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<title>1623:148</title>
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<center><table border=0 width=100%>
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<tr><th align=left><font size=+2>148</font></th>
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<th align=center><font size=+2>Marilyn Monroe Höhle</font></th>
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<th align=right><font size=+2>2/t/S +</font></th></tr>
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<b>Altitude:</b> 1655m, deepest surveyed point is -39.2m<br>
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<b>Position:</b> E 35836 N (52)82639
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<b>Marking:</b> red painted number "148". 1998 tag "1623 148 CUCC 1984"
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on survey point on RHS of entrance.
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<p><b>Location:</b> On the plateau, next to cairned path from the col past
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82 leading to 107 etc., just by a short climb up; noticeable by (and
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discovered by) its cold outward draught.
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<p>Not really pushed in 1984, since discovered right at the end, but
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relocated in 1987: horizontal tube entrance about 1m in diameter. An awkward
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crawl over boulders for 10m leads to a squeeze down behind a boulder with
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light entering ahead. Short freeclimb reaches a phreatic tube of about 3m
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diameter. To the right silts up in boulders while to the left descends
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gently over snow and big rocks to reach a sizeable chamber and pitch of
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about 20m. Avoiding the pitch, a route down through boulders for 3m reaches
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a very unstable boulder slope, which is crossed to reach another 3m pitch to
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a rift with a further pitch on the left. To the right, the roof lowers over
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large boulders, and a small ice chamber is reached with a frozen stream. A
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narrow section leads down to a rift of 5m down to an earthy passage.
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<p>Back at the boulder slope (I think), the 20m pitch can again be attained
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and from here is 15m to the floor of a 20m high chamber with three ways on.
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Facing away from pitch, righthand rift leads to a flat-out crawl over ice.
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This passes remarkable ice formations to emerge at <b>The Ice Castle</b>, a
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chamber with a large ice-stalagmite formation. The route terminates in a
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steep ice slope at the far side of the chamber.
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<p>Way directly ahead from pitch is a 3m climb into a large phreatic tube
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round a 90° bend to a solid wall of boulders. Ways into the choke
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proved very loose and tight, but a continuing rift/chamber could be seen
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through a tiny but strongly draughting hole.
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<p>Third way on from pitch ascends steeply and becomes tight, with a jammed
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boulder now in the way. Route ends at a steep ice-climb for which no
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equipment was available.
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<p><b>Exploration:</b> CUCC 1984, 1987
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