". There is a large ridge of boulders in the middle that we climbed up. A rope will be needed to descend the other side, and a way on can be seen under a large arch in the far corner (QM-A). It is unclear whether there are any further pitches. Even though the passage is 30x15m is cross section, there is a discernible draught.</p>
<p>Completed the survey then headed out at no great pace but without incident.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 15½ hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-22b">2015-07-22</div>
<div class="trippeople">Olly + <u>Jenny</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">85 (and 82) Blind as a Bat</div>
<p>Olly had an unhappy tummy, so something near the surface seemed wise. Decided to look at the lead in 85 that we'd spotted in 2007 and noted in 1977. Got to the entrance to find Ol only had his prescription sunglasses, so he had to cave blind. Due to not wanting to carry too much stuff, I was only wearing thermals and my oversuit which was cold.</p>
<p>Followed the obvious way in 85 ignoring the passage to 82. Followed down a couple of lovely little climbs, then doubled back to appear 2/3 of the way down an ice slope. I noticed an enticing looking passage opposite us on the other side of the ice slope. Decided that the best way to access that and the drop below was to enter from above, so I waited while Olly headed out to confirm that the slope did come from the 82-85 passage. It did, so we got SRT + bolting gear and I rigged (badly) down to get into the passage. This passage headed off very straight, sometimes crawling, sometimes walking, with various solution pockets/avens on the left. Eventually ended at a muddy/gravelly dig. Surveyed out to the bottom of the rope where Olly went down to the bottom before heading out. Saw an unhappy bat frozen on the ice which I photographed. I hoped it was having a little sleep, but Olly assured me it was dead and frozen in place.</p>
<p>Finished surveying this route and the [illegible] route down.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 5 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-23a">2015-07-23</div>
<div class="trippeople">Olly + <u>Jenny</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">107 - Old route</div>
<p>Tried again for an early start to beat any nighttime thuderstorms later on - didn't do so well this time getting underground at ~10 am. Got to the p67, Olly set off down adding two (bolt) deviations on the way which made the hang dry in dry weather (I expect it would be damp and miserable in wet weather, but not impassable).</p>
<p>Followed the rift down (as Team Youth had in 1978). Used the tail of the rope on the p67 to rig the following p5. Having successfully abseiled down the p67 without incident, about 1m above the floor of the p5 I turned to talk to Olly and stupidly got my hair caught in my rack. Idiot! At least it is easier to free from a rack than a stop. A bit further along the rift and we reached another short pitch (p ). This was followed by a climb - not very steep but in the water (we didn't rig). A little more rift and we got to another short pitch. The rift widened here and was very drippy from inlets. Turns out this is where the 1978 p100 enters, though we didn't realise we were this far along. Another short drop on the same rope and the rift got narrower and nastier. Olly climbed up a few metres to where it got wider and traversed along at this level. Shortly it got wider and deeper and he started to rig down before realising we hadn't much rope left. Failing to realise where we were, we began to survey out. It was a very tedious rift to survey and I was shit at picking stations. Nearly gave up surveying, but decided to have a break while Olly carried the drill up the next pitch. I went back and derigged the deeper ones. Finished the survey and headed out without incident. The p67 did a good job at spreading us out for the ascent, so I didn't have to wait at all and was actually quite warm by the time I got out. With my slow prussiking (and carrying the drill) it took 1 hr 20 from the bottom of the p67 out.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 10½</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-24b">2015-07-24</div>
<div class="trippeople">Olly + <u>Jenny</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">Surface</div>
<p>A rest day for Olly's knees. Headed to 13-SW-01 and rigged it, placing what must have been my first hand bolt. I can see why drills are so popular ! Followed the old red paint marks, up at first to an old CUCC cave marked "+ CUCC" and "1987" - think this must be 2006-03 and next door 2006-02, except we didn't see any tags. Having looked at the 2006 photos, I am certain that we were at the correct place. So either we failed to see the tag or the website is wrong in thinking that it is tagged.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 0</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-27a">2015-07-27</div>
<div class="trippeople">Wookey + <u>Jenny</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">107 - Leads near coldest place on earth - Double Beep</div>
<p>After a quiet night on my own at the 76 bivi the plan was to meet Wookey at the 107 entrance at 9am. Unfortunately, I didn't get the SMS teling me that he was going to wait until the rain eased off, so I spent nearly 2 hours sitting under the tarp - having the tarp and the rock shelf near thr entrance is an excellent idea.</p>
<p>Headed towards China wondering how far we'd get given the high water levels. The end of the easy traverse looked wet but passable. We suspectd the Too Bold would be too wet, so it seemed silly to get soaked now unnecessarily. Decided to look at something else. The first interesting lead we got to was 13-SL-6A in Coldest. Borrowed the rope from Coldest Place in Earth and Wookey went down with a natural and one bolt. The rope wasn't long enough to get all the way down but did land on a floor with a rifty passage heading off. After a couple of climbs down we lost the draught to a small floor trench on the left. Passage continued uphill and narrow until we could stand up again. We then reached a T-junction wth a howling gale (from L->R). Followed right in high rifty passage, traversing over a series of drops until a window over a pitch. Surveyed out, until we got too cold - went back to Coldest for food + more clothes for Wookey before finishing the survey. This is called <u>Double Beep</u> due to the exciting DistoX2 that beeps twice if you get the right answer (or at least a consistently wrong answer).
