<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> <html lang=en> <head> <title> 1623:152 </title> </head> <body> <center><table border=0 width=100%> <tr><th align=left><font size=+2>152</font></th> <th align=center><font size=+2>Bananehöhle</font></th> <th align=right><font size=+2>4/S +</font></th></tr> </table></center> <p><b>Altitude:</b> 1587.5m. <p><b>Location:</b> on the hillside below and to the east of 113, E 36343.3, N (52)81278.4 <p>A vertical entrance which leads, at a depth of -145m, into <a href="113.htm">Sonnenstrahlhöhle</a> below the Purple Pit, just before Müsli crawl (-198m from Sonnenstrahl entrance bolt). Entrance pitch <b>Scott</b> is 9m over snow, then a small tube leads down to a short climb down boulders to an 8m pitch <b>Virgil</b>, followed immediately by <b>Alan</b>, another 8m pitch landing in <b>Dump Chamber</b>. A long rift, <b>Boulder Alley</b> leads to a rock bridge and scramble down boulders into <b>Boulder Chamber</b> which ends in a 4m climb and pitches of 5m (<b>John</b>) and 4m (<b>Parker</b>) over boulders. A 5m pitch (<b>Mr. Tracy</b>) drops into the top of a very tall narrow rift. A slight widening allows a short climb down into the canyon, but is soon too tight - <b>Lady Penelope</b>. The rift continues until a fault is met and <b>The Good Pitch Venus</b> is 24m to <b>Behind the Drinks Cabinet</b>. A further rift leads to a 16m pitch which lands in Sonnenstrahlhöhle. <p>Boulder Chamber appears to correspond with the bouldery Opera House in Sonnenstrahlhöhle, while the Good Pitch Venus and following 16m pitch correlate with the Purple Pit. <p><b>Exploration:</b> CUCC 1985 <hr> <!-- LINKS --> <img alt=">" src="../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="index.htm#152">Schwarzmooskogel ridge area</a><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">Other Areas</a><br> <img alt=">" src="../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../index.htm">Back to Expedition Intro page</a> </body> </html>