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<h3>AUSTRIA 1983</h3>
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25/7/83 - 12/8/83
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The first part of the log is traditionally taken up by the journey out.<br>
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If this is of no interest, here is a link <a href="#start">to the caving</a>!
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<p>The journeys out. ?
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<p>Team Griffiths - Makins
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<p>Arrived at Ramsgate 2 hrs early so had to eat a lot before embarking on
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ferry. Zapped down to Reinböllen at warp factor 9 to drink beer with Ben
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et al - missed Ben by 10 mins. Arrived in Staudnwirt at 4pm Sunday having
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gently grockled round Hallstatt all afternoon.
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<p>Team Fucked-Viva
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<p>Arrived at Dover 5 hours early - no decent beer. One fuse stop and a trip
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round Dachau concentration camp to make Austria seem nice. Arrived in a piece
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after 16 hours.
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<p>Becky
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<p>The most problematical part of my journey was getting to Victoria for a
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6-O'Clock train. This accomplished, train, plane, train + train (the last
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stopping at every lamp post) then feet got me to Staudnwirt around 6.20pm.
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<p>Team Bowers - Van Millingen - Whigglesworth
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<p>The hovercraft wasn't full of eels. Stopped at Rheinböllen (NB
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spelling miss Makins) - the place the crab broke down 1979 expedition with
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café with gorgeous little girls in white teeshirts, but it was shut
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& Julian had gone anyway. Zipped through Austria until a little man waved
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us down, demanded 100 schillings from John & muttered something about
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Radar control & 67 kph instead of 50 kph. Staudnwirt in time for several
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beers.
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<p>Team Chas & Dave (gertcha !)
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<p>well.....
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chasfailedhisdrivingtestandwewerestillrepairingphil'scaronsaturdaymorningbutweateaspagbolandsetoff
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todoverandtheradiatorboiledoverforthefirsttimeinapetrolstationandsowefilleditupanditstartedwithclouds
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ofsteamandafteragreasychipswegotontheferrybutonlyjustcoswewerelastandwehadtosleepondeckandthenwegot
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tozeebruggeanditwasfourinthemorningsooffwesetandatfirstitwasokbutafterafewhundredmilesthrashingitgot
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hotterandhotterandwehadtokeepstoppingtorefilltheradiatorandthenwehadnomoregermanmoneyandnearlyranout
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atmunichbuthtenfoundyoucoulduseenglishmoneysowefilledupandattheaustrianborderinearlylostacontactlens
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anditgotdarkandwegotlostandtheradiatorboiledoveragainandagainandsometimesthecylindersfilledwithwater
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andlockedtheengineandwegotlostinKuchlandtheradiatorboiledoveragainanditwasgettinghardertostartandonce
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wehadtoforageinavalleytofindsomewaterandthenwetookoffthebonnettocooltheenginebutitstartedtorainandthe
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enginedrownedinbadausseebutwithaquicksquirtofwd40itstartedandwelimpedintogrundlseeataboutoneinthe
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morningaftertwentyonehoursdrivinggodwasibuggered.
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<p>TR6 Nicky & Tony
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<p>Managed to avoid Plank etc. in Dover, went swimming & drank in the
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Louis Armstrong. Wended our way towards Austria saving time by not bothering
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to eat. Nicky slid down a glass partition at a motorway cafe in a dead faint.
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Went swimming. Hit a highly decorated town (Wasserburg) in the evening before
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cruising on down via a bar or two to the car park. Walked up to 113 then
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above, found an open entrance (60' pitch), returned to meet everybody at Bar
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Fischer (having seen John's car at the car park) before finally finding
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everybody at the campsite bar.
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<p>Team reclining seats
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<p>A featureless thrash from Zeebrugge to Wurzburg for a walk + a sausage,
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thence to Ingolstadt where Philip's eyes were closing as a consequence of
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Gail's having given up between Rushden and Cambridge.... Failed to find
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campsite at Ingolstadt - thrashed on down to a "service station" past Munchen
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where we crashed on **Reclining Seats** and slept 10 hours. To Grundlsee
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without incident (to the sound of Gail's snores) and a drink at the OTHER
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Grundlsee campsite. Spotted Mess tent in between and so set off for a walk up
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to the plateau...
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<hr /><a name="start">BUNDA BASHING DAY 1</a> 25/7/83 Monday
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<p>Naomi, John, Ben, Julian
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<p>A gentle day's workout for the old codgers. Went up to 113 and then
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prospected the area above. Found very little apart from the inevitable
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snow-plugged shafts. No draughts at all apart from one small choked hole near
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a prominent gravel bank. By this time we were quite close to the top of the
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Schwarzmooskogel so off to the top ! Just below the top we almost fell down a
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great gaping maw. Julian nearly killed himself when a boulder crept up behind
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and took him for a ride down the shaft. This so disturbed Ben that he lent
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John his gear and John went down. We ran out a 40m rope getting down to 30m
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in stages. A small 5m pitch and then a larger pitch into a high canyon. This
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was getting serious enough to be left for another day, so we did that. Then
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the shortcut back to the Bergrestaurant. 1½ hours later we arrived
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back at the path. The gentle day's workout had taken a nasty turn and four
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very knackered old codgers arrived at the car park 2 hours after leaving "The
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Hole".
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<p>Julian
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<hr /><a id="id1983-142-1">132=142 Monday</a>
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<p>Mike, Wiggi
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<p>Raced along the path, through the bunde & into the big chamber pitch.
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Used the rusty bolts which have since been failed by the BOLT INSPECTOR. Went
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down the tube pushed by Tim, grovelled round & followed draught to a
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sizeable inlet, free-climbed up this till eventually returned to the bottom
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of the big chamber. Free-climbed big chamber wall to passage 50-60' above
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pitch, possible bypass. Out quickly after 4 hrs.
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<p align=right>Mike
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<p><a href="../1982/log.htm#id1982-142-5">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-142-2">Next trip</a>
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<p align=right>Tuesday
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<br>Naomi, John
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<p>Couldn't face thrashing through the bunda again, so we tried a new route -
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up to the "plateau" col, keep right and traverse about 200 yds and then head
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up slabs, following some small cairns to the summit of Viede Schwarzmoos
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Kogel. Sign the visitors book at the top and then drop down, slightly right,
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for 100 yds and there's the entrance.
