From bd25fa26d9d7582e1985aeaf125130deddc62c79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: andyw <devnull@localhost> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 12:48:39 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] [svn r5057] Added 1997 expo report from Cambridge Underground and updated various index pages to point to the reports now added. Same pages updated with appropriate <span lang="de"> tags for speech synthesizing browsers. --- pubs.htm | 97 ++++++---- years/1996/index.htm | 4 +- years/1997/index.htm | 21 +-- years/1997/report.htm | 401 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 474 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-) create mode 100644 years/1997/report.htm diff --git a/pubs.htm b/pubs.htm index 53500dce5..02c67cca3 100644 --- a/pubs.htm +++ b/pubs.htm @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ year's expo.: <a href="#1984">1984</a><b>|</b> <a href="#1985">1985</a><b>|</b> <a href="#1987">1987</a><b>|</b> -<a href="#1988">1988</a><b>|</b><br> -<a href="#1989">1989</a><b>|</b> +<a href="#1988">1988</a><b>|</b> +<a href="#1989">1989</a><b>|</b><br> <a href="#1990">1990</a><b>|</b> <a href="#1991">1991</a><b>|</b> <a href="#1992">1992</a><b>|</b> @@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ year's expo.: <a href="#1997">1997</a><b>|</b> <a href="#1998">1998</a><b>|</b> <a href="#1999">1999</a><b>|</b> -<a href="#2000">2000</a><b>|</b><br> +<a href="#2000">2000</a><b>|</b> +<a href="#2001">2001</a><b>|</b> +<a href="#2002">2002</a><b>|</b><br> (no expedition in 1986) </center> @@ -79,7 +81,8 @@ these initially. <a href="years/1997/log.htm">1997</a> (68k)<b>|</b> <a href="years/1998/log.htm">1998</a> (48k+30k graphics)<b>|</b> <a href="years/1999/log.htm">1999</a> (70k+47k graphics)<b>|</b> -<a href="years/2000/log.htm">2000</a> (70k+no graphics yet added) +<a href="years/2000/log.htm">2000</a> (70k+no graphics yet added)<b>|</b> +<a href="years/2001/log.htm">2001</a> (27k+14k graphics, not quite complete) </center> <hr> @@ -87,13 +90,13 @@ Main navigation <a href="#publinks">links</a> to other pages (end of this page). <hr> <h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1976" href="years/1976/index.htm">Austria 1976</a></h4> +<a name="1976" href="years/1976/">Austria 1976</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1976/report.htm">77.1618</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1977 pp 43-53</cite>, <b>Austria 1976</b>, R & J Leach </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1977" href="years/1977/index.htm">Austria 1977</a></h4> +<a name="1977" href="years/1977/">Austria 1977</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1977/report.htm">78.2018</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1978 pp 30-48</cite>, <b>Austria 1977</b>, various @@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ Main navigation <a href="#publinks">links</a> to other pages (end of this page). <dt><a href="years/1977/771649.htm">77.1649</a><dd><cite>Belfry Bulletin 354 pp 96-98</cite>, <b>Austria 1977</b>, N Thorne </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1978" href="years/1978/index.htm">Austria 1978</a></h4> +<a name="1978" href="years/1978/">Austria 1978</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1978/report.htm">79.1867</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1979 pp 22-36</cite>, <b>Austria 1978</b>, various @@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ Main navigation <a href="#publinks">links</a> to other pages (end of this page). <dt><a href="years/1978/782034.htm">78.2034</a><dd><cite>Belfry Bulletin 366 (Oct 1978) pp 4-8</cite>, <b>Cambridge University versus the Totes Gebirge</b>, Nick Thorne </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1979" href="years/1979/index.htm">Austria 1979</a></h4> +<a name="1979" href="years/1979/">Austria 1979</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1979/report.htm">80.1663</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1980 pp 12-19</cite>, <b>Austria 1979</b>, various @@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ Main navigation <a href="#publinks">links</a> to other pages (end of this page). <dt><a href="years/1979/811412.htm">81.1412</a><dd><cite>Speleo Krakow 1/2 Dec 1980 pp 45-48</cite>, <b>Odkrycie i eksploracja Eislufthöhle</b>, Andy Waddington (This is the original article from which the Polish translation was created) </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC (with UBSS guests) -<a name="1980" href="years/1980/index.htm">Austria 1980</a></h4> +<a name="1980" href="years/1980/">Austria 1980</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1980/report.htm">82.1137</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1981 pp 9-22</cite>, <b>Austria 1980</b>, various @@ -132,7 +135,7 @@ Main navigation <a href="#publinks">links</a> to other pages (end of this page). <dt><a href="others/ubss/811309.htm">81.1309</a><dd><cite>Proceedings of the University of Bristol Speleological Society 16(1) (1981) pp 11-20</cite>, <b>A description of some caves...