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    Anthony Day,
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    Anthony's journey out


    Those who know their expo lore will be aware of the fun and games I endured whilst attempting to tow a decrepit trailer across Europe in @@ -53,11 +54,10 @@ only delayed by about 2.5 hours, and made it to Austria without further incident.
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    2007-07-10
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    Nial Peters, Edvin Deadman, Kathryn Hopkins, Ollie Stevens, Richard Mundy,
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    204 - Rigging Entrance to 204-E


    Nial put some extra bolts (3) into the entrance pitch then showed us some of the high level horizontal stuff and the top of the main Gaffered @@ -66,11 +66,10 @@ pitch.

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    2007-07-10
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    Djuke,
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    Top Camp - Djuke's Bedtime Story


    Snow greeted us on a snowy cold, misty damp bivy morning. Most of us (except Aaron - who kept emphasising how great his sleeping bag was) had @@ -86,11 +85,10 @@ the cold bivy - am glad to be back at basecamp - am glad to be back at basecamp in warm hut after having shower :)
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    2007-07-10
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    Julia Bradshaw,
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    Base Camp - Germknodel


    Makes 8 large/12 small or 4 superlarge plate sized

    500g flour @@ -117,11 +115,10 @@ colander over pan of water). Pour melted butter over then icing sugar and poppy seeds.
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    2007-07-11
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    Mark Dougherty, Anthony Day,
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    115 - MarkD & Anthony install a radon detector in 115


    Tramped along the Stogerweg armed with a GPS location for 115. Neither of us had been there before, but I recalled seeing a marking @@ -142,11 +139,10 @@ the Loserhütte for a jar.

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    2007-07-11
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    Julia Bradshaw,
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    Journey to Austria - Julia's journey out


    After quite a few trains and 6 days cycling in Italy I ended up in Venice. Pottered around for a day and a half, then got a sleeper train. @@ -159,20 +155,18 @@ waiting next to a Citroen van which was looking significantly more battered than a week ago ...
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    2007-07-12
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    Top Camp - It's raining - again


    It's raining... AGAIN! We are about to walk up the hill
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    2007-07-12
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    Jenny Black, Olly Betts,
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    Top Camp - Setting up 76 bivi


    We left a bag of stuff stored at the bivi cave, most of it survived intact. A mouse appeared to have had a nibble at the food box but @@ -182,11 +176,10 @@ in a drybag. The elastic in the tent poles is no longer very stretchy, presumably due to the cold?
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    2007-07-13
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    Jenny Black, Olly Betts,
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    97 - Prospecting Beyond 97


    We went looking for a 'back door' into 97. Olly found a promising looking shaft (2007-70) which he descended. 2007-70 is located on a @@ -210,11 +203,10 @@ have high hopes that it will be a significant cave in its own right, or else connect with 97 or 76...
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    2007-07-13
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    Anthony Day, Mark Dougherty, Andreas Forsberg,
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    204 - Kiwi Suit Rig


    Set off at 3pm following the first wave who had gone in to rig as far as the bottom of Ariston. Met James C in Wolpertinger Way, he was @@ -226,11 +218,10 @@ spit in a pot at the head of the fourth Kiwi Suit pitch, i.e. the Brown Trouser Pitch head. Mission accomplished we headed out.
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    2007-07-13
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    Richard Mundy, Ollie Stevens, Dave Loeffler,
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    204 - Rhino Rift


    Dave introduced us novices to exploration in Rhino Rift. This began by exploring a few QM's, giving dull outcomes. 03-57C became too tight @@ -261,11 +252,10 @@ B lead similar leads existed on the right and at the bottom. A C lead existed from the muddy footsteps passage.
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    2007-07-13
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    Nial Peters, Djuke Veldhuis,
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    204 - Rigging Gaffered


    The plan was to rig to the underworld in one trip, so with over 300m of rope between us (200m of 11mm in Big Bertha - which was a mistake!) @@ -277,11 +267,10 @@ was much easier given we no longer had any rope to carry! The round trip was 7.5hrs at an easy pace.
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    2007-07-14
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    148 - Marylin Monroe Hoehle


    Went back to look at 148, 20 years after it was last explored. Crawling entrance to a squeeze and climb into a larger passage, so far @@ -305,11 +294,10 @@ survey notes on the floor - we plan to photo them before moving them out of the cave.
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    204 - Rhino Rift


