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<P class=psiint_2><FONT size=+1><B>EXPO 2001</B></FONT></P>
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<P class=psiloc_256><SPAN class=psispan_257>Sun 5th Aug </SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_258><U>MarkS</U></SPAN><SPAN class=psispan_259> travels
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to Austria.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>An uneventful but pleasant journey via Venice (don't
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ask!). Flew Stansted -> venice, then bus to Venitia Mestré
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station. Train to Bad Aussee, arriving at 8.05pm (on the dot!) after 16
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hours' traveling.</P>
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<P class=psiloc_260><SPAN class=psispan_261>Mon 6th Aug. </SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_262><U>MarkS</U></SPAN><SPAN class=psispan_263>, Martin,
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Earl, Brian, MikeC.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Carry to 204.</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Set off from the Bergrestaurant about lunchtime, after
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ordering fore Gemknödel in the said restaurant. Cargo was to black
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water butts and the equipment to assemble the waterworks at 204. At the
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Kratzer junction, there was a delay of 15 mins 'cos Martin's butt had
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opened (it was being carried upside-down); thankfully no shit fell out.
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Eventually arrived at Top Camp and proceeded to 204. Nearly at 204, Martin
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had anothr accident with the again. Earl + Mark took a detour to find a
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quicker route from the slabs to 204, but ended up just finding
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Gemknödelhöhle [ed.: Germ...?], to the west of 204 by a few
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hundred metres. A low entrance leads to a couple of chambers of a climb to
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a higher entrance. Eventually Mark + Earl got to 204 (after investigating a
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hole with a choke and a skeleton - chamois??). Set up some water-collecting
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equipment and then walked back to the car park. Went to Base Camp. Food in
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Hilde's. Weissbier. Gösser. Tatty Hut.</P>
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<P class=psiloc_264><SPAN class=psispan_265>Sat 04/Sun 05
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Aug. </SPAN><SPAN class=psispan_266><U>Dunks</U></SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_267> + Martin go to austria</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Got up 6am and packed. Drove to Cambridge for 11. A bit of
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driving around to Collect stuff from various places. Halfway through
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extracting shit from the tackle store to pack. I threw a 7 and landed on
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community chest:</P>
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<P class=psiloc_268><SPAN class=psispan_269><IMG
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SRC="log1.gif"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>So packed the car + then headed north to Chesterfield (130
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miles, 2¼ hours away) to get the rope. 24¼ hours after
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leaving Cambridge, 19½ of which were spent driving, arrived at base
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camp.</P>
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<P class=psiloc_270><SPAN class=psispan_271><U>Zondas uif
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Augustus.</U></SPAN><SPAN class=psispan_272> Tony, Mike & Letty
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koen naar Oostenrijk. [this ending appears all over - I can't tell if it is
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ijk or ijh or yk or yh]</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Trein had naturlijh zeals gewoonljh weer vertraging.
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Eindelijk een ruirn halfuur te latt in Hock van Holland Tony & Mike
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tegengehomenl toen hat voor elhaar gehregen om ongeveer een nur rond
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Schiedam rond te blijven ryden voordat we de hoofdweg konden vinden.</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Toen nix - behalve hele kolonnes Amerkaanse soldaten langs
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de autobahn in Duitsland - prima, hoe meer hoe beter. En ze reden niet
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richting noord-west, dus geen probleem. Nach osten und immer gerade aus,
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und bring mir mein fahrrad zurück. En dat soort dingen.</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Na nog veel meer saais eindelijk Oostenrijk - wahher
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geworden toen de weg ineens stopte en grindpad werd, maar dat gebeurde daar
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na nog 10 X en is blijkbaar normaal in ditland. Oostenrijkers sijn
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blijkbaer vergelijkbaar met Duitsers, Belgen. Rond zonsopgans aangehomen;
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paer biertjes en wat te rohen en stapen _ in andere woorden _ de recs
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overleefd, zonder dat allerslei illegaals wit onze auto was gejat door de
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moffen _ _ En zonder dat we ergens een berg afgereden zijn.
