diff --git a/years/2003/goals.htm b/years/2003/goals.htm index c64973135..1d79d6bc0 100644 --- a/years/2003/goals.htm +++ b/years/2003/goals.htm @@ -6,65 +6,55 @@ <body> <h2><center>CUCC Austria 2003 - Mission statement</center></h2> -<p>This summer, Cambridge University Caving Club will be continuing its highly successful series of expeditions to the -Loser plateau in Austria. This document sets out the principal goals of the 2003 expedition.</p> +<p>This summer, Cambridge University Caving Club will be continuing its highly successful series of +expeditions to the Loser plateau in Austria. This document sets out the principal goals of the 2003 +expedition.</p> <h2>Background</h2> -<p>This summer sees CUCC's 27th expedition to the Loser plateau, which lies in the Totes Gebirge mountains, about -80km east of Salzburg. CUCC is the principal group exploring in the area, which continues to yield new discoveries.</p> +<p>This summer sees CUCC's 27th expedition to the Loser plateau, which lies in the Totes Gebirge mountains, +about 80km east of Salzburg. CUCC is the principal group exploring in the area, which continues to yield new +discoveries.</p> <p>The principal known systems in the area are the southern Schwarzmooskogel system, comprising <a href="../../smkridge/41/41.htm">Stellerweghöhle</a> itself, the stunningly beautiful <a -href="../../smkridge/40/cucc.htm">Schwarzmooskogel Eishöhle</a>, and a number of other smaller caves, much of -which was explored by CUCC in the 70s and early 80s; and <a href="../../smkridge/161/top.htm">Kaninchenhöhle</a>, -an extremely complex system discovered by CUCC in 1989 which was the main focus of expeditions between then and -2000.</p> +href="../../smkridge/40/cucc.htm">Schwarzmooskogel Eishöhle</a>, and a number of other smaller caves, +much of which was explored by CUCC in the 70s and early 80s; and <a +href="../../smkridge/161/top.htm">Kaninchenhöhle</a>, an extremely complex system discovered by CUCC in +1989 which was the main focus of expeditions between then and 2000.</p> -<p>For a long period these caves were known to approach each other very closely but a connection between them proved -elusive. This was finally achieved by a German group last year, bringing the total length of the -Schwarzmooskogelhöhlensystem to over 50km and its depth to 1030m, placing it in among both the world's deepest -and longest caves.</p> +<p>For a long period these caves were known to approach each other very closely but a connection between +them proved elusive. This was finally achieved by a German group last year, bringing the total length of the +Schwarzmooskogelhöhlensystem to over 50km and its depth to 1030m, placing it in among both the world's +deepest and longest caves.</p> <p> Over the last three years the principal focus of CUCC's work has been <a -href="../../smkridge/204/204.shtml">Steinbrückenhöhle,</a> a cave lying to the north of the furthest known -reaches of Kaninchenhöhle. This has quickly yielded over 5.3km of passage reaching a depth of 454m. As well as its -considerable potential in its own right, it has a number of promising leads pointing in the direction of -Kaninchenhöhle, in particular the Razordance streamway which is currently the deepest known point in the cave and -is no more than 300m away from the Fuzzy Logic series in Kaninchenhöhle. This area of Kaninchenhöhle has a -number of large unexplored leads which will be reexamined in more detail now -that a connection to Steinbrückenhöhle seems possible. +href="../../smkridge/204/204.shtml">Steinbrückenhöhle,</a> a cave lying to the north of the +furthest known reaches of Kaninchenhöhle. This has quickly yielded over 5.3km of passage reaching a +depth of 454m. As well as its considerable potential in its own right, it has a number of promising leads +pointing in the direction of Kaninchenhöhle, in particular the Razordance streamway which is currently +the deepest known point in the cave and is no more than 300m away from the Fuzzy Logic series in +Kaninchenhöhle. This area of Kaninchenhöhle has a number of large unexplored leads which will be +reexamined in more detail now that a connection to Steinbrückenhöhle seems possible. + +One of the deepest caves in the area is <a href="../../plateau/76.htm">Eislufthöhle</a>, which is to +the southwest of Steinbrückenhöhle. This was actually one of the first caves explored by CUCC on +the plateau, in 1977-9. Not all the leads were fully explored at the time, and it is intended to return +there this year and finish off the exploration. <h2>Principal Goals for 2003</h2> -<h3>Steinbrückenhöhle:</h3> +The three main goals will be: <ul> -<li>Continue the exploration of Razordance and other leads heading southwards</li> -<li>Continue the pitch series leading off Swings and Roundabouts (Merry-Go-Round and Plan Not Interesting) explored in -2002</li> -<li>Explore leads in the north-east end discovered in 2001 (Chocolate Salty -Balls area)</li> -</ul> -<h3>Kaninchenhöhle:</h3> -<ul> -<li>Revisit