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<p><strong>Trip 5</strong>. Final surveying and derigging was completed with Steve being drafted in to prove that we hadn't made it all up. This final trip took just five hours.</p>
<h4>Comments</h4>
<p>The pot is about 220m deep, and it seems likely that the sump is perched or perhaps even a temporary sump in highish water. However, no bypass could be found so the depth is unlikely to be increased. No major phreatic development was reached. Such phreatic passages as were found all choked rapidly and the overall impression is of a larger than life Yorkshire pot cutting through old phreatic developments. Like Yorkshire too, heavy water makes the big pitches very serious and the fourth trip assumed epic proportios at times, with one pair ascending most of the big rift in darkness, including transferring prussiking gear on a tiny ledge over 50m of exposure.</p>
<p><img src="../../1623/others/82.png" alt="82 survey - 28k gif" width="640" height="1300" /></p>
<p><img src="/1623/others/82.png" alt="82 survey - 28k gif" width="640" height="1300" /></p>
<p>Pitches :</p>
<blockquote>1 - 6m <span lang="de-at">Apfelschacht</span><br /> 2 - 20m <span lang="de-at">Orangenschacht</span><br /> 3 - 10m <span lang="de-at">Bierschacht</span><br /> 4 - 15m <span lang="de-at">Nocheinbierschacht</span><br /> 5 - 25m <span lang="de-at">Viermalbierschacht</span><br /> 6 - 50m <span lang="de-at">Bessofene</span><br /> 7 - 17m<br /> 8 - 6m<br /> 9 - 30m</blockquote>
<p><strong>83</strong>: Found 200m north of 82. A 13m freeclimb dropped on to a steep snow slope requiring a line. This was descended for a further 10m to a steep boulder slope which funnelled down to a small hole through which stones fell free a long way. The large amounts of scree made the descent most uninviting. Back up the boulder slope, a phreatic passage was entered and quickly led to a big hole in the floor.</p>
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<p><strong>84</strong>: A draughting tube WNW of 83 led to a small chamber. A further small tube led off, still draughting but it was deemed impenetrable by the caver concerned on account of him wearing only shorts and T-shirt.</p>
<p><strong>85</strong>: Strangely, we had missed this although it was within 20m of 82 and we had walked past it every day on the way to the plateau. A descent of this turned out to be quite entertaining - a series of short free-climbs of varying complexity led to a depth of at least 50m with no tackle required anywhere. An impenetrable fissure barred further progress.</p>
<p><strong>86</strong>: This was a rift on the high ground just SE of 82 and didn't look too promising as it seemed snow-plugged. Ladder was fed down and a descent made to -25m before the gap between the snow and the rock got too small.</p>
<p><img src="../../1623/others/80-86.png" alt="sketch surveys of smaller caves - 16k gif" width="640" height="800" /></p>
<p><img src="/1623/others/80-86.png" alt="sketch surveys of smaller caves - 16k gif" width="640" height="800" /></p>
<hr />
<h3><a name="enthusiast">Team Enthusiast's</a> Report</h3>
<p>None of our pots have accurate coordinates, a reflection partly on the recurrent low cloud and partly on our belief that we were sighting on a peak called the <span lang="de-at">Br&auml;uning Sattel</span>. A '<span lang="de-at">Sattel</span>', we later learnt, is a pass&nbsp;! All our pots are marked in red paint.</p>
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<p><strong>90</strong>: Rift entrance in scrub, just below talus and pasture. Chokes at -20m</p>
<p><strong>91</strong>: Snow-fed rift in open lapiaz. Chokes at -20m</p>
<p><strong>92</strong>: Distinct from its neighbours in several respects. Firstly, it was deep in scrub yet the entrance was not over-vegetated. Secondly, by virtue of its small horizontal entrance, it was unlikely to be blocked by thermoclastic scree. Thirdly it draughted slightly. With all these points in its favour, it was annoying to find that the interior was as loose as a dose of Delhi-belly. Everywhere we looked were vast, poised boulders, and one of our ropes was severed when NR dislodged a piece of wall by breathing too hard. It was not too much of a disappointment to find that it choked at -90m.</p>
<p><img src="../../1623/others/92.png" alt="92 survey - 12k gif" width="640" height="900" /></p>
<p><img src="/1623/others/92.png" alt="92 survey - 12k gif" width="640" height="900" /></p>
<p><strong>93</strong>: Long rift north of 91. Chokes at -35m.</p>
<p><strong>94</strong>: A little further north still. A spiralling free-climb choking at -35m.</p>
<p>At this point we realized what we should have known from the start: in this area pots aren't worth bothering with unless they:</p>
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<p>So we abandoned the area under the <span lang="de-at">Br&auml;uning</span> Wall. But before we go down to serious prospecting we decided to have a look at a pot recommended to us by <span lang="de-at">Karl Gaisberger</span>. In fact we had already been camping within 50m of it without noticing ! It was situated on a raised bank near the sink and huts on the west side of the <span lang="de-at">Schwarzmoos Sattel</span>, just off the path that we followed to reach the plateau from the car park. In fact Pot 96 was found first, but JG being an accountant, his tiny brain gets acutely perplexed by blunders in numbering.</p>
<p><strong>95</strong>: A 10m climb to an unpushed and unpromising tube. Descended only for the sake of form and to restore numerical sequence.</p>
<p><strong>96</strong>: An unusual pot in that the entrance was the only good clean shaft which we found in pasture. A series of short, solid pitches in a high rift led to an apparent end in a chamber where the water sank. However, the upper level of a small rift was found to lead to an abandoned passage. Several free-climbs, each muddier than the last, then a squeeze, brought us to a sordid little sump, although an air current (but not SP) seemed to vanish along an inaccessible passage above the final crawl. We were rather disappointed by the omens, as last year's major discovery, the <span lang="de-at">Fledermaush&ouml;hle</span>, had also ended in a sump. Would every pot end in a perched sump ? Well the next pot was to be a revelation. Depth 105m.</p>
<p><img src="../../1623/96/96.png" alt="96 survey - 13k gif" width="640" height="900" /></p>
<p><img src="/1623/96/96.png" alt="96 survey - 13k gif" width="640" height="900" /></p>
<p><strong>97</strong>: The pot that restored the status quo to Team Enthusiast (otherwise known as Team Ireland, Team Trials Marina, Team Thin Geriatric, Team Gunge etc., etc.) We had been looking for a hole which we could name <span lang="de-at">Konstantinopolitanischerstra&szlig;enbahnf&uuml;hrerinassistentineninexpeditionnenzehnhundertsiebenundsiebsigtropfsteineish&ouml;hlensystem</span>, but it would have had to be at least 50 km long for the name to fit on the survey ! So we settled for the name <span lang="de-at">Schneewindschacht</span> instead. Within spitting distance of <span lang="de-at">Eislufth&ouml;hle</span>, it was distinguished by a narrow, draughting entrance, with an encouraging rustle of water within. (Incidentally, all the draughting holes we found this year blew OUT: we never came up with a reasonable explanation, despite much speculation about localised barometric inversion, water generated and ionised air currents, but just took it for granted that such holes were more promising than pots with no draught at all.)</p>
<p>Team Fat Geriatric jeered at us for applying Yorkshire tactics in the land of the big shaft, but we returned next day with a hammer and enlarged the entrance to passable proportions. Two climbs of 10m and 5m led to a chamber with two exits, of which NR chose the drier. A sordid grovel doubled itself and passed directly under the wetter hole, which dribbled ferociously through his tatty Spock-suit. Obviously a diver was needed ! JG obligingly continued along the grovel for a further 5m, finding it about as tight as Baptistry crawl with a constricted pitch head on the far side. 15m below, the explorers reached the head of a very deep-sounding rift, which was initially descended only to a ledge at 20m. Due to the awkwardness of the entrance crawl, it was necessary to remove all SRT gear and clip it to the pitch head before exiting, hence the name Vestry. The crawl itself, which henceforward was entered and left by the wet entrance, was baptised the Nun's C***: partly on account of the shape of the orifice, partly on account of its tightness, but mainly because it was so desperately in need of banging.</p>
<p>Discovery progressed slowly, largely because every pitch had to be bolted: also, it was essential to be off the lapiaz by nightfall or resign oneself to an overnight trip, thus denying oneself the statutory five glasses of <span lang="de-at">Reininghaus</span> at the <span lang="de-at">Bar Fischer</span>. The survey is fairly self-explanatory. Traversing over a '<span lang="fr">Puits en baionnette</span>' took one down the Bottomless Abbess to a point where the cave turned horizontal and stream-like for a short stretch. But it still went on down, dropping - rather surprisingly - into an abandoned series of dry, dusty phreatic tubes, which sloped down at a steady five degrees. The tantalising sight of a large cave-type passage leading off beyond a 3m ladder climb almost made it seem likely that a giant fossil system had been reached. Alas, it was impossible to traverse over to it, so SP was tied onto a piece of string and forced down the next pitch.</p>
<p>A fine clean shaft of 25m, it started unpromisingly, but soon belled out into a magnificent trench passage. Traversing over a gully led shortly to a succession of piddling little climbs and a final lovely pitch, The Dissolution. Here the water sank in an impenetrable crack, the draught having already vanished.</p>
<p>An excellent pot - even if it would have been impossible to rescue anyone from - but why did it stop so soon ? And would the traverse have led to further pitches ? The answer is almost certainly yes. Still, there's the rest of the plateau to be looked at yet, so we probably won't return to the <span lang="de-at">Schneewindschacht</span>. Depth 265m. <img src="../../1623/others/97.png" alt="97 survey - 22k gif" width="582" height="1335" /> <!-- survey needs rescanning, as that is a hand-held scan and is not linear in the y-direction. --></p>
<p>An excellent pot - even if it would have been impossible to rescue anyone from - but why did it stop so soon ? And would the traverse have led to further pitches ? The answer is almost certainly yes. Still, there's the rest of the plateau to be looked at yet, so we probably won't return to the <span lang="de-at">Schneewindschacht</span>. Depth 265m. <img src="/1623/others/97.png" alt="97 survey - 22k gif" width="582" height="1335" /> <!-- survey needs rescanning, as that is a hand-held scan and is not linear in the y-direction. --></p>
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<h3><a name="youth">'Youth Section'</a> Report</h3>
<p>The 'Youth Section' comprised the three undergraduate members of the expedition present this year, Simon Farrow, Nick Thorne &amp; Andy Waddington. We arrived a few days later than the bulk of the expedition and immediately started prospecting. It took us about two days of exploring small shafts in the karren with depths of 10-20m before we found a very promising area. Two shafts of 30 and 40m were descended, but these were of the large open type and inevitably choked. The shafts were numbered as found:</p>

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nothing. John went up, then Mike came down. Then we derigged and went out.</p>
<p><a href="#id1978-98-2">Previous trip</a>/
<a href="../../1623/98.htm">Guidebook description</a></p>
<a href="/1623/98.htm">Guidebook description</a></p>
<hr />
<div class="tripdate" id="t1978-07-31B"><!-- same day --></div>
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ warm sunshine, Ben sweated and swore, emerging some hours later as the sun
was sinking. Nicky.</p>
<p><a href="#id1978-107-9">Previous trip</a>/
<a href="../../1623/107.htm">Guidebook description</a></p>
<a href="/1623/107.htm">Guidebook description</a></p>
<hr />
<p><div class="triptitle"><a id="id1978-76-14">Eislufth&ouml;hle</a></div>

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theory. Their similarities are perhaps not too surprising since their
entrances are only about 100 metres apart.</p>
<p><img alt="survey: 30k gif" width=640 height=1475 src="../../1623/others/107.png"></p>
<p><img alt="survey: 30k gif" width=640 height=1475 src="/1623/others/107.png"></p>
<p>For our first attempt at caving abroad,
<span lang="de-at">Gemsh&ouml;hle</span> provided a good introduction with
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ a collapsed chamber. Several possible routes through the boulders all proved
fruitless, and an exit was made.</p>
<p><img alt="grade 1 plan: 12k gif" width=500 height=600
src="../../1623/110.png">
src="/1623/110.png">
<p>Feeling thankful that a pot such a long, gruelling walk across the
plateau had not 'gone', the two pioneers, now definitely wheezing, started

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<p>Only problem, I hear, was removing the rock anchors from the wall. (Who
is this man ?)</p>
<p><a href="#id1979-99-1">Previous trip</a>/<a href="../../1623/99/99.html">Guidebook description</a></p>
<p><a href="#id1979-99-1">Previous trip</a>/<a href="/1623/99/99.html">Guidebook description</a></p>
<hr />
<p><div class="tripdate" id="t1979-08-16A">Thursday 16th August</div></p>

