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<h1>CUCC Expo Logbook 2018</h1>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-10a">2018-07-10</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Tom Crossley</u>, Dickon Morris</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Balkonhoehle/264 - 1<sup>st</sup> rig</div>
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Rigged entrance pitch as far as second deviation but found deviation tat (meant to be in-situe) had been removed along with hanger. Dickon spent 10+ minutes swinging to find bolt but it could not be found. Returned to surface leaving rope and rigging gear at last rigged Y-hang.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 4 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-10a">2018-07-10</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Jon Arne Toft</u>, Anthony Day</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Tunnocks - 1<sup>st</sup> rig</div>
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Rigged Tunnocks to start of Caramel Catharsis (or thereabouts). In the words of Anthony: "Nothing to report, just tell everyone how great it was!"
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 5 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-11a">2018-07-11</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Becka Lawson</u>, Tom Crossley, Mark Shinwell</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Prospecting past Fisch Gesicht, beyond the ski pole line</div>
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After the first spit had been set we realised that we'd forgotten the bolts, doh, so the tags for these caves have been hammered into cracks and only cucc-2018-ms01 has a hole drilled.
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<b>cucc-2018-ms01</b><br />
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Becka's phone GPS 33+ 410730 5274320 Alt 1698m Accuracy 4m<br />
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Description: Rubble slope with snow plug down to a jammed boulder. Wriggle down next to it to a 45° ramp down. This levels off to a tight squeeze down to a small chamber. Around 30m long with no draft.<br />
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Sketch: see notes and photo on Becka's phone at 09:30 on 13/7/18<br />
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Notes: tag hammered into crack near to placed spit<br />
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Photo: Becka's phone at 14:00<br />
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<b>cucc-2018-ms02 Blitz Baum Schacht (Lightening Tree Shaft)</b><br />
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Becka's phone GPS 33+ 410635 5283186 Alt 1724m Accuracy 4m (see also Mark's GPS)<br />
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Description: Around 30m NNE (say 020) from distinctive, large, dead tree struck by lightning. A 30m+ shaft, rocks rattle for several seconds. Hole ~5m long x 1m wide.<br />
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Notes: tag hammered into crack on flat area on long side<br />
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Photo: Becka's phone and Mark's phone at 14:56
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<p>
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<b>cucc-2018-ms03 Zufall Hoehle (Coincidence Cave)</b><br />
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Becka's phone GPS 33+ 410376 5283124 Alt 1714m Accuracy 3m (see also Mark's GPS)<br />
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Description: Squeeze through boulders then drop down c2 and along a tall, narrow rift for ~10m to head of ~7m pitch. Weak draft out. This was re-found by Dickon and Jon later the same day and they said there was also a phreatic tube visible from the pitch head. <br />
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Notes: tag hammered into above entrance boulders <br />
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Photo: Becka's phone and Mark's phone at 16:10
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<b>cucc-2018-ms04 </b><br />
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Marks's phone GPS 00409613 5282951 Alt 1680m Accuracy 3m<br />
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Description: 10m+ shaft, approx 2m long x 0.5m wide, in a line of similar shafts<br />
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Notes: tag hammered into crack <br />
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Photo: Mark's phone at 17:00
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<!-- <div class="timeug">T/U: 4 hours</div> -->
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-12a">2018-07-12</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Tom Crossley</u>, Chris Densham</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Tunnocksschacht/258 - String Theory to Procrastination Rig</div>
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In via usual route to head of String Theory. Found Three ropes (~35m, ~45m, ~60m). Used ~45m and ~35m to rig String Theory (Crossley Rigging). Found ~90m left at head of Procrastination. Used ~20m rope (brought in from top camp) to rig traverse and ~90m to rig pitch of Procrastination. (Densham rigging).
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Left tub of flapjacks, snickers, 4 curries with bothy bag at base of Procrastination. Also left 90m 9mm rope for Kraken with slings, snap gates, hangers and maillons.
