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@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ synched on 2004-04-19. Check the original list if you want to be up to date.</p>
<li><a href="smkridge/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a> (1623/41),</li>
<li><a href="smkridge/115.htm">Schnellzugh&ouml;hle</a> (1623/115),</li>
<li><a href="smkridge/144.htm">1623/144</a>,</li>
<li><a href="smkridge/78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> (1623/78)</li></ul>
<li><a href="noinfo/smkridge/78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> (1623/78)</li></ul>
</td><td>Austria</td><td>Steiermark</td><td>Totes Gebirge</td><td>1030.0</td><td>56073</td><td>Robert Winkler e-mail</td><td>01/04</td></tr>
<tr><td>67</td><td>Herbsth&ouml;hle-Grieshessel (Maanderh&ouml;hle)</td><td>Austria</td><td>Salzburg</td><td>Tennengebirge</td><td>1029.0</td><td>0</td><td>Deep Cave List by Philippe Drouin</td><td>02/01</td></tr>
<tr><td>70</td><td>Hedwig H&ouml;hle (Bleikogelh&ouml;hle (P35))</td><td>Austria</td><td>Salzburg</td><td>Tennengebirge</td><td>1021.0</td><td>0</td><td>Wojciech W.Wisniewski e-mail</td><td>03/03</td></tr>
@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ synched on 2004-04-19. Check the original list if you want to be up to date.</p>
<li><a href="smkridge/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a> (1623/41),</li>
<li><a href="smkridge/115.htm">Schnellzugh&ouml;hle</a> (1623/115),</li>
<li><a href="smkridge/144.htm">1623/144</a>,</li>
<li><a href="smkridge/78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> (1623/78)</li></ul></td><td>Austria</td><td>Steiermark</td><td>Totes Gebirge</td><td>56073</td><td>1030.0</td><td>Robert Winkler e-mail</td><td>01/04</td></tr>
<li><a href="noinfo/smkridge/78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> (1623/78)</li></ul></td><td>Austria</td><td>Steiermark</td><td>Totes Gebirge</td><td>56073</td><td>1030.0</td><td>Robert Winkler e-mail</td><td>01/04</td></tr>
<tr><td>37</td><td>Kolkbluser-Monster-Hohlensystem</td><td>Austria</td><td>Salzburg</td><td>Steinernes Mer</td><td>55000</td><td>711.0</td><td>International Caver N25</td><td>09/01</td></tr>
<tr><td>45</td><td>Lamprechtsofen Vogelschacht Weg Schacht</td><td>Austria</td><td>Salzburg</td><td>Leo.Steinberge</td><td>50000</td><td>1632.0</td><td>Descent N161P18</td><td>09/01</td></tr>
<tr><td>58</td><td>Eisriesenwelt</td><td>Austria</td><td>Salzburg</td><td>Tennengebirge</td><td>42000</td><td>407.0</td><td>CIM No.6,7</td><td>J-A80</td></tr>

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<title>1623/41 Stellerwegh&ouml;hle Guidebook</title>
@ -16,18 +16,18 @@ considerable complexity, and only main routes through have been fully
surveyed, by two different groups, over a decade apart. Sometimes it is
clear where we have both surveyed the same passage, but in other places
it is far from obvious. If the description seems confusing, then so is the
cave !
cave!</p>
<p>The passages are described as seen from three main routes - the way
through 142, the main way through 41, and the German route through 41.
These routes are roughly parallel, and penetrate the hillside progressively
further to the east, or down the dip of the ramps. Some of these ramps
remain unexplored but probably connect the three routes in yet more
places.
places.</p>
<h2><a name="ent142">New entrance</a> 1623/142 (1982-83)</h2>
<p><b>Location:</b> E 35772.8 N (52)81214.6 H 1615.6
<p><b>Location:</b> E 35772.8 N (52)81214.6 H 1615.6</p>
<p>This is reached by bashing up an indistinct gully from
<a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/32.htm"><span lang="de">Windloch</span>
@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ places.
<span lang="de-at">St&ouml;ger Weg</span> until an entrance marked P132 (sic)
in red paint is reached. Initially thought to be a possible higher entrance
to the system, it is actually a little lower than
<span lang="de-at">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span> itself.
<span lang="de-at">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span> itself.</p>
<p><a name="wigway">A small</a> tube at the entrance quickly leads to a short
drop and spiral round into the start of a hading rift, much like
@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ this to the left leads to a pitch
[<a name="C1982-142-20" href="qmlist.htm#C1982-142-20">C1982-142-20</a>].
The main way continues low past holes in the floor
[<a name="C1982-142-21" href="qmlist.htm#C1982-142-21">C1982-142-21</a>] on
the right, then over a rock into a small chamber with a cairn.
the right, then over a rock into a small chamber with a cairn.</p>
<p><img src="142ent.png" width=650 height=870>
<p><img src="142ent.png" width="650" height="870" alt="142 Entrance survey (12k PNG)" /></p>
<p>To the left up a slope is the <a href="#id142main1">main way</a>, but
various gaps on the right lead through a low section downhill
@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ on left) leads in a few metres to the main way in 41. An unexplored passage
[<a name="C1983-142-05" href="qmlist.htm#C1983-142-05">C1983-142-05</a>]
leads south towards the entrance - this appears to choke very close to the
main 41 passage on the Arge survey. The dripping chamber is area is very
close to Stellerweg, but below the main route.
close to Stellerweg, but below the main route.</p>
<p>The <a id="id142main1">main route</a> from the chamber (with the cairn)
goes uphill to a low section, then keeps left round a choked depression in
@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ but probably leads back down to the dripping chamber
Another constriction leads to a "bad step" over a ramp to the right
[<a name="C1982-142-26" href="qmlist.htm#C1982-142-26">C1982-142-26</a>],
but none of the ramps are as awkward to cross as the lined traverses in
Stellerweg.
Stellerweg.</p>
<p><img src="142-41.png" width=750 height=650>
<p><img src="142-41.png" width="750" height="650" alt="Survey (13k PNG)" /></p>
<p>A longer crawl continues, passing small holes to right
[<a name="C1982-142-27" href="qmlist.htm#C1982-142-27">C1982-142-27</a>]
@ -102,17 +102,17 @@ At the top is a T-junction, left
[<a name="C1982-142-31" href="qmlist.htm#C1982-142-31">C1982-142-31</a>]
was soon blocked by a large boulder, which was passed by a short dig
from the far side, to provide the first connection from
<a href="../78.htm"><span lang="de">Schwabenschacht</span></a> (1623/78).
<a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/78.htm"><span lang="de">Schwabenschacht</span></a> (1623/78).
To the right at the T-junction leads on until, after 20m, the floor drops
away into blackness
[<a name="C1982-142-32" href="qmlist.htm#C1982-142-32">C1982-142-32</a>],
which proved to be a 32m pitch into the <a href="#bigcham142"><b>Big
Chamber</b></a>.
Chamber</b></a>.</p>
<p><img src="142bc.png" width=600 height=560>
<p><img src="142bc.png" width="600" height="560" alt="Survey of the Big Chamber (14k PNG)" /></p>
<p><a href="l/142bc.htm" name="bigcham142"><img alt="photo - 12k jpeg"
width=215 height=296 align=left hspace=10 vspace=10 src="t/142bc.jpg"></a>The
width="215" height="296" class="onleft" src="t/142bc.jpg" /></a>The
imaginatively named <b>Big Chamber</b> is by far the largest chamber in the
<span lang="de-at">Stellerweg</span> part of the system, 90m long, 30m wide,
and 40m from the roof at the pitch to the lowest point of the floor. This is
@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ boulders
[<a name="C1982-142-33" href="qmlist.htm#C1982-142-33">C1982-142-33</a>] are
possible at various points, but progress seems unlikely. Having said that,
Arge seem to have pushed an extension hereabouts to find
<b lang="de">Richie-Meander</b>.<br clear=all>
<b lang="de">Richie-Meander</b>.</p>
<h4><a name="rodrunway">Rodent Runway</a> - the original connection to
<h4 style="clear: both"><a name="rodrunway">Rodent Runway</a> - the original connection to
41 (1983)</h4>
<p>From halfway up <span lang="de">Vereinigungshalle</span> before the pitch
@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ another, bigger ramp. Up eventually leads back to the Big Chamber at
[<a href="qmlist.htm#C1982-142-34">C1982-142-34</a>],
while down leads to <b lang="de">Megalo-Schlinger</b> at the foot of
<a href="41.htm#p21">the 21m pitch</a> in Stellerweg, emerging from
[<a href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-17">C1980-41-17</a>].
[<a href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-17">C1980-41-17</a>].</p>
<hr />
@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ A number of small unpushed passages lead off left
[<a name="C1980-41-06" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-06">C1980-41-06</a>,
<a name="C1980-41-09" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-09">C1980-41-09</a>,
<a name="C1980-41-10" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-10">C1980-41-10</a>,
<a name="C1980-41-12" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-12">C1980-41-12</a>].
<a name="C1980-41-12" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-12">C1980-41-12</a>].</p>
<p>The final ramp is the <a href="41.htm#C1980-41-13">main way on</a>, while
across it leads to the original route at the head of a 21m pitch. A possible
@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ over the pitch would require a bolted traverse, but would almost certainly
merely connect into Doppelbodenhalle. Below the pitch, a ramp
[<a name="C1980-41-16" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-16">C1980-41-16</a>]
leads down to a chamber <b lang="de">Megalo-Schlinger</b> from where many
ways lead on. These have since been looked at by Arge.
ways lead on. These have since been looked at by Arge.</p>
<p>A joint plane
[<a name="C1980-41-18" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-18">C1980-41-18</a>]
@ -191,13 +191,13 @@ down dip is obstructed by boulders and a climb down
[<a name="C1980-41-19" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-19">C1980-41-19</a>]
leads via a squeeze into a very small vadose canyon. These both appear
to lead into Warme Duscher Rampe, a passage which appears to end wide
but inconclusive on the Arge 1998 survey.
but inconclusive on the Arge 1998 survey.</p>
<p>A ramp up
[<a name="C1980-41-17" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-17">C1980-41-17</a>]
under the old 21m pitch leads to the two connections to 142, one left to
<a href="#roofpcham">Roof Pendant Chamber</a> and the other straight on to
emerge at <a href="#C1982-142-34">C1982-142-34</a> in the Big Chamber.
emerge at <a href="#C1982-142-34">C1982-142-34</a> in the Big Chamber.</p>
<p>A second ramp
[<a name="C1980-41-20" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-20">C1980-41-20</a>]
@ -205,13 +205,13 @@ up NE then NW is <b lang="de">Doppelbodenhalle,</b> which emerges at
<b lang="de">Quickie-Rampe,</b> which appears complex at the point of entry.
It descends steeply to the right (ESE) and ends about 20m below the post-1981
route to the Big Pitch, heading in the same direction. It seems likely to
lead to another way into the same shaft, possibly with a shorter hang.
lead to another way into the same shaft, possibly with a shorter hang.</p>
<p>Down a ramp to the right at the start of
<span lang="de">Doppelbodenhalle</span> goes to a right turn,
[<a name="C1980-41-22" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-22">C1980-41-22</a>] and
seems to be an easier way into BUS than the way used by CUCC in the 1980s,
but the CUCC and Arge surveys don't seem to correlate well hereabouts.
but the CUCC and Arge surveys don't seem to correlate well hereabouts.</p>
<p>The main route is a climb up a narrower ramp left off the start of
<span lang="de">Warme Duscher Rampe.</span> This brings one shortly into BUS,
@ -221,16 +221,16 @@ traverses across two ramps
<a name="C1980-41-24" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-24">C1980-41-24</a>].
These are both very steep and slippery, and would require rigging,
especially in view of the fact that they head towards the vicinity of the
100m <a href="41.htm#bigpitch">Big Pitch</a>.
100m <a href="41.htm#bigpitch">Big Pitch</a>.</p>
<p>It should be noted that some of these leads have since been pushed by
Arge, and rejoice in names such as Manhattan and Fritz's Freeway. This
description is thus somewhat out of date and rather remedial in that attempts
have been made to indicate the new passages by building description from a
survey on which many of the passages are not explicitly named, and survey
data commented in a language foreign to the writer...
data commented in a language foreign to the writer...</p>
<p><a href="41bp.png"><img src="41bp2.png" width=535 height=575></a>
<p><a href="41bp.png"><img src="41bp2.png" width="535" height="575" alt="142 Big Pitch sketch (14k PNG)" /></a></p>
<p><a name="alice">Various routes</a> converge on the Big Pitch, but either
of two up-ramps, above the pitch heads, lead to a small junction chamber,
@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ explored by Arge, <span lang="de">Alice im Wunderland,</span> which trends
north, then NE for 100m, changing name to <span lang="de">bl&ouml;des
Eck</span> and ending at an unexplored pitch, which seems 99% certain to drop
into the <a href="144.htm#ybr">Yellow Brick Road</a> in 1623/144, probably
about a p20m.
about a p20m.</p>
<p>Straight on from the above junction chamber, a small passage
leads after 20m to a small inlet on the left, also unexplored
@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ from where hammering at the bottom of a nearby pothole (entrance numbered
<a href="../143.htm">143</a>, 140m deep) can be clearly heard, though a voice
connection could not be achieved. The top of the aven is about 15m below the
end of 143, and perhaps 20m away horizontally. The connection would add no
new depth to the system.
new depth to the system.</p>
<hr />
@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ choked pot
[<a name="X0000-41-03" href="qmlist.htm#X0000-41-03">X0000-41-03</a>]
(reported to be 28m deep, though not descended by CUCC).
Heading north from this point, then keeping left, an ascending ramp is
DIN-Rampe, connecting back to the main route not far before Megalo-Schlinger.
DIN-Rampe, connecting back to the main route not far before Megalo-Schlinger.</p>
<p>Shortly beyond the choked 28m pitch (and presumably one of the unsurveyed
ways to the right on the Arge survey) is the head of a series of pitches
@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ descended by CUCC are pretty much where we were led to believe the German big
shaft lay, there is a niggling suspicion that the Germans had in fact found a
route [<a name="C1980-41-39" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-39">C1980-41-39</a>]
from here to the <a href="41.htm#bigpitch">Big Pitch</a>, which would be a
much more convincing fit to the description we have.
much more convincing fit to the description we have.</p>
<h3>Stalaglufth&ouml;hle</h3>
@ -302,10 +302,10 @@ hole [<a name="C1980-41-42" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-42">C1980-41-42</a>])
leads to a 14m pitch (sloping at the top) which lands in a chamber. Pitches
of 8, 12 and 6m follow in a rift until the route narrows at the head of a
pitch (estimated 6m) which has not been descended
[<a name="C1980-41-44" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-44">C1980-41-44</a>].
