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Fixed aids in CUCC caves

+

Fixed aids in CUCC caves

At various points of the cave, passages have been reached by climbs up which would have to be repeated unless a rope was left on from year to year. @@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ Left Hand Routes in Kaninchenhöhle can be reached without rigging many pitches by means of two short up-pitches in Ambidextrous. Such permanently rigged verticals are mentioned in the descriptions, but are also gathered together here to help those needing to keep track of and maintain these -ropes. +ropes.

As an area may not be visited for some years, it is important to keep a record of when a rope was last changed or inspected, so that some idea may be @@ -39,27 +40,26 @@ various places, as much as ten years old, and in place for up to seven years. Current thinking is that if static ropes are not subject to disturbance causing abrasion (eg. by flowing water) or rockfall, they probably deteriorate a lot more slowly in the cave than in the tackle -store. (This may not be true of dynamic ropes). +store. (This may not be true of dynamic ropes).

In all these cases, it is the users' responsibility to convince himself of the safety of the rope before using it. If in any doubt, take climbing and protection gear (dynamic rope) and repeat the climb, or use dynamic rope to -protect the first person on a traverse and replace the fixed rope. +protect the first person on a traverse and replace the fixed rope.

CUCC expeditions have placed these ropes for their own use, often not expecting them to remain in place for more than a year or two. Neither CUCC nor any individual expedition member, past or present, makes any representation as to the safety of this equipment, nor can be held in any way -responsible for any mishap arising from its use ! +responsible for any mishap arising from its use!

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-

Fixed aids in Kaninchenhöhle

+

Fixed aids in Kaninchenhöhle

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- @@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ traverse - + @@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ Pit
locationlengthdiameterrope vintage year left riggedhangersother info
5m up into Ragnarök from Ambidextrous 10m19912
10m??19950
French Connection 27m19912
Down to Zombie Slime -
up to Staud'nwirt Palace
Down to Zombie Slime, +up to Staud'nwirt Palace 30ftladdervery long tether Not usually left rigged
Moomintroll at [96-13]10m1997none
5m19971
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Fixed aids in Eishöhle

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Fixed aids in Eishöhle

- +
locationlengthdiameterrope vintage year left riggedhangersother info
climb up from @@ -130,33 +130,24 @@ Pit
Up pitch in Gnivac Rift20-40m?? mm?2001~4 hangers 
Chimney Lead (possible left?)10m? mm?20011 hangers 
+
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- + diff --git a/gall0.htm b/gall0.htm index bc24a1a0c..1d5554eba 100644 --- a/gall0.htm +++ b/gall0.htm @@ -1,23 +1,22 @@ - - + + - -CUCC Austria Expo Picture gallery - titles only - + +CUCC Austria Expeditions: Picture Gallery -

Picture gallery

+

Picture gallery (titles only)

All these pictures are linked to appropriate pages of the area and cave descriptions, but are also gathered together here for -a visual tour of CUCC's caving area. +a visual tour of CUCC's caving area.

This page lists the titles and the size of the image (each is included in a small html page), with links, but there is also a series of pages with thumbnails of each picture. A list of these pages gives access to each one. Warning: they will take quite a while to -load ! +load!

Surface - camps and expo activities

@@ -238,9 +237,8 @@ Oatso Simple - boulder slope towards Win Ice flow (131k)
Eroding Ice "flowstone" (54k)
Ice formations on an aven wall (54k)
-Steinbrücke - the rock bridge after which the cave is named (69k)
+Steinbrücke - the rock bridge after which the cave is named (63k)
Roof pendants and a dipping bedding (49k)
-Second entrance (57k)
Another entrance (59k)

Other caves on the Schwarzmooskogel ridge, north of VSK and over to HSK

diff --git a/geolog.htm b/geolog.htm index f73db092b..cda68c844 100644 --- a/geolog.htm +++ b/geolog.htm @@ -1,20 +1,19 @@ - - + + - -Geology outline - + +CUCC Austria Expeditions: Geological Outline

Outline Geology of the Loser Plateau

-Much of the area of the Loser Augst-Eck plateau is rough limestone pavement +

Much of the area of the Loser Augst-Eck plateau is rough limestone pavement (karren), liberally covered with dense areas of dwarf pine, and interspersed with small cliffs, open shafts and snow patches. To the new -visitor, it all looks alike, and even to the geologist, there are few -marker beds and no obvious structure. This tended to produce the attitude -that "its all limestone, with caves in", and little more effort was made. +visitor, it all looks alike, and even to the geologist, there are few marker +beds and no obvious structure. This tended to produce the attitude that "its +all limestone, with caves in", and little more effort was made.