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Returned to Top Camp ~5 mins before callout - blame my (Crossley's) slow rigging of String Theory. Brought ~60m rope out of cave.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 10 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-12a">2018-07-12</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Jon Arne Toft</u>, Dickon Morris</div>
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<div class="triptitle">Prospecting Kleine Wildkogel</div>
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<p>Prospected along side of Kleine Wildkogel along South edge heading West. Little but choked shafts for most of the day, but promising end of the day with two good leads. Conveniently, another team claimed to have discovered one of the better finds 2 hours before we found it. This is heavily disputed and questionable.
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<p><b>CUCC 2018 DM01 +</b><br />
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Jon's phone DD 47.69781N 13.81647E<br />
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4m climb to cobble floor. Crawl under arch leads to 2m deep hading rift. Choked.</p>
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<p><b>CUCC 2018 DM02 -</b><br />
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Jon's phone DD 47.69756N 13.81331E<br />
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8m climb in narrow shaft. 8m climb in wide rift to snow plug. Squeeze past snow plug horizontally 10m leading to small chamber w ice formations. Small window with cobble floor leading to undescended 10m pitch. Rocks rattle at bottom. </p>
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<p><b>CUCC2018 DM03 +</b><br />
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Jon's phone DD 47.69813N 13.80967E<br />
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Large open shaft leads to snow plug, undescended. 30m? Continuation unknown.</p>
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<p><b>CUCC2018 DM04 -</b><br />
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Jon's phone DD 47.69714N 13.80618E<br />
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Large undescended open shaft. 25m? Continuation unknown, potential passage on.</p>
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<p><b>CUCC2018 DM05 +</b><br />
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Jon's phone DD 47.69665N 13.80597E<br />
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Large open shaft. 10m. Small rift at bottom leads on another inspected 10m drop. Almost certainly chokes.</p>
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<p><b>CUCC2018 DM06 -</b><br />
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<b>*THIS CAVE IS A DUPLICATE OF CUCC2018 MS03, which was apparently explored by Becka 2 hrs earlier (or so she says)*</b><br />
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Jon's phone DD 47.69514N 13.80591E<br />
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Climb down boulder tickle 5m leads to 2m climb. Rift continues to 4m pitch into chamber, unpushed. Small passage in roof above pitch ledge to left continues 30m through narrow crawl to 4-way intersection. Unexplored further.</p>
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<p><b>CUCC2018 DM07 -</b><br />
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Jon's phone DD 47.69429N 13.80534E<br />
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Large open shaft. In, down over snow plug 30m. 2 consecutive pitches. First 5m, 2nd unknown.</p>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-13a">2018-07-13</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Jon Arne Toft</u>, Dickon Morris</div>
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<div class="triptitle">CUCC2018 DM07 (Homecoming Hole) - First push</div>
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<p>Headed off to drop DM07 followed by DM06. Started with DM07 as the closer of the two.
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First pitch/handline 5m down from surface to large hole in ground.
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Into hole in wall, 1m down and 2m traverse over a drop of 3m leads to top of
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snow plug that can be followed down 8m to passage. Crawl for 10m leads to
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first pitch, 5m, closely followed by longer pitch (10m?) into a rather large chamber.
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The way leading back against the direction of progress quickly chokes.
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Way on leads to large boulder. A hole on the left side yields a safe continuation
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(the rope also leads this way) on to the next pitch of another 10m into yet another chamber.
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From here, an impressive pitch was observed(8m diameter) which a 27m rope was insufficient to
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descend. Probably 40m deep. Strong draft, predicted by the majority of
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CUCC to be larger than Tunnocks <i>[citation needed]</i>.</p>
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<p>Surveyed out of cave, tag left on small shelf right under surface level. Lack of pencils led to ditching of DM06, though this is an interesting cave. DM06 still unexplored.</p>
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<p>Jon sprained ankle before cave entrance, the effects of which showed up shortly after arrival to top camp, and which subsided by the next day. Strange stuff which unfortunately led to me being unable to push further the next day. :-(</p>
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 3 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-13b">2018-07-13</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Philip Sargent</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">Surface recce for Futility series back door</div>
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<p>Cycled and walked to N. end of Altaussee lake to try to look at the Weisse Wand area of likely location of hole
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from the other side of the valley (Trisselwand side). Failed to get far enough: only 1km away but 500m too low and
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surrounded by 600m cliffs.