    Andreas joined us, all the way from Sweden, hunting meteorites, in order to check out our link from the previous day. A couple of survey @@ -337,11 +325,10 @@ got out having discovered this "Spitters End". Less than the previous day's 200 metres of survey, but still satisfying.
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    2007-07-14
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    204 - The Gaffered rebolting project


    After the previous rigging trip I decided that the Gaffered rig could be greatly improved with a few extra bolts. With lots of novices keen to @@ -386,11 +373,10 @@ traverse, by which time it was too late to join the others pushing in the Underworld, and so they headed out.
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    2007-07-14
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    Surface Prospecting - northwest of 204e


    Surface prospecting northwest of 204e. Descended surface shaft - which panned out as follows: @@ -402,11 +388,10 @@ Hall'. At one end a small room is choked and at the other s a very narrow rift (impassable) from which the draft comes.
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    2007-07-15
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    Jenny Black, Olly Betts,
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    Cairn Cave - 2006-70 (Cairn Cave) and Marilyn Monroe Hoehle


    Jenny was (uncharacteristically) not feeling well so she sat in what little shade there was, while I went underground. First, at Cairn cave I @@ -421,11 +406,10 @@ set two spits for the pitch which bypasses the squeeze and climb. Then surface surveyed from 148 to 2006-70.
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    2007-07-15
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    204 - Razordance Rig


    The previous day's team had rigged to GLAD (God Loves a Drunk). Our plan was to continue the rig as near to the pushing front as possible, @@ -445,11 +429,10 @@ a treat. At that pitch we called it a day and headed out, meeting the second wave at GLAD. Out at 19.30 and bolted down the hill.
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    204 - 204e Crowning Glory exploration


    On the 13th the three of us went pushing the end of Crowning Glory, an A grade lead. As a starry eyed novice, I was expecting a kilometre @@ -467,11 +450,10 @@ the hole, the floor started to vanish beneath us, revealing a deep looking rift which unfortunately looks too tight to descend.
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    2007-07-15
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    204 - 204a - The New Gaffered Rigging Guide


    rigging diagram part 1

    rigging diagram part 2 @@ -493,11 +475,10 @@ appears to be a tube heading left. Requires bolting up to (although only a couple of metres).
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    204 - 204a - Razordance


    Tourist trip down 204a as far as Razordance to show our Hungarian visitors around Steinbrucken. They all seemed very impressed, especially @@ -514,11 +495,10 @@ was! contact Gabor by email.
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    204 - Continuation of Razordance rig


    Headed in with 2 smallish bags of rope. Met Dour and MSD at God Loves A Drunk, where we heard the grim tales of Mark's loose bowels and Dour's @@ -538,11 +518,10 @@ As luck would have it we got as far as the pitch and the drill completely ran out of juice so we headed out.
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    2007-07-16
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    Top Camp - On obtaining alcohol at top camp - password protect


    For the past 3 days, four friendly Hungarians who got in touch with us through Stuart Bennett have visited us. Thery accomplished a tourist @@ -555,11 +534,10 @@ contact emails are: gabor dot losonci at gmail dot com and adam dot panker at gmail dot com. tel. 00-36-20-5200-665.
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    204 - Underworld


    Given previous Rhino Rift and surface prospecting exploits, I allowed myself to be tempted into a deeper expedition by Nial, despite wise seer @@ -597,11 +575,10 @@ finally got out for noodles and hot chocolate (mixed with vile spirit Unicum - not as tasty as ejaculate) after an exhasting 13hr trip.
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    2007-07-17
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    148 - (Maralin Munroe)


    Went back to 148 with a drill and more rope. Went to the previous pitch and traversed over it to what was 'the pitch' in 1987 nice big @@ -625,11 +602,10 @@ inside...

    Surveyed this and left the cave.
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    2007-07-18
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    Duncan Collis, Mark Dougherty, Anthony Day,
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    204 - Razordance


    We got underground at 9:30 and made rapid progress down to God Loves a Drunk, Mark pausing en-route to swap his radon detectors. Regrouping @@ -651,11 +627,10 @@ we headed out via another very welcome soup at GLAD.

