<!DOCTYPE html> <!-- Only put one cave in this file --> <!-- If you edit this file, make sure you update the websites database --> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> </head> <body> <cave> <non_public>False</non_public> <caveslug>1623-148</caveslug> <official_name>Marilyn Monroe Höhle</official_name> <area>1623</area> <area>1c</area> <kataster_code>2/t/S +</kataster_code> <kataster_number>148</kataster_number> <unofficial_number></unofficial_number> <entrance> <entranceslug>1623-148</entranceslug> <letter></letter> </entrance> <explorers>CUCC 1984, 1987</explorers> <underground_description>Not really pushed in 1984, since discovered right at the end, but relocated in 1987: horizontal tube entrance about 1m in diameter. An awkward crawl over boulders for 10m leads to a squeeze down behind a boulder with light entering ahead. Short freeclimb reaches a phreatic tube of about 3m diameter. To the right silts up in boulders while to the left descends gently over snow and big rocks to reach a sizeable chamber and pitch of about 20m. Avoiding the pitch, a route down through boulders for 3m reaches a very unstable boulder slope, which is crossed to reach another 3m pitch to a rift with a further pitch on the left. To the right, the roof lowers over large boulders, and a small ice chamber is reached with a frozen stream. A narrow section leads down to a rift of 5m down to an earthy passage.</p><p>Back at the boulder slope (I think), the 20m pitch can again be attained and from here is 15m to the floor of a 20m high chamber with three ways on. Facing away from pitch, righthand rift leads to a flat-out crawl over ice. This passes remarkable ice formations to emerge at <b>The Ice Castle</b>, a chamber with a large ice-stalagmite formation. The route terminates in a steep ice slope at the far side of the chamber.</p><p>Way directly ahead from pitch is a 3m climb into a large phreatic tube round a 90° bend to a solid wall of boulders. Ways into the choke proved very loose and tight, but a continuing rift/chamber could be seen through a tiny but strongly draughting hole.</p><p>Third way on from pitch ascends steeply and becomes tight, with a jammed boulder now in the way. Route ends at a steep ice-climb for which no equipment was available.</underground_description> <equipment></equipment> <references></references> <survey><br /> Extended Elevation of 148 and 81 (2012):<br /> <a href="../../../expofiles/surveys/148_81_elev.pdf"> <img src="../others/148_81_elev.png" alt="Survey (25k PNG)" width="900"/></a><br /> Plan of 148 (2012):<br /> <a href="../../../expofiles/surveys/148-cropped.pdf"> <img src="148-cropped.png" alt="Survey (21k PNG)" width="595" height="842" /></a><br /> Area plan, showing 81, 82, 107, 148, 1987-02, 2006-06 and 2006-76 (2012):<br /> <a href="../../../expofiles/surveys/82_area_plan.pdf"> <img src="../others/82_area_plan.png" alt="Survey (72k PNG)" width="757" height="697" /></a><br /> There is also a 1980s survey <a href="../145/145.png">area plan, drawn at 1:2000</a>, showing <a href="../145/145.html">145</a>, <a href="../82.htm">82</a> and 148 on Gauß and Krüger coordinates.</survey> <kataster_status></kataster_status> <underground_centre_line>In dataset</underground_centre_line> <notes></notes> <length></length> <depth></depth> <extent></extent> <survex_file>caves-1623/148/148.svx</survex_file> <description_file></description_file> <url>1623/148/148.html</url> </cave> </body> </html>