</b>, Julian Griffiths </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC (with UBSS guests) -<a name="1981" href="years/1981/index.htm">Austria 1981</a></h4> +<a name="1981" href="years/1981/">Austria 1981</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1981/report.htm">83.1764</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1982 pp 5-14</cite>, <b>Austria 1981</b>, Phil Townsend @@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ Main navigation <a href="#publinks">links</a> to other pages (end of this page). <dt><a href="others/ubss/831621.htm">83.1621</a><dd><cite>Proceedings of the University of Bristol Speleological Society 16(2) (Nov 1982) pp 77-83</cite>, <b>The Stellerweghöhle system, Totes Gebirge, Austria</b>, Rich Barker et al </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1982" href="years/1982/index.htm">Austria 1982</a></h4> +<a name="1982" href="years/1982/">Austria 1982</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1982/report.htm">83.1765</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1983 pp 5-10</cite>, <b>Austria 1982</b>, Phil Townsend @@ -153,7 +156,7 @@ Main navigation <a href="#publinks">links</a> to other pages (end of this page). <dt><a href="years/1982/bcracc.htm">82.1124</a><dd><cite>BCRA Caves & Caving 18 (Nov 1982) pp 21-24</cite>, <b>CUCC In Austria (Stellerweghöhle)</b>, Dave Brindle </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1983" href="years/1983/index.htm">Austria 1983</a></h4> +<a name="1983" href="years/1983/">Austria 1983</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1983/wolf1.htm">85.1593</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1984 pp 5-6</cite>, <b>Wolfehöhle - Act 1</b>, John Bowers @@ -166,7 +169,7 @@ Main navigation <a href="#publinks">links</a> to other pages (end of this page). <dt><a href="years/1983/bcracc.htm">84.1580</a><dd><cite>BCRA Caves & Caving 23 (Feb 1984) p 14</cite>, <b>Expeditions '83: CUCC in Austria</b>, Dave Brindle </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1984" href="years/1984/index.htm">Austria 1984</a></h4> +<a name="1984" href="years/1984/">Austria 1984</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1984/stopp.htm">no CTS</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1984 p 36</cite>, <b>Austria 84 - Stop Press</b>, Mike Richardson @@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ Main navigation <a href="#publinks">links</a> to other pages (end of this page). <dt><a href="years/1984/bcracc.htm">85.1463</a><dd><cite>BCRA Caves & Caving 29 (Aug 1985) pp 34-35</cite>, <b>CUCC in Austria, 1984</b>, Pete Lancaster </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1985" href="years/1985/index.htm">Austria 1985</a></h4> +<a name="1985" href="years/1985/">Austria 1985</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1985/report.htm">90.1318</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1986-7 pp 4-6</cite>, <b>CUCC Austria 1985</b>, Mike Martin @@ -188,7 +191,7 @@ Main navigation <a href="#publinks">links</a> to other pages (end of this page). </dl><hr><h4>(no expedition in 1986)</h4> <hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1987" href="years/1987/index.htm">Austria 1987</a></h4> +<a name="1987" href="years/1987/">Austria 1987</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1987/report.htm">no CTS</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1988 pp 3-4</cite>, <b>Austria 1987 Expedition Description</b>, Rebecca Lawson @@ -197,7 +200,7 @@ Main navigation <a href="#publinks">links</a> to other pages (end of this page). <dt><a href="years/1987/geolog.htm">no CTS</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1988 pp 8-13</cite>, <b>Geology of the Totengebirge</b>, Jared West </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1988" href="years/1988/index.htm">Austria 1988</a></h4> +<a name="1988" href="years/1988/">Austria 1988</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1988/report.htm">90.1323</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1989 pp 15-17</cite>, <b>CUCC Austria Expedition 1988</b>, Keith Millar @@ -209,7 +212,7 @@ Main navigation <a href="#publinks">links</a> to other pages (end of this page). <dt>89.1875<dd><cite>Expeditions Yearbook 1988, pp 89-90</cite>, <b>CUCC Totes Gebirge 1988</b>, K Millar </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1989" href="years/1989/index.htm">Austria 1989</a></h4> +<a name="1989" href="years/1989/">Austria 1989</a></h4> <dl> <dt>90.1254<dd><b>Austria 89 Expedition Report</b>, 23 page printed report @@ -224,7 +227,7 @@ Main navigation <a href="#publinks">links</a> to other pages (end of this page). <dt>90.1234<dd><cite>Descent 92, Feb/March 1990 pp 18-19,</cite> <b>Two Austrian Rescues</b>, Rebecca Lawson & Chris Densham </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1990" href="years/1990/index.htm">Austria 1990</a></h4> +<a name="1990" href="years/1990/">Austria 1990</a></h4> <p>(Current Titles in Speleology treated all the articles as a single entry, here subdivided by addition of an index letter) @@ -239,7 +242,7 @@ here subdivided by addition of an index letter) <dt><a href="years/1990/sponsr.htm">91.1327/h</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1991 p 35</cite>, <b>Sponsors</b> </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1991" href="years/1991/index.htm">Austria 1991</a></h4> +<a name="1991" href="years/1991/">Austria 1991</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1991/report.htm">no CTS</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1992 pp 12-15</cite>, <b>Austria '91</b>, Wookey @@ -249,21 +252,21 @@ here subdivided by addition of an index letter) <dt><a href="years/1991/driver.htm">no CTS</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1992</cite>, <b>How (not) to drive round Europe</b>, Wookey </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1992" href="years/1992/index.htm">Austria 1992</a></h4> +<a name="1992" href="years/1992/">Austria 1992</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1992/report.htm">94.????