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<h1>CUCC Austria Expeditions: Introduction</h1>
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<p><b>For more than four decades, Cambridge University Caving Club, CUCC, have
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explored caves on the <span lang="de-at">Loser</span> Plateau, about 80 km east
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of <span lang="de-at">Salzburg</span> in Austria.
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The cave system we have discovered and explored over these years now
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extends to more than 150km of passages and shafts.</b></p>
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<p>The expedition runs in the Summer, usually July/August.This website (over 900
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pages and over 800 images) contain much of the documentation from the
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exploration of these annual expeditions.</p>
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<p>For those coming on an Austria expedition for the first time, this great
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bulk of material can seem a little overwhelming. However, it's important for
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people to have some idea of what they are coming to, in order that they can get
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the most out of expo. It is probably worth starting with the
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<a href="handbook/primer.html">Expedition Primer</a> - a document intended specifically for
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new expo members, and leading to some of the more important pages which you
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should read in the <a href="handbook/index.htm">Expo Handbook</a>.</p>
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<img src="/expofiles/location_maps/20210402_overview.jpg" style="margins: 10px">
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<br><i>Overview - <a href="/1626/359/359.html">Homecoming Hole (359)</a>,
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<a href="/1623/258/258.html">Tunnocks (258)</a> and <a href="/1623/264/264.html">Balkonhöhle (264)</a> - credit Nat Dalton</i>
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<h4>A little history</h4>
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<p>Northern Branch (an informal group of CUCC graduates) first visited
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Austria in 1976 as something of a reccy, but 1977 saw increased numbers,
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definite objectives and the first undergraduates from CUCC. From 1978, the
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annual expedition has become largely a CUCC undergraduate-organised affair,
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but with many ExCS (ex-Cambridge Speleologists) still taking part.</p>
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<p>Although originally we camped at <span lang="de-at">Altaussee,</span> by
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the lake, since 1983 <a href="handbook/bcamps.html">Base Camp</a> has been at
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<span lang="de-at">Gasthof Staud'n'Wirt,</span> by the
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<span lang="de-at">Grundlsee</span> road from <span lang="de-at">Bad
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Aussee,</span> where we are annually made very welcome by
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<span lang="de-at">Hilde</span> and <span lang="de-at">Karin Wilpernig</span>
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and family.</p>
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<p>Only in 1986 has an expedition failed to visit
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<span lang="de-at">Loser</span>, and a substantial part of the journal of
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CUCC and exCS, "Cambridge Underground" is taken up by expedition reports. The
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majority of these are reproduced within these web pages and can be reached
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through the <a href="pubs.htm">list of published reports</a>.</p>
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<p>Accounts of these expeditions also make it to all the usual places, such
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as the BCA <i>Speleology</i> magazine or occasionally <i>Descent</i>, and also
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to the journals of the various other clubs to which various <a
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href="folk/index.htm">expedition members</a> also belong. Much of this material
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is also being incorporated into these pages and can be reached through the
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above list.</p>
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<p>Most of the expedition <a href="pubs.htm#logbooks">logbooks</a> which we
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still possess have also been transcribed, and these, too, appear in this
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archive. When reading the logs, please bear in mind that the authors (often
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shattered after a hard day's caving, or, even more likely, drunk), never
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expected these accounts to be read by a wider public. Whilst some accounts are
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detailed and factual, others are.... lets say "informal" :-)</p>
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<p>Since 1988 CUCC has received generous help from many companies, mostly in
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the form of food. We are grateful for this support and are happy to promote
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the names & products of <a href="sponsr.htm">our sponsors</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center">
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<img alt="STOP" src="images/Stop.jpg" class="icon" width="40" height="40"/>
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Thinking of visiting the area independently ? Then please read
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<a href="dclaim.htm">this</a>.
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<img alt="STOP" src="images/Stop.jpg" class="icon" width="40" height="40"/></p>
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<p>This archive is constantly being updated as the current year's work
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is integrated into the whole.</p>
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<p><b>We need to know what you think</b> about this site - did you find
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your way around easily? Did you find any errors, omissions, some confusion?
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Are there areas where you would like more information? If so, email one of the
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<a href="folk/author.htm#maintainers">maintainers</a>.</p>
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<p>There is also a list of <a href="folk/author.htm">contributing
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authors</a>.</p>
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<div class="centre"><img src="smk000.jpg" width="100%"
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alt="Schwatzmooskogelsystem superimposed on the map" /></div>
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<p><i>Winkler & Day, Die Hohle/64 Jg./Heft 1-4/ (2013) pp 62-71</i></p>
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