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    2007-07-18
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    2007-72 - Batter pot (2007-72)


    It was a bit cloudy so decided that surface shaft might be feasible. Went to look at an entrance Olly spotted in 2005 roughly above Pancake @@ -670,11 +645,10 @@ thought to be suspect. Sadly failed to find it so will have to return.
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    2007-07-19
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    Surface Prospecting - Surface messing


    After an 11 hour and a 9 hour trip, Ollie and I fancied a day off. We travelled to Rundereisehoehle with Aaron in order to wire and start @@ -696,11 +670,10 @@ dangerous. An edge exit was too tight. Many vertical openings existed in a similar place. We tagged one, 2007-02, but did not descend.
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    2007-07-19
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    Surface Prospecting - Useful Walkies


    Thought I'd make myself useful by re-tagging and photoing some entrances. First stop was Skinny Festerers, which has now been tagged @@ -732,11 +705,10 @@ correct tag on Artischokenhoehle. All photos (with notes) on computer under photos/Julia.
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    2007-07-19
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    161 - 161d


    Went to 161d partly to place a radon detector for Mark D and because I wanted to see what KH was like. Walked up to the col to get onto the @@ -788,11 +760,10 @@ with our waterproofs at 76 solved the water shortage nicely as well.

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    2007-07-19
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    204 - The 11 second rattle story


    It all began with one rock, one pitch, a stopwatch and a certain lack of imagination on the part of those naming the pitch. It should at this @@ -835,11 +806,10 @@ and it was time to go home. Nothing would prepare us for the following day's events. To be continued ...
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    2007-07-19
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    204 - Slimy Sludge Chute


    We continued pushing the lead that Djuke, Edvin and Nial started on 14th July (03-14/C) armed with a little more rope. the lead is in @@ -853,11 +823,10 @@ holes - "like cheese" according to Djuke. The hole was still strongly drafting - it was very cold surveying.
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    204 - Rigging down to Fat worm blows a Sparky


    The plan was to rig down then push an A-grade lead for a bit on the Flat Worm level. So obviously things were never quite going to pan out @@ -884,11 +853,10 @@ the new Gardener's World rigging guide below ....

    damn you Mundy [Edvin's handwriting; note no rigging guide!]
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    204 - Razor Dance


    Our hopes of an early start were sabotaged by the realisation that the drill battery was (a) flat and (b) broken. Several hours of charging @@ -910,11 +878,10 @@ traversing out along the ledge to see round a corner, but ran out of battery. So we headed out, leaving the depth certainly over 600m.
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    Richard Mundy, Djuke Veldhuis,
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    204 - Slimy Sludge Chute continued


    Having forgotten the misery of my last trip down to the Underworld (cold, mud, tightness, nastiness), I allowed myself to be dragged down @@ -935,11 +902,10 @@ in diameter. We decided to leave further exploration for when we have courage, so beat an exhausting retreat.
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    204 - Convenience Series


    We returned to the lead Edvin and Nial started on the 19th (Thin Rift off Dead Good Bat chamber in Fat Worm). At the pushing front there was @@ -974,11 +940,10 @@ from the Cistern). This also ended in a pitch and passed a small, upward-sloping tube on the left (QM A).
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    2007-07-21
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    journey - Flooding in England


    Basically I'm working in Scotland so on the Friday I drove from Glasgow to Bristol. However, it was very very wet. @@ -1015,11 +980,10 @@ found Phil and George. Drove to M25-A12 junction found Pete. Got to Dover hour late - no problem. Drove to Austria in 12 hours. MCE.
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    2007-07-22
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    Julia Bradshaw,
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    Surface Prospecting - More Useful Walkies


    Having been down the hill and acquired a picture of the 247 entrance I went back to where the GPS said it should be and there it was, I'd @@ -1045,11 +1009,10 @@ both entrances on the computer. Yes, this was a very boring logbook entry but that's just tough.
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    204 - Razor Dance


    The previous trip down Razor Dance had returned with tales of a deep pool that they had started traversing around to where they could see @@ -1101,11 +1064,10 @@ connection, which would be a satisfactory 2nd prize after its failure to go very deep.
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    148 - Surveying


    Went to MM [Marilyn Munroe] with the aim of surveying and finishing everything below the 48m rope so we could de-rig it and rig it in 76. @@ -1133,11 +1095,10 @@ from the 204 path, so please don't throw rocks down shafts in this area ....
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    204 - 11 Second Rattle


    'The Widowmaker' by Sarah White -
 drawing of skull and crossbones and 'The Reliant Swede' by Andreas
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    204 - Convenience Series