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Verbazingwehlend genog _ en ih geloof dat ik niets hatelijx over onze
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chauffeur mag zeygen dusdar zalihniet doen maar hijheet tony. Maar we zijn
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leverd aangehomen _ [acid-type smiley]</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>You what? You did What? MCT [ed: this line in different
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pen]</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>9-Aug. Thur. Martin & Brian Steinbrucken</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Rig 1st pitch, 2nd pitch, stich this & Thread down to
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Wolpertinger*. Go on joll to Cave tree chamber to check out what new stuff
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was discovered at end 2000 expo, via 110 bidet, no pain no gain Insig Chmb
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etc. on the way out drill new spit for Y hang at top of 2nd (jim'll fix it)
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pitch).</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>* Deviate thread Pitch with dodgy natural on left wall
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looking SW above 99-06c QM deviating into potential water down pitch but
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away from rub point and towards above QM.</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>10 Aug Fri. Martin & Brian.</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Go down to Insignificant chamber to push lead ( ) climb up
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to left TU 5</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>9-10 Aug Phil & Mike T go to Austria</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Set off Ormskirk 1900h -> Elland to pick up MCT. Tanked
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down M1 to cambridge - pick up stuff from Wookey. Drove to dover to watch
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our ferry leave. Slept. Ferry. Autobahn. Austria.</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Speeding cameras activated on 14.</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Phil U:1 MCT:1 .: draw</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>decider on way home.</P>
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<P class=psiloc_273><SPAN class=psispan_274>11-Aug-01 </SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_275><U>Becka</U></SPAN><SPAN class=psispan_276> + Martin
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Steinbrückenhöhle</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Survey down 24A QM from 2000, midway up on left in
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Treeumphant passage. Easy passage heading up for 9 legs up to chamber with
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way on continuing (probably) up easy but loose climb - needs a handline?
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Then surveyed off lead just back from this climb heading down + south,
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initially into small chamber with lots of snow and I thought I could see a
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glimmer of daylight alcove. Passage continued on other side of chamber,
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initially walking down v. atractive phreatic passage the becoming lower,
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stooping. Had to turn back (after 5 hours surveying) to reach call-out
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without finishing, so still an open lead. after 40 legs, I was still toasty
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warm + hadn't put my balaclava on - regretted the extra furry on the way
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out though. Survey called 'Crowning Glory'. T/U 7hrs 30min</P>
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<P class=psiloc_277><SPAN class=psispan_278>12 / Aug / 01 </SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_279><U>Becka</U></SPAN><SPAN class=psispan_280> + Martin
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Steinbruckenhöhle</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>		Andy + Wayne from TSG</P>
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<P class=psiloc_281><SPAN class=psispan_282>Survey down </SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_283><U>41A</U></SPAN><SPAN class=psispan_284> QM from
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2000. For Becka + Martin, after showing Andy + Wayne
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where </SPAN><SPAN class=psispan_285><U>40A</U></SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_286> lead was. They put 2 bolts in to put handline /
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shunt - needed? on short climb up over pitch. After tootling back to find
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us to say their bolts wouldn't set, we eventually realised they'd omitted
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the cone. Ah. They went back, got up + into 100m passage, large, sloping up
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+ they thought continuing the same direction as Treeumphant passage +
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ending in a large aven with a further climb to do, to enter continuation of
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passage. Martin + I surveyed up 41A, smallish walking passage heading
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North, parallel to Treeumphant passage. Bridged over pitch, only ~5m down
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but seemed to be a couple more pitches below from rocks bouncing + the
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draft possibly came from it, not very large but fine except for large,
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loose boulders at head of it. well worth looking at. We continued surveying
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up to aven with mud pile on floor, + then another branch off left, passage
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in tightish rift, small chamber to right, passage continued left into near
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flat-out-crawl, deteriorating to flat out crawl. Stopped survey at
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T-junction, ways L+R about large enough to continue but fortunately our
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time was up. 30 stations in 4 hours. Met other two + headed out. (over 350m
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surveying in 2 days). [bracket covering 5 lines from 'mud pile on floor' to
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'to continue but' saying 'All heading up gently']</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>12 AUG / 01 - SAME TRIP AS ABOVE</P>
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<P class=psiint_1> WAYNE + ANDY (FROM TSG)</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>I'M MORE USED TO USING THRU-BOLTS AND A DRILL WHEN
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IT COMES TO CLIMBING SO USING A HILTI BOLT WAS CHANGE TO ME.