<div class="timeug">T/U: 6½</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-28a">2015-07-28</div>
<div class="trippeople">Wookey + <u>Jenny</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">107 - 161, Runnelstone</div>
<p>A more successful attempt to get to 161, got to China in 1hr45 having relocated the Double Beep rope back to Coldest on the way in. Slowed down a bit owing to not really knowing the way and Jenny being slow especially on all the tedious little climbs, but got ourselves to the Runnelstone, and Holy Cow 56. Wookey started bolting down while I went round Welly Popper Passage to (a) keep warm and (b) check that Wookey wasn't about to bolt into known passage. Got to a junction, headed left and got to a climb I was too wussy to descend (it turns out that this connects with station 56), then followed right before realising I was in previously unvisited passage, so headed back to 56. Wookey was some way down but had run out of rope, so we rigged with the longer rope. Wookey got to the bottom, said it ended and started to reascend. He thoroughly checked out the rift on the way up and found a window in to a few awkward oxbows which we followed down via a lovely hang, to the floor. A short way on, the water flows down a short small drop with a bigger (wider) pitch likely beyond.</p>
<p>This looked small + wet, so Wookey climbed up to some ledges to follow the rift at a higher level. Part way up he placed a very fast bolt, hence the passage name <u>Fastest Bolt in the West</u>. Followed these rising ledges to a quality natural. We'd hoped to traverse to a widening above the pitch for a nice easy descent. Unfortunately this didn't happen - the traverse continues, drafty[?] bit small, but no easy way down. Surveyed out. Decided to leave it rigged, but to take the drill out.</p>
<p>Surveyed the side passage from wellypopper.7 that I had scooped earlier. Named <u>Falling Spike</u> after a lovely spike handhold that Wookey removed from the wall near Wellypopper. Nice walking passage with draft to an aven with water (and a good place for a wee!) After this the passage split into two - small way on with the water on the right, and small dry way straight on. We think that the draft got lost on a window part way up on the right (needs gear to get in to). Headed out, took a bit over an hour to China (with some faffing), then 2 hours out from there. The pitch out of China is nicely long enough to mean you don't hold people up on the way out. The drill bag was much less bad than I expected on the Restless rifts. Happy to get out and find it not raining - had time to walk home and have dinner before it rained.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 14½</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-27b">2015-07-27</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Pete Talling</u>, Fleur Loveridge</div>
<div class="triptitle">BALCONY HÖHLE<br/>Exploring North beyond Icecock Chamber into the Frozen North</div>
<p>We watched the rain come down until boredom made us crack at about midday. Then we headed up to the "94a, 95b" lead area to the north of the cave. We located the loose climb up to the fallen ice cock chamber and then found the limit of exploration at station 13 in the next chamber. Here we climbed down to a short climb back up - where Pete placed two bolts to allow a mantleshelf and squeeze into the next chamber - which was veery preddi. Lots of fallen ice blocks on the floor. Fleur took photo. On the far side of the ice blocks a very high (30m) aven headed steeply upwards, and has a snow and ice tongue. (Ben later made more progress to climb a way up this ... but steep).</p>
<p>[there's a sketch plan on the left of the above paragraph to scan and insert here]</p>
<p>We then climbed ~2m up to right of chamber to enter a walking/stooping tube with a nice river of ice on floor. We thought it would soon crap out - but we were rewarded with a nice view into a chamber/rift. Huzzah!</p>
<p>We first survey a tube that looped to NW, ending with a view into the chamber. Pete scrambled round wall, and may be a high lead here.</p>
<p>With a 1h40min [?] book, we wombled back out to camp</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 6.5 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-28b">2015-07-28</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Pete Talling</u>, Sarah, Ben W (and then Matt helped survey)</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balcony Höhle Frozen North</div>
