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<h2><center>CUCC Austria 2003 - Mission statement</center></h2>
<p>This summer, Cambridge University Caving Club will be continuing our highly successful series of expeditions to the
Loser plateau in Austria. Here we set out the principal goals for this year.</p>
<p>This summer, Cambridge University Caving Club will be continuing its highly successful series of expeditions to the
Loser plateau in Austria. This document sets out the principal goals of the 2003 expedition.</p>
<h2>Background</h2>
<p>This summer sees CUCC's 27th expedition to the Loser plateau, which lies in the Totes Gebirge mountains, about
80km east of Salzburg. We are the principal group exploring in the area, which continues to yield new discoveries.</p>
80km east of Salzburg. CUCC is the principal group exploring in the area, which continues to yield new discoveries.</p>
<p>The principal known systems in the area are the southern Schwarzmooskogel system, comprising <a
href="../../smkridge/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a> itself, the stunningly beautiful <a
href="../../noinfo/smkridge/40.htm">Schwarzmooskogel Eish&ouml;hle</a>, and a number of other smaller caves, much of
which was explored by CUCC in the 70s and early 80s; and <a href="../../smkridge/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a>,
an extremely complex system discovered by CUCC in 1989 which was the main focus of our expeditions between then and
an extremely complex system discovered by CUCC in 1989 which was the main focus of expeditions between then and
2000.</p>
<p>For a long period these caves were known to approach each other very closely but a connection between them proved
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Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem to over 50km and its depth to 1030m, placing it in among both the world's deepest
and longest caves.</p>
<p> Over the last three years the principal focus of our expeditions has been <a
<p> Over the last three years the principal focus of CUCC's work has been <a
href="../../smkridge/204/204.shtml">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle,</a> a cave lying to the north of the furthest known
reaches of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle. This has quickly yielded over 4.7km of passage reaching a depth of 368m. As well as its
considerable potential in its own right, it has a number of promising leads pointing in the direction of
Kaninchenh&ouml;hle, in particular the Razordance streamway which is currently the deepest known point in the cave and
is no more than 300m away from the Fuzzy Logic series in Kaninchenh&ouml;hle. This area of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle has a
number of large unexplored leads which we shall be returning to now that the possibility of a connection to
Steinbr&uuml;h&ouml;hle seems possible.
number of large unexplored leads which will be reexamined in more detail now
that a connection to Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle seems possible.
<h2>Principal Goals for 2003</h2>
<h3>Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</h3>
<ul> <li>Continue the exploration of Razordance and other leads heading southwards</li> <li>Push the pitches leading
off Swings and Roundabouts (Merry-Go-Round and Gaffered to the Wall series). (<i> This was one of the aims of last
year's expedition, but due to poor weather conditions, this was not finished.</i>)</li> <li>Explore leads in the
north-east end discovered in 2001 (Chocolate Salty Balls area)</li> </ul>
<ul>
<li>Continue the exploration of Razordance and other leads heading southwards</li>
<li>Push the pitches leading off Swings and Roundabouts (Merry-Go-Round and Gaffered to the Wall series).
<i>( This was one of the aims of last year's expedition, but due to poor
weather conditions, this was not finished.)</i></li>
<li>Explore leads in the north-east end discovered in 2001 (Chocolate Salty Balls area)</li> </ul>
<h3>Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</h3>
<li>Revisit deep pitches in Far North area</li>