<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> <html lang=en> <head> <title> 1623:LA25 </title> </head> <body> <center><table border=0 width=100%> <tr><th align=left><font size=+2>LA25</font></th> <th align=center><font size=+2>LUSS/LA25</font></th> <th align=right><font size=+2>2/S +</font></th></tr> </table></center> <p><b>Altitude:</b> 1880m, Depth 117m<br> <b>Location:</b> 13° 50' 04" E, 47° 42' 04" N<br> A large depression on the Hohes Augst-Eck ridge about 1km SSW of Roß Kogel, is reached from the crest of the ridge above the obvious rock arch, by following a large snow field to the head of the depression. Contouring around to the south of the depression, following the bedding, LA25 to 27 are close together. <p>Above the large depression, LA25 is an open, but obscure hole on a bedding shelf. <p>A tricky 4m climb down to a ledge and further 2m drop gain the floor of a chamber. Down boulder slope in chamber leads to a further short climb on overhanging loose rubble to a small chamber with draughting rift. A squeeze through the rift opens directly onto the head of an awkward 8m pitch. Beyond, the floor soon disappears and way on is 5m of traverse in a widening rift to where stones fall free for 5 seconds, this was the 1987 terminus. <p>A 6m drop reaches a point overlooking a 5m wide circular shaft. Bolts for a Y-hang lead onto the 56m free-hanging <b>Heart of Gold</b> pitch, named for its cross section. Another 10m drop on the other side of a boulder lands on a large ledge covered in loose boulders, <b>The Italian Bistro</b>. Awkward rigging on the right wall and two lower bolts allow <b>Deep Thought</b> to be rigged just clear of the tottering boulders that give the 18m pitch its name. <p>At the base is <b>The Restaurant at the End of the Cave</b>, a large chamber sporting five waterfalls. From the foot of the pitch, the floor is steeply inclined up to an arch, beyond which the chamber continues to rise to a total length of about 50m. A debris slope up to a tube at the highest points leads only to a choke. There is no other way on from the Restaurant since the floor is choke by major collapse at a depth of 117m. <p><b>Exploration:</b> LUSS 1987-8 <br><b>Survey:</b> A4 elev/plan to grade 5b, LUSS 1987-8 <p><b>Acknowledgement:</b>The above description is taken from the LUSS <a href="../others/luss/index.htm">reports</a> on the 1987 and 1988 expeditions. <hr> <!-- LINKS --> <img alt=">" src="../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="index.htm#la25">Far plateau area</a> index and description<br> <img alt=">" src="../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../indxal.htm">Full Index</a><br> <img alt=">" src="../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../areas.htm">1623 Area/Subarea description</a><br> <img alt=">" src="../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../1626/index.htm">Adjacent area 1626</a><br> <img alt=">" src="../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../index.htm">Back to Expedition Intro page</a><br> <img alt=">" src="../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../../index.htm">Back to CUCC Home page</a> </body> </html>