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<body>
<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2>
<h1>Essential GPS information</h1>
<p>We have a regularly-updated file of all the cave entrances for the entire Schvartzmoosk&ouml;gel system (SMK).
This file also includes the tracks of the paths we regularly take: from Loser Alm car park to the col and to top camp,
<p><b>SAFETY</b>. Everyone gets lost on the plateau. Don't get lost for long as this causes rescue plans to be initiated.
So get this essential data onto your phone (or handheld GPS).
<p>
We have a regularly-updated file of the wiggly tracks of the paths we regularly take: from Loser Alm car park to the col, top camp and Homecoming cave,
and from top camp to Fisch Gesicht H&ouml;hle and to Tunnocks's, Balkonh&ouml;hle and Organh&ouml;hle.
<h3><a href="#down">Download the data from the expo server</a></h3>
<h3><a href="#up">Upload the data to your device</a></h3>
<p>[It also has the Austrian "kataster boundaries": these are <b>not paths</b> but separate areas with
different mapping designations.
These are the smooth, curved lines.]
The file also includes all the cave entrances for the entire Schvartzmoosk&ouml;gel system (SMK).</p>
<a href="http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials2019.gpx"><img src="essentials-screenshot.jpg" alt="screenshot of the GPS file"></a>
<p><b>Don't be misled by the apparent simplicity</b> of the above tracks. The plateau is very broken and an almost unbroken
extent of cliffs, holes and imapssable dwarf-larch scrub ("bunde" as it is known on expo).
You can be 5m from the route and have lost it entirely.
<h2>How to get this essential data onto your device</h2>
<p>Either
<ul>
<li><a href="#sideways">Download the data to your phone from an online GPS app</a> - recommended
</ul>
<p>or
<ol>
<li><a href="#down">Download the GPX file from the expo server</a> - hard
<li><a href="#up">Upload the GPX file to your device</a> - harder
</ol>
<h2 id="sideways">Get GPS essentials from an online service</h2>
<b>BEING UPDATED - OUT OF DATE FILE</b>
<p>Try this link
<a href="https://www.wikiloc.com/outdoor-trails/carpark-stonebridge-27029006&utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter.com&utm_campaign=badge">
Wikilocs</a>
from where you can download a short version of the file (track and one waypoint at StoneBridge only)
or a Google Earth trail (you need to create a Wikiloc account first <em>and be logged-in</em>
when you click on this). Or here is another <a href="https://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/download.do?id=27029006">direct download link</a>.
<h2 id="down">Download the GPS essentials file from the expo server</h2>
<p>The most recent 2019 GPX file can be downloaded from here:
<a href="http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials2019.gpx" download>essentials2019.gpx</a> (596K).
<p>
We regularly create a new version of this essential data as the expo progresses and as expoers discover new entrances and
devise new routes to reach them.
<p>
To get the most recent version you will need to ask someone who is competent in using the version control system
(it's in loser/gpx/ and is generated from the survex data by a script). A fairly recent copy (17 July 2018)
can be downloaded from here: <a href="essentials.gpx" download>essentials.gpx</a> (190K).
Phones have a problem with a simple link like that. So with a phone you may need to try this link
<a href="https://www.wikiloc.com/outdoor-trails/carpark-stonebridge-27029006&utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter.com&utm_campaign=badge">
Wikilocs</a>
from where you can download a short version of the file (track and one waypoint at StoneBridge only) or a Google Earth trail (you need to create a Wikiloc account first <em>and be logged-in</em> when you click on this). Or here is another <a href="https://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/download.do?id=27029006">direct download link</a>.
Phones have a problem with a simple link like that.
<h2 id="up">Upload the GPS essentials file to your device</h2>
<p>
This is where it gets tricky because every device and phone app does this differently.
<h3>GPS phone apps</h3>
<p>
This should work the same way whether you have an iPhone or an Android phone.
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<h3>Old Garmin handheld GPS devices</h3>
<p>
These need the Garmin communication protocol to import cave entrance locations (waypoints) and paths (tracks). You can't do it by simply copyingfiles.
This means that you need special software on your laptop in addition to a USB cable that connects your laptop to the Garmin device.