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I THINK THE LAST TIME I USED A CONE ? (WELL I CAN'T REMEMBER) ANYWAY IT
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SOON CAME BACK TO ME WHEN I WAS TOLD WHAT TO DO!</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>WE WERE DIRECTED TO CLIMBV THIS SHORT CLIMB BY MARTIN
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& BECKA. IF YOU READ THE ABOVE, THEY HAVE FILLED YOU IN ON OUR CLIMBING
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ACTIVITIES. AFTER CLIMBING THE CLIMB, USING A SHUNT BECAUSE THEY CAN BE
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MOVED EITHER DIRECTION ON A ROPE, SO THERE IS NO NEED TO CHANGE DEVICES; IN
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TERMS OF ABSAILING OR PRUSSIKING DEVICES. THE POINT I PUT ACROSS WAS, THAT
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USING A SHUNT IN THE [IWTIYI ??] EXPLORATION OF THE CLIMB WAS ESSENTIAL, AS
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THAT I COULD HAVE CHANGED MY MIND ON CLIMBING UP AND THE SHUNT CAN EASILY
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BE MOVED DOWN THE ROPE TOWWRDS ME IF REQUIRED. I NEVER SAID THAT A SHUNT
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WAS REQUIRED, ITS SOMETHING THAT I USE AND SOMETHING/a DEVICE THAT I KNOW
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ALOT OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO USE THEM. YOU CAN EASILY USE A COWSTAIL ON IT NOW.
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i'LL STILL USE A SHUNT, LIKE I DO ON MOST HANDLINES I DO!</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>ABOUT THIS CLIMB, THERE WAS ABOUT 100 METRES OF SLOPING
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PASSAGE ENDING AT A AVEN, WITH PASSAGES CONTINUING BEYOND BUT NOT EXPLORED.
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IT GOES IN THE NORTH DIRECTION, BUT IN SEVERAL BENDS (MANY 90°). WE
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WILL SURVEY TOMORROW?</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>13 AUG 2001 - WAYNE + ANDY, MICK + DUNCAN</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>WE SURVEYED THE PASSAGE TO THE AVEN (SPEAK TO DUNCAN) MICK
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+ ADNY LOOKED AT THE CONTINUATION OF THE PASSAGE, ANOTHER 50 METRES +
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PASSAGE, ENDING AT PITCHES. (SPEAK TO MICK T) DUNCAN WILL DRAW UP SURVEY.
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[all the E's in previous write-up are indistinguishable from U's]</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>[In even bigger caps, pointing at above writeup] LURN TO
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FUCKING WRITU</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>[In another hand:] Is this in hebrew? MCT. [And presumably
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in response:]IF YOU LIKE, FUCK OFF</P>
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<P class=psiloc_287><SPAN class=psispan_288><U>Becka</U></SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_289>, Martin + Earl Surface 13/8/01</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Had entered positions of Cave Tree, Great Oak Chamber +
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the snow chamber in crwning glory into Earl's GPS. Walked up to 204 + set
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off to find points on surface. Turned out to be q. high up , ~100m above
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the points we'd surveyed underground, though GPS aren't so good at height.
