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@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ was had and the 10-person attempt must soon be made.
awakened by a shadow (of a man !) kneeling down by my tent. When I opened up
the zip I saw someone running away - V. suspicious I'm sure. After a couple
of minutes a timid voice said 'Are you a caver ?'. The mysterious intruder
proved to be Juliette's boyfriend, Stonker.<hr />
proved to be Juliette's boyfriend, Stonker.
<hr />
Team 'Wet Sponge' left Cambridge on Friday at a caving 6 O'Clock (ie. 8
O'Clock). Chris took the wheel after leaving to see how to drive, and
@@ -54,7 +56,9 @@ stopped us at the customs (too smelly) so hit Bad Aussee, Austria by about
12.30 at night GMT. Arrived to see a mysterious furtive rustling from a
green tent at the site (who was groping whom is of course confidential).
Since the faster smoothie didn't buy us a crate, we had to go to bed
sober.<hr />
sober.
<hr />
Grubby hitchers (Andrew and BKA) made it around 12.30 Sunday (3 days of
<u>variable</u> going) - Train London -&gt; Dover, ferry 2 minutes later, got
@@ -82,7 +86,9 @@ gypsies. <u>Finally</u> got amazing lift <u>all</u> the way to campsite car
park by V.V. kind Austrian couple (with appropriate slobbering grovels).
Devoured half of expedition food (after 4 days of stale bread and sweaty
cheese). Juliette arrived, after we'd 'swum' in river (v. necessary). Walked,
swum, washed clothes, walk, ate, ate, etc.<hr />
swum, washed clothes, walk, ate, ate, etc.
<hr />
Its hard to envisage the raw courage of one lone feminist setting out into
the raw uncivilised wastes of Europe to get to .... sin city, Salzburg.
@@ -103,9 +109,7 @@ to lie in river for 3 weeks.
<hr />
<a name="start">23/8/87</a> Exploring on plateau 8 hrs surface work
<p>Mike R, Jenny, Ian, Keith, Dave, Jared, Chris, Mike M
<a name="start">1987-08-23 | Exploring on plateau 8 hrs surface work | Mike R, Jenny, Ian, Keith, Dave, Jared, Chris, Mike M </a>
<p>Quick ? Stroll ? Swelter ? to Bunter's Bulge. Ate lunch. Looked at an
extensive area in the depression beyond. Very little of note except that the
@@ -150,10 +154,7 @@ Jenny's glasses !!)
<hr />
24/8/87
<p>Team Silver Streak ! Or something like it (Streak Lightning)<br>
Jenny Keith, Ian, Chris, Mike M
<a>1987-08-24 | Team Silver Streak ! Or something like it (Streak Lightning) | Jenny Keith, Ian, Chris, Mike M</a>
<p>Early start (11.30 am) and trip to ridge caves. Down Stogerweg to 32 for
brief stop and then on to P.2. Hacked up to 113 via several draughting holes
@@ -185,7 +186,9 @@ recognise that tree anywhere) and after much hardship found a wonderful
draughting cave which turned out to be 2 minutes from the path and had the
symbol 87 by it - what does this mean ?
<p>Surface time 8&frac12; hours.<hr />
<p>Surface time 8&frac12; hours.
<hr />
Animal discovered what he thought was 153, even though it had no numbers,
was 1000m from the nipple (rather than the 60m expected), yet it had a
@@ -227,7 +230,7 @@ left. One or two really ought to be revisited I suppose.
<p>Where are they ?!
<hr />
<hr />
25/8/87
@@ -243,9 +246,9 @@ from the car park to Nipple and collected Ian's gear. Light rapidly fading
and mist swirled around. Having found all other entrances looked at on
Sunday, we failed in our quest. In total darkness we retreated to the
footpath (found by chance) and retreated to the car park for a kip whilst
waiting for those down 87.<hr />
Hole 87 Reexploration - Jenny, Chris Keith
waiting for those down 87.
