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@@ -25,21 +27,19 @@ See troggle/code/views/other.py and core.models/logbooks.py writelogbook(year, f
Frontispiece
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2018-07-09
-Lydia Leather,Mike Butcher,,Michael Holliday,
+Lydia Leather, Michael Holliday, Mike Butcher
Fisch Gesicht - rerigged entrance
Rerigged the cave entrance, to pendulum pitch and all the way to blitzen boulavard.
T/U: 0.0 hours
-
2018-07-10
-Tom Crossley,,Dickon Morris,
+Tom Crossley, Dickon Morris
264 - Balkonhoehle/ 1st rig
T/U: 4 hours
@@ -49,11 +49,10 @@ had been removed along with hanger. Dickon spent 10+ minutes swinging to find bo
Returned to surface leaving rope and rigging gear at last rigged Y-hang.
T/U: 0.0 hours
-
2018-07-10
-Jon Toft,,Anthony Day,
+Jon Toft, Anthony Day
Tunnocks - 1st rig
T/U: 5 hours
@@ -62,21 +61,19 @@ Rigged Tunnocks to start of Caramel Catharsis (or thereabouts). In the words of
Anthony: "Nothing to report, just tell everyone how great it was!"
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-10
-Lydia Leather,Mike Butcher,,Michael Holliday,
+Lydia Leather, Michael Holliday, Mike Butcher
Fisch Gesicht- pushing to liquid luck
Pushed past survey station 14C, found the phreatic tube lead to a small chamber (pissing pot) then continued left to a big pitch. Bolted, Rigged. Michael nearly killed Lydia --> called liquid luck.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-11
-Becka Lawson,Tom Crossley,,Mark Shinwell,
+Becka Lawson, Tom Crossley, Mark Shinwell
plateau - Prospecting past Fisch Gesicht, beyond the ski pole line
After the first spit had been set we realised that we'd forgotten the bolts, doh, so the tags for
@@ -119,11 +116,10 @@ Photo: Mark's phone at 17:00
T/U: 4.0 hours
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2018-07-11
-Anthony Day,Frank Tully,Chris Densham,,Todd Rye,
+Anthony Day, Chris Densham, Frank Tully, Todd Rye
plateau - Prospecting/visiting known holes near Organhöhle
Hacked out on the cairned path to Organhöhle to look at some holes
@@ -168,29 +164,26 @@ Description (talk to Philip W ? to decipher)Coordinates (UTM, OsmAnd+ on Android
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-11
-Jon,Dickon,,
+Jon, Dickon
Surface - Prospecting Kleine Wildkogel
Missing report
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-11
-Lisa Smith,Haydon Saunders,,Jim Blackford,
+Lisa Smith, Haydon Saunders, Jim Blackford
Tunnocks - To end of Usual Suspects
Missing report
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-12
-Tom Crossley,,Chris Densham,
+Tom Crossley, Chris Densham
Tunnocksschacht/258 - String Theory to Procrastination Rig
In via usual route to head of String Theory. Found Three ropes (~35m, ~45m, ~60m). Used ~45m and ~35m to
@@ -205,11 +198,10 @@ rope for Kraken with slings, snap gates, hangers and maillons.
Returned to Top Camp ~5 mins before callout - blame my (Crossley's) slow rigging of String Theory. Brought ~60m rope out of cave.
T/U: 10.0 hours
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2018-07-12
-Jon Toft,,Dickon Morris,
+Jon Toft, Dickon Morris
plateau - Prospecting Kleine Wildkogel
Prospected along side of Kleine Wildkogel along South edge heading West.
[Ed. All these are in area 1626 - checked by plotting on map 2023-10-16.]
@@ -258,20 +250,18 @@ Large open shaft. In, down over snow plug 30m. 2 consecutive pitches. First 5m,
[This is Homecoming 1626-359 now]
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-12
-Haydon,Jim,,Lisa,
+Haydon, Jim, Lisa
Balcony - Entrance pitch to traverse
Missing write up
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-13
-Jon Toft,,Dickon Morris,
+Jon Toft, Dickon Morris
Homecoming - CUCC2018 DM07 (Homecoming Hole) - First push
Headed off to drop DM07 followed by DM06. Started with DM07 as the closer of the two.
First pitch/handline 5m down from surface to large hole in ground.
@@ -293,11 +283,10 @@ top camp, and which subsided by the next day. Strange stuff which unfortunately
unable to push further the next day. :-(
T/U: 3.0 hours
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2018-07-13
-Philip Sargent,,
+Philip Sargent
plateau - Surface recce for Futility series back door
Cycled and walked to N. end of Altaussee lake to try to look at the Weisse Wand area of likely location of hole
from the other side of the valley (Trisselwand side). Failed to get far enough: only 1km away but 500m too low and
@@ -314,11 +303,10 @@ the tourist boat. Photos taken [and posted to Facebook Expo2018 page].
Whole trip (and a glass of most) 4 hours.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-13
-Todd Rye,,Dickon Morris,
+Todd Rye, Dickon Morris
Homecoming - 2nd push in Heimkommen höhle (Homecoming)
Carried 2x 45m ropes and a 80m rope over to Heimkommen. Dickon rerigged the pitch then ran out of rope on,
now named Radagast.
