<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf8" /> <title>1983: Cambridge Underground report</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../css/main2.css" /> </head> <body> <h1>Cambridge Expo 1983</h1> <center><font size=-1>Cambridge Underground 1984 pp 8-11</font> <h2>143 Guidebook Description</h2></center> <p>1623/143<br> Vd. Schwarzmoos Kogel, Totes Gebirge<br> Altitude 1698m<br> 47° 40' 18" N 13° 48' 52" E<br> Depth 124m <p>The square shaped entrance lies just below 22m vertically at 34m on a bearing of 158°) the nipple at the end of the ridge running SSW from the Vd. Schwarzmoos Kogel. The first pitch starts after a short climb down boulders, from here light may be seen entering from another entrance, 143b. The pitch (20m) lands on a small ledge and a short free climb leads to a traverse over wedged blocks. The next pitch (10m) is rigged over the edge of the last of these and brings one to a balcony at the start of a 23m shaft. Another clean, almost circular shaft (19m) follows, to a climb (6m) down wedged boulders. The passage now narrows to a small vadose canyon with a stream in it, but soon turns vertical at an 8m pitch, quickly followed by one of 18m. At the foot of this final shaft the stream flows off down a rift approximately 10m deep, but too narrow to follow, the draft blowing inwards. <p align=right><font size=+1>Pete Lancaster</font> <hr /> <h2><a id="id144">144 Guidebook</a> Description</h2> <p>1623/144<br> Vd. Schwarzmoos Kogel, Totes Gebirge<br> Altitude 1699m<br> 47° 40' 19" N 13° 48' 53" E<br> Surveyed depth 284m <p>The entrance lies 21m vertically below and 65m on a bearing of 94° from the nipple at the end of the ridge running SSW from the Vd. Schwarzmoos Kogel. <p>The 7m entrance shaft narrows to a squeeze through a slot to loose boulders at the head of a 9m pitch down to a floor of large wedged blocks. A 16m pitch down through a slot lands on a balcony at the start of a large shattered shaft, 13m wide in places. This is passed by pitches of 15, 42, 5, 7 and 23m (belayed from a nipple in the opposite wall). The cave closes down to a triangular slot 50cm wide, and a 13m hang against the wall drops into a short section of horizontal passage with phreatic roof scalloping. This turns into a traverse as a small stream in a canyon comes in from the left, and the route follows this down as a 28m pitch to land in a pool. A short drop and an 11m pitch break into a level of extensive phreatic development. Following the stream down a series of ramps leads into a large abandoned passage which has not been explored. <p>From the foot of the 11m pitch, up a boulder slope, past a steep ramp to the left, leads to a series of small phreatic tubes which soon close down; straight ahead, into a passage almost filled with layered mud and a strong inward draught, breaks out at the top of a large chamber, which is descended down a layered mud wall. On the opposite side a large passage is inaccessible, but thought to represent an important way on to Stellerweghohle. From the bottom of the chamber, a 7m diameter tube slopes down at 60° for 40m. This turns vertical at a 14m pitch which carries a small stream to a 10m pitch after which the stream vadose canyon gets too tight. <p>By swinging off the 14m pitch half-way down, a continuation of the main way is reached. This is a 10m abandoned passage with dusty blocks and layered mud. After 20m this closes down in a small chamber. Dropping down 13m in boulders leads to a very small canyon; a passage on the other side of the chamber continues as a canyon for 30m, but filled with mud. The final route out is a 1m diameter, almost circular, phreatic tube with a small vadose trench in the floor. This continues up at 35° for 70m, until it meets a very small trench which draughts out. The tube elbows back on itself, but soon becomes choked with mud as the small invading stream disappears down a crack. <p align=right><font size=+1>Pete Lancaster</font> <p><hr /> <!-- LINKS --> <ul id="links"> <li><a href="../../1623/143.htm">1623/143</a> main guidebook page</li> <li><a href="../../1623/41/144.htm">1623/144</a> main guidebook page</li> <li>Cambridge Underground 1984, <a href="http://cucc.survex.com/jnl/1984/index.htm">Table of Contents</a></li> <li>1983 Expedition info: <ul> <li><a href="log.htm">Logbook</a></li> <li>Main Expo report, Cambridge Underground 1984: <ul> <li><a href="wolf1.htm">Wolfehohle</a> - Act I</li> <li>Exploration and Survey of <a href="exp142.htm">1623/142</a> <ul> <li><a href="exp142.htm#possext">Possible extensions</a> to the 41-142-115 System</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="41svy.htm">142/41 Survey</a> - the truth</li> <li><a href="list.htm">Summary of Caves 1983</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="bcracc.htm">BCRA Caves & Caving Report</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="../../pubs.htm#pubs1983">Index</a> to all publications</li> <li><a href="../../index.htm">Back to Expeditions intro page</a></li> <li><a href="../../../index.htm">CUCC Home Page</a></li> </ul> </body> </html>