</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1992 pp 31-34</cite>, <b>Austria 1992</b>, <dt><a href="years/1992/bcracc.htm">94.2037</a><dd><cite>BCRA Caves & Caving 63 (1994) pp 18-22</cite>, <b>The continuing saga of ... CUCC in Austria: 1992</b>, Clive George & Wookey </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1993" href="years/1993/index.htm">Austria 1993</a></h4> +<a name="1993" href="years/1993/">Austria 1993</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1993/report.htm">95.????</a><dd><cite>Cambridge Underground 1992 pp 35-39</cite>, <b>Austria 1993</b>, <dt><a href="years/1993/bcracc.htm">94.2037</a><dd><cite>BCRA Caves & Caving 63 (1994) pp 18-22</cite>, <b>The continuing saga of ... CUCC in Austria: 1993</b>, Clive George & Wookey </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1994" href="years/1994/index.htm">Austria 1994</a></h4> +<a name="1994" href="years/1994/">Austria 1994</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1994/ustour.htm">no CTS</a><dd><cite>Cavers' Digest (internet mailing list) #4871, July 1994</cite>, <b>An American Wrinklie on Expedition in Austria</b>, Bob Bloodworth @@ -274,7 +277,7 @@ here subdivided by addition of an index letter) EXPO 1994 - 1995 REPORT, Anthony Day & Steve Bellhouse </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1995" href="years/1995/index.htm">Austria 1995</a></h4> +<a name="1995" href="years/1995/">Austria 1995</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1995/excsrp.htm">no CTS</a><dd><cite>CUCC and exCS mailing list</cite>, <b>Interim expo report</b>, Wookey @@ -288,7 +291,7 @@ the cave description here]</i> <b>EXPO 1994 - 1995 REPORT</b>, Anthony Day & Steve Bellhouse </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1996" href="years/1996/index.htm">Austria 1996</a></h4> +<a name="1996" href="years/1996/">Austria 1996</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/1996/excsrp.htm">no CTS</a><dd> @@ -299,50 +302,68 @@ the cave description here]</i> <dt><a lang="de" href="years/1996/bcra-d.htm">97.nnnn</a> <dd>VfHO journal, The same report <b>in German translation</b> <dt><a href="years/1996/gps.htm">97.nnnn</a><dd><cite>BCRA Cave Surveying Group Compass Points 15 (March 1997)</cite> pp 11-15, <b>GPS For Expedition cave location</b>, Wookey -<dt>99.nnnn<dd> <cite>Cambridge Underground 4(4) 1997-99</cite>, pp 75-82, -<b>Expo '96</b>, by unknown. +<dt><a href="years/1996/report.htm">99.nnnn</a><dd><cite>Cambridge +Underground 4(4) 1997-99</cite>, pp 75-82, <b>Expo '96</b>, by unknown. </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1997" href="years/1997/index.htm">Austria 1997</a></h4> +<a name="1997" href="years/1997/">Austria 1997</a></h4> +<p>The sponsors' report and Cambridge Underground reports are clearly very +similar, but the CU report was finalised later and is probably the more +authoritative source: <dl> <dt><a href="years/1997/sprep.htm">no CTS</a><dd> <cite>Printed report for Sponsors</cite>, <b>CUCC Expedition to Austria 1997</b>, Julian Haines -<dt>99.nnnn<dd> <cite>Cambridge Underground 4(4) 1997-99</cite>, pp 82-88, +<dt><a href="years/1997/report.htm">99.nnnn</a><dd> +<cite>Cambridge Underground 4(4) 1997-99</cite>, pp 82-88, <b>Expo '97</b>, by Julian Haines </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1998" href="years/1998/index.htm">Austria 1998</a></h4> +<a name="1998" href="years/1998/">Austria 1998</a></h4> <dl> -<dt><a href="years/1998/sprep.htm">99.nnnn</a><dd> +<dt><a href="years/1998/sprep.htm">no CTS</a><dd> +<cite><a href="years/1998/sprep.htm">Summary Report for Sponsors</a></cite>, <b>CUCC Expedition to Austria 1998</b>, not attributed +<dt><a href="years/1998/report.htm">99.nnnn</a><dd> <cite>Cambridge Underground 4(4) 1997-99</cite>, pp 89-93, <b>CUCC Expedition to Austria 1998</b>, Tim Vasbie-Burnie </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC -<a name="1999" href="years/1999/index.htm">Austria 1999</a></h4> +<a name="1999" href="years/1999/">Austria 1999</a></h4> <dl> -<dt><a href="years/1999/report.htm">Expo '99 Report</a> (web edition) -<dd> +<dt><a href="years/1999/report.htm">Expo '99 Report</a> +<dd> (web edition) </dl><hr><h4>Accounts following Pre-expo 2000 and CUCC -<a name="2000" href="years/2000/index.htm">Austria 2000</a></h4> +<a name="2000" href="years/2000/">Austria 2000</a></h4> <dl> <dt><a href="years/2000/prexpo.htm">no CTS</a> <dd>Pre-expo trip 27 May - 3 July 2000 (Wookey with Arge) Published on website only <dt><a href="years/2000/report.htm">no CTS</a> -<dd>Draught expedition by Mark Shinwell - Published <b>very early</b> +<dd>Draught expedition report by Mark Shinwell - Published <b>very early</b> (mid-November) on website only + +</dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC +<a name="2001" href="years/2001/">Austria 2001</a></h4> +<dl> +<dt><a href="years/2001/goals.htm">no CTS</a> +<dd>Just statement of goals on site so far + +</dl><hr><h4>Accounts following CUCC +<a name="2002" href="years/2002/">Austria 2002</a></h4> +<dl> +<dt><a href="years/2002/goals.htm">no CTS</a> +<dd>Just statement of goals on site so far </dl> <hr> <!