deep pitches in Far North area</li> -</ul> -<h3>Elsewhere:</h3> -<ul> -<li>Re-explore <a href="http://cucc.survex.com/expo/smkridge/2000-09/2000-09.htm">Hauchhöhle</a>, which lies above the hypothetical Steinbrückenhöhle - Kaninchenhöhle -connection</li> -<li>Explore any other undescended caves in this area</li> -<li>Explore the many large unexplored entrances reported on the far side of the ridge behind the Steinbrücken -bivvy site, which are believed to be at the same stratigraphic level as the principal horizontal development in -Steinbrückenhöhle</li> +<li>Completing the exploration of Razordance, at the deepest currently known point of +Steinbrückenhöhle. +<li>Continuing the exploration of Gaffered to the Wall, a pitch series explored last summer to a depth of +220m and showing no sign of stopping +<li>Reexploring Eislufthöhle. </ul> -<h3>Documentation and resurveying:</h3> -<ul> -<li>Surface survey to <a href="../../smkridge/2002-01/2002-01.htm"> -Artischockenhöhle</a> (discovered 2001)</li> -<li>Sort out confusion over exact location of Hauchhöle, which appears to be listed twice in our indices under different numbers (2000-08 and 2000-09)</li> -</ul> +There are also a number of other aims. These are not the principal focus of the expedition, more things for +people to do on rest days or if they are not keen on any of the above. They are detailed on <a href="priorities.html">this page</a>. <h2>2003 Expo Committee</h2> @@ -76,4 +66,4 @@ Artischockenhöhle</a> (discovered 2001)</li> </ul> <hr /> -<p align="right"><i>David Loeffler, 19/1/03</i></p> </body> </html> +<p align="right"><i>David Loeffler - Last updated 28/5/03</i></p> </body> </html> diff --git a/years/2003/priorities.html b/years/2003/priorities.html index 7e9e24a2d..58af543da 100644 --- a/years/2003/priorities.html +++ b/years/2003/priorities.html @@ -1,34 +1,65 @@ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> + <html lang="en"> <head> <title>2003 Expo: Priorities</title> +<!--#include virtual="../../css/main.css"--> </head> <body> -<h2 align=center>2003 Expo priorities: Things to do in Steinbrückenhöhle</h2> +<h1 align=center>2003 Expo priorities</h1> -<p>These are in approximate descending order of priority within each category. This is intended to stimulate discussion - feel free to rant at will.</p> +<p>The three primary goals for 2003 are:</p> +<ul> +<li>Razordance +<li>Gaffered to the Wall +<li>Eislufthöhle +</ul> + +<p>The people principally responsible for organising each of these three parallel efforts will be: +<table border> +<tr><td>Razordance:</td><td>Dour, Mark, Dave</td></tr> +<tr><td>Gaffered:</td><td>Martin, Earl</td></tr> +<tr><td>Eislufthöhle:</td><td>Olly, Tony</td></tr> +</table> +</p> + +<p>There are also a number of auxilliary projects. These are largely intended for people to do on rest days, +or if they don't feel like doing a big pitch series. Some of these are listed below; cf. the <a +href="../../smkridge/204/qm.shtml">204 QM list</a>.</p> <h3>Pitch series (requiring bolting)</h3> <ul> -<li />Razordance -<li />Gaffered to the Wall -<li />Merry-Go-Round <i>(Brian's pitches off Swings)</i> -<li />Eleven Second Rattle (01-38) -<li />Merry Fucking Christmas (01-68) +<li />Merry-Go-Round (Brian's pitches off Swings, QM 02-07 - rock quality not brilliant) +<li />Eleven Second Rattle (QM 01-38) +<li />Merry Fucking Christmas (QM 01-68) <a href="#fn1">*</a> <li />01-16A (off Boulder Coaster) <li />(we're never going to run out of pitches!) </ul> -<h3>Horizontal stuff</h3> +<h3>Horizontal stuff in Steinbrückenhöhle</h3> <ul> -<li />Possible continuation of Crowning Glory (01-10A) - pitch has been bolted? +<li />Possible continuation of Crowning Glory (01-10A) - pitch may have been bolted? <li />Climb 01-79C and 01-78B (possible connection to Helter Skelter, nice one to tick off) <li />Crawls off Treeumphant (00-16B to 00-26C) <li />Crawls off main Swings & Roundabouts passage (01-74C to 01-95C) <li />Attack Helter Skelter boulder choke (drafting, visible way on) <li />Finish off Up at 45° </ul> + +<h3>Other caves</h3> +<ul> +<li>Hauchhöhle (has an undescended pitch, and lies above conjectured Kaninchenhöhle - Steinbrückenhöhle connection) +<li>Brauninghöhle (close to Eislufthöhle, several QMs) +<li>Prospecting for new entrances beyond the ridge to the northeast of Steinbrückenhöhle +<li>Artischockenhöhle (needs a surface survey and proper description) +<li>Lots of documentation and resurvey work to tie in loose ends +</ul> +<hr> +<a name="fn1"><font size="-1">* The MFC tube comes out in the side of a large shaft which continues both up +and down. This may connect with a doline on the surface almost directly above. If so, this would provide a +seventh entrance to Steinbrückenhöhle, although this would not be of much use given the unpleasant +nature of the crawl connecting it to the rest of the cave.</font> <hr> <!-- LINKS --> <img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png">