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<center><font size=-1>Cambridge Underground 1984 pp 8-11</font>
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<h2>143 Guidebook Description</h2></center>
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<p>1623/143<br>
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Vd. Schwarzmoos Kogel, Totes Gebirge<br>
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Altitude 1698m<br>
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47° 40' 18" N 13° 48' 52" E<br>
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Depth 124m
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<p>The square shaped entrance lies just below 22m vertically at 34m on a
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bearing of 158°) the nipple at the end of the ridge running SSW from the
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Vd. Schwarzmoos Kogel. The first pitch starts after a short climb down
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boulders, from here light may be seen entering from another entrance, 143b.
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The pitch (20m) lands on a small ledge and a short free climb leads to a
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traverse over wedged blocks. The next pitch (10m) is rigged over the edge of
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the last of these and brings one to a balcony at the start of a 23m shaft.
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Another clean, almost circular shaft (19m) follows, to a climb (6m) down
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wedged boulders. The passage now narrows to a small vadose canyon with a
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stream in it, but soon turns vertical at an 8m pitch, quickly followed by one
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of 18m. At the foot of this final shaft the stream flows off down a rift
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approximately 10m deep, but too narrow to follow, the draft blowing inwards.
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<p align=right><font size=+1>Pete Lancaster</font>
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<hr />
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<h2><a id="id144">144 Guidebook</a> Description</h2>
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<p>1623/144<br>
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Vd. Schwarzmoos Kogel, Totes Gebirge<br>
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Altitude 1699m<br>
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47° 40' 19" N 13° 48' 53" E<br>
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Surveyed depth 284m
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<p>The entrance lies 21m vertically below and 65m on a bearing of 94°
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from the nipple at the end of the ridge running SSW from the Vd. Schwarzmoos
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Kogel.
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<p>The 7m entrance shaft narrows to a squeeze through a slot to loose
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boulders at the head of a 9m pitch down to a floor of large wedged blocks. A
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16m pitch down through a slot lands on a balcony at the start of a large
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shattered shaft, 13m wide in places. This is passed by pitches of 15, 42, 5,
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7 and 23m (belayed from a nipple in the opposite wall). The cave closes down
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to a triangular slot 50cm wide, and a 13m hang against the wall drops into a
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short section of horizontal passage with phreatic roof scalloping. This turns
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into a traverse as a small stream in a canyon comes in from the left, and the
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route follows this down as a 28m pitch to land in a pool. A short drop and an
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11m pitch break into a level of extensive phreatic development. Following the
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stream down a series of ramps leads into a large abandoned passage which has
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not been explored.
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<p>From the foot of the 11m pitch, up a boulder slope, past a steep ramp to
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the left, leads to a series of small phreatic tubes which soon close down;
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straight ahead, into a passage almost filled with layered mud and a strong
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inward draught, breaks out at the top of a large chamber, which is descended
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down a layered mud wall. On the opposite side a large passage is
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inaccessible, but thought to represent an important way on to
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Stellerweghohle. From the bottom of the chamber, a 7m diameter tube slopes
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down at 60° for 40m. This turns vertical at a 14m pitch which carries a
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small stream to a 10m pitch after which the stream vadose canyon gets too
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tight.
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<p>By swinging off the 14m pitch half-way down, a continuation of the main
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way is reached. This is a 10m abandoned passage with dusty blocks and
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layered mud. After 20m this closes down in a small chamber. Dropping
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down 13m in boulders leads to a very small canyon; a passage on the other
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side of the chamber continues as a canyon for 30m, but filled with mud.
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The final route out is a 1m diameter, almost circular, phreatic tube with
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a small vadose trench in the floor. This continues up at 35° for 70m,
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until it meets a very small trench which draughts out. The tube elbows
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back on itself, but soon becomes choked with mud as the small invading
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stream disappears down a crack.
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<p align=right><font size=+1>Pete Lancaster</font>
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<p><hr />
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<ul>
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<li><a href="../../smkridge/143.htm">1623/143</a> main guidebook page</li>
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<li><a href="../../smkridge/41/144.htm">1623/144</a> main guidebook page</li>
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<li>Cambridge Underground 1984,
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<a href="../../../jnl/1984/index.htm">Table of Contents</a></li>
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<li>1983 Expedition info:
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<li><a href="log.htm">Logbook</a></li>
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<li>Main Expo report, Cambridge Underground 1984:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="wolf1.htm">Wolfehohle</a> - Act I</li>
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<li>Exploration and Survey of <a href="exp142.htm">1623/142</a>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="exp142.htm#possext">Possible extensions</a>
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to the 41-142-115 System</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><a href="41svy.htm">142/41 Survey</a> - the truth</li>
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<li><a href="list.htm">Summary of Caves 1983</a></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><a href="bcracc.htm">BCRA Caves & Caving Report</a></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><a href="../../pubs.htm#pubs1983">Index</a> to all publications</li>
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<li><a href="../../index.htm">Back to Expeditions intro page</a></li>
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<li><a href="../../../index.htm">CUCC Home Page</a></li>
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