    We returned to the new stuff we'd found to push it some more. We had cleverly decided to look at the most miserable lead: a narrow rift @@ -1199,11 +1159,10 @@ not to go through, but Aven tells us that it's only 6-7m away from the Subway level so might be worth another look.
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    76 - Rigging and radon detecting


    Finally got to 76, Olly rigged down to The Ledge and I followed half an hour later to take a bag of rope through to BNW for the next trip and @@ -1212,11 +1171,10 @@ side lead in the test tubes roughly opposite the 99 connection. Surface surveyed 102 to 103. Tagged 1998-X01 and Ice Curtain.
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    2002-AD-01 - 2007-11, Surface Prospecting


    Surface prospecting and cave tagging in the northern most area of CUCC territory. Tagged one of Anthony Day's cave finds [02AD01 in scan, 02AD03 in photo]. Also found a new @@ -1225,11 +1183,10 @@ to doing the Loser via ferrata and walking up to top camp this ended a nicely varied day!!!
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    204 - Razordance -> The Forbidden City


    The trip was originally intended to compose of Andreas, James and myself, but unfortunately James was feeling a touch ill, and so Mark @@ -1272,11 +1229,10 @@ nick of time. After a long and tedious prussik we all eventually all reached the surface at 00:30 -> 01:00. An excellent trip!
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    76 - Sea of holes


    Went into BNW with the drill and rigging gear to start looking at the pitch leads close to QM 05- because it had been raining hard for hours @@ -1302,11 +1258,10 @@ very cool. On the way out we noticed the draught had reversed (around detecting.
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    204 - The Happy Hippocampus


    Frank Tully (for a bit) @@ -1322,11 +1277,10 @@ also emerged in the "Happy Hippocampus" chamber hence joining the Underworld and Subsoil levels :-). YAY.
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    204 - Upper levels of 204e


    On the 24th we had a day of top camp festering. Sarah and I completed a Rundreisehoehle-204a surface survey started by Ollie and me @@ -1338,11 +1292,10 @@ in record time, then taking a peer at "Gosser Streamway" and at "Wot No Butcombe" before our return.
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    Base Camp - Walk from Base camp


    I think it's called Tressenstein, will check in the morning with the map. But if you're at Base Camp it's the hill you see (on the right) if @@ -1362,11 +1315,10 @@ hours to spare walk up this hill!! It's rude not to! Seriously good views, well worth the effort.
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    76 - The ledge in Plugged shaft


    Went back down Plugged Shaft to The Ledge. I went in to the test tubes to change the radon detector (incidentally the draught was back to @@ -1382,11 +1334,10 @@ hangers on the way. The drill started to go flat having done 17 holes and been up the hill for ages.
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    204 - Convenience Series


    Once again we returned to the Convenience Series hoping to find further horizontal passage. Kathryn and I were first down and started by @@ -1412,11 +1363,10 @@ one horizontal lead which we pushed for 20m until it ended in a small chamber.
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    Random leads in Insignificant


    We felt like a short trip so went to try & tick off some annoying QMs in the Insignificant area. @@ -1439,11 +1389,10 @@ Pain No Gain (modulo getting lost after turning left instead of right on hitting 110 A Day).
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    Trisselwand - the IVth


    Niall felt it was time to attempt the trisselwand again, 15 years after the last disastrous attempt. Wookey 'Volunteered' as a previous @@ -1496,11 +1445,10 @@ on shitty rock. Finished at 6:10pm.

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    Surface Prospecting - Surface shaft on Plateau


    Walked down the hill via lots of places - put permanent tags on Lardy Festerers and 250, calibrated the instruments at old TC [Top Camp]. Then @@ -1510,22 +1458,20 @@ choked less than a metre beyond where I had been without a light in hole near the col. I hated the surface survey lots.
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    Eishoehle


    Photo trip to Eishoehle. Excellent cave, although I was very glad that I wore my Buffalo jacket under my furry! Some good photos were taken by Mark S, hopefully our sponsors will appreciate our efforts!
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    204 - Razor Dance -> Gobi Trail


    We had meant to get underground before 9.00am, but unfortunately Andreas and myself were feeling rather sleepy in the morning and so we @@ -1550,11 +1496,10 @@ Another uneventful if tiring, journey out had us at the surface at 1.00am ish. Lots more question marks!
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    Surface Prospecting - 81/82/85


