diff --git a/handbook/website-history.html b/handbook/website-history.html index 70f75c63f..dec128452 100644 --- a/handbook/website-history.html +++ b/handbook/website-history.html @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
diff --git a/years/2018/logbook.html b/years/2018/logbook.html index b622ec833..32faccb38 100644 --- a/years/2018/logbook.html +++ b/years/2018/logbook.html @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
-Rigged entrance pitch as far as second deviation but found deviation tat (meant to be in-situe) had been removed along with hanger. Dickon spent 10+ minutes swinging to find bolt but it could not be found. Returned to surface leaving rope and rigging gear at last rigged Y-hang. +Rigged entrance pitch as far as second deviation but found deviation tat (meant to be in-situe) +had been removed along with hanger. Dickon spent 10+ minutes swinging to find bolt but it could not be found. +Returned to surface leaving rope and rigging gear at last rigged Y-hang.
-Rigged Tunnocks to start of Caramel Catharsis (or thereabouts). In the words of Anthony: "Nothing to report, just tell everyone how great it was!" +Rigged Tunnocks to start of Caramel Catharsis (or thereabouts). In the words of +Anthony: "Nothing to report, just tell everyone how great it was!"
-After the first spit had been set we realised that we'd forgotten the bolts, doh, so the tags for these caves have been hammered into cracks and only cucc-2018-ms01 has a hole drilled. +After the first spit had been set we realised that we'd forgotten the bolts, doh, so the tags for +these caves have been hammered into cracks and only cucc-2018-ms01 has a hole drilled.
cucc-2018-ms01
Becka's phone GPS 33+ 410730 5274320 Alt 1698m Accuracy 4m
-Description: Rubble slope with snow plug down to a jammed boulder. Wriggle down next to it to a 45° ramp down. This levels off to a tight squeeze down to a small chamber. Around 30m long with no draft.
+Description: Rubble slope with snow plug down to a jammed boulder. Wriggle down next to it to a 45°
+ramp down. This levels off to a tight squeeze down to a small chamber. Around 30m long with no draft.
Sketch: see notes and photo on Becka's phone at 09:30 on 13/7/18
Notes: tag hammered into crack near to placed spit
Photo: Becka's phone at 14:00
@@ -47,14 +52,17 @@ Photo: Becka's phone at 14:00
cucc-2018-ms02 Blitz Baum Schacht (Lightening Tree Shaft)
Becka's phone GPS 33+ 410635 5283186 Alt 1724m Accuracy 4m (see also Mark's GPS)
-Description: Around 30m NNE (say 020) from distinctive, large, dead tree struck by lightning. A 30m+ shaft, rocks rattle for several seconds. Hole ~5m long x 1m wide.
+Description: Around 30m NNE (say 020) from distinctive, large, dead tree struck by lightning. A
+30m+ shaft, rocks rattle for several seconds. Hole ~5m long x 1m wide.
Notes: tag hammered into crack on flat area on long side
Photo: Becka's phone and Mark's phone at 14:56
cucc-2018-ms03 Zufall Hoehle (Coincidence Cave)
Becka's phone GPS 33+ 410376 5283124 Alt 1714m Accuracy 3m (see also Mark's GPS)
-Description: Squeeze through boulders then drop down c2 and along a tall, narrow rift for ~10m to head of ~7m pitch. Weak draft out. This was re-found by Dickon and Jon later the same day and they said there was also a phreatic tube visible from the pitch head.
+Description: Squeeze through boulders then drop down c2 and along a tall, narrow rift for ~10m to
+head of ~7m pitch. Weak draft out. This was re-found by Dickon and Jon later the same day and they
+said there was also a phreatic tube visible from the pitch head.
