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<h1>EXPO 2001</h1>
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<p>The first part of the log is traditionally taken up by the journey
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out.<br> If this is of no interest, here is a link <a href="#id2001-204-0">to
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the caving</a>!
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<p><b>2001-08-05 | Journey - Mark S travels to Austria | <U>Mark S</U></b></p>
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<p>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><b><a id="id2001-204-0">2001-08-06</a> | Loser Plateau - Carry to 204 | <u>Mark S</u>, Martin,
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Earl, Brian, Mike C</b></p>
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<p>Set off from the Bergrestaurant about lunchtime, after
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ordering five <span lang="de">Germknödel</span> in the said restaurant.
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Cargo was two black water butts and the equipment to assemble the waterworks
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at 204. At the Kratzer junction, there was a delay of 15 mins 'cos Martin's
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butt had opened (it was being carried upside-down); thankfully no shit fell
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out. Eventually arrived at Top Camp and proceeded to 204. Nearly at 204,
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Martin had anothr accident with the butt again. Earl + Mark took a detour to
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find a quicker route from the slabs to 204, but ended up just finding
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<span lang="de">Germknödelhöhle,</span> 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 a
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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. <span lang="de">Weissbier. Gösser.</span> Tatty Hut.</p>
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<p><b>2001-08-04 | Journey - Dunks + Martin go to Austria | <U>Duncan</U>, Martin</b></p>
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<p>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><IMG SRC="log1.gif"></p>
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<p>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><b> 2001-08-04 | Journey - Journey, Letty koen naar Oostenrijk. | Tony, Mike C, <U>Letty</U></b></p>
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<p>[the ijk ending appears all over; I can't tell if it is ijk or ijh or yk or yh]</p>
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<p> DATE UNCLEAR - written as Zondas uif Augustus. </p>
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<p>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>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>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>You what? You did What? MCT [ed: this line in different pen]</p>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-1"><b>2001-08-09 | 204 - Steinbrucken| Martin, Brian
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</b></a></p>
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<p>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>* 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><a id="id2001-204-2"><b>2001-08-10 | 204 - 204 | Martin, Brian</b></a></p>
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<p>Go down to Insignificant chamber to push lead ( ) climb up
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to left TU 5</p>
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<p><b>2001-08-09 | Journey - Phil & Mike TA go to Austria | Phil, Mike TA</b></p>
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<p>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>Speeding cameras activated on 14.</p>
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<p>Phil U:1 MCT:1 .: draw</p>
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<p>decider on way home.</p>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-3"><b>2001-08-11 | 204 - Steinbrückenhöhle | <U>Becka</U>, + Martin</b></a></p>
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<p>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><a id="id2001-204-4"><b>2001-08-12 | 204 - Steinbrückenhöhle | <U>Becka</U>, + Martin</b></a></p>
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<p>Survey down <U>41A</U> QM from
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2000. For Becka + Martin, after showing Andy + Wayne
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where <U>40A</U> 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']</p>
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<p><b>2001-08-12 | 204 - Steinbrückenhöhle - SAME TRIP AS ABOVE | Wayne + *Andy </b></p>
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<p>ANDY (FROM TSG)</p>
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<p>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>WE WERE DIRECTED TO CLIMB 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 TOWARDS 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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A LOT 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>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><b><a id="id2001-204-5">2001-08-13 | 204 - 204 | </a> Wayne + *Andy, Mick +
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Duncan</b></p>
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<p>WE SURVEYED THE PASSAGE TO THE AVEN (SPEAK TO DUNCAN) MICK
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+ ANDY 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>[In even bigger caps, pointing at above writeup] LURN TO
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FUCKING WRITU</p>
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<p>[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><b>2001-08-13 | Loser Plateau - Surface | <U>Becka</U>, Martin + Earl</b></p>
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<p>Had entered positions of Cave Tree, Great Oak Chamber +
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the snow chamber in Crowning 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. Mark S,
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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>T.U. 10 minutes</p>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-9"><b>2001-08-14 | 204 - 204 | <U>Becka</U>, Martin + Earl</b></a></p>
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<p>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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walking 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 then
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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 pitch to get 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 bit 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>T/U 9hrs</p>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-11"><b>2001-08-15 | 204 - 204 | <U>Becka</U>+ Earl</b></a></p>
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<p>Back to where we'd finished
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surveying down 12B yesterday at station 7. Surveying 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 <U>HUGE</U> 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, whilst 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 size 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.</p>
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<p>T/U 9hrs</p>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-12"><b>2001-08-15 | 204 - 204 | <U>Martin</U>, Tony and Letty</b></a></p>
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<p>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>We then went to look at the stuff of 12B, we surveyed one
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of Earl and 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 tourist, 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>T/U 9hours</p>
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<p><b>2001-08-14 | Loser Plateau - Surface Survey | <U>Anthony</U>, Julia</b></p>
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<p>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 first
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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, though spits are placed for