@@ -333,11 +321,10 @@ Out of rope so we surveyed out.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-13
-Chris Densham,,
+Chris Densham
plateau - Steinbrucken Tarp Topo
[DIAGRAM of tarp rigging in bivvy]
@@ -345,21 +332,19 @@ Out of rope so we surveyed out.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-13
-Lydia Leather,Mike Butcher,,Michael Holliday,
+Lydia Leather, Michael Holliday, Mike Butcher
Fisch Gesicht - pushing phreatic flies and surveying liquid luck
Surveyed from 14C to 22. Michael bolts, lydia and Mike survey. Mike made a dry stone wall. Mike found Toto chamber.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-14
-Becka Lawson,,
+Becka Lawson
258 - Rigging Guide Tunnock 258 Hydra, Snake Charmer, Snake Bite, Lower Snake Bite
Snakebite lands in large rift passage with waterfall entering from LHS. Water drains
@@ -383,11 +368,10 @@ station 8 at boulder is also numbered, same survey
P6 visible from P5
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-14
-Philip Sargent,,
+Philip Sargent
plateau -Surface walk Stoger Weg/115 (Schnellzughöhle) - actually cucc-ps01-2018
Found the entrance* - but it is 60m away from where the GPS says it should be.
@@ -412,21 +396,19 @@ I had found the upper (smaller) entrance CUCC-PS01-2018 at N 47.66743 E 013.8094
7
T/U: 4.0 hours
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2018-07-14
-Lydia Leather,Mike Butcher,,Michael Holliday,
+Lydia Leather, Michael Holliday, Mike Butcher
Fisch Gesicht -Pushing Urinal and fettling rope/rigging
Mike and Michael did more dry stone walling. More gardening. Followed the free attic opposite liquid luck ledge ti findthe Urinal. Bolted and rigged to an awkward body sized squeezing, thatr smelt of pee, having pissed down B. Boulavard. But possible free attic continuation.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-14
-Jon Toft,,
+Jon Toft
Expo - 2018 Expedition: Week 1
Blog Author: jtoftCUCC 2018 Expedition: Week 1
Once again the H?hlenforcher have travelled from the UK to Bad Aussee with gear, curry, and high expectations. It was all looking a bit bleak when Jim suggested it would be a no-drinking expedition, but when he promptly ended up drinking 7 beers the same night, we knew we were in business. The first week has passed quickly, with both bottom and top camp taking shape.
@@ -481,11 +463,10 @@ The nights end with plenty of drinks and cheer, and continued nerding to slot in
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-15
-Anthony Day,,Becka Lawson,
+Anthony Day, Becka Lawson
258 - Tunnock's Rig
The ambitious plan was to rig Tunnocks as far as camp.
@@ -500,11 +481,10 @@ and headed out.
[ * Becka: using an EDK (European Death Knot) with 8cm ends - who left it like this last year?! ]
T/U: 11.0 hours
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2018-07-15
-Mark Shinwell,Frank Tully,,Chris Densham,
+Mark Shinwell, Chris Densham, Frank Tully
Surface - Geshwand Alm walk
[from Callout Book - which Chris? Assuming Densham]
@@ -513,20 +493,18 @@ track going off at start of long straight section) NG59 HUK.
Then across the edge of the plateau on E side of Schossboden/Grüner Bichl valleys. Callout 2200.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-15
-Lydia Leather,Mike Butcher,,Tom Crossley,
+Lydia Leather, Tom Crossley, Mike Butcher
Fisch Gesicht - Pushed to Toto and surveyed free attic frys and Urinal
Tom joined Mike and Lydia, surveyed free attic frys and Urinal, found thgat Urinal has a high cieling (40m). Possible connects to Happy Butterfly above. Surveyed to chamber with boulders in the shape of Africa.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-15
-Lydia Leather,Mike Butcher,Michael Holliday,,Tom Crossley,
+Lydia Leather, Tom Crossley, Michael Holliday, Mike Butcher
Fisch Gesicht - Found Ulysses
Took photos, Mike and Michael go down to crystal crumble, found stalactites, pretty. Tom bolted coral corner, pretty formations. Traversed round Toto chamber on a false floor to the continuation into conintuation of free attic flys called phreatic becomes meander rift, (bolted) and dind a large opening with left and right junction (very false floor) called odious odium. Taking a right turn along the false floor leads to a vast floor now called Ulysses (after the Frans Ferdinand song Michael was singing). Yet to be dropped due to its very unstable nature. Did some gardening but a lot of work needs doing. Left turn at odium, leads to a true floor, leads to multiple boulder chokes and meander in approximately the direction of Ulysses with short pitches not dropped. More photos on the way out. Michael gets ill. Wees a lot.
lots of pee, very loose, less ice than last year, lots of key-hole passage.
@@ -544,22 +522,20 @@ Tom joined Mike and Lydia, surveyed free attic frys and Urinal, found thgat Urin
- KEEP PUSHING!
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-16
-Becka Lawson,George Breley,,Luke Stangroom,
+Becka Lawson, George Breley, Luke Stangroom
Balkon - Cathedral Kazam - Wild Honeycomb shaft - The Hangman
Spent over an hour trying to calibrate top Camp's collection of distox's (my two, CHECC and ULSA). I won with 0.35 and 0.5. Luke at 0.65 was way off and two Distox's refused to pair with George's PDA. Eventually underground and swiftly to Kathedral Kazam. 2 traverses were still in but short pitch needed rigging. Luke then rigged Wild Honeycomb shaft. Ash has - audaciously - rigged this off naturals last year but it hadn't been surveyed, leaving George and Rachel's Nature Calls surveys at the base floating. George and I followed Luke down surveying, with Luke concerned he'd taken the wrong route, but all was well.
