From c5dd42400f13d63f46da74a09c537935ad5bda03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: expo Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:34:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] [svn r7113] DL: linked in various ent photos + added 2004-13 description --- noinfo/CAVETAB2.CSV | 23 ++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/noinfo/CAVETAB2.CSV b/noinfo/CAVETAB2.CSV index ba393bdaa..5de130fd4 100644 --- a/noinfo/CAVETAB2.CSV +++ b/noinfo/CAVETAB2.CSV @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ "Kataster Number","Kat Status Code","Entrances","Unofficial number","Multiple entrances","Autogen file","Link file","Link Entrance","Name","Unofficial Name","Comment","Area","Explorers","Underground Description","Equipment","qm list","Kataster status","References","Underground centre line","Underground drawn survey","Survex file to get length and depth","Length","Depth","Extent","Notes","Entrance name","tag point in dataset","other point in dataset","description of other point","exact entrance in dataset (drip line/highest enclosed contour)","Type of survey fix","GPS pre SA","GPS post SA","Northing","Easting","Altitude","Bearings","Map","Location","Approach","Entrance description","Photo of location","Marking","Marking comment","Findability","Findability comment" -1,"2/(W) +","a b",,,"noinfo/aaussee/1.htm",,,"Liägerhöhle","D'Liëger",,10,"

","Seasonally active cave. Ends in a 'Lake', which is a sump pool, apparently higher than the level of Altausseer See, and close to the surveyed level of the Stellerweg sump.

Access to the final sump is guarded by short siphons in each of the two passages going to the far end of the cave. These can be drained, but care should be taken to ensure they are drained towards the entrance, otherwise the final sump will become muddy. Visited by Mike Thomas and Pete Lancaster in 1989, as far as the short sumps.

A note on the geology : The north shore of the lake follows a large fault with a big throw, so that this cave is in the same block of limestone as the Stögerweg area caves. The Austrians think there is no hydrological connection between this cave/resurgence and the lake level, since vauclusian resurgences in the lake appear to be in a very different block of limestone which has been down-faulted relative to the plateau. However, it seems more likely that these risings are actually on the fault, and that the lake level, and the level of the sumps in this cave and in Stellerweghöhle are closely related.",,,,"There are descriptions (in German) of dives in the terminal sump in 1985 and 1988. A further follow-up article is awaiting scanning in...",,"A4 survey in Mitt. der Sektion Ausseerland 18(4), Oct. 1980, facing p 86. This is dated 1935, 1960 and looks like a third generation photocopy of a larger survey - the quality is very poor. ",,"306m","71m","NW-SE 160m",,,,,,,,,,,,"East Entrance 812m West entrance 809m",,"28.1 cm E, 15.4 cm N, sheet 15/1 Alpine Club 1:25000 map","At the foot of a gully cutting the southwestern end of Steller, a major cliff band SE of the Loser - Bräuning area. A couple of hundred metres north of the Youth Hostel at the NE corner of Altausseer See.","If you follow the lakeside path (shortest approach from Altaussee on north side of lake) there is a junction where the path to Hochklapfsattel departs. A short way west of (ie. before) this junction is a bridge over a normally dry stream bed. Follow the stream bed up for a short way until it splits, then follow the apparently smaller branch to the right (east). Scramble up rocks to the East Entrance. This is marked on the Alpine Club 1:25000 map.

Although the Altitude given is 812m, it doesn´t seem that high, and 812m is exactly 100m above lake level, which is a little suspicious. If you accept instead the phrase ""climb 70m higher"" in the original kataster description, the altitude comes out about 780 to 785m, which puts the final sump at almost exactly the level of the lake.",,"CUCC were shown some photographs of 1 & 2 in flood, when a truly enormous river emerges from both entrances and numerous impenetrable cracks. This explains the vegetation-free state of the twin river beds leading down towards Altausseer See. ",,,"Lost", +1,"2/(W) +","a b",,,"noinfo/aaussee/1.htm",,,"Liägerhöhle","D'Liëger",,10,"

","Seasonally active cave. Ends in a 'Lake', which is a sump pool, apparently higher than the level of Altausseer See, and close to the surveyed level of the Stellerweg sump.

Access to the final sump is guarded by short siphons in each of the two passages going to the far end of the cave. These can be drained, but care should be taken to ensure they are drained towards the entrance, otherwise the final sump will become muddy. Visited by Mike Thomas and Pete Lancaster in 1989, as far as the short sumps.

A note on the geology : The north shore of the lake follows a large fault with a big throw, so that this cave is in the same block of limestone as the Stögerweg area caves. The Austrians think there is no hydrological connection between this cave/resurgence and the lake level, since vauclusian resurgences in the lake appear to be in a very different block of limestone which has been down-faulted relative to the plateau. However, it seems more likely that these risings are actually on the fault, and that the lake level, and the level of the sumps in this cave and in Stellerweghöhle are closely related.",,,,"There are descriptions (in German) of dives in the terminal sump in 1985 and 1988. A further follow-up article is awaiting scanning in...",,"A4 survey in Mitt. der Sektion Ausseerland 18(4), Oct. 1980, facing p 86. This is dated 1935, 1960 and looks like a third generation photocopy of a larger survey - the quality is very poor. Rumoured to have been partially resurveyed by Olly Betts and Martin Sluka in 2002 but data has not been forthcoming.",,"306m","71m","NW-SE 160m",,,,,,,,,"p1",,,"East Entrance 812m West entrance 809m",,"28.1 cm E, 15.4 cm N, sheet 15/1 Alpine Club 1:25000 map","At the foot of a gully cutting the southwestern end of Steller, a major cliff band SE of the Loser - Bräuning area. A couple of hundred metres north of the Youth Hostel at the NE corner of Altausseer See.","If you follow the lakeside path (shortest approach from Altaussee on north side of lake) there is a junction where the path to Hochklapfsattel departs. A short way west of (ie. before) this junction is a bridge over a normally dry stream bed. Follow the stream bed up for a short way until it splits, then follow the apparently smaller branch to the right (east). Scramble up rocks to the East Entrance. This is marked on the Alpine Club 1:25000 map.

Although the Altitude given is 812m, it doesn't seem that high, and 812m is exactly 100m above lake level, which is a little suspicious. If you accept instead the phrase ""climb 70m higher"" in the original kataster description, the altitude comes out about 780 to 785m, which puts the final sump at almost exactly the level of the lake.",,"

EntranceView from entrance towards Altaussee

",,,"Surveyed", 2,"0/(W) =",,,,"noinfo/aaussee/2.htm",,,"Wasserlöcher",,,10,"Unexplored ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"810m",,,"As for Liägerhöhle, the altitude is a little suspect. I think it is further below Kat.1 than this. In any case, it is quite impenetrable.",,"Unexplored resurgence directly below the western entrance of Liägerhöhle (Kat.1). At the foot of Steller, a cliff band SE of and directly below the Loser Panoramastraße Bergrestaurant.","CUCC were shown some photographs of 1 & 2 in flood, when a truly enormous river emerges from both entrances and numerous impenetrable cracks. This explains the vegetation-free state of the twin river beds leading down towards Altausseer See. ",,,"Lost", 3,"1/T(W) +",,,,"noinfo/augstb/3.htm",,,"Gellerofen",,,11,"