<p>We followed route of previous day from Frozen North Chamber to the chamber.</p>
<p>Sarah placed first bolts to get into A lead heading south. We found footsteps in it ! And then a survey station ! And the other cavers !!! So this connects back into "Ein und Zwanzig Chamber". Connected at their station number 8.</p>
<p>Then Ben dropped short pitch down to gain chamber 1 via a short tube with right angle - two junction tubes in this area were exlored later in day.</p>
<p>Chamber 1 had a crawl on far side that connects into known passage in ~30m.</p>
<p>Chamber 1 quickly connects to Chamber 2 via short tube. Unfortunately Chamber 2 ends at a solid boulder choke. There is a good (A) lead in right side of Chamber 2 - which is easy 10m pitch down into rift. Looks interesting.</p>
<p>Matt climbed up from Chamber 2 to meet the end of a sandy tube that other had pushed.</p>
<p>[Big sketch plan to the left of those first five paragraphs. Need to scan and insert]
<p>LEADS:</p>
<p>(X) 10m pitch down from Chamber 2 - easy Y-hang at top.</p>
<p>(Y) There may be a high level that can be reached by 3 bolt traverse from (Z)</p>
<p><u>Lower Tubes off Chamber 1</u></p>
<p>- Back in these tubes Ben et al dropped a pitch - and they found "300-200m" of tube-passage beyond, that ended in a choke (Martin et al surveyed to pitch later in day).</p>
<p>- Pete, Sarah; Matt followed a walking tube from Chamber 2 that linked back to Chamber 1 - near survey station 26. They then followed a VERY drafty tube north for ~40m to a choke that also drafts. En route they heard Michael and Ben in their leads.</p>
<p>My feeling is that leads X + Y are well worth a look - more so than tubes ??</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: [not mentioned]</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-28c">2015-07-28</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Fleur</u>, Viz, Roxy</div>
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Clayton's Cockup</div>
<p>Having arrived on expo to calls from Wookey & Anthony to rig to the Clayton's Cockup leads, I duly obliged.</p>
<p>Managed to persuade Roxy + Viz to join me, despite tales of an even extra acrobatic entrance series to Tunnocks.</p>
<p>Made very steady progress downwards. Was pleased to remember the way to the top of String Theory & into the West Side Story. Climbs were more strenuous than I remembered. C10 in a tube. P3 with Knotted rope should probably be a real pitch.</p>
<p>Arrive at Clayton's Cock up & started rigging down "Boom Boom Pitch". All Tom's bolts still functional but I added another deviation. 60m rope saw me to the 2013 limit.</p>
<p>[Rigging diagram to scan and insert here]</p>
<p>Viz was starting to feel the remoteness, so after I placed a bolt + tied the rope, we left.</p>
<p>But, boy did the lead look good.</p>
<p>May need some rigging. In retrospect perhaps go back up and swing out to get further down the rift/pitch.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 12 hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-29a">2015-07-29</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Fleur</u>, Pete, Roxy</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balcony - Bipedal Passage</div>
<p>After 12 hrs underground the day before, I fancied a shorter trip and targeted a south pointing lead after Natural Highs.</p>
<p>Directions: After Natural Highs traverse, instead of going right up the climbs into Leeds Bypass, turn left, follow the main passage, a walking sized rift. It ends in a big hole.</p>
<p>The hole was, in fact, somewhat longer + deeper than I had remembered. Looking good though!</p>
<p>We had a 39m rope + 1½ drill batteries. Starting with the new drill battery, I started to bolt round the ledges on the right hand wall. 1½ holes later the battery died - grrr!! The remaining ½ battery got us ~1/3 way along the right wall.</p>
<p>[small rigging diagram to scan and insert here]</p>
<p>Still hard to see how far the straight ahead lead would go - potentially a top level + a mid level need to be checked.</p>
<p>After the drill batteries went, I belayed Pete across a small (!!) rock bridge to check out a side passage, but it ended in a blind pot.</p>
<p>On the way back, Pete threw rocks down - 2 second free fall and a further 8 second rattle!</p>