<hr />
<a>1987-08-25 | Hole 87 Reexploration | Jenny, Chris Keith</a>
<p>The day before, while walking to 113, we felt a howling draught coming
from 87. The survey showed this as fully explored but we felt that they may
@@ -274,7 +277,7 @@ at the bottom of the first pitch ought to be explored more thoroughly.
<hr />
113 again - reexploration (Animal, Becca, Jared, Andrew)
<a>1987-08-26? |113 again - reexploration | Animal, Becca, Jared, Andrew</a>
<p>Down to the hading (?) rifts to try and find a lateral connection to
Stellerveg (?) [these damned vegetarians get everywhere] - 41 and perhaps
@@ -312,9 +315,9 @@ in plaster up to the elbow, if you're lucky (A's postscript).
<hr />
26/8/87 87
<a>1987-08-26 | 87 | Keith, Ian, Juliette &amp; Mike Martin
<p>Team: Keith, Ian, Juliette &amp; Mike (this is getting sillier all the
<p>Mike (this is getting sillier all the
time 'cos of the knees) Martin.
<p>Time underground 4&frac12; hours.
@@ -343,8 +346,7 @@ connection in 143.
<p>[ this sketch is almost completely unintelligible, at least in photocopy]
<hr />
113: Becka, Jenny, Jared, Chris, Mike (Animal) 27/8/87
<a></a>1987-08-27 | 113 | Becka, Jenny, Jared, Chris, Mike (Animal)</a>
<p>Went with intention of doing a bit of surveying (maybe) but descended next
ramp after Andy's and found only way on was through to bottom of Andy's
@@ -366,7 +368,7 @@ death. Several bolts will be needed.
<hr />
27/8/87
<a>1987-08-27 | surface | who</a>
<p>Surface time 11 hrs.
@@ -408,9 +410,7 @@ They don't know which one - we shall have to visit them to discuss.
<hr />
Saturday 29th August
<p>113 Jared, Ian, Jenny, Keith
<a>1987-08-29 | 113 | Jared, Ian, Jenny, Keith</a>
<p>Left camp at 7.15 am and walked up to 113 in the mist. The entrance was
descended without incident. Andy's ramp was descended and Ibbeth Perilous.
@@ -427,9 +427,7 @@ pitch. Group sleepy arrived as we were ascending the entrance pitch.
<hr />
Saturday 29/8/87
<p>109 Jared, Ian
<a>1987-08-29 | 109 | Jared, Ian</a>
<p>Went down entrance free climb to find short pitch. At the bottom I (Ian)
colected bones from small passage blocked after about 2 feet. Most bones
@@ -442,9 +440,7 @@ least the skull and lower jaws.
<hr />
Saturday 29/8/87
<p>113 Animal, Juliette, Becka, Chris
<a>1987-08-29 | 113 | Animal, Juliette, Becka, Chris</a>
<p>Group sensible left base camp at 12 (a disturbed night due to group
insanity leaving in the early hours rather noisily). Walked up to entrance
@@ -473,10 +469,7 @@ of cave around 11-30, trudged back &amp; got to camp around 2-30 am.
<hr />
30/8/87
<p>Team surface prospecting (cripples), Keith, Ian, Jenny, Andy, Jared + Mike
M
<a>1987-08-30 | Team surface prospecting (cripples) | Keith, Ian, Jenny, Andy, Jared + Mike M</a>
<p>Walk to Bra&uuml;ning col then follow cairns up toward Vd Schwarzmoos
kogel - First explored holes near 0/2 which didn't amount to anything (short
@@ -515,7 +508,7 @@ Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle to their cave 88 and then if time permits to
<hr />
31/8/87 Keith, Ian
<a>1987-08-31 | prospecting | Keith, Ian</a>
<p>Prospecting area around survey point 0/5 (Austrian). Two caves were found.
The cave just above 0/5 survey point, about 20 foot. The other about 100m
@@ -553,11 +546,9 @@ believed to be completely disinformational, Ed.]