Notes: tag hammered into above entrance boulders
Photo: Becka's phone and Mark's phone at 16:10
-In via usual route to head of String Theory. Found Three ropes (~35m, ~45m, ~60m). Used ~45m and ~35m to rig String Theory (Crossley Rigging). Found ~90m left at head of Procrastination. Used ~20m rope (brought in from top camp) to rig traverse and ~90m to rig pitch of Procrastination. (Densham rigging). +In via usual route to head of String Theory. Found Three ropes (~35m, ~45m, ~60m). Used ~45m and ~35m to +rig String Theory (Crossley Rigging). Found ~90m left at head of Procrastination. Used ~20m rope (brought in +from top camp) to rig traverse and ~90m to rig pitch of Procrastination. (Densham rigging).
-Left tub of flapjacks, snickers, 4 curries with bothy bag at base of Procrastination. Also left 90m 9mm rope for Kraken with slings, snap gates, hangers and maillons. +Left tub of flapjacks, snickers, 4 curries with bothy bag at base of Procrastination. Also left 90m 9mm +rope for Kraken with slings, snap gates, hangers and maillons.
Returned to Top Camp ~5 mins before callout - blame my (Crossley's) slow rigging of String Theory. Brought ~60m rope out of cave. @@ -87,7 +98,9 @@ Returned to Top Camp ~5 mins before callout - blame my (Crossley's) slow rigging
Prospected along side of Kleine Wildkogel along South edge heading West. Little but choked shafts for most of the day, but promising end of the day with two good leads. Conveniently, another team claimed to have discovered one of the better finds 2 hours before we found it. This is heavily disputed and questionable. +
Prospected along side of Kleine Wildkogel along South edge heading West. Little but choked +shafts for most of the day, but promising end of the day with two good leads. Conveniently, another team +claimed to have discovered one of the better finds 2 hours before we found it. This is heavily disputed and questionable.
@@ -98,7 +111,8 @@ Jon's phone DD 47.69781N 13.81647ECUCC 2018 DM02 -
Jon's phone DD 47.69756N 13.81331E
-8m climb in narrow shaft. 8m climb in wide rift to snow plug. Squeeze past snow plug horizontally 10m leading to small chamber w ice formations. Small window with cobble floor leading to undescended 10m pitch. Rocks rattle at bottom.
CUCC2018 DM03 +
Jon's phone DD 47.69813N 13.80967E
@@ -115,7 +129,8 @@ Large open shaft. 10m. Small rift at bottom leads on another inspected 10m drop.
CUCC2018 DM06 -
*THIS CAVE IS A DUPLICATE OF CUCC2018 MS03, which was apparently explored by Becka 2 hrs earlier (or so she says)*
Jon's phone DD 47.69514N 13.80591E
-Climb down boulder tickle 5m leads to 2m climb. Rift continues to 4m pitch into chamber, unpushed. Small passage in roof above pitch ledge to left continues 30m through narrow crawl to 4-way intersection. Unexplored further.
CUCC2018 DM07 -
Jon's phone DD 47.69429N 13.80534E
@@ -140,9 +155,12 @@ From here, an impressive pitch was observed(8m diameter) which a 27m rope was in
descend. Probably 40m deep. Strong draft, predicted by the majority of
CUCC to be larger than Tunnocks [citation needed].
Surveyed out of cave, tag left on small shelf right under surface level. Lack of pencils led to ditching of DM06, though this is an interesting cave. DM06 still unexplored.
+Surveyed out of cave, tag left on small shelf right under surface level. Lack of pencils led to +ditching of DM06, though this is an interesting cave. DM06 still unexplored.
-Jon sprained ankle before cave entrance, the effects of which showed up shortly after arrival to top camp, and which subsided by the next day. Strange stuff which unfortunately led to me being unable to push further the next day. :-(
+Jon sprained ankle before cave entrance, the effects of which showed up shortly after arrival to +top camp, and which subsided by the next day. Strange stuff which unfortunately led to me being +unable to push further the next day. :-(
Snakebite lands in large rift passage with waterfall entering from LHS. Water drains -down to Lower Snakebite (this starts with an awkward free climb next to water; themore obvious passage on L of this +down to Lower Snakebite (this starts with an awkward free climb next to water; themore +obvious passage on L of this (as you face downstream) is main Snakebite passage (dry) that connects to Song of the Earth.
