From c4a8055155e31ebf55afca9e0b495b19f0b6a21c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philip Sargent Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 08:34:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Top camps - adding Organhohle bivvy --- tcamps.htm | 22 ++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/tcamps.htm b/tcamps.htm index 96b2473a8..6bc1c43a1 100644 --- a/tcamps.htm +++ b/tcamps.htm @@ -1,9 +1,6 @@ - - - CUCC's Austria Expeditions: High camps @@ -21,7 +18,8 @@ demonstrated the foolishness of trying to conduct long explorations without a high camp. Several people have been benighted on the plateau over the years and rescues in 1989, 2007 and 2016 as well as numerous other incidents show the value of rapid assistance from Top Camp in the event of a mishap underground.

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The current (2002-2017) top camp is in "204 Steinbrückenhöhle" (see below).

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From 2002 to 2016 our only top camp was in "204 Steinbrückenhöhle" (see below). In 2017 we (mostly UBSS) +established a bivvy camp very close to Organhohle (see below) which will be established more soundly in 2018.

The terminology of these camps has become very confused over time, as the campsites have changed. At some time, virtually every @@ -149,7 +147,7 @@ opposite with a hose to a butt in the bivi - very effective.

40 bivvy
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204 bivvy ("The Stone Bridge")

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204 bivvy Steinbruckhohle ("The Stone Bridge")

Cavers working in 204 (Steinbrückenhöhle) used the eponymous stone @@ -162,7 +160,7 @@ water storage.

This has been the main high camp since 2002; it has been extensively reterraced to increase its capacity (as of 2003 it -could sleep 12 and by 2010 18 could be jammed in), the water +could sleep 12 and by 2017 22 could be jammed in), the water collection methods refined, and a cooking area created, to give an exceedingly comfortable bivvy site. A much larger single tarp covering the whole length, used since 2015, has made it much drier at the back, @@ -183,6 +181,18 @@ room for 2 small tents is a lot warmer than staying in the bivi cave.

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2017 Organhohle Camp

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Sleeping 3 or 4, a bivvy with rainwater collection was established in a small +overhang very closeto Organhohle and Guten Morgen hohle. This is a further hour or two walk from +the main top camp at Steinbruckhohle; and would be very hard to establish without +the resources available at Steinbruckhohle. The usual route goes very close to Tunnocksschaft entrance and within view of the +entrance to Balkonhohle - and then rather a lot further and over the ridge with a view down to the Appelhaus area. +

When UBSS first explored Organhohle they approached from the other direction. See their write-up +in Descent (see page 18 of ) for the horrendous walk +this involves. +

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