[<a name="C1980-41-44" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-44">C1980-41-44</a>].</p>
<p>The route as described had survey cotton for some way, but there was no
sign of previous exploration at the end.
sign of previous exploration at the end.</p>
<hr />
@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ sign of previous exploration at the end.
<p>From the lower part of the 100m pitch, a rift window is visible in the
opposite direction from the way on below. This rift pitch
[<a name="C1980-41-32" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-32">C1980-41-32</a>]
marks the entry from <b lang="de">L&auml;rchenschacht</b> (1623/88).
marks the entry from <b lang="de">L&auml;rchenschacht</b> (1623/88).</p>
<p>Unfortunately, the group that explored this cave, whilst being very keen
to hear from CUCC about our finds in the early eighties, were reluctant to
@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ improvements in dialogue mean that we have a survey of the cave, from which a
<a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/88.htm">description</a> has been built. The
further ramifications of this cave connect through to the
<a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/40.htm">Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle
(1623/40)</a> with a further 2.5km or more of passage.
(1623/40)</a> with a further 2.5km or more of passage.</p>
<p>Downstream in Wet 'n' Wild, about 10m from the Big Pitch, a climb up to a
passage on the left
@ -337,21 +337,21 @@ marks the entry of the route from CUCC's highest entrance,
in a sharp passage until the stream disappears into a hole
[<a name="C1980-41-35" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-35">C1980-41-35</a>],
apparently reputed to be a sump, but in fact, no attempt to follow it has
been formally recorded, so this may be in error.
been formally recorded, so this may be in error.</p>
<p>Above the hole, in the main way on after 90m (before regaining the water),
a large (2.5m+ diameter?) unexplored passage
[<a name="C1980-41-36" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-36">C1980-41-36</a>] with no
obvious draught comes in from the right. This may be the passage shown on the
Arge survey as turning right after 10m or so, then ending a similar distance
beyond.
beyond.</p>
<p>After the 20m pitch, the 9, 5, 6 and 6m pitches are increasingly tight,
and it is thought likely that a much larger continuation could be found by a
(possibly heroic) traverse or pendulum from the vicinity of the 9m pitch -
though it has to be said that this QM
[<a name="C1980-41-37" href="qmlist.htm#C1980-41-37">C1980-41-37</a>] has not
actually been seen.
actually been seen.</p>
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<title>
@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ start of <a href="deepwy.htm#dartford">Dartford Tunnel</a> [<a name="C1982-41-00
href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-00">C1982-41-00</a>], also downhill, but none of these
crawls/stoops have been pushed to a conclusion. There may also be high leads
to the left 40m [<a name="C1982-41-01" href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-01">C1982-41-01</a>] and 60m
[<a name="C1982-41-02" href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-02">C1982-41-02</a>] from the start.
[<a name="C1982-41-02" href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-02">C1982-41-02</a>] from the start.</p>
<p>Where Dartford Tunnel turns abruptly right (NW) and changes into a high
rift, there is a possiblity of a passage to the left, about 6m up the wall,
continuing the line of the rift in the opposite direction [<a name="C1982-41-04"
href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-04">C1982-41-04</a>] to the SE. This NW-SE joint is parallel
with the Big Rift of Stellerweg, and seems to be a major influence in this
area.
area.</p>
<p>The joint-guided rift ends abruptly at a T-junction where the main way
is left in SW-trending vadose canyon. To the right is also big passage,
@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ leading Northeast to an aven with an inlet [<a name="C1982-41-05"
href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-05">C1982-41-05</a>], but no way on. On the main way, at a 4m
climb down, a passage comes in from the right, also NE; this may be followed
to a low area of mud and boulders [<a name="C1982-41-06"
href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-06">C1982-41-06</a>] with no continuation.
href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-06">C1982-41-06</a>] with no continuation.</p>
<h3>Confluence Area (1982)</h3>
@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-06">C1982-41-06</a>] with no continuation.
entering at the Confluence, the main way is to the left on a ledge. No
attempt has apparently been made to follow the canyon to the right at high
level [<a name="C1982-41-12" href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-12">C1982-41-12</a>], perhaps because
of its angle and lack of friction.
of its angle and lack of friction.</p>
<p>The main way crosses the canyon to a terrace, and drops down from here to
the Confluence from a corner. If, instead of dropping down here, the terrace
@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ apparently 20m high. A dangerous climb, c10, c5m leads to 25m of passage
ending in the huge 30m high Echo Aven [<a name="C1982-41-14"
href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-14">C1982-41-14</a>]. It's not entirely clear whether there is
a way on [<a name="C1982-41-13" href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-13">C1982-41-13</a>] in the roof of
K&ouml;n Dom.
K&ouml;n Dom.</p>
<p>Many of the passages in these levels contain dead bats, perhaps suggesting
a lower entrance, though this seems unlikely to be nearby. Some of the deeper
passages of <a href="../78.htm">Schwabenschacht (1623/78)</a> are near this
passages of <a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/78.htm">Schwabenschacht (1623/78)</a> are near this
area, perhaps 200m above the Confluence. The top of Echo Aven is near to
halfway to bridging this gap, which suggests the possibility of a connection
in the next few years.
in the next few years.</p>
<p>The climb down from the Bypass lands at the junction of the Purgatory
water and an inlet [<a name="C1981-41-07" href="qmlist.htm#C1981-41-07">C1981-41-07</a>] which
@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ soon after a 7m climb up, the streamway divides twice and becomes too small
to follow. This is thought to be the Stellerweg water, last seen in Junction
Chamber, but is likely also to include water from various inlets and floor
trenches seen in Dartford Tunnel, as there are no inlets in the Purgatory
itself.
itself.</p>
<h3>Stream Inlets below the Confluence (1982)</h3>
@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ but was not pushed to a conclusion [<a name="C1982-41-15"
href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-15">C1982-41-15</a>]. Shortly downstream, below the 7m pitch,
the streamway feeding the cascade on the left [<a name="C1982-41-16"
href="qmlist.htm#C1982-41-16">C1982-41-16</a>] remains unexplored (this is shown on the
right on the survey, not the left).
right on the survey, not the left).</p>
<p>Where the sump bypass drops back to the main stream, the continuing way up
is unexplored [<a name="C1981-41-22" href="qmlist.htm#C1981-41-22">C1981-41-22</a>]. Halfway
@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ between the next 3m pitch and the Twelve Foot Climb, (50m from each) another
inlet enters from high up, this time on the right [<a name="C1981-41-23"
href="qmlist.htm#C1981-41-23">C1981-41-23</a>]. Much further on, another unexplored inlet
up on the left [<a name="C1981-41-24" href="qmlist.htm#C1981-41-24">C1981-41-24</a>], shortly
precedes the Subtle Approach Pitch.
precedes the Subtle Approach Pitch.</p>
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numbering of newly found QMs can start from 1 each year, and no QM ever
changes its number. Prefix X0000-41- indicates deduced pre-CUCC QM. Leads
found by CUCC are prefixed C&lt;year&gt;-41- under the system introduced
in 1999.<br>
in 1999.</p>
Key:<ul>
<li> <b>A</b> very good, go for it.
<li> <b>B</b> needs effort, or less promising
<li> <b>C</b> hard to reach (bolting etc.), or very unpromising
<li> <b>?</b> quality unknown - poorly documented
<li> <b>!</b> may not exist, or may be multiple - guess from sketches
<li> <b>X</b> has now been pushed - may be ref. into description.
<li> <b>*</b> allegedly pushed, but needs another look or survey
<p>Key:</p>
<ul>
<li> <b>A</b> very good, go for it.</li>
<li> <b>B</b> needs effort, or less promising</li>
<li> <b>C</b> hard to reach (bolting etc.), or very unpromising</li>
<li> <b>?</b> quality unknown - poorly documented</li>
<li> <b>!</b> may not exist, or may be multiple - guess from sketches</li>
<li> <b>X</b> has now been pushed - may be ref. into description.</li>
<li> <b>*</b> allegedly pushed, but needs another look or survey</li>
</ul>
Probably seriously incomplete, especially for 1983-85.
<p>Probably seriously incomplete, especially for 1983-85.</p>
<p><a name="X0000-41-00"></a><a href="41.htm#X0000-41-00">X0000-41-00 X</a> Entrance 41a/b [leads to CUCC and German routes &amp; all the rest :-]
<br><a name="X0000-115-01"></a><a href="115.htm#X0000-115-01">X0000-115-01 X</a> Entrance 115 [led to choke dug by CUCC]
<br><a name="X0000-115-02"></a><a href="115.htm#X0000-115-02">X0000-115-02 X</a> Stone-filled crawl inside 115 [led to rest of cave]
<br><a name="X0000-41-03"></a><a href="off41.htm#X0000-41-03">X0000-41-03 *</a> Traverse pitch in 'German Route' [allegedly blind after 28m]
<br><a name="X0000-41-04"></a><a href="off41.htm#X0000-41-04">X0000-41-04 X</a> Shaft at end in 'German Route' [led allegedly to -220m]
<br><a name="X0000-41-05"></a><a href="off41.htm#germanr">X0000-41-05 C</a> Up left in first ramp crossed on 'German Route'
<br><a name="X0000-41-06"></a><a href="off41.htm#germanr">X0000-41-06 B</a> Down right in first ramp crossed on 'German Route'
<br><a name="X0000-41-07"></a><a href="off41.htm#germanr">X0000-41-07 C</a> Up left in second ramp crossed on 'German Route'
<br><a name="X0000-41-08"></a><a href="off41.htm#germanr">X0000-41-08 B</a> Down right in second ramp crossed on 'German Route'
<br /><a name="X0000-115-01"></a><a href="115.htm#X0000-115-01">X0000-115-01 X</a> Entrance 115 [led to choke dug by CUCC]
<br /><a name="X0000-115-02"></a><a href="115.htm#X0000-115-02">X0000-115-02 X</a> Stone-filled crawl inside 115 [led to rest of cave]
<br /><a name="X0000-41-03"></a><a href="off41.htm#X0000-41-03">X0000-41-03 *</a> Traverse pitch in 'German Route' [allegedly blind after 28m]
<br /><a name="X0000-41-04"></a><a href="off41.htm#X0000-41-04">X0000-41-04 X</a> Shaft at end in 'German Route' [led allegedly to -220m]
<br /><a name="X0000-41-05"></a><a href="off41.htm#germanr">X0000-41-05 C</a> Up left in first ramp crossed on 'German Route'
<br /><a name="X0000-41-06"></a><a href="off41.htm#germanr">X0000-41-06 B</a> Down right in first ramp crossed on 'German Route'
<br /><a name="X0000-41-07"></a><a href="off41.htm#germanr">X0000-41-07 C</a> Up left in second ramp crossed on 'German Route'
<br /><a name="X0000-41-08"></a><a href="off41.htm#germanr">X0000-41-08 B</a> Down right in second ramp crossed on 'German Route'
<br><a name="C1980-41-00"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-00">C1980-41-00 X</a> Left turn inside 41a entrance [led to <a href="41.htm#C1980-41-00">CUCC route</a>]
<br><a name="C1980-41-01"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-01">C1980-41-01 C</a> First ramp traversed over in 41a CUCC route [probably to German Route 00-41-05]
<br><a name="C1980-41-02"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-02">C1980-41-02 C</a> Uphill ramp where main way turns right along dip (must be near surface)
<br><a name="C1980-41-03"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-03">C1980-41-03 C</a> Second ramp traversed in CUCC route [probably to German Route 00-41-07]
<br><a name="C1980-41-04"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-04">C1980-41-04 C</a> Small uphill passage on left at corner after second traverse
<br><a name="C1980-41-05"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-05">C1980-41-05 B</a> Third ramp traversed in CUCC route
<br><a name="C1980-41-06"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-06">C1980-41-06 C</a> Small uphill passage to left by big boulders after third traverse
<br><a name="C1980-41-07"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-07">C1980-41-07 B</a> Fourth ramp traversed in CUCC route
<br><a name="C1980-41-08"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-08">C1980-41-08 B</a> Down passage to right after fourth ramp (probably to same place)
<br><a name="C1980-41-09"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-09">C1980-41-09 C</a> Left (uphill) leads to T-jn. T-left
<br><a name="C1980-41-10"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-10">C1980-41-10 C</a> T-right
<br><a name="C1980-41-11"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-11">C1980-41-11 B</a> Fifth ramp down in CUCC route
<br><a name="C1980-41-12"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-12">C1980-41-12 C</a> Uphill to left after fifth ramp
<br><a name="C1980-41-13"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-13">C1980-41-13 X</a> Last ramp down (serious traverse) [led to base of pitch, same as <a href="#C1980-41-14">C1980-41-14</a>]
<br><a name="C1980-41-14"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-14">C1980-41-14 X</a> Pitch after last ramp [led to <a href="#C1980-41-16">C1980-41-16/17</a>]
<br><a name="C1980-41-15"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-15">C1980-41-15 B</a> Continuation of high-level over pitch
<br><a name="C1980-41-16"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-16">C1980-41-16 X</a> Ramp down to chamber from pitch [led to way on to Big Pitch]
<br><a name="C1980-41-17"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-17">C1980-41-17 X</a> Ramp up under pitch [led to <a href="#C1982-142-34">C1982-142-34</a> at <a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-34">NE end 142 Big Chamber</a>]
<br><a name="C1980-41-18"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-18">C1980-41-18 C</a> Joint plane down dip from chamber below 1st pitch
<br><a name="C1980-41-19"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-19">C1980-41-19 C</a> Climb down through squeeze from chamber below 1st pitch to vadose canyon
<br><a name="C1980-41-20"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-20">C1980-41-20 B</a> First ramp up NE then NW from chamber
<br><a name="C1980-41-21"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-21">C1980-41-21 X</a> Second (narrow) ramp up from chamber [led to way on to Big Pitch]
<br><a name="C1980-41-22"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-22">C1980-41-22 B</a> Right turn reached from down narrow ramp right from <a href="#C1980-41-21">C1980-41-21</a>
<br><a name="C1980-41-23"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-23">C1980-41-23 A</a> First ramp down at corner below descent ramp from <a href="#C1980-41-21">C1980-41-21</a> (est. 25m drop)
<br><a name="C1980-41-24"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-24">C1980-41-24 A</a> Second ramp down (nasty traverse, est. 25m drop)
<br><a name="C1980-41-25"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-25">C1980-41-25 X</a> Downhill in first huge ramp [routes to Big Pitch]
<br><a name="C1980-41-26"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-26">C1980-41-26 B</a> Uphill in first huge ramp (two ways to same place)
<br><a name="C1980-41-27"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-27">C1980-41-27 X</a> Right turn off uphill in first huge ramp [leads to second huge ramp]
<br><a name="C1980-41-28"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-28">C1980-41-28 ?</a> Downhill in 2nd huge ramp - description fails around here but more in 82
<br><a name="C1980-41-29"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-29">C1980-41-29 B</a> Uphill in small inlet (above second huge ramp ?)