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<p>IN FUTURE go to this area via SOUTHERN SIDE of the lake as the N. side has a long section where
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bicycles are forbidden. MAPS DON'T SHOW THIS.
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<p>The N. end of the lake has two restaurants and there is road access via the S. side; and then the track
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towards the Appelhaus is drivable (and certainly mountain-bikeable) for quite a way. Return trip planned early in the
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morning on another day.
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<p>On return, looked for the site of 1982 base camp. Probably at the Madlemeir landing station for
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the tourist boat. Photos taken [and posted to Facebook Expo2018 page].
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<p>Whole trip (and a glass of most) 4 hours.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 0 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-14b">2018-07-14</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Becka Lawson</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">Rigging Guide - Tunnock 258 - Hydra -
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- Snake Charmer - Snake Bite - Lower Snake Bite </div>
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Snakebite lands in large rift passage with waterfall entering from LHS. Water drains
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down to Lower Snakebite (this starts with an awkward free climb next to water; themore obvious passage on L of this
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(as you face downstream) is main Snakebite passage (dry) that connects to Song of the Earth.
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[many detailed diagrams - see scanned imageswhen done]
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Lower Snakebite - Pitch series starts 20m beyond the awkward free climb below Snakebite
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pitch following water down free climbs.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 0 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-14a">2018-07-14</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Philip Sargent</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">Surface walk Stoger Weg/115 (Schnellzughöhle></div>
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Found the entrance* - but it is 60m away from where the GPS says it should be.
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<p>
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Attempted to get to the location the GPS says it is but it's impenetrable bunde.
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<p>
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Stashed in 115 ent: 1 2-man tent, 2 karrimats, 1 litre water (a bit brown - filled in gents loo at berg restaurant), small bag muesli.
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I rigged a smallwater collection poly sheet which may get 2-3 litres if we're lucky.
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The walk along the Stoger Weg (201) from the turnoff to the col & top camp is much more
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rugged than the part closer to the carpark: many granny-stoppers.
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Photos taken from turn-off point [from Stoger Weg]: "a barely discernable trod" to cave.
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This "trod" is much more overgrown thanit was in 1982.
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*POSTSCRIPT - on 17th July found a 1981 photo of the entrance which shows that the entrance I found wasn't the main entrance.
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I had found the upper (smaller) entrance CUCC-PS01-2018 at N 47.66743 E 013.80945 alt. 1547m (WGS84 Garmin Venture Cx)
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-13b">2018-07-13</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Todd Rye</u>, Dickon Morris</div>
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<div class="triptitle">2nd push in Heimkommen höhle</div>
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<p>Carried 2x 45m ropes and a 80m rope over to Heimkommen. Dickon rerigged the pitch then ran out of rope on,
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now named Radagast.
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<p>Pushed through a small meander to an up pitch (3m).
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From there is was navigating a large meander,
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dropping a pitch (5m) and traversing through some boulders. Another pitch (10m)
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before a climb up and a traverse along the top of Wallace (40m)
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which landed perfectly on a boulderabove an estimated 50m-100m drop, named Grommit.
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Out of rope so we surveyed out.
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<div class="timeug">T/U: ?? hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-18a">2018-07-18</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Chris Densham</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">Steinbrucken Tarp Topo</div>
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[DIAGRAM of tarp rigging in bivvy]
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 0 hours</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-07-18b">2018-07-18</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Philip Sargent</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">Solo walking in area of 115 entrances [and CUCC-PS01-2018]</div>
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<p>11:00-18:00 up the hill.
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<p>Found p115x the main "train tunnel" hole. Did a 200+ averaging GPS reading on p115x, Windloch, and cave 88 on the Stoger Weg.