    Olly's guts weren't very happy so we picked an objective that would never put us far from an entrance. We decided to survey 81 and 85 and @@ -1576,11 +1521,10 @@ level not far from the surface. If some of it heads under the Vord-Hinter ridge (like 82) it should be very cool.
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    Climbing


    In preparation for climbing Trisselwant at some point (YIKES) the four of us set off on a slightly cloudy and humid July morning. Via an @@ -1637,11 +1581,10 @@ rudely refused to let us drive straight to the station in Bad Aussee to pick up his girlfriend who was arriving that same night.
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    148 - final trip


    Decided it was time for a final trip in 148 to push the remaining lead to a conclusion and derig. So we packed all the rope in the bivi @@ -1670,11 +1613,10 @@ reach, so we surveyed out and planned to go back to base for more rope.
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    204 - Razordance -> Far East


    Back down Razordance to take another look at the Far East. Uneventful journey down. Jon took a look at the tubes at the bottom of the @@ -1701,11 +1643,10 @@ did BLOODY WELL. We can expect HARD BASTARD exploits from this chap in the future. Hats off!
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    Via Ferrata - Loser Klettersteig


    A fine diversion as a warm-up for our carry-up to Top Camp. Checked out the cave at the base - graffiti dating back to 1800's - and the very @@ -1713,11 +1654,10 @@ small (5m) cave on the left at the start of the escape route - doesn't go.
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    76 - Radon Detector change


    Nipped into 76 to change radon detectors. All the rain was easting at the larger remaining snow plug which made me a little nervous but I @@ -1726,11 +1666,10 @@ am not nearby ... changed detectors and came out - reversed pulsing draught today.
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    204 - Gaffered -> The Wares -> Software


    Bimbled down Gaffered, all looking very familiar. Before that, had to scrounge rope from the pitch into On A Mission and a bag from the top of @@ -1752,11 +1691,10 @@ brought in. Oh yes - had Phil's Pony to survey with and its the bee's knees.
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    Fucking about in the Quarries (?)


    (Maybe others not listed) @@ -1778,11 +1716,10 @@ the Tunnocks direction which one of them will have to write about. To conclude: Time wasted - 1 day.
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    Surface Prospecting - Surface walk and radon detector collection


    Walked over to 161d. Mark and Phil went in to collect radon detector from the Guillotine. We then picked our way down to the Stogerweg. On @@ -1793,22 +1730,20 @@ another radon detector. After that a return to the carpark and down to the Loserhutte with Djuke, Tony and Emma for a meal and beer.
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    Via Ferrata


    Sarah and I thought we'd try the Loser via ferrata. Nobody died (almost though). The end. [Sarah writes:] But I enjoyed the last part. Sarah.
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    204 - Razordance -> push horizontal leads. Combined push, survey, photo + derig trip. Sigh.


    Woken up by Andrew to the news that we were going down Razordance. Hmm, really? I was prussiking out of 204E at 10pm last night + fancied a @@ -1884,11 +1819,10 @@ least... Combined age of 4 team members = 152 years, what's the retirement age for this kind of nonsense?
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    Surface Prospecting - Prospecting from 204


    Andrew and I decided to get a bit of gentle exercise so did a walk towards 161d/g and found not v. many promising holes for quite a lot of @@ -1911,11 +1845,10 @@ way off from base, to SE. after 10m, no draft.
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    204 - Overnight pushing trip to Convenience Series


    Despite getting up at a reasonable time, lots of faffing (mostly by Pete) meant we didn't get underground till after midday. There was a @@ -1965,11 +1898,10 @@ trip considering the amount of progress we had made.

    Pitch series is now called S.L.T.R. for reasons known only to its surveyors.
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    Surface Shaft


    Having failed to find 2004-04 the previous afternoon we had another go and it was still hidden sadly. Then went to look for 84 which we also @@ -1982,11 +1914,10 @@ continuation which was a bit snowy & small. We will return later in expo.
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    82 - 82-85


    Went over to survey the connection with 85. Shortly into the connection is an aven up to the surface a new higher entrance! As we @@ -1996,11 +1927,10 @@ continuation of 85 but thought the climb wasn't freeclimbable due to the current snowline position.
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    204 - John Billing's account of Razor Dance derigging trip


    (+ Duncan Collis, Mark Dougherty, Richard Mundy + George North) - which somehow have to fit into this schema @@ -2065,11 +1995,10 @@ thunderstorm.
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    204 - Razordance Finish derigging


