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Tidying primer and fixing links
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@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ lang="de-at">Salzburg).</span> Recent large projects are:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><b>Schwarzmooskogel</b> system formed from the linkage of several caves into one system, 150km or so long, and 1033m deep,
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<li><b>Schwarzmooskogel</b> system formed from the linkage of several caves into one system, 120km or so long, and 1033m deep,
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of which around nine tenths of the length (and the highest and deepest points) were explored by CUCC. This now includes connections
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with Kaninchenhöhle, Steinbrückenhöhle and Balkonhöhle.</li>
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<li><b>Heimkommenhöhle</b> (Homecoming) discovered in 2018 is on the edge of the plateau and has not been connected with any other cave yet.</li>
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<li><b>Fischgesichthöhle</b> (FGH) and <b>Gluklischesmetterlinghöhle</b> (Happy Butterfly)
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with Kaninchenhöhle (161), Steinbrückenhöhle (204) and Balkonhöhle (264).</li>
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<li><b>Heimkommenhöhle</b> (Homecoming, 359) discovered in 2018 is on the edge of the plateau and has not been connected with any other cave yet.</li>
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<li><b>Fischgesichthöhle</b> (FGH, 290) and <b>Gluklischesmetterlinghöhle</b> (Happy Butterfly, 291)
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were discovered in 2017 and despite being only a few metres apart they have not yet been connected. FGH has gone deep but was snow-plugged in 2019.</li>
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<li><b>Tunnocksschaht</b> and <b>Balkonhöhle</b> the focus of exploration since 2016.
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<li><b>Tunnocksschaht</b> (258) and <b>Balkonhöhle</b> (264) the focus of exploration since 2016.
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In 2018 they both went deep and three connections between them were made.
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</li>
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<li><b>Steinbrückenhöhle</b> the most major cave in the area and the principal focus of CUCC's work 2000-2008.
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<li><b>Steinbrückenhöhle</b> (204) the most major cave in the area and the principal focus of CUCC's work 2000-2008.
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</li>
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@@ -77,15 +77,18 @@ challenging activity. Also, unlike a Yorkshire tourist trip, you must survey
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and describe what you find – <a href="logbooks.html">logbooks write-ups</a>
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form part of a long-term record
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of what has been done so are rather more important than on weekend meets at
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home. <a href="survey/why.htm">Surveying may be an entirely new activity</a> for first-time expo members,
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home. <a href="survey/index.htm">Surveying may be an entirely new activity</a> for first-time expo members,
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but it is also a very important one, and one which it is worth making the
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effort to get right from the start.</p>
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effort to get right from the start. We have been doing this for nearly 40 years
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so we have a reliable <a href="survey/newcave.html">set of procedures</a> for
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converting muddy notebooks into beautiful wallcharts.</p>
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<p>The caves in Austria are as different from Yorkshire and Mendip as those two
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areas are from each other. There are few sporting streamways and few
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formations. The caves are colder (often not much above freezing, and sometimes
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below). They are often much deeper than Yorkshire trips, though the entrances
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we are currently using mean that even the remotest places are not at vast
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we are currently using mean that even the remotest places are not at vast
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depths. However, pitches may be big, and close together in deep shafts of up to
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a couple of hundred metres. Though often dry in good weather, run-off is rapid
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and a damp pitch can rapidly become a serious proposition with near-freezing
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@@ -96,21 +99,29 @@ many leads still to push not needing a lot of vertical work at all.</p>
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<p>In Austria, expo is effectively split into "<a href="bcamps.html">Base
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Camp</a>" and various "<a href="tcamps.html">plateau camps</a>". Base camp is in
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the valley, near the pub, shops, lake and other "R&R" facilities. It is
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here that we have the bulk of the documentation, computers, lamp charging, log
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book and survey book. The plateau camps are right outside the cave entrances, and
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the valley, near the gasthof, shops, river, lake and other facilities. It is
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here that we have the bulk of <a href="baseops.html">the documentation, computers, log
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book and survey book</a>. The plateau bivvy camp is a short walk from the cave entrances, and
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are reached by a toll road (on which we have a deal which avoids paying each
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time) which ascends 900m to a tourist car park from where it is around a 40
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minute walk (on good paths) to the edge of the plateau. From here it is a
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one-and-a-half-hour slog across rough limestone pavements to the main <span
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time) which ascends 900m to a tourist car park from where it is around <a
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href="../1623/walkin.htm">a 40
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minute walk</a> (on good paths) to <a
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href="../1623/vianip.htm">the edge of the plateau<a>. From here it is a
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one-and-a-half-hour <a
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href="../1623/via204.htm">slog across rough limestone pavements</a> to the main <span
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lang="de-at">Steinbrückenhöhle</span> bivvy site.
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We also have other shorter-lived high camps such as <span
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lang="de-at">Organhöhle</span> (from 2017).</p>
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The main bivvy has solar charging for lights and electric drills.
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<p>The plateau camps and and Base camp are linked by mobile phone, which are much
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better for coordinating and reporting activities than the radios we used
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previously. The result of this is that trips are
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mostly organised by the people in top camp, and it is usual to spend periods of
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<p>We also have other shorter-lived high camps such as <span
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lang="de-at">Organhöhle</span> (in 2017) and are planning (2020)
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a new site at Garlic Cave much further to the north west.</p>
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<p>The plateau camps and and Base camp are linked by rugged mobile phones
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using a specific Austrian carrier to get adequate reception. Your own phone will
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probably not work so well and will not be reliable over much of the plateau.
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Trips are mostly organised by the people in top camp (we even have a whiteboard),
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and it is usual to spend periods of
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three or four days or so at top camp, alternating with festering at base.</p>
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<p>On the other hand, the plateau a nature reserve where camping is
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