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@@ -232,12 +232,12 @@ one below Hall of the Greene King depth or thereabouts. Depths were mainly
calculated by measuring rope lengths on pitches so the final depth of 506m
is possibly not extremely accurate.
<p><center><img alt="Upper half of survey of 1623/76 (aka 106)" width=1156 height=1876 src="../../1623/76/76upper.png">
<p><center><img alt="Upper half of survey of 1623/76 (aka 106)" width=1156 height=1876 src="/1623/76/76upper.png">
<br>
<img alt="Lower half of survey of 1623/76 (aka 106)" width=1168 height=1851 src="../../1623/76/76lower.png">
<img alt="Lower half of survey of 1623/76 (aka 106)" width=1168 height=1851 src="/1623/76/76lower.png">
</center>
<p><center><img alt="3d sketch of 1623/99" width=689 height=1000 src="../../1623/99/99sketch.png"></center>
<p><center><img alt="3d sketch of 1623/99" width=689 height=1000 src="/1623/99/99sketch.png"></center>
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<p align=right>Pete Lancaster
<p>(for a current description, see <a href="../../1623/41/41.htm">here</a>)
<p>(for a current description, see <a href="/1623/41/41.htm">here</a>)
<p>Stoger Weg Area, Schwarzmoos Kogel, Totes Gebirge, Austria.<br>
Total depth: 898m<br>
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ resurge in the nearby Altausseer See, (alt. 712m).
<ul id="links">
<li><ul>
<li><ul>
<li><a href="../../1623/41/41.htm">Current Guidebook Description</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/41/41.htm">Current Guidebook Description</a></li>
</ul></li>
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<p>P.S. The survey, while short, may be the best bit !
<p>[Webeditor: the results of this particular survey trip may be seen on the
site in <a href="../../1623/41/115p.png">plan (33k gif, 800x1080)</a> or <a href="../../1623/41/115x.png">extended section (23k gif, 1090x700)</a>]
site in <a href="/1623/41/115p.png">plan (33k gif, 800x1080)</a> or <a href="/1623/41/115x.png">extended section (23k gif, 1090x700)</a>]
<p><a href="#id1982-115-18">Next surveying trip</a> /
<a href="#id1982-115-15">Pushing trip</a> (same day - camp) /

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<p><hr />
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<ul id="links">
<li><a href="../../1623/143.htm">1623/143</a> main guidebook page</li>
<li><a href="../../1623/41/144.htm">1623/144</a> main guidebook page</li>
<li><a href="/1623/143.htm">1623/143</a> main guidebook page</li>
<li><a href="/1623/41/144.htm">1623/144</a> main guidebook page</li>
<li>Cambridge Underground 1984,
<a href="http://cucc.survex.com/jnl/1984/index.htm">Table of Contents</a></li>
<li>1983 Expedition info:

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<p><hr />
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<ul id="links">
<li><a href="../../1623/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>
<li><a href="/1623/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>
main guidebook page</li>
<li>Cambridge Underground 1984,
<a href="http://cucc.survex.com/jnl/1984/index.htm">Table of Contents</a></li>

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<li>1623/142 current
<a href="../../1623/41/off41.htm#ent142">guidebook page</a></li>
<a href="/1623/41/off41.htm#ent142">guidebook page</a></li>
<li>Cambridge Underground 1984,
<a href="http://cucc.survex.com/jnl/1984/index.htm">Table of Contents</a></li>
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<h2>Summary of Caves in the Totes Gebirge 1983</h2></center>
<dl>
<dt>1623/<a href="../../1623/135/135.html">135</a>
<dt>1623/<a href="/1623/135/135.html">135</a>
<dd>Shaft choked -20m<br>
East Schwarzmoos Kgl c. 1790m
<dt>1623/<a href="../../1623/161/136.htm">136</a> Steinschlagschacht
<dt>1623/<a href="/1623/161/136.htm">136</a> Steinschlagschacht
<dd>Shaft -194m<br>
East Schwarzmoos Kgl 1797m<br>
135m on 066&deg; from VdSMK 47&deg;40'47" N 13&deg;49'05" E
<dt>1623/<a href="../../1623/137.htm">137</a>
<dt>1623/<a href="/1623/137.htm">137</a>
<dd>Shaft -47m<br>
East Schwarzmoos Kgl c. 1790m
<dt>1623/<a href="../../1623/138.htm">138</a>
<dt>1623/<a href="/1623/138.htm">138</a>
<dd>Shaft. Very large entrance. Snow plugged -40m<br>
East Schwarzmoos Kgl c. 1790m
<dt>1623/<a href="../../1623/139.htm">139</a>
<dt>1623/<a href="/1623/139.htm">139</a>
<dd>Shaft. 2 pitches to -30m. Too parrow<br>
East Schwarzmoos Kgl c. 1830m (near top of small hill)
<dt>1623/<a href="../../1623/140.htm">140</a>
<dt>1623/<a href="/1623/140.htm">140</a>
<dd>Shaft -95m to choke<br>
South Vd Schwarzmoos Kgl 1796m<br>
126m on 194&deg; from VdSMK. 47&deg; 40'41" N 13&deg; 48' 57" E
<dt>1623/<a href="../../1623/141.htm">141</a>
<dt>1623/<a href="/1623/141.htm">141</a>
(Described as 131 in Cam. Underground 1983)
<dd>Shaft -30m<br>
South Vd Schwarzmoos Kgl 1603m
<dt>1623/<a href="../../1623/142.htm">142</a>
<dt>1623/<a href="/1623/142.htm">142</a>
(Described as 132 in Cam. Underground 1983)
<dd>Connected to Schnellzug-StellerwegH&ouml;hlen System<br>
South Vd Schwarzmoos Kgl 1603m 47&deg; 40'09" N 13&deg; 48'38" E
<dt>1623/<a href="../../1623/143.htm">143</a>
<dt>1623/<a href="/1623/143.htm">143</a>
<dd>Shaft -124m. Too narrow<br>
South Vd Schwarzmoos Kgl 1698m 47&deg; 40' 18" N 13&deg; 48' 51" E
<dt>1623/<a href="../../1623/144.htm">144</a>
<dt>1623/<a href="/1623/144.htm">144</a>
<dd>Shaft -285m<br>
South Vd Schwarzmoos Kgl 1699m 47&deg; 40' 19" N 13&deg; 48' 51" E
<dt>1623/<a href="../../1623/145/145.html">145</a> (Wolfehohle)
<dt>1623/<a href="/1623/145/145.html">145</a> (Wolfehohle)
<dd>N.East Schwarzmoossattel C. 1685m
<dt>1623/<a href="../../1623/146.htm">146</a>
<dt>1623/<a href="/1623/146.htm">146</a>
<dd>Unexplored entrance<br>
N.East Schwarzmoossattel c. 1700m
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<p><hr />
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<li>Main Wolfh&ouml;hle <a href="../../1623/145/145.html">Guidebook page</a></li>
<li>Main Wolfh&ouml;hle <a href="/1623/145/145.html">Guidebook page</a></li>
<li>Cambridge Underground 1984,
<a href="http://cucc.survex.com/jnl/1984/index.htm">Table of Contents</a></li>
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<ul id="links">
<li>Cambridge Underground 1985,
<a href="http://cucc.survex.com/jnl/1985/index.htm">Table of Contents</a></li>
<li>Main Wolfh&ouml;hle <a href="../../1623/145/145.html">Guidebook page</a></li>
<li>Main Wolfh&ouml;hle <a href="/1623/145/145.html">Guidebook page</a></li>
<li>1984 Expedition info:
<ul>
<li><a href="log.htm">Logbook</a></li>

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<li><a href="/1623/41/144.htm">1623/144</a> Guidebook page</li>
<li>1985 Expedition info:
<ul>
<li><a href="log.htm">Logbook</a></li>

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the cave are to be found.
<p><img alt="E-W Elevation, 15k gif" width=500 height=760
src="../../1623/others/158ew.png">
src="/1623/others/158ew.png">
<p><img alt="Plan, 15k gif" width=840 height=400
src="../../1623/others/158p.png">
src="/1623/others/158p.png">
<hr />
<ul>
<li><a href="../../1623/113.htm">Sonnenstrahlh&ouml;hle</a>
<li><a href="/1623/113.htm">Sonnenstrahlh&ouml;hle</a>
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<hr />
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<li><a href="../../1623/113.htm">Sonnenstrahlh&ouml;hle</a>
<li><a href="/1623/113.htm">Sonnenstrahlh&ouml;hle</a>
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<ul>
<li><a href="../../1623/113.htm">Sonnenstrahlh&ouml;hle</a>
<li><a href="/1623/113.htm">Sonnenstrahlh&ouml;hle</a>
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<h2 align=center>1623/161 Kaninchenh&ouml;hle exploration history</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/1988.htm">here</a> to see the 1988 history
<li><a href="../../1623/161/hnotes.htm">here</a> for the accompanying explanatory note.
<li><a href="/1623/161/1988.htm">here</a> to see the 1988 history
<li><a href="/1623/161/hnotes.htm">here</a> for the accompanying explanatory note.
<li><a href="cavegd.htm">1989 Cave Guide report for 161</a>
<li><a href="bcracc.htm">BCRA report</a>
<li><a href="report.htm">CU Report</a>

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<p><b>Webpage editor's notes</b>:<br>
(<a name="ednote1">1</a>) The cave referred to here
is actually <a href="../../1623/198/198.html">B11</a>, of 1976, and is a
is actually <a href="/1623/198/198.html">B11</a>, of 1976, and is a
straight 55m descent to a choke.
<p>(<a name="ednote2">2</a>) The cave referred to here is actually
<a href="../../1623/197.htm">B8</a>, of 1976, but this is definitely
<a href="/1623/197.htm">B8</a>, of 1976, but this is definitely
<b>not</b> the same cave as 164. It was (at the time this was written)
conceivable that 164 was <a href="../../1623/190/190.html">B9</a>, but this
conceivable that 164 was <a href="/1623/190/190.html">B9</a>, but this
too is now known to be elsewhere, though only a stone's throw away.
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<a href="161.htm">indexed</a> in the history page.</li>
<li>Passage descriptions for 1988's major finds:
<ul>
<li>Plateau shaft <a href="../../1623/164.htm">1623/164</a></li>
<li>Kaninchenh&ouml;hle: <a href="../../1623/161/top.htm">entrance series</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/lhr.htm">Left Hand Route</a> to top of Niflheim</li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/rhr.htm">Right Hand Route</a> to Knossos</li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offtop.htm#adriansr">Adrian's route</a><br>
<li>Plateau shaft <a href="/1623/164.htm">1623/164</a></li>
<li>Kaninchenh&ouml;hle: <a href="/1623/161/top.htm">entrance series</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/lhr.htm">Left Hand Route</a> to top of Niflheim</li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/rhr.htm">Right Hand Route</a> to Knossos</li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offtop.htm#adriansr">Adrian's route</a><br>
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<a href="161.htm">indexed</a> in the history page.</li>
<li>Passage descriptions for 1989's major finds:
<ul>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/drunk.htm#dands">Drunk and Stupid</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/lhr.htm#niflheim">Niflheim</a> (LHR)</li>
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<p><center><a href="../../handbook/l/rltyrl.htm"><img alt="Stretcher on
tyrolean - 32k" width=200 height=134 hspace=10 align=middle
src="../../t/rltyrl.jpg"></a> |
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align=middle hspace=10 src="../../1623/161/t/rl89a.jpg"></a> |
<a href="../../1623/161/l/rwinch.htm"><img alt="105k" width=123
<a href="/1623/161/l/rl89a.htm"><img alt="89k" width=122 height=168
align=middle hspace=10 src="/1623/161/t/rl89a.jpg"></a> |
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height=181 align=middle hspace=10
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<p>After eight hours after my fall I reached the surface. A doctor, all ready
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of solutional avens and eventually a small shaft-bottom rock pile and a
couple of small inlet tubes mark the end of the cave.
<p><img alt="survey - 16k gif" width=649 height=505 src="../../1623/others/162.png">
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@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ the right is a climb through an eyehole to a 3m climb down into a stream
rift. This has a howling draught coming out of it but it is too small to get
down - although the heavy application of a hammer might do the trick.
<p><img alt="survey - 12k gif" width=640 height=385 src="../../1623/163/163plan.png">
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<ul>
<li><a href="../../1623/162.htm">Entrance 1623/162</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/163/163.html">Entrance 1623/163</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/185/185.html">Two Year Gestation H&ouml;hle</a> (1623/185)</li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/deepwy.htm#fbs">Flat Battery Series</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/deepwy.htm#fj2">Flapjack 2</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#cfn">Chicken Flied Nice</a> to
<a href="../../1623/161/deepwy.htm#endless">Endless</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/dream.htm#dreamtime">Dreamtime</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offlhr.htm#powersta">Powerstation</a></li>
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<li><a href="/1623/161/deepwy.htm#fj2">Flapjack 2</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/sibria.htm#cfn">Chicken Flied Nice</a> to
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<p><a href="#id1990-161-28">Trip where lead was found</a> /
<a href="#id1990-161-42">Final derig</a> / Next trip
(<a href="../../1623/161/qmtodo.htm#C1990-161-06">see QM list</a> !)<hr />
(<a href="/1623/161/qmtodo.htm#C1990-161-06">see QM list</a> !)<hr />
<p><a id="id1990-161-41">6/8/90</a> | 161 - survey Power Station Series (&amp; derig!) | Francis, Olly &amp; <u>Tim</u>