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this. The final hole was descended by MikeTA and MikeC the following
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day...</p>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-13"><b>2001-08-15 | 204 - 204 | <U>Anthony</U>, Duncan, Mick & Brian</b></a></p>
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<p>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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noticed 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 moderately deep as a stone rattled for 11 seconds down it
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...</p>
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<p>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>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>TU 7hrs</p>
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<p>* 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 recommendation. <U>Duncan</U></p>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-8"><b>2001-08-13 | 204 - Chocolate Salty Balls | <U>Duncan</U>, Wayne</b></a></p>
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<p>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>TU 6hrs.</p>
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<p><b><a id="id2001-40-3">2001-08-17 | 40 - Eishöhle</a> - Mission Impossible - Connection seeking | <U>Hils</U>+ Olly</b></p>
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<p><img SRC="log2.gif">
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<p>We heroically dragged ourselves out of our pits at 7.30 the morning after
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the Expo Dinner + headed up the hill to Find The Connection. - a bolt
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traverse around the head of Over The Top.</p>
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<p>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 appropriate as he'd hoped :-) [This smiley actually vertical -
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Ed]</p>
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<p>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><IMG SRC="log3.gif"></p>
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<p>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>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 Mission Impossible
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Pitch"/"Ol's Pitch"??).</p>
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<p>(* Stone rattle varies between ~5s and ~10s )</p>
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<hr>
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<p><b>2001-08-18 | 40 - Eishöhle - Mission Impossible | <U>Hils</U> + Olly</b></p>
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<p>More connection-seeking mit Hils + Olly (....cont'd from
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Fri 17th)</p>
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<p><IMG SRC="log4.gif"></p>
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<p>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><IMG SRC="log5.gif"></p>
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<p><b>2001-08-19 | 40 - Eishöhle - Mission Impossible | <U>Hils</U> + Olly</b></p>
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<p><On the 19th</a> we gained a rift passage at the top of
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the 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>[Olly (while calculating 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>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><IMG SRC="log6.gif"></p>
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<hr>
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<p><b>2001-08-20 | 40 - Eishöhle - Mission Impossible | <U>Hils</U> + Olly</b></p>
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<p>Mon 20th am (ED: "FIRST BIT" not a caving trip, just an admin sesh)</p>
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<p>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>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 <U>rigging topo</U>:</p>
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<p>[pic]</p>
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<p>Guess what. Looking for a connection again.</p>
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<p>Now we've also rejigged the
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upper half of Devil's Chute: new <U>rigging topo</U> :</p>
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<p>[pic]</p>
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<p>We also climbed a few metres
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higher in yesterday's rift [ rerigged the pitch - new <U>rigging topo:</U></p>
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<p><U>[pic]</U></p>
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<p>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>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>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><U>Hilary</U></p>
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<p>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>* (but left the pendule in
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place, obviously)</p>
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<hr>
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<P><a id="id2001-204-15">2001-08-17 | 204 - 204B | <b><U>Becka</U> + Earl</b></a></p>
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<p>Up + off early after the dinner. Plod up to 204 with 'bide + stuff.
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Underground ~1pm, still feeling a bit woozy after drinking too much last
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night. Down to Swings+ Roundabouts. Surveyed phreatic tube to RHS at start.
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Pretty, inclining up, gets to large but not especially deep pitch + side
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passage linked back into S+R. Back to S+R, + started to survey QM on LHS
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about halfway along as far as a pit in the floor. Out.</p> <p>T/U
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6hours?</p>
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<hr>
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<P><a id="id2001-204-16"><b>2001-08-18 | 204 - 204B | <U>Becka</U> + Earl</b></a></p>
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<p>I think this was the 10am underground day. Back to Swings + Roundabouts.
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Finished surveying the LHS, QM which we started yesterday. Climbed into pit
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in floor. No big ways on. Up over the top, continued to loose boulder choked
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area. Thought I could dig through in the floor. Moved enough stuff to
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wriggle myself down + got into **BIG** passage with what looked like 3 ways
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on. Jabbered to Earl + started pulling boulders out of another small hole
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(so two ways out, both bit loose) + we surveyed through whilst I tried to
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work out which way we wanted to head for KH. Then Earl wandered out into the
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massive phreatic... and found a survey point - Earl sniggered like a manic
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mouse for a couple of minutes - Bum. Another QM A ticked off. Had a slow
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wander up S+R + couldn't see any more obvious ways on so I decided to have
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another look at the loose boulder slope at the end. Noticed a largish
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solution tube at the top, above the boulders. Climbed into it + whoa, it
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went up steeply + popped out near the top of the pile of boulders in a
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chamber with a ramp off to the right + a passage ahead. The passage had a 3m
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drop into what looked like the continuation of the Swings + Roundabouts main
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passage. Looked good! Slithered back down the boulders to Earl, Happy.