<p>Ian. Time underground &frac12; hour.
<hr />
<a>1987-08-31 | 153 | Chris, Becka, Jared</a>
31/8/87
<p>153 Chris, Becka, Jared<br>
(Juliette was there by 'voice connection')
<p></p> (Juliette was there by 'voice connection')
<p>Had found entrance previous day while looking for another cave. Donned
oversuit over shorts and free climbed entrance shaft. Found amzingly small
@@ -597,10 +588,7 @@ caving&nbsp;!
<p>Chris. T/U Becka 3 hrs, Jared and Chris 6 hrs.
<hr />
1/9/87
<p>87 Mike the Animal and Juliette
<a>1987-09-01 | 87 | MikeTA and Juliette</a>
<p>Return match with the very cold cave to find MM's legendary passage.
Juliette played around rigging - very exciting. Then the fun started. We
@@ -614,9 +602,7 @@ pitch. Left it rigged for some other poor suckers.
<hr />
31/8/87 Surface surveying
<p>Mike R, Jenny, Mike M
<a>1987-08-31 | Surface surveying | Mike R, Jenny, Mike M</a>
<p>144 to Larchenh&ouml;hle (88) - Problems with condensation on the clino
severely delayed progress. Having successfully completed above, then
@@ -626,9 +612,9 @@ surveyed from 113 (p0) to 88, then back for other things !!!
<hr />
1.9.87 Surface surveying.
<a>1987-09-01 | Surface surveying | Jenny, Keith, Mike M, (+ occasional assistance by Ian)</a>
<p>Jenny, Keith, Mike M (+ occasional assistance by Ian) Survey from 152 to
<p></p> Survey from 152 to
113 route ( MM - point - station 4 on previous survey)) completing loop and
enabling errors to be assessed on return to UK.
@@ -637,8 +623,7 @@ now have the highest entrance 1705 (but have found others) and the combined
system now has 11 entrances !!
<hr />
2.9.87 Mike M, Keith, Becka 87
<a>1987-09-02 | 87 | Mike M, Keith, Becka</a>
<p>Yet another attack on 87. In about 11, quite rapidly down to 2nd pitch.
Keith life-lined Mike over traverse to passage to left. (over 60 ft or so
@@ -660,10 +645,7 @@ up to. Left first 2 pitches tackled.
<p>T/U 7 hours.
<hr />
2-9-87 Jared, Jenny, Chris (+ Andy as 'supervisor' and head sherpa)
<p>Hole 154
<a>1987-09-02 | Hole 154 | Jared, Jenny, Chris (+ Andy as 'supervisor' and head sherpa)</a>
<p>By the time everyone was up, food bought, &amp; the injured were tended,
it was raining. With great reluctance, people were persuaded to go down holes
@@ -681,17 +663,14 @@ caravan next door.
<p>Chris. T/U 2 hrs.
<hr />
<hr />
3/9/87 - Keith + Ian decided to go to the toboggan run at Strobl and
everyone else decided to join them and jack. Time underground relative to
speed through 5 ft tunnel.
<hr />
4/9/87.
<p>Keith, Ian, Jenny, Jared, Mike M
<a>1987-09-04 | new holes | Keith, Ian, Jenny, Jared, Mike M</a>
<p>Went in search of new holes ! Up to col then across pavement to obvious
hole in distance - veering left. Found lots of holes but nothing of note.
@@ -701,10 +680,7 @@ it half buried behind a pile of snow. The route is now prominently marked
with cairns.
<hr />
4-Sept-87
<p>Becka, Juliette, Chris, Mike R
<a>1987-09-04 | surface | Becka, Juliette, Chris, Mike R</a>
<p>Carried on poking around on the ridge above the Nipple. Mike found his
massively developed chest was a bit big for the rift in the cave which was
@@ -734,10 +710,7 @@ out before the half-ton of snow could fall on him.