",,,,,,,"Plan at 1:100 by Alfred Auer, 1968 ",,"13.1m","3.04m",,,,,,,,,,,,,"1015m",,"This is not marked on the Austrian´s map.","at the SW foot of the Loserstockes","reached from Altaussee above Posern. (I think this is below the toll road somewhere).","The entrance is 7.5m wide by 1.2m high. 'Durch das 7,5m breite und 1,2m hohe, flachbogenförmige Portal gelangt man zunächst in eine kuppelförmige Vorhalle, dann in einen durch Korrosionskolke ausgeformten Canyon. Höhlenkarren, Bergmilchbildungen, eine Sickerwasserquelle und Höhlenfauna fallen besonders auf.'",,,,"Lost", 4,"1/T(W) +",,,,"noinfo/augstb/4.htm",,,"Ritscherbachhöhle",,,11,"Höhlenforschervereinigung Altaussee, 1937",,,,,,,"Plan at 1:100 by Alfred Auer, 1968 ",,"12.3m","1.07m",,,,,,,,,,,,,"1015m",,,"Near Gellerofen (Kat. 3), at the SW foot of the Loserstockes.",,"A 2.2m wide and 1.3m high entrance leads horizontally to ""Bruchschutt und Sickerwassergerinne"". ",,,,"Lost", @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ 95,"1/S -",,,,"br-alm/95.htm",,,"Bräu Schacht 95",,,3,"CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast. ","A 10m climb down to an unpushed and unpromising tube. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps05dave.95",,,,"GPS post SA",,,,,"1585m",,,"South of Bräuning Alm, near camp 1 (1977), close to 96",,,"On Olly's camera","Tag","Number painted on rock (very faint). Tag added 2005-07-28.","Surveyed", 96,"3/S +",,,,"br-alm/96.htm",,,"Bräu Schacht 96",,,3,"CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast.","Open shaft of 15m leads to a descending rift. Next pitch of 25m, then a short climb, 6m pitch and 15m pitch into a chamber where the water sinks. The upper level of a small rift leads to an abandoned passage and a series of increasingly muddy freeclimbs to a final squeeze and 5m pitch into a sordid little sump.",,,,,,"

",,,"105m",,,,"gps05dave.96",,,,"GPS post SA",,,,,"c 1600m",,,"In grassy pasture east of Bräuning Alm, next to CUCC's high-level camp of 1977 (camp 1). ",,,"

Original photo; 2005 photo on Olly's camera","Tag","number painted red in 1976, refreshed (probably in orange which elsewhere hasn't lasted well) in 1990. Tag added 2005-07-28.","Surveyed", 97,"4/S/W x",,,,"plateau/97.htm",,,"Schneewindschacht",,,"1d","CUCC 1977 - Team Enthusiast.","The entrance is the head of a 10m freeclimbable chimney, followed by a 5m climb into a small chamber. Two ways on from the chamber unite in a tiny crawl under a drip. A thrutch through (about the size of Baptistry in Car Pot) is The Nun's Cunt, which ends abruptly at The Vestry, where SRT gear can be put back on while perched above the pitch which follows. Drops of 15m, 20m and 20m, The Bottomless Abbess, lead to a traverse over a blind pitch of about 10m.

The Bottomless Abbess continues with pitches of 15m, 30m, 15m and 15m to a short horizontal section. This breaks out into the side of another shaft where 15m and 10m pitches lead to a more complex area. A short pitch of 6m leads to the Priest's Hole and a gently slanting ramp into a dry, dusty, abandoned phreatic passage. This is interrupted by a large hole in the floor, which would require bolts to cross.

Down the hole, the 25m pitch starts unpromisingly, but soon bells out into a magnificent trench passage. Traversing over a gully leads to a series of short climbs and a fine last pitch The Dissolution. Here the water sinks into an impenetrable crack.

The entrance draughts strongly, but there is no air movement at the end, the most likely way on being the traverse to reach the continuation of the phreatic level at -190m. Unfortunately, the trip to this point is quite severe, since the crawl would render rescue impractical and the Bottomless Abbess rapidly becomes very wet after rain.",,,,,,"

",,,"265m",,,,,"p97","west edge of doline",,"Surface survey",,,83039,35837,"1641m",,,"Out on the plateau.","Head across for the large erratic boulders near 76 (aka 106), then away from the col past the open shaft of 105, turning left at a gap in the scrub which leads down a bare karren corridor to some dolines. Step across one and cast about for a large one with 97 in red paint.","A moderately large doline, usually without snow, has a small triangular opening at the SW end.",,"Tag","""97"" in red paint on doline wall, tag 2005","Surveyed", -98,"1/S +",,,,"plateau/98.htm",,,"Plateau Schacht 98","Dropped Light Shaft",,"1d","CUCC 1978 - Team Youth/Ladders","After top of entrance shaft, it bells out, to land on a lightly boulder-covered floor after 29m. Tight thrutch to one side leads to second pitch of 17m to a flat rock floor with no way on.",,,,"Logbook accounts",,,,,"47m",,,,,,,,,,,,,"c 1630m ","HSK 116°, Nipple 174° (?!?), Nase 199°. Zinken 216°",,"Out on the plateau somewhat further than 97, in a large sloping rockface. Refound 1990, ""shaft further up bedding plane from 176"" (presumably away from 175).",,"A small shaft in a large grike with very sharp rocks at the top",,"Paint (presumably still readable in 1990)","Bolts at entrance; conjectured to be paint marked as well.","Refindable","Hopefully refindable via 176" +98,"1/S +",,,,"plateau/98.htm",,,"Plateau Schacht 98","Dropped Light Shaft",,"1d","CUCC 1978 - Team Youth/Ladders","After top of entrance shaft, it bells out, to land on a lightly boulder-covered floor after 29m. Tight thrutch to one side leads to second pitch of 17m to a flat rock floor with no way on.",,,,"Logbook accounts",,,,,"47m",,,,,,,,,,,,,"c 1630m ","HSK 116°, Nipple 174° (?!?), Nase 199°. Zinken 216°",,"Out on the plateau somewhat further than 97, in a large sloping rockface. Refound 1990, ""shaft further up bedding plane from 176"" (presumably away from 175).",,"A small shaft in a large grike with very sharp rocks at the top",,"Spit","Bolts at entrance; conjectured to be paint marked as well.","Refindable","Hopefully refindable via 176" 99,"1/S x",,,,"plateau/99/99.html",,,"Plateau Schacht 99",,,"1d","

","Entrance gully of 5m leads to 20m pitch at 70° over snow, heading roughly back towards Eislufthöhle. At the base is a 'snow-duck' under a rock wall beyond which a small rift-like chamber descends about 3m. Straight ahead at the same level, the rift quickly becomes an impenetrable slot through which can be seen a 2m wide passage with an ice floor running down from right to left at 5-10°. This is the source of the strong draught. Below the slot is another low hole, this leaks a vague draught and leads to a small boulder-strewn ledge with a definite blackness continuing to the left behind more boulders. Energetic but nervous removal of these gave obvious signs of a continuation, but other commitments and rain prevented a return. Note therefore it has been Left Going.",,,,"1979 logbook, 2004 logbook",,"Grade 1 3-d sketch by Tony Malcolm, 1979

",,,,,,,"p99",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"A short way South East of Eislufthöhle Kat.76

E 35876.6 N (52)82903.5 H 1638.9",,"Draughting entrance near Eislufthöhle(1623/76), ignored at first, since it was assumed it would join 76.","

Entrance area in 1999, with tag highlighted (original here)Jenny Black on the entrance slope, 2004

(Photos © Olly Betts)","Tag","Tag placed 1999","Surveyed", 100,"1/S +",,,,"plateau/100.htm",,,"Plateau Schacht 100","Viper Shaft",,"1a","CUCC 1977, Team Youth, and again in 1990 by AERW ","An east-west rift with two obvious points of descent. The more easterly is about 6m deep and can be seen to end in a chamber. The more westerly is a 15m pitch, with a window communicating with the east hole. At base are boulders and a climb down. A crawl leads to an inlet where water appears and sinks into an impenetrable slot with very sharp rock. ",,,,,,,,,"18m",,,,"p100",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"Just beyond the col, on the left. It is, in fact, extremely near Top Camp, virtually on one of the routes to the Schwarzmooskogel areas. ",0,,,"Tag","red painted number, with 1998 tag ""1623 100 CUCC 1977"" in centre (M6 stud).