Articles speculating on the geology appeared from time to time in Cambridge Underground, written by people with varying degrees @@ -23,23 +22,23 @@ evidence gathered "on the ground" - including a perusal of various cave surveys. Jared West's article in C.U. 1988 pretty much summarises the literature. A geologic sketch map of the area is based on "The Geology of the Eastern Alps", by Prof. E.R.Oxburgh (The -Geologists Association, London, 1968): +Geologists Association, London, 1968):

-

+

From this it can be seen that our area is composed of the massively bedded white Dachsteinkalk limestone of Triassic age. The summit of the Loser and adjacent peaks is more recent Jurassic limestones. The oldest of these, -particularly obvious in the Bräuning Wall, are quite thinly bedded -Liassic marls. All these sediments have been pushed NNE in the -Totengebirgs-Decke, a massive thrust. This is bounded to the SW, roughly -along the line of the road from Altaussee to Blaa-Alm, by a thrust plane. SW -of this boundary, the surface is entirely composed of Jurassic sediments, -with little of speleological interest. To the SE, the Loser block is bounded -by a fault which runs along the NW shore of the Altausseer See. The -Trisselwand is composed of Jurassic limestone, younger than the Liassic -marls, and is also massively bedded and seems to contain at least some cave -development. +particularly obvious in the Bräuning Wall, are quite thinly bedded Liassic +marls. All these sediments have been pushed NNE in the Totengebirgs-Decke, a +massive thrust. This is bounded to the SW, roughly along the line of the road +from Altaussee to Blaa-Alm, by a thrust plane. SW of this boundary, the surface +is entirely composed of Jurassic sediments, with little of speleological +interest. To the SE, the Loser block is bounded by a fault which runs along the +NW shore of the Altausseer See. The Trisselwand is composed of Jurassic +limestone, younger than the Liassic marls, and is also massively bedded and +seems to contain at least some cave development.

Less obvious is the observation that in the Rettenbachtal to the west of Loser, Jurassic rocks are again exposed, separated from the Dachsteinkalk @@ -48,63 +47,60 @@ Grüne Bichl. This is apparently the trace of a second thrust plane, (higher than the one shown on the map above) where the Dachsteinkalk has effectively slid north lubricated by a layer of salt (which itself is most obvious in the local Salzbergwerk - salt mines). This suggests that the -situation is rather more complex than the single thrust depicted above, -but, if true, at least eliminates the idea that the Loser plateau is a -nappe, with these lower beds inverted, and a shattered core at half the -depth of the Dachsteinkalk which would prevent exploration to great depth. -This is supported by direct exploration of the Stellerweg streamway, which -has reached roughly lake level, which is quite near the level of the main -thrust plane. +situation is rather more complex than the single thrust depicted above, but, if +true, at least eliminates the idea that the Loser plateau is a nappe, with +these lower beds inverted, and a shattered core at half the depth of the +Dachsteinkalk which would prevent exploration to great depth. This is +supported by direct exploration of the Stellerweg streamway, which has reached +roughly lake level, which is quite near the level of the main thrust plane.

The Dachsteinkalk all looks very similar, and much of the rock underground is concealed by mud or breakdown, so it has proved very difficult to make any -meaningful observations. It has become clear, however, that all or most of -the vertical development in the caves is fault- or joint-guided, on two -roughly perpendicular sub-vertical sets of faults/joints. That some of these -are indeed faults is shown by clear offset of beds in a few places where -prominent shelly beds act as markers. Some faults are also apparent running -for significant distances on the surface, sub-parallel with the massive -fault bounding the Loser block to the SE. +meaningful observations. It has become clear, however, that all or most of the +vertical development in the caves is fault- or joint-guided, on two roughly +perpendicular sub-vertical sets of faults/joints. That some of these are indeed +faults is shown by clear offset of beds in a few places where prominent shelly +beds act as markers. Some faults are also apparent running for significant +distances on the surface, sub-parallel with the massive fault bounding the +Loser block to the SE.

The fossil phreatic passages seem to be much less dependent on joint -direction, and appear to follow certain beds of the Dachsteinkalk. The -clearest example is Yapate Inlet and Chicken Flied Nice, near Burble -crawl in Kaninchenhöhle. +direction, and appear to follow certain beds of the Dachsteinkalk. The clearest +example is Yapate Inlet and Chicken Flied Nice, near Burble crawl in Kaninchenhöhle.