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Out</p>
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<p>T/U 8hours?</p>
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<hr>
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<P><a id="id2001-204-18"><b>2001-08-19 | 204 - 204B to 204D! | <U>Becka</U> + Earl</b></a></p>
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<p>Back to where had finished off yesterday. Continued the survey from the
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boulder pile up the solution tube ("Suspended Solutions") + rigged a ladder
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|
off a natural down into the passage below. Noticed a moth in the chamber -
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|
hmm. It turned out to be a 11m x 11m massive chamber, very alternative, huge
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q.low angled roof slab and boulder floor with a river bed of dry mud running
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through it. Earl + I squabbled over who got to go first. One main way out -
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and a pile of snow + ice. Hmm. Then Earl ducked under another low roof ridge
|
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- and saw daylight... slightly disappointed the passage had ended but a
|
|
new entrance was the next best thing. Chimneyed up about 6m + there were
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several places with light chinking through boulders but nowhere big eough to
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get out . Earl put a bolt in from a ledge then hung off it as he hammered
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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
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|
a better angle of attack to kick down yet more choss. Put a rope on to
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|
protect the freeclimb + surveyed out. The snow plug was rotten + q.hard to
|
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climb out of + the rock above chossy. Got out to a fine + novel view of
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|
the plateau + tried to decide which way was home. I persuaded Earl to
|
|
surface survey back to 204D. Fortunately not too hot but it took some
|
|
time + by about halfway I'd regretted pushing Earl to survey but by
|
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then he wasn't letting me duck out of it so we slogged on with me
|
|
getting increasingly terse and grumpy. Eventually Mick heard us + found
|
|
us another survey station (2001/03?) to survey to. Then Earl was a hero
|
|
+ went back down the 3 pitches of 204D to fish out my SRT gear.</p>
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<p>T/U 6 hours ? Becka; 6 h 45 min Earl
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<hr>
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<p><b>2001-08-20 | Cave 2001-05 - GNDN (Goes Nowhere Does Nothing) Cave | <u>Becka</u>, Mick + Earl</b>
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<p>Walked to 204D, showing Anthony where it was. Put in a tag bolt for it
|
|
+ surveyed to it. Then we all wandered around the area looking for likely
|
|
entrances. The skylight in the 204D shake-hole looks into a cave with a
|
|
large entrance (with a smashed glass bottle in) which quickly closes down
|
|
with the only QM being at the base of an icy ramp which looked like it was
|
|
filled with boulders but its worth someone going down to check out as its
|
|
an interesting position. Lots of entrances in the area but we only found one
|
|
really promising one which was drafting out strongly from a small horizontal
|
|
entrance. Only about 50m from 204D, down the hill + N.
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|
<p>Earl happily dragged out rocks until I could squeeze in. It went in ~5m
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|
horizontally then into hading rift. I climbed down ~5m to the head of a
|
|
pitch + various possibilities. Back out. Earl in to rig pitch whilst Mick +
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|
I surface surveyed from 204D tag bolt to new cave + put in a tag bolt above
|
|
its entrance. Mick + I then continued the survey down to Earl. Pitch went
|
|
down, still hading, to large snow + ice plug ... with no ways on + we seemed
|
|
to have lost the draft. Surveyed to far side of chamber then back out. Earl
|
|
derigged + Mick + I went into passage at top of pitch which had two LHS
|
|
small leads off, both of which drop into steeply descedning rift (the
|
|
second one being too tight to go through). Mick dropped well down into the
|
|
rift, which kept going, though without much draft, to a small way on which
|
|
he reckoned would drop into the pitch. Its possible we did miss the way
|
|
on in the cave as we seemed to have lost the draft down the pitch. Worth
|
|
another look around probably.
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<p>[graphic to scan]
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<p align="right">T/U 2½ hours<br>
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|
GNDN Cave<br>
|
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(Goes Nowhere Does Nothing Cave)<br>
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Currently temporarily tagged as 2001/05
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<hr>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-21"><b>2001-08-21 | 204 - 204D | <u>Becka</u>, Earl + Mick</b></a>
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|
<p>Fettled the entrance to 204D (as well as cairning the route
|
|
there from 204B). Put in 204D tag.
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|
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<p>[sketch to scan]
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|
<p>Down 204D, up ladder + looked at QMs at the top of ladder.