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<p>Carried safety gear from the entrance I found 4 days ago and stashed inside:
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<li>3l water in 3x 2l bottles
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<li>2 karrimats
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<li>1 small bag muesli
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<li>12-man tent (inc. poles,pegs etc. [there is room to pitch this inside the entrance easily]
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I also rigged a 2sq.m. poly sheet and black foldable bucket to collect water.
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<p>It took 2 trips and lots of bunde bashing to carry the stuff as I only had a small daysack.
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<p>Route to p115x in old logbooks has been destroyed by 35y of pine growth.
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<p>The new route is:
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<p style="margin-left: 50px;">
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go along Stoger Weg past Windloch (32) and further past the next cave (marked 88 in faded red paint) in LHS of path.
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Go [10m] further
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from there along Stoger Weg and leave path descending limestone karren down to right.
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Proceed back along foot of karren slope and push aside
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3-4 branches of bunde to reach a "path".<br><br>
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Follow along this until you can descend steeply to the left (a few more branches of bunde) to steep "rockery" scramble
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bank. Make your way with care down this and you should be able to see a truncated pine tree [4m high] on the
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other side of a small gully. (When seen from the other side, this pine tree has branches in the shape of a figure "4".) Descend and traverse round
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to the right and climb up to this pine tree across the gully.<br><br>
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Now follow "path" down and to the right across 2 areas of soil/grass/loose stones to eventually reach a big pine tree
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with a bend in the trunk at ground
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level and a small cairn on the bend in the trunk. Continue down right through bunde with a little climb until you can
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see a large dead twisted tree root across a gully. Descend and get to this via via lush grass and flowers on steep slope and loose soil.
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<br><br>
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At the twisted dead tree root there is an obvious route leading to the right. At this point you are only 13m from p115x but
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you can't see it as it faces S. and you are approaching from the N. 10m on you pass a large anthill and then 3m further and you're there.<br><br>
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You may see a water collection poly sheet a lot earlier but use this route to get to it. (I did it 3x today and lots of other routes are worse.)
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Oh yes, on first visit to <b>CUCC-PS01-2018</b> this morning I went in: climbing down a 30 degree straight tunnel.
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Roof is solid rock and floor is blocks
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and rocks [and relic vadose features]. I counted 1m steps coming out and it's >14m long.
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Continues deeper but I was in t-shirt and shorts. Slight cold outwards draft.
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[Photos and GPS tracks and locations recorded.]
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<div class="timeug">T/U: 10 mins</div>
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<div class="tripdate" id="t2018-08-01a">2018-08-01</div>
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<div class="trippeople"><u>Philip Sargent</u></div>
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<div class="triptitle">Solo walking in Stumern Alm area</div>
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Attempt to reach Futility Series mythical potential entrance from below.
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Cycled to N.end of Altaussee lake (S.route). This took 1 hour from base camp.
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<p>
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Track up is very cyclable to a hut [Stumern Alm, 813m] where it stops & there is a steeply ascending
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rough path (signposted to Appelhaus) up the Trisselwand side of the valley. I parked bike.
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<p>
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I decided to go directly up the Loser side: "Oh Yes", I thought, "10-15 minutes
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and I'll be past those trees and into the clear grass/rock/scree area". 1 hour later
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I was in a rock shelter [wpt C05 942m], still in the trees, and I could now see that the track I should have been on was much higher,
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and I also had no easy safe way on up this side of the valley.
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The geology is very promising though - at the hut the big face [Pfenningofen] is well-bedded with a couple of useful-looking faults.
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<p>
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I had got to within 600m horizontally of where I wanted to be to look for entrance, but also 600m too low.
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Aborted cycle ride home in Bad Aussee for emergency ice cream.
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<p>
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Philip
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PS Nettles! Flies !! aarghhh!!!
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PPS The better way to do this approach would be to take a jeep up the correct track (the one that says "No Bicycles")
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all the way to the road head at Oberwasser Alm at 1353m, and then traverse round to the right area
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above the tree line but below the bunde line.
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Departed base camp 06:35, returned 13:05
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