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<ul>
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<a href="../../1623/182/histry.htm">Puffball</a>.</li>
<a href="/1623/182/histry.htm">Puffball</a>.</li>
<li>Passage descriptions for 1991's major finds:
<ul>
<li><a href="../../1623/182/182.html">Puffball and Icing Sugar Cave</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#burble">Burble</a> - crawl,
<a href="../../1623/161/farnth.htm#leadminese">Leadmine</a> and
<a href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#maze">Maze</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/bsains.htm#snotp">Dewdrop</a> - the "easy" squeeze bypass</li>
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<li><a href="/1623/182/182.html">Puffball and Icing Sugar Cave</a></li>
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<a href="/1623/161/farnth.htm#leadminese">Leadmine</a> and
<a href="/1623/161/sibria.htm#maze">Maze</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/bsains.htm#snotp">Dewdrop</a> - the "easy" squeeze bypass</li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/france.htm#fphobia">Francophobia</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offlhr.htm#ambidex">Ambidextrous</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offlhr.htm#trehala">Trehala</a><br>
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<li><a href="report.htm">Austria '91</a> Report</li>
<li><a href="log.htm">Logbook</a></li>
<li><a href="182.htm">Puffball &amp; Icing Sugar Cave</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/top.htm">current 161 guidebook</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/top.htm">current 161 guidebook</a></li>
</ul></li>
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<ul>
<li>Trips written up in the logbook are indexed in the history pages for
<a href="161.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a> and
<a href="../../1623/182/histry.htm">Puffball</a>.</li>
<a href="/1623/182/histry.htm">Puffball</a>.</li>
<li>Passage descriptions for 1992's major finds:
<ul>
<li>The rest of Puffball (1623/182)</li>
<li><a href="../../1623/183.htm">Elchfalle/Mooseh&ouml;hle</a> (1623/183)</li>
<li>Far North on from Repton: <a href="../../1623/161/farnth.htm#pipeless">Pipeless</a></li>
<li>Off Dreamtime: <a href="../../1623/161/offdtm.htm#deepsleep">Deep Sleep</a></li>
<li>Left Hand Route alternative: <a href="../../1623/161/lhr.htm#gparty">Garden Party</a></li>
<li>Deep in <a href="../../1623/161/france.htm#toothless">France</a> (1623/161b)</li>
<li><a href="/1623/183.htm">Elchfalle/Mooseh&ouml;hle</a> (1623/183)</li>
<li>Far North on from Repton: <a href="/1623/161/farnth.htm#pipeless">Pipeless</a></li>
<li>Off Dreamtime: <a href="/1623/161/offdtm.htm#deepsleep">Deep Sleep</a></li>
<li>Left Hand Route alternative: <a href="/1623/161/lhr.htm#gparty">Garden Party</a></li>
<li>Deep in <a href="/1623/161/france.htm#toothless">France</a> (1623/161b)</li>
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<a href="161.htm">indexed</a> in the history page.</li>
<li>Passage descriptions for 1993's major finds:
<ul>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/deepwy.htm#tfcut">The Final Cut</a> and
<a href="../../1623/161/deepwy.htm#goboy">Gob</a> into Dehydration</li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/farnth.htm#eanglia">Anglia</a> and
<a href="../../1623/161/farnth.htm#furtcha">Further</a> beyond Far Too Far</li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offlhr.htm#pitchrp">Pitch-Ramp series</a> (LHR)</li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/france.htm#titfieldt">France bottomed</a><br>
<li><a href="/1623/161/deepwy.htm#tfcut">The Final Cut</a> and
<a href="/1623/161/deepwy.htm#goboy">Gob</a> into Dehydration</li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/farnth.htm#eanglia">Anglia</a> and
<a href="/1623/161/farnth.htm#furtcha">Further</a> beyond Far Too Far</li>
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just above a layer of more thinly bedded stuff. The bottom of the aven, and
the canyon in the floor of Burble and CFN, cut down into two shelly bands.
<p><a href="../../1623/161/fullsize/cfngeo.png">
<img src="../../1623/161/inline/cfngeo.png" width=300 height=265></a>
<p><a href="/1623/161/fullsize/cfngeo.png">
<img src="/1623/161/inline/cfngeo.png" width=300 height=265></a>
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<a href="161.htm">indexed</a> in the history page.</li>
<li>Passage descriptions for 1994's major finds:
<ul>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offdtm.htm#dkiller">Driller Killer</a> (off Dreamtime)</li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offrhr.htm#stomping">Stomping</a> (RHR)</li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offrhr.htm#dolimo">Dreaming of Limo</a> (RHR)</li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/frtotp.htm#misisip">Mississippi</a> (France)</li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offffr.htm#mmudpie">Rich Tea</a> (and other biscuits)</li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offffr.htm#misisip">Black Suspender</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#siberia">Siberia</a> (far end, via RHR)</li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offdtm.htm#dkiller">Driller Killer</a> (off Dreamtime)</li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offrhr.htm#stomping">Stomping</a> (RHR)</li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offrhr.htm#dolimo">Dreaming of Limo</a> (RHR)</li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/frtotp.htm#misisip">Mississippi</a> (France)</li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offffr.htm#mmudpie">Rich Tea</a> (and other biscuits)</li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offffr.htm#misisip">Black Suspender</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/sibria.htm#siberia">Siberia</a> (far end, via RHR)</li>
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tackle sack off the top of Bungalow. Julian also went to retrieve his zoom
from B11, which is described in the old literature as a 50m shaft, choked at
the bottom. It was thought that maybe it hadn't been fully explored. Guess
what? <a href="../../1623/198/198.html">B11</a> is a 50m shaft, which is well
what? <a href="/1623/198/198.html">B11</a> is a 50m shaft, which is well
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expedition. I now know the secret. You don't try to understand it. You
just go there and do it.
<p><center><a href="../../1623/161/l/pipecp.htm"><img alt="Beehive Camp -
<p><center><a href="/1623/161/l/pipecp.htm"><img alt="Beehive Camp -
8k jpg, link to 85k jpeg" width=184 height=116
src="../../1623/161/t/pipecp.jpg"></a><br>
src="/1623/161/t/pipecp.jpg"></a><br>
<i>Steve Bellhouse, Martin Sabry and Kate Janossy enjoy a refreshing cup of
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<ul>
<li>Leads off Dreaming of Limo in RH route:
<ul>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offrhr.htm#doubting">Doubting Thomas
<li><a href="/1623/161/offrhr.htm#doubting">Doubting Thomas
Series</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offrhr.htm#orals">Oral Series</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offrhr.htm#orals">Oral Series</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Leads off Algeria (below France)
<ul>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/sidefr.htm#dazauto">Daz automatic</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offffr.htm#pisspot">Piss Pot</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/france.htm#sultans">Sultans of Swing bottomed</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/sidefr.htm#dazauto">Daz automatic</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offffr.htm#pisspot">Piss Pot</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/france.htm#sultans">Sultans of Swing bottomed</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/frtotp.htm">Major breakthrough to Triassic Park</a> ...</li>
<li>... and the <a href="../../1623/161/sftotp.htm#id161d">new 161d (Scarface) entrance</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/frtotp.htm">Major breakthrough to Triassic Park</a> ...</li>
<li>... and the <a href="/1623/161/sftotp.htm#id161d">new 161d (Scarface) entrance</a></li>
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@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ digging had revealed France entrance. The first rigging trip was aborted
as Dave Johnson, a novice from ULCC, got strung up in the entrance. The
second trip was more successful, and cavers swarmed into Algeria to grab
the best leads. A new pitch into Twin Tubs was named
<a href="../../1623/161/sidefr.htm#dazauto">Daz Automatic</a>, and a
<a href="/1623/161/sidefr.htm#dazauto">Daz Automatic</a>, and a
hole in the floor in Hob Nob Passage dropped into a promising 3m wide
passage, which unfortunately choked after 100m. This was named
<a href="../../1623/161/offffr.htm#pisspot">'Piss Pot'</a>
<a href="/1623/161/offffr.htm#pisspot">'Piss Pot'</a>
as both Kate and Dunks sprinkled their scent around in the passageway.
<p>Then it was time for the dinner, so the plateau was left deserted for
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ least provide amusement as people hung various items of (other people's)
clothing from it's higher reaches, and Julian sawed up a scaffolding pole
to create a serviceable drill battery. Armed with this, Julian and I
took the two Daves off to France to hopefully get to the bottom of
<a href="../../1623/161/france.htm#sultans">Sultans of Swing</a>, having
<a href="/1623/161/france.htm#sultans">Sultans of Swing</a>, having
got off halfway down the pitch last year and found fat wads of cave. Julian
was fully kitted up and ready to duck out of the sweltering sunshine and into
the cool entrance, when he realised the drill-bit was sitting back at Base
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ and drank some more beer.
and soon afterwards went on the trip to end all trips. All lethargy about
repeated KH trips was soon to disappear after the finds of the last week
of the expedition. Going down France, they first checked out
<a href="../../1623/161/fbland.htm#forbidden">"The
<a href="/1623/161/fbland.htm#forbidden">"The
Forbidden Land"</a>, a truly appalling bit of cave at the end of
Mississippi. This was the southern most part of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle and
therefore worth a look. A tiny, muddy, wet thrutch came out at the bottom
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ direction of Stellerweg. They decided there must be another way in, and
went looking...
<p>... and they soon found a trivial traverse over an undescended pitch,
which led to a <a href="../../1623/161/frtotp.htm">nasty squeeze</a>.
which led to a <a href="/1623/161/frtotp.htm">nasty squeeze</a>.
Pushing the 3m passage they found in both directions, Wookey found a 5m
draughty choke climb which led into a totally huge space now named
"Staud'nwirt Palace" after our base camp Gasthof. From this led a windy, 10m
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ France to try to find 161d from the inside. They went downwind, following the
bat droppings, and went through a couple of ridiculous squeezes with gale
force winds blowing through them (one named "Battle of the Bulge"). They
found a skull, and some moths, and moments later they found daylight.
<a href="../../1623/161/sftotp.htm#id161d">161d</a> was promptly named
<a href="/1623/161/sftotp.htm#id161d">161d</a> was promptly named
Scarface due to a recent rockfall from the cliff above.
<p>The only drawback was that the route back to Top Camp can only be
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ reasonable access to Scarface one way or another. To give some idea of
the scale of the finds, in the last 9 days of the expedition we found
and surveyed 1500m of cave, and there are 72 new question on the 1996 list.
[<i>The northern end of Triassic Park ends at a junction -
<a href="../../1623/161/triasp.htm#trifurc">'Trifurcation'</a>
<a href="/1623/161/triasp.htm#trifurc">'Trifurcation'</a>
- from which one branch leads to a 10m climb in need of a bolt ('Bugger')
at the top of which a similar sized continuation can be seen. Another
branch - 'Minoan Surprise' - is sitting on top of Knossos. Flippant Editorial
@@ -242,13 +242,13 @@ tell you that there were 0.286 baseball caps per piss-on-the-butty-box.
<br><i>THE TRAILER</i>,
<br>and me.
<p><a href="../../1623/161/l/bcunt.htm"><img alt="Photo - 8k jpeg, link
<p><a href="/1623/161/l/bcunt.htm"><img alt="Photo - 8k jpeg, link
to 59k jpeg" width=124 height=184 align=middle hspace=10
src="../../1623/161/t/bcunt.jpg"></a>
src="/1623/161/t/bcunt.jpg"></a>
<a href="../../1623/161/l/shwall.htm"><img alt="Photo - 7k jpeg,
<a href="/1623/161/l/shwall.htm"><img alt="Photo - 7k jpeg,
link to 79k jpeg" width=178 height=123 align=middle hspace=10
src="../../1623/161/t/shwall.jpg"></a><br>
src="/1623/161/t/shwall.jpg"></a><br>
<table border=0 width=342>
<tr><td width=139><i>Dave Scout in the Brownie's Cunt - the squeeze at the

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@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ will keep you adequately informed. The journals cover two years, and are
jolly thick, so don't whinge about the price ! You only get a full survey
once every five years or so, and these are very good, so cough up at once.
Failing that, start a virtual tour of the cave at
<a href="../../1623/161/triasp.htm">http://www.chaos.org.uk/cucc/expo/1623/161/triasp.htm</a>.
<a href="/1623/161/triasp.htm">http://www.chaos.org.uk/cucc/expo/1623/161/triasp.htm</a>.
Work is [<i>at the time of printing this article (now finished) -
webmaster</i>] already in hand to add this year's stuff (the work-in-progress
is on Andy's webspace), and it might be done by BCRA time.