    Down 10am. Wookey + I fetched the tackle sack of rope from Mystery Wind + derigged the two pitches. By the time we were back at the bottom @@ -2086,11 +2015,10 @@ trips - not bad.
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    76 - Boiling Tubes


    It had rained a lot overnight + was still raining so decided the pitch in 148 might be unpleasant, so decided on 76 instead. Went to the @@ -2128,11 +2056,10 @@ grade leads. The RH one may join 04-41C perhaps. Surveyed this and left, removing the radon detectors on route.
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    BS17 - 'Quest to BS17'


    The previous night I had been down to 'God Loves A Drunk' with George North. On the 3rd I therefore hurt and my caving gear was thoroughly @@ -2158,11 +2085,10 @@ particularity nice in that it offers many horizontal entrances. thick fog, hoping the GPS did not pack-up.
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    Top Camp - VERMIN


    Top Camp is now home to:

    -30 massively fat and well fed insulted mice. @@ -2176,11 +2102,10 @@ the hammocks via running upside down across the Stone Bridge roof. This animal will thus prove hard to defeat.
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    Tunnocks - Rigging Tunnockschacht


    Neither of us had been before but the magic of GPS and a good set of cairns got us to the entrance. John then whinged all the way down the @@ -2199,11 +2124,10 @@ the passage there and then out. Be a lovely cave if someone with a drill rigged the entrance more creatively.
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    81 - new stuff


    Went back to 81 to survey the new stuff. Not a hugely long cave but a lot of entrances (which we have put hiltis in for the tags and for 82b @@ -2211,11 +2135,10 @@ tag). There are still a couple of leads to look at later as well. What we surveyed was mostly walking passage and quite pleasant.
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    204 - 'Lead 03-75A'


    My caving gear still wet & cold, we set off to the 'Wot no Butcombe' end of the 'Rhino Rift' area of 204. We rigged pitch 03-79A; a phreatic @@ -2241,11 +2164,10 @@ above of B/C QM calibre. This is tough and may qualify as being a pitch. Would be better explored downhill.
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    204 - Gösser Streamway - Rig push, survey, derig


    Needed an easy trip in order to walk down hill for Trisselwand, so picked a QM on the survey which was interestingly above the huge aven in @@ -2269,11 +2191,10 @@ and impenetrable rift [?inuing king] stream, at the other end. Surveyed (2 legs, ~38m) and derigged and went home with big fat bag of rope.
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    204 - Chocolate Salty Balls


    Ollie, Aaron and I went for a 2.5 hour jaunt down 204e. The main purpose was to place some thermistors in Chocolate Salty Balls for @@ -2292,11 +2213,10 @@ the handline in Cave tree chamber with some red 2006 9mm. I would have put in some 2003 myself, but don't ultimately care.
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    204 - CSB Thermistor & Treeumphant


    With one datalogger installed in Germkndel's Revenge already (upcoming writeup), we set off to install 3 more: 2 in chocolate salty @@ -2308,11 +2228,10 @@ temp, RH, and barometric pressure) and 1 in crowning glory.

    Also ticked off QMs 01-40C and 0139C.
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    258 - Tunnocks -> Apfel Strudel


    My first ever cave in Austria, descended down very loose boulder slopes to large pile of snow at bottom of pitches, fun sledging down. @@ -2326,11 +2245,10 @@ camp for introduction to Holy Hand Grenade [Hungarian-donated alcoholic beverage].
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    81 - crap lead


    Went to 81 for an easy day to tick off the crap lead near the RH route from 81b. To me it looked like a tight, loose & awkward route @@ -2351,11 +2269,10 @@ hypothesized it might drop into the ice castle passage in 148. Surveyed out (checking that the outer lead didn't do anything interesting)..
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    Dachstein Via Ferrata


    Did the Seemond - Klettersteig. No helicopter involved. Takes about 5 hrs on the face and hours walk either end and cable car down. Bloody @@ -2371,11 +2288,10 @@ you at 2pm ish, and last cable car down is 5pm.

