From ab6a0f731f509bf6dcd7bf9949a7275eef27d4a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wookey Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 02:10:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add logbook entries for Wook's train journey and KH pushing trip in 'Are we there yet' --- years/2025/logbook.html | 126 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 123 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/years/2025/logbook.html b/years/2025/logbook.html index c46d8fdc8..89d80b9ce 100755 --- a/years/2025/logbook.html +++ b/years/2025/logbook.html @@ -1355,8 +1355,51 @@ Complicated arrangements made to collect Wookey tomorrow evening.
2025-07-21
Philip S., Frank, James W., Wookey
Basecamp - Wookey train horrendosity
-Wookey had an appalling trip thanks to Deutsche Bahn. Arriving at the Bad Aussee bahnhof at 23:06, Frank & James came down after derigging Gruffalo (cold!) and Frank has gone to collect Wookey. -
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Wookey's train journey from Calais to expo didn't go to plan due mostly to Deutsche Bahn being rubbish: 4 out of 6 segments were late or missing. +

Plan was: + 

 
+  Calais     6:34   Paris Nord 09:32  ICE SNCF
+  Paris Est 10:54   Stuttgart  14:04  ICE DB
+  Stuttgart 14:51   Muenchen   16:49  ICE DB
+  Muenchen  17:29   Salzburg   18:58  REX DB
+  Salzburg  19:45   Bad Ischel 20:59  Bus 150
+  Bad Ischl 21:04   Bad Aussee 21:40  Local train
+
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As everyone was up the hill Frank had left car at the stn and PhilS was going to deliver keys by bike

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First Calais train set off 20 mins late, setting the tone for the +day. I had left plenty of time for connections, knowing that DB are +useless, so caught Paris to Stuttgart easily, but that one ended up 40 +mins late. 54 mins for connection meant it should still have been OK, +but the Stuttgart to Muenchen train was cancelled completely, (and +clearly other trains had gone wrong) so the station was total chaos +with hundreds of stranded and confused passengers milling about.

+ +

Next train to Munich now had two trains-worth of people on it, but +I managed to get on. Spent the whole time online recalculating +possibilities. As well as starting 30 mins later than original plan, +this train ended up being a few more mins late, so I missed train to Salzburg +by 4 minutes (grr!). Got next one, however that was Austrian (not DB) +so didn't honour DB tickets, leaving me paying another 35 euro (the +kind conductor let me pretend I started at a later station than +Muenchen so at least it wasn't 50 euro!

+ +

All this meant I actually got to Salzburg back on schedule, +arriving at 150 bus stop with 10 mins to spare. Result! But then the +150 bus just drove past without stopping (so annoying!), so I had to +get next one. This bus stopped for 15 mins en-route for the driver to +talk to a couple of police offers for some mysterious reason, +guaranteeing that I missed the agreed train to Bad Aussee. At least +there _are_ later trains to BA these days. Eventually made it to BA +about 1.5 hours late at 23:06. By this time Frank & James had come +down after derigging gruffalo, so the complicated bike-assissted +recovery was not needed, and Frank kindly came to pick me up.

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All a bit of a faff really. Even leaving sensible 40-min+ +connection gaps is not enough to save one from DB's cockups if trains +just disappear, and buses ignore you.

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2025-07-23
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2025-07-24
philip s, alice, ash, buck, frank, hamish, musky, james h, james w., lara, luke, ned, bigtom, wookey, janis
basecamp - rainy day
-lots of people down and a rainy day, very fine curry. A bit hot fopr wookey. +lots of people down and a rainy day, very fine curry. A bit hot for wookey.
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2025-07-23
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Wookey, Ash, Luke
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KH - Horizontal leads in the far end of KH
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Wook was keen to see what they'd found at the far end of KH, and as +everyone was complaining about what a long way it was, there were +still leads going. Prompt start leaving SB by 8:30 saw us underground +at 9:20. Got to the far end (bottom of new pitch in Natural Way down +to Enniskillen Toad) in 3 hours. Had a look round at the various leads +in Meat Sofa before heading to the current pushing front to see what +we could knock off without gear (leaving Buck and Alice to do the +drilling/rigging stuff). Looked along walking A-lead but decided to +start with the B-lead at the end next to the final pitch +(eniskillentoad.50) to see if it would bypass the pitch without +rigging. It did indeed rapidly get us round the other side (or at +least one other side - there may well be a '3rd side' - it's hard to +tell without rope or falling down the hole. Then it dropped with a +slightly dubious c5 down and back up the other side of a clean-washed +bit. Luke demonstrated that it was doable so we all followed. Now in a +small chamber, ahead looked down about 5m into some space, to the +right through a hole looked down 3m into a nice passage but was rather +overhanging, and to the left was yet another overlook. This time +unclimable due to height and being a very dodgy dirt ledge. We +suspected all 3 led to the same passage.

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Wook found he could shin down the overhang by sliding through behind +some fretwork to climb down in acceptable safety. Ash followed. Luke +went back to get a rope so we could get out again. We were back in +walking passage, now with a fine draught. Surveying along we soon +found ourselves back at the original A-lead. So we could have got here +a lot more easily!

+ +

Wook shinned back up the overhanging mantelshelf +and retrieved the rope. We then surveyed southwards, again in +mostly-walking passage. Got to a sediment shelf 3m up with another +across an inconvenient gap of a couple of metres. Wook decided a +dynamic leap across was plausible, and indeed it worked. This passage +is 'Leap of Faith'.

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So we all crossed, leaving getting back for 'future us'. We passed a +very clean (and gloriously echoey) inlet. From here there was a deep +T-slot and the copious dirt fell into the wet bottom. We traversed and +shinned until reaching a ~6m pitch at a cross-rift. Climbing up the +rift to the right one could see that the passage continued about 5m +above the old level (A-lead), but a rope would be sensible to get into it +without undue risk. There may be a climb up the end of the rift +possible too (B-lead).

+ +

We returned (getting back turned out to be fine). And headed off +northwards following the main wind. More very nice walking passage to +a T-junction. We went right (uphill, leaving A-lead downhill), and +soon reached an unusual 2x3m pool pool in an S-bend. It was very +clear, but also had unusual floating 'mats/scumlines/dirt' floating on +the surface. The water had no pobvious feed, but there must be enough +replenishment to coutner evaporation from the wind. Unsure if the mats +are bacterial or chemical. Ash tried to take a few photos. We tiptoed +around it to a convenient place to stop (an another +junction/cross-rift) and called that a day with about 285m in the +book. A-lead left, B-lead up to right.

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Went back to complete a loop in a lower passage where we started, met +up with Buck and Alice to compare notes (they planned to stay a few +more hours as last trip) and headed out, aiming to get back before +midnight for a civilised kip. Back to the entrance in about 3hr45m, +then the rather tedious slog back up the hill for curry.

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Wook logged a GPS track at the entrance for 12 hours, which strongly +suggests that the current entrance location is about 12m off to the +SSW.

+

+An excellent trip, with more leads at the end than the start. This is +a really interesting area of cave. And despite it being quite a lot of +caving, it is only '3-4' hours travel each way once you know the +route, so quite do-able.

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