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@@ -23,37 +23,37 @@ This page is to provide quick links to the documentation of these finds:
logbook are <a href="161.htm">indexed</a> in the history page.</li>
<li>Passage descriptions for 1996's major finds:<br />
Up-climb at Bugger led
to <a href="../../1623/161/offtp3.htm#bugger">short passages and 226m
to <a href="/1623/161/offtp3.htm#bugger">short passages and 226m
vertical</a>
<ul>
<li>Several kilometres of passage in
<a href="../../1623/161/phnear.htm">Puerile Humour Series</a> inc.:
<a href="/1623/161/phnear.htm">Puerile Humour Series</a> inc.:
<ul>
<li>a complex area leading to the exit of
<a href="../../1623/161/pheast.htm">161f</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/icelnd.htm">Iceland</a>,
<a href="/1623/161/pheast.htm">161f</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/icelnd.htm">Iceland</a>,
leading to the exit of 161e</li>
<li>Catwoman's Claws and <a href="../../1623/161/phnth.htm">Where the
<li>Catwoman's Claws and <a href="/1623/161/phnth.htm">Where the
Wind Blows</a> heading out north</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Other leads off Triassic Park I:
<ul>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#altuni">Alternative Universe</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#snuggles">Dr. Snuggles</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#wheelca">Wheelchair Access</a>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#altuni">Alternative Universe</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#snuggles">Dr. Snuggles</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#wheelca">Wheelchair Access</a>
(aka Fogies' Folly)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Deep series off Triassic Park 2 and 3:
<ul>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#rpjleft">Tapeworm</a> and
<a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#hammeroids">Hammeroids</a>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#rpjleft">Tapeworm</a> and
<a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#hammeroids">Hammeroids</a>
from Ring Piece Junction</li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offtp3.htm#iblues">Interview Blues</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offtp3.htm#bpoec">Bottomless Pit of Eternal
<li><a href="/1623/161/offtp3.htm#iblues">Interview Blues</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offtp3.htm#bpoec">Bottomless Pit of Eternal
Chaos</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Through a horrendous choke to the
<a href="../../1623/161/fbland.htm#forbidden">Forbidden Land</a>
<a href="/1623/161/fbland.htm#forbidden">Forbidden Land</a>
heading dramatically towards the big southern
<span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogel</span> system</li>
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@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ they left it alone only to find their rope hanging out of the roof
back in Zombie Slime (tick) and a loose climb in the corner of
Staud'nwirt Palace simply keeps going up until it chokes (tick.)
<p><a href="../../1623/161/l/dh3-06.htm"><img alt="" width=188 height=125 align="left" hspace=10 vspace=10 src="../../1623/161/t/dh3-06.jpg"></a>
<p><a href="/1623/161/l/dh3-06.htm"><img alt="" width=188 height=125 align="left" hspace=10 vspace=10 src="/1623/161/t/dh3-06.jpg"></a>
<b>Andrew Ketley at Penguin Falls, Puerile Humour Series,
<span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span>.</b> (Dave Horsley)<br clear="all">
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ not for the fact that it becomes a raging waterfall at the first sign
of any rain. There's also another breezy traverse across the top of
it.
<p><a href="../../1623/161/l/fearon.htm"><img alt="" width=160 height=117
align="right" hspace=10 vspace=10 src="../../1623/161/t/fearon.jpg"></a>
<p><a href="/1623/161/l/fearon.htm"><img alt="" width=160 height=117
align="right" hspace=10 vspace=10 src="/1623/161/t/fearon.jpg"></a>
<b>Wookey on the Fear-On traverse over the start of Interview Blues.</b>
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ anyway) of G&ouml;sser, festering in the potato hut, fixing the crap cars,
laughing at the radios, sampling the magnificent expo cuisine. And
don't forget the superb caving available on the
<a href="../../areas.htm">Loser Plateau</a> or more specifically in
<a href="../../1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a>.</p>
<a href="/1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a>.</p>
<p>If you want to know what happened last year in the way of caving,
here's an extract from the sponsor's report (Anthony Day, 1996):</p>
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ intending participants.</p>
<p>Perhaps the most obvious single objective is the one which time and
deteriorating weather conspired to stop at the end of 1996. This was the
redescent of <a href="../../1623/161/136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>
redescent of <a href="/1623/161/136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>
and an attempt to connect this to the passages of the
<a href="../../1623/161/fbland.htm">Forbidden Land</a> in
<a href="../../1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a>. These
<a href="/1623/161/fbland.htm">Forbidden Land</a> in
<a href="/1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a>. These
passages are approached through a potentially very dangerous loose
choke at the southernmost point of "Flat France", and a new way in,
either from the surface, or via some bypass, is urgently needed. A
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ seems by far the best hope.</p>
<p>The Forbidden Land heads very promisingly under the Vorderer
Schwarzmooskogel, towards the great linked system of
<a href="../../1623/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>,
<a href="/1623/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>,
<a href="../../noinfo/1623/78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> and
Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle, explored by CUCC and a
variety of other groups over many years. It is hoped to find a connection
@@ -152,14 +152,14 @@ single system, which would be approaching 40km in length and over 1000m deep.</p
<p>There are many more accessible leads in Kaninchenh&ouml;hle,
reached via the 1995 "Scarface" entrance
(<a href="../../1623/161/sftotp.htm">1623/161d</a>), mainly
(<a href="/1623/161/sftotp.htm">1623/161d</a>), mainly
by relatively easy horizontal caving. The 1996 discovery of a
<a href="../../1623/161/triasp.htm#minoan">connection</a> from
<a href="/1623/161/triasp.htm#minoan">connection</a> from
Triassic Park into Knossos chamber will also make access to the
furthest reaches of the "old cave" much easier, and a return to
<a href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#siberia">Siberia</a> and
<a href="/1623/161/sibria.htm#siberia">Siberia</a> and
various pitches below the ways north, beyond
<a href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#cfn">Chicken Flied Nice</a>
<a href="/1623/161/sibria.htm#cfn">Chicken Flied Nice</a>
are on the cards.</p>
<p>As well as the tenth year of exploration in Kaninchenh&ouml;hle,