<p>T/U about 2 hrs (Becka &amp; Chris)
<hr />
5th Sep 87
<p>Chris, Juliette, Mike R !
<a>1987-09-05 | Chris hole | Chris, Juliette, Mike R </a>
<p>Back at Chris's hole - it goes: pushed on down 12m climb to pitches of
~15m and ~20m followed by as yet undescended pitch of about 20m. Got sodden
@@ -754,8 +727,7 @@ boulders in shaft.&quot;
<p>T/U 3 hrs
<hr />
Andrew - Marilyn Munroe Hole - 148
<a>1987-09-04? | Marilyn Munroe Hole - 148 | Andrew</a>
<p>&quot;On the plateau discovered by its draught, but not really
pushed&quot;, the guidebook says. and then the hole was lost for two years,
@@ -776,8 +748,7 @@ draughting entrance and chambers...
<p>T/U 2 hrs
<hr />
Becka - Big shaft ~300m from Marilyn Munroe Hole.
<a>1987-09-05 | Big shaft ~300m from Marilyn Munroe Hole | Becka, Jared</a>
<p>Jared put bolt in, backup bolt from 2nd nearby shaft that MM etc. put in
yesterday. Down, say 30m, to ledge, down another say 15m. Rather blocked
@@ -794,10 +765,7 @@ looking at, still rigged. T/U 2&frac12; hrs
<u>Not</u> nice, went purple.
<hr />
6th Sep 87
<p>Chris, Becka, Mike R - 158 continued
<a>1987-09-06 | 158 continued | Chris, Becka, Mike R</a>
<p>It was going to be Chris, Juliette, Mike R, but &frac34; the way up the
Panoramastrasse, Juliette realised that she had left her rucksack so that
@@ -819,8 +787,7 @@ into large wet canyon.
<p>T/U 7 hrs.
<hr />
6th Sept 87 Andy, Jared. 148 Marilyn Munroe Hole
<a>1987-09-06 | 148 Marilyn Munroe Hole | Andy, Jared.</a>
<p>Andy arrived at entrance to find his light had failed due to being left on
pilot all night. Quickly reached the boulder slope which Andy had rigged
@@ -862,9 +829,7 @@ saucepan for the survey trip.
<div class="centre"><img src="logbook25.jpg" /></div>
<hr />
7th Sept 87 Andrew, Jared (surveying) 158<br>
Animal, Juliette, Chris, Becka (pushing)
<a>1987-09-07 | 158 | Andrew, Jared (surveying), Animal, Juliette, Chris, Becka (pushing)</a>
<p>All of us in around 2pm. Andrew and Jared as far as bottom of ladder climb
below Big Bertha, then surveyed back up to surface, getting very cold. Rest
@@ -890,13 +855,13 @@ and wet. Soup on way out. Tired trog back
Rest 10 hrs
<hr />
9th Sep 87 Jared, Juliette, Chris, Mike R
<a>1987-09-09 | finish 158 | Jared, Juliette, Chris, Mike R</a>
<p>Finished surveying and detackled 158. Need we say more ? T/U 8&frac12;
except Chris 7&frac12;<hr />
except Chris 7&frac12;
10th Sep 87 Juliette, Chris, Jared
<hr />
<a>1987-09-10 | detackle | Juliette, Chris, Jared</a>
<p>Jared detackled a hole while Juliette and Chris detackled and surveyed
(with a naff compass) Marilyn Munroe Hole. Chris took some pictures of ice,
@@ -906,13 +871,15 @@ it. Jared appeared to lug the tackle out.
<p>T/U Juliette &amp; Chris 5&frac12; hrs<br>
Jared 2 hrs
<p>* Chris<hr />
<p>* Chris
<hr />
11th Sep Down to the dregs of the expedition - Jared, Animal, Chris.<br>
Hilda invited us to the celebrations of the local potato club - a few merry
hours of yodelaaaiiooiiii - hic
<hr />
<hr />
12th Sep '87 Detackled campsite and dug the beer-bottle tops out of the mud.