-

+

Cross-section sketch of Yapate and Burble Crawl
-

Here, the small inlet tube of Burble Crawl, and the original -main trunk tube of CFN are both formed in a massive creamy white -bed of limestone just above a 0.8m thick zone of thinly bedded -limestone. At Staircase 36, the beds can be seen to be offset at -a fault running roughly at right angles to the main passage, and -Yapate Inlet, south of the fault, is formed in exactly the same -bed, but a few metres lower in altitude. The much later vadose -downcutting has revealed the lower beds including the two shelly -beds containing many fossil bivalves. These fossils stand out -particularly well on the wall of Staircase 36 itself, where they -provided much-needed holds for the climb. +

Here, the small inlet tube of Burble Crawl, and the original main trunk tube +of CFN are both formed in a massive creamy white bed of limestone just above a +0.8m thick zone of thinly bedded limestone. At Staircase 36, the beds can be +seen to be offset at a fault running roughly at right angles to the main +passage, and Yapate Inlet, south of the fault, is formed in exactly the same +bed, but a few metres lower in altitude. The much later vadose downcutting has +revealed the lower beds including the two shelly beds containing many fossil +bivalves. These fossils stand out particularly well on the wall of Staircase 36 +itself, where they provided much-needed holds for the climb.

-

to be continued - -

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----> -Full Index to cave descriptions in area 1623
----> -List of (links to) published reports and logbooks +

to be continued...

+
+ -html> diff --git a/katast.htm b/katast.htm index 4af1bc762..4cee4a4b2 100644 --- a/katast.htm +++ b/katast.htm @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ - - + + - -Austrian Kataster - + +CUCC Austria Expeditions: The Kataster -

Austrian Höhlenkataster

-The Höhlenkataster is a national catalogue of all the documented caves +

The Austrian Höhlenkataster

+ +

The Höhlenkataster is a national catalogue of all the documented caves in Austria. Within it, each known cave has a unique number. This number comprises two parts - the first part identifies the area in which the cave lies, and the second part is a number allocated to the particular -cave, roughly in the order of discovery. +cave, roughly in the order of discovery.

The area numbers divide the country hierarchically, the four digits representing successively smaller areas delineated mainly by natural @@ -23,24 +23,25 @@ Hauptgruppe - major mountain group) represents the Totes Gebirge, a mountain area 100km east of Salzburg. The Totes Gebirge falls naturally into three massifs, and some smaller outlying blocks. "1620" (the Untergruppe or massif) is the western massif, and within that, "1623" (the Teilgruppe or -part of the massif) is the Loser Augst-Eck plateau. +part of the massif) is the Loser Augst-Eck plateau.

-

A cave which CUCC are currently exploring is named "Kaninchenhöhle", -which has the number 1623/161. There are presently six entrances, and these -are labelled 1623/161A, 161B, 161C, 161D, 161E and 161F. On older -discoveries, these numbers were typically painted on the entrance. This has -become deprecated with the increase in area of the Nature Reserve -(Naturschutzgebiet), and now a more permanent, but less obtrusive, stainless -steel tag is bolted on. These numbers enable anyone coming across an -entrance not only to see that it has been explored, but also to be able to -identify it and look up a description or survey for any cave in Austria. -Each area has one locally-based person responsible for allocating "official" -numbers in the kataster. +

A cave which CUCC are currently exploring is named +"Steinbrückenhöhle", which has the number 1623/204. There are +presently six entrances, and these are labelled 1623/204A, 204B, 204C, 204D, +204E and 204F. On older discoveries, these numbers were typically painted on +the entrance. This has become deprecated with the increase in area of the +Nature Reserve (Naturschutzgebiet), and now a more permanent, but less +obtrusive, stainless steel tag is bolted on. These numbers enable anyone coming +across an entrance not only to see that it has been explored, but also to be +able to identify it and look up a description or survey for any cave in +Austria. Each area has one locally-based person responsible for allocating +"official" numbers in the kataster.

Cavers actually exploring caves in an area may use their own provisional names or numbers (many of which appear in these pages). CUCC use easily fabricated aluminium tags with our own internal number as a temporary -measure during early exploration. +measure during early exploration; our practices are documented in the Prospecting Handbook.

If caves have been explored by groups not recognised by the local cavers, or caves have been inadequately documented and may be rediscoveries, then @@ -49,17 +50,17 @@ are a few insignificant caves found by CUCC which have numbers like "B8" (though we are currently documenting the ones we can actually find more fully to give them "proper" numbers). Further north, there are numbers like "LA23" or "BS17" explored by Lancaster University Speleological Society and the -University of Bristol Spelaeological Society respectively. +University of Bristol Spelaeological Society respectively.