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logbook are <a href="161.htm">indexed</a> in the history page.</li>
<li>Passage descriptions for 1997's major finds:
<ul>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/136.htm"><span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span></a>
<li><a href="/1623/161/136.htm"><span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span></a>
linked to <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span></li>
<li>Wheelchair Access pushed into major old passage of
<a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#kzrift">Lost World</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#seproblem">Siberia</a> (found in 1994)
<a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#kzrift">Lost World</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/sibria.htm#seproblem">Siberia</a> (found in 1994)
pushed down new 75m pitch</li>
<li>100m descent from end of Alternative Universe:
<a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#mjumars">Magic Jumars</a></li>
<li><a href="../../1623/161/offfld.htm#gravpit">Gravel Pit</a>
<a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#mjumars">Magic Jumars</a></li>
<li><a href="/1623/161/offfld.htm#gravpit">Gravel Pit</a>
in Forbidden Land pushed</li>
<li>End of Where the Wind Blows pushed with little progress</li>
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@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ floor and an obvious black space some distance up the walls at either end,
but no obvious continuation. Much surveying was done and a retreat beaten to
base camp to ponder on what to do next.
<p> <a href="../../1623/161/l/jh9719.htm"><img alt="" width=150
<p> <a href="/1623/161/l/jh9719.htm"><img alt="" width=150
height=200 align="left" hspace=10 vspace=10
src="../../1623/161/t/jh9719.jpg"></a><b>Andy Atkinson descending towards
src="/1623/161/t/jh9719.jpg"></a><b>Andy Atkinson descending towards
The Theatre, <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht.</span></b> (Julian Haines)
<br clear="all">
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ trunk passage, 4m in diameter, with a small stream in the floor heading
roughly North / South. It was inevitable this would become known as the Lost
World and was obviously a major and important piece of cave.
<p><a href="../../1623/161/l/dh1-29.htm"><img alt="" width=188 height=125
<p><a href="/1623/161/l/dh1-29.htm"><img alt="" width=188 height=125
align="right" hspace=10 vspace=10
src="../../1623/161/t/dh1-29.jpg"></a><b>Mike Richardson at Lake
src="/1623/161/t/dh1-29.jpg"></a><b>Mike Richardson at Lake
Bourneville, Upstream Lost World, <span
lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span>.</b> (Dave Horsley)<br clear="all">
@@ -268,9 +268,9 @@ exploration was carried out in this area, since there was already plenty of
surveying required! This was duly completed, including numerous side passages
in Siberia, which had only received cursory attention previously.
<p><a href="../../1623/161/l/dh1-17.htm"><img alt="" width=150 height=150
<p><a href="/1623/161/l/dh1-17.htm"><img alt="" width=150 height=150
align="left" hspace=10 vspace=10
src="../../1623/161/t/dh1-17.jpg"></a><b>Mike Richardson in the tube of
src="/1623/161/t/dh1-17.jpg"></a><b>Mike Richardson in the tube of
Downstream Lost World, <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span>.</b> (Dave
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<center><h2>CUCC EXPEDITION TO AUSTRIA, 1997</h2>
<p><a href="../../1623/161/l/dh3-06.htm">
<p><a href="/1623/161/l/dh3-06.htm">
<img alt="Photo - 42k" width=188 height=125 hspace=10
src="../../1623/161/t/dh3-06.jpg"></a><br>
src="/1623/161/t/dh3-06.jpg"></a><br>
<i>Andrew Ketley at Penguin Falls, Puerile Humour Series</i></center>
<h3>Summary</h3>
<p>In July of this year, Cambridge University Caving Club (CUCC) embarked
upon its 10th annual expedition to the
<a href="../../1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a> cave system in
<a href="/1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a> cave system in
the Totes Gebirge mountains of Austria. The club has been exploring
previously undiscovered caves in this area since accepting an invitation by
an Austrian club, (then the Sektion Ausseerland of LVfHO, now VfHO), in 1976.
@@ -31,20 +31,20 @@ Kaninchenh&ouml;hle was 19.7 km with a total depth of just under 500m from
the highest entrance. There were many unexplored leads (almost 200) with the
known southern extremity of the cave reasonably close to the very large
Schwarzmoosk&ouml;geleish&ouml;hle-
<a href="../../1623/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a> system. Many very
<a href="/1623/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a> system. Many very
promising leads had also been left at the northern end of the cave. Due, not
only, to the length of trip required in order to investigate them, but also
the huge number of exciting finds much nearer to the
<a href="../../1623/161/sftotp.htm#id161d">new entrance</a>, discovered at
<a href="/1623/161/sftotp.htm#id161d">new entrance</a>, discovered at
the end of the 1995 expedition.
<p>Around 20 cavers took part in this year's trip, most with previous
experience of caving abroad, but also a number for whom this was their first
taste of expedition caving. Early discoveries were made in the far east of
the cave, below the area of huge passage discovered two years ago, known as
<a href="../../1623/161/triasp.htm#triasp">Triassic Park</a>. The large,
<a href="/1623/161/triasp.htm#triasp">Triassic Park</a>. The large,
mostly horizontal development, was named
'<a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#lworld">The Lost World</a>', and is
'<a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#lworld">The Lost World</a>', and is
interesting, in that it is lower than the previously known layers of
horizontal development in the cave. 'The Lost World' offers potential for
another entrance to be discovered due to its close proximity with the edge of
@@ -54,16 +54,16 @@ insight as to the geological development of the area.
<p>Following a few years of neglect, some members of the expedition found new
enthusiasm for long trips to the North Western extremity of the cave, aptly
named
<a href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#siberia">Siberia</a>. Many extremely
<a href="/1623/161/sibria.htm#siberia">Siberia</a>. Many extremely
promising leads remained in this area and one such shaft, Somebody Else's
Problem, was explored to a depth of 434m below the top entrance level,
including a virtually free-hanging pitch of 70m!
<p>The main developments in the southern end of the cave took the shape of a
re-exploration of
<a href="../../1623/161/136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>, originally
<a href="/1623/161/136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>, originally
explored by CUCC in 1983/4. In 1996, discovery of the
<a href="../../1623/161/fbland.htm#forbidden">Forbidden Land</a>, a very
<a href="/1623/161/fbland.htm#forbidden">Forbidden Land</a>, a very
large development to the south of an awkward and unsafe boulder-choke, had
revealed its close proximity to Steinschlagschacht. Improvements in equipment
and technique since the original exploration, in addition to determination in
@@ -147,30 +147,30 @@ place for further exploration this year.
<a href="../1996/bcracc.htm">1996 expedition</a>, in the shape of the Puerile
Humour series, with approximately 2&frac12;-km of new cave and two new
entrances being found. This discovery had several key areas of interest
including <a href="../../1623/161/phnth.htm#wtwb">Where the Wind
Blows</a> and <a href="../../1623/161/icelnd.htm#iceland">Iceland</a>,
including <a href="/1623/161/phnth.htm#wtwb">Where the Wind
Blows</a> and <a href="/1623/161/icelnd.htm#iceland">Iceland</a>,
both of which were leading North into areas which, as yet, have no known cave
development. The first is a long relatively straight passage, heading
parallel to and above <a href="../../1623/161/farnth.htm#far2far">The Far
parallel to and above <a href="/1623/161/farnth.htm#far2far">The Far
End</a>, formerly only reachable by very long trips from the main (original)
entrance. The prospect of connection in this area would significantly improve
access and undoubtedly renew interest in this inaccessible bit of cave.
<p>Other leads for which there was particular interest in revisiting this
year, were in the areas of
<a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#wheelca">Wheelchair Access</a>,
<a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#wheelca">Wheelchair Access</a>,
discovered in 1996 descending from the major trunk route of Triassic Park,
and also in <a href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#siberia">Siberia</a>,
and also in <a href="/1623/161/sibria.htm#siberia">Siberia</a>,
discovered in 1995 at the North-Western corner of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle.
<h3>Steinschlagschacht and the quest for Eish&ouml;hle</h3>
<p>Whilst some of the most interesting exploration was promised by the
<a href="../../1623/161/fbland.htm#forbidden">Forbidden Land</a>, the
<a href="/1623/161/fbland.htm#forbidden">Forbidden Land</a>, the
extremely unpleasant boulder choke entrance to this area made the prospect of
a significant number of trips here unappealing to the majority, if not all,
of this year's expedition cavers. For this reason a great deal of interest
was shown in <a href="../../1623/161/136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>
was shown in <a href="/1623/161/136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>
(1623/136), originally explored by CUCC in 1983/4, which we knew from the
survey to be extremely close to connection with the Forbidden Land. Thus, the
possibility of a new, safer route into this area was considered sufficiently
@@ -198,9 +198,9 @@ required, until a divergence was reached at around -150m.
<p><i>Andrew Atkinson approaching the<br>
Theatre, Steinschlagschacht</i><br>
<a href="../../1623/161/l/jh9719.htm">
<a href="/1623/161/l/jh9719.htm">
<img alt="Photo - 39k" width=150 height=200 align=left hspace=10 vspace=10
src="../../1623/161/t/jh9719.jpg"></a><br>
src="/1623/161/t/jh9719.jpg"></a><br>
Interest grew among others on the expedition, as it soon became apparent
that there was plenty to explore in Steinschlagschacht and that it was
actually much safer than the name suggested. Further trips followed. The
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ Eish&ouml;hle, perhaps 40m closer than the known extremity at the start of
the expedition.
<p>The survey was examined once again and a plan concocted. It was apparent
that <a href="../../1623/161/fbland.htm#ealgor">Elin Algor</a>, a long
that <a href="/1623/161/fbland.htm#ealgor">Elin Algor</a>, a long
straight passage in the Forbidden Land, was roughly co-linear with the main
wall of The Theatre and apparently all one development in the formation of
the cave. Since there had been a horizontal connection at one end of The
@@ -287,17 +287,17 @@ dropping in to The Theatre from above.
<h3>Triassic Park - the sequel</h3>
<p>The massive trunk passage of
<a href="../../1623/161/triasp.htm#triasp">Triassic Park</a> was
<a href="/1623/161/triasp.htm#triasp">Triassic Park</a> was
discovered towards the end of the 1995 expedition as a continuation of the
'<a href="../../1623/161/france.htm#france">France</a>' area of
'<a href="/1623/161/france.htm#france">France</a>' area of
Kaninchenh&ouml;hle, and soon led to the discovery of the
<a href="../../1623/161/sftotp.htm#id161d">Scarface</a> (161d) entrance.
<a href="/1623/161/sftotp.htm#id161d">Scarface</a> (161d) entrance.
The new entrance provided much improved access to this important section of
cave and in 1996 it received considerable attention. The main passage turns
from trending North-East to North-West at one point and it was around this
area that a lead in the floor was pushed a little last year.
<p>Named "<a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#wheelca">Wheelchair
<p>Named "<a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#wheelca">Wheelchair
Access</a>" (in recognition of a steep ramp that has to be negotiated and the
relative age of the explorers) this was an immediate target for the beginning
of the expedition in 1997, due to the ease of access and limited need for
@@ -337,9 +337,9 @@ small stream weaving its way through bizarre mud formations and ending at a
small chamber with choked outlets and no easily accessible way on.
<p><i>Mud lake in the Lost World</i><br>
<a href="../../1623/161/l/dh1-29.htm">
<a href="/1623/161/l/dh1-29.htm">
<img alt="Photo - 42k" width=188 height=125 align=left hspace=10 vspace=10
src="../../1623/161/t/dh1-29.jpg"></a><br>
src="/1623/161/t/dh1-29.jpg"></a><br>
Downstream from the initial pitch in, the exploration was aided partially
by some German cavers from Stuttgart who were also on expedition in the area
continuing the exploration of the old CUCC find, Stellerwegh&ouml;hle. We are
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ is obviously only a small part of the original passage.
<h3>Siberia</h3>
<p><a href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#siberia">Siberia</a> is situated at
<p><a href="/1623/161/sibria.htm#siberia">Siberia</a> is situated at
roughly the most northerly point of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle. It was discovered in
1994 and was known to have many potentially good leads. Unfortunately by the
original route it was an extremely long and arduous trip just to get to the
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ re-surveyed.
reduced the journey time to Siberia by probably a couple of hours for
moderately experienced cavers. However, owing to some reluctance to re-rig
the tyrolean traverse
(<a href="../../1623/161/farnth.htm#strangea">Strange Acrossfall</a>),
(<a href="/1623/161/farnth.htm#strangea">Strange Acrossfall</a>),
which would have been a long trip in its own right, all of this year's trips
took the more awkward and slower route through the Burble Crawl instead. For
a number of reasons it took three trips before the pushing front, the top of
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ a very large shaft called Somebody Else's Problem, was reached. Since all
members of the party were new to the area, route finding (still difficult
despite the existing surveys) was certainly an issue and dragging tackle
through the 100m Burble Crawl, hard work. En route,
<a href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#vomp">Vom Pitch</a> had not been
<a href="/1623/161/sibria.htm#vomp">Vom Pitch</a> had not been
rigged for several years and complications due to the loose rock in this area
caused a certain amount of re-rigging to be necessary (a flake previously
used as a rebelay had fallen off in 1995). Unfortunately having eventually
@@ -416,9 +416,9 @@ Siberia, which had only received cursory attention previously.
<h4>Puerile Humour Series</h4>
<p>By the end of the 1996 expedition it was clear that
<a href="../../1623/161/phnth.htm#wtwb">Where the Wind Blows</a>,
<a href="/1623/161/phnth.htm#wtwb">Where the Wind Blows</a>,
one of the Northward trending passages in the
<a href="../../1623/161/phnear.htm#phumour">Puerile Humour series</a>,
<a href="/1623/161/phnear.htm#phumour">Puerile Humour series</a>,
could potentially provide a significantly easier route to The Far End due to
it's close proximity at the 1996 exploration limit. Thus, this was an obvious
question mark to return to at the beginning of this year's expedition. The
@@ -428,9 +428,9 @@ of the passage suggested that the end was merely a collapse area in an
ongoing passage.
<p><i>Andrew Ketley, Puerile Humour Series</i><br>
<a href="../../1623/161/l/dh3-11.htm">
<a href="/1623/161/l/dh3-11.htm">
<img alt="Photo - 12k" width=223 height=134 hspace=10
src="../../1623/161/t/dh3-11.jpg"></a><br>
src="/1623/161/t/dh3-11.jpg"></a><br>
A small hole in the mud floor was found to lead to a large
aven above, and an ongoing pitch series below. However progress down was
stopped by a too tight constriction. Continuing horizontally, the passage
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ area, none of which led to anything significant
<p>In another series of passages leading off from Triassic Park, just beyond
an impressive aven, known as Zebedee, is a climb named
<a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#moomin">Moomintroll</a>. It was
<a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#moomin">Moomintroll</a>. It was
discovered last year and noted because: - it looked to be not too difficult
and a large black space (often indicative of a higher level continuation) was
visible at the top. The first party to attempt the climb this year
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ again wait for next year.
<h4>Alternative Universe</h4>
<p>Again, <a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#altuni">this passage</a> is
<p>Again, <a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#altuni">this passage</a> is
an offshoot from the large Triassic Park trunk route, and being only 10
minutes from the Scarface entrance was an obvious target for further
exploration. Work concentrated on a descending shaft series, wet in places,
@@ -530,15 +530,15 @@ The continued success of the expedition in the training of new members and in
pushing back the boundaries of human experience and knowledge is with thanks
to you.
<p><center><a href="../../1623/161/l/godst.htm">
<p><center><a href="/1623/161/l/godst.htm">
<img alt="Photo - 48k" width=150 height=200 align=left hspace=10 vspace=10
src="../../1623/161/t/godst.jpg"></a><br>
src="/1623/161/t/godst.jpg"></a><br>
<i>Traverse of the Gods, Steinschlagschacht</i></center><br clear=all>
<p><a href="../../1623/161/fullsize/lostw.png">
<p><a href="/1623/161/fullsize/lostw.png">
<img alt="Lost World survey - link to 1830 pixel wide version" width=915
height=352 hspace=10 vspace=10
src="../../1623/161/inline/lostw.png"></a>
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<p>For ten successive summer expeditions, C.U.C.C., and its post-graduate
sister club ex-Cambridge Speleologists, have been exploring the
<a href="../../1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a> cave system in
<a href="/1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a> cave system in
the Totes Gebirge of Austria (about 80 km east of Salzburg). A major goal of
the 1997 trip was to link the cave with a deep shaft system,
<a href="../../1623/161/136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>, first explored
<a href="/1623/161/136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>, first explored
by the club in 1983. Following the successful achievement of this link by
means of some rather spectacular traversing of a ledge system 40m above the
floor of a large chamber, the combined cave system is 507m deep and almost
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ floor of a large chamber, the combined cave system is 507m deep and almost
<p>To the south of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle lies another major cave,
the southern Schwarzmooskogel system. Parts of this were explored as
long ago as 1938, but the major central part of the cave,
<a href="../../1623/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>, was explored by
<a href="/1623/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>, was explored by
CUCC in 1980-85, to a depth of 973m and a length of some 7km. Other parts of
the cave have been explored by both French and German groups, and the total
length of this cave was over 20km before some new exploration in 1998 by
@@ -60,25 +60,25 @@ an important part of the work both on the expedition and during the
year-round documentation effort that goes on at home in the UK.
<p>Other areas of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle also merit attention, with over 230
unfinished ways on <a href="../../1623/161/qmtodo.htm">documented</a>
unfinished ways on <a href="/1623/161/qmtodo.htm">documented</a>
in the cave. Some of these were quite remote when first found,
but have been made much more accessible since the discovery
of the lower-level <a href="../../1623/161/sftotp.htm#id161d">Scarface</a>
of the lower-level <a href="/1623/161/sftotp.htm#id161d">Scarface</a>
entrance in 1995. One such area, known as
<a href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#siberia">Siberia</a>, was revisited
<a href="/1623/161/sibria.htm#siberia">Siberia</a>, was revisited
last year for the first time since 1994, and is proving to be a major way on,
at a depth of 434m from the highest entrance. Pushing this area is a major
goal of the 1998 expedition, since the open passage at the limit of
exploration is blowing a strong draught, suggestive of many kilometres of
cave waiting to be found.
<p>The <a href="../../1623/161/farnth.htm">Far North</a> of the cave has
<p>The <a href="/1623/161/farnth.htm">Far North</a> of the cave has
also not been revisited for some time, but is now rendered rather easier of
access. If enough people attend the expedition, this area is also one of
potential interest, as are any of a number of other areas. Any of the 230-odd
going leads could gain access to significant new extensions.
For example, a rather unpromising lead in a 1996 find gave access to the
<a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#lworld">Lost World</a> in 1997. This
<a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#lworld">Lost World</a> in 1997. This
was a rather unexpected, but very impressive series of horizontal passages
developed at a level lower than any of the other major horizontal development
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<a href="161.htm">indexed</a> in the history page.<br />
Passage descriptions for 1998's major finds:<br />
<a href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#seproblem">Siberia</a> (found in 1994,
<a href="/1623/161/sibria.htm#seproblem">Siberia</a> (found in 1994,
1st pushed in 1997) pushed down to new deep point<br />
Side route from Siberia found in 1997:
<a href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#fuzzy">Fuzzy Logic</a><br />
Descent from <a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#overflow">The
<a href="/1623/161/sibria.htm#fuzzy">Fuzzy Logic</a><br />
Descent from <a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#overflow">The
Overflow</a> in Triassic Park<br />
<a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#eaunat">Eau Naturel</a>
<a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#eaunat">Eau Naturel</a>
off Locophobia<br />
<a href="../../1623/40/cucc.htm#phell">Plastic Hell</a> and <b>Cardboard Heaven</b><br />
<a href="/1623/40/cucc.htm#phell">Plastic Hell</a> and <b>Cardboard Heaven</b><br />
1998 Expedition info:<br />
Pre-expo <a href="goals.htm">mission statement</a><br />