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<p>While Naomi sunned her delicate white flesh, I hopped down the entrance
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pitch. 10m down the next pitch, a rebelay and an 10m to a boulder floor,
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another 5m pitch, more boulders and a final airy bolt, specially placed for
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Ben's delight tomorrow.
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<hr />Prospecting: Pete, Chas. Tuesday
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<p>Followed the joint up above Stellerweg (bearing 220°). Found 2
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phreatic draughting entrances which we followed until they went vertical.
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They draught IN. Then onto the small pimple which is the top of the ridge
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above Stellerweg. I managed to step on a rock which wasn't too solid and fell
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20feet, but only a few grazes. Then parallel to the ridge, with lots of signs
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of the Germans (beer cans etc.) Found a big depression with a 45° bedding
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plane down which closed down after ~15m. There was a ~10m pitch on the
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opposite side which we descended to a choke. Then onto a very distinctive
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(sink when wet) - with brown gravel banks and a limestone bridge. From here
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due south found ~100m through trip - lot of snow banks, icicles, ice
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stalagtites + some phreatic tubes, but no ways on. There were 4 entrances,
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two of them non-climbable shafts. Then back parallel to the ridge, with very
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few leads. We almost made the path directly above Stellerweg, but descended
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too soon and hit 201 at 88.
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<hr />Julian walked up to the Appel-Haus, had a beer and a mineral water, and
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then walked back to Grundlsee.
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<p align=right>Wednesday
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<br>Ben, Julian - hole that hasn't got a name yet. 140
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<p>Schwarzmooskögel route proved best way. Lots of chamois. Julian
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belted down to John's 'airy' bolt & down 80ft shaft. Bottom choked by
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boulders with small impenetrable rift - through which could be heard
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tantalising heavy drip. 30ft down shaft is a big boulder. On the other side
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is a passage 25ft up heading in the direction of the drip - by this time Ben
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had finished putting in two bolts on the entrance pitch & arrived down to
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have a fag while Julian started bolting up towards this passage. He was even
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called upon to lifeline when Julian was 3 bolts up leaving one more for John
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to climb to GLORY.
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<p>Time 4 hrs, Ben
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<hr /><a id="id1983-142-2">Mike, Dave</a> - surveying
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<strike>132</strike> 142 Wed 27th
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<p>Latchensechsen is as hard as ever, and this short trip seemed more tiring
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than thirty hours down 115. Still, plenty of time to get fit. Poked around in
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the huge chamber, but the boulders are too big - size of houses. Surveyed in,
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and buggered off out.
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<p>- the diabolical datsun nearly made the car park in one go, but then
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boiled over very loudly indeed !
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<p><a href="#id1983-142-1">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-142-3">Next trip</a>
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<p align=right><a id="id1983-142-3">Weds 27th</a>
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<br>Becky, Wiggy - 132 = 142
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<p>Went to "the pitch near the entrance" where Wiggy tried very hard to kill
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himself by putting his weight on a hold which broke off. Much of the other
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stuff at the top (in fact, all down) is of the same ilk. The pitch is ~20m w
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a break at 10m*, going to a small rift with a howling gale. Bashed our way
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through a squeeze into another small rift - still with howling gale - which
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chokes.
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<p>Becky
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<p>*Put a bolt in on the right hand wall (mainly to calm Wiggy's nerves) but
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actually used a fine natural belay on the other side of the hole, reached by
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traversing to the left.
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<p><a href="#id1983-142-2">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-142-4">Next trip</a>
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<hr />Wednesday
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<p>John, Naomi, Nicky, Tony
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<p>It seemed like a good idea to drive up to the car park and walk around to
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the Wildensee for a swim. Sadly, the temperature was rather high so that
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those of us who were feeling the effects of the previous day found the going
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a little tougher than those who weren't so much but were feeling the effects
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of the heat anyway. What's more its a long way to the Wildensee, but ideal
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for swimming, excellent diving points, lots of little fish nibbling at your
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legs etc. The return via the Appelhaus was arranged by the proprietors such
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that one felt slightly thirsty. One amongst us managed to bop their first
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pint rather quickly (excellent one should add) and a further ¾ pint
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led to a lot of limb waving along the continuation of the path. A high speed
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surge lasted about 35 minutes before it collapsed completely and the eventual
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return to base was rather more subdued.
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<p>Tony M
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<hr />Wednesday 27th
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Chas, Pete. Surface survey and Prospecting below 115.
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<p>The aim was to find the end of the Futility Series popping out of the
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hillside below 115. We surface surveyed down to a permanent station, marked
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with bolt hole and lots of red paint: P1983/1. This was almost directly below
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115 and on the edge of the big trees. It was at E77.2, N-237.3, H -195.8,
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whereas the end of the Futility Series was at G30: E 139.7, N -54.2, H-187.8.
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So we were (!) at the right place, but the cave end was 180m into the
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hillside. We had a good look round but didn't find any signs of caves there.
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<p>So we looked at a big phreatic entrance further east (up the valley) and
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~50m higher. This was looked at in 1982, but a bit of proddling released lots
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of boulders + we were able to follow up a narrowing bedding plane at
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~60°, for 10m until it got too loose/small. Very difficult descent on
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scree to the end of the Altausseer See + then the Schniderwirt for Weizen
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Bier.
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<p align=right>Pete
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<hr /><a id="id1983-136-1">Thursday 28th</a>
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Prospecting below <u>Vd. Schwartzmooskogel</u>
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Mike, Pete, Dave, Chas.
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<p>We sechsten through the Latchen towards the SMK, and reached the top after
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a leisurely lunch on a snow patch. First we inspected the entrance to EXCS's
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cave and then moved east on the southern side of the hill as far as the first
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big valley. Descended a couple of shafts which didn't go, and for the next
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time left a large shaft not descended and another draughting hole with 40m
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pitch to a big chamber and 10m pitch at which we stopped. These were both
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marked 'CUCC 1983' and put a cross on one of the choked shafts (20m). The
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other cave descended was 40m entrance pitch (daylight) then down a slot and
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7m boulder slope to the head of an estimated 10m pitch (undescended).