<br><a name="C1980-41-30"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-30">C1980-41-30 X</a> Right via small pitch from descent of <a href="#C1980-41-25">C1980-41-25</a> [original way to <a href="41.htm#bigpitch">Big Pitch</a>]
<br><a name="C1980-41-31"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-31">C1980-41-31 X</a> Left via two small pitches from descent of <a href="#C1980-41-25">C1980-41-25</a> [new way to Big Pitch]
<br><a name="C1980-41-32"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-32">C1980-41-32 X</a> Hole in wall near bottom of Big Pitch [reached from <a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/88.htm">1623/88</a>]
<br><a name="C1980-41-33"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-33">C1980-41-33 X</a> Chimney in right wall 20m downstream from Big Pitch [way in from 144]
<br><a name="C1980-41-34"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-34">C1980-41-34 A</a> Climb to passage on left 10m downstream from Big Pitch
<br><a name="C1980-41-35"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-35">C1980-41-35 X</a> Downstream in sharp passage [main way on]
<br><a name="C1980-41-36"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-36">C1980-41-36 B</a> Large (2.5m dia + trench?) passage on right (no draught, never entered)
<br><a name="C1980-41-37"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-37">C1980-41-37 C</a> Possible roof traverse(s) above tight pitch(es)
<br><a name="C1980-41-38"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-38">C1980-41-38 X</a> Continuation of Big Rift [main way on 1981]
<br><a name="C1980-41-39"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-39">C1980-41-39 ?</a> Area at start of Stalaglufth&ouml;hle - missed route on to Big Pitch ?
<br><a name="C1980-41-40"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-40">C1980-41-40 C</a> Continuation of canyon after sloping traverse, end series, German route
<br><a name="C1980-41-41"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-41">C1980-41-41 C</a> Continuation of 'dried out sump' crawl beyond window right
<br><a name="C1980-41-42"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-42">C1980-41-42 C</a> Hole down traversed after climb down from window
<br><a name="C1980-41-43"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-43">C1980-41-43 C</a> Tiny exit from chamber below 20m alternative pitch after initial p6m, p18m
<br><a name="C1980-41-44"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-44">C1980-41-44 C</a> Tight drop at limit of German route 'Stalaglufth&ouml;hle'
<br /><a name="C1980-41-00"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-00">C1980-41-00 X</a> Left turn inside 41a entrance [led to <a href="41.htm#C1980-41-00">CUCC route</a>]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-01"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-01">C1980-41-01 C</a> First ramp traversed over in 41a CUCC route [probably to German Route 00-41-05]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-02"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-02">C1980-41-02 C</a> Uphill ramp where main way turns right along dip (must be near surface)
<br /><a name="C1980-41-03"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-03">C1980-41-03 C</a> Second ramp traversed in CUCC route [probably to German Route 00-41-07]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-04"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-04">C1980-41-04 C</a> Small uphill passage on left at corner after second traverse
<br /><a name="C1980-41-05"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-05">C1980-41-05 B</a> Third ramp traversed in CUCC route
<br /><a name="C1980-41-06"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-06">C1980-41-06 C</a> Small uphill passage to left by big boulders after third traverse
<br /><a name="C1980-41-07"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-07">C1980-41-07 B</a> Fourth ramp traversed in CUCC route
<br /><a name="C1980-41-08"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-08">C1980-41-08 B</a> Down passage to right after fourth ramp (probably to same place)
<br /><a name="C1980-41-09"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-09">C1980-41-09 C</a> Left (uphill) leads to T-jn. T-left
<br /><a name="C1980-41-10"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-10">C1980-41-10 C</a> T-right
<br /><a name="C1980-41-11"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-11">C1980-41-11 B</a> Fifth ramp down in CUCC route
<br /><a name="C1980-41-12"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-12">C1980-41-12 C</a> Uphill to left after fifth ramp
<br /><a name="C1980-41-13"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-13">C1980-41-13 X</a> Last ramp down (serious traverse) [led to base of pitch, same as <a href="#C1980-41-14">C1980-41-14</a>]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-14"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-14">C1980-41-14 X</a> Pitch after last ramp [led to <a href="#C1980-41-16">C1980-41-16/17</a>]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-15"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-15">C1980-41-15 B</a> Continuation of high-level over pitch
<br /><a name="C1980-41-16"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-16">C1980-41-16 X</a> Ramp down to chamber from pitch [led to way on to Big Pitch]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-17"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-17">C1980-41-17 X</a> Ramp up under pitch [led to <a href="#C1982-142-34">C1982-142-34</a> at <a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-34">NE end 142 Big Chamber</a>]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-18"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-18">C1980-41-18 C</a> Joint plane down dip from chamber below 1st pitch
<br /><a name="C1980-41-19"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-19">C1980-41-19 C</a> Climb down through squeeze from chamber below 1st pitch to vadose canyon
<br /><a name="C1980-41-20"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-20">C1980-41-20 B</a> First ramp up NE then NW from chamber
<br /><a name="C1980-41-21"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-21">C1980-41-21 X</a> Second (narrow) ramp up from chamber [led to way on to Big Pitch]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-22"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-22">C1980-41-22 B</a> Right turn reached from down narrow ramp right from <a href="#C1980-41-21">C1980-41-21</a>
<br /><a name="C1980-41-23"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-23">C1980-41-23 A</a> First ramp down at corner below descent ramp from <a href="#C1980-41-21">C1980-41-21</a> (est. 25m drop)
<br /><a name="C1980-41-24"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-24">C1980-41-24 A</a> Second ramp down (nasty traverse, est. 25m drop)
<br /><a name="C1980-41-25"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-25">C1980-41-25 X</a> Downhill in first huge ramp [routes to Big Pitch]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-26"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-26">C1980-41-26 B</a> Uphill in first huge ramp (two ways to same place)
<br /><a name="C1980-41-27"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-27">C1980-41-27 X</a> Right turn off uphill in first huge ramp [leads to second huge ramp]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-28"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-28">C1980-41-28 ?</a> Downhill in 2nd huge ramp - description fails around here but more in 82
<br /><a name="C1980-41-29"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-29">C1980-41-29 B</a> Uphill in small inlet (above second huge ramp ?)
<br /><a name="C1980-41-30"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-30">C1980-41-30 X</a> Right via small pitch from descent of <a href="#C1980-41-25">C1980-41-25</a> [original way to <a href="41.htm#bigpitch">Big Pitch</a>]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-31"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-31">C1980-41-31 X</a> Left via two small pitches from descent of <a href="#C1980-41-25">C1980-41-25</a> [new way to Big Pitch]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-32"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-32">C1980-41-32 X</a> Hole in wall near bottom of Big Pitch [reached from <a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/88.htm">1623/88</a>]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-33"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-33">C1980-41-33 X</a> Chimney in right wall 20m downstream from Big Pitch [way in from 144]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-34"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-34">C1980-41-34 A</a> Climb to passage on left 10m downstream from Big Pitch
<br /><a name="C1980-41-35"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-35">C1980-41-35 X</a> Downstream in sharp passage [main way on]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-36"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-36">C1980-41-36 B</a> Large (2.5m dia + trench?) passage on right (no draught, never entered)
<br /><a name="C1980-41-37"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-37">C1980-41-37 C</a> Possible roof traverse(s) above tight pitch(es)
<br /><a name="C1980-41-38"></a><a href="41.htm#C1980-41-38">C1980-41-38 X</a> Continuation of Big Rift [main way on 1981]
<br /><a name="C1980-41-39"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-39">C1980-41-39 ?</a> Area at start of Stalaglufth&ouml;hle - missed route on to Big Pitch ?
<br /><a name="C1980-41-40"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-40">C1980-41-40 C</a> Continuation of canyon after sloping traverse, end series, German route
<br /><a name="C1980-41-41"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-41">C1980-41-41 C</a> Continuation of 'dried out sump' crawl beyond window right
<br /><a name="C1980-41-42"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-42">C1980-41-42 C</a> Hole down traversed after climb down from window
<br /><a name="C1980-41-43"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-43">C1980-41-43 C</a> Tiny exit from chamber below 20m alternative pitch after initial p6m, p18m
<br /><a name="C1980-41-44"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1980-41-44">C1980-41-44 C</a> Tight drop at limit of German route 'Stalaglufth&ouml;hle'
<br /><a name="C1980-115-45"></a><a href="115.htm#C1980-115-45">C1980-115-45 C</a> Hopeless choke at bottom of initial passage in 115 (not the one dug)
<br /><a name="C1980-115-46"></a><a href="115.htm#C1980-115-46">C1980-115-46 X</a> Hole opposite initial 7m pitch [reaches blind roof passage]
<br /><a name="C1980-115-47"></a><a href="115.htm#C1980-115-47">C1980-115-47 X</a> Climb up on right in 115 initial passage [main way on, found at end]
<br /><a name="C1980-115-48"></a><a href="115.htm#C1980-115-48">C1980-41-48 X</a> Right at phreatic tube broken into by Der Igel [chokes, shat in]
<br /><a name="C1980-115-49"></a><a href="115.htm#C1980-115-49">C1980-41-49 X</a> Obvious traverse off 10m down blind Rift Pitch (Baker's Bungle) [way on]
<br><a name="C1980-115-45"></a><a href="115.htm#C1980-115-45">C1980-115-45 C</a> Hopeless choke at bottom of initial passage in 115 (not the one dug)
<br><a name="C1980-115-46"></a><a href="115.htm#C1980-115-46">C1980-115-46 X</a> Hole opposite initial 7m pitch [reaches blind roof passage]
<br><a name="C1980-115-47"></a><a href="115.htm#C1980-115-47">C1980-115-47 X</a> Climb up on right in 115 initial passage [main way on, found at end]
<br><a name="C1980-115-48"></a><a href="115.htm#C1980-115-48">C1980-41-48 X</a> Right at phreatic tube broken into by Der Igel [chokes, shat in]
<br><a name="C1980-115-49"></a><a href="115.htm#C1980-115-49">C1980-41-49 X</a> Obvious traverse off 10m down blind Rift Pitch (Baker's Bungle) [way on]
<br /><a name="C1981-115-00"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-00">C1981-115-00 X</a> Inlet above Ramp at Baker's Bungle [up cascades, then ends]
<br /><a name="C1981-115-01"></a><a href="115.htm#C1981-115-01">C1981-115-01 B</a> Obvious (but lethally unsafe) black space ahead below Ramp
<br /><a name="C1981-115-02"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-02">C1981-115-02 B</a> Narrow rift below rebelay at the Col (crapped into)
<br /><a name="C1981-115-03"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-03">C1981-115-03 ?</a> Possible way on beyond pitch into Big Chamber (but probably not)
<br /><a name="C1981-115-04"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-04">C1981-115-04 ?</a> Aven at end of 60m upstream from Big Chamber, shown on survey. Description, however, says inlet sump.
<br /><a name="C1981-115-05"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-05">C1981-115-05 C</a> Aven beyond short crawl through hole in wall from food dump in 115 Big Chanber.
<br /><a name="C1981-115-06"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-06">C1981-115-06 B</a> Continuation traverse above Purgatory (too hard)
<br /><a name="C1981-41-07"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1981-41-07">C1981-41-07 C</a> Upstream at the Confluence below Purgatory (thought to divide - all tributaries too small to follow)
<br /><a name="C1981-41-08"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1981-41-08">C1981-41-08 X</a> Downstream continuation at silly depth [way on 1982]
<br /><a name="C1981-115-09"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-09">C1981-115-09 X</a> Left turn from traverse level just downstream of Big Chamber [ends - may =81-41-05 - or is this way to Futility Series?]
<br /><a name="C1981-115-10"></a><a href="115.htm#C1981-115-10">C1981-115-10 X</a> Right where traverse gets too hard at <a href="#C1981-115-05">C1981-115-05</a> [into phreatic maze area]
<br /><a name="C1981-115-11"></a><a href="115.htm#C1981-115-11">C1981-115-11 X</a> Right from junction in phreatic maze after low arch [now Purgatory Bypass]
<br /><a name="C1981-115-12"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-12">C1981-115-12 X</a> Steeply rising continuation right from Cairn Junction [original link 41/115, joins C1981-41-11]
<br /><a name="C1981-115-13"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-13">C1981-115-13 A</a> Continuation left from Cairn Junction (may be several passages here)
<br><a name="C1981-115-00"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-00">C1981-115-00 X</a> Inlet above Ramp at Baker's Bungle [up cascades, then ends]
<br><a name="C1981-115-01"></a><a href="115.htm#C1981-115-01">C1981-115-01 B</a> Obvious (but lethally unsafe) black space ahead below Ramp
<br><a name="C1981-115-02"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-02">C1981-115-02 B</a> Narrow rift below rebelay at the Col (crapped into)
<br><a name="C1981-115-03"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-03">C1981-115-03 ?</a> Possible way on beyond pitch into Big Chamber (but probably not)
<br><a name="C1981-115-04"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-04">C1981-115-04 ?</a> Aven at end of 60m upstream from Big Chamber, shown on survey. Description, however, says inlet sump.
<br><a name="C1981-115-05"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-05">C1981-115-05 C</a> Aven beyond short crawl through hole in wall from food dump in 115 Big Chanber.