<p>We then did two token survey legs before retreading.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 4½ hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-28d">2015-07-28</div>
<div class="trippeople">Martin, <u>Jacob</u> and Elliott</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balcony - to Gösser Wager</div>
<p>Having walked up to top camp late and therefore being ready in the afternoon, we left for a shortish trip to look for bits in Balcony. We descended the entrance series pitches and then followed the main route, roughly in the direction of Icecock aven. Eventually we reached the gear dump to find the other two groups down Balcony Höhle having a natter. Michael bet Martin a Gösser that we couldn't find the rift they had just found. We continued down Turtle Head, up a short handlined climb and down another pitch to the rift the other group suggested we survey. We surveyed along it about 20m and then back to the pitch. At the bottom of the rift is a small but potentially descendable hole with a long rattle. Managed to muddle our way out without any difficulties.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: [not mentioned]</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-24c">2015-07-24</div>
<div class="trippeople">Martin and <u>Jacob</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">Balcony - Hiltaplenty and Pubic S</div>
<p>We returned to Balcony to drop a pitch that Martin had his eye on. After the entrance pitches, turn left at the scary hole. I demonstrated how slow I am at rigging and then Martin bolted the pitch down whilst I sat in a bothy bag to keep warm at the top. Eventually Martin ran out of rope (66m) at a ledge and another short pitch. I followed with the other rope and kit and we surveyed the muddy crawl which extended from the ledge. Once we had finished this, Martin started to rig remaining pitch down ready for next time. Once he descended it, I took the remaining gear back up the Hiltaplenty pitch and attempted to head out. I unfortunately missed the turn off to the scary hole the first time and ended up getting muddled in a spiky crawl. Once I realised my mistake I returned to the actual route, which was irritatingly obvious second time round. By the time I was halfway up the big pitch on the way out, Martin caught up with me. The weather turned nasty for the return walk to top camp.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: [not mentioned]</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-29b">2015-07-29</div>
<div class="trippeople">Wookey, Matt + <u>Jenny</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">107 - near coldest</div>
<p>Decided to go back to Double Beep and look at the drafting side passage and the pitch 13-CO-1A which seemed likely to be the same pitch that Double Beep has a window out on. Matt appeared and we set off. Again derigged the Coldest rope to use on the way into Double Beep (really another rope would be less tedious!). Matt + I headed in to survey while Wookey looked at 13-CO-1A. I was very disappointed to discover that I had failed to bring my balaclava, instead bringing a pair of pants that I was going to take down the hill to wash - idiot ! Matt + I went to the junction, and followed the [??] drafting passage north. Small at first (phreatic with a small floor trench with water which we were following uphill). It got bigger and we clambered over some flaky boulders into an aven-chamber with water coming in from the roof. Beyond this were some pretty mud/gravel formations that we managed to carefully step over. Beyond this, the way on appeared to be to drop down in the rift, but you'd need a rope. The dripping noise meant that I couldn't hear the beeping Disto. So its called <u>Beepless</u>. Got back to hear Wookey rigging into our passage to give us an easier way out. Unfortunately, although he was in a window into our passage, he was about 8m too high. So he gave up on that and continued down the pitch. The real window was too hard to get to to be worthwhile.</p>
<p>Wookey ran out of rope, so we attempted a DistoX leg down. After some 3m and some 138m answers, the Disto settled on 30m, which sounded plausible. Matt and I each put in a bolt on the Sleepless traverse, so there was a Y-hang on each side.</p>
<p>Got out to find it dry, but only for 15 minutes. We sat at the entrance for a while in the rain. Were very happy to find Anthony's van there to shelter in for the 3 hrs we needed to wait for our lift down the hill.