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<p>[sketch showing location of:<br>
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137 (1) 40m, 7m slope to head of undescended<br>
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135 (2) Choked 20m<br>
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138 (3) Very large entrance (undescended)<br>
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136 (4) loose headed 40m to big chamber + undescended p10.]
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<p><a href="#id1983-136-2">Next 136 trip</a>
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<hr />Thursday 28th
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<p>Naomi + Ben 140
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<p>After a very sweaty walk up to the top of the Schwartzmoos and down to the
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cave, Ben and I set about doing a surface survey. The cave entrance was
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measured first giving an opening on the surface 9m x 6m with an entrance
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shaft 15.2m. From the cave entrance a surface survey was carried out to the
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summit of the Schwartzmoos. The cave lies 126m on a bearing of 194° from
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the summit of the Schwartzmoos at an altitude of 1796m. (Oh God - I think
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I've spelt Schwartzmoos wrong all the way through this tome!) After
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surveying, Ben and I retreated to the Bergrestaurant to work out the survey,
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identifying wild flowers on the way down.
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<p>Naomi
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<hr /><a id="id1983-143-1">Thursday</a>
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<p>Tony + Nicky
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<p>After getting the car up to the plateau we had an easy walk up to 113 -
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heading up towards the knoll. Unfortunately Tony found another hole he felt
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impelled to investigate before we got to where we were originally going.
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Whilst Tony messed around underground, I did some snow melt experiments - and
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waited. Having reached the bottom at about 28 metres - Tony gave up and we
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set out again for the Knoll. Near the summit, we located two more holes - to
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be investigated next day. From the top of the knoll saw Julian/John sitting
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above their cave on the SMK - then made our way back indirectly to the car
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park via the thickest bunde patches.
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<p><a href="#id1983-143-2">Next trip</a> to the "two more holes"
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<hr /><a id="id1983-145-1">Thursday</a>
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<p>John & Julian 140
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<p>Returned to the hole - thrashing up to the col & over the top, eager
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to revel in the glory just one bolt away. I placed the bolt while Julian took
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hero pictures. Lots of witters followed as I stood in etriers unwilling to
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launch myself over the top. It was all a waste of time anyway - the passage
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draughted but closed down after ~20 ft. Then went back down to the bottom -
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just to confirm there were no loose ends. But there was just one very loose
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end. Julian pretended not to notice it, but I insisted he should have a look,
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while I held back the boulders to allow his return. Another pitch of 8m led
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to an even more conclusive choke. Exited, detackling the lower pitches.
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<p>Wandered back home, prospecting on the way, and found a horizontal passage
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strongly draughting out. Will return tomorrow...
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<p>John
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<p><a href="#id1983-145-2">The return</a> to this horizontal cave (145)
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<hr />Friday 29th July
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<p>Super firework display provided by the heavens together with torrential
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downpour cancelled all caving activities, except for fine trip down the
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Koppenbrüllehöhle: EXCS's trip was made even more exciting by
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seeing a completely dry stream bed on entering the cave, not being able to
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visit the lower part of the show cave due to flooding, and finding a stream
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the size of the Wharfe coming out when we came out. The food + drink on this
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trip was excellent - being consumed in large quantities.
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<hr />Saturday 30th
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<p>Ben, Naomi. 140
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<p>Derigged cave up by Schwarzmookögel. Pitch lengths measured as:
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entrance - 15.2, 6, 10m. followed by 5.5, 10, 10.5
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<hr /><a id="id1983-145-2">John, Julian Wolfhöhle 145</a>
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<p>Stopped off to look at Thursday's draughting hole. Wandered in clad in
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shorts + carbide following just one set of footprints of some early explorer.
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Fine little phreatic passage with strong outward draught. After 200', a
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pitch. Exited to find Ben & Naomi to continue the exploration.
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<p>Ben, Naomi, John, Julian
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<p>Picked up the tackle from the first hole & trekked over the
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Schwarzmooskogel for the last time. Reentered the new hole complete with
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tackle. Down the pitch to a chamber. Ignored the obvious hole in the floor,
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traversed over a snapping (or snapped?) wolf. Up a loose climb and on through
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phreatic tubes leading down. A bit of a crawl, along and suddenly big, black,
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nothingness.
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<p>Out to beer & icecreams in the sun at Bar Fischer.
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<p>John
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<p><a href="#id1983-145-1">Entrance discovery</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-145-3">Next trip</a>
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<hr /><a id="id1983-143-2">Tony & Nicky</a>. Sat 30th
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<p>Returned to look at holes found on Thursday - unfortunately our latest
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short-cut was no better than previous attempts and we were obliged to find
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another hole on the way up. Nevertheless we progressed to the phreatic
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entrance next to the knoll and happily wandered through about 100 ft of
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passage before reaching an intermittently draughting tube slightly blocked by
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boulders. We abandoned this in favour of our second inward draughting rift.
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Tony descended the first pitch to find that the 'solid floor' consisted of a
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few boulders and having reached a point where a further bolt was required
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directly beneath these now mobile elements a retreat was made in order to
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clear this section. Nicky then removed most of the boulders whilst dangling
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from a sling and Tony then descended, placed a bolt, landed on the "floor".
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This turned out to be a boulder the size of the mess tent jammed across the
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rift. Tony placed one bolt for the continuation of the order of 100ft below.
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Then retreated once more. We continued to the hole we had found on our very
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first sortie but had not managed to return to since. Nicky wandered out over
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some boulders to place a bolt hanging from her toenails to give a nice
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freehang. Time ran out but inward draught was promising. We returned to the
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car by an even more interesting (but less bunde-prone) route.
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<p><a href="#id1983-143-1">Discovery trip</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-143-3">Next trip</a> (deeper cave - 143) /
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<a href="#id1983-144-3">Next trip</a> (the other cave - 144)
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<hr /><a id="id1983-136-2">Sunday 31st</a> Mike, Chas.