At the base, there's a sort of horizontal level which we rigged a short pitch down (7m) and then what George and Rachel had done as a 13m chimney down which Luke and I declared a pitch. This led to a ledge with a vast, perched boulder next to it. The Hangman.
the pitch had a massive echo and stone rattle. We drilled the pitch head spits but were out of hangers, so headed out.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-17
-Becka Lawson,,George Breley,
+Becka Lawson, George Breley
Balkon - Wild Honeycomb shaft - The Hangman - Hangman's Daughter - Tunnock's Connection
Luke was off-colour so George and I returned to the Hnagman and I rigged down the pitch then we surveyed it to a spacious ledge, from here the shaft continued (offset) but it looked damp and we were keener on the horizontal otions - a window visable part way down The Hangman's Pitch and, from the base, a climb up on the left and a traverse to the right to s vhossy climb.
George went for the latter option, and got up via some shonky bolts, boulder balancing and clambering. The entered what we've called Hangman's daughter. I followed and we surveyed into what initially looked really unpromising: narrow, catchy, little passage.
@@ -567,32 +543,29 @@ Tom joined Mike and Lydia, surveyed free attic frys and Urinal, found thgat Urin
noticed a survey station! WHat the hell? I shouted to George who bombed down, forgetting to bring the Dostox so I had to go up the hideous rubby pitch to fetch it. After some searching, George found another station, 7, and we finished the survey. Then tried to work out where the survey had come from. Som2018-07-19e shreds of an oversuit on a tiny tube 3m above the floor of the chamber gave it away. The draft through had coated it in catchy popcorn. We took our SRT kits and tried to crawl through, but George didn't want to commit to going headfirst (I told him I couldn't be able to fish him out). He couldn't get through feet first so we gave up and headed out, finishing off the survey of the traverse on the way. At the top section of the Hnagman's Pitch 1 realived the rope had got hooked over a hideously sharp flake of rock and crystal. I wailed at George and down [prossiked until I could un-weight the rope and he could free it. Argh.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-17
-Becka Lawson,,
+Becka Lawson
Balkon - Rigging Guide: Balkon Honeycomb Shaft -> Hangmans Daughter
T/U: 0.0 hours
-
2018-07-17
-Becka Lawson,,
+Becka Lawson
Balkon - Rigging Guide: Balkon The Hangman - Prangman
Hangmans's Traverse is not here: redrawn later. See 20/7/2018.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-17
-Becka Lawson,,
+Becka Lawson
Homecoming - Rigging Guide: Entrance - Wallace and Gromit - Second Coming
Homecoming entrance and first pitch rigging guide:
@@ -613,11 +586,10 @@ Tom joined Mike and Lydia, surveyed free attic frys and Urinal, found thgat Urin
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-17
-Nadia Raeburn,,Adam Aldridge,
+Nadia Raeburn, Adam Aldridge
Homecoming - Shallow lead push
We set off from top camp,full of optimism for the day.
Nadias's ankle was sore from the previous trip, so we wanted to take the shortest route
@@ -655,11 +627,10 @@ It lead into two continuations; one horizontal, one vertically down. We crapped
and left the other labelled as a QMB. Reason being: it's clean washed, and it looks like it will connect to cave already found below.
T/U: 4.0 hours
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2018-07-18
-Philip Sargent,,
+Philip Sargent
plateau - Solo walking in area of 115 entrances [and CUCC-PS01-2018]
11:00-18:00 up the hill.
Found p115x the main "train tunnel" hole. Did a 200+ averaging GPS reading on p115x, Windloch, and cave 88
@@ -705,11 +676,10 @@ Continues deeper but I was in t-shirt and shorts. Slight cold outwards draft.
[Photos and GPS tracks and locations recorded.]
T/U: 0.1 hours
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2018-07-18
-Nadia Raeburn,Tom Crossley,,Todd Rye,
+Nadia Raeburn, Tom Crossley, Todd Rye
Homecoming - Hobnob Hallway
- Surveyed Hobnob Hallway until mud/sand slope.
@@ -723,11 +693,10 @@ of Radagast pitch. No issue with pitches being impassable except maybe Radagast.
T/U: 7.5 hours
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2018-07-18
-Nadia Raeburn,,
+Nadia Raeburn
Expo - Arriving to Expo For My Second Expedition
Blog Author: TinywomanArriving to Expo For My Second Expedition
@@ -795,11 +764,10 @@ We started the ascent a bit apprehensive of flooding, there had been no rain sin
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-18
-Tom Crossley,,
+Tom Crossley
Expo - My First Expo
Blog Author: tcacrossleyMy First Expo
@@ -921,11 +889,10 @@ My only wish is that I was staying for longer. I can't wait to come back next ye
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-19
-Becka Lawson,George Breley,,Philip Withnall,
+Becka Lawson, George Breley, Philip Withnall
Balkon - to Honeycomb -> Hangmans
After acrack of 11:30 start we had a steady descent to the bottom of Hangman's then
@@ -956,11 +923,10 @@ comes from. George pulled out Luke's Hilti fromt he RHS final Y-hang
on Honeycomb pitch - it only seemed to have set on one side.
T/U: 11.5 hours
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2018-07-19
-Anthony Day,,Luke Stangroom,
+Anthony Day, Luke Stangroom
Tunnocks -Setting up Camp Kraken (Tunnocks)
The plan was to get all the gear to camp so that we could spend the night there.
I rerigged the top half of Number of the Beast
@@ -986,11 +952,10 @@ Iexited without incident. Luke's footloops snapped on the Kraken
pitch, so he had to come back down to replace them with a sling.
T/U: 6.0 hours
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2018-07-19
-Chris Densham,,
+Chris Densham
plateau - Notes on Cave Radio 'Systeme Nicola'
The top camp (Steinbrucken) set transmits perfectly with the antenna
@@ -1011,11 +976,10 @@ ALPINEXES.
[anonymous but presumably Chris D.]]