<div class="timeug">T/U: 5½ hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-27c">2015-07-27</div>
<div class="trippeople">Andy, Ben Whetton, <u>Anthony</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - pushing Kraken</div>
<p>Despite heavy overnight rain, we decided to press on with our planned trip on the basis that if Procrastination were passable on the way in, it would most likely be passable on the way out as well since the overcast conditions meant that afternoon thunderstorms were unlikely. I thought the rain had eased off, but as soon as we left the bivi it became clear that it was raining quite heavily and we got thoroughly drenched on the walk to the entrance.</p>
<p>Underground, water could be heard in lots of places where it normally isn't. However, Usual Suspects didn't sound too bad, so on arrival at Procrastination, I was despatched to assess the water levels. The deal was that if the pitch was passable but we would get a soaking we would abort - I think we were all half hoping for this outcome. The water on the bottom hang was higher than usual but mostly OK. Just as I was starting to think that if it got much wetter we would have to leave, the bottom of the pitch appeared - so we were committed.</p>
<p>Carried on down to the pushing front, pausing briefly to measure one leg with a tape measure where the previous survey had encountered a DistoX refusal. Andy started rigging the way on from the top of the mud ridge in the Kraken chamber. This proved to be quite tricky since everything was either covered in mud or falling apart or both. After much head scratching he elected to rig a short drop then a bolt traverse along the wall where there was some good rock to try to get beyond the edge of the mud slope. I went down to have a look, and thought there looked like some reasonable rock that I could just about reach at full stretch from the end of the mud slope that would make a reasonable rig if we could find a way to get there. Ben went down and swung around on a sky hook for a while, eventually finding a placement for an intermediate rebelay. Then I went down and doubled it up, but by now it was getting late so we headed out.</p>
<p>Overall a frustrating trip with little actual progress and a lot of time spent cowering in the bothy bag. However, at least water levels were back to normal so we had a relatively dry exit.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 15½ hrs</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-29c">2015-07-29</div>
<div class="trippeople">Andy & <u>Anthony</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - Pushing Kraken (again)</div>
<p>Zipped back down to Kraken to the point where we had left off two days previously. I wielded the drill to try to execute the rigging plan from the previous trip. I put in another intermediate rebelay that got me down to the edge of mud slope. Here I placed a truly awful rebelay bolt - cratered and overdriven such that the anchor went right to the back of the hole when setting t. Fortunately, I had a bollard with me to hide the evidence.</p>
<p>Heading into new territory, I got lucky when I found a nice overhang with some beautiful clean rock - presumably because part of the ceiling has become the floor in the not too distant past. From here I got a beautiful 40+m hang to the floor, so called Andy to join me.</p>
<p>The pitch lands on a large boulder slope - pretty much the same as the upper level of Kraken Chamber. Heading downhill closes off but there is a rift on the north wall that leads to a mud slope where I couldn't see Andy's light - so presumably going somewhere different (QM-A). There may be a passage high up at the western end that would need a bolt climb to gain access - a better light is needed to assess this (QM-B). There is a nice cracked mud floor in one corner. Going east from the bottom of the rope leads to a further shortish looking pitch (~10m) QM-A. This may simply go to the bottom of the boulder pile - hard to see if there is a way on. So there are a few levels, but nothing that screams "push here for more cave". This is a very big space so it is hard to tell if there is a draught - especially since the draught was weaker than when the weather was baking hot the previous week.</p>
<p>We surveyed this lot using a Pony and Wookey's Chinese Disto knock-off. The latter proved very tedious when the leg length exceeded about 10m. "error 160" was seen quite a lot, with "Error 155" in second place and the occasional "Error 154". Eventually got everything in the book and headed out to complete a fine trip. The survey data puts us 626m below the entrance, and ~25m above the level of the Razordance sump, which helps explain why I was quite tired.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 14 hrs</div>
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<p>[Two whole page diagrams of below Procrastination, and Inferno]</p>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-26a">2015-07-26</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Rob</u> + George</div>
<div class="triptitle">Beyond Dig Dug</div>