[many detailed diagrams - see scanned imageswhen done] @@ -185,13 +204,14 @@ pitch following water down free climbs.
Found the entrance* - but it is 60m away from where the GPS says it should be.
Attempted to get to the location the GPS says it is but it's impenetrable bunde.
-Stashed in 115 ent: 1 2-man tent, 2 karrimats, 1 litre water (a bit brown - filled in gents loo at berg restaurant), small bag muesli. +Stashed in 115 ent: 1 2-man tent, 2 karrimats, 1 litre water (a bit brown - +filled in gents loo at berg restaurant), small bag muesli.
I rigged a smallwater collection poly sheet which may get 2-3 litres if we're lucky.
@@ -201,8 +221,10 @@ rugged than the part closer to the carpark: many granny-stoppers. Photos taken from turn-off point [from Stoger Weg]: "a barely discernable trod" to cave. This "trod" is much more overgrown thanit was in 1982.
-*POSTSCRIPT - on 17th July found a 1981 photo of the entrance which shows that the entrance I found wasn't the main entrance. -I had found the upper (smaller) entrance CUCC-PS01-2018 at N 47.66743 E 013.80945 alt. 1547m (WGS84 Garmin Venture Cx) +*POSTSCRIPT - on 17th July found a 1981 photo of the entrance which shows that the entrance +I found wasn't the main entrance. +I had found the upper (smaller) entrance CUCC-PS01-2018 at N 47.66743 E 013.80945 alt. 1547m +(WGS84 Garmin Venture Cx) 7
+Hacked out on the cairned path to Organhöhle to look at some holes +found on a 2012 prospecting trip, and see whatever we could find: +
11:00-18:00 up the hill. -
Found p115x the main "train tunnel" hole. Did a 200+ averaging GPS reading on p115x, Windloch, and cave 88 on the Stoger Weg. +
Found p115x the main "train tunnel" hole. Did a 200+ averaging GPS reading on p115x, Windloch, and cave 88 +on the Stoger Weg.
Carried safety gear from the entrance I found 4 days ago and stashed inside:
Oh yes, on first visit to CUCC-PS01-2018 this morning I went in: climbing down a 30 degree straight tunnel. Roof is solid rock and floor is blocks @@ -275,12 +323,10 @@ Continues deeper but I was in t-shirt and shorts. Slight cold outwards draft. [Photos and GPS tracks and locations recorded.]
Walking and scrambling on the hillside/cliff below the main entrance to 115 (Schnellzughöhle) +to try to find an entrance to the Futily Series (again). +
Up at 6am with Luke and Rachel, hitched back to Bad Aussee at the end of the day and Wookey +collected me from there. +
On the mountain I finally got tot he right area where it was possible +to explore and make progress: several limestone cliffs and benches - all below bunde level - with +dappled shade of beeches and pine trees, lots of artfully arranged rocks & short grass & wild flowers. +
Found several dripping slots but no sensible entrances in this area. I don't trust the altitudes (and sometimes the positions) from my GPS +in this area - which on average is tipped 30 degrees from the vertical - i.e. it's really all just a broken cliff. +Several game and hunters' tracks. Lots of rillen karren clambering. +
After climbing up a little cliff - easy enough but something I didn't fancy reversing - I found myself in tick bunde. +After a bit I tried going underneath the bunde and found myself looking at a tiny entrance which +was giving a slight draft [N 47.66729 E013.80959 alt.1526m using my Garmin eTrex Venture Cx]. +It is almost possible to get into it but it is only +15m east of cucc-ps01-2018. NB it's not the choked pit, it's 5m east of the +choked pit, over the edge of a bunde-bedecked ledge. +
I went into cucc-ps01-2018 for 6 minutes to get 20m in (it descends due west (270 M) at 30 degrees from the horizontal) +vadose relic with lots of boulders. I got to a big rock I couldn't quite be sure of climbing back up. +Needs surveying and tagging. + +
Removed water-collection poly-sheet from 115 ent. Now only has 9 litres of water and some flapjack & museli in it. + + + +