This cave was originally only numbered in carbide, so was unmarked for years. It was relocated in 1989, but was not numbered until 1993 since AERW didn't think to carry paint while trying to find old holes. The orange number was fading and chipped in 1995, so was refreshed in red. The surface survey was to the centre of the middle digit of the number.","Surveyed", 101,"1/S +","main a",,"yes","plateau/101.htm",,,"Plateau Schacht 101",,,"1d","

","Entrance is in a rift orientated 40°-220° and hading about 20°. A 5m climb down leads to a horizontal passage going both ways, north leading out into the face of the scarp (101A). South (down dip) leads to a 4m pitch followed by a small crawl in a scree-floored phreatic tube, leading down dip, at about 30°. This drops via a short climb into a meandering phreatic tube with a tiny stream slot fed by an aven on the left. Progress is by crawling in the roof tube, which goes for about 40m until a window in the right wall leads to the base of an aven. The continuing crawl is too small, while a climb down below the aven (undescended) appears to choke.",,,,,,"? MISSING (grade 1)",,,"~12m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Bräuning Scharte 218°, Grieskogel 012.5°, Bräuning Nase 194.5°, Lost Rucksack cairn 319° (compass #439258: NPC2)",,"Out on the plateau, near a large north-facing fault scarp on 125-305°. Perhaps best located when looking for Wolfhöhle (which is nowhere nearby) in the mist (see 1984 logbook). There was an OAV ski-tourers' marker pole due north of the col, from which the entrance is about 50m away on 35°. Unfortunately, the pole was pretty much invisible from the approach route in 1977, and is now rotting on the ground, only visible from a metre away at best. However, the cave was relocated in 1998. It turns out to be very close to the faintly-marked path which leads past Lost Rucksack Cave towards CUCC 1996-05, and is a short way south of 1623/173.

(GPS: (cliff directly above 101A) GK 5410503 5283483 (FOM 9.2m))",,,,"Tag","extremely faded numbers ""101"" and ""101A"" in red on upper and lower entrances. 1998 tag ""1623 101 CUCC 1977"" on upper entrance, southeast-facing (M6 stud).",, @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ 201,"1/S +",,"1998/01",,"smkridge/201.htm",,,"Haftefelle Schacht","Ski-skin shaft",,"2c","CUCC 1998 - a single descent.","2m diameter shaft drops 25m to a boulder floor - a short second pitch follows immediately leading to a too-tight rift. A 40m rope is sufficient.",,,,,"In dataset","? pic","caves/201/201.svx","15m","15m",,,,,"p201",,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.201",,,,,,"NW flank of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel. 20m N of Laser 0/1","Follow the cairned path which ascends the Vorder Schwarzmooskogel from the NW. Shortly before the obvious open rift entrance of 1623/156 (which is 50m south of Laser Point 0/1) is a small (2m diameter) open shaft.",,,"Tag","metal tag stamped ""CUCC 201"" fixed by M6 stud epoxied into horizontal surface on NW side of main entrance (stud placed 1998, proper kataster number tag replaced provisional one in 1999).","Surveyed", 202,,,,,"noinfo/smkridge/202.html",,,"Dominoschacht",,,"2a",,,,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/202/202.svx",,,,,,,"p202",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Surveyed", 203,,,,,"noinfo/smkridge/203.html",,,"Sonnenscheinschacht",,,"2a",,,,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/203/203.svx",,,,,,,"p203",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Surveyed", -204,"5/S x","a–f","CUCC 1999/03","yes","smkridge/204/204.html",,,"Steinbrückenhöhle",,,"2d","

","

",,"Question mark list and Completed question mark list. ",,,"In dataset; download .3d file or Raw survey data","

","caves/204/204.svx","9147m","542m","645m (approximately N-S)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"The cave is situated on the west side of the col between the Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel and Nieder Augst-Eck. It is currently one of the main areas of exploration for CUCC, who in 2001 established a bivvy site under the stone bridge opposite the entrance.","The route from Top Camp used since 1999 (probably near optimal) is a cairned path via Wolfhöhle (1623/145) and Laser Point 5, then up to the top of the bare patch of white limestone visible from Top Camp, passing 195 and 196. The path used in 2001 then skirts around the contours, passing the unmistakable arched entrance of Hauchhöhle, to arrive directly opposite the stone bridge after which the cave was named (in previous years a route slightly higher up towards the Hinter was used, which some people still prefer; this is also cairned). Alternatively, the cave may be approached from the summit of HSK - probably the optimal route if you are coming from any of the 161 entrances.",,,,,, +204,"5/S x","a–f","CUCC 1999/03","yes","smkridge/204/204.html",,,"Steinbrückenhöhle",,,"2d","

","

",,"Question mark list and Completed question mark list. ",,,"In dataset; download .3d file or Raw survey data","

","caves/204/204.svx","11.5km","542m","645m (approximately N-S)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"The cave is situated on the west side of the col between the Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel and Nieder Augst-Eck. It is currently one of the main areas of exploration for CUCC, who in 2001 established a bivvy site under the stone bridge opposite the entrance.","The route from Top Camp used since 1999 (probably near optimal) is a cairned path via Wolfhöhle (1623/145) and Laser Point 5, then up to the top of the bare patch of white limestone visible from Top Camp, passing 195 and 196. The path used in 2001 then skirts around the contours, passing the unmistakable arched entrance of Hauchhöhle, to arrive directly opposite the stone bridge after which the cave was named (in previous years a route slightly higher up towards the Hinter was used, which some people still prefer; this is also cairned). Alternatively, the cave may be approached from the summit of HSK - probably the optimal route if you are coming from any of the 161 entrances.",,,,,, ,,"a",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p204a",,,"Nils",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", ,,"b",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p204b",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", ,,"c",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p204c",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", @@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ ,,"c",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,"d",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,"e",,"last entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, -207,"1/T +",,"96-WK2",,"plateau/207/207.html",,,"Plumpsklohöhle","Crapper Höhle",,"1a","

","Small (1.1 x 0.9 m) horizontal cave about 7m long in cliff edge, very small skylight lets light in at end.","None",,"Form sent 2000.05, number allocated. ",,"In dataset","

 

Survey drawn up in loose leaves in front of 1996-9 NotKH book","caves/207/207.svx","7m","1m",,,,,"p207",,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.wk2",,,,"VSK (obvious point = Nipple ?) 103°, HSK (leftmost top) 052°, Schönberg 346° ",,"100m W of the waterhole at (upper) top camp. In small cliff one step up from top camp level. Entrance faces N. 16m S of 1623/208.","From Top Camp (upper site) walk along ""crapper"" shelf, following path. After 80m where path goes down to next shelf, climb 3m step ahead. 207 is to the left (and 208 to the right).

Surface survey location sketch in not KH 1996 p 3, area map: NotKH book pp68-69",,"On Dave's camera","Tag","Paint ""+"" and tag.","Surveyed", -208,"1/S +",,"96-WK3",,"plateau/208/208.html",,,"Quallenhöhle","Jellyfish Cave",,"1a","

","Two entrances, one 5m lower than the other. Lower section is expanded joint at foot of step, 6m deep. free-climable to gain a choked floor. A small continuation leads to small space in rifty corner where rocks have not filled. Upper entrance is 2-3m diameter shaft 5m deep, also free-climable.","None, 8m handline would be useful.",,"Form sent 2000.05, number allocated. ",,"In dataset","

Grade 2 (at a guess), drawn up in loose leaves in front of 1996-9 NotKH book","caves/208/208.svx","15m","13m",,"The name is essentially spurious, but makes a change from bears, wolves and rabbits ;-).",,,"p208",,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.wk3",,,,"B.Nase 161°, VSK (obvious point = Nipple ?) 104°, HSK (leftmost top) 054°, Schönberg 346°, Wildkogel (L&R ends of obvious summit ridge) 007-011°",,"100m W of the waterhole at (upper) top camp. 65m N of 90. 16m N of 207.","From Top Camp (upper site) walk along ""crapper"" shelf, following path. After 80m where path goes down to next shelf, climb 3m step ahead. 208 is to the right (and 207 to the left). The lower entrance is accessible from below the step.