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    2007-04 - Walk to 204 via 161d


    Given light rucksacks and a nice day decided to investigate doing 161 from 204 and thus check out the practicality of route. Walked to 161d @@ -2414,11 +2330,10 @@ make practical for trips, but we confirmed that cliff traverse part is not a problem (in fact its the nicest bit).
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    Anemometer related quick useless trip


    After a few hours of fiddling with his homel(?) new sonic anemometer using a picoscope and laptop at the bridge, Aaron threw up his hands and @@ -2434,11 +2349,10 @@ anemometer to play nice together and decided to abandon the enterprise until a later date, in the UK or on Expo08.
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    204 - Gaffered -> Inconvenience Series


    Down to tick off some leads & start the derig. Nial rigged his "worst ever pitch" - for his sake, I hope it is true - rope slung round a @@ -2458,11 +2372,10 @@ Super-muddy Gaffered rope plus a heavy tacklesack is a crap combination.
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    1987-02 - Surface and Shaft


    Walked up to Laser 0/5 and had a look for 1987-02. Scrambled up the hill for a way and didn't see any horizontal entrances. Got fairly near @@ -2485,11 +2398,10 @@ is a crawling / stooping phreatic passage for ~10m till it chokes. This is 2007-7[MISSING] GPS[MISSING]
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    81 - 81-148 connection


    Olly looked down the surface shaft near 148 first - down to the snow plug then the ledge to where a narrow rift heads down presumably into @@ -2512,11 +2424,10 @@ was cool. Surveyed out passing Nial & Andrew photoing ice and raisins.
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    2007-04 - 'Slippery Hole'


    The previous day, we walked to 2007-04 with Wookey. On the 8th we pushed and surveyed this. The cave is in a loose depression on the ridge @@ -2545,39 +2456,37 @@ snow towards the Winter Wonderland, before the rope became taut and caught me. Worrying.
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    Photo, Rig, survey, push in Tunnocks
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    Andrew took photo gear, Wook took tackle & rigging gear, Becka took survey gear. Went in to far end to rig traverse over '17s rattle,' via a couple of metres of entrance ice. - +



    Andrew rigged traverse and we threw lots of big rocks, reckoning main pitch to be 45m with prob another similar below. Traverse just led to other views down pitches. Not clear if all three holes are same pitch or not. Put in a couple more spits to tidy rig, surveyed & went back to lead below climb up to cobble pile. Pitch down but c3 into passage went about 50m to another large pitch. - +



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    Next went to horizontal QM N of cobble pile. This was nice & flat. Andrew left for 2nd photo trip of day in 82. Becka & Wookey surveyed over 250m of stonking passage "Rhubarb Crumbly". Exceptionally fine trip - lots of QM's. Eventually gave up, utterly sated by too many QMs - chamber with two going off E, NE, NW. - +



    Laser surveying is the way forward -- but keep batts away from SAP.

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    Tunnocks - Tunnockschacht


    Got underground 1pm with intention to head south. After ticking off 06-11C and 06-20C, realized our progress was cut short without any rope @@ -2600,11 +2509,10 @@ Ollie out 12pm.
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    Surface - shafts


    Went to surface shaft Frank & I found a few days ago - a phreatic tube ending in a big bowl of choss, above quarries uphill of bivvy site. @@ -2613,11 +2521,10 @@ Boulders, ah well. Named Pink Wafer Biscuit Cave as it was really only worth looking at after looking at all the other entrances.
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    More horizontal cave


    Back to bag some more horizontal cave, despite having to walk back down (Wook). All underground by 9.30. 1hr to pushing front. Off @@ -2646,11 +2553,10 @@ over an hour, just in time to get thunderstormed on along with Jon and Morven (who had no cags & got soaked to skin).
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    Tunnocks - great, draughty lead


    (Ollie Stevens brief cameo appearance) @@ -2662,11 +2568,10 @@ Named "Dubious Pleasure". Morven's back was playing up in cold, so left after few hrs.
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    148 - pitch stuff


    Headed into 148 with way too much gear, but not enough crabs or maillons. Got to the [saw?] pitch and the water levels rose considerably @@ -2681,11 +2586,10 @@ the cave surveying a poxy side bit on the way. Came out in the dark and clag - reflective markers are ace.
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    1987-02 - RH pitch


    Went to survey & explore 1987-02. Headed to the RH pitch first. It had a bolt which, combined with a couple of naturals & fending off from @@ -2707,11 +2611,10 @@ between 76 and 161 ... worth prospecting in the area next year I think.
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    204 - ->Gaffered -> The Wares + Derig