The Austrians periodically publish summary lists of caves for each area, and within these lists, each cave has a status code, such as "3/S/E +". The number represents the extent of the cave on a scale from 0-9, the letters denote the sort of cave it is, and the symbol at the end stands -for the current state of exploration. +for the current state of exploration.

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LengthDepthcode
+ @@ -75,69 +76,63 @@ for the current state of exploration.
LengthDepthcode
unknownunknown0
5m but <50m5m but <50m1
50m but <500m50m but <100m2

If length and depth give different codes, then the cave gets the greater -of the two. +of the two.

-
- -
  • T   Trockenhöhlen (Dry caves) -
  • W   Wasserhöhlen (Caves with water) -
  • (W) Zeitweilig aktiv Wasserhöhlen (Caves with seasonal water) -
  • E   Eishöhlen (Caves with ice formations) -
  • S   Schachthöhlen (Caves with pitches) -
  • H   Halbhöhlen (Rock shelters ?) -
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    - -
  • -   unerforscht (unexplored) -
  • =   befahren (visited) -
  • ×   teilweise vermessen (partly surveyed) -
  • +   erforscht (exploration considered complete) -
    •  -
    -

    So, for instance, the Kaninchenhöhle, 1623/161, gets the code +

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    So, for instance, Kaninchenhöhle, 1623/161, gets the code "5/S/E ×", because it is 22 km long and just over 500m deep (both rate a "5"), is principally a vertical cave, but also has passages with ice, -and been extensively explored, but there are still many leads to push. +and been extensively explored, but there are still many leads to push.

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    Some of our older cave descriptions (mostly for caves we -have not explored and know little about) use an older system: +

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    Some of our older cave descriptions (mostly for caves +we have not explored and know little about) use an older system:

    - -
  • 0   length/depth unknown -
  • 1   caves from 5 to 50m long (Kleinehöhlen) or deep (Schächte) -
  • 2   caves from 50-500m long (Mittelhöhlen) or deep (Großschächte) -
  • 3   caves from 500m to 5km long (Großhöhlen) or over 500m deep (Riesenschächte) -
  • 4   caves from 5 to 50km long (Riesenhöhlen) -
  • 5   caves over 50km long -
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    + diff --git a/kitlist.html b/kitlist.html index a7981604b..84b8562b5 100644 --- a/kitlist.html +++ b/kitlist.html @@ -1,193 +1,232 @@ - - + + + + +CUCC Austria Expeditions: Kit List + + + -

    Expo Personal Gear List

    +

    Expo Personal Gear List

    -

    First time on Expo: What should I take? Read on... No apologies are made for the simplistic approach, and -no responsibility is accepted for errors or omissions ;-) Make sure you have at least the Essentials; -consider taking the Extras for a more pleasant time, but don't fret if you can't get them. The Excessive -sections are for the gearists...

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    First time on Expo: What should I take? Read on... No apologies are made for +the simplistic approach, and no responsibility is accepted for errors or +omissions ;-) Make sure you have at least the Essentials; consider taking the +Extras for a more pleasant time, but don't fret if you can't get them. The +Excessive sections are for the gearists...

    -

    It's a good idea (for caving generally, but particularly for Expo) to settle on a particular combination -of colours of electrical insulation tape, and label absolutely everything you own with the stuff. To see -which combinations are available, have a look here. -Tape everything, not just your caving gear; while one karabiner looks much like another, it's -equally true that one karrimat looks much like another. (One CUCC member has even been known to put gear tape -on his mobile phone!)

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    It's a good idea (for caving generally, but particularly for Expo) to settle +on a particular combination of colours of electrical insulation tape, and label +absolutely everything you own with the stuff. To see which combinations are +available, have a look here. Tape +everything, not just your caving gear; while one karabiner looks much +like another, it's equally true that one karrimat looks much like another. (One +CUCC member has even been known to put gear tape on his mobile phone!)

    Clothes

    Expo can be hot, cold, wet or dry, or (more usually) all of these in rapid succession and combination!

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    Camping equipment

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    Caving equipment

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    Miscellaneous

    - - -
    -Original by Earl Merson, 1999; edited and updated David Loeffler, 2003 - - +

    Miscellaneous

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    Original by Earl Merson, 1999; edited and updated David Loeffler, 2003

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    + + + diff --git a/lasers.htm b/lasers.htm deleted file mode 100644 index 1d4bae0b4..000000000 --- a/lasers.htm +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ - - - - -Laser Points - - - - - -

    Geographical fixed points on Loser

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    The content of this page has moved into the -Expo Handbook hierarchy. If you got -here by clicking a link on one of the other pages, you have found a bug ! -Please let us know by mailing <Austria (at) pennine.demon.co.uk>, -thanks. - -

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