<p>After a helpful surveying lesson from the Futrells a day before, I was ready to try bolting and rigging in a cave. After spending far too much time triple checking that we had all the necessary equipment, we set off into Balcony, aiming to continue where Frank left off. (As a matter of pride, not just because the destination was diabolically close to the entrance).</p>
<p>Heading through Dig Dug, I was shocked to find George [???] with memory of the cave, and was forced to guide him through each section of the short passage. Arriving at the ledge, we decided to traverse. I set up the bolting equipment and got to work. This left George sufficiently bored. I offered the drill to him and he declined, opting instead to explore the cave he had already visited.</p>
<p>He arrived back after the traverse was rigged, and proceeded to critically critique the traverse, calling it resource intensive and unnecessary. On the other side we found 2 holes, one bearing north to passage and one more easterly is an entrance to a metre by metre tube.</p>
<p>We surveyed the tube first, noting its remarkable length and draft, but [???], it eventually got too tight, so we decided to leave it to those with more malleable bone structures. In the larger passage we found it led to a balcony overlooking the chamber we rigged, and further on it led to another large chamber, complete with another large, stomping passage to survey, which we would proceed to do the next day.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: [not mentioned]</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-27d">2015-07-27</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Rob</u> + George + Sarah</div>
<div class="triptitle">Beyond Thunderdome</div>
<p>George and I acquired Sarah, who was to see our promising lead and my traverse. On location the [sorry, Rob, I really can't read this...] as George, insulting both the theory and application of the bolting and rigging. I would not let that faze me, due to the large, obviously going, passagae that we had yet to survey.</p>
<p>This did not go to plan. First we had Sarah make a qu.....[?] descent into the pit so we could document the pitch head it leads to. Then we did the existing [???] of the open passage. It quickly ended in a large boulder choke.</p>
<p>After some frustrated, emotional attempts at digging our way through, we realised it was quite futile. We initially crawled through some holes to survey the rifty things that were [???]ing underneath the passagae. The bottom of the rift was accessible by a rather suspect free climb, so we sent Sarah down for a look. She found that the bottom went nowhere in both directions, so for safety reasons George and I abstained the climb, thus ending a rather disappointing day. We derigged the traverse, hoping it would be used for more fruitful endeavours.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: [not mentioned]</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-28e">2015-07-28</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Elaine</u>, Michael, Matt</div>
<div class="triptitle">Balcony Ice Cock area</div>
<p>Previous trips to the Ice Cock area left two A leads, so two teams went down to push the two leads. The first team consisted of Petem, Ben Wright, Sarah & George, while Michael, Matt and Elaine followed a short period of time later. Upon reaching Ice Cock however, the latter team found the former in their lead - it had connected.</p>
<p>We met the other team at the head of a small pitch. George was busying himself looking at small scrotty crawls and soon popped out halfway up the aven two others were trying to climb.</p>
<p>I and George's task was then to survey these scrotty crawls. We surveyed around 30-35m of tube of varying size - mostly sandy-bottomed, some with loose choss bottom. We discovered further survey stations at the end of our bit of passage - think it is EinUndZwanzig. Followed another bit of passage parallel to what we'd just crawled through and found ourselves straddling the top of the passage where Ben and Michael were just coming down. Gave them a good surprise.</p>
<p>All 7 underground reconvened at the tackle store before heading out. We did an inventory of what was there and wondered when Jacob, Eliott and Martin (freshly arrived) would go caving. At that moment, Jacob, Elliott and Martin walked round the corner.</p>
<p>J,E & M went on to do a bit of surveying while the other 7 headed out. Split into two teams to avoid traffic jams on the pitches - Michael & George ran out at great speed, followed by Matt & Sarah, then Elaine, Pete and Ben broought up the rear.</p>
<p>Others on this trip will hopefully describe their bits of pushing/surveying elsewhere.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: around 8 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-07-29d">2015-07-29</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Elaine</u> & Ben Wright</div>
<div class="triptitle">Prospecting east of Balcony</div>