Surface survey location sketch in not KH 1996 p 3, area map: NotKH book pp68-69",,"On Dave's camera","Tag","""+"" (on cliff between entrances). Tag spit by upper entrance.","Surveyed", +207,"1/T +",,"96-WK2",,"plateau/207/207.html",,,"Plumpsklohöhle","Crapper Höhle",,"1a","

","Small (1.1 x 0.9 m) horizontal cave about 7m long in cliff edge, very small skylight lets light in at end.","None",,"Form sent 2000.05, number allocated. ",,"In dataset","

 

Survey drawn up in loose leaves in front of 1996-9 NotKH book","caves/207/207.svx","7m","1m",,,,,"p207",,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.wk2",,,,"VSK (obvious point = Nipple ?) 103°, HSK (leftmost top) 052°, Schönberg 346° ",,"100m W of the waterhole at (upper) top camp. In small cliff one step up from top camp level. Entrance faces N. 16m S of 1623/208.","From Top Camp (upper site) walk along ""crapper"" shelf, following path. After 80m where path goes down to next shelf, climb 3m step ahead. 207 is to the left (and 208 to the right).

Surface survey location sketch in not KH 1996 p 3, area map: NotKH book pp68-69",,"

Photo © Dave Loeffler 2005","Tag","Paint ""+"" and tag.","Surveyed", +208,"1/S +",,"96-WK3",,"plateau/208/208.html",,,"Quallenhöhle","Jellyfish Cave",,"1a","

","Two entrances, one 5m lower than the other. Lower section is expanded joint at foot of step, 6m deep. free-climable to gain a choked floor. A small continuation leads to small space in rifty corner where rocks have not filled. Upper entrance is 2-3m diameter shaft 5m deep, also free-climable.","None, 8m handline would be useful.",,"Form sent 2000.05, number allocated. ",,"In dataset","

Grade 2 (at a guess), drawn up in loose leaves in front of 1996-9 NotKH book","caves/208/208.svx","15m","13m",,"The name is essentially spurious, but makes a change from bears, wolves and rabbits ;-).",,,"p208",,,"Surface survey",,"gps00.wk3",,,,"B.Nase 161°, VSK (obvious point = Nipple ?) 104°, HSK (leftmost top) 054°, Schönberg 346°, Wildkogel (L&R ends of obvious summit ridge) 007-011°",,"100m W of the waterhole at (upper) top camp. 65m N of 90. 16m N of 207.","From Top Camp (upper site) walk along ""crapper"" shelf, following path. After 80m where path goes down to next shelf, climb 3m step ahead. 208 is to the right (and 207 to the left). The lower entrance is accessible from below the step.

Surface survey location sketch in not KH 1996 p 3, area map: NotKH book pp68-69",,"

Upper (A) entranceLower (B) entrance

Photos © Dave Loeffler 2005","Tag","""+"" (on cliff between entrances). Tag spit by upper entrance.","Surveyed", 209,"1/S +",,"1996WK8 (maybe also CUCC 1996-08)",,"smkridge/209/209.html",,,"Schistock-Absturzschacht","Dropped skipole hole",,"2c","

","3m x 0.8m shaft, 16m deep. Freeclimb descent is possible but difficult. Belay (and light!) needed. No draught. Bottom choked by rubble.","20m rope. ",,"Form sent 2000.05, number 209 allocated. ",,"In dataset","? grade 5","caves/209/209.svx",,,,,,,"p209",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,"VSK: 233°, Hollweiser: 145° (from a point between the WK7-WK10 entrances)",,"Along shelf from 136. 35mN of 136a, 10m NW of 136d.","The normal route to 136 (from SMK col/Vd1), passes over/past this cave. It is one of the group of holes shafts and rifts on the same shelf as 136a,b,c,d. From large cubic boulder at 136a, follow shelf N past 136b, and 136c. This cave is the last of these 3 holes. The entrance is joint-developed 3 x 0.8m shaft. Area map NotKH book p 88-89.","

Photo © Paul Hammond 1999","On Dave's camera","Tag",,"Surveyed", 210,"1/T +",,"1998-03",,"plateau/210.htm",,,"Fettsack und Faulpelz höhle","Lardy Festerers' Cave",,"1a","

","In a small doline, a low horizontal entrance next to a snow plug leads to a boulder slope. A draughting squeeze leads to muddy passage + a small chamber with boulder floor, a choked depression to the left + a choked uphill slope stright on. There is a rifty hole in the floor just before the large boulder in the middle of the chamber, partly covered with boulders. The bottom can be seen 2m below. No way on, not clear where draught goes.","None",,"Form sent 2000.05, number 210 allocated. ",,,"

",,"~30m",,,,,"t210","lardysurf.0","Entrance",,"Surface survey",,"gps00.210",,,,,,"On plateau NNE of Lower Top Camp, on route to 101 area. This cave is about 120m north of B8, ~150m NNE from the large doline of 189.","Follow route (towards 101/102/200 area if that helps) from Lower Top Camp past 164 and 189 (large holes, passed 15m to right), then go roughly NNW (a few cairns). This leads up onto the right edge of a ridge (the main part of which is deep Lätchen), passing right of the OAV ski marker pole. This is an easy walk above a short (climbable) cliff looking down onto the small doline containing this cave.",,,"Tag","Tag on doline wall opposite cave.","Surveyed", "211-213",,,,,,,,,,"We don't know if these numbers were ever used","nonexistent",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ 227,,,"1999OB04",,"plateau/227/227.html",,,"Faultienschacht",,,"1a",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p227",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,"

Photo © Olly Betts 1999.","Tag","Tag placed 2001","Surveyed", 228,,,,,"noinfo/egglgrub/228.html",,,"Kleine Schnellzughöhle",,,7,"ArGE (Nils + Kai Schwekendiek, August 2000)",,,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/228/228.svx",,,,,,,"p228",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Surveyed", 229,,,,,"smkridge/229/229.html",,,"Weiße Höhle",,,"2b","ARGE (Thilo et al, July 2000). Relocated and confirmatory survey carried out CUCC 2002 (Olly Betts, Wookey)",,,,,,"In dataset",,"caves/229/229.svx",,,,,,,"p229",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,"

EntranceEntrance from below

Photos © Wookey 2002","Spit","Tag bolt placed but no tags to hand","Surveyed", -230,"+(?)",,"1999-04",,,,,"Vergeßlichheithöhle",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Retag","Tagged as ""99-04""","Lost", +230,"+(?)",,"1999-04",,,,,"Vergeßlichheithöhle",,,,,,,,,,,,,"20m","8m",,,,,"p230",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Retag","Tagged as ""99-04""","Surveyed", 231,"2/E +","a–i","2000-01","yes","smkridge/231/231.html",,,"Traungoldhöhle",,,"2d","CUCC 2000","Entrance A leads to daylight chamber, down an awkward climb, whilst entrance B is a snow and boulder slope to the same chamber. To the right leads to another chamber, which ent H drops into, and a slope up to the left about 2m up the wall leads to entrance D. Continuing on stooping passage leads to a climb which emerges under a stone bridge which contains entrances E, F and G. A crawl at ground level between A & B leads to some loose slopes and entrance I. From the day light chamber the passage to the left leads quickly to a 3m climb down into the largest chamber of the cave. From here around to the left leads to entrance shaft C, and a passage leads off the other side of the shaft that is walking height leading to climbs up over boulders with a loose ceiling above. This leads to a T junction, which ends in boulders to the right and a short climb to a dead end to the left. To the right in the largest chamber, a wide low short passage leads to an ice-floored chamber. Crawling passage then leads to the deepest chmber, which has an ice flow into and down the chamber. At the opposite end of the chamber a 3m climb is reached, which was climbed and quickly closed down. ",,,,,"In dataset","

