From the Loser Panoramastraße
Bergrestaurant car park, take the path leading from the NE corner, which is
slightly shorter, and soon joins the main path (numbered 201, and marked with
red and white paint at frequent intervals).
-
-
Following this gently undulating path for ten to fifteen minutes leads to
-Egglgrube. Ahead and to the right is a 10m
+Egglgrube. Ahead and to the right is a 10m
cliff rising from the pasture to an area of karren and dwarf pine. To the
left is a valley containing several obvious sinkholes, with a junction path
signposted "Bräuning Zinken" (Weg Nr. 257) leading to Bräuning Alm.
Valley to
@@ -44,33 +44,33 @@ speleological interest. Our path crosses to east side of the valley and
continues past a small limestone scarp on the right.
-
Bräuning Alm
Above this scarp is another flat area of pasture, the site of CUCC's advance camp of 1977. The path also climbs
+href="../handbook/tcamps.htm#id1977camp">advance camp of 1977. The path also climbs
this scarp a little further on, turning right (not very obvious) out of the
continuing main valley. If the valley is followed up (this was our normal
route in 1976 and 1977), the same destination can eventually be reached by a
slightly rougher walk, as the path fades out in limestone pavement.
-
Schwarzmoossattel approach
The main path leads to short climbs up and breaks out onto a ridge between
-the above-mentioned valley and the much deeper
+the above-mentioned valley and the much deeper
Kratzer valley, access to which is difficult at this point owing to steep
limestone scars. Continuing, the path converges with the 1976 route coming in
from the left at a small col, then contours below the small peak of
Bräuning Nase to the left. Ahead is the site of CUCC's bivouac of 1979, and, slightly beyond, the
+href="../handbook/tcamps.htm#id1979camp">bivouac of 1979, and, slightly beyond, the
broad col of Schwarzmoossattel.
The plateau lies directly ahead over this col, and may be reached by any
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ The whole area is pathless and very rough, though a few routes are marked
with sporadic cairns.
Following the path round to the left (WNW) soon leads to a big cairn and
-a short scramble down to the old Top Camp, which
+a short scramble down to the old Top Camp, which
has been used by CUCC between 1988 and 2000. This is adjacent to the only reliable
water supply we have found, situated below the dramatic Bräuning wall.
Please take care not to pollute the spring! Note that this camp site is
@@ -87,19 +87,13 @@ still within the area designated as a "Naturschutzgebiet" (Nature
Reserve) and permission is required to camp there.
-
In the "early days" Expo used to drink Reininghaus Bier in the Bar
Fischer in Altaussee, as we didn't have a good socialising tent (or potato
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ There is a corresponding Limonade tally.
-
+Gösser kindly sponsored us in
2004 and gave us an excellent tour of their brewery at Göss, just outside
Leoben (two hours' drive from Base Camp; accessible on the train too).
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ too clever.
-
on the lake is a pleasant way to cool off for all and sundry. There are also
white water rivers, from the easy (ie. they need a bit of rain) to the
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ href="bcamps.htm">base camp, but watch out for Hilde's weir (see picture).
Owing to being mainly impoverished students, expo has an annual crop of
shit cars which limp across Europe with unfeasably large loads and equally
crap trailers, which provides for
-epic travel. This usually
+epic travel. This usually
results in at least one car being fettled at any time during expo, which
provides relaxing spectator sport for everyone else in
base camp at the time. One chariot which was more
@@ -89,16 +89,16 @@ reliable than most, until its eventual demise through old age and several
visits to Austria was Rover Richardson (middle pic, below),
who had the distinction of being older than his owner. For an account
of amazing persistence in the face of crap transport read
-"How (not) to drive round Europe"
+"How (not) to drive round Europe"
from CU 1992. This tale involves a Citroen van and a Volvo, also depicted below.
This is the fine peak with glacier visible from the
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ reinforcing bar handholds everywhere, which probably explains the drongo
density - a helmet or a suitable turn of speed are advised to avoid
stone-fall.
One of a plethora of festering activities centred around the conveniently
nearby, but out of earshot of the campsite, lake (Grundlsee). Parking has
become a problem if you have too much gear, but an inflatable dinghy is one of
@@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ been done in nearby resurgences. However, for relaxing by the lake, a set of
scuba gear and wetsuit or Michelin-man drysuit are ideal. The water is clear,
and in Grundlsee lies an underwater habitat which is fun to visit, and an old
lorry which is "verboten".
-Diving in Altausseer See
+Diving in Altausseer See
revealed not the hoped for resurgence, but a few bits of 50's vintage human
remains. Still it got us a go in the Feuerwehr's big red rescue boat :-)
Not for the complete beginner is the mind-bending takeoff from a ramp at the
top of the Toll-road. On early expos, everyone
thought that this was only for loonies, but now a small contingent of
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ and survive.
-
+
+src="../tinypix/chips.jpg" alt="High-frying chips" />
This is a sort of Russian-roulette with the base
camp barbecue. A large Dutch Oven is filled far too full with oil, perched on
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ how wet it can get before you hurt yourself or drown" (Wookey).
with the advantage of Schlagobers to appeal to the calorifically-challenged.
No, not the passage in
Kaninchenhöhle, but the death-by-chocolate pudding which it was named
after. The first challenge is to persuade the other attendees at the expo
dinner to pay for the game if you win. The second challenge is to eat ten of
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ these delicacies and not throw up for at least five minutes.
It has been done :-)
Used to occur from Fritz's jetty when base camp was
at Altaussee, but is now more likely to be an excuse for a trip to Hallstatt,
where there is also a handy gear shop and a diving school
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ to get bottles filled.
-
-
+
+
(See also Bier Drinking.) Festering in the evenings, or
daytime in the rain, generally takes place in Hilde's "Potato Hut", so called
because it is the meeting place of the "Potato Club". This august local
@@ -227,10 +227,10 @@ continuously during use or, very rarely, (d) worked perfectly. The temptation
to 'improve' it during time (d) resulted in hours being spent fettling it in
states (a) to (c). For better (probably) or worse, this activity is now pretty
much a thing of the past, owing to the advent of mobile phones.
OK, I admit, this is really caving, but it happens at base camp and is refreshing if it's hot. However, it can
@@ -250,28 +250,28 @@ from being dynamited.
the top metre or so gets quite warm in hot weather.
Can be done almost anywhere, when it doesn't piss down -
but usually combined with other activities at the side of the lake. However,
more rays can be picked up at Top Camp in the unusual event of good weather and
not caving.
There is a dry (metal trough) toboggan run worth a visit near Bad Ischl. Wear
long sleeves and trousers if you value your skin - doing so enables you to
dispense with the brakes entirely.
Of six expo attempts, four have
-succeeded - in 1984 and 1990, and 2007, and
-2011.
+succeeded - in 1984 and 1990, and 2007, and
+2011.
An earlier attempt was thwarted by
-a wasps' nest, and the 1992 attempt
+a wasps' nest, and the 1992 attempt
made the error of retreating from high up in what turned out to be quite an
epic in a thunderstorm.
@@ -297,21 +297,13 @@ beginners (unlike Hang-gliding, for example).
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diff --git a/handbook/primer.html b/handbook/primer.html
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--- a/handbook/primer.html
+++ b/handbook/primer.html
@@ -185,6 +185,5 @@ expo --> use the site index.
-