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-19
-Anthony Day,Luke Stangroom,,Frank Tully,
+Anthony Day, Frank Tully, Luke Stangroom
Homecoming - shallow level
Having elected not to camp in Tunnocks the night before,Luke and I had a bonus extra day's caving.
@@ -1043,11 +1007,10 @@ to Top Camp via the bivi cave on the flank of the Kleine Wildkogel. At a mere
as a less-than-successful short-cut.
T/U: 3.5 hours
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2018-07-20
-Becka Lawson,,George Breley,
+Becka Lawson, George Breley
Balkonhöhle - to Hangmans -> Snailtrail. Rigging below Prangmans
A swift hour's caving with minimal gear got us to
yesterday's pushing front. The first 3 hours were spentdropping two pitches (the Snail Trail pitches)
@@ -1089,11 +1052,10 @@ and Snail Trail Traverse (20m after Snail Trail climb)
[See continuing Mongol Rally rigging guide]
T/U: 11.5 hours
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2018-07-20
-Nadia Raeburn,,Adam Aldridge,
+Nadia Raeburn, Adam Aldridge
Homecoming - Snagged and Shagged (shallow levels) & Rigging Guide
@@ -1117,11 +1079,10 @@ top of big block with a sling.
T/U: 6.0 hours
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2018-07-20
-Anthony Day,Lydia Leather,,Philip Withnall,
+Anthony Day, Lydia Leather, Philip Withnall
Fischgesicht - Surveying near Ulysses
An opportunity presented itself to visit the "other" new cave
and - despite feeling a bit broken - I opted to give it a go. This proved to
@@ -1151,11 +1112,10 @@ remain convinced that that it is actually an inflatable formation
procured from Blackpool Pleasure Beach,or some suitable Photoshop wizardry.
T/U: 8.0 hours
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2018-07-22
-Todd Rye,,
+Todd Rye
Expo - First Timer on Tour
Blog Author: Samouse1First Timer on Tour
I arrived in Bad Aussee, bright eyed and bushy tailed, ready for an adventure, and boy did I get one. Soon I found myself on top of a rather large hill, eating noodles and curry. Food of the Gods. I decided to join the new project of the expedition, Heimkommen Hoehle, as it looked promising, and I was looking forward to a good push.
@@ -1191,11 +1151,10 @@ Todd T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-23
-Becka Lawson,,
+Becka Lawson
Expo - A series of short notes on things that could go wrong
Blog Author: BeckaA series of short notes on things that could go wrong.
@@ -1244,11 +1203,10 @@ No further parts are planned but we're only 1/3 through the expedition.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-24
-Anthony Day,Lydia Leather,,Chris Densham,
+Anthony Day, Chris Densham, Lydia Leather
Tunnocks - Camping Trip
Day 1
@@ -1324,11 +1282,10 @@ All rope lengths estimated
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-24
-Philip Withnall,Typhon King,,
+Philip Withnall, Typhon King
2018-ad-02 - Prospecting and checking out the new bivi cave (Garlic Cave 2018-ad-02)
Typhon and I went for a walk
to find and assess the new bivi cave which Anthony found earlier this expo.
@@ -1454,11 +1411,10 @@ Photos uploaded to expofiles/photos/PhilipWithnall.
[Ed - added later, map of these cave locations to make things clearer:
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-24
-Max Weiser,Frank Tully,,Nadia Raeburn,
+Max Weiser, Frank Tully, Nadia Raeburn
Homecoming - Hobnob Hallway
We walked to Homecoming through Fishface cairning the route with Haydon, Jon, Ruairidh, Phil (U or W) and Typhon
filling in the gaps. Making it a fully cairned route.
@@ -1474,11 +1430,10 @@ We turned around there. On the way back Frank saw a lead behind
the wet bit. Way out took longer than anticipated.
T/U: 7.0 hours
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2018-07-24
-Becka Lawson,Adam Aldridge,George Breley,,Olly Hall,
+Becka Lawson, Adam Aldridge, George Breley, Olly Hall
Balkon - toHangman's->Hangngman + Window in Hangman's -> Myopia
No free drills at top camp but Adam and I managed to snaffle the only hand bolting
kit (there were two a week ago but...). We split at the head of Hangmans, Adam
@@ -1501,11 +1456,10 @@ where he couldn't safely continue but there was soil and a strong draft
so there's hope of an entrance not far above & we should check the LIDAR.
T/U: 10.0 hours
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2018-07-25
-Philip Withnall,Typhon King,Frank Tully,,Max Weiser,
+Philip Withnall, Frank Tully, Max Weiser, Typhon King
2018-ad-02 - More prospecting and bivi cave fettling (Garlic Cave 2018-ad-02)
Another trip to the bivi cave (Garlic cave 2018-ad-02) to landscape it and
@@ -1529,11 +1483,10 @@ Frank dropped 2018-pw-02 (see previous page) and killed it off. Survey:
6m deep, 3m wide rift, no discernible draft.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-25
-Nadia Raeburn,Luke Stangroom,,Olly Hall,
+Nadia Raeburn, Luke Stangroom, Olly Hall
2014-MS-14 - Driven East
Due to a missing spit driver we went East to look for it.
@@ -1547,11 +1500,10 @@ constriction. No noticeable draft after the constriction.
to find we weren't the first ones there.
T/U: 3.0 hours
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2018-07-26
-Philip Withnall,,
+Philip Withnall
base camp - Festering at base camp
Festered and nerded at basecamp. Made various improvements to the
@@ -1566,11 +1518,10 @@ but put some photos in expofiles/photos/PhilipWithnall/ for
comparison for someone who knows that hole.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-26
-Becka Lawson,,George Breley,
+Becka Lawson, George Breley
Balkon - to Hangman's-> Myopia + Mongol Rally
We got a fresh 200m + split it between us + headed to the traverse at the end of Myopia
first as the drill was at the top of Hangman. George bolted a rather elegant
@@ -1630,11 +1581,10 @@ muddy passage to corkscrewing around,to obvious pitch head.