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|
The hading rift on LHS went up q.a way as a freeclimb, drippy, some not too
|
|
exciting ways on. To the right just looked boulder choked. The solution
|
|
tube on the LHS above Suspended Solutions was boulder filled after ~5m. Down
|
|
past Suspended Solutions + Earl put in a bolt on LHS wall above first section
|
|
of boulder slope (~4m above the floor of Swings + Roundabouts main passage) +
|
|
I belayed him as he traversed around the rock (after hammering off the worst
|
|
choss, of which there was a lot). He ducked through under a boulder to get to
|
|
a smallish aven, with a QM up a 3-4m climb + short slope on RHS leading to a
|
|
solution tube leading steeply down, not drafting, would need rigging. Tube
|
|
also went up but got small. Derigged the traverse + back to the entrance
|
|
rope. Earl + Mick climbed up in the small chamber between the entrance rope
|
|
chamber + the big main chamber with the ladder. Freeclimb led to large aven
|
|
above + hole down into the big main chamber. Two dodgy climbs possible off
|
|
this. I Squeezed past a boulder at floor level in [arrow points back to
|
|
above-mentioned small chamber]. This same chamber which led to a crawl + then
|
|
a body-sized tube off to the left which opened out into a small drippy aven.
|
|
Obviously tempting fate to say so, but I think Earl + I have now looked at
|
|
all the promising leads of the 12B series (Playground, Swings + Roundabouts,
|
|
Suspended Solutions to the 204D entrance) except a bunch of pitches. The
|
|
pitch off to the left of the chamber after Playground is <u>very</u> large,
|
|
not especially deep + would be nice to rig, probably the best of the lot,
|
|
with the next best being up the walking passage/phreatic off first right
|
|
as you enter Swings + Roundabouts (by the small boulder slope). Out, then
|
|
Mick + I hacked down the hill to have a look at some of the series of huge,
|
|
collapsed shake-holes at the bottom of the plateau. Not v. much that looked
|
|
too good - not surprising given everything is so shattered? Area around
|
|
204D seems more promising. On our way back up we found another cave, only
|
|
about ~50m from yesterday's GNDN cave, continuing in ~same direction from
|
|
204D. In horizontal crawling entrance which drafted, down q. steeply
|
|
sloping walking passage. Daylight from left + tube up on right filled
|
|
with rocks. Dropped into chamber with loose boulder floor. Possible way
|
|
on, squeezing over rocks. Definitely worth another look and, as at GNDN
|
|
cave, we seem to have lost the draft somewhere.
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<p>T/U 4 hours?
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<hr>
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<p><b>2001-08-19 | Loser Plateau - Preparation for 161 tourist jolly | <u>Phil U</u>, Mark S, Mike C, Mike TA, Dunks</b>
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<p>
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<p>Mark & I wandered up to 204 to pick up our kits, & met up with
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Mike C, Mike TA, Dunks.
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|
<p>Stomped over the Hinter & went down to 161d, pausing to place a
|
|
lovely blue polyprop handline off a <u>very</u> iffy bolt. The plan now
|
|
was to stomp down to the Stogerweg & go back to the Bergrestaurant.
|
|
However, we instead found a nice grassy traverse level, at ~1600m
|
|
altitude. Met some random Austrian walkers & tried to follow them,
|
|
hoping they knew a nice way off the hill. Unfortunately, it turned out
|
|
they were hoping we knew a nice way off the hill. 3 hours bunde bashing
|
|
later, we had found a <u>nasty</u> way off the hill. Part of this was on
|
|
a <u>heavily</u> engineered route. Thilo claims responsibility for this.
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<p align="right">TU Nowt
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<hr>
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<p><a id="id2001-161-1"><b>2001-08-20 | 161 - 161D jolly + 9 Austrian cavers | <u>Phil U</u>, Mark S, Mike C, Mike TA, Dunks<br> </b></a>
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|
<p>Decided to go via Top Camp after all, as we thought our guests wouldn't
|
|
be too impressed with us taking them on a 3-hour bunde-bashing tour of the
|
|
VSK.
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<p>One bloke (Swiss, 70, half-naked) decided to drop out, as he thought
|
|
it would be crap climbing back again in the rain. And he hadn't even
|
|
seen the bunde traverse.
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<p>Got to the cave with a minimal amount of wibbling.
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<p>Nice trip to Zombie Slime, and then up to Trifurcation & Minoan
|
|
Surprise. Exitted with a short detour down Alternative Universe. Walked
|
|
back to the Bergrestaurant, and it only rained for the last 15 minutes.
