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@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ lang="de-at">Salzburg).</span> Recent large projects are:</p>
<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 (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>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 and is a focus for exploration in 2024.</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>
were discovered in 2017 and despite being only a few metres apart were only connected in 2023. FGH has gone deep but we will not be visiting it in 2024.</li>
<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.
In 2018 they both went deep and three connections between them were made. We will be pushing the deep end via the <b>Balkonh&ouml;hle</b> entrance in 2024.
</li>
<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>
@ -116,8 +118,7 @@ lang="de-at">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</span> bivvy site.
The main bivvy has solar charging for lights and electric drills.
<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>
lang="de-at"><b>Organh&ouml;hle</b></span> (in 2017) and since 2022 also at Garlic Cave much further to the north west and closer to <b>Homecoming</b>.</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
@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ 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
theoretically not allowed at all, so we need to keep it as low-profile and
undamaging as possible to avoid being banned. Camping is essential, not only
undamaging as possible to avoid being banned. We have a special limited permission, which he have to apply for each year. Camping is essential, not only
for caving convenience and efficiency, but also for safety. Meeting these needs
consistent with local politics is something of a balancing act which needs
everyone's cooperation.</p>
@ -156,16 +157,16 @@ of it is of mainly historical interest, concerned with caves whose
exploration is considered complete.</p>
<p>We have attempted to condense the "how to do it" material into an
<a href="index.htm">Expedition Handbook</a>, which covers topics
such as Surveying, Prospecting, Rigging and Rescue. There is also a rather
embryonic section on photography, and some smaller sections that are also worth
reading. This is still a fairly big chunk of stuff to read, so an effort has
<a href="index.htm">Expedition Handbook</a>.
This is a fairly big chunk of stuff to read, so an effort has
been made this year to provide a "primer" page for each section, which should
be read by <b>everyone</b> new to expo. It is particularly important that you
understand the aims of each activity, since a job done badly is actually worse
than a job not done at all. This is especially true of cave survey and passage
description, or, for prospecting, the recording of locations.</p>
<li>Or just dip in by using the "Seacrch" function (top left menu) and search for, e.g. "cake".
<p>To get a feel for what trips are like, it is perhaps worth dipping into
one of the <a href="../years/2018/logbook.html">logbooks</a>
<a href="../years/2001/log.htm">for</a> <a href="../years/2003/logbook.html">recent