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@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ guaranteed virgin. Now, many of the obvious caves have been looked at. Some
went, some didn't. The fact that <strong>you can come to Austria and be pretty sure
of finding new passage to explore is all down to the folk who came before you
recording what they looked at</strong>, both the stuff that went, and the stuff that
didn't. Without detailed recording and surveying of the caves, it would
didn't.
<p>Without detailed recording and surveying of the caves, it would
rapidly become more difficult to find new passage, or to be sure that round
the next corner wouldn't be a load of previous explorers' footprints.</p>
@@ -23,11 +24,20 @@ the next corner wouldn't be a load of previous explorers' footprints.</p>
<img style="margin:10px auto 20px; display:block"
width=70% src="../computing/go-caving.jpg"></a>
<h3>Austria</h3>
<p>There is a more basic reason: if we do not produce surveys, we will <em>not be allowed</em> to
have an expo in Austria.
<p>The price of being allowed to do primary exploration in a foreign country
is that the national caving association and the local caving clubs require that we
survey the caves and share the survey data.
<h3>Expedition surveying</h3>
<p>The main aim of the expedition is to explore new passages - to boldly
explore what noone has seen before. Indeed, in many cases, what noone even
explore what no-one has seen before. Indeed, in many cases, what noone even
suspected was there. This is the fun and excitement of expo, so why spoil it
all by doing tedious activities like surveying?</p>
<p>A lot of work is involved in maintaining the lists of caves that didn't
go, the lists of going leads, the cave surveys, the route descriptions and
other documentation. In the very earliest years, this work was not regarded
@@ -61,24 +71,10 @@ Speleological Association found more passage in Yorkshire each year than most
other clubs put together. The reason - they had a program of systematically
resurveying known caves, and invariably found previously overlooked ways
on.</p>
<p>Go to the <a href="index.htm">Survey Guide introduction</a>
<hr />
<p>Go back to the <a href="index.htm">Survey Guide introduction</a>
<hr />
<ul id="links">
<li><a href="../index.htm">Expo Handbook </a></li>
<li>
<li>Surveying:
<li><a href="index.htm">Overview</a></li>
<li><a href="what.htm">What is a cave survey?</a></li>
<li><a href="how.htm">Underground</a></li>
<li><a href="ontop.htm">Surface</a></li>
<li><a href="hints.htm">Pitfalls</a>
<li> <a href="getin.htm">Getting it in to the
computer</a>
<li><a href="drawup.htm">Drawing it up</a></li>
</ul>
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