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<p align="right">T U 3 hours
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<hr>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-25"><b>2001-08-22 | 204 - 204 |<u>Duncan</u>, Hilary</b></a>
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<p>Went to look at a qm recommended by Earl, to the left of the passage
|
|
from Bonsai Crawl to 204d entrance. Just beyond the roped climb down, shin
|
|
down some well dodgy BIG boulders and along about 10m to head of pitch.
|
|
We were under the impression that the pitch was very wide, but the bottom
|
|
was a great distance away, so we had only brought along a selection of
|
|
fairly short bits of string. In fact the pitch is rather deep, possibly
|
|
more than 40m. We tied the bits of string together, looped one end round
|
|
a flake, and Hilary started bolting (we had planned on using my drill, but
|
|
it had been 'borrowed'). Two abortive spits later, a total rout occurred,
|
|
and we buggered off out via 204D entrance.
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<p align="right">TU 2½
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<hr>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-26"><b>2001-08-23 | 204 - 204 | <u>Duncan</u>, Hilary</b></a>
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<p>QM that doesn't exist just before ?99-19c (2nd hole in floor marked
|
|
after passage to Millennium Dome)
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<p>~4m climb down, followed by another similar climb immediately.
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|
Descending tube choked with rocks (two of which I had inadvertantly
|
|
booted down there earlier) which had to be excavated with feet and
|
|
stacked in limited space at foot of 2nd climb. Way on was blocked by
|
|
large flake, which succumbed to a few wellie-blows. Squeezed past the
|
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fallen flake feet first, and passage continued round r-hand bend.
|
|
Sudden acetylene leak, plus concerns about reversing squeeze past
|
|
mobile rock, caused a rout. Hilary had a go next, and was able to turn
|
|
around just before the squeeze. Crawling in the conventional head-first
|
|
direction, she progressed to a small aven, and called for me to follow
|
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with survey gear.
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<p>After this point, the passage continued, and enlarged slightly, passing
|
|
over a hole in the floor and enlarging to stooping height. Caught up with
|
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Hilary on a ledge overlooking a large chamber. The passage appears to
|
|
continue on the other side, and doesn't look too hard to reach. There is
|
|
a big ledge ~6m down, and then blackness, perhaps 40m deep. The chamber
|
|
is called '7-11 chamber', as those were the rope lengths we had available,
|
|
and the crawl is called "Merry Fucking Christmas". Surveyed out, which was
|
|
not as grim as I expected.
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<p align="right">TU 7½
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<hr>
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<p><b>2001-08-24 | Base Camp - 6 am | <u>Hilary</u></b>
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<p>Is it against the rules to write friendly little notes in the logbook?
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Oh well.
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<p>Thanx for letting me gatecrash - it's been a top week! Top caves, top
|
|
beer, let me see what else, oh yeah, the people were alright too. Hope the
|
|
rest of expo goes stormingly!
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<p>I realise I owe you lots of money. Send me the bill (won't be able to pay
|
|
it till October, in China :-))
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<p>Hope to see most of ya @ BCRA!
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<p align="right">Hilaryarse
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<hr>
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<p><a id="id2001-40-1"><b>2001-08-08 | 40 - Eishöhle | Tony, Letty, <u>Olly</u></b></a>
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<p>Rigging trip. I descended while Tony and Letty fettled crampons. Used 40E
|
|
(Eistunnel / Elephant's Arsehole) entrance, since it's open this year. Rope
|
|
up Mission Impossible climb frozen into ice at the bottom, but came out with
|
|
a bit of tugging. However rope above rebelay is approx ½m below ice.
|
|
Tried to rig up original bolts, but they've not been greased and are too
|
|
rusty. Return to entrance to find Tony and Letty just about to descend.
|
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Return to climb and ascend using ice screws, and rig new rope from rebelay.
|
|
Rig as far as the duck, then exit and return to base (bivvy not yet set
|
|
up). T/U Tony, Letty 4 hours; Olly 5 hours
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<hr>
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<p><a id="id2001-40-2"><b>2001-08-13 | 40 - Eishöhle | Tony, Letty, <u>Olly</u></b></a>
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<p>Finally return with a working drill. Plan is that I rig in to the lead
|
|
and start to bolt traverse; meanwhile Letty can put in her first hand-drilled
|
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spit, for a deviation on the big ice pitch.
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<p>I'm just about to start bolting when Tony and Letty catch up. Tony is
|
|
very cold from sitting in the draught while Letty bolted, so we exit instead.