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<br>Cave marked (4) on Planc's sketch. 136
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<p>After the excesses of the past couple of days we thought we'd better get
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underground. We rigged a traverse line from the entrance down to the top of
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the first pitch, went down and rigged a couple of pitches down to where we
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could hear the stream. Unfortunately we could only hear it because the way on
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was through a 4" slot.
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<p>Mike found a short crawl to an inlet - active with a small dribble, much
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like the 115 inlets in dry weather - and below a couple of short,
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semi-free-climbable pitches we came to a decent drop, obviously right over
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the stream. It sounded enormous ! We bolted & Mike descended. The
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streamway is in a rift, and soon disappeared into boulders - foiled again !
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The only lead now is a biggish pitch which is nasty & loose but may bring
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us back below the choke in the stream.
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<p align=right>4 hrs Chas.
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<p><a href="#id1983-136-1">136 discovery</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-136-3">Next trip</a>
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<hr />Sunday 31st Pete, Dave 138 and 139
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<p>We first bolted in no. (3) (138) on the sketch, a fine descent led to a
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snow slope, and after descending a snow filled rift by front-pointing in
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wellies, to a snow choked chamber at -40m. Pity. After checking a 13m blind
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shaft we found a rift entrance (139) just below the hillock NE of the VSK,
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which went to 30m to a rift (12cm) which draughted tantalisingly. Pebbles
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went another 15m or so
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<hr /><a id="id1983-145-3">Sunday</a>
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<p>Naomi, Julian, Ben, John Wolfhöhle 145
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<p>Went to visit the hole with the "big black nothingness". Ben's bowel
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movements increased in frequency the nearer we got to this fine feature. At
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the top, Ben wanged in the first bolt before retiring hurt. Muddy Boy
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continued on down looking for unlikely places for bolts. He'd rigged 2 x 20m
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pitches before Julian caught up. Another 20m pitch to a ledge then a pitch
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rigged off a spike. Julian descended this to the floor of the shaft and
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realised Muddy Boy had been left on a ledge with the rope nowhere in sight.
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Leaving Muddy Boy to worry about this he squeezed through into another aven
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with the stream trench cutting down. A bolt was placed for the next 10-15m
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pitch before an exit was made (we'd run out of rope). Muddy Boy was reunited
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with the rope and both went out.
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<p>Before all this happened or while it was happening, Julian and Naomi had
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followed the phreatic tube beyond the "hole". Across a traverse the passage
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continued to two free climbs up and a climb round a flake to a further
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phreatic passage. Half way along this the draught emanated from a choked
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passage on the right. Beyond a 12m pitch dropped into twin avens and a
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further undescended pitch estimated to be 20m.
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<p>After all this happened, or in some cases while it was all happening,
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Naomi and Ben went to look at the crawl at the bottom of the lavatory pan.
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This was followed until either Ben's light gave out (official version) or Ben
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got fed up (unofficial shit-stirrer's version, in either case only about
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60').
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<p>That's all.
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<p>Julian
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<p><a href="#id1983-145-2">Previous trip</a> /
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<hr /><a id="id1983-142-4">Monday 1st August</a> - Phil's 29th birthday trip.
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<br>Wiggy, Gail + Philip down <strike>132</strike> 142
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<p>Wiggy failed to find the way to the big pitch... We <u>were</u> going to
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rig the hole that Mike was keen on at the NE end of the big chamber ... but
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we couldn't find it. ANYWAY we throttled around a <u>lot</u> at the level of
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the entrance series of 45° interconnected rift and found a 4m x 12m
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chamber, approx 65m high with a pitch take off 15m down from the roof and v
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big jammed boulders 15m down from that. Surveyed from there back to near the
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entrance.
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<p>Hacked a <u>lot</u> of bunde with a bush knife / bunde-basher / machete,
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path to 132 now almost reasonable.
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<hr /><a id="id1983-136-3">Monday 1st</a> Hole no. (4) Steinschlagschacht 136
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<p align=right>Mike, Chas.
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<p>We tried the remaining lead in this unpleasant hole and to our dismay it
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seems to go. Went 60m down a rope from the Big Chamber, in a continuous shaft
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which looks as if it takes water in wet weather. At the bottom is a ledge
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with further rift and a black hole which sounds quite deep. Put in three
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bolts while Mike got cold.
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<p>4½h Chas.
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<hr /><a id="id1983-143-4">Monday 1st 143</a>
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<p align=right>Pete, Dave
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<p>With the air of a man selling bits of the real cross, Tony assured us this
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was the one. After slagging his bolting technique, it didn't take long to use
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100m of Edelrid; bash in a bolt, drop down a free hanging 30m shaft, traverse
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to head of next pitch, bash in a bolt. Spacious shafts, textbook rigging, the
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draught still inwards, we were thoroughly enjoying ourselves. At about -140m,
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we came to a sad end - at the foot of the final shaft a very narrow joint led
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off, which would take quite a bit of hammering to allow even Chas through !
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The draught whistled inwards, and the rift looked 10m deep, widening after a
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few feet. After a considerable snack, we hurried out. V. efficient trip, and
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an inspection of the 115/41 survey later seems to show that the end is very
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near, both horizontally and depthwise, to Stellerweg around the big pitch. So
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at least we're in the right area.
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<p>5½ hours Dave
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<hr /><a id="id1983-145-4">MONDAY 1ST AUGUST:-</a><br>
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Naomi + Julian. Wolfhöhle 145
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<p>While Muddy Boy fought off nasty gastric microbes and Ben festered, Julian
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and Naomi returned to 'Wolf Cave' to survey as much as possible. The cave was
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surveyed to the climb out of the wolf skeleton chamber, all the side passages
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being measured and investigated. Just inside the 2nd entrance a small passage
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was found to draught strongly inwards - this passage breaking out into a
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small rift leading to a pitch down, estimated to be about 6m. Several
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photographs were taken of the 'Wolf' skeleton as well as one of the main
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phreatic passage and the 1st pitch.
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<p>As carbide, water etc. were running low, an exit was made from the cave.