Survey of 231 ","caves/231/231.svx","229m","27m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"The cave is situated 30m NE of 204b.",,,"

Photo of 231A

",,"Tags made saying ""1623/231"" and entrance letter for all entrances.",, ,,"a",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p231a",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,"

Photo of 231A

","Tag",,"Surveyed", ,,"b",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p231b",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", @@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ ,,"g",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p231g",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", ,,"h",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p231h",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", ,,"i",,"last entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p231i",,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", -"232-233",,,,,,,,,,"Not CUCC numbers; apparently allocated to ARGE","nonexistent",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, +232,"2/S x ",,,,,,,"Grießkogelschacht",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, +233,,,,,,,,,,"Number allocated to Germans","nonexistent",,,,,,,,,,"244m","111m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 234,"3/S/W x","a b","2000-09","yes","smkridge/234/234.html",,,"Hauchhöhle",,,"2d","CUCC 2000, 2002, 2004.","

The horizontal entrance slopes downhill for about 20m, passing beneath a skylight, and a crawl to the left leading to the Left Hand Series. At the bottom of the slope there is an unpushed crawl to the left [C2002-234-01 C] and a wriggle up over rubble into a chamber. From this chamber, the obvious way on is a pitch of approximately 15m; the 2002 description alleges that there is an unpushed crawl above this, but that it ""doesn't look promising"" [C2002-234-07 C].

At the foot of the pitch, in large rift passage, a crawl on the left leads for about 15m before turning left and becoming too tight. Further along, a crawl on the left leads to Underhand Passage, while the main passage continues to a choice of a climb down of around 2m or an ascending traverse round to the left.

The traverse is exposed but easy, and leads to an upwards sloping passage, with an aven above from which daylight emerges; a vocal connection has been established to a nearby surface shaft, which has accordingly been tagged as 234b. The passage continues upwards past some loose boulders to emerge in a small chamber leading down to the right. An awkward wriggle through boulders to the left in the chamber leads to a drop [C2004-234-01 C].

The climb leads to a short slope down, after which ducking under a low arch leads to Doesn't Go Rift, where an ascending traverse can be followed up a ledge on the left-hand wall; alternatively it is possible to force through at floor level, but this is difficult. There is an aven above [C2004-234-29 X]. It is advisable to climbing back down to the level of two prominent wedged boulders, where there are threads in the left-hand wall from which a handline can be rigged for the 3m climb down to the floor of Flashgun Chamber. This is a large rift chamber whose floor slopes upwards steeply to the left; there is an aven above [C2004-234-30 X]. At the bottom of the chamber one can climb back down underneath the rift to the head of an undescended, awkward-looking pitch, Foolish Plan [C2004-234-02 B]. At the far side of the chamber is a ledge loose boulders (care); to the left is a crawl, with a narrow tube in the ceiling and an oxbow on the right. A few metres on there is a T-junction: straight on is tight and looks unpromising [C2004-234-35 B] while the draughting right-hand passage, Geometers' Crawl, is the main way on. A few metres in is the other end of the oxbow, and further along is a passage on the right, the far end of Clifton's Circuit.

At the end of Geometers' Crawl is a T-junction. Left leads to Hades, two interconnecting parallel passages sloping steeply upward. The right-hand passage is too tight; the left fork levels off slightly, at which point there are three possibilities: straight on is too tight; down a hole in the floor is choked; down and to the left through an extremely tight tube leads to a drop, awkward even to throw stones into, which could possibly be passed by someone really small and ambitious [C2004-234-03 C]. Right at the T-junction is a 2m deep hole in the floor, which can either be traversed over or climbed down.

At the bottom of the 2m climb there are two passages to the right and one to the left. The leftwards branch passes over some dry cascades to a climb down, where there are curious golfball-like formations in the ceiling. Crawling on from here the passage gradually becomes impassably tight; more spacious passage is visible through a slot in the floor, but this looks to be difficult to enter to enter [C2004-234-04 C]. The rightwards branches soon unite and lead back into Geometers' Crawl, forming the loop known as Clifton's Circuit.

An intimidating ascending traverse across the hole, You Must Be Joking, soon regains the floor. Climbing into the roof at this point gains access to Dangly Bag Jazz. Straight on is Tacklesack Blues, an awkward section of tight hading rift, with intermittent wider sections where there are holes in the floor - these could possibly be entered but are very tight [C2004-234-11 C]. A stal on the right-hand wall heralds the return to easier passage, where there is a triple junction. Climbing down a hole in the floor (5m handline recommended) leads to a small chamber, with possible crawls left, right and down, all looking tight and awkward [C2004-234-12 C]. Traversing over this hole to the left leads to Measles Inlet. Straight on leads to Stalactite Passage.

Stalactite Passage is a fine stooping-height phreatic passage with a soft mud floor; after a few metres there is a duck under a low section where there are some formations on the right. Shortly beyond this is a choice of a floor-level crawl, or a clamber over a greasy slab, into a chamber on the right. There may be a passage in the roof on the right behind some wedged boulders [C2004-234-13 C]. Immediately beyond is a junction, where a 3m climb leads to the Pie Series, while on the left is an upwards-sloping passage. This soon trifurcates. The leftmost passage leads to a drop [C2004-234-14 C]; this has not been descended but there is a light connection to Cess Pot. The middle and largest passage bends round to the right, where a sequence of small passages branch off to join up with the remaining fork at the head of a loose, chossy pitch of at least ten metres [C2004-234-15 B]; traversing over this leads to Sweet Sight. The main passage continues to a climb up to the left over a large smooth slab, where there is a window into a chamber. There is a possibly free-climbable hole in the floor, Cess Pot [C2004-234-16 B] and there may be passage continuing at the other side of the chamber [C2004-234-17 C]; there is also an aven above [C2004-234-31 X].

Measles Inlet

Measles Inlet begins as a fine phreatic passage, sloping slightly upwards. A few metres in there is a passage entering from the left. A few metres into this there is a rightwards bend, at which point a wriggle down into the floor on the left leads to a tight tube, Dangly Bag Jazz; after an S-bend this emerges in the roof above the top end of You Must Be Joking traverse. The passage continues past a prominent pillar to emerge in Cascade Chamber, an aven chamber with water dripping down several tiers of cascades. One can climb up for some distance but it is loose and rather unappealing [C2004-234-06 C]; decidedly exposed steps lead into two passages to either side [C2004-234-05 B] [C2004-234-07 B]. There is also a climb down at floor level at the far end of the chamber, which is too tight after around 3m. The water disappears into a hole in the floor, where there is another small chamber, with a crawl leading off to the right in sharp rock [C2004-234-08 C]. The main Measles Inlet passage continues sloping gradually upwards; the left-hand wall is covered in brown mud blobs (hence the passage name). There is a crawl leading off to the right around halfway along [C2004-234-09 C]. After some distance a chamber is reached; the only obvious way on is a crawl at floor level to the left, which was not pushed as it passes over attractive calcited mud with dessication cracks [C2004-234-10 B].

