diff --git a/handbook/primer.html b/handbook/primer.html index 79ca5cb10..6120207ac 100644 --- a/handbook/primer.html +++ b/handbook/primer.html @@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ lang="de-at">Salzburg). Recent large projects are:

  • Schwarzmooskogel 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 Kaninchenhöhle (161), Steinbrückenhöhle (204) and Balkonhöhle (264).
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  • Heimkommenhöhle (Homecoming, 359) discovered in 2018 is on the edge of the plateau and has not been connected with any other cave yet.
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  • Heimkommenhöhle (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.
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  • Fischgesichthöhle (FGH, 290) and Gluklischesmetterlinghöhle (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.
    • +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.
  • Tunnocksschaht (258) and Balkonhöhle (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 Balkonhöhle entrance in 2024.
  • Steinbrückenhöhle (204) the most major cave in the area and the principal focus of CUCC's work 2000-2008.
    • @@ -116,8 +118,7 @@ lang="de-at">Steinbrückenhöhle bivvy site. The main bivvy has solar charging for lights and electric drills.

    We also have other shorter-lived high camps such as Organhöhle (in 2017) and are planning (2020) -a new site at Garlic Cave much further to the north west.

    + lang="de-at">Organhöhle (in 2017) and since 2022 also at Garlic Cave much further to the north west and closer to Homecoming.

    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.

    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.

    @@ -156,16 +157,16 @@ of it is of mainly historical interest, concerned with caves whose exploration is considered complete.

    We have attempted to condense the "how to do it" material into an -Expedition Handbook, 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 +Expedition Handbook. + 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 everyone 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.

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  • Or just dip in by using the "Seacrch" function (top left menu) and search for, e.g. "cake". +

    To get a feel for what trips are like, it is perhaps worth dipping into one of the logbooks for recent