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On gaining the surface a survey was made from the entrance of 'Wolf' cave
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past the 2nd entrance and down to CUCC 82. Wolf cave is 29.5m above 82.
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<p>Naomi
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<p><a href="#id1983-145-3">Previous trip</a> /
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Next trips: <a href="#id1983-145-5">Pushing</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-145-6">Tidying</a>
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<hr /><a id="id1983-143-3">Sunday 143</a> Tony, Nicki
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<p>Returned via the most direct obvious route in just one hour to where we
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were last. Having eventually changed - Tony wanged down 1st pitch after
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carefully checking the brilliant bolting. Whilst putting in another bolt over
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a possible 13ft free climb Nicky climbed up over the boulders to look into
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the adjoining entrance shaft, lighted from above. At bottom of "free" climb,
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lobbed rocks of various sizes down a hole - very scary. Fixed two not so well
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placed bolts above 2nd/3rd pitch at the end of short rift - and having
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estimated it to be a good 25m went on swiftly out and back across the SMK to
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find a few more promising holes for other people to go down. Several hours.
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<p>Nicky
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<hr /><a id="id1983-144-3">Monday 1st</a> August Tony + Nicky 144
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<p>Having excited Dave + Pete to such an extent that they were willing to go
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down our previous hole, we led them more or less the same way back to the
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hole beneath the knoll and left them while they went off to collect their
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caving gear. We continued the 100 yds and one bedding over to the east to
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extend our other inward draughting hole. Tony changed and lay gasping in the
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extreme heat while Nicky went off to try to pinch some MRs from D + P - none
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available so Tony just rerigged as he went and descended a further 75' pitch
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(rather fine though not quite freehanging) which landed on a large boulder
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strewn ledge. Several large (tent-size) boulders formed the edge of the next
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pitch in a rift 15' wide heading east - the visible floor consisted of three
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(visible) large holes, one of which allowed boulders to drop for a count of
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9, possibly 4-5 seconds. Prospects do not seem unreasonable but a free hang
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would require an interesting bit of work for bolting. Good luck to those who
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take over from us. Finding our way back was not as simple as the way over to
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the knoll.
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<hr />TUESDAY 2nd August
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<p>Ben, Nicky, Tony
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<p>Managed on this major GONK DAY to do some prospecting on the Toplitzsee by
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row-boat - bloody magic. Lots of large holes in the surrounding cliffs and
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entered one near lake level draughting out very strongly. Suggestions that in
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future years a raft should be built in the centre of the lake with detachable
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portions for each tent allowing p.i.t.a. to be detached and floated away.
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This central position would allow for easy freedom of movement. Furthermore
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from the Kammersee a rope would be rigged off the 300ft+ cliff for abseil +
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prussick work to exclude all the horrible walking up steep slopes. The total
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potential could be as much as 1000m+, one of the lakeside waterfalls being
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shown as a resurgence at about 1300 metres. Anyway, whatever the depth
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potential this area has certainly not been looked at and the potential for
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finding complex systems would appear quite extensive. (Rowing across the lake
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is more pleasant than trudging across the bunde).
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<hr />WEDNESDAY 3rd August
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<p>Nicky + Tony 146
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<p>Set off rather hopefully to investigate new find about 300 yds from Wolf
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Hole. Cloud + weather conditions proved to be somewhat unsuitable for such an
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exercise and materials were collected instead.
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<p>The rest fed, festered and farted all day long.
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<p>No we didn't. We let Julian take us up a mountain which was a mistake.
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<hr /><a id="id1983-145-5">THURSDAY 4th AUGUST</a>
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<p>WOLFH&OUML;HLE 145
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<p>John & Julian
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<p>Following the stream down, pitches of 5m, 15.4m, 15.4m, 10.5m and 17.4m
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were rigged. The latter two pitches formed the top part of another large
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shaft and landed on a very wet ledge. Muddy boy valiantly put another bolt in
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well round a corner to try to keep out of the water. This was descended for
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about 10m in a spacious shaft*. With the amount of spray around and complete
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dearth of lobbable boulders it wasn't possible to tell whether the rope
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reached so M.B. wisely decided to ascend. Estimated depth of cave to head of
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last pitch 160m. Length of pitches (from entrance) - all measured.<br>
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* Tiddley pom pitch
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<pre>
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19m 5m
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20m } Pitches 15.4m
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25m } in large 15.4m
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22m } shaft 10.5m
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14.5m } 17.4m
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<p align=right>Julian
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<p><a href="#id1983-145-4">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-145-6">Ben & Naomi's trip</a> (same day)<br>
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Next trips: <a href="#id1983-145-7">entrance loose ends</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-145-8">surveying from Big Leap</a>
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<hr /><a id="id1983-145-6">Ben & Naomi</a> - same cave
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<p>Went down tube followed by rift near lower entrance. At bottom of rift 6m
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pitch was bolted. Lands in chamber with hole & boulder slope into bigger
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shaft, fortunately only another 6m with large boulder passage leading down to
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top of climb. On right, small phreatic tube with strong outward draught (on a
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day with a lot of water about) gets too small for me after 20-30 feet. At
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start of tube pulled out a few boulders to reveal 20 ft climb, but continued
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presence of boulders at the top called an abort. Climb down at bottom of
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boulder passage is 8ft. Leads to further climb down, luckily choked by more
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boulders. Passage to left at bottom of 8ft climb goes to black muddy dry pool
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fed by water from climb above. Climb gets too small vertically but leads back
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horizontally to top of 8ft climb. Derigged two pitches - unless the big pitch
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route stops soon 20 ft climb with continued presence of boulder not worth
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doing: probably lead to 82 anyway.
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<p>Time: 4 hrs !!
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<p>Ben
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<p><a href="#id1983-145-4">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-145-5">John & Julian's trip</a> (same day)<br>
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Next trips: <a href="#id1983-145-7">entrance loose ends</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-145-8">surveying from Big Leap</a>
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<hr /><a id="id1983-136-4">Thursday 4th</a> Steinschlagschacht 136
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<p>Mike, Chas
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<p>The weather in camp brightened somewhat so we zoomed up to the
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Bergrestaurant and gazed at the low cloud. Eventually extreme boredom forced
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us to walk up to the cave to collect our oversuits which would have blown
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away in the savage storms of the previous few days. It was snowing hard when
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we reached the top of the SMK but unfortunately we could see our wooftah
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suits clearly so after a bit of wittering we shook the snow from our furry
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gear, clenched our teeth and descended.....