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<p align="right">T/U: 5 hours
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<hr>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-10"><b>2001-08-15 | 204 - 204C (Hopefully) | <u>Mike TA</u> + Mike C</b></a>
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<p>Went up to rig the entrance in the gulley found by Martin/Becka/Earl a day
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or two earlier. Clambered down to pitch head wearing dry grots, knocking down
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a fair quantity of crap, and put in bolts for a Y hang, then back to the
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surface, knocking down a further fair quantity of crap in the process. Geared
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up & went down again, knocking down another fair quantity of crap (get
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the idea??) I rigged and abseiled down through the pitch head, endeavouring
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not to knock down an extra quantity of crap, but with limited success. Put in
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rebelay about 5m down below lots of hanging death, then an easy
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30m<sup>ish</sup> down to another rebelay in big shaft about 6-7m diameter.
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While putting this in, Brian & Mick passed below - this is Cave Tree
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Chamber - so entrance is 204C indeed. Landed at the bottom of pitch and
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retired for safety to other side, and shouted for Mike C to come down. Ant
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& Dunk arrived while he did, and sheltered in passage while some crap
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came down the pitch. Mike C then bolted the drop at the bottom of Cave Tree.
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100% shit bolt but it still got the MikeTA *Seal Of Approval* so he got to go
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down on it :) and so did I. At the bottom there is a rift to a perhaps 6m
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shaft with a puddle in the floor so probably blind. Prussicked back to Cave
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Tree then out <u>one at a time.</u>
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<p>This pitch is crap. You do not want anyone below the first rebelay while
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someone does the top!!! The enrtrance could maybe be stabilised!!
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<p>[sketch] T/U 4 hours
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<p><b>2001-08-19 | Loser Plateau - Surface stuff + looking at horizontal hole nr. 204C | <u>Anthony</u>, Julia</b>
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<p>Went off to 204C to place a tag. While Julia bashed in a bolt, I went
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for a wander down the adjacent gully, which is littered with shafts and also
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a 1m square horizontal entrance. This was interesting, so we investigated
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further. Entrance passage slopes downhill for ~ 5m and meets a cross passage which is choked left and a body-sized grovel right. This leads to a 3m deep
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pit with the roof-tube carrying on beyond. This didn't look massively
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promising, and was definitely oversuit country, but the cave was definitely
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worth a tag and and underground survey.
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<p>The tube was trending uphill parallel to the gully, so the thought
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occurred that maybe it popped out of the hill higher up. Found a pile of
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boulders a little higher up which appeared to conceal a black space. Shifted
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a couple of rocks out of the way and an entrance appeared, so while I put a
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tag bolt in at the first entrance, Julia investigated. She found a descending
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tube heading towards the first entrance, via a couple of bouldery squeezes,
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with a black space apparent beyond. Rocks dislodged in the general
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direction of this black space went rumble, boom, bang, etc. etc., so she
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ran away quickly.
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<p>Did surface survey from first entrance to 204c, then adjourned to the
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Stone Bridge for a protracted brew. Returned armed with an oversuit and
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survey gear. Sure enough, the continuation of the body sized hole beyond
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the 3m deep pit ends in a pitch thus ensuring a return...
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<hr>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-19"><b>2001-08-20 | Loser Plateau - Rigging horizontal entrance | <u>Julia</u>
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+ Anthony</b></a>
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<p>Having been a bit slack the previous day and jacked a bit early, I
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volunteered to put the back-up bolt in for the pitch we'd found Anthony had
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told me that this would be shit, but I can't have been listening too
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closely. *NOTE TO SELF - <u>DON'T</u> volunteer to bolt something you haven't
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seen before*...
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<p>Didn't get off to a very good start. My options for getting to the pitch
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head were to attempt a tricky looking climb out of the pit, or crawling
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through a tube over the pit. I chose the latter, but didn't fancy the short
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section of free space (over a 3m drop) between one crawl and the next.
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Unfortunately, to get down to the climb I needed to reverse out of the tube
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and traverse backwards over the pit. I didn't fancy this without someone
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telling me where to put my feet, not being able to turn round (or see
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through the back of my head). So I called back to Anthony, who grumbled a
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fair bit 'cos he was getting changed in a leisurely fashion and didn't want
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to rush. Sat all cosy in my little tube for 20 mins, then Dour turned up and
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assisted me in traversing backwards. Climbed up inot the crawl to the pitch,
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and took a while before being able to find a position that was bearable to be
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in whilst placing a bolt. It was shit, in no uncertain terms, and placing the
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backup bolt took a long time, due to the cramped position I was in.
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<p>After that I sat and watched Anthony bolt. It was possible to turn round
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at the pitch head, but being a bit of a fuckwit, I opted to remain with my
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feet heading back into the crawl. I was consequently extremely uncomfortable
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as well as cold, so we jacked after Anthony had placed a hang bolt and a
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rebelay bolt ~6 metres down. Not the most productive of days.
