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  <h1>Groups known to have worked in <span lang="de-at" xml:lang=
  "de-at">Totes Gebirge</span> caves</h1>

  <p>As well as local cavers (who were very few in number in the
  early years), many cavers from outside Austria have worked in the
  <span lang="de-at" xml:lang="de-at">Totes Gebirge</span>. Those
  who have been to the western massif (1623 and 1626) are listed
  here. Following the links will lead to a description of the group
  and a list of all the publications about the area (with their
  reference number from Current Titles in Speleology). This is
  under research, and is very far from complete. However, some
  articles are here in the archive, in the original language, and a
  very few are here in english translation. Where these exist, you
  can follow links to them.</p>

  <p><a href="../links.htm">A few groups are still active</a> and have their own web pages -
  you can follow links to these from here, or there is a page
  specifically for <a href="../links.htm">links to web sites</a>
  which includes other relevant organisations too.</p>

  <h4>Local Austrian Groups</h4>

  <ul>
    <li><span lang="de-at" xml:lang=
    "de-at">H&ouml;hlenforschervereinigung Altaussee</span> (up to
    1949?)</li>

    <li><span lang="de-at" xml:lang="de-at">Sektion Ausseerland
    (des Landesvereines f&uuml;r H&ouml;hlenkunde in
    Steiermark)</span> (up to early 80's?)</li>

    <li><span lang="de-at" xml:lang="de-at">Vereines f&uuml;r
    H&ouml;hlenkunde in OberSteier (VfHO)</span>:
    This is the group who are responsible for the kataster in our
    area, and which several CUCC members have also joined. There
    are two articles about diving in Li&auml;gerh&ouml;hle (1623/1)
    in <a href="obsteier/dive1.htm" lang="de-at" xml:lang=
    "de-at">1985</a> and <a href="obsteier/dive2.htm" lang="de-at"
    xml:lang="de-at">1988</a>, on the site. Also from their journal
    is the German translation of CUCC's <a href=
    "../years/1996/bcra-d.htm" lang="de" xml:lang="de">1996
    report</a>.</li>

    <li><span lang="de-at" xml:lang="de-at">Landesverein f&uuml;r
    H&ouml;hlenkunde in Ober&ouml;sterreich (LVHO)</span>:
    This is the group responsible for exploration of the <b lang=
    "de-at" xml:lang="de-at">Raucherkarh&ouml;hle</b>, and for the
    kataster in nearby area 1626.</li>
  </ul>

  <h4>Other Austrian Groups and individuals</h4>

  <ul>
    <li><span lang="de-at" xml:lang="de-at">Edith
    Bednarik</span></li>
  </ul>

  <h4>British Groups</h4>

  <ul>
    <li><a href="bec/index.htm">BEC</a>: Bristol Exploration Club
    [1967, 1968, 1969] (<a href=
    "http://bec-cave.org.uk">Home page</a>)</li>

    <li><a href="../../index.htm">CUCC</a>: Cambridge University
    Caving Club [1976-]</li>

    <li><a href="ubss/index.htm">UBSS</a>: University of Bristol
    Speleological Society [with CUCC 1981, 1982, independently in
    1989, 1990 ?]</li>

    <li><a href="luss/index.htm">LUSS</a>: Lancaster University
    Speleological Society [1987-89] (Now defunct)</li>

    <li><a href="ulsa/index.htm">ULSA</a>: University of Leeds
    Speleological Association [Tauplitz, 1985 (or 86?)] (<a href=
    "https://ulsa.org.uk/">Home
    page</a>)</li>
  </ul>

  <h4>Belgian Groups</h4>

  <ul>
    <li><span lang="fr-be" xml:lang="fr-be">CASE HA (Club
    d'Archaeologie, de Sp&eacute;l&eacute;ologie et d'Escalade de
    Huy Andenne)</span> [1972,1973]</li>

    <li><span lang="fr-be" xml:lang="fr-be"><a href=
    "gsab/index.htm" lang="en" xml:lang="en">GSAB</a>: Groupe
    Sp&eacute;l&eacute;o Alpin Belge</span>
    [1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978]<br />
    (people of other club affiliations out with GSAB in 1977,
    CASEO, SSSPA, GSREDAN, ES GEODE, SC Calcaires, similarly GIPS,
    SCUCL in 1978)</li>

    <li>CASEO 1975</li>
  </ul>

  <h4>French Groups</h4>

  <ul>
    <li><span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">G.S.Clerval</span>, now
    <span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">G.S.Clerval - Baume les
    Dames</span> (<a href="gscb/index.htm">GSCB</a>) 1974, 75, 77,
    83-87, 88-90?, 91-...</li>

    <li><span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">S.C. Vesoul</span>,</li>

    <li><span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">G.S. Doubs</span>,</li>

    <li><span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">S.S. Daules</span> (all in 1974)</li>

    <li><span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">A.C. Toulon</span>,</li>

    <li><span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">S.C. Toulon</span>,</li>

    <li><span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Lou Darboun</span>,</li>

    <li><span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Sp&eacute;l&eacute;o
    Ragaie</span> (all in 1976, 77?)</li>
  </ul>

  <h4>not quite sure, French or Belgian ?</h4>

  <ul>
    <li><span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">CARSS 1975, 1978 (Centre
    d'Activit&eacute; et R&eacute;cherches Subaquatique et
    Souterrainne)</span></li>
  </ul>

  <h4>German Groups and individuals</h4>

  <ul>
     <li><span lang="de" xml:lang="de">ARGE: <a href=
    "arge/index.html" lang="de" xml:lang=
    "de">Arbeitsgemeinschaft H&ouml;hle und Karst Grabenstetten
    e.V.</a></span> are friends from Stuttgart who have seriously extended and connected some of our caves. </li>

  <li><span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Vereines f&uuml;r
    H&ouml;hlenkunde in M&uuml;nchen e.V.</span> 1983 and others.
    The site contains one article from this group which is CTS ref.
    <a lang="de" href="muenchen/de/841642.htm" xml:lang=
    "de">84.1642</a>, also now included in <a href=
    "muenchen/en/841642.htm">English translation.</a></li>

    <li>A group from <span lang="de" xml:lang=
    "de">N&uuml;rnberg</span> who worked with the above, but also
    worked independently - they have some survey data we need
    !</li>

 
    <li><span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Vred Vischer</span> 1980
    (worked/s with above)</li>
  </ul>

  <h4>Polish</h4>

  <ul>
    <li><span lang="pl" xml:lang="pl">Speleo Krakow</span><br />
    An article in a Polish journal has misled the authors of the
    English version of the world deep caves atlas into thinking
    that Poles worked with CUCC. In fact, the article was
    commissioned by <span lang="pl" xml:lang="pl">Krzysztof
    Kleszynski</span> who had done a lot of work in the Salzburg
    area. It was written by Andy Waddington, covering 1976-79 (and
    particularly the exploration of <span lang="de-at" xml:lang=
    "de-at">Eislufth&ouml;hle</span>), and concerns only work done
    by CUCC. It appeared in the Polish journal purely as part of an
    effort to give some context to other reports about Austria.
    Andy never got a copy (but then he can't read the Polish
    translation anyway). The <a href=
    "../years/1979/811412.htm">english original</a> is published in
    these pages for the first time !</li>
  </ul>

  <h4>Italian, Hungarian, Slovak ...</h4>

  <ul>
    <li>We think there may have been some...</li>
  </ul>

<p>Please also check this page where the links may be more up to date: <a href="../links.htm">links to groups active in the area</a>.</p>
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