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<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&deg; 40' 18" N 13&deg; 48' 52" E<br>
Depth 124m

<p>The square shaped entrance lies just below 22m vertically at 34m on a
bearing of 158&deg;) 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>

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<h2><a id="id144">144 Guidebook</a> Description</h2>

<p>1623/144<br>
Vd. Schwarzmoos Kogel, Totes Gebirge<br>
Altitude 1699m<br>
47&deg; 40' 19" N 13&deg; 48' 53" E<br>
Surveyed depth 284m

<p>The entrance lies 21m vertically below and 65m on a bearing of 94&deg;
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&deg; 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&deg; 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>

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