<br><a name="C1981-115-06"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-06">C1981-115-06 B</a> Continuation traverse above Purgatory (too hard)
<br><a name="C1981-41-07"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1981-41-07">C1981-41-07 C</a> Upstream at the Confluence below Purgatory (thought to divide - all tributaries too small to follow)
<br><a name="C1981-41-08"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1981-41-08">C1981-41-08 X</a> Downstream continuation at silly depth [way on 1982]
<br><a name="C1981-115-09"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-09">C1981-115-09 X</a> Left turn from traverse level just downstream of Big Chamber [ends - may =81-41-05 - or is this way to Futility Series?]
<br><a name="C1981-115-10"></a><a href="115.htm#C1981-115-10">C1981-115-10 X</a> Right where traverse gets too hard at <a href="#C1981-115-05">C1981-115-05</a> [into phreatic maze area]
<br><a name="C1981-115-11"></a><a href="115.htm#C1981-115-11">C1981-115-11 X</a> Right from junction in phreatic maze after low arch [now Purgatory Bypass]
<br><a name="C1981-115-12"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-12">C1981-115-12 X</a> Steeply rising continuation right from Cairn Junction [original link 41/115, joins C1981-41-11]
<br><a name="C1981-115-13"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-13">C1981-115-13 A</a> Continuation left from Cairn Junction (may be several passages here)
<br><a name="C1981-41-14"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-41-14">C1981-41-14 B</a> Follow stream below traverse right from <a href="deepwy.htm#jncha">Junction Chamber</a>
<br><a name="C1981-41-15"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-41-15">C1981-41-15 ?</a> Continuation of traverse over stream (may not exist)
<br><a name="C1981-115-16"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-16">C1981-115-16 C</a> Descent to the stream from Cairn Junction
<br><a name="C1981-115-17"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-17">C1981-115-17 A</a> Left turn 16m
before 115 main passage, when coming from 41, mentioned in Journal, and quite clear on both sketch grade 1
of whole of this level and the grade 5 notes. <!-- at 41.Bypass.pt1.54 -->
This is a genuine QM. *Unless* its the <a
href="off115.htm#pboxbow">steeply rising tube</a> which loops back.
<br /><a name="C1981-41-14"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-41-14">C1981-41-14 B</a> Follow stream below traverse right from <a href="deepwy.htm#jncha">Junction Chamber</a>
<br /><a name="C1981-41-15"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-41-15">C1981-41-15 ?</a> Continuation of traverse over stream (may not exist)
<br /><a name="C1981-115-16"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-16">C1981-115-16 C</a> Descent to the stream from Cairn Junction
<br /><a name="C1981-115-17"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-115-17">C1981-115-17 A</a> Left turn 16m
before 115 main passage, when coming from 41, mentioned in Journal, and quite clear on both sketch grade 1 of whole of this level and the grade 5 notes. <!-- at 41.Bypass.pt1.54 --> This is a genuine QM. *Unless* its the <a href="off115.htm#pboxbow">steeply rising tube</a> which loops back.</p>
<p>Some of these QMs are rather spurious - they only existed for a few days
during expo at most. On the other hand, the original survey notes are showing
up some more QMs, not yet formally in the list:
up some more QMs, not yet formally in the list:</p>
<p>Hole down to sound of water at second junction with passage leading to
Cairn Junction <!-- 41.Bypass.pt1.41 --><br>
Cairn Junction <!-- 41.Bypass.pt1.41 --><br />
Hole to sound of water in Bypass well before Junction Chamber
<!-- 41.Bypass.pt1.39 --><br>
<!-- 41.Bypass.pt1.39 --></p>
<p>There may be other QMs here - the descriptions/survey from each end (41
and 115) don't quite gel. We don't have the UBSS survey data for this
connection area, and once the main way on was open, this area was never
looked at again.
looked at again.</p>
<p><a name="C1981-41-18"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1981-41-18">C1981-41-18 X</a> Phreatic passage left from 15m climb up at Junction Chamber &quot;cucc/UBSS 1981&quot; [main way back to stream avoiding Purgatory]
<br />Other ways on from this passage (Dartford Tunnel) were not noted in 1981, so have 1982 numbers
<br /><a name="C1981-41-19"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-41-19">C1981-41-19 C</a> Descent to stream below traverse in passage right from Junction Chamber
<br /><a name="C1981-41-20"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-41-20">C1981-41-20 C</a> First big aven in passage right from Junction Chamber climb
<br /><a name="C1981-41-21"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-41-21">C1981-41-21 C</a> Terminal big aven in passage right from Junction Chamber climb
<br /><a name="C1981-41-22"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1981-41-22">C1981-41-22 B</a> Continuation in sump bypass in lower streamway
<br /><a name="C1981-41-23"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1981-41-23">C1981-41-23 B</a> Stream inlet on right between sump and 12' climb
<br /><a name="C1981-41-24"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1981-41-24">C1981-41-24 B</a> Stream inlet on left just before Subtle approach
<br>Other ways on from this passage (Dartford Tunnel) were not noted in 1981, so have 1982 numbers
<br /><a name="C1982-41-00"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-00">C1982-41-00 B</a> Downhill crawl on right at start of Dartford Tunnel
<br /><a name="C1982-41-01"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-01">C1982-41-01 B</a> Inaccessible passage up on left, 40m down Dartford Tunnel
<br /><a name="C1982-41-02"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-02">C1982-41-02 B</a> Another one 20m further on
<br /><a name="C1982-41-03"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-03">C1982-41-03 C</a> Possible penetration down tight rift in floor of Dartford Tunnel
<br /><a name="C1982-41-04"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-04">C1982-41-04 B</a> Passage high on left at cross-rift where main route goes right <!-- 41.Bypass.pt1.22 -->
<br /><a name="C1982-41-05"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-05">C1982-41-05 C</a> Aven in inlet at end of right turn where cross-rift hits T-junction <!-- 41.Bypass.pt1.20 -->
<br /><a name="C1982-41-06"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-06">C1982-41-06 C</a> Passage right at 4m climb down in P.B. to low mud/boulder area <!-- 41.Bypass.pt1. -->
<br /><a name="C1982-41-07"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-07">C1982-41-07 !</a> Possible ways into vadose floor slots at various points along Purgatory Bypass, some with sound of stream. <!-- 41.Bypass.pt1. -->
<br /><a name="C1982-41-08"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-08">C1982-41-08 C</a> Wet aven in alcove to left in last section of Purgatory Bypass
<br /><a name="C1982-41-09"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-09">C1982-41-09 C</a> Aven on right a bit further on
<br /><a name="C1982-41-10"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-10">C1982-41-10 B</a> Ways down into stream rift below "cucc/UBSS 1981" traverse
<br /><a name="C1982-41-11"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-11">C1982-41-11 C</a> Continuation of Camp passage as traverse above Purgatory ?
<br /><a name="C1982-41-12"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-12">C1982-41-12 A</a> Possible traverse right where descent to Confluence starts (hairy - mud.)
<br /><a name="C1982-41-13"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-13">C1982-41-13 B</a> 25m+ climb up K&ouml;ln Dom (not attempted)
<br /><a name="C1982-41-14"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-14">C1982-41-14 B</a> Echo Aven (reached by hard climb, another climb to go)
<br /><a name="C1982-41-15"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-15">C1982-41-15 B</a> Roof passage from sharp left bend before 7m pitch below Confluence "Dry Purgatory" (entered, unclear if it ends)
<br /><a name="C1982-41-16"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-16">C1982-41-16 B</a> Cascade inlet (on right on survey, on left in description) downstream of short sump in main streamway
<br /><a name="C1982-41-17"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-17">C1982-41-17 C</a> Terminal sump - but only an idiot would dive this.
<br /><a name="C1982-41-18"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-18">C1982-41-18 C</a> Small choked tube with no draught above final sump.
<br><a name="C1981-41-19"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-41-19">C1981-41-19 C</a> Descent to stream below traverse in passage right from Junction Chamber
<br><a name="C1981-41-20"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-41-20">C1981-41-20 C</a> First big aven in passage right from Junction Chamber climb
<br><a name="C1981-41-21"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1981-41-21">C1981-41-21 C</a> Terminal big aven in passage right from Junction Chamber climb
<br><a name="C1981-41-22"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1981-41-22">C1981-41-22 B</a> Continuation in sump bypass in lower streamway
<br><a name="C1981-41-23"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1981-41-23">C1981-41-23 B</a> Stream inlet on right between sump and 12' climb
<br><a name="C1981-41-24"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1981-41-24">C1981-41-24 B</a> Stream inlet on left just before Subtle approach
<br><a name="C1982-41-00"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-00">C1982-41-00 B</a> Downhill crawl on right at start of Dartford Tunnel
<br><a name="C1982-41-01"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-01">C1982-41-01 B</a> Inaccessible passage up on left, 40m down Dartford Tunnel
<br><a name="C1982-41-02"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-02">C1982-41-02 B</a> Another one 20m further on
<br><a name="C1982-41-03"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-03">C1982-41-03 C</a> Possible penetration down tight rift in floor of Dartford Tunnel
<br><a name="C1982-41-04"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-04">C1982-41-04 B</a> Passage high on left at cross-rift where main route goes right <!-- 41.Bypass.pt1.22 -->
<br><a name="C1982-41-05"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-05">C1982-41-05 C</a> Aven in inlet at end of right turn where cross-rift hits T-junction <!-- 41.Bypass.pt1.20 -->
<br><a name="C1982-41-06"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-06">C1982-41-06 C</a> Passage right at 4m climb down in P.B. to low mud/boulder area <!-- 41.Bypass.pt1. -->
<br><a name="C1982-41-07"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-07">C1982-41-07 !</a> Possible ways into vadose floor slots at various points along Purgatory Bypass, some with sound of stream. <!-- 41.Bypass.pt1. -->
<br><a name="C1982-41-08"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-08">C1982-41-08 C</a> Wet aven in alcove to left in last section of Purgatory Bypass
<br><a name="C1982-41-09"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-09">C1982-41-09 C</a> Aven on right a bit further on
<br><a name="C1982-41-10"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-10">C1982-41-10 B</a> Ways down into stream rift below "cucc/UBSS 1981" traverse
<br><a name="C1982-41-11"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-11">C1982-41-11 C</a> Continuation of Camp passage as traverse above Purgatory ?
<br><a name="C1982-41-12"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-12">C1982-41-12 A</a> Possible traverse right where descent to Confluence starts (hairy - mud.)
<br><a name="C1982-41-13"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-13">C1982-41-13 B</a> 25m+ climb up K&ouml;ln Dom (not attempted)
<br><a name="C1982-41-14"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-14">C1982-41-14 B</a> Echo Aven (reached by hard climb, another climb to go)
<br><a name="C1982-41-15"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-15">C1982-41-15 B</a> Roof passage from sharp left bend before 7m pitch below Confluence "Dry Purgatory" (entered, unclear if it ends)
<br><a name="C1982-41-16"></a><a href="offdp.htm#C1982-41-16">C1982-41-16 B</a> Cascade inlet (on right on survey, on left in description) downstream of short sump in main streamway
<br><a name="C1982-41-17"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-17">C1982-41-17 C</a> Terminal sump - but only an idiot would dive this.
<br><a name="C1982-41-18"></a><a href="deepwy.htm#C1982-41-18">C1982-41-18 C</a> Small choked tube with no draught above final sump.
<br><a name="C1982-41-38"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-41-38">Other QMs</a> around <a
<br /><a name="C1982-41-38"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-41-38">Other QMs</a> around <a
href="#C1980-41-28">C1980-41-28</a> were found in 1982, but I've currently mislaid the
sketching of this area. Published descriptions are very confusing
hereabouts.
hereabouts.</p>
<p>"132" discovered 31st July 1982, entered 1st August, only really pushed to
the pitch and the Big Chamber - "all" surveying done 1983. Properly called
@ -170,55 +166,50 @@ numbers of QMs in here, all of which will probably link together. The
fifteen more for 1983, but the sketching I have (which looks nothing like
the drawn up survey) suggests as many again. I am only including ones
mentioned in the description. Some of them may need turning into multiple
QMs.
QMs.</p>
<br><a name="C1982-142-19"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-19">C1982-142-19 A</a> Down first ramp on right in 142 "Wiggy's way to 60' pitch"
<br><a name="C1982-142-20"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-20">C1982-142-20 A</a> Down trench in floor 15m later to pitch
<br><a name="C1982-142-21"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-21">C1982-142-21 B</a> Holes in floor right before chamber
<br><a name="C1982-142-22"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-22">C1982-142-22 X</a> Through various gaps on right to low way [leads to huge batch of <a href="#C1983-142-02">C1983-QMs</a>]
<br><a name="C1982-142-23"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-23">C1982-142-23 C</a> Tight lead on the left where main way narrows
<br><a name="C1982-142-24"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-24">C1982-142-24 C</a> Way up/left to a tight rift from main way
<br><a name="C1982-142-25"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-25">C1982-142-25 B</a> Down ramp from main way (one preceding "Bad Step")
<br><a name="C1982-142-26"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-26">C1982-142-26 B</a> Down ramp - the "Bad Step"
<br><a name="C1982-142-27"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-27">C1982-142-27 C</a> Small hole to right after the "Bad Step"
<br><a name="C1982-142-28"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-28">C1982-142-28 C</a> Small hole to the left after the "Bad Step"
<br><a name="C1982-142-29"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-29">C1982-142-29 B</a> Down ramp at step down in main way
<br><a name="C1982-142-30"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-30">C1982-142-30 C</a> Hole in the floor of main way
<br><a name="C1982-142-31"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-31">C1982-142-31 C</a> Left at
T-junction up from boulder chamber (allegedly blocked by boulder, but
apparently the connection point from <a href="../78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a>
- 6km not bad for a "C" lead :-)
<p><a name="C1982-142-19"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-19">C1982-142-19 A</a> Down first ramp on right in 142 "Wiggy's way to 60' pitch"
<br /><a name="C1982-142-20"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-20">C1982-142-20 A</a> Down trench in floor 15m later to pitch
<br /><a name="C1982-142-21"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-21">C1982-142-21 B</a> Holes in floor right before chamber
<br /><a name="C1982-142-22"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-22">C1982-142-22 X</a> Through various gaps on right to low way [leads to huge batch of <a href="#C1983-142-02">C1983-QMs</a>]
<br /><a name="C1982-142-23"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-23">C1982-142-23 C</a> Tight lead on the left where main way narrows
<br /><a name="C1982-142-24"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-24">C1982-142-24 C</a> Way up/left to a tight rift from main way
<br /><a name="C1982-142-25"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-25">C1982-142-25 B</a> Down ramp from main way (one preceding "Bad Step")
<br /><a name="C1982-142-26"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-26">C1982-142-26 B</a> Down ramp - the "Bad Step"
<br /><a name="C1982-142-27"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-27">C1982-142-27 C</a> Small hole to right after the "Bad Step"
<br /><a name="C1982-142-28"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-28">C1982-142-28 C</a> Small hole to the left after the "Bad Step"
<br /><a name="C1982-142-29"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-29">C1982-142-29 B</a> Down ramp at step down in main way
<br /><a name="C1982-142-30"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-30">C1982-142-30 C</a> Hole in the floor of main way
<br /><a name="C1982-142-31"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-31">C1982-142-31 C</a> Left at T-junction up from boulder chamber (allegedly blocked by boulder, but apparently the connection point from <a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> - 6km not bad for a "C" lead :-)
<br /><a name="C1982-142-32"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-32">C1982-142-32 X</a> Right at T-junction [to pitch into 142 Big Chamber]
<br /><a name="C1982-142-33"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-33">C1982-142-33 C</a> Various ways down boulders in Big Chamber (judged unsafe)
<br /><a name="C1982-142-34"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-34">C1982-142-34 X</a> Way up at NE end of <a href="off41.htm#bigcham142">Big Chamber</a> [connects to <a href="#C1980-41-17">C1980-41-17</a>]
<br /><a name="C1982-115-35"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1982-115-35">C1982-115-35 C</a> Two avens above gully at first junction left in <a href="off115.htm#futser">Futility Series</a>
<br /><a name="C1982-115-36"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1982-115-36">C1982-115-36 A</a> Draughting sand-choked tube at end of Futility Series - near surface ?
