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<html><head><title>CUCC Expo 2004</title></head>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN">
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<html lang="en"><head><title>2004 Expo: Mission Statement</title>
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1>CUCC Expo 2004: Mission Statement</h1>
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<h1 align="center">CUCC Expo 2004: Mission Statement</h1>
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<p>This summer, Cambridge University Caving Club will be continuing
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its highly successful series of expeditions to the Loser plateau in
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is the principal group exploring in the area, which continues to yield new
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discoveries.</p>
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<p>The principal known cave system in the area is the Schwarzmooskogel system,
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which comprises a number of connected caves including <a
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<p>The principal known cave system in the area is the Schwarzmooskogel
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system, which comprises a number of connected caves including <a
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href="../../smkridge/161/top.htm">Kaninchenhöhle</a>, <a
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href="../../smkridge/41/41.htm">Stellerweghöhle</a> and the stunningly
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beautiful <a href="../../smkridge/40/cucc.htm">Schwarzmooskogel
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Eishöhle</a>. Altogether the system is 55.1 kilometres long and 1030m
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deep, putting it among both the world's longest and deepest caves; over half of
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the length, and the highest and deepest points, were explored by CUCC.</p>
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deep, putting it among both the world's <a
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href="http://www.pipeline.com/%7Ecaverbob/wlong.htm">longest</a> and <a
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href="http://www.pipeline.com/%7Ecaverbob/wdeep.htm">deepest</a> caves; over
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half of the length, and the highest and deepest points, were explored by
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CUCC.</p>
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<p>Over the last few years the principal focus of CUCC's work has been <a
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href="../../smkridge/204/204.shtml">Steinbrückenhöhle</a>, a cave
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<h2>Principal Goals for 2004</h2>
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<p>The goals of the 2004 expedition include:</p>
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<ul>
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<li />The deepest point in Steinbrückenhöhle is in the tight and
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arduous stream passage of Razordance, which appears to continue downwards
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explore in this area. <!-- Personnel: Principally Martin + Earl. I'm also
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interested (Dave) -->
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<li />Some suggestions have been made for a return to Kaninchenhöhle,
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which was the primary site of exploration by CUCC for most of the 1990s. There
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are a number of open leads in the Far North, the area closest to
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Steinbrückenhöhle; it is not entirely inconceivable that one of these
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may lead downwards towards a connection with Razordance.
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<!-- Personnel: This is Wookey's pet project -->
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<li />There are a number of other leads in Steinbrückenhöhle which might merit exploration, including an undescended pitch (QM 01-38A) in the Chocolate Salty Balls area, known as 'The Eleven Second Rattle' after the sound heard on dropping rocks down it; another undescended pitch (01-68A) at the end of the Merry F***ing Christmas crawl; and many others (cf. the Steinbrückenhöhle <a href="../../smkridge/204/qm.shtml">question mark list</a>).
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<li />One of the most interesting of the many smaller caves in the area near
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Steinbrückenhöhle is Hauchhöhle, a prominent entrance near the
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(1623) and the boundary with the adjacent area 1626. <!-- Personnel: Brian,
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Tony, other people when feeling slack -->
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<li />There are a number of other leads in Steinbrückenhöhle which might merit exploration, including an undescended pitch (QM 01-38A) in the Chocolate Salty Balls area, known as 'The Eleven Second Rattle' after the sound heard on dropping rocks down it; another undescended pitch (01-68A) at the end of the Merry F***ing Christmas crawl; and many others (cf. the Steinbrückenhöhle <a href="../../smkridge/204/qm.shtml">question mark list</a>).
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<li />Some suggestions have been made for a return to Kaninchenhöhle,
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which was the primary site of exploration by CUCC for most of the 1990s. There
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are a number of open leads in the Far North, the area closest to
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Steinbrückenhöhle; it is not entirely inconceivable that one of these
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may lead to a connection between the two, although it seems unlikely.
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<!-- Personnel: This is Wookey's pet project -->
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<li />There is also much documentation and surveying work to be done, which
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although less glamorous than original exploration is vitally necessary
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</ul>
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The expedition committee is as follows:
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<h2>Expedition Committee</h2>
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<dl>
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<dt>Expedition Leader:</dt><dd>Olly Madge (Caius)</dd>
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<dt>Treasurer:</dt><dd>David Loeffler (Trinity)</dd>
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<dt>Transport Organiser:</dt><dd>Mark Shinwell (Queens')</dd>
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<dt>Committee members without portfolio:</dt><dd>Martin Green (Corpus)</dd>
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<dd>Steve Bishop (Queens')</dd>
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<dd>Peter Clifton (Trinity)</dd>
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<dt>Other committee members:</dt><dd>Martin Green (Corpus)</dd>
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<dd> <i>[plus others yet to be appointed]</i></dd>
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</dl>
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<hr>
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<!-- LINKS -->
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<img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png">
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<a href="index.html">Back to 2004 Index</a> <br>
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<img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png">
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<a href="../../pubs.htm">Index</a> to all publications<br>
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<img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png">
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<a href="../../index.htm">Back to Expeditions intro page</a><br>
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<img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png">
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<a href="../../../index.htm">CUCC Home Page</a>
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</body></html>
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<img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png">
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<a href="index.htm">Back to 2004 Index</a><br />
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<a href="index.html">Back to 2004 Index</a><br />
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<img alt=">" src="../../../icons/lists/0.png">
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<a href="../../pubs.htm">Index</a> to all publications<br>
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