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Wandered right up to the bunde-covered peak then back down 204. Lots of big
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shafts, then Martin found pitch down a thin rift. Put a cairn by it. MarkS,
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Animal, et al surface surveyed to it next day (14/8) the next day Animal +
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MikeC (15/8) drill-bolted down + got into Cave Tree via a loose entrance
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pitch, ~35m down.</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>T,U 10 minutes</P>
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<P class=psiloc_290><SPAN class=psispan_291><U>Becka</U></SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_292>, Martin + Earl 204 14/8/01</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Down treeumphant + turned left down Crowning Glory
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(QM24A). Climbed up free climb at end of main passage where our survey on
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11/8/01 down main passage had ended. Put handline (11 metres OK) on + left
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Earl to put in 2 bolts for pitch down Martin + + went back passage + down
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left, past snow chamber {put carbides out - Definately Daylight up there,
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albeit only a glimmer). Down to end of where 11/8/01 survey had ended (down
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wallking passage q. steep down). Continued surveying on until something
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that looked like a pitch. Kicked rocks down then decided it was
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freeclimable, called it Helter Skelter. Ended in a draughting hole with
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boulders which looked like it could be squeezed over if you didn't mind
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loose stuff or given a bit of crow-bar persuasion. We dug it a bit the
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finished off the survey there + headed back to Earl. He'd just finished
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rigging a hand-line (needs ~16 metres) + got down to the floor, avoiding
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the pitch. He could scramble up a boulder slope the far side of the pitch +
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said there was another pitch with passage continuing the other side,
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needing bolting around the pith to gte to. We'd run out of rope, so headed
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back down main passage (called Bouldercoaster?) + left immediately after
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free-climb down to get shortcut back to Treeumphant via the QM28A. Did more
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taping, & showed Earl cave tree Chamber, then down to 53A. Earl thought
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about putting a bolt in for pitch there but decided against it, poor hang +
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not v.exciting pitch whilst Martin + I surveyed. We realised that 42B
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joined to 53A, so we surveyed between the two starting at 42B. Finally,
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still had a bi of time left so started surveying up 12B, which Mark Byers
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had had a quick look up last year. Quickly became pretty low, wide passage
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with nice mud on floor + white stals. Stopped surveying at station 7, at
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top of small chamber. Out, goood, varied trip.</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>T/U 9hrs</P>
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<P class=psiloc_293><SPAN class=psispan_294><U>Becka</U></SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_295> + Earl 204 15/8/01</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiloc_296><SPAN class=psispan_297>Back to where we'd finihde
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surveying down 12B yesterday at statio 7. Survey down into chamber (after
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putting in a largely superfluous 8m handline). Turned left, free-climbed
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down to bottom of chamber, clambered down + over boulders into rift for
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~20m, until got to edge of very large pitch. 2+ second free drop + lovely
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clean shaft. Surveyed all that. Back to chamber, continued surveying up
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passage until popped out into </SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_298><U>HUGE</U></SPAN><SPAN class=psispan_299> passage.
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Ignored right passage + surveyed along passing several QMA's + getting 5
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consecutive legs of over 20 metres. Finally ended in loose boulder slope
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leading up to hole in ceiling. Do-able but not great - the passage high
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above just before the boulder slope looked better. Back down the massive
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phreatic passage + met Martin, Tony + Letty. Sent them to look at the big
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stuff, whilt Earl + I surveyed up right where we'd popped out into big
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stuff. Didn't go far, right ended in another boulder slope up, straight on
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was a good,, draughting walking sie passage. Earl + I went back to the
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chamber with Letty to tie up + finish the survey there whilst Tony + Martin
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surveyed the first left in the big passage which became a rift + then we
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could see their light from our passages near the chamber. Fine trip.