[NB rigging moved back here from later in logbook as it belongs here]
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-26
-Olly Hall,Becka Lawson,George Breley,,Luke Stangroom,
+Olly Hall, Becka Lawson, George Breley, Luke Stangroom
Balkon - to Mongol Rally
I found my second descent of Balkony to be easier than the first. Becka and Luke
@@ -1656,11 +1606,10 @@ sketchy mud slope/pitch which required a rope.
Met Luke and Becka at Pitstop for the journey out.
T/U: 10.5 hours
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2018-07-27
-Becka Lawson,,George Breley,
+Becka Lawson, George Breley
Balkon - Hangman's-> Grand Prix + Tunnocks Connection to Antlermuza!
My last chance of being underground for a few days so I was even keener than usual.It took 1h20min to get
to the bottom of Mongol Rally.
@@ -1684,11 +1633,10 @@ On the way out we drank at the pool on Piystop as I was losing it with dehydrati
were on the surface at 01.30 to a full moon.
T/U: 15.5 hours
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2018-07-28
-Philip Sargent,,
+Philip Sargent
basecamp - network nerding
Tested Wookey's TP-link 200 Mbps HomePlug devices between potato hut & mains socket above
@@ -1699,11 +1647,10 @@ the 2nd green light lights up indicating communications OK.
to test actual useable bandwidth.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-28
-Max Weiser,Nadia Raeburn,Luke Stangroom,,Olly Hall,
+Max Weiser, Luke Stangroom, Nadia Raeburn, Olly Hall
plateau - Surface
We setoff with Nadia and Olly to practice surveying and exploring two
@@ -1718,11 +1665,10 @@ due collaspsing foothold during bolting.
at a potential dig in Fisch Gesicht which also crapped out after a few metres.
T/U: 2.0 hours
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2018-07-28
-Adelaide Diesbach,,Typhon King,
+Adelaide Diesbach, Typhon King
FGH - "shat myself"
At thebottom of FGH had an ~80m pitch that needed bolting, and the idea of it appealed to
@@ -1755,11 +1701,10 @@ pitch and turned right,
PS we didn't survey because we forgot the notebook up the pitch OK bye.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-29
-Philip Sargent,,
+Philip Sargent
surface - prospecting along "lookfutile.svx" route
Using Garmin eTrex Venture Cx GPS (WGS84)
"lookfutile.svx" was surveyed by Chas and Planc in 1983 following the discovery of the futility series in 1982.
@@ -1939,11 +1884,10 @@ Philip
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-29
-Nadia Raeburn,,
+Nadia Raeburn
Expo - Midterm Report
Blog Author: TinywomanMidterm Report
Three weeks in and three weeks left. We are all filtering down the hill to clean up for the annual dinner and refresh for the second half of the expedition. Here's what's happened so far...
@@ -2008,20 +1952,18 @@ This year we have had an influx of student cavers from many different universiti
T/U: 0.0 hours
-
2018-07-30
-Paul Fox,,
+Paul Fox
base camp - expo laptop
mq extension enabled on mercurial by Paul Fox.
T/U: 0.0 hours
-
2018-07-30
-Michael Sargent,,
+Michael Sargent
Surface - Cycling up toll road
[from Callout Book ]
Cycling to the top of the toll road. Depart 0730, Callout 1600.
@@ -2029,11 +1971,10 @@ This year we have had an influx of student cavers from many different universiti
1h20 up, 12:55 down. [phone number redacted]
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-07-30
-Paul Fox,,
+Paul Fox
Surface - Walk around Grundlsee
[from Callout Book ]
Walk around Grundlsee ~ 18km. Clockwise direction. Expected back~1730-1800.
@@ -2041,20 +1982,18 @@ This year we have had an influx of student cavers from many different universiti
[phone number redacted]
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2018-07-30
-Philip Sargent,,
+Philip Sargent
base camp - "Receipt for expo members of VfHO for 2018"
from Robert Seebacher
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2018-08-01
-Philip Sargent,,
+Philip Sargent
plateau - Solo walking in Stumern Alm area
Attempt to reach Futility Series mythical potential entrance from below.
@@ -2089,11 +2028,10 @@ above the tree line but below the bunde line.
Departed base camp 06:35, returned 13:05
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2018-08-01
-Adelaide Diesbach,Paul Fox,Cat Hulse,,Adam Henry,Michael Sargent,
+Adelaide Diesbach, Adam Henry, Cat Hulse, Michael Sargent, Paul Fox
FGH - Liquid Luck onwards
We started the trip to Fischgesicht with 3 other people (Cat, Cat's Husband, Paul), but they decided to turn back before Liquid Luck because Paul was being slow.
@@ -2110,11 +2048,10 @@ We covered maybe around 200m before we decided to turn around; the passage conti
We had a little time before out turn-around time, so Michael started to bolt the huge pitch that is parallel to Rubble Rumble until we got bored and decided to go back to camp early, giving us enough time to brag about our findings to whoever was still awake.
T/U: 8.0 hours
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2018-08-02
-Wookey,Alex Stirling,Ryan Boultbee,,Manfred Wuits,
+Wookey, Alex Stirling, Manfred Wuits, Ryan Boultbee
Tunnocks - testing to Balkonhöhle Connection - Part One
The initial stage of the trip was navigated quickly and easily by Wookey
- having previously surveyed up to starfish junction and being well-acquainted with the system.