<br /><a name="C1982-115-37"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1982-115-37">C1982-115-37 C</a> Choke in left passage from <a href="off115.htm#bignfcham">Big Enough Chamber</a></p>
<br><a name="C1982-142-32"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-32">C1982-142-32 X</a> Right at T-junction [to pitch into 142 Big Chamber]
<br><a name="C1982-142-33"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-33">C1982-142-33 C</a> Various ways down boulders in Big Chamber (judged unsafe)
<br><a name="C1982-142-34"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1982-142-34">C1982-142-34 X</a> Way up at NE end of <a href="off41.htm#bigcham142">Big Chamber</a> [connects to <a href="#C1980-41-17">C1980-41-17</a>]
<br><a name="C1982-115-35"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1982-115-35">C1982-115-35 C</a> Two avens above gully at first junction left in <a href="off115.htm#futser">Futility Series</a>
<br><a name="C1982-115-36"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1982-115-36">C1982-115-36 A</a> Draughting sand-choked tube at end of Futility Series - near surface ?
<br><a name="C1982-115-37"></a><a href="off115.htm#C1982-115-37">C1982-115-37 C</a> Choke in left passage from <a href="off115.htm#bignfcham">Big Enough Chamber</a>
<p>There are quite a few 1982 QMs in 144, none of which have yet been
extracted from the description.</p>
<br>There are quite a few 1982 QMs in 144, none of which have yet been
extracted from the description.
<p><a name="C1983-142-00"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1983-142-00">C1983-142-00 X</a> Obscure route right through boulders part way up to T-jn of <a href="#C1982-142-31">C1982-142-31</a> [to <a href="off41.htm#rodrunway">Rodent Runway</a>, thence to 41]
<br /><a name="C1983-142-01"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1983-142-01">C1983-142-01 !</a> c 7 unexplored leads off Rodent Runway
<br /><a name="C1983-142-02"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1983-142-02">C1983-142-02 !</a> c 4 ways off at start of route from <a href="#C1982-142-22">C1982-142-22</a>
<br /><a name="C1983-142-03"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1983-142-03">C1983-142-03 A</a> Way on "To stream" in route from <a href="#C1982-142-22">C1982-142-22</a>
<br /><a name="C1983-142-04"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1983-142-04">C1983-142-04 ?</a> Way just right of <a href="#C1983-142-03">C1983-142-03</a> - not in description, but appears on survey
<br /><a name="C1983-142-05"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1983-142-05">C1983-142-05 A</a> Continuation(s) of Dripping Chamber - end of route from <a href="#C1982-142-22">C1982-142-22</a></p>
<br><a name="C1983-142-00"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1983-142-00">C1983-142-00 X</a> Obscure route right through boulders part way up to T-jn of <a href="#C1982-142-31">C1982-142-31</a> [to <a href="off41.htm#rodrunway">Rodent Runway</a>, thence to 41]
<br><a name="C1983-142-01"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1983-142-01">C1983-142-01 !</a> c 7 unexplored leads off Rodent Runway
<br><a name="C1983-142-02"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1983-142-02">C1983-142-02 !</a> c 4 ways off at start of route from <a href="#C1982-142-22">C1982-142-22</a>
<br><a name="C1983-142-03"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1983-142-03">C1983-142-03 A</a> Way on "To stream" in route from <a href="#C1982-142-22">C1982-142-22</a>
<br><a name="C1983-142-04"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1983-142-04">C1983-142-04 ?</a> Way just right of <a href="#C1983-142-03">C1983-142-03</a> - not in description, but appears on survey
<br><a name="C1983-142-05"></a><a href="off41.htm#C1983-142-05">C1983-142-05 A</a> Continuation(s) of Dripping Chamber - end of route from <a href="#C1982-142-22">C1982-142-22</a>
<p>There is a suspicion that the passages of <a href="#C1982-142-22">C1982-142-22</a> have reached the German Route
<p>There is a suspicion that the passages of <a href="#C1982-142-22">C1982-142-22</a> have reached the German Route</p>
<p>1983 QMs are very vague 'cos the survey is so crap. There are also a few
QMs from 84, and I haven't even vaguely put in the QMs in 1623/144, of which
there are quite a large number, which belong here since the cave connects
(the linking-in point is <a href="#C1980-41-33">C1980-41-33</a>, which should have been
a 1980 QM, but can't tell if it was actually noticed that year).
(the linking-in point is <a href="#C1980-41-33">C1980-41-33</a>, which should have been a 1980 QM, but can't tell if it was actually noticed that year).</p>
<p>I count over 80 of those QM's as having no described continuation. Several
of these are groups of ways on which may or may not go to the same place. No
doubt some of these have been looked at, but not written up or surveyed. Most
of those will be fairly short. Equally, I suspect that quite a lot will have
been missed on the surveys, which would bring the numbers back up again.
been missed on the surveys, which would bring the numbers back up again.</p>
<p>A large proportion of these QMs can be reached without ANY rigging of
existing pitches. The survey of 142 is/was a shambles, and needs, at the
@ -228,21 +219,22 @@ the shaft at the end of the German Route alleged to be 220m must have been a
way into the Big Pitch, and not what CUCC pushed in 1980. We have no
adequate survey of the German route, which would be handy to have (at least
for that part which doesn't need rigging), as we could then see if the QMs
in 142 and the CUCC route in 41 do indeed reach the German Route.
in 142 and the CUCC route in 41 do indeed reach the German Route.</p>
<p>Initial impressions are that the further from the entrance a QM was, the
more likely it is to have been pushed (unlike 161 :-). This may simply mean
that people were less observant and less careful to note QMs lower down.
that people were less observant and less careful to note QMs lower down.</p>
<p>CUCC does now have survey data and a published plan, showing where
1623/88 (L&auml;rchenh&ouml;hle) connects to the big pitch. However, we
haven't yet generated any kind of passage description.
haven't yet generated any kind of passage description.</p>
<p>The QM situation in 142 is such that a chronological numbering is getting
silly. It may be impossible to identify the numbered QMs "in the
cave", in which case the thing to do is to delete that QM, and number
all new ones with C2000-142- (or whatever year it is) numbers.
all new ones with C2000-142- (or whatever year it is) numbers.</p>
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@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Underground. The <a href="../../years/1982/41gd.htm">descriptive
article</a> which accompanied this survey makes a great deal of the supposed
134&deg; error in one compass. The compass was subsequently found to be
in error by a much more believable 180&deg; which renders the published
survey wrong in one area.
survey wrong in one area.</p>
<p>The survey is, perhaps surprisingly, at its worst in that part of the cave
first explored. The main Stellerweg route was surveyed at grade 4 (after
@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ correction for fridge north) in 1980 to the head of the Big Rift, but only by
measuring rope lengths on pitches after that (the expedition was very pressed
for time and manpower when this route was connected to 115 in 1981). Only a
cursory survey was done of the German route, as we expected to obtain a copy
of the original survey (from 1972 ?) - we are still waiting.
of the original survey (from 1972 ?) - we are still waiting.</p>
<p>The survey of what became the "normal" route to the bottom is much
better, being to grade 5 all the way from the 115 entrance to The Confluence.
@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ the subsequent grade 5 one is pretty good, so there is no reason to expect
particularly poor quality here. From the 12' climb to the bottom was all
surveyed, in 1982, to grade 5 by the dedicated minority who were actually
hard enough to get this far down the cave (and stupid enough to push a low
airspace duck at -700m - they deserved it).
airspace duck at -700m - they deserved it).</p>
<p>Thus, the depth quoted on the 1983 published survey is almost entirely
dependent on a grade 5 centre line which agreed well with other bits of
survey where these existed. There are no significant closed loops to
provide independent checks. The only known problem with the published
survey is the section of passage drawn 46&deg; out due to the "fridge
north" calibration cock-up.
north" calibration cock-up.</p>
<p>After the high entrances of <a href="../143.htm">143</a> and
<a href="../144.htm">144</a> were explored, and the latter was connected
@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ system, a lot more survey data was available, all of it above the Big Rift in
Stellerweg. All these passages were drawn up, at a larger scale than the
original published survey, and with the fridge north error corrected.
However, this survey has never been published - CUCC stopped working in the
cave and the project petered out.
cave and the project petered out.</p>
<p>A significant part of the survey (all of 142 and the passages of 41 from
the entrance to the Big Pitch) is drawn up in machine-readable form, and
@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ entrances. An overview of the whole survey (at a reduced scale) is also on
the site <a href="hlevel.png">here</a>.
A lot more survey work is expected in the cave over the next few
years (and this has already started). One connection from
<a href="../78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> (1623/78) to the 1623/142 entrance
<a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> (1623/78) to the 1623/142 entrance
has already been made, and other connections seem likely. It is hoped that we
will also be able to obtain details of the other caves connected to the
system, and be able to draw up a full survey of what is already at least a
20km system.
20km system.</p>
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<p>Exploration in the last few years has shown that though a variety of
different approach walks are needed to visit various parts of the
long ridge on the SE side of area 1623, many of the significant caves
form part of a single, very extensive, system.
form part of a single, very extensive, system.</p>
<p>In the southern part, the <span lang="de-at">Vorderer
Schwarzmooskogel</span> (1843m), the area is bounded on the west by steep
@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ scars into the <a href="../kratzer/index.htm"><span
lang="de-at">Kratzer</span> valley</a> and to the south and southeast by the
cliffs of <span lang="de-at">Wei&szlig;e Wand,</span> below which lies <a
href="../aaussee/index.htm"><span lang="de-at">Altausseer See</span></a> and
the <span lang="de-at">Hoch Klapf</span> valley to its NE.
the <span lang="de-at">Hoch Klapf</span> valley to its NE.</p>
<p>The ridge runs NNE, with a col at 1755m, before rising to the <span
lang="de-at">Hinterer Schwarzmooskogel</span> at 1906m. To the west of this,
@ -31,45 +31,39 @@ northeast - just a limit to how far we have yet looked. Currently this is
some distance further NE beyond the summit of the <span lang="de-at">Hinterer
Schwarzmooskogel.</span> Beyond this, there are no known caves for some way,
by which time they fall into the <a href="../remote/index.htm">remote
plateau</a> or <a href="../wilden/index.htm"><span
lang="de-at">Wildensee</span></a> areas, as listed here.
plateau</a> or <a href="../wilden/index.htm"><span lang="de-at">Wildensee</span></a> areas, as listed here.</p>
<p>The area is more densely covered with dwarf mountain pine than the plateau
or other minor areas we have looked at, with a few "real" trees dotted about
too. This tends to restrict <a href="../handbook/look4.htm">prospecting</a>
to narrow corridors of access on established routes (these can hardly be
described as paths).
described as paths).</p>
<p>Five approaches are in use:
<p>Five approaches are in use:</p>
<ol>
<li><span lang="de-at">Stogerweg</span> - path 201, for entrances low on
the S and E side of the ridge
the S and E side of the ridge</li>
<li>The <span lang="de-at">Eish&ouml;hle</span> path - for entrances higher
up the hill
up the hill</li>
<li>Via the <span lang="de-at">Vd. Schwarzmooskogel</span> summit for
entrances near it - several variants are possible here.
entrances near it - several variants are possible here.</li>
<li>An established route to <span lang="de-at">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span>
and down the east side.
and down the east side.</li>
<li>A route from Top Camp across the plateau, via the large bare patch of
limestone on the side of the Hinter (visible from Top Camp) across to
<a href="204/204.html"><span lang="de-at">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</span></a>.
<a href="204/204.html"><span lang="de-at">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</span></a>.</li>
</ol>
<p>Caves are indexed in two lists - the first for caves known or strongly
expected to link into one of the two major systems, and the second for
smaller isolated caves. For each cave, the normal approach route is listed as
"201", "Nipple", "VSMK" or "161", with a link to the walk-in description, if
CUCC have actually been there.