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<h3>Siberia and Midnight in Moscow</h3>
<p>In 1997 a lot of time was spent in the north-west of KH following passage
at the base of <a href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#seproblem">Somebody
at the base of <a href="/1623/161/sibria.htm#seproblem">Somebody
Else's Problem,</a> a 70m free hanging pitch reached in 1994 and ignored -
hence the name. Duncan was keen to either see the very vertical passage stop,
or break into some horizontal development. He and Steve Bellhouse, in a
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ metres, the new deepest point in KH.
trip, at a small pitch. Duncan descended first and began lobbing rocks down
the next pitch, which sounded big. Timing with a watch suggested that the
pitch was about 60m deep. The time was midnight, so the pitch was named <a
href="../../1623/161/sibria.htm#moscow">Midnight in Moscow</a>. This
href="/1623/161/sibria.htm#moscow">Midnight in Moscow</a>. This
shaft, descended on the next trip, bells out in the middle into a chamber
with 20m diameter, then continues through the floor of the chamber to land on
a boulder choke floor. Two small pitches led to a dried sump pool, or so it
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ sunrise, which ``almost made everything alright''.
<h3>The quest for a connection</h3>
<p>1997 saw KH being connected to Steinschlagschacht
(<a href="../../1623/161/136.htm">136</a>), which brought the combined
(<a href="/1623/161/136.htm">136</a>), which brought the combined
system nearer to the Eish&ouml;hle-Stellerwegh&ouml;hle system.
The two main places to start looking for the connection were either from
Steinschlagschacht or from the huge ice-decorated chamber of
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ lightening of lichen where the number used to be, this being revealed by a
short rain shower!
<b>Lost Rucksack H&ouml;hle</b>
(<a href="../../1623/200.htm">1623/200</a>) was finally properly explored
(<a href="/1623/200.htm">1623/200</a>) was finally properly explored
after its initial discovery by Adam Cooper in 1993 when his rucksack rolled
down it. It turned out to be a 45m deep snow-choked rift cave that breathes.
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ many good leads.
<p>The search for a connection between KH and Eish&ouml;hle will continue
with, hopefully, enough people to descend Steinschlagschacht and also explore
the leads in Schneevulkanhalle. It was also noted during the 'walk to
Eish&ouml;hle d&eacute;bacle' that <a href="../../1623/140.htm">140</a>
Eish&ouml;hle d&eacute;bacle' that <a href="/1623/140.htm">140</a>
was in a very interesting spot high on the vord close to the gap, and
apparently not fully explored. It needs surveying anyway and could provide
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<p>In July of this year, Cambridge University Caving Club (CUCC) embarked
upon its 11th annual expedition to the
<a href="../../1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a> cave system in
<a href="/1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a> cave system in
the Totes Gebirge mountains of Austria. The club has been exploring
previously undiscovered caves in this area since accepting an invitation by
an Austrian club, (then the Sektion Ausseerland of LVfHO, now VfHO), in 1976.

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Please click
<ul>
<li>
<a href="../../1623/161/1999.htm">here</a> to see the 1999 161 trip list and
<a href="/1623/161/1999.htm">here</a> to see the 1999 161 trip list and
<li>
<a href="../../1623/161/hnotes.htm">here</a> for the accompanying explanatory note.
<a href="/1623/161/hnotes.htm">here</a> for the accompanying explanatory note.
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@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ exploration.
<p>For eleven successive summer expeditions, C.U.C.C., and its post-graduate
sister club ex-Cambridge Speleologists, have been exploring the
<a href="../../1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a> cave system in
<a href="/1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a> cave system in
the Totes Gebirge of Austria (about 80 km east of Salzburg). A major goal of
the 1997 trip was to link the cave with a deep shaft system,
<a href="../../1623/161/136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>, first explored
<a href="/1623/161/136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>, first explored
by the club in 1983. This was successfully achieved by
means of some rather spectacular traversing of a ledge system 40m above the
floor of a large chamber, giving an increased depth of 507m for the combined system. After the 1998 trip, a new deep point was reached, making the cave
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ floor of a large chamber, giving an increased depth of 507m for the combined sys
<p>To the south of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle lies another major cave,
the southern Schwarzmooskogel system. Parts of this were explored as
long ago as 1938, but the major central part of the cave,
<a href="../../1623/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>, was explored by
<a href="/1623/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>, was explored by
CUCC in 1980-85, to a depth of 973m and a length of some 7km. Other parts of
the cave have been explored by both French and German groups, and the total
length of this cave was over 20km before some new exploration in 1998 by
@@ -66,19 +66,19 @@ an important part of the work both on the expedition and during the
year-round documentation effort that goes on at home in the UK.
<p>Other areas of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle also merit attention, with over 230
unfinished ways on <a href="../../1623/161/qmtodo.htm">documented</a>
unfinished ways on <a href="/1623/161/qmtodo.htm">documented</a>
in the cave. Some of these were quite remote when first found,
but have been made much more accessible since the discovery
of the lower-level <a href="../../1623/161/sftotp.htm#id161d">Scarface</a>
of the lower-level <a href="/1623/161/sftotp.htm#id161d">Scarface</a>
entrance in 1995.
<p>The <a href="../../1623/161/farnth.htm">Far North</a> of the cave has
<p>The <a href="/1623/161/farnth.htm">Far North</a> of the cave has
not been revisited for some time, but is now rendered rather easier of
access. If enough people attend the expedition, this area is also one of
potential interest, as are any of a number of other areas. Any of the 230-odd
going leads could gain access to significant new extensions.
For example, a rather unpromising lead in a 1996 find gave access to the
<a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#lworld">Lost World</a> in 1997. This
<a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#lworld">Lost World</a> in 1997. This
was a rather unexpected, but very impressive series of horizontal passages
developed at a level lower than any of the other major horizontal development
in the system.
@@ -143,12 +143,12 @@ this leads to a way past the apparently terminal dry route</li>
to pursue to tie surveys in:
<ul>
<li>Descent of major ramps below Roddick's Dive in
<a href="../../1623/144.htm">144</a> seems likely to
<a href="/1623/144.htm">144</a> seems likely to
connect to a similar upward ramp in Larchenschacht in the chamber before
it connects to Stellerweg. A survey loop down here, into known points
in Larchenschacht and back out via the original 144-Stellerweg connection
would do a great deal to help tie things in.</li>
<li>Cave <a href="../../1623/140.htm">140</a> was noted on a surface walk in
<li>Cave <a href="/1623/140.htm">140</a> was noted on a surface walk in
1998, and the description is suggestive that ends were inconclusive. This now
proves to be in a rather key position between the two major systems, and a
reexploration (and a good survey) is in order.</li>

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<li> Passage descriptions for 1999's major finds:
<ul>
<li><A HREF="../../1623/161/chile.htm">Chile area (of 136/161) description</A>
<li><A HREF="../../1623/204/204.html">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle, 1623/204 description</A> (includes plan survey)
<li><A HREF="../../1623/204/gallery.html">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle photos</A>
<li><A HREF="/1623/161/chile.htm">Chile area (of 136/161) description</A>
<li><A HREF="/1623/204/204.html">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle, 1623/204 description</A> (includes plan survey)
<li><A HREF="/1623/204/gallery.html">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle photos</A>
<!-- Dead link
<li><A HREF="http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dgl3ajd/steinbrk.wrl">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle VRML image</A>
-->
<li><A HREF="../../1623/205/205.html">Nordalpenh&ouml;hle, 1623/205 description</A>
<li><A HREF="../../1623/40/cucc.htm#pov">Eish&ouml;hle, 1623/40 new for 1999 description</A>
<li><A HREF="/1623/205/205.html">Nordalpenh&ouml;hle, 1623/205 description</A>
<li><A HREF="/1623/40/cucc.htm#pov">Eish&ouml;hle, 1623/40 new for 1999 description</A>
<li><A HREF="ropeslef.htm">Ropes left rigged</A>
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Space, a couple more avens on the LHS as you go in.
<hr />
<p><a id="id1999-161-9">1999-07-26 | 161 - Pushing <a href="../../1623/161/icelnd.htm#qC1996-161-25">96-25</a> in
<p><a id="id1999-161-9">1999-07-26 | 161 - Pushing <a href="/1623/161/icelnd.htm#qC1996-161-25">96-25</a> in
Iceland | <u>Anthony</u>, Julian T, Earl</a></p>
<p>Took the drill off to Iceland anticipating that the pitch me and Julia had
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ rejoicing when it, too, was too tight, so we could survey + go home.
hole-in-the-floor q.m. in that area which is located [at this critical
point, the log-book write up just stops, Webeditor. However, perusal of
the 1995 survey book suggests this is
<a href="../../1623/161/offtri.htm#qC1995-161-43">C1995-161-43</a>]
<a href="/1623/161/offtri.htm#qC1995-161-43">C1995-161-43</a>]
<hr />
<p><a id="id1999-136-20">1999-08-07 | 136 - 139 to 136 and surface surveyed 147 | Andy A, Simon F</a></p>