These need the Garmin communication protocol to import cave entrance locations (waypoints) and paths (tracks).
You can't do it by simply copying files.
This means that you need special software on your laptop in addition to a USB cable that
connects your laptop to the Garmin device.
<p>
<figure><a href="https://www.cablestogo.com/learning/connector-guides/usb">
<img src="t/usb-minib-5pin-m-c.jpg"'
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If this doesn't work then there are no useful error messages from Viking.
</ul>
<h2 id="down">Nerds only: getting the <i>very latest</i> GPS essentials file </h2>
<p>
We create a new version of this essential GPS data during expo and as expoers discover new entrances and
devise new routes to reach them.
<p>
To regenerate the <i>most recent version</i> which contains the cave entrances discovered during expo
you will need to ask someone who is competent in logging into the server and running scripts.
<p>The data is in the version control system repository ::loser:: in
<pre>
loser/gpx/
</pre>
and is generated from the survex data by a script. It is best to do this on a laptop which has the entire ::loser::
repo downloaded onto it (e.g. the <i>expo laptop</i>) rather than on the server itself as the server can run out of memory doing this.
<p>The most recent track data will have been uploaded by an expoer into e.g.
<pre>
expofiles/gpslogs/2019/MichaelSargent/col-to-homecoming-msargent-2019-07-14_18-38_Sun.gpx
</pre>
<p>and this will need to be hand-edited into script-generated essentials.gpx file.
<p>The most recent 2019 GPX file can be downloaded from here:
<a href="http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials2019.gpx" download>essentials2019.gpx</a> (596K).<br>
This is actually entirely hand-edited from original tracks. The only survex data it uses is the entrances waypoints which are exported
by the script which has been hand-edited in. It also has the kataster boundaries hand-edited in.
<p>Last year's (17 July 2018)
can be downloaded from here : <a href="essentials.gpx" download>essentials.gpx</a> (190K).
(This is a symlink to loser/gpx/essentials.gpx).
<hr />
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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2>
<h1>Expedition Handbook</h1>
<p>If Expo was a programming language this would be its documentation page.</p>
<h2>First steps</h2>
You've never been to expo? This is a place to start
You've never been to expo? This is what you need to know before packing to come:
<ul>
<li><a href="kitlist.html">Kit list</a> - Things to bring on expo.</li>
<li><a href="paperwork.html">Needed paperwork</a> - Things to do to join expo.</li>
<li><a href="../travel.htm">Travel</a> - Ways of getting to Austria.</a></li>
<li><a href="geartape.html">Kit labelling</a> - Gear-tape colours in use.</li>
<li><a href="lights.html">Lights charging</a> - Power at topcamp and at basecamp.</li>
<li><a href="stool.htm">Topcamp 'toilet'</a> - How to use topcamp toilet. (important!)</li>
<li><a href="lights.html">Lights charging</a> - Power at topcamp (12V) and at basecamp.</li>
<li><a href="meteo.htm">Weather</a> - What to expect at top camp.</li>
<li><a href="essentials.html">GPS safety</a> - Get GPS tracks of safe paths on your phone before you leave home.</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<h2>Second steps</h2>
Tis is what it's all about:
<ul>
<li><a href="../primer.htm">Primer</a> - For new expedition members - the caves we are exploring</li>
<li><a href="survey/index.htm">Surveying</a> - Why and how we survey caves. (important!)</li>
<li><a href="survey/what.htm">Surveying - beginners guide</a> - Jump to: Beginners guide.</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<h2>Comunication</h2>
Need to get in touch with someone? Look here.
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</ul>
<hr>
<h2>Computing</h2>
<h2>Computing and Cave Surveying</h2>
This is a scientific expedition - the Austrian government allows us to wander around the plateau in exchange for cave surveys. Learn how to contribute!
