[svn r5912] Added 76 to goals, plus 76 QM list and a rationale of why we're going back.

years/2004/goals.html

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ discovered, reaching a maximum depth of 510m.</p>
 
 <h2>Principal Goals for 2004</h2>
 
+<h3>Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</h3>
+
 <ul>
 <li />The deepest point in Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle is in the tight and
 arduous stream passage of Razordance, which appears to continue downwards
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ beyond the limit of exploration in 2003. It slopes down in a south-westerly
 direction, towards the nearest points of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle, so there is a
 possiblity of a connection, although the present gradient of the passage is
 sufficiently steep that it seems likely to pass right underneath.  <!--
-Personnel: Dour, Mark, Dave, ?Olly, ?Frank -->
+Personnel: Dour, Mark, Dave, ?OllyM, ?Frank -->
 
 <li />The main find of last summer was a new series of horizontal passages in
 the north-west of Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle, known as 'Rhino Rift'. There was
@@ -70,7 +72,57 @@ explore in this area.  <!-- Personnel: Principally Martin + Earl. I'm also
 interested (Dave) -->
 
 <li />There are a number of other leads in Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle which might merit exploration, including an undescended pitch (QM 01-38A) in the Chocolate Salty Balls area, known as 'The Eleven Second Rattle' after the sound heard on dropping rocks down it; another undescended pitch (01-68A) at the end of the Merry F***ing Christmas crawl; and many others (cf. the Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle <a href="../../smkridge/204/qm.html">question mark list</a>).
+</ul>
 
+<h3>Eislufth&ouml;hle (1623/76)</h3>
+
+<a href="../../plateau/76.html">Eislufth&ouml;hle</a> was found on the second
+ever CUCC expedition to the Loser area in 1977.  That year the explorers got
+to -150m with the way on wide open.  They pushed again in 1978, and in 1979
+finally reached a sump at approximately -506m.  They derigged and nobody has
+been back in the intervening quarter of a century.  The area is
+<a href="76why.html">interesting</a>, so it's about time we had another
+look.
+
+<ul>
+<li />The 76 description says "There are a number of going leads in this cave
+and you're welcome to them".  We've <a href="76qms.html">collated 8 of them</a>
+from information in the log book writeups, published accounts, and surveys.
+All but one of these are in Hall of the Green King (-260m) or above - the
+proposal is to allocate enough tackle to 76 to enable us to get to this level.
+Judging from CUCC's experience reexploring
+<a href="../../smkridge/161/136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a> and Arge's
+looking at old CUCC finds in the Stellerweg area, there are likely to also
+be a number of undocumented or previously unnoticed leads.
+
+<li />Eislufth&ouml;hle was surveyed to about -150m in 1976 (Waddington: <i>"I
+would not claim more than grade 2, in the light of subsequent surveying
+experience"</i>).  The survey below -150m is almost entirely based on rope
+and ladder lengths.  Perhaps unsuprisingly, the published surveys are
+missing horizontal passages in places where they're described in write-ups!
+None of the original data survives anyway, so we should try to produce a decent
+survey of the known cave as well as mapping new finds.
+
+<li /><a href="../../plateau/99.htm">99</a> is a strongly draughting entrance
+about 35m from 76 which was explored to a <i>"ledge with a 1m diameter shaft
+dropping in a corkscrew at least 20m."</i> (at perhaps -40m).
+<a href="../../years/1979/report.htm#89">Contemporary reports</a> suggest
+<i>"It is not clear how [99] relates to 106, but if it does come into 106 then
+it must do so fairly far down."</i> (106 was another number allocated to 76
+initially).
+
+<li />If we exhaust 76, <a href="../../plateau/97.htm">Schneewindschacht</a>
+is in the same area.  Waddington: <i>"if you want a cave with some real
+potential to go in a big way, I'd suggest a return to 97 - Schneewindschacht.
+This has a wide open phreatic tunnel in it, which could be easily gained with
+the aid of a rock drill. A rock drill might also be of use in making the Nun's
+C*nt a bit more amenable"</i>.
+
+</ul>
+
+<h3>Miscellaneous</h3>
+
+<ul>
 <li />One of the most interesting of the many smaller caves in the area near
 Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle is Hauchh&ouml;hle, a prominent entrance near the
 walk-in route which draughts very strongly, suggesting that the cave behind is
@@ -85,11 +137,13 @@ cave entrances in this area, which lies between the known caves in CUCC's area
 (1623) and the boundary with the adjacent area 1626.  <!-- Personnel: Brian,
 Tony, other people when feeling slack -->
 
+<!-- Not this year...
 <li />Some suggestions have been made for a return to Kaninchenh&ouml;hle,
 which was the primary site of exploration by CUCC for most of the 1990s. There
 are a number of open leads in the Far North, the area closest to
 Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle; it is not entirely inconceivable that one of these
 may lead to a connection between the two, although it seems unlikely. 
+-->
 <!-- Personnel: This is Wookey's pet project -->
 
 <li />There is also much documentation and surveying work to be done, which
@@ -106,7 +160,7 @@ href="thingstodo.html">here</a>.
 <dt>Expedition Leader:</dt><dd>Olly Madge (Caius)</dd>
 <dt>Treasurer:</dt><dd>David Loeffler (Trinity)</dd>
 <dt>Transport Organiser:</dt><dd>Mark Shinwell (Queens')</dd>
-<dt>Sponsorship:</dt><dd>Nial Peters (St Catharine’s)</dd>
+<dt>Sponsorship:</dt><dd>Nial Peters (St Catharine's)</dd>
 <dt>Other committee members:</dt><dd>Martin Green (Corpus)</dd>
 <dd> <i>[plus others yet to be appointed]</i></dd>
 </dl>