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<p>It sounded deep & very wet so Mike stayed at the top of the rift &
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froze silently while Chas. gardened & rigged the topsail rope. At the
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bottom of the rift ~50-60m 2 black holes - a dry very deep sounding one -
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which was left and a damp 35m shaft into a streamway rift going down at least
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100' and producing another couple of black holes. The draught had reversed
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today even though outside was still warmer than the horrible hole. Despite
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attempts to fill the place with boulders, dead bodies* & rope ends, it
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still seems to be going so someone will have to go & derig it. The walk
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back was accomplished in zero vis & torrential rain & hail, sod this
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for a game of cricket. 4 hrs
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<p>* I dropped a halfbrick square on Mike's helmet.
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<p><a href="#id1983-136-3">Previous trip</a> /
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<hr />
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<p><a id="id1983-142-5">132 or</a> <strike>is</strike> it is
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<strike>136</strike> 142 now ... Thursday 4th
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<p>Phil & Gail - 5 hours
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<p>Phil & Gail also finally defestered themselves from the Bergrestaurant
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to discover pastures new in 132/6. The weather was Lake District disgusting
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and it hailed as we hacked up the bunde. After attempts to correlate the
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two surveys, the 2nd pitch was bolted in the dripping chamber which was,
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under <u>these</u> weather conditions, filled with spray. Well, perhaps not
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<u>filled</u>. Anyway, while doing this, there came a minor whooshing sound
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at about 18-45 and it got a little wetter + I dropped a hanger + MR down
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the pitch. Finished bolt (at least 1.500x10<sup>3</sup> Kgf on the Brindle
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scale (est.)) and didn't rig it because it looked wet down there...
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<p>Instead, went out of chamber and pulled up rope out of the water (the bolt
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below in the chamber was not rigged) and left 1x13m and 1x15m rope there for
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next time, the rope on the pitch is 35m, I think. Then we clambered up
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Wiggy's Way (45° up and intersected the same stream higher up - excellent
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clamberable stream in clean, white limestone, a bit like Tatty but sharper.
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If this cave connects with 41 then this would be the way to get extra height.
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Gail did a couple of legs up the slope (whilst Philip was bolting) but gets a
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bit damp so return trip in dry weather. Back to main route to have a look at
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the Big Chamber - failed to find it AGAIN. Sketch a lot of drips and
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chambers, find a crawl bypass to the Bad Step (we think).
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<p>V. bad walk back in vis. down to 6-7' ! Overtaken by Demon Datsun on the
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Toll Rd. Left 20m rope by cairn after entrance tube + bypass.
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<a id="id1983-144-4">Thursday 4th</a> Tony's 2nd Hole 144<br>
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Pete, Dave
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<p>[A Sat] Having chacked the bogs in the Bergrestaurant (recommended by
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muddy boy) we hurried up to the entrance. Pete found his gear rather wet and
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complained quite a lot before changing. A short bunde bash to the entrance
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and we were in. The head of the first pitch was rather loose, and so felt my
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stomach, but we pressed on and ...
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<p>[sketch of pitch lengths]
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<p>The top bits are very loose, the middle bit vertical like the rift in 115.
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We hit a small bit of horizontal phreatic stuff + thought we were about to
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walk into Stellerweg, but it carried on down. 2 pitches later we hit a big
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stream in a very high canyon ~2m wide. At the top of an estimated 20m pitch
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we had run out of rope and hangers with only 1 anchor left. Despite a meal of
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sardines we were back out of the entrance in an hour to the last of the
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daylight. A somewhat epic walk back in darkness and 10 feet viz mist.
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Directional guidance from cowbells brought us back to the path. Back to the
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Staudnwirt in time for last orders.
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<p>7 hrs Pete 'n' Dave
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<p><a href="#id1983-144-3">Previous trip</a> /
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<p><u>Friday 5th Mass Jacking Day</u>
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<p>We went to Salzburg to do the round of the gear shops (courtesy of Wiggy)
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and to consume coffee and strudels. A hopeful-looking gear shop was spotted
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on the way in but turned ghostly when we sought nearer aquaintance. Chas
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& Wiggy drooled over about 5 gear shops in total, buying 2m of 4mm
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rope.
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<p>Team FARTPOWER blasted into Salzburg and found an English looking pub
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for a meal of Schnitzel and chips. After a look around the castle we found
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a fine dingy bar for cakes, coffee, and beer.
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<p>Team Kulture left team gearshops after a Deli lunch in the street. Took in
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the Resident Galeris and the Dom, looked at the [???] outside the Dom Museum
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and thus avoided paying entry fee. As a token gesture we looked at
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calculators to fill in time before rendezvousing with team gear shop.
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<p>Saturday 6th
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<p>Dave was so keen to avoid caving that he sliced his finger in two with
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a pair of scissors.
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<hr />
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<p><a id="id1983-142-6">142/41</a><br>
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Phil, Julian, Naomi
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<p>After a long wet walk up to the entrance, the intrepid trio finally went
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underground. The pitch in Phil's extension was quickly gained and Julian
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kitted up and went off down the 1st pitch of 7m to a pile of jammed boulders.
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From this platform another pitch of 20m to a rebelay and another 10m to a
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floor lead on. From this a pitch of 5m reached another floor with a stream
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leading on down, which was not pushed to a conclusion.
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<p>While Julian was exploring the pitches, Phil and Naomi worked back towards
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the main route climbing up assorted 45° ramps towards the roof. One
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particular one was followed up some steep climbs to a pot with water falling
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down it. down the pot, a 20' (approx) climb lead to a boulder floor - the
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ascent of the pot would need tackle and so was left. Phil and Naomi arrived
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back at Phil's pitch just as Julian was grovelling up to the top. All the
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tackle from Phil's pitches was moved back to the main route junction and the
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trio then left to find the Main Route Big Pitch Route into the large chamber.