Pie Series

The initial 3m climb is free-climbable but in view of the drop beyond it is advisable to rig from the spit in the ceiling, which may be backed up to a thread back on the right. At the bottom is a wide ledge, with a narrow crawl leading off to the left [C2004-234-20 B]. Ahead is the head of the first pitch, Steak (21m), rigged from a Y-hang in the ceiling and a deviation from the left-hand wall around 5m down. There is a sizeable aven above the pitch [C2004-234-32 X]. The landing is on a boulder floor, a few metres away from the head of the next pitch, Kidney (17m). This is a fine shaft with a kidney-shaped cross-section; it is possible that in wet conditions it might need a deviation to stay out of the drips, but it has been drip-free on all trips so far. The landing is on another boulder-strewn floor; at the far side of the chamber is a narrow slot in the floor, Who Ate All The Pies, bridged by a large boulder. It is possible to squeeze past the boulder and climb down, but it does not appear to be possible to climb back up. For further exploration this will need rigging, and possibly a crowbar [C2004-234-21 A].

Around 5m from the floor of Kidney, a side passage, Crust leads off; after passing a puddle of water it turns to the right and slopes steeply upwards. At the top of the slope the continuation is a mud-floored, body-sized tube, which was explored for some distance but was becoming increasingly tedious; shortly beyond the furthest survey station it opens out into a small chamber (just big enough to turn round in) after which it closes in horizontally to a narrow high slot, which may be passable if anyone can be arsed [C2004-234-22 C]. If anyone does decide to go there, they may wish to collect in passing a bottle of red nail varnish accidentally left at the last survey station by the original explorers!

Sweet Sight

Traversing round the left-hand side of the pitch (rope advised; two natural pillars provide ample backup, and there is a thread at the far end). This leads to an ascending ruler-straight phreatic tube, Sweet Sight. After 30m this bends sharply right, and there is a sloping downwards crawl leading off straight ahead. Round the corner is a chamber, Fledermaushalle, with a high dripping aven on the right [C2004-234-36 X]; the floor is amply sprinkled with bat excrement, and a bat skeleton was observed by the discoverers in 2004. Across the chamber, a slot in the floor is too tight, and there is a possibly passable but awkward crawl beyond this [C2004-234-18 C]. Easier going is provided by a passage leading off to the left. A few metres into this is a branch to the left which connects back to the downward-sloping passage at the previous junction. The main passage continues on for a further 40m or so before closing down in a pebble choke [C2004-234-19 Dig]. Midway along this passage is a climb up into an ascending roof tube on the left, Sour Taste, which closes down after a few metres.

Left-Hand Series

The crawl to the left in the entrance passage leads to a drop into a rift, where there are three ways on. To the right closes down; to the left, there are crawls at two levels. The higher-level crawl chokes; the two crawls at the lower level unite, passing two branches to the left [C2002-234-02 C] [C2002-234-03 C] and then reach a junction. To the left chokes; to the right leads to a chamber. This chamber can also be reached by going straight on from the aforementioned junction at the rift.

From this chamber, there are two ways on. A small choss wall surrounds a vertical hole through which it is possible to drop down (tricky on the return) into a small chamber. From here, an awkward squeeze leads into a continuing crawl, which has not been pushed [C2002-234-04 C]. To the left is a crawl over choss which enlarges. After a short distance a tube on the right leads to the head of a pitch (not pushed; probably 15-20m [C2002-234-05 B]) and continues to a choke. Straight ahead leads to an earthen-floored draughting crawl which has been dug, and needs further work to get through [C2002-234-06 Dig]. Shortly before the crawl becomes flat-out, a tube leading up on the right also becomes too tight.

Underhand Passage

The crawl on the left in the main rift shortly after the bottom of the first pitch leads to a small mud-floored chamber, after which a further downward-sloping crawl emerges in a large rift passage parallel to the main route. To the right are a profusion of tubes, one leading down into the floor [C2004-234-26 C], one leading up into the ceiling [C2004-234-25 C], and two at more or less head level [C2004-234-23 B] [C2004-234-24 B]. These have been explored by Pete Clifton, leading to a maze known as the Flatulence Series, but no description is extant. There is also an aven above [C2004-234-33 X], which is presumed to connect to undescended pitch 02-05 in the Left-Hand Series.

To the left, the rift passage continues onwards, sloping gradually downhill, past another aven [C2004-234-34 X]. After around 20m it closes down; a passage to the left leads to a contortion into a narrow immature dry streamway, which draughts somewhat and continues in both directions [C2004-234-27 C] [C2004-234-28 C]. ","20m rope + 2 slings for ent pitch; 5m handline + 1 or 2 slings for climb down into Flashgun Chamber. More needed for Pie Series and traverse to Sweet Sight.","Question mark list.","Form submitted summer 2003 as part of a misnumbering cockup. Resolved 2004-07-28 with allocation of new number 234.",,"In dataset; download .3d file or Raw survey data","plan drawn up after 2004 expo:

(Also exists in printable form, which will be 1:500 scale if printed at 300dpi; see here, or here and here for versions split up to print on 2 A4 sheets. There are also corresponding colour versions here, here and here.)","caves/234/234.svx","619m","61m","127m",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"The arch-shaped entrance and gully are obvious from the route used in 2000 onwards from Top Camp to Steinbrückenhöhle. Shortly after crossing the large bare area of limestone slabs on the flanks of the Hinter, the path traverses directly around the right-hand side of the entrance gully.",,"

",,,, ,,"a",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p234a",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", ,,"b","2002-02","last entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p234b",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag",,"Surveyed", @@ -423,7 +424,7 @@ ,"3/S/T +",,"2003-02",,"smkridge/2003-02/2003-02.html",,,"Blaudrachenschacht",,,"2d","CUCC 2003 Tony R, Brian O","Awkward climb down leads to a sloping chamber with small climbs. At the end of this chamber a tight awkward rift overlooks a short pitch giving access to a small chamber with a window 4 metres up on the right wall. A rift in the floor leads to a 90m pitch. Rebelays in the far wall eventually reach a fine shaft which can be descended to a floor with no way on. A short 3m climb reveals a climbable rift past awkward boulders to a small elongate chamber with no way on. Bolting up to the window at the top of the pitch led to another small chamber, also with no way on.",,,,,"In dataset","

(Image assembled from two separate drawn up surveys in wallets 2003#10 and 2004#08.)","caves/2003-02/2003-02.svx","133m","109m","25m E-W",,,"p2003-02",,,,,,,,,,,,,"Walk over the back of the ridge from 204",,,"Tag","Tag placed 2003","Surveyed", ,"1/S/T +",,"2003-03",,"smkridge/2003-03/2003-03.html",,,"Kartoffelbreihöhle","Mashed Potato Cave",,"2d","CUCC 2003 Julian T, Dave L","A climb down/squeeze through boulders (awkward on the way out for fat bastards like me - Dave) leads to a small chamber ~4m across, with a loose hole in the floor at the far end. This was descended for perhaps 15 or 20m to a hopelessly choked floor of small pebbles. A window around a third of the way down the pitch leads to a parallel shaft, also choked at the bottom (from which there is another window back into the main shaft).","26m rope + some (4 or 5) hangers sufficient",,"Form prepared 06/03/2005, waiting to be sent.",,,"

(drawn up partly from sketch in 2003 logbook and partly from memory)",,,"~20m",,,,"gps04.p2003-03",,,,"GPS post SA",,,,,,,,"On south flank of Nieder Augst-Eck just north of stone bridge. Directly to the east of 2003-04.",,,"

","Tag","Tag placed 2003","Surveyed", ,"2/S/T +",,"2003-05",,"smkridge/2003-05/2003-05.html",,,"Damoclesschacht",,,"2d","CUCC 2003 Martin G, Brian O","A short entrance crawl gives access to a vertical shaft with precariously balanced boulders. At the base of the shaft a further climb (pitch?) down ends in a choke at -46m. 12m above the floor in the main shaft it is possible to swing into a side chamber, with no ways on.",,,"Form prepared March 2005, waiting to be sent.",,"In dataset","