-- LINKS --> <a name="publinks"> <img alt=">" src="../icons/lists/0.png"></a> -Back to <a href="../index.htm">CUCC Home page</a><br> +Back to <a href="../">CUCC Home page</a><br> <img alt=">" src="../icons/lists/0.png"> -Back to <a href="index.htm">Expedition Intro page</a><br> +Back to <a href="./">Expedition Intro page</a><br> <img alt=">" src="../icons/lists/0.png"> <b>Main Indices:</b><br> <img alt="--->" src="../icons/lists/1.png"> @@ -364,7 +385,7 @@ Other info:<br> <img alt="--->" src="../icons/lists/1.png"> <a href="copyit.htm">Copyright info</a><br> <img alt="--->" src="../icons/lists/1.png"> -<a href="others/index.htm">Other groups</a> who have worked in the area. +<a href="others/">Other groups</a> who have worked in the area. </body> </html> diff --git a/years/1996/index.htm b/years/1996/index.htm index 1ccaad10d..73e38f2e4 100644 --- a/years/1996/index.htm +++ b/years/1996/index.htm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ </head> <body> -<h2 align=center>1996 Expo documentation index</h2> +<h2 align="center">1996 Expo documentation index</h2> <p>The 1996 expo carried out explorations in a number of areas of <span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle,</span> finding two new exits. A number @@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ heading dramatically towards the big southern <img alt="--->" src="../../../icons/lists/1.png"> <a href="log.htm">Logbook</a><br> <img alt="--->" src="../../../icons/lists/1.png"> +<a href="report.htm">Report</a> from Cambridge Underground 1999<br> +<img alt="--->" src="../../../icons/lists/1.png"> Summary <a href="excsrp.htm">Report</a> for exCS mailing list<br> <img alt="--->" src="../../../icons/lists/1.png"> Report for <a href="bcracc.htm">BCRA Caves and Caving</a><br> diff --git a/years/1997/index.htm b/years/1997/index.htm index cc67b6417..685b08714 100644 --- a/years/1997/index.htm +++ b/years/1997/index.htm @@ -5,22 +5,23 @@ </head> <body> -<h2 align=center>1997 Expo documentation index</h2> +<h2 align="center">1997 Expo documentation index</h2> -<p>The 1997 expo carried out explorations in a number of areas of -Kaninchenhöhle and linked Steinschlagschacht. This page is to provide -quick links to the documentation of these finds: +<p>The 1997 expo carried out explorations in a number of areas of <span +lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span> and linked <span +lang="de">Steinschlagschacht.</span> This page is to provide quick links to +the documentation of these finds: <p> <img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png"> -All the trips written up in the logbook are -<a href="161.htm">indexed</a> in the history page.<br> +All the <span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span> trips written up in the +logbook are <a href="161.htm">indexed</a> in the history page.<br> <img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png"> Passage descriptions for 1997's major finds:<br> <img alt="--->" src="../../../icons/lists/1.png"> -<a href="../../smkridge/161/136.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a> -linked to Kaninchenhöhle<br> +<a href="../../smkridge/161/136.htm"><span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span></a> +linked to <span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span><br> <img alt="--->" src="../../../icons/lists/1.png"> Wheelchair Access pushed into major old passage of <a href="../../smkridge/161/offtri.htm#kzrift">Lost World</a><br> @@ -46,11 +47,11 @@ Pre-expo <a href="goals.htm">mission statement</a><br> <img alt="--->" src="../../../icons/lists/1.png"> Expedition <a href="sprep.htm">Sponsors' Report</a> 1997<br> <img alt="--->" src="../../../icons/lists/1.png"> +Main <a href="report.htm">Expedition Report</a> from Cambridge Underground 1999<br> +<img alt="--->" src="../../../icons/lists/1.png"> <a href="log.htm">Logbook</a><br> <img alt="--->" src="../../../icons/lists/1.png"> <a href="sponsr.htm">This year's</a> sponsors<br> -<img alt="------>" src="../../../icons/lists/2.png"> -... more to come<br> <hr> <!-- LINKS --> diff --git a/years/1997/report.htm b/years/1997/report.htm new file mode 100644 index 000000000..de651b29a --- /dev/null +++ b/years/1997/report.htm @@ -0,0 +1,401 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> +<html lang="en"> +<head> +<title>1997: Cambridge Underground report</title> +</head> +<body> +<table width=100% border="0" cellpadding="6" bgcolor="#eeeeee"> +<tr><th width="35%" align="left"><a href="./">Expo 97 index</a></th> +<th width="30%" align="center"><a href="../../">Expo home</a></th> +<th width="35%" align="right"><a href="../../../">CUCC home</a></th></tr> +<tr><td align="left">CU 1999 previous:<br><a href="../../../jnl/1999/germangl.htm">Elementary Germanglic</a></td> +<td align="center"><a href="../../../jnl/1999/">CU 1999 Contents</a></td> +<td align="right">CU 1999 next:<br><a href="../../../jnl/1999/photo.htm">Beginner's Guide to Expo Photography</a></td></tr> +</table> +<hr> +<center> +<font size="-1">Cambridge Underground 1999 pp 82-88</font> +<h1>Expo '97</h1> +<h3>Julian Haines</h3></center> + +<h4><span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span> - 10 years on</h4> + +<h3>Introduction</h3> + +<p>In July 1997, Cambridge University Caving Club (CUCC) embarked upon its +10th annual expedition to the <span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span> cave +system in the Totes Gebirge (<b>Dead Mountains</b>), Austria. The first CUCC +expedition to the Totes Gebirge area of Austria took place in the summer of +1976 and, with the exception of 1986, the club has returned every year since. +Since it's discovery by CUCC in 1988, these expeditions have concentrated +almost exclusively on the <span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span> system. + +<p>By the end of the 1996 expedition, the explored and surveyed length of +<span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span> was 19.7km with a total depth of +just under 500m from the highest entrance. There were many unexplored leads +(almost 200) with the known southern extremity of the cave reasonably close +to the very large <span +lang="de-at">Schwarzmooskogel-Eishöhle-Stellerweghöhle</span> +system. Many very promising leads had also been