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<p align="right"><u>TU</u> 6 hours
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<hr>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-23"><b>2001-08-21 | 204 - Rigging down 204E Entrance - Germknödel's Revenge | <u>Julia</u> +
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Anthony</b></a>
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<p>All too soon we were back in that scrotty hole. As it turned out, we
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didn't need any more bolts. Got down, via a rebelay and two deviations, down
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a pleasant 25m shaft and pretty soon discovered we were in 204, due to a PM
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on the wall. Misread the compass and stomped off down dip, then back and had
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a quick poke around looking for Treeumphant Passage. Turns out we'd dropped
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into Crowning Glory. Surveyed the pitch on the way up (except for the plumb
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to the bottom of the pitch, which we did on the way down, ahem). It was a
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little crap doing a couple of bloody steep legs followed by muddy scrotty
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surveying thru the crawl at the top. 204 Entrance is to be called
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"Germknödel's Revenge".
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<p>Finished the survey, went back to the Stone Bridge to cancel our first
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call out, then went back again, Anthony to derig, and me to establish a
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verbal connection with 204f and the pitch. Sure enough, Anthony shone a light
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thru to me. We'd found another entrance. So I put a tag on it. 204f is
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unrigged, it would be a shorter way to the pitch, but not very pleasant,
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and pretty hard to rig.
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<p>[sketch] TU Julia 5 Anthony 6
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<hr>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-17"><b>2001-08-18 | 204 - 204B | Mike TA + Mike C</b></a>
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<p>Went down to look @ that passage opposite the thread pitch rebelay.
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Decided to be optimistic & took 50m rope 'cos we were sure to get to KH
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:-) But it fills with soil after about 70m, so surveyed anyway & buggered
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orf aht.
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<p align="center">TU 2 hours
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<hr>
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<p><b>2001-08-22 | Loser Plateau - Surface survey to "Olly's sucking hole | <u>Anthony</u> &
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Julia</b>
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<p>Surface surveyed from 204a to what is thought to be the "sucking hole"
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found by Olly & Thilo in 2000. There appear to be two entrances, a very
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large (6mx3m) loose entrance, and a much friendlier looking ~5m drop which
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would be much easier to rig. The larger entrance is tagged 2001/04.
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<hr>
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<p><b><a id="id2001-40-7">2001-08-25</a> | 40 - Eishöhle - More quality, but even less quantity | Martin, <u>Olly</u></b>
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<p>Back to <span lang="de">Eishöhle</span> with a new recruit for the uphill caving club.
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Today's plan is to try to get to the top of the rift and see if there's
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a phreatic tube there.
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<p>First time on crampons for Martin, but he copes well. His carbide causes
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more problems though (later he discovers a hole where the tube attaches to
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the generator).
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<p>At the top of the ramp we try climbing up, Martin bolting. We soon
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discover a phreatic tube ascending at the top of the rift. After 3 bolts
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from Martin and a couple from me we call it a day and exit. We seem to have
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reached the rift above the inlet chamber.
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<p align="right">T/U 8 hours
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<hr>
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<p><b><a id="id2001-40-8">2001-08-27</a> | 40 - Eishöhle - Reaching for the sky... | Martin, <u>Olly</u></b>
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<p>I head in first and tweak the rigging on the way. Get to the pushing front
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before Martin and get most of a bolt in before he arrives. A second bolt gets
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us across the chamber and another gives a traverse to a level which emerges
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in the side of what I think is the final aven chamber I reached with Hilary.
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We need to keep at the top of the rift, I think. We also need more rope, so
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retreat back down the rift, surveying as we go. I stick in 2 more spits to
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improve the rigging at the end of the traverse while Martin derigs the top of
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the rift. Then I travel along the bottom and stick in a spit to tie the end
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of the rope to while Martin rerigs the rope down the inlet chamber. A 26m
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rope just fits the bill nicely. I ascend and stick in 2 extra spits. One more
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would get us back to the top of the rift, but we decide to head out so we can
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get down the hill and recharge the drill battery. Stick in more spits on the
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way out - one for a rebelay on the junction chamber pitch, one on each side
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of the pendule, two on the Modern Way traverse to take a higher route and two
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on "Good Afternoon Mr. Phelps" - one to stop the traverse line freezing into
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the ice and a deviation to keep the hang rope clear of the ice. Also a spit
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to replace the ice screw - a higher belay should improve the riggin on both
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sides. The drill battery has now done 21 spits in 2 trips (including one for
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a tag on 40s) using a "cross-tipped" bit, and I'm getting good at judging the
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depth for the HKD spits. Still no nearer to KH though.