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Various ramps and tubes were investigated and the ramp/chamber leading to the
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big pitch was pretty well investigated - a route being pushed down to the
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bottom where it chokes. Near the top, on the right, a route was pioneered
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down a tube and across a ramp and then up a freeclimb at the end of the ramp.
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At the top of the ramp turn right and this comes into a very large sloping
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chamber. Descend to the bottom of the chamber and next to a very large block
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is the old landing of the 18m pitch in Stellerweg. Julian and Naomi and Phil
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then climbed up from the block and down into the Stellerweg double traverse
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passage where Julian positively identified the bolt hole - so the connection
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was confirmed. The trio then made their way back to the entrance, taking
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several photos on the way out.
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<p>Naomi
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<p>5 hours underground
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<p><a href="#id1983-142-5">Previous trip</a> /
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<p><u><a id="id1983-143-5">Sat 6th</a> 143 Pete, Chas</u>
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<p>We surveyed in and derigged out. It was fairly damp today & Chas
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whinged all the way down.
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<p>We marked the path to the pot with wads of yellow tape, diving line, bin
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liners fluttering from branches of Latschen and millions of cairns. Pete
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sawed valiantly away with a baby hacksaw. Unfortunately it was daylight when
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we came down again so we couldn't test its efficiency, but it's good in
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daylight. 25 mins down to Stögerweg and another 25 mins back.
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<p align=right>5 hrs. C.</p>
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<p><a href="#id1983-143-4">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="../1984/log.htm#id1984-143-1">Next trip</a> (next year)
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<p><u>Sunday 7th Phil & Gail</u>
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<p>We went to look for resurgences near the road to the plateau. We did find
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a couple of streams by walking off down the piste from the third hairpin bend
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right <u>up</u> the road :-
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<p>Movement up the second streamway was severely hampered by felled pine
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trees and extremely forceful nettles. Somewhere around here is something
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marked "höhle" on the map.......
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<p>[sketches captioned "what the map says ... what we saw"]
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<hr />
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<p>7th AUGUST
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<p>Mike, Julian, Naomi, Chas and Wiggy
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<p>Investigated various large dry streambeds near Nagelsteghöhle in an
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attempt to find the same. A large draughting hole marked 1626/5 was found
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between two streambeds which consisted of a 15' climb down to a shingle slope
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leading down into the cave. Party retired to the pub.
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<p><u>Addendum</u>
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<p>Later examination of a selection of maps displaying relevant markers
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such as the toll road and the ski lift leave us with the impression that
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the resurgence has been bulldozed to make the track to the skilift pylon.
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<p><u><a id="id1983-145-7">WOLFHÖHLE</a> 145</u> 8 August
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<p>Gail & Philip
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<p>We were led to the cave by Naomi & Wiggie and went and saw the 'Wolf'
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(actually, I think it might be a bear) then went and explored the only loose
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end in the Makins - Van Millingen explorations. Yes, the tube is tight but,
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after tweaking the solid surface with our trusty "entrenching" tool, we were
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able to plough our way through. It leads, after 30 or 40 ft and a bend to a
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1.5m diameter phreatic tube, left hand leads up (at c 5°) to a chamber
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and right chokes with mud after a bit.
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<p>[sketch labelled "proper sketch in survey book" (1)]
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<p>Previous trips: <a href="#id1983-145-5">push to Tiddley Pom</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-145-6">leads near entrance</a><br>
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<a href="#id1983-145-8">Naomi & Wiggy's trip</a> (same day)/
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<a href="#id1983-145-9">Next trip</a>
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<p><a id="id1983-145-8">WOLF HOLE</a> 8th AUGUST 145
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<p>Naomi & Wiggy
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<p>Quickly made our way to the 'Big Leap' where Wiggy was duely despatched
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over the leap and into the passages beyond to collect a rope and bolt driver.
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On Wiggy's return the pair then surveyed their way out towards Wolf Chamber
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from the lip of the 'Big Leap'. Surveying went relatively smoothly except for
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multiple light failure in the tight pitch by-pass crawl and a very opaque
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compass (it would <u>not</u> clear!). Finally, in the main passage towards
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the Toilet Seat Climb, the compass fogged forever, the survey was abandoned
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and the pair made their way out. On the surface the compass unfogged amd so
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Wiggy and Naomi did a surface survey from Wolf Höhle entrance to the
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iron cross on the Col.
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<p>Naomi
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<p>Previous trips: <a href="#id1983-145-5">push to Tiddley Pom</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-145-6">leads near entrance</a><br>
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<a href="#id1983-145-7">Gail & Philip's trip</a> (same day)/
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<a href="#id1983-145-9">Next trip</a>
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<p>142-41-?-?-Eishöhle 8th August
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<br>Surface surveying (but not the last part)
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<br>Plank & Julian
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<p>A gentleman's festering day. Starting at 142, Plank went charging up the
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schwarzmoos Kogel dragging the surveying tape, intruments and Julian behind
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him Complaints from Julian that this upward flight was somewhat unnecessary
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as 41 and 142 were at the same height brought him temporarily to his senses
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and he disappeared for a while into a particularly virulent patch of bunde.
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Half an hour later the pair were sat on a bunde nest, scanning eagle-like for
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the entrance to 41. This was spotted way below and after a quick visit to a
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nearby telephone box to change into a chamois outfit the first leg of the
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surface survey was complete.
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<p>From this point on, Plank seemed to have a greater comprehension of where
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he was meant to be going (although this could have been confused with a
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continuing desire to get to the top of the Schwarzmoos). Odd grunting and
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sweet-sucking noises punctuated the next twenty or so legs before the top of
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Bunter's Bulge hove into sight. Pause for heavy breathing, more sweet sucking
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and altitude adjustments to the digestive system. Then onto to Bunter's Holes
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and the end of surveying for the day.
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<p>Back on Bunter's Bulge Plank started admiring the sight of his 20' free
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fall the other day when a line of surface cairns were spotted. Being simple
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creatures, the pair were lured on, and on, and on, and on, over hill, down
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dell, etc. till the cairns ran out. Being keen boy scouts though, they
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spotted a campfire below with plenty of freshly cut bunde beside.
