<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>1623:199</title> </head> <body> <center><table border=0 width=100%> <tr><th align=left><font size=+2>199</font></th> <th align=center><font size=+2>Stürzender Felsbrocken Höhle</font><br> (Tumbling Boulder Hole)</th> <th align=right><font size=+2>1/T +</font></th></tr> </table></center> <p><b>Altitude:</b>1799m, length 65m, depth 29m<br> <p><b>Location:</b> E 36074 N (52)82255<br> NW flank of Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel. About 30m SSW of 156. <p><b>Marking:</b> metal tag stamped "CUCC 199", fixed by M6 stud epoxied into vertical wall left of main entrance (stud placed 1998, kataster number tag replaced provisional one in 1999). <p><b>Access route:</b> Follow the cairned path which ascends the Vorder Schwarzmooskogel from the NW. Shortly after passing the open rift entrance of 1623/156 (50m south of Laser Point 0/1), scramble up to the right (south). One large and two small open cave entrances. <p><center><a href="others/199p.png"><img alt="1999 plan, 19k gif" width=320 height=300 src="others/199p2.png"></a></center> <p><b>Description:</b> A steeply descending tube over scree (sometimes snow), initially 3m in diameter, leads down to a choke. To the right in a cross-rift 24m long (beware of loose rock here) is an audible connection to the surface (199c). The final section of the main tube has roof pendants, and ends with a rising sand floor over which the crawl becomes too tight. The second entrance (199b) is just up and to the left of the main one. <p><center><a href="others/199e.png"><img alt="1999 elevation, 14k gif" width=320 height=260 src="others/199e2.png"></a></center> <p><b>Exploration:</b> CUCC 1987-08-30, reexplored (and a new sketch survey, see 1998 NotKH survey book) (Kate Janossy, Brian Outram) in 1998. Grade 3 survey in 1999 (Wookey, Andy Atkinson) <p><b>Equipment:</b> None absolutely required, but 15m handline helpful for entrance, especially if snowy. <hr> <!-- LINKS --> <img alt=">" src="../../icons/lists/0.png"> <a href="index.htm#199">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>