@@ -2131,21 +2068,19 @@ the hope of returning.
contributing to the survey error in that branch(?).
T/U: 10.0 hours
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2018-08-02
-Adelaide Diesbach,Typhon King,,Manfred Wuits,
+Adelaide Diesbach, Manfred Wuits, Typhon King
FGH - Lead after Rubble Rumble
Followed the lead after Rubble Rumble, surveyed for 6 hours, 60+ survey legs total. Good trip.
T/U: 0.0 hours
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2018-08-02
-Jon Toft,,Haydon Saunders,
+Jon Toft, Haydon Saunders
Homecoming - Lizard King
A series of 4 trips bolting the Lizard King which is a rift with a strong draft
in Homecoming Hole (CUCC-2018-DM07).
@@ -2167,11 +2102,10 @@ Haydon says he was a 2 on a 1-10 scale where 1 is frozen solid.I was also very c
In other words, an altogether excellent pushing front with a brilliant windchill effect.
T/U: 5.0 hours
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2018-08-02
-Michael Sargent,Adam Henry,,Cat Hulse,
+Michael Sargent, Adam Henry, Cat Hulse
FGH - survey
Set off for Fischgesicht, to survey the shaft scooped on the 1st (See Adelaide 01/08/2018).
@@ -2187,11 +2121,10 @@ Eventually, the large phreas continued up into the ceiling, and the low level ro
The high phreas would be accessible with a traverse line for a climb up that is too exposed on its own.
T/U: 5.0 hours
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2018-08-02
-Becka,,Nadia,
+Becka, Nadia
Balkon - to Pitstop (off Mongol Rally)
T/U: 10 hours
@@ -2210,11 +2143,10 @@ far side of Pitstop whilst Nadia set off out.
[Images here in logbook have been moved to "Balkon - to Hangman's-> Myopia + Mongol Rally" where they belong several pages earlier ]
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2018-08-03
-Wookey,Ruairidh MacLeod,,Ryan Boultbee,
+Wookey, Ruairidh MacLeod, Ryan Boultbee
Tunnocks - testing to Balkonhöhle Connection - Part Two
Having been confused by the pitch that required to be raversed rather than descended,
@@ -2234,11 +2166,10 @@ On the return journey Ruairidh rigged the traverse line with 5 slings hooked on
A future trip would require more rope (greater than a 13m and 22m).
T/U: 10.0 hours
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2018-08-03
-Philip Sargent,,
+Philip Sargent
plateau - "Lookfutile3"
Walking and scrambling on the hillside/cliff below the main entrance to 115 (Schnellzughöhle)
to try to find an entrance to the Futily Series (again).
@@ -2263,11 +2194,10 @@ Needs surveying and tagging.
Removed water-collection poly-sheet from 115 ent. Now only has 9 litres of water and some flapjack & museli in it.
T/U: 0.1 hours
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2018-08-03
-Michael Sargent,Adam Henry,,Cat Hulse,
+Michael Sargent, Adam Henry, Cat Hulse
FGH - 3rd time
Returning to Fischgesicht for the 3rd time, quickly descended to the pushing front.
@@ -2285,31 +2215,28 @@ Outcome of trip was a lot of tidying up work, consolidated into a few good leads
Time in 10:40, time out 20:40
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2018-08-03
-Jacob Pulaho,Luke Stangroom,,Max Weiser,
+Jacob Pulaho, Luke Stangroom, Max Weiser
Balkon - Pitstop
Arrived at Pitstop to find George who was in the group in front to have finished bolting the traverse around to the other side. Passage was large walking passage with nice mud formations in floor. Passage ends at a pitch with a dodgy bridge. Half way-ish between the traverse and pitch was a flatout crawl on right. Crawl was unpleasant and sharp (I forgot kneepads!!) and was sloped upwards. Passage (including crawl unitil become too tight) was surveyed.
Pitch wasn't dropped.
We then head back to Pitstop and then attempt to bolt a rift but then the floor fell beath and scared me and we decided to call it a day.
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2018-08-04
-Philip Sargent,,
+Philip Sargent
base camp - Expo T-shirts arrived at Gasthof
2x S,
3x XL,
4x L,
lots of M (some male, some female, no distinction in label)
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2018-08-04
-Becka Lawson,Adam Aldridge,,George Breley,
+Becka Lawson, Adam Aldridge, George Breley
Balkon - to Grand Prix -> Camp Kraken -> Radio Silence + Scum of the Earth + Octopus Garden ->derig)
[Goal]: Derig Octopussy & Tentacle Traverse + camp to top of Kraken then derig out of Tunnocks to bottom of
@@ -2444,51 +2371,46 @@ This was my first trip to Kraken camp, but it might also be the last. However as
« Last Edit: August 09, 2018, 08:58:29 am by adam74aldridge »
T/U: 55.0 hours
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2018-08-04
-Nadia Raeburn,Luke Stangroom,,Rachel Turnbull,
+Nadia Raeburn, Luke Stangroom, Rachel Turnbull
Homecoming - derig
[from Callout book]
Callout 8am on the 5th.)
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2018-08-04
-Jacob Pulaho,Ruairidh MacLeod,,Alex Stirling,
+Jacob Pulaho, Alex Stirling, Ruairidh MacLeod
Homecoming - derig team 2
[from Callout book]
Callout 8am on the 5th.)