left at the northern end of +the cave, due not only to the length of trip required in order to investigate +them, but also the huge number of exciting finds much nearer to the new +entrance, discovered at the end of the 1995 expedition. + +<p>Around 20 cavers took part in this year's trip, most with previous +experience of caving abroad but, also a number for whom this was their first +taste of expedition caving. As luck would have it, the beginning of the +expedition coincided with serious flooding across Eastern Europe and although +Bad Aussee was on the edge of the bad weather, there was enough rain to be a +serious hindrance and for a bridge to be washed away. + +<h3>Steinschlagschacht and the quest for +<span lang="de">Eishöhle</span></h3> + +<p>At the southernmost extremity of +<span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span> is a nasty, loose, sharp area of +cave known as the Forbidden Land. This might not have been given a second +look, but for the fact that it was the only known south-westerly going lead +in the vicinity and a connection to the nearby 25km +Schwarzmooskogel-Eishöhle system was tantalisingly close. Whilst some of +the most interesting exploration was promised by the Forbidden Land, the +extremely unpleasant boulder choke entrance to this area made the prospect of +a significant number of trips here unappealing to the majority, if not all, +of this year's expedition cavers. For this reason a great deal of interest +was shown in <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> (<b>1623/136</b>), +originally explored by CUCC in 1983/4, which we knew from the survey to be +extremely close to connection with the Forbidden Land. The possibility of a +new, safer route into this area was considered sufficiently likely to warrant +a re-exploration of this cave. Old log book accounts talked of 'phreatic +ramps' at around -150m, although the exact nature of these was unclear, as +was the exact depth of them. The original exploration had not produced a +drawn-up survey and it was by no means certain that such data as existed was +connected correctly to the <span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span> survey. + +<!-- photos/steinsurv.psSurvey of <span lang="de">Steinslagschacht.</span> --> + +<p>So with considerable anticipation tempered by a little wariness of the +cave's name (<b>Stonefall Shaft</b>), a party of two began the +re-exploration. The origin of the name quickly became apparent as the +entrance consists of a steep (45$^o$), loose boulder slope opening directly +onto the first pitch! Extensive use was made of the drill in re-rigging the +pitch in a fashion that avoided the worst of the stonefall. The entrance +pitch is a fine 35m shaft, at the foot of which was found a small connection +to a large boulder strewn chamber. The original route was ignored at this +point, despite being apparent from the presence of an old spit, since a more +convincing shaft was also present. However, after a little more rigging +further spits were found, indicating that we'd merely taken the direct +descent whereas originally a more circuitous route was followed. Owing to the +presence of the old spits, rigging was swift with only a small number of +additional anchors being required, until a divergence was reached at around +-150m. + +<p>Interest grew among others on the expedition, as it soon became apparent +that there was plenty to explore in <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> +and that it was actually much safer than the name suggested. Further trips +followed. The original route had continued straight down from the divergence +discovered earlier, however that looked a bit wet and uninviting so the +tangential Eyehole Route was pushed instead. It is unclear as to why this was +not explored previously; it is possible that the eyehole had not been noticed +previously or simply that depth was the main goal. Either way, after another +couple of trips and a lot more rigging with a further 200m of rope, an +enormous chamber was discovered. This was later named The Theatre due to the +spectacular views afforded from near the ceiling on later trips. The Theatre +is roughly 10m by 20m at the floor, with near vertical walls rising up to the +ceiling at an estimated height of around 60m! + +<p>Early delight at having discovered such a magnificent chamber was quickly +followed by disappointment at the lack of ways on from the bottom. The floor +was a huge pile of boulders with a low connection through to a much smaller +chamber in one corner. Here there were a number of small wet avens (shafts +entering from the ceiling), clear pools of water and some mud, much like +elsewhere in <span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span>. Back in the main +chamber was a nasty and unrewarding climb down through the boulders in the +floor and an obvious black space some distance up the walls at either end, +but no obvious continuation. Much surveying was done and a retreat beaten to +base camp to ponder on what to do next. + +<p> <a href="../../smkridge/161/l/jh9719.htm"><img alt="" width=150 +height=200 align="left" hspace=10 vspace=10 +src="../../smkridge/161/t/jh9719.jpg"></a><b>Andy Atkinson descending towards +The Theatre, <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht.</span></b> (Julian Haines) +<br clear="all"> + +<p>After entering the data into the computer, Survex showed that although +we'd not connected we were within 25m horizontally and 30m or so below a +potential connection with the Forbidden Land. The implication of this was +that the connection, if there was one, lay about half-way up the The Theatre +on the opposite wall to that where we'd entered the chamber -- not at all an +easy place to reach! However, the temptation to attempt a connection was too +great to resist, so a party of two left base camp early on the morning +following the expedition dinner with the intention of doing just that. A +considerable amount of effort was needed since a near horizontal traverse had +to be rigged around the wall, a little below the ceiling of the Theatre, 40m +above the nearest floor. The drill again proved invaluable and it is doubtful +as to whether such a traverse would have been rigged without it. Eventually a +suitable place was found to descend first to an eyehole and then to a ledge +way above the floor of The Theatre. Here was the much hoped for connection to +the Forbidden Land, although in a different place to that anticipated at the +beginning of the expedition and certainly by different means! + +<p>The survey was examined once again and a plan concocted. It was apparent +that <span lang="de">Elin Algor,</span> a long straight passage in the +Forbidden Land, was roughly co-linear with the main wall of The Theatre and +apparently all one development in the formation of the cave. Since there had +been a horizontal connection at one end of The Theatre, it was surmised that +there ought to be another at a similar height but at the opposite end of the +chamber, continuing in the direction of <span lang="de">Eishöhle.</span> +Some required more than a little persuasion that this was a realistic +possibility, but eventually a number of trips were made with a view to +finding said passage. More hair-raising rigging followed in order to traverse +in the opposite direction around the wall of The Theatre and eventually a +hole in the wall was found at about the expected elevation. Unfortunately +this rapidly turned into a parallel shaft series, eventually connecting at +the floor of The Theatre and with no further obvious leads! + +<p>So for the time being the connection to <span +lang="de">Eishöhle</span> remains elusive, although prospects in this +area for next year still look very good. + +<h3>Triassic Park -- the sequel</h3> + +<p>The massive trunk passage of Triassic Park was discovered towards the end +of the 1995 expedition as a continuation of the <b>France</b> area of <span +lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span>, and soon led to the discovery of the +Scarface (<b>161d</b>) entrance. The new entrance provided much improved +access to this important section of cave and in 1996 it received considerable +attention. The main passage turns from trending north-east to north-west at +one point and it was around this area that a lead in the floor was pushed a +little last year. + +<!-- photos/lwsurv.ps Survey of Lost World, <span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span>. --> + +<p>Named <b>Wheelchair Access</b> (in recognition of a steep ramp that +has to be negotiated and the relative age of the explorers) this was +an immediate target for the beginning of the expedition in 1997, due +to the ease of access and limited need for resources to push the cave +further. Initial exploration concentrated on two parallel rifts +partially explored at the end of the 1996 expedition. Investigation of +the series to the left was not promising, with difficult traversing +leading to blind pits, and success in the other right hand rift series +soon diverted attention. Initially an awkward, constricted, steeply +descending rift passage with mud concealing sharp calcite formations, +the passage quickly earned a bit of a reputation amongst the explorers, +and continuing the Wheelchair theme was named <b><span lang="de">Kein +Zimmer</span> rift</b> (<b>No Room Rift</b>)! Perseverance paid off however, +as just past a tight vertical section, the ramp broke out into a larger free +hanging drop, at the bottom of which, some small horizontal tubes led off. +Excitement mounted as a last short drop of 5m landed the explorers in a large +trunk passage, 4m in diameter, with a small stream in the floor heading +roughly North / South. It was inevitable this would become known as the Lost +World and was obviously a major and important piece of cave. + +<p><a href="../../smkridge/161/l/dh1-29.htm"><img alt="" width=188 height=125 +align="right" hspace=10 vspace=10 +src="../../smkridge/161/t/dh1-29.jpg"></a><b>Mike Richardson at Lake +Bourneville, Upstream Lost World, <span +lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span>.</b> (Dave Horsley)<br clear="all"> + +<p>Upstream, a couple of big phreatic passages met in a large chamber in +which were found several bat skeletons - this would suggest another route in +from the surface, though whether this is accessible to cavers is another +matter! Beyond the chamber several routes unite at a 3m climb up, then down, +into a magnificent tall canyon passage over 7m wide. This had a dark pristine +flat mud floor and led to a large, old sump pool, now devoid of water, again +with a beautiful, cracked mud floor and the old water level clearly defined +by the dark mud on the white limestone walls. With reluctance, we headed +carefully (to minimise the damage to the delicate mud formations) over the +mud lake, and a 2m drop down a mud bank led to a downstream continuation +passage. This had obviously been completely under water at some stage in its +history and probably lies just below the level of the current valley beneath +the cliff in which the Scarface entrance is situated. The passage continues +down, with the current small stream weaving its way through bizarre mud +formations and ending at a