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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2>
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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2>
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<h1>Mobile Phone Use Guide</h1>
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<h1>Mobile Phone Use Guide</h1>
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<p>After many years of using complicated radio systems of varying degrees of complication and reliability, we have finally settled on a foolproof method for communicating callouts from top camp to base camp: mobile phones. Cheap Austrian pay-as-you-go mobiles have sufficiently good reception on the plateau for sending SMS messages, and even occasionally for conversation.</p>
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<p>After many years of using complicated radio systems of varying degrees of complication and reliability, we have finally settled on a foolproof method for communicating callouts from top camp to base camp: mobile phones. Cheap Austrian pay-as-you-go mobiles have sufficiently good reception on the plateau for sending SMS messages, and even occasionally for conversation.</p>
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<p>We are using the "B-Free" mobile scheme. (In 2011 we tried using another proveder which picked up the T-Mobile network, however the reception was not as good as B-Free. B-Free has an annual renewal of the SIM which gets you the phone number and connection (plus some credit). More credit comes in the form of a card with a scratch-off secret number.</p>
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<p>We are using the "B-Free" mobile scheme. (In 2011 we tried using another provider which picked up the T-Mobile network, however the reception was not as good as B-Free. B-Free has an annual renewal of the SIM which gets you the phone number and connection (plus some credit). More credit comes in the form of a card with a scratch-off secret number.</p>
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<h3>Annual renewal</h3>
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<h3>Annual renewal</h3>
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<p>This has to be done in less than 13 months otherwise it costs a great deal extra (equivalent to starting from scratch). The phone cannot be used in the last month, but renewal is much cheaper than starting from scratch.</p>
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<p>This has to be done in less than 13 months otherwise it costs a great deal extra (equivalent to starting from scratch). The phone cannot be used in the last month, but renewal is much cheaper than starting from scratch.</p>
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<h3>Adding credit</h3>
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<h3>Adding credit</h3>
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<p>On descending Stellerweg, the cave we found was nothing like
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<p>On descending Stellerweg, the cave we found was nothing like
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what we expected. Initially, the German route was missed and a
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what we expected. Initially, the German route was missed and a
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promising alternative follwed across several traverses, down a
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promising alternative followed across several traverses, down a
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couple of pitches, and one huge, broken 330ft/100m shaft, until
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couple of pitches, and one huge, broken 330ft/100m shaft, until
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things became more cramped and sporting. Courageously, we
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things became more cramped and sporting. Courageously, we
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abandoned this route and made more determined efforts to find the
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abandoned this route and made more determined efforts to find the
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@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Schacht. A short distance on, the head of another pitch was reached. After
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rift of ever-increasing dimensions. Clambering down 5m at the end of the
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rift of ever-increasing dimensions. Clambering down 5m at the end of the
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rope, a substantial platform (5m wide by 6m long) saw the start of the 14th
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rope, a substantial platform (5m wide by 6m long) saw the start of the 14th
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pitch. 15m below this, the explorers landed on another platform of similar
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pitch. 15m below this, the explorers landed on another platform of similar
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dimensions. Our last length of rope was flung down the the pitch that
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dimensions. Our last length of rope was flung down the pitch that
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followed and Nick descended. Unfortunately the rope finished about 5m from
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followed and Nick descended. Unfortunately the rope finished about 5m from
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the floor necessitating a return, but he saw enough to establish that the
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the floor necessitating a return, but he saw enough to establish that the
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series of pitches had temporarily come to an end, the passage levelling off
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series of pitches had temporarily come to an end, the passage levelling off
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<p>Some further 150m of traversing at the bottom of this pitch in a high
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<p>Some further 150m of traversing at the bottom of this pitch in a high
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vadose passage ends at the top of the Fiesta Run, a 28m sloping muddy pitch.
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vadose passage ends at the top of the Fiesta Run, a 28m sloping muddy pitch.
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The way again splits at the bottom of this pitch. A traverse over the obvious
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The way again splits at the bottom of this pitch. A traverse over the obvious
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blackness below is follwed by 15m and 23m pitches and a tight crawl to an
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blackness below is followed by 15m and 23m pitches and a tight crawl to an
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undescended pitch, while rigging the pitch down the hole at the bottom of the
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undescended pitch, while rigging the pitch down the hole at the bottom of the
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Fiesta Run yields Madlmeier Schacht, a damp 61m abseil split at 28m by a
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Fiesta Run yields Madlmeier Schacht, a damp 61m abseil split at 28m by a
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ledge. The shaft now begins to bell out to magnificent proportions and a
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ledge. The shaft now begins to bell out to magnificent proportions and a
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short climb over a boulder is followed by a 43m pitch split at 24m. A 5m
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short climb over a boulder is followed by a 43m pitch split at 24m. A 5m
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climb then leands to the top of the wet pitches of 24 and 17m landing on the
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climb then leads to the top of the wet pitches of 24 and 17m landing on the
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floor of a large level passage covered in shingle and small boulders. A short
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floor of a large level passage covered in shingle and small boulders. A short
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walk and a climb down a boulder blockage end at a 5m pitch down mud covered
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walk and a climb down a boulder blockage end at a 5m pitch down mud covered
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walls to the brink of a splendid sump chamber at a depth of about 506m.
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walls to the brink of a splendid sump chamber at a depth of about 506m.
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