<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> <html lang=en> <head> <title>1623:83</title> </head> <body> <center><table border=0 width=100%> <tr><th align=left><font size=+2>83</font></th> <th align=center><font size=+2>Schwa schacht 83</font></th> <th align=right><font size=+2>2/S +</font></th></tr> </table></center> <p><b>Altitude:</b> 16710 m, depth 55m. <p><b>Location:</b> Plateau, 200m north of <a href="82.htm">Bräuninghöhle</a> (Kat. 82). This is not very obvious, since it is in an area of dwarf pine on a knoll south of the dry valley containing <a href="107.htm">Kat. 107</a> <p> E 35934.1 N (52)82698.0 H 1670.7 <p>13m freeclimb dropped onto a steep snowslope requiring a handline. This was descended for 10m to a steep boulder slope which funnelled down to a small hole through which stones dropped for a long time. The large amounts of scree made descent unwise. Above the boulder slope, a phreatic passage led quickly to a big hole in the floor. The hole is a fine free-hanging descent of 36m to a solid choke of boulders. The phreatic passage continues beyond the pitch, but was not reached, and trends uphill. <p><b>Exploration:</b> CUCC 1977 - Team Geriatric <hr> <!-- LINKS --> <img alt=">" src="../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="../index.htm">Back to Expedition Intro page</a><br> <img alt="--->" src="../../icons/lists/1.png"> <a href="../indxal.htm">Full Index</a><br> <img alt="--->" src="../../icons/lists/1.png"> <a href="../areas.htm">Other areas</a><br> <img alt="------>" src="../../icons/lists/2.png"> <a href="index.htm#83">Plateau area index</a> </body> </html>