<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>1623:159</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/main2.css" /> </head> <body> <center><table border=0 width=100%> <tr><th align=left><font size=+2>159</font></th> <th align=center><font size=+2>Winded Hole</font></th> <th align=right><font size=+2>2/S +</font></th></tr> </table></center> <img alt="entrance photo - link to 56k jpeg" width=200 height=270 align=left hspace=10 src="others/t/159.jpg"><br> <b>Altitude:</b> 1661m at surface, Depth c50m <b>Position:</b> tag at E 35384 N (52)82430 alt. 1660.5 <b>Marking:</b> orange number "159" facing north. 1998 tag "1623 159 CUCC 1988" attached to more northerly of two Y-hang bolts, just below surface. This is the anchor visible in the photograph (with an orange circle painted round it), taken before the tag was attached. <p><b>Location:</b> Near 'crapping region' of Top Camp (1990). Cave is on the same fault/joint as <a href="90.htm">1623/90</a>, <a href="../newcaves/96wk02.htm">CUCC1996WK2</a> and <a href="../newcaves/96wk03.htm">CUCC1996WK3</a>, but further out from the Bräuning Wall, c 100m on 067°.<br> <!-- 1990 Bearings (we have no idea where these came from and they aren't remotely in the right place): HSK 116°, Nipple 174°, Bräuning Nase 199°, Bräuning Zinken 216° --> 1996 Bearings: HSK 059°, VSK nipple 111°, Bräuning Nase 152°, Kleine Wild Kogel 009°(left) and 010°(right), Bräuning Wall pt. 1828 209°, Bräuning Wall pt. 1835 221°, Bräuning Zinken 232° <p>Cave relocated 1990, 1996 and surveyed to in 1998<br> Entrance reached in two minutes from upper top camp by heading west and dropping down one terrace. <p>Two bolts in entrance for Y-hang to give c40m vertical to a boulder floor, then a further 20m in a big boulder chamber. A "nice skeleton" and an old colander (!) were found on the terminal choke in 1988. <p><b>Exploration:</b> CUCC 1988 (1st pitch Chris & Becka, bottomed by Chris). <hr> <!-- LINKS --> <img alt=">" src="../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../index.htm">Back to Expedition Intro page</a><br> <img alt="--->" src="../../icons/lists/1.png"> <a href="../indxal.htm">Full Index</a><br> <img alt="--->" src="../../icons/lists/1.png"> <a href="../areas.htm">Other areas</a><br> <img alt="------>" src="../../icons/lists/2.png"> <a href="index.htm#159">Plateau area index</a> </body> </html>