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    <TH align=left width="30%"><font size=+1>CUCC 2000/09</FONT></TH>
    <TH lang=de><font size=+2>Hauchh&ouml;hle</font></TH>
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<tr><td><B>Extent:</B></td><td>Dunno!.</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Location:</B></td><td>36468.57E, (52)83441.63N, 1784.79m altitude.</td></tr>
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<p><b>Access route:</b> The arch-shaped entrance and gully are obvious from
the route used in 2000 onwards from Top Camp to <a href="../204/204.shtml">Steinbr&uuml;ckenh&ouml;hle</a>.  Shortly after
crossing the large bare area of limestone slabs on the flanks of the Hinter, the path traverses directly around
the right-hand side of the entrance gully.

<P><B>Marking:</B> Tag.

<h2>Description</h2>

<p>The horizontal entrance slopes downhill for about 20m, passing beneath a skylight and a crawl to the left.  The crawl
leads to a drop into a rift, where there are three ways on.  To the right closes down; to the left, there are crawls at
two levels.  The higher-level crawl chokes; the two crawls at the lower level unite and then reach a junction.  To the
left chokes; to the right leads to a chamber.  This chamber can also be reached by going straight on from the
aforementioned junction at the rift.

<p>From this chamber, there are two ways on.  <i>A small choss wall surrounds a vertical hole through which it is possible
to drop down (tricky on the return) into a small chamber.  From here, an awkward squeeze leads into a continuing crawl,
which has not been pushed.</i>  To the left is a crawl over choss which enlarges.  <i>Straight ahead leads to an
earthen-floored draughting crawl which has been dug, and needs further work to get through.  Shortly before the crawl
becomes flat-out, a tube leading up on the right becomes too tight.</i>
After a short distance a tube on the right
leads to the head of a pitch (not pushed; probably 15-20m) and continues to a choke.  The head of
this pitch draughts outwards significantly.

<p>Back in the entrance passage, at the bottom of the slope there is an unpushed crawl to the left and a
wriggle up over rubble into a chamber.  From this chamber,
the obvious way on is a pitch of approximately 15m, but there is a possible crawl above this (doesn't look promising).  At
the foot of the pitch, in large rift passage, a crawl on the left leads for about 15m before turning left and becoming too
tight.  Straight ahead, a crawl reaches a junction with continuations upwards, to the left, straight ahead, and to the
right, none of which have been pushed.  To the right is a further unpushed crawl.

<p>Back in the rift chamber, an exposed, but easy-looking ascending traverse has not been pushed.  There is a short climb
down, after which a climb up is blind, and the continuing descent passes a narrow point before entering an ascending
traverse in a rift which leads to a 5m pitch into a small chamber.

<p>A noticable draught was blowing out of the entrance in 2002, accompanied by water vapour.

<P><B>Exploration history:</b> CUCC 2000, 2002.

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