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Out.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>T/U 9hrs</P>
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<P class=psiloc_300><SPAN class=psispan_301><U>Martin</U></SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_302>, Tony and Letty 204 15/8/01</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Pushed leads in No pain no gain 2000-2B was pushed to the
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pitch under King Carbide just above pleasure dome. Pushed leads there which
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all ended in pitches into pleasure dome, apart from one which was left
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unpushed.</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>We then went to look at the stuff of 12B, we surveyed one
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of Earl abd Beckas side passages to find a number of white stalactites. We
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then met Earl and Becka who showed us the way to Swings and roundabouts. We
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had a toursit, then Tony I pushed a lead which looped back to a previous
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part of Becka and Earls survey. Meanwhile Letty showed Earl and Becka the
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side lead to confirm the connecting survey stations.</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>T/U 9hours</P>
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<P class=psiloc_303><SPAN class=psispan_304><U>Anthony</U></SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_305> & Julia Surface Survey 14/8/01</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Sat around until 5pm when it was sufficiently cool to walk
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more than 5 yards without totally dehydrating. Surface surveyed from 204A
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to a hole Becka had spotted earlier in the week via 2 other holes. The firs
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is a small downhill crawl at the bottom of a shakehole, looked at by Mike
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TA who declared it to be a dig [ now tagged 2001/02]. The second hole is a
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short (~5m) downclimb with passage going off [now tagged 2001/03]. Survey
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puts this straight over the colonnade in 04 (which boasts a couple of
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avens). This hole had what appeared to be a freshly placed spit of unknown
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provenance. Neither hole has been tagged yet, thought spits are placed for
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this. The final hole was descended by MikeTA and MikeC the folowing
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day...</P>
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<P class=psiloc_306><SPAN class=psispan_307><U>Anthony</U></SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_308>, Duncan, Mick & Brian 204 15/8/01</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Plan was for Mick & Brian to bolt across a pit at the
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northern extremity of "Chocolate Salty Balls" while me &
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Dunks caught up with the surveying backlog. Got to Cave Tree chamber to
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find a rope hanging out of the roof and an Animal stood at the bottom -
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hence 204 had its third entrance. We were warned that the pitch head was
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"rather loose" but planned to go out that way. Surveying
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proceeded at a reasonable pace, and we caught up with Mick & Brian just
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as Brian was preparing to place the last traverse bolt. At this point we
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notied that there was no draught coming from across the pitch, so it came
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as less of a surprise when Brian teetered across to find all of four feet
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of cave. While we were there, we thought we might as well drop the pitch.
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At the bottom is a short horizontal passage leading to another pitch. This
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appears to be mderately deep as a stone rattled for 11 seconds down it
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...</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Steamed on out and got to the bottom of the new entrance
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pitch. Pitch was very nice until the last 5m where the rope appeared to
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hang out of a "rather loose" boulder choke. Once off the rope,
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the fun continues with an uphill squeeze through mobile boulders.</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>If this pitch is to become a trade route, some serious
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gardening must be performed because at the moment it is a deathtrap - one
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of the loosest pitch heads Dunks or I have seen in Austria *</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>TU 7hrs</P>
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<P class=psiloc_309><SPAN class=psispan_310>* This place is a fucking
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death-trap. it is in danger of major collapse. I'd give it a resounding
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Ø star reommendation. </SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_311><U>Duncan</U></SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiloc_312><SPAN class=psispan_313><U>Duncan</U></SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_314>, Wayne 204 Chocolate Salty Balls 13/9/01</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_3>Survey of stuff pushed by Wayne + Andy on an earlier trip.
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About 120m of stomping passage trending mainly north from Cave Tree
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Chamber.</P>
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<P class=psiint_3>TU 6hrs.</P>
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<P class=psiint_3>Friday 17th Aug Eishöhle - Mission Impossible</P>
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<P class=psiloc_315><SPAN class=psispan_316>Connection seeking
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- </SPAN><SPAN class=psispan_317><U>Hils</U></SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_318> + Olly</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiloc_319><SPAN class=psispan_320><IMG
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SRC="log2.gif"></SPAN><SPAN class=psispan_321>We heroically dragged
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ourselves out of our pits at 7.30 the morning aftr the Expo Dinner + headed
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u the hill to Find The Connetion. - a bolt traverse around the head of Over
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The Top.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Olly wants to call this traverse "Too Hard For
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CUCC" (I think on the grounds that he couldn't drag anyone else up
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here when there was 4k of open passage to be walked into on the other side
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of the hill, till an unsuspecting oxford mug came along), but since he
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bolted the entire traverse while I fell asleep on a pile of rope, it might
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not be as appropiate as he'd hoped :-) [This smiley actually vertical -
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Ed]</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Anyway, we (Olly) bolted the traverse, and found a loose
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sand/rocks slope heading up a tunnel on the far side of the pitch chamber.
