Tidying primer and fixing links

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