    Pootled to the Wares & headed off for a QM I'd been hankering after checking. QM 04-49A. We'd left it as a steep ramp needing a handline in @@ -2730,22 +2633,20 @@ out, one at the bottom of E entrance pitch & one tied to the bottom of Gaffered pitch so a pretty good job.
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    204 - Gaffered derig + Thermistors


    I got to the lowest rebelay on Gaffered & hauled up the tacklesack tied to the bottom then derigged & Martin & I took out a tacklesack each whilst Aaron switched his data loggers.
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    258 - Tunnockschacht -> Stone Monkey


    Second trip of the day: our reward for finishing the Gaffered derig. Hadn't much time (set off from camp at 4pm) so we headed for a nearby @@ -2758,11 +2659,10 @@ ongoing passage.
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    258 - South Tunnocks (Pantin Sales Pitch)


    Another trip involving ping-ponging to and fro from the North & South of Tunnocks. Went North to derig traverse past scree slope & commandeer @@ -2783,11 +2683,10 @@ wider; looks like next trip will need to drop down to (easily walkable) rift floor & climb up again shortly. Blows a gale in there though.
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    258 - Maximum Pleasure leads in Tunnockschacht


    Off down to the MP/Flying High junction and surveyed the walking passage on the right (after ticking off a QM just before Dubious @@ -2807,11 +2706,10 @@ large lumps of flowstone. It was really drafty and we were too cold to face more so we headed out.
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    76 - derig


    Decided to derig 76 so we at least only had one cave left rigged. Didn't take the drill in to conserve battery power for 148 so couldn't @@ -2820,11 +2718,10 @@ carry. Successful derig. To get to The Ledge needs 16 + 16 + 28 m of rope.
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    258 - Maximum Pleasure survey in Tunnockschacht


    A fine, sunny morning so we hung around until all our gear was dry in an attempt to have a warmish survey trip in Tunnockschacht. We started @@ -2847,11 +2744,10 @@ until, thanks be, it finally, gradually lost the draft & fizzled out to too-tight ceiling tubes.
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    82 - 81b and 82


    We were feeling a bit tired so put off the 148 trip by another day and went to tie up some loose ends in the 81/82 area. Started with a @@ -2870,22 +2766,20 @@ tight the floor is muddy/sandy and could easily be dug. It is heading for the similarly big phreas in 1987-02 and less than 200m away.
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    258 - Rigging Guide for Tunnockshacht entrance


    drawn by Duncan

    258 rigging guide
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    204 - Final CSB thermistor trip


    Hauled datalogger and thermistor out of CSB [Chocolate Salty Balls], along with a tackle sack @@ -2895,11 +2789,10 @@ Plunged back down E, replaced the CSB logger and Pete derigged E on the way out.
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    148 - "Some Like it Pot" + derig


    Running out of time so could no longer put off the final trip 148 trip. Only had to carry in the drilling stuff + the survey kit, so got @@ -2930,11 +2823,10 @@ all four tackles out before it got too tiring. but currently would be more unpleasant than suicidal.
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    topcamp - Packing Steinbruckenhoehle Bivvy


    Pete, Aaron and Dunks had already done a monster carry yesterday, leaving the 7 of us a mere double carry today - we got everything down @@ -2942,11 +2834,10 @@ in 17 loads, packing up the bivi inbetween and heading down the second time at 8 pm with the final rays of sunset pinkening the slabs.
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    basecamp - Rope Washing


    Tony and Djuke had back to collect spit so gave us a hand and Jenny and Olly came down the hill with their rope so, thankfully, there were @@ -2954,11 +2845,10 @@ decent numbers for the mammoth rope washing, checking, chopping and labeling + assorted scrubbing.
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    basecamp - Sketching + Packing


    I started drawing up surveys at 7am. Around 10 people were starting to emerge after last nights deep fat fried glove extravaganza. The @@ -2977,11 +2867,10 @@ plan for maximum pleasure were a bit ropey but I got there in the end ready for a 7.30 start to catch our train to Italy.
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    204 - Razordance Rigging Guides - scanned in, presumably from a logbook


    [Author unknown, presumed to be Becka. These diagrams do not actually appear in the scanned logbook so must have been done on separate bits of paper. We should search the wallets to see who did them.] @@ -2992,7 +2881,6 @@ so must have been done on separate bits of paper. We should search the wallets t

    204 Razordance rigging guide 5
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