<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf8" /> <title> Schwarzmooskogeleishöhle: QM C0000-40-03 </title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/main2.css" /> </head> <body> <center><img src="../i/c04003.jpg" width=600 height=900></center> <p>Wookey looking up the unclimbed ice-column of question mark <a href="../qm.htm#C000040-04">C0000-40-03</a> in <b>Schneevulkanhalle</b> of Schwarzmooskogeleishöhle. This is about 10m of vertical ice in late summer, but would apparently be much easier earlier in the season, before the ice had eroded this much. When seen in May 2000, the angle was much easier, more like 60 or 70° rather than vertical. The lead was not tackled on Expo 1999, as there seemed more promising things available. However, as more was explored and some geological information became available, it looks increasingly as though this climb would be worth tackling. </p> <p> The climb was pushed in 2000 by Olly Betts. The ice was in similar poor condition to the photo, so he bolted up the rock to the side, and discovered the <b>Mission Impossible</b> series, which came to within less than 40m of <b>Steinschlagschacht</b> without a connection being found. </p> <br><font size=-1>Photo © Andy Atkinson, 1999</font> <!-- Photo scanned from duplicate slide on Nikon Coolscan, AERW --> <hr /> <ul> <!-- <a href="../pix.htm#">Visual tour of Eishöhle</a></li> --> <li><a href="../cucc.htm#qC000040-03">Back to cave description</a></li> <li><a href="../../index.html#id40">Schwarzmooskogel ridge area</a></li> <li><b>More photos:</b> <ul> <li><b>Kaninchenhöhle</b> <ul> <li><a href="../../161/pixrh.htm">Virtual tour</a> from <b>top entrance - 161a</b></li> <li><a href="../../161/pixsf.htm">Virtual tour</a> from <b>Scarface entrance - 161d</b></li> <li>the <a href="../../161/pixlw.htm">Lost World</a> and Wheelchair Access;</li> <li>the new way into the Forbidden Land via <a href="../../161/pixss.htm">Steinschlagschacht</a>.</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/gallery/cave.htm">Underground</a> in some of our other caves</li> <li><a href="/gallery/ents.htm">Entrance</a> portraits</li> <li><a href="/gallery/surf.htm">Surface</a> routes and views</li> <li><a href="/gallery/low.htm">Base camp and non-caving</a> activities</li> </ul></li> </ul> </body> </html>