small chamber with choked outlets and no easily +accessible way on. + +<p>The downstream end was less complex with a single passage leading to a +pitch opening out over a large chamber with a boulder-strewn floor. A route +down through the boulders gained the true floor of the chamber where the +water disappeared into an impenetrable passage and leading up from this, a +larger passage ending at a mud and cobble choke. This may be associated with +similar choked passages in the upstream end of the Lost World. + +<p>The passages were surveyed and photographed and all of the obvious leads +pushed to a conclusion, so for the time being the Lost World may be left +whilst more fruitful projects are pursued. However due to its location it is +almost certain that other sections of cave will connect through and perhaps +provide ways around the current limits of exploration at either end of what +is obviously only a small part of the original passage. + +<h3>Siberia</h3> + +<p>Siberia is roughly the most northerly point of <span +lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span>. It was discovered in 1994 and was known +to have many potentially good leads. Unfortunately by the original route it +was a somewhat long and arduous trip just to get to the pushing front. Since +the discovery of the Scarface entrance (161d) in 1995 and due mostly to the +large number of going leads near to the new entrance, Siberia has received +little attention up to now. + +<p>However, this year new enthusiasm was found by a small group of expedition +members, none of whom had ever been to this area of the cave before. This +highlights the importance of painstakingly surveying and documenting the +cave, as often an area may be left several years until a good reason is found +to revisit it, more often than not, by a completely different group of +people. Much effort could be wasted if previously visited cave has to be +re-explored and re-surveyed. + +<p>The Scarface entrance and connection of Triassic Park with Knossos in 1996 +has reduced the journey time to Siberia by probably a couple of hours for +moderately experienced cavers. However, owing to some reluctance to re-rig +the tyrolean traverse (Strange Acrossfall), which would have been a long trip +in it's own right, all of this years trips took the more awkward and slower +route through the Burble Crawl instead. For a number of reasons it took three +trips before the pushing front, the top of a very large shaft called Somebody +Else's Problem, was reached. Since all members of the party were new to the +area, route finding (still difficult despite the existing surveys) was +certainly an issue and dragging tackle through the 100m Burble Crawl is hard +work. En route, Vom Pitch had not been rigged for several years and +complications due to the loose rock in this area caused a certain amount of +re-rigging to be necessary (A flake previously used as a rebelay had fallen +off in 1995). Unfortunately having eventually reached the shaft and placed a +number of bolts, it quickly became apparent that the shaft was much deeper +than had been anticipated and the rope was too short! + +<p>The fourth trip was more successful. Enough rope was carried that it was +relatively straightforward, although slow, to rig the pitch. A 75m almost +free-hanging pitch was found in a large shaft with a strong breeze blowing up +it. At the foot of the pitch were a couple of climbs, one leading to a crawl +and another to a ~15m pitch with strong upwards breeze. This 15m pitch was +later descended and found to connect to a phreatic passage with an +undescended climb at the end of it, accompanied by the now ever present gale. +In the interests of maintaining reliable documentation, no further +exploration was carried out in this area, since there was already plenty of +surveying required! This was duly completed, including numerous side passages +in Siberia, which had only received cursory attention previously. + +<p><a href="../../smkridge/161/l/dh1-17.htm"><img alt="" width=150 height=150 +align="left" hspace=10 vspace=10 +src="../../smkridge/161/t/dh1-17.jpg"></a><b>Mike Richardson in the tube of +Downstream Lost World, <span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span>.</b> (Dave +Horsley)<br clear="all"> + +<h3>Other Work</h3> + +<h4>Puerile Humour Series</h4> + +<p>By the end of the 1996 expedition it was clear that Where the Wind Blows, +one of the Northward trending passages in the Puerile Humour series, could +potentially provide a significantly easier route to The Far End due to it's +close proximity at the 1996 exploration limit. This was an obvious question +mark to return to at the beginning of this year's expedition. The end of the +passage was drafting from three separate places, suggesting significant cave +beyond, and the nature of the passage suggested that the end was merely a +collapse area in an ongoing passage. A small hole in the mud floor was found +to lead to a large aven above and an ongoing pitch series below, however +progress down was stopped by a constriction. Continuing horizontally, the +passage quickly chokes at a boulder collapse, probably associated with the +aven / shaft series already mentioned. Some effort was made to dig through +the choke but concerns over the stability of the excavated passage soon +halted exploration. This remains an interesting area, but further progress +may require somebody experienced in the digging and shoring techniques +required to pass such a boulder choke safely. + +<h4>Moomintrol</h4> + +<p>In another series of passages leading off from Triassic Park, just beyond +an impressive aven, known