Notes in 2003 #11","caves/2003-05/2003-05.svx","58m","46m","6m E-W",,,"p2003-05",,,,,,,,,,,,,"Originally approached by walking southwards along E side of SMK ridge from 204.",,,"Tag","Tag placed 2003","Surveyed", -,"?",,"2003-07",,"smkridge/2003-07/2003-07.html",,,,,,"2d","CUCC 2003 ??","Not clear if this has been entered at all.",,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps03.2003-07",,,,,,,,,,,,"This cave is somewhat mysterious. 2003 records give a GPS fix for ""2003-07"" at the location described; but in 2004 it transpired that the cave documented under the number 2003-08, now renumbered as 240, had actually been tagged as 2003-07. So this cave may in fact be marked as 2003-08, or it may not even exist.",,,,"Tag (?)","Tag placed 2003 (?)","Surveyed", +,"?",,"2003-07",,"smkridge/2003-07/2003-07.html",,,,,,"2d","CUCC 2003 ?Brian?","Believed to have been descended in 2003 (probably by Brian)",,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps03.2003-07",,,,,,,,,,,,"This cave is somewhat mysterious. 2003 records give a GPS fix for ""2003-07"" at the location described; but in 2004 it transpired that the cave documented under the number 2003-08, now renumbered as 240, had actually been tagged as 2003-07.

A search of the location described by these GPS coordinates by Anthony + Julia in 2005 revealed a single candidate shaft, which Julia thought she had seen someone climbing out of, possibly Brian.",,"Small pit with a horizontal entrance leading to an immediate short pitch.","On Julia's camera","None",,"Surveyed", ,"2/E x",,"2003-09",,"smkridge/2003-09/2003-09.html",,,"Weizeneishöhle",,,"2d","CUCC 2003: Originally located by Olly M; entrance dug out by Olly + Earl; exploration and underground survey Olly M + Mark S.","Entrance is large alcove / chamber in NW side of choss bowl. Very strong outwards draught emerges from small gap under right-hand wall, which leads to a crawl. This opens up to a walking passage with scatterings of ice and snow. A passage goes up to the left as the main way on turns a corner. It enters a large (> 10m diameter) chamber with an ice floor, and an ice stal on the floor. There is some passage with dodgy boulders to the right, but the draught comes from a very dodgy boulder slope on the left (reached by climbing round the edge of the ice). Might be worth poking, but it's quite unstable. We looked up the passage on the left but it doesn't seem to go anywhere.",,"Tightish meander in the floor of left-hand passage might go (blows outwards a bit), but awkward to enter. QM C. Also dodgy boulder slope, which is in the right direction for terminal chokes of On a Mission in 204 and might repay some prodding with a crowbar.","Form prepared May 2005, waiting to be sent",,"In dataset","

Notes in 2003#31","caves/2003-09/2003-09.svx","134m","18m","42m E-W",,,"t2003-09",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"In large choss bowl southwest of 204d entrance",,"Obvious arched entrance","

","Tag","Tag placed 2003","Surveyed", ,"2/S/T +",,"2003-10",,"smkridge/2003-10/2003-10.html",,,"Dünne Faulpelz Höhle","Skinny Festerers' Cave",,"2d","Original exploration CUCC 2003 (Frank, Brian). Further exploration 2004 (Brian, Tony, Martin, Stuart).","The entrance pitch, which is rigged with a spit y-hang and natural back up, its initially constricted and spiky but not tight. It becomes a fine 28m wine bottle shaped rift with 2 deviations off naturals. A ledge part-way down can be swung onto to look through into a parallel shaft. The landing for both is on a steep unstable slope of gravel and cobbles, in the main chamber of the cave.

Here three ways lead off. Following the slope down leads to a short climb down to another smaller chamber and on to the head of a pitch; a safety line is useful here, if only to prevent disturbing the loose rocks. The pitch was rigged with one rebelay to land in a puddle at the bottom of a tall chamber, where ducking under a wall leads to a body sized passage with a slight draught. This continues via an acute bend, and tightens to a cobble blockage. A fossil inlet opposite the pool leads to a sandy climb [but not to anything else apparently].

Back in the main chamber, at the bottom of the slope on the left are two phreatic windows, offset by 45°. The upper hole is too small, while the lower hole gives access to a phreatic passage with windows into the parallel upper passage. After around 25m the lower passage ends in chossy infill; an easy 2m climb leads back into the upper phreas, which is somewhat larger at this point. This level soon closes down but continues far enough to bypass the blockage in the lower passage via an easy climb down. Around 7m further on a wall of uniform 20mm gravel blocks the passage; the draught disappears, possibly through this choke.

The third route from the main chamber is a bolt route up one wall toa passage heading off northwards 4m above the floor. There are 2 spits placed to assist the climb and 2 more at the top to rig off. The northwards passage, Zero Gravity Anomaly, is now easy rift to an easy 5m climb down; the way on is a short dug crawl to a tight hammered open pitch head. This is short (7m), with a single spit pitch head backed up by spits in the crawl, and a deviation off a natural. The landing is on a mud and gravel floor; the chamber closes down almost immediately to a 10cm wide rift, no echo, rattle or draft.","Entrance pitch: 3 slings, 2 hangers and maillons, approx 40m rope (use tag spit as one anchor). Upclimb into Zero Gravity Anomaly: 7m rope, 2 hangers and maillons. Pitch at the end of Zero Gravity: 15m rope, 3 hangers + maillons, 1 sling.","Nothing accessible without capping","Form to be prepared",,"In dataset","

Notes in 2003#33 (does not include extensions from 2004, which are in 2004#56 and have not yet been scanned)","caves/2003-10/2003-10.svx","156m","51m","51m",,,"p2003-10",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"Immediately above and behind the 204 stone bridge bivvy",,,,"Tag","Tag placed 2003","Surveyed", ,"1/T +",,"2003-X11",,"smkridge/2003-X11/2003-X11.html",,,,"Earl + Becka's Dead Cave 1",,"2d","CUCC 2003 (Earl, Becka)","Loose boulder slope in ~25m into boulder/rubble choked chamber, quite large and with a high roof (say 5m high and 5m wide). No draught, no way on visible. Boulders loose at the top.",,,,"2003#03",,,,,,,,,,"gps03_bis.p2003-x11",,,"GPS post SA",,,,,,,,"Below and SE of GPSsed point",,,,"Unmarked",,"Surveyed", @@ -440,12 +441,12 @@ ,"-",,"2004-04",,"plateau/2004-04/2004-04.html",,,,,,"1d","CUCC 2004 (Olly, Jenny)","Undescended","Rope required",,,"Email 2005-05-30",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Not too far from 76 or 97","Large elongate hole surrounded by bunde",,,"Tag","Tag placed 2004 (on SW side of hole)","Refindable", ,"-",,"2004-05",,"plateau/2004-05/2004-05.html",,,,,,"1d","CUCC 2004 (Olly, Jenny)","Not descended. ~10m to a ledge, seemed to go deeper.",,,,"2004 log book",,"Sketch in logbook",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Just below high point west of 2004 Eislufthöhle bivvy (on E side of high point)",,"Series of entrances along a joint","

2004-05 entrance Jenny Black at the entrance

","Unmarked","Tag prepared but not placed 2004, stored at 76 bivvy","Refindable", ,"-",,"2004-06",,"plateau/2004-06/2004-06.html",,,,,,"1d","CUCC 2004 (Olly, Jenny)","Not descended. ",,,,"2004 log book",,"Sketch in logbook",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Not far from 175, west and a little north of the erratic boulders",,"Rift below a line of small cliffs","