<p>&nbsp;
<center><table border>
<caption align=top>
Caves known or expected to link into the <span lang="de-at">Stellerweg -<br>
Eish&ouml;hle</span> and <span lang="de-at">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span>
systems</caption>
CUCC have actually been there.</p>
<p class="centre">Caves known or expected to link into the <span lang="de-at">Stellerweg -<br />
Eish&ouml;hle</span> and <span lang="de-at">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> systems</p>
<table class="trad centre">
<tr><td><a id="id40">40</a></td> <td><a
href="../noinfo/smkridge/40.htm"><span
lang="de-at">Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle</span></a> - approach <a
@ -80,7 +74,7 @@ href="vianip.htm">Nipple</a></td></tr>
approach <a href="via201.htm">201</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id78">78</a></td>
<td><a href="78.htm"><span lang="de-at">Schwaben(schacht)h&ouml;hle</span></a>
<td><a href="../noinfo/smkridge/78.htm"><span lang="de-at">Schwaben(schacht)h&ouml;hle</span></a>
- off the <a href="vianip.htm">Nipple</a> path</td></tr>
<tr><td><a id="id87a">87</a></td>
@ -118,9 +112,9 @@ II</a> - very near the <a href="vianip.htm">Nipple</a> path</td></tr>
- the main objective of the <a href="via161.htm">161</a> approach</td></tr>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;
<table border>
<caption align=top>Caves in the same area - but not yet linked</caption>
<p class="centre">Caves in the same area - but not yet linked</p>
<table class="trad centre">
<tr><td><a id="id28">28</a></td>
<td><a href="../noinfo/smkridge/28.htm"><span lang="de-at">Augsteckh&ouml;hle</span></a> - right next
@ -404,7 +398,7 @@ via <a href="viavsk.htm">VSK path</a></td></tr>
<td><a href="2003-09/2003-09.html"><span lang="de-at">Weizeneish&ouml;hle</span></a>
</td></tr>
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<h1>Stellerweg high entrances area - walk-in</h1>
<center><a href="../piclinks/bgwalk.htm"><img alt="Photo of start of
walk-in" src="../tinypix/bgwalk.jpg" width=223 height=123></a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;<a href="../piclinks/2011st.htm"><img src="../tinypix/2011st.jpg"
width=155 height=86></a></center>
<div class="centre"><a href="../piclinks/bgwalk.htm"><img alt="Photo of start of walk-in" src="../tinypix/bgwalk.jpg" width="223" height="123" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="../piclinks/2011st.htm"><img src="../tinypix/2011st.jpg" width="155" height="86" alt="Tony Rooke on the path (56k JPEG)" /></a></div>
<p>From the <a href="../tollrd.htm">Loser Panoramastra&szlig;e</a>
Bergrestaurant car park (bottom right of picture), take the path leading from
@ -24,7 +21,7 @@ picture). Following this gently undulating path for ten to fifteen minutes
leads to <a href="../egglgrub/index.htm">Egglgrube</a>. To the left is a
valley containing several obvious sinkholes, with a junction path leading to
<a href="../br-alm/index.htm">Br&auml;uning Alm.</a> Ahead and to the right
is a 10m cliff rising from the pasture to an area of karren and dwarf pine.
is a 10m cliff rising from the pasture to an area of karren and dwarf pine.</p>
<p>Follow the main path 201 straight ahead up a break in the small cliff and
continue over karren which is well covered with L&auml;rchen (dwarf pine,
@ -34,12 +31,9 @@ by group believed to be German), while right is the main path. <b>This
junction is easy to miss on the return in mist or at night</b>. A few minutes
further on, where a cave is marked by a large red Omega in the middle of the
path (1623/28), there is a junction path to the left, and
<a href="../handbook/survey/lasers.htm">Laser-fixed point 7/9</a> marked with a bolt.
<a href="../handbook/survey/lasers.htm">Laser-fixed point 7/9</a> marked with a bolt.</p>
<p><center>Path 201 approaching Egglgrube&nbsp;<a
href="../piclinks/2012nd.htm"><img src="../tinypix/2012nd.jpg" width=163
height=120></a>&nbsp;and beyond&nbsp;<a href="others/l/via201.htm"><img
src="others/t/via201.jpg" width=149 height=120></a></center>
<div class="centre"><p>Path 201 approaching Egglgrube&nbsp;<a href="../piclinks/2012nd.htm"><img src="../tinypix/2012nd.jpg" width="163" height="120" alt="Path 201 approaching Egglgrube (57k JPEG)" /></a>&nbsp;and beyond&nbsp;<a href="others/l/via201.htm"><img src="others/t/via201.jpg" width="149" height="120" alt="More path (78k JPEG)" /></a></p></div>
<p>The lower entrances to the
<a href="41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hlensystem</a> are reached by
@ -49,21 +43,21 @@ Stellerwegh&ouml;hlensystem, and a number of caves not explored by CUCC, are
reached by following this junction path. This starts out well-marked with
cairns and red paint spots/arrows. After a short while, it traverses below a
cliff on the left. At the far end of this, a climb up reaches a well-hidden
route to <a href="78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> (1623/78).
route to <a href="../noinfo/smkridge/78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> (1623/78).</p>
<p>The main way leads uphill for about 30 minutes to the back of a limestone
knoll known as The Nipple (German groups call this
<span lang=de>Wei&szlig;e Warze,</span> and
<span lang="de">Wei&szlig;e Warze,</span> and
in older CUCC logbook accounts it is Bunter's Bulge). Beyond this it becomes
harder to follow. There is a laser point on top of the Nipple, whilst caves
<a href="143.htm">143</a> and <a href="144.htm">144</a> are on the SE side.
This point is between an hour and an hour and a half from the car park,
depending on load / fitness / familiarity.
depending on load / fitness / familiarity.</p>
<p>Beyond the immediate area of the Nipple, caves exist, but have not been
explored by CUCC, so we have little information at present. Our scant
knowledge of <a href="../noinfo/smkridge/viaeis.htm">this area</a> is within
the closed section of the site.
the closed section of the site.</p>
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<h2><center>CUCC Austria 1997 - Why ?</center></h2>
<h1>CUCC Austria 1997 - Why ?</h1>
<p>The 1997 expedition is now in the planning stage, with a few people
(as usual) doing most of the work. Dates are nominally 12th July to
@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ Arrival dates for many depend on the timing of a pre-Expo canyonning
trip to the Alpes Marit&icirc;mes in France. Departure dates for some
depend on the International Speleological Congress, in the Swiss Jura
this year. As predicted, an Expo Prospectus has been produced, of which an
edited version appears here.
edited version appears here.</p>
<hr />
<center><h2>CUCC Austria '97 (21st expo to Austria)</h2></center>
<h2 class="centre">CUCC Austria '97 (21st expo to Austria)</h2>
Once again it's time to think of all those wonderful times you may
<p>Once again it's time to think of all those wonderful times you may
have had in Austria, lying on the sun-drenched sand by the Altaussee
lake, barbeques at the luxurious Gasthof Staudenwirt campsite,
swimming in the crystal clear (if somewhat chilly) waters of the
@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ anyway) of G&ouml;sser, festering in the potato hut, fixing the crap cars,
laughing at the radios, sampling the magnificent expo cuisine. And
don't forget the superb caving available on the
<a href="../../areas.htm">Loser Plateau</a> or more specifically in
<a href="../../smkridge/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a>.
<a href="../../smkridge/161/top.htm">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</a>.</p>
<p>If you want to know what happened last year in the way of caving,
here's an extract from the sponsor's report (Anthony Day, 1996):
here's an extract from the sponsor's report (Anthony Day, 1996):</p>
<blockquote><p>"July 1996 saw the twentieth Cambridge University Caving Club
expedition to the Austrian Totes Gebirge and the ninth which has
@ -45,55 +45,55 @@ of the system. The most exciting finds are to the south however. The
southern end of Kaninchenh&ouml;hle is now tantalisingly close to the
Stellerweg system. Were this connection to be made, the resulting
system would be over 40km long and 1000m deep making it an
internationally significant cave system."</blockquote>
internationally significant cave system."</p></blockquote>
<p>If you want an idea of some of the alternative activites that are
possible, you may like to visit the CUCC web site's
<a href="../../fester.htm">guide to expo festering</a>.
<a href="../../fester.htm">guide to expo festering</a>.</p>
<p>The contribution made by <a href="../../../excs/index.htm">ExCS</a> members
(and indeed anyone of similar experience) to CUCC expeditions is, as it has
always been, valued greatly. Anyone is welcome to come, caving or not, and
we (CUCC) would be pleased to see you.
we (CUCC) would be pleased to see you.</p>
<h3>Some current KH statistics:</h3>
<table border=6>
<table class="trad bigfatborder">
<tr><td>Found:</td><td>1988</td>
<td>No. of question marks:</td><td>201 in list</td></tr>
<tr><td>Length:</td><td>19.75 km</td>
<td>of which no. of huge question marks:</td><td>c.30</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:</td><td>498 m</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2>Distance from Eish&ouml;hle-Stellerwegh&ouml;hle:</td>
<td colspan=2>c.200m and closing</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2">Distance from Eish&ouml;hle-Stellerwegh&ouml;hle:</td>
<td colspan="2">c.200m and closing</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>Likely year of connection:</td><td>1997/98</td>
<td></td></tr></table>
<p>I've just made these numbers up because I don't know the exact
figures, but I think they're about right. Wookey
(email: &lt;wookey (at) aleph1.co.uk&gt;)
will give you more accurate answers if you like.
will give you more accurate answers if you like.</p>
<h3>Dates:</h3>
Expo '97 is nominally 12th July - 17th August 1997, although as usual
<p>Expo '97 is nominally 12th July - 17th August 1997, although as usual
these are flexible according to when people want to go/leave.
Typically there are people arriving/leaving on every weekend so it is
entirely possible to go for as long or as little time as you like.
Transport is pooled to minimise cost.
Transport is pooled to minimise cost.</p>
<h3>Cost:</h3>
Cost is variable and difficult to be precise about since it depends on
<p>Cost is variable and difficult to be precise about since it depends on
factors such as how long you go for and how much beer you drink. Typically a
fortnight may cost between &#id163;250 and &#163;350 (all in), of which a
fortnight may cost between &#163;250 and &#163;350 (all in), of which a
large part is transport and a (fixed) tackle charge. 3 weeks probably cost
around &#163;50 or so extra.
around &#163;50 or so extra.</p>
<h3>Expo Committee:</h3>
<table border=6>
<tr><td colspan=3 align=center>This year's expo committee is:</td></tr>
<table class="trad bigfatborder">
<tr><td colspan="3" class="centre">This year's expo committee is:</td></tr>
<tr><td>Leader</td><td>Julian Haines</td><td>
(jhaines (at) scigen.co.uk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Treasurer</td><td>Andrew Ketley</td><td>
@ -110,25 +110,24 @@ around &#163;50 or so extra.
the unlikely event of you changing your mind, but we need some money
to pay for things like insurance and carbide in advance. Cheques
should be payable to "CUCC Expo Account" and sent to Andrew Ketley,
Trinity Hall, Cambridge, CB2 1TJ.
Trinity Hall, Cambridge, CB2 1TJ.</li>
<li>It would be helpful if you could indicate (to me or Andrew) when
you are likely to be going and whether or not you have transport for
sharing. Clearly this is only a first impression and is not expected
to be final.
<li>Book some leave if you have to!
to be final.</li>
<li>Book some leave if you have to!</li>
</ol>
<p>Julian Haines<br>
Expo '97 leader
<p>Julian Haines<br />
Expo '97 leader</p>
<hr />
<p>Many of the objectives of the 1997 trip are already pretty obvious to the
participants of the 1996 expedition. How many of these, and how many new ones
are addressed in 1997 depends mainly on the manpower and experience of the
intending participants.
intending participants.</p>
<p>Perhaps the most obvious single objective is the one which time and
deteriorating weather conspired to stop at the end of 1996. This was the
@ -140,16 +139,16 @@ passages are approached through a potentially very dangerous loose
choke at the southernmost point of "Flat France", and a new way in,
either from the surface, or via some bypass, is urgently needed. A
bypass proved elusive in 1996, and a connection with Steinschlagschacht
seems by far the best hope.
seems by far the best hope.</p>
<p>The Forbidden Land heads very promisingly under the Vorderer
Schwarzmooskogel, towards the great linked system of
<a href="../../smkridge/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</a>,
<a href="../../smkridge/78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> and
<a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/78.htm">Schwabenschacht</a> and
Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle, explored by CUCC and a
variety of other groups over many years. It is hoped to find a connection
(already provisionally named <b>The Promised Land</b>) linking these into a
single system, which would be approaching 40km in length and over 1000m deep.
single system, which would be approaching 40km in length and over 1000m deep.</p>
<p>There are many more accessible leads in Kaninchenh&ouml;hle,
reached via the 1995 "Scarface" entrance
@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ furthest reaches of the "old cave" much easier, and a return to
<a href="../../smkridge/161/sibria.htm#siberia">Siberia</a> and
various pitches below the ways north, beyond
<a href="../../smkridge/161/sibria.htm#cfn">Chicken Flied Nice</a>
are on the cards.
are on the cards.</p>
<p>As well as the tenth year of exploration in Kaninchenh&ouml;hle,
there are a variety of other leads, and much relocating and better
@ -169,7 +168,7 @@ documenting of smaller caves to be done. Though less glamorous, this
is no less vital, and provides easier caving for days between big
pushes in the deeper systems. A lot of the work needed is listed
in the Expedition <a href="../../handbook/look4.htm">Prospecting
Guide</a>.
Guide</a>.</p>
<p>As CUCC caves link up with other caves explored by different groups, one
emerging problem is the lack of available documentation from these
@ -183,14 +182,14 @@ detailed examination of a cave which occurs whilst surveying it reveals
previously unnoticed leads. Thus, it is hoped that reexploration of
Larchenschacht and Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle will reveal important new
links north towards the Kaninchenh&ouml;hle area, hastening the linking of
all these caves into one system of world significance.
all these caves into one system of world significance.</p>
<p>One overriding goal in all of this is to provide a consistently high
standard of documentation of all our work. This will avoid the need for
future cavers to repeat all the explorations again, placing new bolts
and otherwise having an adverse impact on the caves. Descriptions,
photographs and all CUCC's published material will appear on this website
over the years.
over the years.</p>
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<h2>Expo '99<br>
Cambridge University Club<br>
<h2>Expo '99<br />
Cambridge University Club<br />
July - August 1999</h2>
<p>In the summer of 1999, Cambridge University Caving Club ("CUCC") held its
23<sup>rd</sup> annual expedition to the Loser Plateau in Austria.
<p>In the summer of 1999, Cambridge University Caving Club ("CUCC") held its 23<sup>rd</sup> annual expedition to the Loser Plateau in Austria.</p>
<p>There were twenty-five expedition
<a href="../../folk/index.htm">members,</a> making it one of the larger
Expos in recent years. The expedition lasted for five weeks.