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<p>Plank couldn't resist the prospect of even more bunde and chortled off
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down the slope. As he got lower and lower, his heavy footsteps took on more
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of an echo. Turning round at the camp fire, his mouth fell open to match the
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gaping maw of he Eishöhle that faced him. About half an hour of combined
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wonderment followed before the pair poddled back to the Bergrestaurant.
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Ignoring enticing party like attachments to the bunde the duo stuck solidly
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to the cairns (nothing queer with Caruthers, but I'm not sure about Plank).
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Approx 80 minutes from the Eishöhle we reached the car park. A very long
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festering day.
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<p align=center>Julian</p>
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<hr />
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<p><a id="id1983-136-5">August 8th</a> 136 Steinschlag Mike, Chas
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<p align=center><u>Pushing, surveying & derigging trip</u></p>
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<p>We pushed on another pitch or two. At about -150m we met phreatic ramps at
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about 45° but then descended below this into a clean shaft again. Placed
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a final bolt and plumbed the pitch with the tape but didn't go down it. Depth
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194m to top of this pitch which is >30m so at least 224m total depth.
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<p>The exit was enlivened by Chas dropping his stinky sealing ring down a
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hole in the boulders in the Big Chamber. Cave seems to be going strong.
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<p align=right>7 hrs</p>
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<p><a href="#id1983-136-4">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="../1984/log.htm#id1984-136-1">Next trip</a>
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<p>9th AUGUST 1983<br>
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SURFACE SURVEYING / ROPE REMOVING<br>
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CHAS, NAOMI, MIKE
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<p>After a late start the trio made their way up to 136 Höhle. While
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Mike went off to paint numbers on cave entrances, Chas and Naomi carried out
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a surface survey from 136 to the top of the Schwarzmoos. All the rope was
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removed from 136 and the trio made their wearisome way down to Wolf
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Höhle to paint numbers at the entrance. While Miss Makins navigated
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masterfully from the Schwarzmoos to Wolf Höhle, Mike whinged! Having
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painted the numbers on, and yodelled at Chamois, the trio made their way back
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to the Bergrestaurant.
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<p>N.M.
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<p>When we reached the top of the SMK we found that Franz Seebacher (+ Tritoi
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and young Herbert) had been there today, but we didn't see them. Checked down
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Planc's hole in the path, but no sign.
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<a id="id1983-142-7">9 AUGUST 1983</a><br>
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142 - 41 CONNECTION SURVEYING AND DERIGGING
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<p>Blasted on down to the foot of the pitch in Stellerweg and surveyed back
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to one of Dave's survey marks in the chamber before the big chamber in 142.
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<p>Went down the big pitch, admired the bolts and denigrated the rigging.
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Wandered around Big Chamber with bolting kit looking for Mike's hole in the
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floor but didn't find it. It all looked pretty broken up, somewhere through
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that lot there must be a crawl bypass to the big pitch.
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<p>Came out and derigged. On the way back did a couple more survey stations
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at the points where our & Dave's surveys diverged slightly.
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<p>Out to stars and a leisurely walk back. Back at camp at 0130.
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<p align=center>7½ hours underground PMS + BGS</p>
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<p>P.S. dusty phreatic passages that have not been touched since the last
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ice age are not recommended for contact lens wearers.
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<p><a href="#id1983-142-6">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="../1984/log.htm#id1984-142-1">Next trip</a> (next year)
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<p><a id="id1983-145-9">9/8/83</a> Julian + Wiggy went down the Wolf 'Ole to
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put in a few bolts + leave some rope. Used 7 more bolts at a rate of ~ 1.5
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per pitch (natural belays used for some backups). Had great fun messing
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around on Bower's re-belays.
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<p>The cave is now ~300m ish + still going on and on and on.
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<p>Previous trips: <a href="#id1983-145-7">entrance loose ends</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-145-8">surveying from Big Leap</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-145-10">Next trip</a>
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<p><a id="id1983-144-5">7th August</a> Tony's 2nd Hole<br>
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Pete, Dave 144
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<p>I can't remember much about this trip, but we took about 100m of rope
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each, and having rigged one more pitch we hit the phreatic level. Moving
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west, we lost the main way on by descending a mud wall and then a steep
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boulder slope for quite a way. Eventually hit a streamway which soon
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resembled Purgatory too much for our liking, so made a slow exit. Left rope
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for next trip.
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<p><a href="#id1983-144-4">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-144-6">Next trip</a>
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<p><u><a id="id1983-145-10">1623/145</a></u><br>
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10/8/83 Naomi + Wiggy
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<p>Went back down the Wolf cave to complete our survey of a couple of days
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ago. Tick, did it. Wiggy's light failed on the way out but team techno-lite
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came to the rescue. Met the derigging team at the entrance.
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<p><a href="#id1983-145-9">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="#id1983-145-11">Next trip</a> (derig)
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<p><a id="id1983-145-11">10/8/83</a> Derigging team (Mike, Chas, Julian)
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<p>Derigged and surveyed. 7¾ hours
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<p>Beware of loot eating porcupines !
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<p>Julian
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<p><a href="#id1983-145-10">Previous trip</a> /
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<p><a id="id1983-144-6">9th Tony's</a> 2nd Hole 144<br>
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Pete, Dave
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<p>We knew this would be a big trip so we took lotsa grub. Sixteen and a half
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hours later we crawled out to fine dawn having surveyed, pushed most obvious
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leads, and then derigged. The survey showed that the passage you can see
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across the mudwall pitch is only 130m from the phreatic levels in 41 around
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the head of the big pitch. Quite a heap of rope at the entrance - the 125m
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Marlow caused some problems. Hot soup much appreciated.
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<p align=right>16½ hours, Dave
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<p><a href="#id1983-144-5">Previous trip</a> /
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<ul>
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<li>1983 Expedition info:
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<ul>
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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="143144.htm">143 and 144</a> Guidebook descriptions</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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<li><a href="../../pubs.htm#pubs1983">Index</a> to all publications</li>
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