Expo (and indeed, the kataster) has now moved over to using the same system as the rest of the world, ie. UTM based on the WGS84 datum. So it is unfortunate that -the points in the table below haven't been translated (and neitehr, it seems have +the points in the table below haven't been translated (and neither, it seems have the ones in the survex files). Various people at various times have located the points with GPS, and those fixes I've found are also included here in UTM zone 33T form.
diff --git a/years/1987/log.htm b/years/1987/log.htm index d2e38f6b8..a2ec0b962 100644 --- a/years/1987/log.htm +++ b/years/1987/log.htm @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ Manchester Caving Club. So exit was made. the passage went a short way then a shaft (daylight) was seen, the passage continued but not explored. Straight ahead the passage went about 50 foot to a 30 foot pitch. This was bolted and descended into a large chamber. To the -left was another pitch about 30 foot deep, undescended. To the rifht was a +left was another pitch about 30 foot deep, undescended. To the right was a rift, further to the right was another rift with an ice-covered stone floor. There was also another passage next to this which is passed just before you get to the entrance passage - this also looked like it continued. A number @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ believed to be completely disinformational, Ed.] (Juliette was there by 'voice connection')Had found entrance previous day while looking for another cave. Donned -oversuit over shorts and free climbed entrance shaft. Found amzingly small +oversuit over shorts and free climbed entrance shaft. Found amazingly small 'letter-box' slit and squeezed through to find pitch which seemed at least 15m, placed bolt and handed over to Chris and Becka who had changed into full gear. @@ -651,13 +651,13 @@ up to. Left first 2 pitches tackled. it was raining. With great reluctance, people were persuaded to go down holes rather than the bar at the first lull in the rainstorm. Andy led us to the cave which we descended at 4pm. Jared went down pitch first, trying not to -dislodge the pecarious boulders (especially the one providing the backup +dislodge the precarious boulders (especially the one providing the backup belay). Pitch only 15 ft - rift led off but not far before it choked, blocked off according to Jared. Jenny found a drafting slot which she dug out, until rocks started falling on her head. Probably carries on, but too suicidal. Chris found a 1985 vintage Mars Bar wrapper under a rock. Detackled, got a little lost on the way back, & got to the Loser Hut to meet the others, -about to start rescuing us (again) at 9. Bar closed, so everyine scoffed +about to start rescuing us (again) at 9. Bar closed, so everyone scoffed Chris' gluhwein in the tent instead, just to annoy the German couple in the caravan next door. @@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ went down first & traversed across, about 30m down, to look at a pitch (nearly filled with ice). Then carried on 10m down to bottom of snow slope, where the rift was - yes, you've guessed it - boulder choked. Becka came down & tried pulling rocks out since rift did carry on, but one rock was -jammed making it to tight, & there was no sign of a draught. Becka fouhgt +jammed making it to tight, & there was no sign of a draught. Becka fought her way up the snow slope first, while Chris had a poke at the pitch at the 30m level. He descended 10 ft down the 30ft hole beside the vertical ice/snow, but the rope was slicing like a cheesewire through a large chunk @@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ boulders in shaft."
"On the plateau discovered by its draught, but not really pushed", the guidebook says. and then the hole was lost for two years, -redicovered yesterday by MM etc... Awkward crawl over boulders 5m to a +rediscovered yesterday by MM etc... Awkward crawl over boulders 5m to a freeclimbable little pitch after a boulder squeeze. Reaches a phreatic tube: right silts up in boulders; left goes slowly along + down over snow & big big rocks to reach a huge chamber (is it perhaps 82 ?) + pitch of, say, 20m. @@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ saucepan for the survey trip. below Big Bertha, then surveyed back up to surface, getting very cold. Rest of us started bolted down ledges. Many rebelays later, got to the bttom of a big chamber (or continuation of other chamber) with a boulder-choked floor. -Mike had a good nose round, could find no snesible way on, though seems to +Mike had a good nose round, could find no sensible way on, though seems to continue further down, and drafts (q.strongly in places) through boulder chokes - could chuck stones down, but too tight and all v. loose. Chris & Becka descended the final small (~4m) pitch to small pool of water. @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ bandage - burn hands, arms, neck and face !
Several beers were consumed and the following items of note were made: -
1) Someone in the Austrian club is aquiring our journals before they reach +
1) Someone in the Austrian club is acquiring our journals before they reach the appropriate person. In future copies should be sent to either:
Sepp Steinberger or Alfred Auer