<ul>
<li><a href="onlinesystems.html">Expo online systems</a> - Overview of expo server capabilites.</li>
<li><a href="computer.html">Basecamp computers</a> - What's the network setup, how to use it.</li>
<li><a href="uploading.html">Uploading photos</a> - More detailed description on photos management.</li>
<li><a href="gpxupload.html">Phone GPS</a> - How to record the location of the cave you've found.</li>
<li><a href="survey/newcave.html">Recording newly found caves</a> - What and how to record. (important!)</li>
<li><a href="logbooks.html">Logbook</a> - Adding trip notes and cave descriptions.</li>
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<ul>
<i>
<li>Broken:
<li><a href="essentials.html">Cave locations</a> - How to download locations of known caves.</li>
<li><a href="gpxupload.html">Phone GPS</a> - How to upload location of the cave you've found.</li>
</i>
</ul>
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Things that are likely to be relevant at topcamp.
<ul>
<li><a href="1staid.html">FIRST AID</a> - What is kept at top camp</li>
<li><a href="stool.htm">Topcamp 'toilet'</a> - How to use topcamp toilet. (important!)</li>
<li><a href="druginfo.html">Painkillers etc.</a> - simple drugs on expo</li>
<li><a href="rig/rigit.html">SRT Rigging</a> - How to bolt and rig caves on expo.</li>
<li><a href="bivirig.html">Bivi Rigging</a> - Bivvi rigging guide for topcamp.</li>
<li><a href="charging.html">Drill battery charging</a> - How to charge drill batts. (important! you could break them)</li>
<li><a href="solar.html">Solar Panels</a> - Set-up and put-away info.</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<h2>Plateau waliking and caving info</h2>
Things that are likely to be relevant on the plateau, looking for caves and surveying them.
<ul>
<li><a href="logbooks.html">Logbook</a> - Adding trip notes and cave descriptions.</li>
<li><a href="essentials.html">Cave locations</a> - How to get GPS locations of paths & caves onto your phone.</li>
<li><a href="rig/rigit.html">SRT Rigging</a> - How to bolt and rig caves on expo.</li>
<li><a href="look4.htm">Prospecting - first steps</a> - How to check out a possible entrance safely.</li>
<li><a href="/prospecting_guide/">Prospecting guide</a> - Maps of known entrances and potential locations of interest.</li>
<li><a href="prospecting_guide_short.html">Web-based prospecting guide</a> - Web-based prospecting guide. (under construction)</li>
<li><a href="findit.htm">Surface landmarks</a> - Finding places on plateau by taking bearings.</li>
<li><a href="survey/gps.htm">GPS fix</a> - Finding places on plateau using GPS-magic.</li>
<li><a href="solar.html">Solar Panels</a> - Set-up and put-away info.</li>
<li><a href="bivirig.html">Bivi Rigging</a> - Bivvi rigging guide for topcamp.</li>
<li><a href="cavelink.html">Cavelink</a> - Radio system between topcamp and inside a cave.</li>
<li><a href="survey/gps.htm">GPS fix</a> - Finding places on plateau using GPS-magic (old).</li>
<li><a href="survey/newcave.html">Recording newly found caves</a> - What and how to record. (important!)</li>
<li><a href="photo.htm">Cave photography</a> - Very brief photograpy handbook.</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<h2>Basecamp info</h2>
Things that are likely to be relevant at basecamp.
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<h2>History</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="../primer.htm">Primer</a> - For new expedition members</li>
<li><a href="../primer.htm">Primer</a> - For new expedition members - the caves we are exploring</li>
<li><a href="../bcamps.htm">Base camps</a> - History of basecamps</li>
<li><a href="../tcamps.htm">Top camps</a> - History of topcamps</li>
</ul>

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<p>The last bit: <a href="#lastbit">from Bad Aussee to the campsite</a>
<h3>Kit by post</h3>
In these days of Amazon deliveries, you can get kit delivered directly to base camp at Gasthof Staudnwirt at the address above.
Make sure it's clearly marked "CUCC EXPO" as well as your name, then it will be clear to Karin (the Gasthof owner).
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<p>For emergency deliveries, e.g. if all the batteries die and we need new ones in a hurry,
we have an Amazon account registered in Germany which can do next day delivery to Staudnwirt. Ask Wookey for details.
<h3>Contacting Expo to say when you are arriving</h3>
<p>Put the <a href="phone.htm">basecamp phone number</a> into your phone address book before you leave home.
<h2>By Train</h2>
<p>This is (these days) pretty easy to arrange and has the advantage
of allowing for stopping off en route in Paris, Cologne, Frankfurt,