<p>There were twenty-five expedition <a href="../../folk/index.htm">members,</a> making it one of the larger Expos in recent years. The expedition lasted for five weeks.</p>
<h3>Background</h3>
<p>For the last eleven years CUCC has been exploring the cave system known
as <a href="../../smkridge/161/top.htm"><span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle.</span></a>
<p>For the last eleven years CUCC has been exploring the cave system known as <a href="../../smkridge/161/top.htm"><span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle.</span></a></p>
<p>To the south of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> lies the major
<span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem,</span> consisting of
<span lang="de"><a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/40.htm">Eish&ouml;hle,</a>
<a href="../../smkridge/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle,</a>
<a href="../../smkridge/41/115.htm">Schnellzugh&ouml;hle,</a>
<a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/88.htm">L&auml;rchenschacht,</a></span> and
<a href="../../smkridge/78.htm"><span lang="de">Schwabenschacht</span></a>
as well as a few other entrances. Parts of this were explored as long ago as
1938, but the major central part of the cave,
<span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle,</span> was explored by CUCC in 1980-85,
to a depth of 973m and a length of some 7km. Other parts of the cave have
been explored by both French and German groups, and the total length of this
cave system is around 20km. After the CUCC 1998 expedition, the gap between
these two systems was about 130m, in passages at much the same level.
<p>To the south of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> lies the major <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem,</span> consisting of <span lang="de"><a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/40.htm">Eish&ouml;hle,</a> <a href="../../smkridge/41/41.htm">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle,</a> <a href="../../smkridge/41/115.htm">Schnellzugh&ouml;hle,</a> <a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/88.htm">L&auml;rchenschacht,</a></span> and <a href="../../noinfo/smkridge/78.htm"><span lang="de">Schwabenschacht</span></a> as well as a few other entrances. Parts of this were explored as long ago as 1938, but the major central part of the cave, <span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle,</span> was explored by CUCC in 1980-85, to a depth of 973m and a length of some 7km. Other parts of the cave have been explored by both French and German groups, and the total length of this cave system is around 20km. After the CUCC 1998 expedition, the gap between these two systems was about 130m, in passages at much the same level.</p>
<p>Linking the two systems would involve not only exciting new exploration,
but also a great deal of tie-up surveying to establish definitive figures for
the length and depth of the combined system. Current survey information
suggests that the complete system would be over 42km long and over 1050m
deep, ranking the system as one of the world's major cave systems -
approximately 50<sup>th</sup> in both the world's longest <b>and</b> deepest
caves lists.
<p>Linking the two systems would involve not only exciting new exploration, but also a great deal of tie-up surveying to establish definitive figures for the length and depth of the combined system. Current survey information suggests that the complete system would be over 42km long and over 1050m deep, ranking the system as one of the world's major cave systems - approximately 50<sup>th</sup> in both the world's longest <b>and</b> deepest caves lists.</p>
<h3>Aims of the Expedition</h3>
<p>The closest point between <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> and
the <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem</span> was determined
to be at the bottom of the deep <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span>
entrance to the <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> system. This was
explored previously in the 80s by CUCC and again in 1997, when it was
connected to the rest of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle.</span>
<p>The closest point between <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> and the <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem</span> was determined to be at the bottom of the deep <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> entrance to the <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> system. This was explored previously in the 80s by CUCC and again in 1997, when it was connected to the rest of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle.</span></p>
<p>A major aim of the 1999 expedition was thus to attempt to link
<span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> to the
<span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem.</span>
The aim was to connect with the part of the
<span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem</span> known as
<span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle,</span> which, being the northernmost part of
the <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem,</span> is the closest
point to <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle.</span>
<p>A major aim of the 1999 expedition was thus to attempt to link <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> to the <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem.</span> The aim was to connect with the part of the <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem</span> known as <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle,</span> which, being the northernmost part of the <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogelh&ouml;hlensystem,</span> is the closest point to <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle.</span></p>
<p>Additionally there were well over 200
<a href="../../smkridge/161/qmtodo.htm">ways on</a> in the rest of the
<span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> system, and expedition members
were keen to investigate certain of them with the aim of further extending
the system.
<p>Additionally there were well over 200 <a href="../../smkridge/161/qmtodo.htm">ways on</a> in the rest of the <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> system, and expedition members were keen to investigate certain of them with the aim of further extending the system.</p>
<p>In keeping with CUCC's high standards of documentation and surveying, it
was as usual an object of the expedition to document and survey every new
cave passage found.
<p>In keeping with CUCC's high standards of documentation and surveying, it was as usual an object of the expedition to document and survey every new cave passage found.</p>
<p>Surface work forms an important part of every CUCC expedition - more so
than in the early years - and an aim of each Expo is to prospect for and
document new caves on the plateau, in addition to tidying up any work left
over from previous expeditions. This includes surveying to and fixing the
locations of cave entrances.
<p>Surface work forms an important part of every CUCC expedition - more so than in the early years - and an aim of each Expo is to prospect for and document new caves on the plateau, in addition to tidying up any work left over from previous expeditions. This includes surveying to and fixing the locations of cave entrances.</p>
<h3>The Expedition</h3>
<p>As has been usual for previous years,
<a href="../../bcamps.htm">Base Camp</a> was situated at the campsite at
<span lang="de-at">Gasthof Staud'n'wirt, Bad Aussee,</span> where the members
were made very welcome by <span lang="de-at">Karin Wilpernig</span> and
family.
<p>As has been usual for previous years, <a href="../../bcamps.htm">Base Camp</a> was situated at the campsite at <span lang="de-at">Gasthof Staud'n'wirt, Bad Aussee,</span> where the members were made very welcome by <span lang="de-at">Karin Wilpernig</span> and family.</p>
<p>The caving area is situated on the Loser plateau at an altitude of 1600m, some 800m higher than Base Camp. A <a href="../../tollrd.htm">toll road</a> ascends the mountainside to a restaurant and car park at the top. From here it is approximately a 45-minute walk to <a href="../../tcamps.htm#topcamp">Top Camp</a> on the plateau, more if one has hundreds of metres of rope and other caving gear on one's back!</p>
<p>The first expedition members arrived on or shortly after the 10<sup>th</sup> July 1999. The logbook recalls "... we did manage to get lost in Brussels and inadvertantly explore their tunnel network (time underground 20 minutes) ..."! Things looked up for this group when Base Camp was finally reached, arriving at 3pm (having set off from Cambridge at 5pm the previous afternoon) and promptly "imbibing too much <span lang="de-at">G&ouml;sser</span> [A lager beer found in Austria and much enjoyed by Expo cavers!] ..."</p>
<p>The caving area is situated on the Loser plateau at an altitude of 1600m,
some 800m higher than Base Camp. A <a href="../../tollrd.htm">toll road</a>
ascends the mountainside to a restaurant and car park at the top. From here
it is approximately a 45-minute walk to
<a href="../../tcamps.htm#topcamp">Top Camp</a> on the plateau, more if one
has hundreds of metres of rope and other caving gear on one's back!
<p>Several carries of equipment and supplies were made up to Top Camp and the first caving was done shortly afterwards, with an introductory tour around a section of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> known as Triassic Park for some of the cavers new to Expo.</p>
<p>The first expedition members arrived on or shortly after the
10<sup>th</sup> July 1999. The logbook recalls "... we did manage to get
lost in Brussels and inadvertantly explore their tunnel network (time
underground 20 minutes) ..."! Things looked up for this group when Base
Camp was finally reached, arriving at 3pm (having set off from Cambridge at
5pm the previous afternoon) and promptly "imbibing too much
<span lang="de-at">G&ouml;sser</span> [A lager beer found in Austria and much
enjoyed by Expo cavers!] ..."
<p>Several carries of equipment and supplies were made up to Top Camp and the
first caving was done shortly afterwards, with an introductory tour around a
section of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> known as Triassic Park
for some of the cavers new to Expo.
<p>On the 18<sup>th</sup> July a two-man team set off with 330m of rope to
rig down <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht.</span> This prepared for
exploratory trips to the bottom to probe for ways on towards
<span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle.</span>
<p>On the 18<sup>th</sup> July a two-man team set off with 330m of rope to rig down <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht.</span> This prepared for exploratory trips to the bottom to probe for ways on towards <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle.</span></p>
<h3>Discoveries in <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span></h3>
<p>One of the expedition members had been waxing lyrical in Cambridge about
an aven [a vertical shaft come across from the bottom] at the bottom of
<span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht,</span> which was suspected to be a way on
towards <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle.</span>
<p>One of the expedition members had been waxing lyrical in Cambridge about an aven [a vertical shaft come across from the bottom] at the bottom of <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht,</span> which was suspected to be a way on towards <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle.</span></p>
<p>However, it turned out in Austria that the aven was not quite as
remembered in Cambridge! The team of two cavers decided to attempt to view
the aven from above and whilst partway down
<span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> spotted a
small passage disappearing off into the wall, not noted previously!
<p>However, it turned out in Austria that the aven was not quite as remembered in Cambridge! The team of two cavers decided to attempt to view the aven from above and whilst partway down <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> spotted a small passage disappearing off into the wall, not noted previously!</p>
<p>The hole in the wall was inspected more closely and turned out to lead to
a short pitch and a chamber. This led to a continuing rift and another pair
of pitches. There was insufficient gear available to descend the second,
described as a hole "into a <b>very</b> rainy chamber with a <b>big</b> echo
. . ."
<p>The hole in the wall was inspected more closely and turned out to lead to a short pitch and a chamber. This led to a continuing rift and another pair of pitches. There was insufficient gear available to descend the second, described as a hole "into a <b>very</b> rainy chamber with a <b>big</b> echo . . ."</p>
<p>The new passage was surveyed and the group returned to Top Camp, not
knowing that the find was to prove one of the most significant of Expo '99
...
<p>The new passage was surveyed and the group returned to Top Camp, not knowing that the find was to prove one of the most significant of Expo '99 ...</p>
<h4>Further exploration</h4>
<p>The <a href="../../smkridge/161/chile.htm#oatso">new passage</a> was named
<b>Oatso Simple,</b> after the oats eaten at Top Camp and a play on words "Oh
so simple!" (The area of cave concerned had been looked at before and deemed
to have no way on!).
<p>The <a href="../../smkridge/161/chile.htm#oatso">new passage</a> was named <b>Oatso Simple,</b> after the oats eaten at Top Camp and a play on words "Oh so simple!" (The area of cave concerned had been looked at before and deemed to have no way on!).</p>
<p>Two days after the initial discovery was made a larger team returned to
continue the exploration. A huge passage was discovered - "Overshoot" -
heading directly SW for 250m, thus surprising everyone by going straight past
<span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle.</span> On examining the survey data it became clear that this
section was almost directly in line with the
<a href="../../smkridge/41/deepwy.htm#confluence">main streamway</a> in
<span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span> several hundred metres away!
<p>Some idea of the size of the passage might be gleaned from the logbook
entry from this day:
<p>Two days after the initial discovery was made a larger team returned to continue the exploration. A huge passage was discovered - "Overshoot" - heading directly SW for 250m, thus surprising everyone by going straight past <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle.</span> On examining the survey data it became clear that this section was almost directly in line with the <a href="../../smkridge/41/deepwy.htm#confluence">main streamway</a> in <span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span> several hundred metres away!</p>
<blockquote>
... It is <b>huge</b>! with 3 big holes in floor and 4 other pitches.
Far end is enormous jumble of boulders where lots of cavers wandered
about in the interstices peering out over big holes at each other and
shouting "Where am I?!" a lot ...
</blockquote>
<p>Some idea of the size of the passage might be gleaned from the logbook entry from this day:</p>
<blockquote><p>... It is <b>huge</b>! with 3 big holes in floor and 4 other pitches. Far end is enormous jumble of boulders where lots of cavers wandered about in the interstices peering out over big holes at each other and shouting "Where am I?!" a lot ...</p></blockquote>
<p>Much further exploration continued over the next weeks. "Windy Bottom",
<a href="../../smkridge/161/chile.htm#lost3">"Steady Aim",</a>
<a href="../../smkridge/161/chile.htm#carpet">"CarpetWorld"</a> and many other passages were discovered, in
addition to the discovery of a sump [a flooded passage blocking the way on]
named <a href="../../smkridge/161/chile.htm#natborns">"Totality"</a> (Expo
was directly in the path of the solar eclipse in August 1999).
<p>Much further exploration continued over the next weeks. "Windy Bottom", <a href="../../smkridge/161/chile.htm#lost3">"Steady Aim",</a> <a href="../../smkridge/161/chile.htm#carpet">"CarpetWorld"</a> and many other passages were discovered, in addition to the discovery of a sump [a flooded passage blocking the way on] named <a href="../../smkridge/161/chile.htm#natborns">"Totality"</a> (Expo was directly in the path of the solar eclipse in August 1999).</p>
<p>After the initial horizontal section the passage trended steeply downwards to -450m depth and also swung towards the NE, making a direct connection to the <span lang="de-at">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span> streamway less likely from the <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> end.</p>
<p>After the initial horizontal section the passage trended steeply downwards
to -450m depth and also swung towards the NE, making a direct connection to
the <span lang="de-at">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span> streamway less likely from the <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span>
end.
<p>This general part of the cave was named <a href="../../smkridge/161/chile.htm">"Chile".</a> In total about 4km of new passage was discovered, leaving <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> about 500m distant from the <span lang="de-at">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span> streamway. A major achievement.</p>
<p>This general part of the cave was named
<a href="../../smkridge/161/chile.htm">"Chile".</a> In total about 4km of new
passage was discovered, leaving <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span>
about 500m distant from the <span lang="de-at">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle</span>
streamway. A major achievement.
<p>However, the connection with <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> was to
remain elusive. Just 75m away!
<p>However, the connection with <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> was to remain elusive. Just 75m away!</p>
<h3 lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</h3>
<p>A "surface stroll" by three cavers on the 25<sup>th</sup> July discovered
"a very large horizontal entrance by a prominent rock bridge". There were
actually two entrances discovered and the cave was named
<a href="../../smkridge/204/204.html"><span lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</span></a> after the rock bridge.