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<h3>Background</h3>
<p>For the last eleven years CUCC has been exploring the cave system known as <a href="../../1623/161/top.htm"><span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle.</span></a></p>
<p>For the last eleven years CUCC has been exploring the cave system known as <a href="/1623/161/top.htm"><span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle.</span></a></p>
<p>To the south of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> lies the major <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem,</span> consisting of <span lang="de"><a href="../../noinfo/1623/40.htm">Eish&ouml;hle,</a> <a href="../../1623/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle,</a> <a href="../../1623/41/115.htm">Schnellzugh&ouml;hle,</a> <a href="../../noinfo/1623/88.htm">L&auml;rchenschacht,</a></span> and <a href="../../noinfo/1623/78.htm"><span lang="de">Schwabenschacht</span></a> as well as a few other entrances. Parts of this were explored as long ago as 1938, but the major central part of the cave, <span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle,</span> was explored by CUCC in 1980-85, to a depth of 973m and a length of some 7km. Other parts of the cave have been explored by both French and German groups, and the total length of this cave system is around 20km. After the CUCC 1998 expedition, the gap between these two systems was about 130m, in passages at much the same level.</p>
<p>To the south of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> lies the major <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem,</span> consisting of <span lang="de"><a href="../../noinfo/1623/40.htm">Eish&ouml;hle,</a> <a href="/1623/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle,</a> <a href="/1623/41/115.htm">Schnellzugh&ouml;hle,</a> <a href="../../noinfo/1623/88.htm">L&auml;rchenschacht,</a></span> and <a href="../../noinfo/1623/78.htm"><span lang="de">Schwabenschacht</span></a> as well as a few other entrances. Parts of this were explored as long ago as 1938, but the major central part of the cave, <span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle,</span> was explored by CUCC in 1980-85, to a depth of 973m and a length of some 7km. Other parts of the cave have been explored by both French and German groups, and the total length of this cave system is around 20km. After the CUCC 1998 expedition, the gap between these two systems was about 130m, in passages at much the same level.</p>
<p>Linking the two systems would involve not only exciting new exploration, but also a great deal of tie-up surveying to establish definitive figures for the length and depth of the combined system. Current survey information suggests that the complete system would be over 42km long and over 1050m deep, ranking the system as one of the world's major cave systems - approximately 50<sup>th</sup> in both the world's longest <b>and</b> deepest caves lists.</p>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ July - August 1999</h2>
<p>A major aim of the 1999 expedition was thus to attempt to link <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> to the <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem.</span> The aim was to connect with the part of the <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem</span> known as <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle,</span> which, being the northernmost part of the <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem,</span> is the closest point to <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle.</span></p>
<p>Additionally there were well over 200 <a href="../../1623/161/qmtodo.htm">ways on</a> in the rest of the <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> system, and expedition members were keen to investigate certain of them with the aim of further extending the system.</p>
<p>Additionally there were well over 200 <a href="/1623/161/qmtodo.htm">ways on</a> in the rest of the <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> system, and expedition members were keen to investigate certain of them with the aim of further extending the system.</p>
<p>In keeping with CUCC's high standards of documentation and surveying, it was as usual an object of the expedition to document and survey every new cave passage found.</p>
@@ -62,25 +62,25 @@ of rope and other caving gear on one's back!</p>
<h4>Further exploration</h4>
<p>The <a href="../../1623/161/chile.htm#oatso">new passage</a> was named <b>Oatso Simple,</b> after the oats eaten at Top Camp and a play on words "Oh so simple!" (The area of cave concerned had been looked at before and deemed to have no way on!).</p>
<p>The <a href="/1623/161/chile.htm#oatso">new passage</a> was named <b>Oatso Simple,</b> after the oats eaten at Top Camp and a play on words "Oh so simple!" (The area of cave concerned had been looked at before and deemed to have no way on!).</p>
<p>Two days after the initial discovery was made a larger team returned to continue the exploration. A huge passage was discovered - "Overshoot" - heading directly SW for 250m, thus surprising everyone by going straight past <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle.</span> On examining the survey data it became clear that this section was almost directly in line with the <a href="../../1623/41/deepwy.htm#confluence">main streamway</a> in <span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span> several hundred metres away!</p>
<p>Two days after the initial discovery was made a larger team returned to continue the exploration. A huge passage was discovered - "Overshoot" - heading directly SW for 250m, thus surprising everyone by going straight past <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle.</span> On examining the survey data it became clear that this section was almost directly in line with the <a href="/1623/41/deepwy.htm#confluence">main streamway</a> in <span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span> several hundred metres away!</p>
<p>Some idea of the size of the passage might be gleaned from the logbook entry from this day:</p>
<blockquote><p>... It is <b>huge</b>! with 3 big holes in floor and 4 other pitches. Far end is enormous jumble of boulders where lots of cavers wandered about in the interstices peering out over big holes at each other and shouting "Where am I?!" a lot ...</p></blockquote>
<p>Much further exploration continued over the next weeks. "Windy Bottom", <a href="../../1623/161/chile.htm#lost3">"Steady Aim",</a> <a href="../../1623/161/chile.htm#carpet">"CarpetWorld"</a> and many other passages were discovered, in addition to the discovery of a sump [a flooded passage blocking the way on] named <a href="../../1623/161/chile.htm#natborns">"Totality"</a> (Expo was directly in the path of the solar eclipse in August 1999).</p>
<p>Much further exploration continued over the next weeks. "Windy Bottom", <a href="/1623/161/chile.htm#lost3">"Steady Aim",</a> <a href="/1623/161/chile.htm#carpet">"CarpetWorld"</a> and many other passages were discovered, in addition to the discovery of a sump [a flooded passage blocking the way on] named <a href="/1623/161/chile.htm#natborns">"Totality"</a> (Expo was directly in the path of the solar eclipse in August 1999).</p>
<p>After the initial horizontal section the passage trended steeply downwards to -450m depth and also swung towards the NE, making a direct connection to the <span lang="de-at">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span> streamway less likely from the <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> end.</p>
<p>This general part of the cave was named <a href="../../1623/161/chile.htm">"Chile".</a> In total about 4km of new passage was discovered, leaving <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> about 500m distant from the <span lang="de-at">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span> streamway. A major achievement.</p>
<p>This general part of the cave was named <a href="/1623/161/chile.htm">"Chile".</a> In total about 4km of new passage was discovered, leaving <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> about 500m distant from the <span lang="de-at">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span> streamway. A major achievement.</p>
<p>However, the connection with <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> was to remain elusive. Just 75m away!</p>
<h3 lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</h3>
<p>A "surface stroll" by three cavers on the 25<sup>th</sup> July discovered "a very large horizontal entrance by a prominent rock bridge". There were actually two entrances discovered and the cave was named <a href="../../1623/204/204.html"><span lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</span></a> after the rock bridge.</p>
<p>A "surface stroll" by three cavers on the 25<sup>th</sup> July discovered "a very large horizontal entrance by a prominent rock bridge". There were actually two entrances discovered and the cave was named <a href="/1623/204/204.html"><span lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</span></a> after the rock bridge.</p>
<p>The next day saw two of the discoverers return to start descending the new cave. A significant amount new passage was discovered - spirits were high when the cavers returned! The <a href="log.htm">log book</a> records:</p>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Proper write up soon. x x x dunks</p></blockquote>
<p>The cave occupies an important position as it is not inconceivable that it might connect into the north-western extremities of the <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> system.</p>
<p>This connection, even though it is not known to be achievable for sure, is worth striving for on future expeditions, as such a connection would render the <a href="../../1623/161/farnth.htm">Far North</a> regions of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> far more accessible than at the present time. No doubt future expeditions will shed more light on the subject.</p>
<p>This connection, even though it is not known to be achievable for sure, is worth striving for on future expeditions, as such a connection would render the <a href="/1623/161/farnth.htm">Far North</a> regions of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> far more accessible than at the present time. No doubt future expeditions will shed more light on the subject.</p>
<h3 lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</h3>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Proper write up soon. x x x dunks</p></blockquote>
<p>The entrance having been found, a team descended into the cave, down the huge snow and ice slope into <span lang="de">Schneevulkanhalle,</span> the largest ice-bearing chamber in Western Europe. Photographs were taken and several leads explored.</p>
<p>Finding a possible way on in the right general direction proved easy but each pitch was choked and the explorers ended up <a href="../../1623/40/cucc.htm#pov">climbing up 60m</a> before descending 60m again - a lot of difficult caving to get only somewhat closer to the goal. It is still going though... Another team resurveyed the route into the original (1938) part of <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle,</span> connecting the last major missing section of survey data and finding some more possible leads.</p>
<p>Finding a possible way on in the right general direction proved easy but each pitch was choked and the explorers ended up <a href="/1623/40/cucc.htm#pov">climbing up 60m</a> before descending 60m again - a lot of difficult caving to get only somewhat closer to the goal. It is still going though... Another team resurveyed the route into the original (1938) part of <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle,</span> connecting the last major missing section of survey data and finding some more possible leads.</p>
<p>The trips into the cave were successful, especially in increasing CUCC's knowledge of the cave. A priority next year will be to resurvey the areas we know of where data is lost or innaccurate.</p>
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ Proper write up soon. x x x dunks</p></blockquote>
<p>Additional discoveries were made this year in the "main" part of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> reached from the horizontal entrances known as 161d and 161e.</p>
<p>Teams visited the <a href="../../1623/161/icelnd.htm">Iceland area</a> of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> via the remote 161e entrance, 1&frac12; hours' walk from Top Camp. Some known pitches were descended and other passages explored, but unfortunately there were no major finds.</p>
<p>Teams visited the <a href="/1623/161/icelnd.htm">Iceland area</a> of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> via the remote 161e entrance, 1&frac12; hours' walk from Top Camp. Some known pitches were descended and other passages explored, but unfortunately there were no major finds.</p>
<p>A couple of trips were made into an area known as <a href="../../1623/161/offffr.htm#regurgitn">Regurgitation,</a> an interesting corner of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle,</span> where a known rift was extended down to a continuing stream passage and an undescended pitch. A lack of time prevented any further investigation this year.</p>
<p>A couple of trips were made into an area known as <a href="/1623/161/offffr.htm#regurgitn">Regurgitation,</a> an interesting corner of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle,</span> where a known rift was extended down to a continuing stream passage and an undescended pitch. A lack of time prevented any further investigation this year.</p>
<p>Finally a large rift pitch was discovered near a chamber known as the <a href="../../1623/161/fbl136.htm#hotmc">Hall of the Mounting Choss,</a> but this was not descended on the expedition.</p>
<p>Finally a large rift pitch was discovered near a chamber known as the <a href="/1623/161/fbl136.htm#hotmc">Hall of the Mounting Choss,</a> but this was not descended on the expedition.</p>
<h3>Surface Work and Other Caves</h3>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Proper write up soon. x x x dunks</p></blockquote>
<p>Some experimental work was carried out using a combination of GPS and portable computer to locate caves on the plateau, but it was discovered that this needs further development before it will be useable.</p>
<p>A new cave <a href="../../1623/205/205.html"><span lang="de">"Nordalpenh&ouml;hle"</span></a> was discovered and explored not far from the <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> entrance, but unfortunately this proved to end in a pitch with no way on at the bottom. Another cave nearby, <a href="../../1623/147.htm">"147",</a> was re-surveyed and re-documented, and a couple of other known shafts on the plateau noted in previous years were descended and documented.</p>
<p>A new cave <a href="/1623/205/205.html"><span lang="de">"Nordalpenh&ouml;hle"</span></a> was discovered and explored not far from the <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> entrance, but unfortunately this proved to end in a pitch with no way on at the bottom. Another cave nearby, <a href="/1623/147.htm">"147",</a> was re-surveyed and re-documented, and a couple of other known shafts on the plateau noted in previous years were descended and documented.</p>
<p>Finally, in a new development, mobile phones replaced radios to provide more reliable communication between Top Camp and Base Camp.</p>

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<p>For twelve successive summer expeditions, C.U.C.C., and its post-graduate
sister club ex-Cambridge Speleologists, have been exploring the
<a href="../../1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a> cave system in
<a href="/1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a> cave system in
the Totes Gebirge of Austria (about 80 km east of Salzburg).
<p>To the south of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle lies another major cave, the southern
Schwarzmooskogel system including the stunningly beautiful ice-cave
<a href="../../noinfo/1623/40.htm">Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle.</a>
Parts of this were explored as long ago as 1938, but the major central part
of the cave, <a href="../../1623/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>, was
of the cave, <a href="/1623/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>, was
explored by CUCC in 1980-85, to a depth of 973m and a length of some 7km.
Other parts of the cave have been explored by both French and German groups,
and the total length of this cave was over 22km in 1999.
<p>In 1997 Kaninchenh&ouml;hle was linked with a deep shaft system,
<a href="../../1623/161/136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>, first explored
<a href="/1623/161/136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>, first explored
by the club in 1983, giving an increased depth of 507m for the combined
system. Steinschlagschacht was not rigged in 1998, as the expedition was a
small one, and work concentrated on a reconnaissance of the nearest points of
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ pushed Kaninchenh&ouml;hle itself, achieving a new deep point at -534m.
about 130m, in passages at much the same level. The 1999 trip returned to
Steinschlagschacht, finding a major way on with surprising ease via a lead
overlooked when derigging the
<a href="../../1623/161/136.htm#footlight">Footlights Traverse</a> in
<a href="/1623/161/136.htm#footlight">Footlights Traverse</a> in
1997.
<p>This area of the cave, <a href="../../1623/161/chile.htm">Chile,</a>
<p>This area of the cave, <a href="/1623/161/chile.htm">Chile,</a>
totalled 2&frac12; kilometres with a deep point 440m below
Steinschlagschacht, but, amazingly, ran parallel to the known trend of the
southern Schwarzmooskogel system, and only narrowed the gap to some 80m, with
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ This would also put it among both the fifty or so deepest caves in the world
<u>and</u> deep lists - truly a cave of world significance.
<p>Elsewhere in 1999, a new cave,
<a href="../../1623/204/204.html">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle,</a> was found
<a href="/1623/204/204.html">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle,</a> was found
beyond the known extent of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle to the north. This shows many
similarities to the caves further south, and reached a depth of 226m at the
head of a big black pitch of 40m or so. There is great hope that this cave
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ survey or sketch, and description and a photo.<br />
to pursue to tie surveys in:
<ul>
<li>New work in 1623/144 (this may be taken over by Arge ?)</li>
<li>Cave <a href="../../1623/140.htm">140</a> was noted on a surface walk in
<li>Cave <a href="/1623/140.htm">140</a> was noted on a surface walk in
1998, and the description is suggestive that ends were inconclusive. The
finding of Chile places this in an even more key position between the two
major systems, and a reexploration (and a good survey) is in order.</li>
<li>In the same area, but lower down, <a href="../../1623/158.htm">158</a>
<li>In the same area, but lower down, <a href="/1623/158.htm">158</a>
(also seen during surface work recently) is also intriguing and inconclusive.
</li>
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@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ Club is annually made very welcome by <span lang="de-at">Hilde</span> and
<span lang="de-at">Schwarzmooskogel</span> ridge,</a> which is
situated to the south-east of the <span lang="de-at">Loser</span> plateau,
lie the large cave systems of
<a href="../../1623/161/top.htm"><span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span></a>
and <a href="../../1623/41.htm"><span lang="de-at">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle,</span></a>
<a href="/1623/161/top.htm"><span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span></a>
and <a href="/1623/41.htm"><span lang="de-at">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle,</span></a>
each 24km in length. The
<span lang="de-at">Stellerwegh&ouml;hlensystem,</span> which includes
entrances such as
<a href="../../noinfo/1623/88.htm"><span lang="de">L&auml;rchenschacht</span></a> and
<a href="../../1623/41/115.htm"><span lang="de">Schnellzugh&ouml;hle,</span></a>
<a href="/1623/41/115.htm"><span lang="de">Schnellzugh&ouml;hle,</span></a>
has been explored by Austrian, German and CUCC groups since the 1970s. CUCC
has not explored here for many years; instead the Club's exploration has been
concentrated in <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle,</span> which was first
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ explorers.</p>
<h2>Discoveries in <span lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</span></h2>
<p>As mentioned previously
<a href="../../1623/204/204.html"><span lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</span></a>
<a href="/1623/204/204.html"><span lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</span></a>
stood at 224m deep at the end of the 1999 expedition. Unfortunately work
early in this year's expedition was hindered by the discovery of a large
amount of snow at the bottom of the entrance pitch. This necessitated work to