<p>With beatiful (or at least decent) weather predicted, Elaine & Ben decided a surface trip was the way to go. Mike Futrell pointed out where he hadn't been /planned to go if he didn't have to leave, and off we set! Turned east off the Balcony path & soon came across a promising hole. Elaine applied helmets kneepads & gloves & sscrotted off past some gämse bones until things became too loose to continue. Came back to discover a shiny tag by the entrance - CUCC 2009 03 :-( Nonetheless took details & photos & have since updated website.</p>
<p>Next found a big arena enclosed by rock with impressive rock arch entrance - just a bit further on that '09/03'. One promising-looking entrnce goes about 3m.</p>
<p>Then looked at two choss bowls east of this - <u>lots</u> of recent frost-shattering. One potential entrance at N47°41.741' E013°44.594'. ~6m pit with v large boulder at the top. Potential lead SSW under overhang but couldn't really see from any angle & would want rope to check (we didn't any). Nothing else in this area went.</p>
<p>Continued on to a grassy (in places boggy) depression with a couple of interesting holes. Looked at most promising - had a tag. Tag tucked in a crevice, Hilti almost completely out - prob. frost shattering (but has someone been there since to ensure tag was safe?) -> tag: CUCC 2002 AD 03 looked promising. ~20ft pitch, potenetially went back underneath, also potential way on slightly to R as looking at pitch from entrance.</p>
<p>GPS N47°41.638' E0139.511' (grassy hollow. Entrance is on W wall of this depression).</p>
<p>It then proceeded to piss it down, so we couldn't look at the other promising lead we had seen, preparing to slip'n'slide our way back to top camp.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: ½ hr (Elaine)</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-08-01a">2015-08-01</div>
<div class="trippeople"><u>Elaine</u> & Elliott</div>
<div class="triptitle">Dropping CUCC 2002 AD 03</div>
<p>Having confirmed with Anthony that CUCC AD 03 had not been dropped, the first post-Expo Dinner task for Elaine & Elliott was to take a look at it. It was Elliott's first ever bolting trip. The first bolt went in like a dream. Howeer, whilse setting the second bolt (in the best rock we could find), a large crack appeared around the Hilti, and then the whole bit of rock sheared off. We therefore decided to name the cave <u>Bergkåsehöhle</u> - Mountain cheese cave.</p>
<p>Subsequent bolts were more successful and we dropped the small pitch to a boulder-floored chamber. The way led on over a suspended boulder floor, past a precarious boulder and on to more boulders. The terminal chamber had a reasonably strong draught, some kind of lacewing-like insect and a lot of suspended boulders, both above and below, but no person-sized way on. Elliott insisted that it was merely eau de death, not the parfum. We went back and surveyed a small downclimb around halfway along our survey. With a suspended boulder ceiling & floor, possibly held up by magic, this was definitely more along the parfum line of things. 2x C leads in this area, but <u>very</u> deathy, and neither of us fancied pursuing them. We derigged out and decided to do a spot more prospecting in the area.</p>
<p>One nice horizontal entrance proved just too short to count as a cave (just S of CUCC 2002 AD 03) (no tag).</p>
<p>A very promsining-looking entrance N of CUCC 2002 AD 03 (named "The Devil's Arse" by Elliott) (to be fair it did look like a giant arse crack) went nowhere (any way on is choked or plugged with snow).</p>
<p>We had a poke about up the hill in which CUCC 2002 AD 03 is situated - yielded 3 tiny entrances that went nowhere.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 4 h</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2015-08-03a">2015-08-03</div>
<div class="trippeople">Michael, Elaine & <u>Elliott</u></div>
<div class="triptitle">Purple Lupin Shaft</div>
<p>After being pressured to start pulling gear out of various places, we decided to polish off the Futrell Shaft. Over a dozen hangers and 200m+ of rope was left in there. With Michael bolting, and E,ain and I surveying, we were underground by 12:00. Mike's shaft of Tremendous girth really does live up to its nickname! After some 150m of rope work, I swapped positions with Michael on a ledge at the pushing front, some 30+m from the base of the shaft. Michael started drilling and Elaine and I some cold & awkward SRT surveying. The new pitch consists of a 55m rope, from a good-sized, 10m<sup>2</sup> shelf of solid boulders. A Y-hang from a small gully leads to a re-belay, ~10m below. Another ~15m to another re-belay, single bolt, before 10m to the floor of the shaft.</p>
<p>No obvious leads, except one small &lt; human-sized crawl, no more than a C-lead. Michael had a look and was haued out by his feet. Loose boulder-strewn floor with clean walls gave nothing else away. De-rigging took ~2.30 hours, with the difficult narrow entrance making tackle sack hauling <u>very</u> hard work. Martin & Jacob helped to get gear back to Top Camp, after meeeting them at Balconhöhle.</p>
<div class="timeug">T/U: 9 hrs</div>
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