<p>A "surface stroll" by three cavers on the 25<sup>th</sup> July discovered "a very large horizontal entrance by a prominent rock bridge". There were actually two entrances discovered and the cave was named <a href="../../smkridge/204/204.html"><span lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</span></a> after the rock bridge.</p>
<p>The next day saw two of the discoverers return to start descending the
new cave. A significant amount new passage was discovered - spirits were
high when the cavers returned! The <a href="log.htm">log book</a> records:
<p>The next day saw two of the discoverers return to start descending the new cave. A significant amount new passage was discovered - spirits were high when the cavers returned! The <a href="log.htm">log book</a> records:</p>
<blockquote>
<font size=+2><span lang="de">STEINBR&Uuml;CKENH&Ouml;HLE</span> GOES!<br>
NEW CAVE!!</font><br>
70m deep<br>
260m surveyed<br>
12 QMs [Question marks (open ways on)]<br>
still going . . . <br>
Proper write up soon. x x x dunks
</blockquote>
<blockquote><p><span class="plus2pt"><span lang="de">STEINBR&Uuml;CKENH&Ouml;HLE</span> GOES!<br />
NEW CAVE!!</span><br />
70m deep<br />
260m surveyed<br />
12 QMs [Question marks (open ways on)]<br />
still going . . . <br />
Proper write up soon. x x x dunks</p></blockquote>
<p>In successive trips the cave was explored to a depth of 226m and a length
of 1350m, making it a very significant find. Additionally there are now many
open ways on needing further exploration.
<p>In successive trips the cave was explored to a depth of 226m and a length of 1350m, making it a very significant find. Additionally there are now many open ways on needing further exploration.</p>
<p>The cave occupies an important position as it is not inconceivable that it
might connect into the north-western extremities of the <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span>
system.
<p>This connection, even though it is not known to be achievable for sure, is
worth striving for on future expeditions, as such a connection would render
the <a href="../../smkridge/161/farnth.htm">Far North</a> regions of
<span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> far more accessible than at the
present time. No doubt future expeditions will shed more light on the
subject.
<p>The cave occupies an important position as it is not inconceivable that it might connect into the north-western extremities of the <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> system.</p>
<p>This connection, even though it is not known to be achievable for sure, is worth striving for on future expeditions, as such a connection would render the <a href="../../smkridge/161/farnth.htm">Far North</a> regions of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> far more accessible than at the present time. No doubt future expeditions will shed more light on the subject.</p>
<h3 lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</h3>
<p>Following the lack of any connection to
<span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> discovered from
<span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht,</span> it was decided to try to attack
the problem from the other direction.
<p>Following the lack of any connection to <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> discovered from <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht,</span> it was decided to try to attack the problem from the other direction.</p>
<p>The entrances of <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> are more difficult
to reach than the main <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> entrances,
being a considerable distance from Top Camp along a non-obvious route.
Thankfully knowledge from previous years helped with route-finding.
<p>The entrances of <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> are more difficult to reach than the main <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> entrances, being a considerable distance from Top Camp along a non-obvious route. Thankfully knowledge from previous years helped with route-finding.</p>
<p>The large amounts of ice and snow in the cave also require unusual (to
British cavers) equipment and techniques - such as caving in crampons!
<p>The large amounts of ice and snow in the cave also require unusual (to British cavers) equipment and techniques - such as caving in crampons!</p>
<p>The entrance having been found, a team descended into the cave, down the huge snow and ice slope into <span lang="de">Schneevulkanhalle,</span> the largest ice-bearing chamber in Western Europe. Photographs were taken and several leads explored.</p>
<p>The entrance having been found, a team descended into the cave, down the
huge snow and ice slope into <span lang="de">Schneevulkanhalle,</span> the
largest ice-bearing chamber in Western Europe. Photographs were taken and
several leads explored.
<p>Finding a possible way on in the right general direction proved easy but each pitch was choked and the explorers ended up <a href="../../smkridge/40/cucc.htm#pov">climbing up 60m</a> before descending 60m again - a lot of difficult caving to get only somewhat closer to the goal. It is still going though... Another team resurveyed the route into the original (1938) part of <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle,</span> connecting the last major missing section of survey data and finding some more possible leads.</p>
<p>Finding a possible way on in the right general direction proved easy but
each pitch was choked and the explorers ended up
<a href="../../smkridge/40/cucc.htm#pov">climbing up 60m</a> before
descending 60m again - a lot of difficult caving to get only somewhat closer
to the goal. It is still going though... Another team resurveyed the
route into the original (1938) part of <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle,</span> connecting the last major missing section of survey data and finding some
more possible leads.
<p>The trips into the cave were successful, especially in increasing CUCC's knowledge of the cave. A priority next year will be to resurvey the areas we know of where data is lost or innaccurate.</p>
<p>The trips into the cave were successful, especially in increasing CUCC's
knowledge of the cave. A priority next year will be to resurvey the areas we
know of where data is lost or innaccurate.
<p>Further research, since the expedition returned to England, by <span lang="de">Thilo M&uuml;ller</span> to track down old survey data and surveys from the 1980s has also been very valuable.</p>
<p>Further research, since the expedition returned to England, by <span
lang="de">Thilo M&uuml;ller</span> to track down old survey data and surveys
from the 1980s has also been very valuable.
<p><span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> certainly deserves further
investigation and this is an important aim of the 2000 expedition.
<p><span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> certainly deserves further investigation and this is an important aim of the 2000 expedition.</p>
<h3>More in <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span></h3>
<p>Additional discoveries were made this year in the "main" part of
<span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> reached from the horizontal
entrances known as 161d and 161e.
<p>Additional discoveries were made this year in the "main" part of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> reached from the horizontal entrances known as 161d and 161e.</p>
<p>Teams visited the <a href="../../smkridge/161/icelnd.htm">Iceland area</a>
of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> via the remote 161e entrance,
1&frac12; hours' walk from Top Camp. Some known pitches were descended and
other passages explored, but unfortunately there were no major finds.
<p>Teams visited the <a href="../../smkridge/161/icelnd.htm">Iceland area</a> of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> via the remote 161e entrance, 1&frac12; hours' walk from Top Camp. Some known pitches were descended and other passages explored, but unfortunately there were no major finds.</p>
<p>A couple of trips were made into an area known as
<a href="../../smkridge/161/offffr.htm#regurgitn">Regurgitation,</a> an
interesting corner of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle,</span> where a
known rift was extended down to a continuing stream passage and an
undescended pitch. A lack of time prevented any further investigation this
year.
<p>A couple of trips were made into an area known as <a href="../../smkridge/161/offffr.htm#regurgitn">Regurgitation,</a> an interesting corner of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle,</span> where a known rift was extended down to a continuing stream passage and an undescended pitch. A lack of time prevented any further investigation this year.</p>
<p>Finally a large rift pitch was discovered near a chamber known as the
<a href="../../smkridge/161/fbl136.htm#hotmc">Hall of the Mounting Choss,</a>
but this was not descended on the expedition.
<p>Finally a large rift pitch was discovered near a chamber known as the <a href="../../smkridge/161/fbl136.htm#hotmc">Hall of the Mounting Choss,</a> but this was not descended on the expedition.</p>
<h3>Surface Work and Other Caves</h3>
<p>A significant amount of surface work was carried out over the duration of
the expedition. Several surface surveys were conducted and follow-up work
was needed on a few previous surveys. Some time was spent searching for
alternative entrances to the <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> shaft
series above the present one (to try to increase the depth of the cave). This
had mixed success in that three more entrances were discovered, but the total
depth has only been increased by about five metres!
<p>A significant amount of surface work was carried out over the duration of the expedition. Several surface surveys were conducted and follow-up work was needed on a few previous surveys. Some time was spent searching for alternative entrances to the <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> shaft series above the present one (to try to increase the depth of the cave). This had mixed success in that three more entrances were discovered, but the total depth has only been increased by about five metres!</p>
<p>Several old caves were tagged, surveyed to, surveyed inside and described.
<p>Several old caves were tagged, surveyed to, surveyed inside and described.</p>
<p>Some experimental work was carried out using a combination of GPS and portable computer to locate caves on the plateau, but it was discovered that this needs further development before it will be useable.</p>
<p>Some experimental work was carried out using a combination of GPS and
portable computer to locate caves on the plateau, but it was discovered that
this needs further development before it will be useable.
<p>A new cave <a href="../../smkridge/205.htm"><span lang="de">"Nordalpenh&ouml;hle"</span></a> was discovered and explored not far from the <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> entrance, but unfortunately this proved to end in a pitch with no way on at the bottom. Another cave nearby, <a href="../../smkridge/147.htm">"147",</a> was re-surveyed and re-documented, and a couple of other known shafts on the plateau noted in previous years were descended and documented.</p>
<p>A new cave
<a href="../../smkridge/205.htm"><span lang="de">"Nordalpenh&ouml;hle"</span></a>
was discovered and explored not far from the <span
lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> entrance, but unfortunately this proved
to end in a pitch with no way on at the bottom. Another cave nearby,
<a href="../../smkridge/147.htm">"147",</a> was re-surveyed and
re-documented, and a couple of other known shafts on the plateau noted in
previous years were descended and documented.
<p>Finally, in a new development, mobile phones replaced radios to provide
more reliable communication between Top Camp and Base Camp.
<p>Finally, in a new development, mobile phones replaced radios to provide more reliable communication between Top Camp and Base Camp.</p>
<h3>Follow-Up Work</h3>
<p>The usual follow-up work in Cambridge and elsewhere is continuing even as
you read this report. Survey data is processed on computer using the
<b>Survex</b> software written by CUCC members. Surveys have to be drawn up
and passage descriptions written.
<p>The usual follow-up work in Cambridge and elsewhere is continuing even as you read this report. Survey data is processed on computer using the <b>Survex</b> software written by CUCC members. Surveys have to be drawn up and passage descriptions written.</p>
<p>The CUCC Expo documentation archive, maintained as a Web site, is
currently being updated with the finds from Expo '99. This comprehensive
cross-referenced resource provides an excellent knowledge base of information
for future expeditions.
<p>The CUCC Expo documentation archive, maintained as a Web site, is currently being updated with the finds from Expo '99. This comprehensive cross-referenced resource provides an excellent knowledge base of information for future expeditions.</p>
<p>The archive can be viewed on the Web at the following address:<br>
<center><a href="../../index.htm">http://cucc.survex.com/expo/index.htm</a></center>
<p>The archive can be viewed on the Web at the following address:</p>
<div class="centre"><p><a href="../../index.htm">http://cucc.survex.com/expo/index.htm</a></p></div>
<h3>Concluding Remarks</h3>
<p>Expo '99 was a great success, with over 4km of extensions to
<span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> and the discovery of a new and significant cave,
<span lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle.</span> The extensions below <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> are of
special importance and have significantly increased the chances of connecting
the two caves in a future expedition - quite possibly in 2000.
<p>Expo '99 was a great success, with over 4km of extensions to <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span> and the discovery of a new and significant cave, <span lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle.</span> The extensions below <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> are of special importance and have significantly increased the chances of connecting the two caves in a future expedition - quite possibly in 2000.</p>
<h3>Expo 2000</h3>
<p>Planning for the expedition in 2000 to the same area is already underway.
It is hoped that the newly-gained proximity to <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> will be able to
be exploited to find the elusive connection! In addition, <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> will
be probed further in an attempt to connect the caves from the other
direction.
<p>Planning for the expedition in 2000 to the same area is already underway. It is hoped that the newly-gained proximity to <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> will be able to be exploited to find the elusive connection! In addition, <span lang="de">Eish&ouml;hle</span> will be probed further in an attempt to connect the caves from the other direction.</p>
<p>In addition it is intended to continue exploring the Chile area of
<span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> and hopefully extend it towards <span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle.</span>
<p>In addition it is intended to continue exploring the Chile area of <span lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</span> and hopefully extend it towards <span lang="de">Stellerwegh&ouml;hle.</span></p>
<p>The new cave <span lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</span> will be further explored with a specific aim of pushing towards the north-western extremeties of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle.</span> It looks likely that this will play a large part in the 2000 expedition.</p>
<p>The new cave <span lang="de">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</span> will be further explored with a
specific aim of pushing towards the north-western extremeties of
<span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle.</span> It looks likely that this will play a large part in the
2000 expedition.
<p>Finally, the usual surface work will be undertaken to further increase the Club's knowledge of the plateau.</p>
<p>Finally, the usual surface work will be undertaken to further increase the
Club's knowledge of the plateau.
<p>Any enquiries about Expo 2000 should be directed to the Expedition Leader,
Mark Shinwell (contact details at end of this report).
<p>Any enquiries about Expo 2000 should be directed to the Expedition Leader, Mark Shinwell (contact details at end of this report).</p>
<h3>Thanks</h3>
<p>Many thanks must go to the following for their gracious sponsorship of
Expo '99:
Expo '99:</p>
<dl>
<dt>GP Batteries (UK) Ltd.
<dd>for twenty Nickel Metal Hydride batteries, used for powering drills for
placing rigging bolts underground.
<dt>Thomas Tunnock Ltd.
<dd>for Tunnock Bars;
<dt>Quaker
<dd>for Oatso;
<dt>Batchelors
<dd>for Cup-a-Soups, Bean Feasts and Super Noodles;
<dt>Tadpole Technologies
<dd>for the loan of a <b>J-Slate</b> portable computer designed for running
programs written in the Java programming language;
<dt>The Ghar Parau Foundation
<dd>for their support;
<dt>Atritor Ltd
<dd>for a drum of carbide.
<dt>GP Batteries (UK) Ltd.</dt><dd>for twenty Nickel Metal Hydride batteries, used for powering drills for placing rigging bolts underground.</dd>
<dt>Thomas Tunnock Ltd.</dt><dd>for Tunnock Bars;</dd>
<dt>Quaker</dt><dd>for Oatso;</dd>
<dt>Batchelors</dt><dd>for Cup-a-Soups, Bean Feasts and Super Noodles;</dd>
<dt>Tadpole Technologies</dt><dd>for the loan of a <b>J-Slate</b> portable computer designed for running programs written in the Java programming language;</dd>
<dt>The Ghar Parau Foundation</dt><dd>for their support;</dd>
<dt>Atritor Ltd</dt><dd>for a drum of carbide.</dd>
</dl>
<p>Finally the expedition members must be thanked for their individual parts
in making Expo '99 a highly successful expedition.
in making Expo '99 a highly successful expedition.</p>
<p><b>Mark Shinwell</b> - President, Cambridge University Caving Club 1999-2000<br>
Queens' College, Cambridge, CB3 9ET, England.<br>
email mrs30 at cam.ac.uk
<p><b>Mark Shinwell</b> - President, Cambridge University Caving Club 1999-2000<br />
Queens' College, Cambridge, CB3 9ET, England.<br />
email mrs30 at cam.ac.uk</p>
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