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2018-08-04
-Max Weiser,,
+Max Weiser
topcamp - derig bivvy cave
[from Callout book]
Callout 10pm
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2018-08-05
-Ruairidh MacLeod,,Jacob Pulaho,
+Ruairidh MacLeod, Jacob Pulaho
Homecoming - shallow leads
[from Callout book]
Callout 10pm
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2018-08-05
-Rachel Turnbull,,
+Rachel Turnbull
Expo - Final Homecoming Stint
Blog Author: RTurnbullIt?s coming home: Final Homecoming Stint
Homecoming is a cave found this year, approximately 90 minutes walk from our bivouac on the Loser plateau that has just gone and gone! Unfortunately, it has sunk lots of resrouces and plans have been formulated to set up a satellite bivi in the future, where our expedition aims will consolidate underground efforts.
@@ -2524,11 +2446,10 @@ At the top of the 40m our chain was over 300m long and we were entering rift pas
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2018-08-07
-Natalie Uomini,Paul Fox,,Wookey,
+Natalie Uomini, Paul Fox, Wookey
plateau - Eiskelle - Surface Prospecting
[date variously as 1st July or 11th July, but must have been 7th August. - editor]
We aimed to re-locate several caves that had been recored in 2004/5/6 and were within 300m of Top Camp. How hard can it be???
@@ -2537,21 +2458,19 @@ At the top of the 40m our chain was over 300m long and we were entering rift pas
Finally we located it and 2004-16 and -17.
The next day we returned to 2004-18 with Wookey and descended it. Luckily the spits were in place so we just had to chuck a rope down and a rope protector. A huge snow cone met us half way down on a ledge we could walk around. Paul drilled two holes and installed 2 hiltis and rigged the way down. We climbed down the ice slope (with rope) and landed on the boulder floor at the base of the snow cone. My first ice climbing experience - and I hope my last! We got hypotherimc while rigging the cave (Eiskeller - Ice House) and we got heat exhaustion while on the plateau. Lovely day at expo! Wookey was very helpful while we located 2004-18 (on an easy path not far from Top Camp) and again while rigging the cave - always great to have an experienced oldie on the team!
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2018-08-07
-Cat Hulse,,
+Cat Hulse
Surface - rope carry from Homecoming
[from Callout book]
Callout 10pm
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2018-08-07
-Wookey,Adam Aldridge,,Ryan Boultbee,
+Wookey, Adam Aldridge, Ryan Boultbee
FGH - try to connect to HB
[Wook:] Went over to Fishface to see if we could connect it to Happy Butterfly.
@@ -2598,11 +2517,10 @@ heading down which choked out, however when surveyed by Wook [squiggle]
back to this location in this online version]
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2018-08-08
-Max Weiser,Wookey,,Ryan Boultbee,
+Max Weiser, Ryan Boultbee, Wookey
Tunnocks - Resurvey trip down Tunnocks - 1
1
@@ -2611,11 +2529,10 @@ We resurvey part in March of the Penguins in Balcony and the pitch dumped into t
Also surveyed a new passage there that just looped around.
T/U: 15.0 hours
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2018-08-08
-Max Weiser,Wookey,,Ryan Boultbee,
+Max Weiser, Ryan Boultbee, Wookey
Tunnocks - Resurvey trip down Tunnocks - 2
2
@@ -2655,11 +2572,10 @@ Finally staggered out, including the [squiggle][squiggle][squiggle] by 2am.
~10m up. Quite [squiggle]. There must be an entrance somewhere.
T/U: 10.0 hours
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2018-08-08
-Natalie Uomini,,Paul Fox,
+Natalie Uomini, Paul Fox
plateau - Top Camp - Surface Prospecting - Old & New Caves - 8.5 hours
T/U: 25 mins
@@ -2850,8 +2766,8 @@ south-eastern edge of a huge steep-sided valley: Cubic Valley.
@@ -2909,7 +2825,7 @@ and 2 spits well positioned for rigging, but no visible
tag nor informations recorded.
@@ -2939,11 +2855,10 @@ just 20 minutes before our callout time!
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2018-08-09
-Natalie Uomini,Paul Fox,,Wookey,
+Natalie Uomini, Paul Fox, Wookey
Eiskeller - Revisiting 2004-18
T/U 2.5 hours
@@ -2991,11 +2906,10 @@ Be sure to wear an oversuit and layers!
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2018-08-09
-adam aldridge,George,,Becka,
+adam aldridge, Becka, George
Expo - the last Kraken camp of 2018
Blog Author: adam74aldridgeThis will be a summary of the last Kraken camp of 2018, and maybe ever.
The trip was partaken by George, Becka, and myself (Adam). We went underground in Balcony on Friday the 3rd of August around mid day and surfaced from Tunnocks around 8pm on Sunday.
@@ -3049,11 +2963,10 @@ This was my first trip to Kraken camp, but it might also be the last. However as
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2018-08-09
-Becka Lawson,,
+Becka Lawson
Expo - A mature view of Expo
Blog Author: BeckaA mature view of Expo
[from https://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=23424.msg299639#msg299639 ]
@@ -3128,11 +3041,10 @@ Becka
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2018-08-10
-Becka Lawson,George Breley,Luke Stangroom,,Rachel Turnbull,
+Becka Lawson, George Breley, Luke Stangroom, Rachel Turnbull
Balkon - Camping trip : Balkon
8th, 9th, 10tgh August
@@ -3233,33 +3145,30 @@ This has been transcsribed into ugcamplist.html
The Prusik out was a laugh! It was an introduction and a half to Austrian caving. 10/10 would do it again.
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2018-08-12
-Becka Lawson,,Anthony Day,
+Becka Lawson, Anthony Day
Surface - Prospecting holes from yesterday
[from Callout book]
Prospecting holes from yesterday near/towards the Brauning Wall
Callout 2100
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2018-08-12
-Wookey,Ruairidh MacLeod,,Chris Densham,
+Wookey, Chris Densham, Ruairidh MacLeod
258 - String Theory & Usual Suspects
[from Callout book]
'Chris' assumed to be Chris D. as Chris H arrived later in expo?
