159 Winded Hole 2/S +
entrance photo - link to 56k jpeg
Altitude: 1661m at surface, Depth c50m Position: tag at E 35384 N (52)82430 alt. 1660.5 Marking: orange number "159" facing north. 1998 tag "1623 159 CUCC 1988" attached to more northerly of two Y-hang bolts, just below surface. This is the anchor visible in the photograph (with an orange circle painted round it), taken before the tag was attached.

Location: Near 'crapping region' of Top Camp (1990). Cave is on the same fault/joint as 1623/90, CUCC1996WK2 and CUCC1996WK3, but further out from the Bräuning Wall, c 100m on 067°.
1996 Bearings: HSK 059°, VSK nipple 111°, Bräuning Nase 152°, Kleine Wild Kogel 009°(left) and 010°(right), Bräuning Wall pt. 1828 209°, Bräuning Wall pt. 1835 221°, Bräuning Zinken 232°

Cave relocated 1990, 1996 and surveyed to in 1998
Entrance reached in two minutes from upper top camp by heading west and dropping down one terrace.

Two bolts in entrance for Y-hang to give c40m vertical to a boulder floor, then a further 20m in a big boulder chamber. A "nice skeleton" and an old colander (!) were found on the terminal choke in 1988.

Exploration: CUCC 1988 (1st pitch Chris & Becka, bottomed by Chris).

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