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TBC....</P>
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<P class=psiloc_322><SPAN class=psispan_323><IMG
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SRC="log3.gif"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Heading [Arrow pointing to comment in pencil Not
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surveyed'] back from Over The Top, I (when I wasn't asleep) dropped a pitch
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(~20m) to a rocky floor, with a slot in the wall at chest height, heading
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down a pitch of indeterminate length. *</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>No naturals + I didn't have a bolt kit, so couldn't go any
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further. It's heading the wrong way for a connection anyway (both
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horizontally + vertically), & Olly thinks it might drop into a known
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pitch whose name he isn't sure of ("the Missio Impossible
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Pitch"/"Ol's Pitch"??).</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>(* Stone rattle varies beteen ~5s and ~10s )</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Sat 18th & Sun 19th Aug</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Eishöhle - Mission Impossible</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>More connection-seeking mit Hils + Olly (....cont'd from
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Fri 17th)</P>
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<P class=psiloc_324><SPAN class=psispan_325><IMG
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SRC="log4.gif"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Yesterday (18th - bit confused... ) we bolted/climbed up a
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20m 45° slope, beyond the sandy slope ( see writeup of Fri 17th). This
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made us very happy, coz apparently the most promising-looking leads in KH
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around the Theatre - the nearest part to where we are - are unbolted
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up-pitches, so, we wanna get high…</P>
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<P class=psiloc_326><SPAN class=psispan_327><IMG
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SRC="log5.gif"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>On the 19th we gained a rift passage at the top of the
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45° slope. It changes direction lots, has no roof or floor and is
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confusing. It feels like we're heading up an inlet, or possibly we've
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intersected one and could follow it up- or downstream. Going to plot
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centreline to figure out what's happening…</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>[Olly (while calculatig coordinates so we can figure out
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where the hell we're going); "Yay, we're 3mm further North"]</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Following the rift upstream leads to a climb which I've
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temporary-rigged (needs rigging as a pitch really). At the top you can go
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left, right or up … TBC …</P>
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<P class=psiloc_328><SPAN class=psispan_329><IMG
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SRC="log6.gif"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Mon 20th am (not a caving trip, just an admin sesh)</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>The currently closest explored EH point to KH is
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37m away. Our bolt traverse over Over The Top started 102m away. The first
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day we got 32m closer. The second day we got 16m closer again. From this we
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conclude that our approach to KH is an exponential decay to a asymptote at
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38m separation. FFS. Shall we just go to the pub?</P>
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<P class=psiloc_330><SPAN class=psispan_331>Oh yeah, and we've rejigged the
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"bolt traverse" round Over The Top as a pendule -
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new </SPAN><SPAN class=psispan_332><U>riging topo</U></SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_333>:</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>[pic]</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Mon 20th Eishöhle</P>
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<P class=psiint_1>Guess what. Looking for a connection again.</P>
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<P class=psiloc_334><SPAN class=psispan_335>Now we've also rejigged the
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upper half of Devil's Chute: new </SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_336><U>rigging topo </U></SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_337>:</SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_1>[pic]</P>
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<P class=psiloc_338><SPAN class=psispan_339>We also climbed a few metres
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higher in yesterday's rift [ rerigged the pitch - new </SPAN><SPAN
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class=psispan_340><U>rigging topo:</U></SPAN></P>
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<P class=psiint_4><U>[pic]</U></P>
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<P class=psiint_3>then decided to check out the downstream direction of the
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high-level rift, to see if it went anywhere different from downstream rift
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at low level (i.e. where we'd come from). It doesn't [appear to], so we
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surveyed + derigged it.</P>
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<P class=psiint_3>The remaining lead is to continue climbing + traversing in
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the upstream direction. Following upstream at floor level reaches (yet
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another) drippy aven but (yet again), a few metres before the aven, it's
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possible to climb the rift (which we've now done), and traverse across.