Callout 2200
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2018-08-13
-Ryan Boultbee,Jon Toft,,Alex Stirling,
+Ryan Boultbee, Alex Stirling, Jon Toft
Fishface - Garden School
[from Callout book]
dep. 0800. J., Ryan & 2 Germans & Alex.
@@ -3267,11 +3176,10 @@ This has been transcsribed into ugcamplist.html
Callout - at top camp when Luke gets there approx.2100
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2018-08-13
-Philip Sargent,,
+Philip Sargent
base camp - "Local contact: Dr. Helmut Kalss"
@@ -3294,11 +3202,10 @@ me a lift to the potato hut and I showed him the posters and aven. (He also has
NB: the pitch was named Pirate Pineapple Pitch due to the consumption of a pineapple by some rugged looking cavers at the bottom of the pitch. The carrying of pineapples to inappropriate places is a tradition upheld by Alex Sterling (sp?) of Nottingham University Caving Club in reference to the Pineapple on Tour (sp?) - a society at Nottingham University which took pineapples up munrows in Scotland. The society was dispelled by the university and folded into other outdoor societies.
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2018-08-13
-
Jacob Pulaho,,
+
Jacob Pulaho
Eishohle -Schneevulkanhalle Tourist Trip
Accompanied by Pi and Andt (two German cavers).
While drunk and making friends with some Germans, one of them, Andt, gave me a proposition: "You take me caving and I'll take you caving in an ice cave... with a snow volcano." I liked this idea! Despite the cave being less than 1k from top camp, due to Losser's 'I'm going to kill you with every steo you take' nature we had to walk accross the plateau toward Applehaus and then take that path. After negotiating some traverse, beating some bunde and safely avoiding the caver grinding we arrive at some dead larch... and a misty cave entrance! THis was to be our exit point. Pi headed up the hill to start rigging the top entrance while Andt gave me a quick lesson on how to walk with crampons. When crampon school was over, we too head to the top entrance. An oblong entrance of 10m-ish by 4m wide entrance pitch to the top of the snow volcano was probably 40/50m. When on top of volcano, daylight can still be seen. 'Tis quite impressive. When on top of volcano the size of the chamber starts to become apparent. In the distance ice stalls can be seen glistening through the mist. We continue the descent, this time down the side of the snow volcano for ~3-m until we reach the bottom.
@@ -3308,11 +3215,10 @@ me a lift to the potato hut and I showed him the posters and aven. (He also has
This chamber would be impressive even without all the ice. We wander around for a bit and I amazingly manage to remain standing I literally cannot stop smiling. Some of the ice pillars were easily 15m high! Eventually, Im forced to live by the call of nature. We exit through what was once called the Elephant Arse - cos there was a formation that like an elephant but has sadly melted since. I emerge from the cave, breathe, appriciate life and then have a piss!
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2018-08-13
-
Natalie Uomini,,Neil Smith,
+
Natalie Uomini, Neil Smith
plateau - Tagging Surface Trip and Lightning Storm descent
Went 100m NW of top camp to put a tag on a possible cave (located previously on 8-9/08 by Nat and Paul) numbered 2018-NTU-01. We practiced hand bolting to install the tag and picked wild chives.
As water was needed at camp, snow was collected for the bivy. While Ryan efficiently poured 5 tackle sacks of snow into the rain tarp, Nat and Alex and Ruairidh proceeded to practice drilling a Z-rig to try to haul an overfilled bag of snow vertically (see separate write up). While taking 2 ropes each down the mountain, we successfully crosses the plateau in fabulous perfect weather, only to be hit by a sudden bad storm at the col. An hour of super heavy rain and lightening was upon us. We were forced to emergency shelter in our double-bivy baf near a rock.
@@ -3321,11 +3227,10 @@ me a lift to the potato hut and I showed him the posters and aven. (He also has
REMEMBER: Check the weather, kids!!!
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2018-08-15
-
Christopher Holt,Radost Waszkiewicz,Luke Stangroom,,Max Weiser,
+
Christopher Holt, Luke Stangroom, Max Weiser, Radost Waszkiewicz
FGH - "FGH Derig"
Derig was going to be a big job. Tonnes of rope still down several holes, and most people had already buggered off, and a fair few of those still around had buggered themselves in some fashion! So we had maybe 6 decent cavers to do maybe 20 bags worth of rope from 3 different entrances in two days. The real hard nuts had done most of Balkonhole on a camp/push/derig the day before, and half of that group were quite deservedly taking a day off. Ruaridh's broken arm had mysteriously 'Got better, honest' until we made him prove it by climbing into the Animal house, so he was out. Fishface/Fischgesicht was the next biggest project, with ~300m depth and vague rumours of a drill left at the bottom for the "unclimbable" leads.
@@ -3364,11 +3269,10 @@ It was slow progress up the rest of the cave, barely keeping ahead of the derigg
The decision to leave all the tackle sacks at the entrance was endorsed unanimously. I poured myself a large Schnapps and followed everyone in double-curry dinner and falling asleep immediately.
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2018-08-19
-
Christopher Holt,Philip Sargent,,
+
Christopher Holt, Philip Sargent
115 - Schnellzughöhle
On the way back from KH entrance, Chris and I detoured to 115 to get 6 litres of water as we were very thirsty. Also took out the museli and flapjack. Left ~4 litres of water and a orange polythene swirl ('survival'?) bag.
T/U 0 mins
@@ -3376,7 +3280,6 @@ The decision to leave all the tackle sacks at the entrance was endorsed unanimou
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