as Zebedee, is a climb named Moomintrol. It was +discovered last year and noted because (a) it looked to be not too difficult +and (b) a large black space was visible at the top. + +<p>The first party to attempt the climb this year considered, after putting +in a few bolts by hand, that it would be a much easier prospect using the +drill. As a justification to commandeer this important expedition resource, +they claimed that the shaft on the hammer of the hand bolting kit had snapped +(albeit by accident) and thus they were unable to do anything but return to +the surface to collect the drill. The second party had more success, despite +being unable to use the drill because the battery appeared flat, and after a +bold attempt at climbing, the top was reached. Another 30' shaft was found +and the sound of water ahead. Unfortunately it was by now time to derig, so +further exploration must once again wait for next year. + +<h4>Alternative Universe</h4> + +<p>This passage is an offshoot from the large Triassic Park trunk route, and +being only 10 minutes from the Scarface entrance was an obvious target for +further exploration. Work concentrated on a descending shaft series, wet in +places -- making this a potentially serious proposition since the average air +temperature in the cave is only just above freezing. The series descended +100m down, over several pitches, but ended in a tight, committing rift and a +further very tight descent which was abandoned due to the lack of a +sufficiently thin backup team member! + +<h3>Surface Activities</h3> + +<p>As a background activity we are always on the look out for other possible +entrances to either <span lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span> or as yet +undiscovered caves. The limestone plateau is riddled with holes, most of +which go to an insignificant depth, but also some quite large holes which are +still to be found and investigated. This surface prospecting work is +essential not only to further understanding of the cave systems in the area +but also in sustaining interest in the area for future generations of CUCC +members. Over the past 20 years we have discovered a great many such +entrances and shafts, however until recently documentation and labelling of +such finds has been sporadic. Over the last few years and indeed on this +year's expedition this problem has been addressed by the use of stamped +aluminium tags that are fixed to the cave entrances, these bearing numbers +assigned by the local caving group (VfHO) who maintain records of all known +caves in the area. To complement this work all important entrances are +located and mapped with the aid of GPS technology, backed up with more +accurate surface surveys. This ensures that re-exploration of caves is +minimised and has proved an essential tool in the investigation of possible +connections between existing cave systems. + +<h3>Summary</h3> + +<p>Over one hundred underground photographs were taken, many of different +subjects, some of which are shown here. Thanks are due to the expedition +photographers and in particular to all those 'extras' who stood (or hung) +shivering whilst the flashes failed and the lenses fogged! By the end of the +expedition a further 2.4km of cave had been surveyed and the overall depth +increased to just over 500m, owing to the slightly higher entrance of <span +lang="de">Steinschlagschacht.</span> There are still many promising leads, +with the exciting prospect of linking two, already very large, cave systems. +There will no doubt be many more trips to <span +lang="de">Kaninchenhöhle</span> in the future. + +<h3>Acknowledgements</h3> + +<p>Caving expeditions such as this are anything but cheap, especially when +viewed through the eyes of the increasingly impoverished students who make up +a significant proportion of the expedition. We owe a debt of gratitude to all +those organisations who have provided us with sponsorship in various forms, +for which we are very grateful and which has certainly contributed hugely to +the success of the expedition. Particular thanks must go to both the +Foundation for Sport and the Arts and also to the Sports Council for their +generous financial assistance. Thanks are also due to the Ghar Parau +Foundation for their assistance with grant application and recommendation. + +<p>Other companies provided sponsorship in terms of food and equipment. Barts +spices, Campbells, Thomas Tunnock Ltd., Thorntons plc and Wander Ltd. +provided spices, sauces, caramel wafers, fudge and Ovaltine all of which +added dietary interest and improved morale of the expedition members. Aleph1 +Ltd loaned us a computer for survey analysis, Nikwax donated a tub of their +famous boot waterproofing wax and Terra Nova provided discounts on tent +purchase. + +<hr> +<!-- LINKS --> +<table width=100% border="0" cellpadding="6" bgcolor="#eeeeee"> +<tr><th width="35%" align="left"><a href="./">Expo 97 index</a></th> +<th width="30%" aling="center"><a href="../../">Expo home</a></th> +<th width="35%" align="right"><a href="../../../">CUCC home</a></th></tr> +<tr><th align="left"><a href="../../pubs.htm#1997">Expo publications index</a></th> +<th align="center"><a href="log.htm">1997 logbook</a></th> +<th align="right"><a href="sponsr.htm">1997 sponsors</a></th></tr> +<tr><td align="left">CU 1999 previous:<br><a href="../../../jnl/1999/germangl.htm">Elementary Germanglic</a></td> +<td align="center"><a href="../../../jnl/1999/">CU 1999 Contents</a></td> +<td align="right">CU 1999 next:<br><a href="../../../jnl/1999/photo.htm">Beginner's Guide to Expo Photography</a></td></tr> +</table> + +</body> +</html>