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(The rift isn't confusing any more - linear, but hading and winding.)</P>
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<P class=psiint_3>Top cave. Top 4 days. Don't know if I'm going back there,
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but somone else should :-} And here's my most important Top Tip: wear
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crampons that stay on your feet. Otherwise you end up doing a frighteningly
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friendly dance with Olly in order to claw your way out of
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Schneevulcanhalle. Euugghh.</P>
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<P class=psiint_4><U>Hilary</U></P>
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<P class=psiint_3>P.S. derigged the bolt traverse (Too Across)* and the
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going-the-wrong-direction pitch from Fri 17th.</P>
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<P class=psiloc_341><SPAN class=psispan_342>* (but left the pendule in
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place, obviously)</SPAN></P>
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<P><b>Becka + Earl 204B 17/08/01</b></p>
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<p>Up + off early after the dinner . Plod up to 204 with 'bide + stuff. Underground ~1pm, still feeling a bit woozy after drinking too much last night. Down to Swings+ Roundabouts. Surveyed phreatic tube to RHS at start. Pretty, inclining up, gets to large but not especially deep pitch + side passage linked back into S+R. Back to S+R, + started to survey QM on LHS about halfway along as far as a pit in the floor. Out.</p> <p>T/U 6hours?</p>
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<P><b>Becka + Earl 204B 18/08/01</b></p>
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<p>I think this was the 10am underground day. Back to Swings + Roundabouts. Finished surveying the LHS, QM which we started yesterday. Cimbed into pit in floor. No big ways on. Up over the top, continued to loose boulder choked area. Thought I could dig through in the floor. Moved enough stuff to wriggle myself down + got into **BIG** passage with what looked like 3 ways on. Jabbered to Earl + started pulling boulders out of another small hole (so two ways out, both bit loose) + we surveyed through whilst I tried to work out which way we wanted to head for KH. Then Earl wandered out into the massive phreatic<69> and found a survey point - Earl sniggered like a manic mouse for a couple of minutes - Bum. nother QM A ticked off. Had a slow wander up S+R + couldn't see any more obbvious ways on so I decided to have another look at the loose boulder slope at the end. Noticed a largish solution tube at the top, above the boulders. Climbed into it + whoa, it went up steeply + popped out near the top of the pile of boulders in a chamber with a ramp off to the right + a passage ahead. The passage had a 3m drop into what looked like the continuation of the Swings + Roundabouts main passage. Looked good! Slithered back don the boulders to Earl, Happy. Out</p>
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<p>T/U 8hours?</p>
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<P><b>Becka + Earl 204B -> 204D! 19/08/01</b></p>
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<p>Back to where had finished off yesterday. Continued the survey from the boulder pile up the solution tube ("Suspended Solutions") + rigged a ladder off a natural down into the passage below. Noticed a moth in the chamber - hmm. It turned out to be a 11m <20> 11m massive chamber, very alternative, huge q.low angled roof slab and boulder floor with a river bed of dry mud running through it. Earl + I squabbled over wh go to go first. One main way out - and a pile of snow + ice. Hmm. Then Earl ducked under another low roof ridge - and saw daylight,&ellip; slightly disapointed the passage had ended but a new entrance was the next best thing. Chimneyed up about 6m + there were several places with light chinking through boulders but nowhere big eough to get out . Earl put a bolt in from a ledge then hung off it as he hammered away at the boulders. After some considerable gardening ( hard to stop Mr. Merson when he gets going so I just cowered) he could squeeze out + then had a better angle of attack to kick down yet more choss. Put a rope on to protect the freeclimb + surveyed out. The snow plug was rotten + q.hard to climb out of + the rock a</p>
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