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<p>For thirteen successive summer expeditions, C.U.C.C., and its
post-graduate sister club ex-Cambridge Speleologists, have been exploring the
<a href="../../1623/161/161.html"><span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span></a>
<a href="/1623/161/161.html"><span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span></a>
cave system in the <span lang="de-at">Totes Gebirge</span> of Austria
(about 80 km east of <span lang="de-at">Salzburg).</span>
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ including the stunningly beautiful ice-cave
<a href="../../noinfo/1623/40.htm"><span lang="de-at">Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle.</span></a>
Parts of this were explored as long ago as 1938, but the major central part
of the cave,
<a href="../../1623/41/41.htm"><span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle,</span></a>
<a href="/1623/41/41.htm"><span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle,</span></a>
was explored by CUCC in 1980-85, to a depth of 973m and a length of some 7km.
Other parts of the cave have been explored by both French and German groups,
and the total length of this cave was over 22km in 1999.
<p>In 1997 <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> was linked with
a deep shaft system,
<a href="../../1623/161/136.htm"><span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span></a>,
<a href="/1623/161/136.htm"><span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span></a>,
first explored by the club in 1983, giving an increased depth of 507m for
the combined system. 1998's small expedition concentrated on a
reconnaissance of the nearest points of
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ and the <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> was about 130m, in passages
at much the same level. The 1999 trip returned to
<span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht,</span> finding a major way on with
surprising ease via a lead overlooked when derigging the
<a href="../../1623/161/136.htm#footlight">Footlights Traverse</a> in
<a href="/1623/161/136.htm#footlight">Footlights Traverse</a> in
1997.
<p>This area of the cave, <a href="../../1623/161/chile.htm">Chile,</a>
<p>This area of the cave, <a href="/1623/161/chile.htm">Chile,</a>
totalled 2&frac12; kilometres with a deep point 440m below
<span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht,</span> but, amazingly, ran parallel
to the known trend of the southern <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogel</span>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ so longest. Few caves make it so far up both the long <u>and</u> deep lists -
truly a cave of world significance.
<p>Elsewhere in 1999, a new cave,
<a href="../../1623/204/204.html"><span lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle,</span></a> was found
<a href="/1623/204/204.html"><span lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle,</span></a> was found
beyond the known extent of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> to the north. This shows many
similarities to the caves further south, and reached a depth of 226m at the
head of a big black pitch. In 2000 this went to a narrow stream outlet at
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ Eish&ouml;hle, Schwarzblatth&ouml;le, Kuppelh&ouml;hle, Lamperlh&ouml;hle</span>
to pursue to tie surveys in:
<ul>
<li>New work in 1623/144 (this may be taken over by Arge ?)</li>
<li>Cave <a href="../../1623/140.htm">140</a> was noted on a surface walk in
<li>Cave <a href="/1623/140.htm">140</a> was noted on a surface walk in
1998, and the description is suggestive that ends were inconclusive. The
finding of Chile places this in an even more key position between the two
major systems, and a reexploration (and a good survey) is in order.</li>
<li>In the same area, but lower down, <a href="../../1623/158.htm">158</a>
<li>In the same area, but lower down, <a href="/1623/158.htm">158</a>
(also seen during surface work recently) is also intriguing and inconclusive.
</li>
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<p>2002 sees the twenty sixth annual summer expedition to Austria by the Cambridge University Caving Club. A number of major goals are set out for this year's expedition, along with a great deal of other work both on new projects and continuing documentation of previous exploration.</p>
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<h3>Recent History</h3>
<p>In the last 3 years C.U.C.C., and its post-graduate sister club ex-Cambridge Speleologists have concentrated <a href="../../1623/204/204.html"><span lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle,</span></a> was found beyond the known extent of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> to the north. This shows many similarities to the caves further south, and reached a depth of 226m at the head of a big black pitch. In 2000 this went to a narrow stream outlet at -368m. Other parts of the cave yielded a couple of shaft systems both ending after 100m or so, and some unexpected horizontal development which in 2001 was explored to extend the cave by 2.5km to 5km. There is still great hope that this cave will drop into the same major horizontal development seen in <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle,</span> and eventually produce an easier route into the remotest parts of the cave.</p>
<p>From 1988 to 2000 we explored the <a href="../../1623/161/top.htm"><span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span></a> cave system in the <span lang="de-at">Totes Gebirge</span> of Austria (about 80 km east of <span lang="de-at">Salzburg)</span>, but work here is currently in abeyance as Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle, Steinschlagschacht and Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle absorb all our manpower. There are still 250 leads waiting for us to get back to.</p>
<p>To the south of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> lies another major cave, the southern <span lang="de-at">Schwarzmooskogel</span> system including the stunningly beautiful ice-cave <a href="../../noinfo/1623/40.htm"><span lang="de-at">Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle.</span></a> Parts of this were explored as long ago as 1938, but the major central part of the cave, <a href="../../1623/41/41.htm"><span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle,</span></a> was explored by CUCC in 1980-85, to a depth of 973m and a length of some 7km. Other parts of the cave have been explored by both French and German groups, and the total length of this cave was over 22km in 1999.1997.</p>
<p>In 1997 <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> was linked with a deep shaft system, <a href="../../1623/161/136.htm"><span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span></a>, first explored by the club in 1983, giving an increased depth of 507m for the combined system. 1998's small expedition concentrated on a reconnaissance of the nearest points of <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle</span> to the passages in <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht,</span> revealing a few leads, but no connection. Meanwhile <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> itself went to a new deep point at -534m.1997.</p>
<p>After 1997, the gap between <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> and the <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> was about 130m, in passages at much the same level. The 1999 trip returned to <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht,</span> finding a major way on with surprising ease via a lead overlooked when derigging the <a href="../../1623/161/136.htm#footlight">Footlights Traverse</a> in 1997.1997.</p>
<p>This area of the cave, <a href="../../1623/161/chile.htm">Chile,</a> totalled 2&frac12; kilometres with a deep point 440m below <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht,</span> but, amazingly, ran parallel to the known trend of the southern <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogel</span> system, and only narrowed the gap to some 75m, with no immediately obvious likely connection point.</p>
<p>In the last 3 years C.U.C.C., and its post-graduate sister club ex-Cambridge Speleologists have concentrated <a href="/1623/204/204.html"><span lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle,</span></a> was found beyond the known extent of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> to the north. This shows many similarities to the caves further south, and reached a depth of 226m at the head of a big black pitch. In 2000 this went to a narrow stream outlet at -368m. Other parts of the cave yielded a couple of shaft systems both ending after 100m or so, and some unexpected horizontal development which in 2001 was explored to extend the cave by 2.5km to 5km. There is still great hope that this cave will drop into the same major horizontal development seen in <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle,</span> and eventually produce an easier route into the remotest parts of the cave.</p>
<p>From 1988 to 2000 we explored the <a href="/1623/161/top.htm"><span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span></a> cave system in the <span lang="de-at">Totes Gebirge</span> of Austria (about 80 km east of <span lang="de-at">Salzburg)</span>, but work here is currently in abeyance as Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle, Steinschlagschacht and Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle absorb all our manpower. There are still 250 leads waiting for us to get back to.</p>
<p>To the south of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> lies another major cave, the southern <span lang="de-at">Schwarzmooskogel</span> system including the stunningly beautiful ice-cave <a href="../../noinfo/1623/40.htm"><span lang="de-at">Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle.</span></a> Parts of this were explored as long ago as 1938, but the major central part of the cave, <a href="/1623/41/41.htm"><span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle,</span></a> was explored by CUCC in 1980-85, to a depth of 973m and a length of some 7km. Other parts of the cave have been explored by both French and German groups, and the total length of this cave was over 22km in 1999.1997.</p>
<p>In 1997 <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> was linked with a deep shaft system, <a href="/1623/161/136.htm"><span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span></a>, first explored by the club in 1983, giving an increased depth of 507m for the combined system. 1998's small expedition concentrated on a reconnaissance of the nearest points of <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle</span> to the passages in <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht,</span> revealing a few leads, but no connection. Meanwhile <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> itself went to a new deep point at -534m.1997.</p>
<p>After 1997, the gap between <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> and the <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> was about 130m, in passages at much the same level. The 1999 trip returned to <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht,</span> finding a major way on with surprising ease via a lead overlooked when derigging the <a href="/1623/161/136.htm#footlight">Footlights Traverse</a> in 1997.1997.</p>
<p>This area of the cave, <a href="/1623/161/chile.htm">Chile,</a> totalled 2&frac12; kilometres with a deep point 440m below <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht,</span> but, amazingly, ran parallel to the known trend of the southern <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogel</span> system, and only narrowed the gap to some 75m, with no immediately obvious likely connection point.</p>
<p>The 2000 expedition concentrated on the <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> side, narrowing the gap to approximately zero horizontally, in passage now 20m below <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle,</span> and with avens above, though no obvious leads remained in KH itself above this area. In 2001 avens were pushed to get above the KH passage hoping to drop in from above, and more accurate GPS information on entrance locations and some corrections to the data adjusted the relative positions of the two caves. At the end of 2001 the drafting, but tight end of Eish&ouml;hle was some 40m above Elin Algor in Kaninchenh&ouml;hle.</p>
<p>Work towards linking the two systems has already generated a great deal of tie-up surveying to establish definitive figures for the length and depth of the combined system. Current survey information, both our own and that of our colleagues from <span lang="de">Stuttgart</span> working in the <span lang="de">Stellerweg</span> part of the cave, suggests that the linked cave would be well over 47 km long and 1056m deep, making it the third or fourth longest cave in Austria. This would also put it among both the fifty or so deepest caves in the world <strong>and</strong> the fifty or so longest. Few caves make it so far up both the long <span style="text-decoration: underline;">and</span> deep lists - truly a cave of world significance.</p>
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<li>There are loose ends in some older CUCC discoveries which may be useful to pursue to tie surveys in:
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<li>New work in 1623/144 (this may be taken over by Arge ?)</li>
<li>Cave <a href="../../1623/140.htm">140</a> was noted on a surface walk in 1998, and the description is suggestive that ends were inconclusive. The finding of Chile places this in an even more key position between the two major systems, and a reexploration (and a good survey) is in order.</li>
<li>In the same area, but lower down, <a href="../../1623/158.htm">158</a> (also seen during surface work recently) is also intriguing and inconclusive. </li>
<li>Cave <a href="/1623/140.htm">140</a> was noted on a surface walk in 1998, and the description is suggestive that ends were inconclusive. The finding of Chile places this in an even more key position between the two major systems, and a reexploration (and a good survey) is in order.</li>
<li>In the same area, but lower down, <a href="/1623/158.htm">158</a> (also seen during surface work recently) is also intriguing and inconclusive. </li>
</ul>
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<li>Liaison with other groups working in the area now and in the past

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discoveries.</p>
<p>The principal known systems in the area are the southern Schwarzmooskogel system, comprising <a
href="../../1623/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a> itself, the stunningly beautiful <a
href="../../1623/40/cucc.htm">Schwarzmooskogel Eish&ouml;hle</a>, and a number of other smaller caves,
href="/1623/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a> itself, the stunningly beautiful <a
href="/1623/40/cucc.htm">Schwarzmooskogel Eish&ouml;hle</a>, and a number of other smaller caves,
much of which was explored by CUCC in the 70s and early 80s; and <a
href="../../1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a>, an extremely complex system discovered by CUCC in
href="/1623/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a>, an extremely complex system discovered by CUCC in
1989 which was the main focus of expeditions between then and 2000.</p>
<p>For a long period these caves were known to approach each other very closely but a connection between
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deepest and longest caves.</p>
<p> Over the last three years the principal focus of CUCC's work has been <a
href="../../1623/204/204.html">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle,</a> a cave lying to the north of the
href="/1623/204/204.html">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle,</a> a cave lying to the north of the
furthest known reaches of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle. This has quickly yielded over 5.3km of passage reaching a
depth of 454m. As well as its considerable potential in its own right, it has a number of promising leads
pointing in the direction of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle, in particular the Razordance streamway which is currently
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ the deepest known point in the cave and is no more than 300m away from the Fuzzy
Kaninchenh&ouml;hle. This area of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle has a number of large unexplored leads which will be
reexamined in more detail now that a connection to Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle seems possible.
One of the deepest caves in the area is <a href="../../1623/76/76.htm">Eislufth&ouml;hle</a>, which is to
One of the deepest caves in the area is <a href="/1623/76/76.htm">Eislufth&ouml;hle</a>, which is to
the southwest of Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle. This was actually one of the first caves explored by CUCC on
the plateau, in 1977-9. Not all the leads were fully explored at the time, and it is intended to return
there this year and finish off the exploration.