View across plateau towards Bräuning Wall Entrance close-up

","Unmarked","Tag prepared but not placed 2004, stored at 76 bivvy","Refindable", -,"+",,"2004-07",,"plateau/2004-07/2004-07.html",,,,,,"1d","CUCC 2004 (Olly, Jenny)","Scramble down over boulders, and down slope to chamber. Small passage leads off at the end, but becomes to small.",,,,"2004 log book",,"? Jenny",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Not far from 175",,"Walk/scramble in entrance",,"Unmarked","Tag prepared but not placed 2004, stored at 76 bivvy","Refindable", -,"=",,"2004-08",,"plateau/2004-08/2004-08.html",,,,,,"1d","CUCC 2004 (Olly, Jenny)","Large chamber with partially collapsed roof and two entrances",,,,"2004 log book",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"West of 2004 Eislufthöhle bivvy",,,"

","Unmarked","Tag prepared but not placed 2004, stored at 76 bivvy","Refindable", +,"+",,"2004-07",,"plateau/2004-07/2004-07.html",,,,,,"1d","CUCC 2004 (Olly, Jenny)","Scramble down over boulders, and down slope to chamber. Small passage leads off at the end, but becomes to small.",,,,"2004 log book",,"? Jenny",,,,,,,"p2004-07",,,,,,,,,,,,"Not far from 175",,"Walk/scramble in entrance",,"Unmarked","Tag prepared but not placed 2004, stored at 76 bivvy","Surveyed", +,"=",,"2004-08",,"plateau/2004-08/2004-08.html",,,,,,"1d","CUCC 2004 (Olly, Jenny)","Large chamber with partially collapsed roof and two entrances",,,,"2004 log book",,,,,,,,,"p2004-08",,,,,,,,,,,,"West of 2004 Eislufthöhle bivvy",,,"

","Unmarked","Tag prepared but not placed 2004, stored at 76 bivvy","Surveyed", ,"-",,"2004-09",,"plateau/2004-09/2004-09.html",,,,,,"1d","CUCC 2004 (Olly, Jenny)","Not descended",,,,"2004 log book",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Near where Tantalus Schacht ought to be, apparently",,,,"Unmarked","Tag prepared but not placed 2004, stored at 76 bivvy","Refindable", ,"-",,"2004-10",,"smkridge/2004-10/2004-10.html",,,,,,"2d","CUCC 2004 Becka + Nial","Go down tube next to main entrance shaft to head of pitch. Pitch less than 10m down. Possible ways on.","20m rope + spits etc.",,,,,,,,,,,,"gps04.p2004-10",,,,"GPS post SA",,,,,,"215 deg to Zinken, 309 deg to Griess Kogel. (I suspect there is an error here, as this would be almost right at the summit of the Griess Kogel -DL.)",,,"From 204 top camp over col then down + west following line of large shafts / collapses.","Entrance shaft with snow plug, pitch visible beyond","

","Tag","Tag 21/7/2004","Surveyed", ,"2/S/T +",,"2004-11",,"smkridge/2004-11/2004-11.html",,,"In Ihrer Gesichtshöhle ","In Your Face cave",,"2d","CUCC 2004 Becka + Nial+Martin+Stuart","A small, drafting entrance in the bottom of a deep gully leads into low phreatic passage. After a short crawl over small angular rocks, a series of small (1 meter) drops enlarge the passage to allow standing room. The passage continues a short distance to a chamber with a scree floor.

To the left, are what appear to be blocked entrance shafts with flows of debris that spill into the chamber. Right leads to a spacious passage that rapidly becomes a flat out crawl over loose rocks, and chokes soon after. Higher up on the right, and looking back in the direction of the entrance, is a small phreatic tube that slopes upward. This can be followed around two right-angled turns before it chokes.

The way on from the chamber is straight on. Ducking under a low protrusion from the ceiling leads into another, slightly larger, chamber.

A passage leads off to the left from the far side of the chamber. This can be followed for a short distance before it reaches a blank wall with a small amount of water emerging from a hole near the top. A climb through a window in the right of the chamber leads to the bottom of an aven.

On the right hand wall of the chamber, to the left of the window, a short free climb provides the main way on. Below the climb an awkward crawling passage slopes downwards and emerges part way down the pitch. From the top of the climb, a high passage slopes steeply downwards for about five meters to emerge at the top of the ten meter pitch.

The pitch descends at a less than vertical angle to an icy boulder choke at the bottom with no way on. Above the pitch and to the left, a walking sized phreatic tube can be reached by way of a bolted climb. This leads to a muddy boulder choke.","30m rope + 10 hangers, should get you to all of the cave.",,"Form prepared 06/03/2005, waiting to be sent.",,"In dataset","

Notes in 2004#13; Tunnelized version of plan here.","caves/2004-11/2004-11.svx","145m","39m","53m N-S",,,"t2004-11",,,,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,,"From 204A go to 204D, then carry on a bit further.","Low (crawling) drafting phreatic hole in shallow valley heading down towards bowl of plateau.","

","Tag","Tag 21/7/2004","Surveyed", -,"0/S -",,"2004-13",,"smkridge/2004-13/2004-13.html",,,,,,"2d","CUCC 2004 ?",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"gps04.p2004-13",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag","Tag 2004 (?)","Surveyed", +,"0/S -",,"2004-13",,"smkridge/2004-13/2004-13.html",,,,,,"2d","CUCC 2004 ?. Surface surveyed CUCC 2005 (Anthony, Julia)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"2004-13","Part drilled spit hole",,"Surface survey",,,,,,,,"Between 161E and 161H, on the same level as E",,"Horizontal entrance 4-5m wide, quite low, leading to crawl sloping downwards at around 45°. Strong cold outwards draught.","None in existence","Spit","Part-drilled spit hole","Surveyed", ,"1/T +",,"2004-14",,"smkridge/2004-14/2004-14.html",,,"Doktorarbeitloch","Thesis Cave",,"2d","CUCC 2004 Olly M, Mark S + Stuart","Rift continues for ~15m with a critical-angle boulder slope. Choked at bottom with slight draft emerging from rocks.","Oversuit + helmet (and presumably a light as well - DL)",,,,"In dataset","Notes in 2004#41","caves/2004-14/2004-14.svx","23m","13m","18m E-W",,,"p2004-14",,,,,,,,,,,,"SMK ridge, near 234 (Hauchhöhle)","Follow normal 204 walk-in path as far as 2002-03 and turn left (northwards). Climb over ridge, down into choss bowl then left over bunderous ridge.","Pit with snow plug (at time of original exploration in 2004) leads to vertical rift entrance.","

Entrance Close-up showing tag View back from entrance

","Tag","Tag 1/8/2004","Surveyed", ,"1/T +","a b","2004-15","yes","smkridge/2004-15/2004-15.html",,,"Rundreisehöhle","Olly's Through Trip",,"2d","CUCC 2004 Olly M, Mark S + Stuart","20m of rift connects both entrances. Going A->B passage leads off on the left by A but is too tight after ~10m. Next left in the main rift is an oxbow and connects back into main rift after ~4m of tight passage.","Oversuit + helmet (and presumably a light as well - DL)",,,,"In dataset","Notes in 2004#41","caves/2004-15/2004-15.svx","43m","10m","32m E-W",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"SMK ridge, near 234 (Hauchhöhle)","Follow normal 204 walk-in path as far as 2002-03 and turn left (northwards). Climb over ridge, down into choss bowl then left over bunderous ridge.","A: Climb down in rift leads to slot straight ahead. B: Large pit with loose boulders leads to a small rift.","

2004-15a entrance View backwards from 2004-15a entrance 2004-15b entrance 2004-15b tag close-up

","Tag","Tag 1/8/2004",, ,,"a",,"entrance",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"2004-15.taga",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Tag","Tag","Surveyed",