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<h1>161 - Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</h1>
<h2 align=center>161 Trip History</h2>

<p>This history file is really intended to evolve into a clickable index to
every 161 (now including 136) trip write up in the log books from 1983 to
present. There are a few trips unrecorded, and a few with no time underground
recorded, so the figure of 439 trips occupying 9871&frac12; man-hours
underground (up to 1999) is undoubtedly an underestimate. Those write-ups
will then be linked with Next/Previous trip (in the same area) links, and
with cross-links to other trips on the same day. This <b>should</b> enable
you to follow a piece of exploration through in sequence, even if it
stretches over several log books, and was written up out of sequence.

<p>Not every log book is linked up, yet, partly because linking the trips
takes several hours for each log book - especially if trips are written up
wildly out of order or undated (eg. 1992) which causes considerable hair loss
:-)

<p>Note that the 161c entrance was originally explored by the
<a target="_main" href="../../others/gscb/index.htm">French</a>
<b lang="fr">Groupe Sp&eacute;l&eacute;ologique de Clerval - Baume les
Dames</b> under the name VSS2 in 1988 and 1989, reaching -285m. None of this
exploration is included here, and it should be borne in mind that much of the
T/U in "France" from 1990 is re-exploration of the GSCB finds.

<h3>Surveyed lengths:</h3>

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<tr><td><a target="year" href="1983.htm">1983</a></td>
 <td>194m depth in 136</td>
 <td>5 trips</td>
 <td>39 hours recorded (+1st trip no TU)</td></tr>
<tr><td><a target="year" href="1984.htm">1984</a></td>
 <td>c-260m in 136</td>
 <td>5 trips</td>
 <td>68 hours recorded (+ 1 trip)</td></tr>
<tr><td><a target="year" href="1988.htm">1988</a></td>
 <td>some*</td>
 <td>29 trips</td>
 <td>483&frac12; hrs</td></tr>
<tr><td><a target="year" href="1989.htm">1989</a></td>
 <td>4022m</td>
 <td>43 trips</td>
 <td>1526&frac12; hrs</td></tr>
<tr><td><a target="year" href="1990.htm">1990</a></td>
 <td>6716m</td>
 <td>52 trips</td>
 <td>1181 hrs</td></tr>
<tr><td><a target="year" href="1991.htm">1991</a></td>
 <td>7941m</td>
 <td>22 trips</td>
 <td>570 hrs</td></tr>
<tr><td><a target="year" href="1992.htm">1992</a></td>
 <td>8790m</td>
 <td>(check) 26 trips (some missing from list ?)</td>
 <td>536 hrs</td></tr>
<tr><td><a target="year" href="1993.htm">1993</a></td>
 <td>10210m</td>
 <td>29 trips</td>
 <td>782 hrs</td></tr>
<tr><td><a target="year" href="1994.htm">1994</a></td>
 <td> </td>
 <td>29 trips</td>
 <td>615 hrs (+3x no TU (journal says 665&frac12;))</td></tr>
<tr><td><a target="year" href="1995.htm">1995</a></td>
 <td>14233m</td>
 <td>31 trips</td>
 <td>722 hrs</td></tr>
<tr><td><a target="year" href="1996.htm">1996</a></td>
 <td>19752m</td>
 <td>75 trips</td>
 <td>TU not yet clear - 1171&frac12; so far (plus c 15 man-trips)</td></tr>
<tr><td><a target="year" href="1997.htm">1997</a></td>
 <td>21836m. provisional new depth 506.7m</td>
 <td>25 trips (+ 14 in 136)</td>
 <td>559 hours (+ 254 in 136)</td></tr>
<tr><td><a target="year" href="1998.htm">1998</a></td>
 <td>22440m. provisional new depth 534m</td>
 <td>18 trips (+ 4 in 40)</td>
 <td>435 hours (inc. estimates for 1 long and 1 short trip), (+ 68&frac12; in 40)</td></tr>
<tr><td><a target="year" href="1999.htm">1999</a></td>
 <td>24485m, no new depth</td>
 <td>36 trips (11 161; 25 136; maybe one missing? Also 4 trips in 40)</td>
 <td>865 hours (inc. 7 guesses; also 131&frac12; hrs in 40)</td></tr>
<tr><td><a target="year" href="2000.htm">2000</a></td>
 <td>a bit more than 24485m, no new depth</td>
 <td>4 trips in 161d (several trips in 40)</td>
 <td>40-ish hours ?</td></tr>
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* (most (all?) of this survey abandoned)

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<p>The exploration history of <b lang="de">Steinschlagschacht</b>
(<a target="_main" href="136.htm">136</a>) is now included in this page,
since the cave was connected in 1997. The initial exploration of 136 predates
the discovery of <span lang="de">Kaninchenh&ouml;hle</span>.

<p>Our work in <span lang="de">Schwarzmooskogeleish&ouml;hle</span> is not
included above. All have been tourist trips prior to 1998 when serious effort
was first made to connect to 161. 1998 saw 4 trips, 68&frac12; hours, but no
connection.

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