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<p align="right">T/U : 8 hours
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<hr>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-27"><b>2001-08-28 | 204 - "Merry Fucking Christmas" | <u>Dunks</u>, Earl</b></a>
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<p>Early start from bivi at Stone Bridge but despite having packed gear the
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|
previous evening didn't get underground until 12:40. Spent some time shifting
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rocks from the previous trip's spoil heap to make more room, and then Earl
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set about the boulder squeeze with a lump hammer until it was possible for us
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to remove the somewhat diminished remains. Then tedium getting ourselves and
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tackle through the crawl.
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<p>Once at 7-11 chamber, 3 spits and 11m rope got us down to the ledge, and a
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further 3 spits and 19m rope was more than enough to reach the other side and
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the foot of the climb. Climb was only about 3 or 4 m, and easy. Placed a bolt
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for protection towards the top, largely because I could. Disappointingly,
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there was no passage leading off on the far side, just a 6m pitch with a
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small stream entering from above. At the foot of the pitch, a very tight
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nasty streamway (Infidelic Pagan Scum) led off almost due S, so took off
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string gear and thrutched down it. It goes round a very awkward bend to the
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right after ~4m and then one has to thrutch in a widening ~1m above the
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stream. After about a body length, could see the passage turn right again,
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and it got echoey - lobbed a rock down to confirm presence of a big pitch,
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almost certainly that in the floor of 7-11 chamber. Retreated back to the end
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of MFC overlooking the chamber, where Earl set off rigging a lunatic traverse
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'Dancing with Boulders', using skyhooks, virtual naturals and probably a fair
|
|
amount of divine intervention to reach ~15m of small passage which again led
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|
to the same big pitch. After Earl had made a rather exciting return journey
|
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across his traverse, we decide to call it a day. So did my light, and getting
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everything back through the small stuff was crap. Borrowed a light off Earl,
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and we were both out by 11:20 pm
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<p align="right">TU 10½
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<hr>
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<p><b>2001-08-30 | Base Camp - Duncan's Tasty Dish Pot. Ht. | <u>Duncan</u></b>
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<p>Written down by popular request
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<ol>
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<li>Pan
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<li>Add slart of oil
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<li>Add " soy sauce
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<li>Chop 1 onion into little bits + add to pan
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<li>Chop 2 cloves garlic into slices + add to pan
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<li>Sprinkle into pan stuff like garam masala powder, cardamom seeds, ginger powder, mixed herbs ... other yummy stuff
|
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<li>Nearly forgot the important bit - chop heavy-as-lead bread into small cubes and add to pan
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<li>Light stove + start frying, turning contents occasionally
|
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<li>Crack 3 eggs into cup + whisk
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<li>Sprinkle into eggs more yummy stuff
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<li>Add slart of soy sauce into eggs
|
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<li>When stuff in pan is going a bit crisp and slightly browner, tip egg mix in
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<li>If possible, turn the omelette in one piece (ha ha!)
|
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<li>Probably end up just scrunging it around the pan. make sure it cooked through + then eat.
|
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</ol>
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<p><u>Rave Reviews!!</u><br>
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Very yummy indeed. <u>Mark S</u><br>
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XLENT Brian
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<hr>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-29"><b>2001-08-30 | 204 - 99-01C | <u>Earl</u></b></a>
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<p>Brian and I had rigged the traverse at the top of Jim'll Fix it (on the
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|
right) back in 2000 off some quite dodgy naturals. Brian was stopped by a
|
|
pool of icy water over ice, so I returned with some siphoning tube to drain
|
|
it. Rigged the traverse with an 8m rope (only just long enough), 1 [???]
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|
hanger. 2 twists, 2 slings + 2 maillons. The pool of water had gone, replaced
|
|
by 4" deep mud followed by a bank of earth/mud, which chokes the passage.
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The alternative way on, a small slot near near the traverse, was thought to
|
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be too committing, given that I was on my own.
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<hr>
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<p><b>2001-08-27 | Cave - Olly's Sucking Hole | <u>Phil U</u>, Mark S</b>
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<p>Went to investigate this draughting orifice. Initial entrance climb is
|
|
fine, if you chimney down on the R side. At the bottom, there are three ways
|
|
on. The first one goes back under the entrance, down a boulder slope, to
|
|
emerge in a large chamber "Cheesy dip". There are a number of small leads
|
|
off, all choked. In the roof is lots of daylight, coming from 2001-046. Left
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from the entrance went down a loose slope (blowing). Right (Sucking) went
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|
along a bit. We decided to do some surveying. Which required red paint. Which
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was at the bivvi site. So we went and had a cup of tea for a bit. Came back
|
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with surveying gear and surveyed the LH route to a ~5m deep pit.
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<p align="right">TU ~ 6 hrs
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<hr>
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<p><b><a id="id2001-40-9">2001-08-29</a> | 204 - Carry on up the rift | Martin, <u>Olly</u></b>
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<p>Cave 204? CHECK
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<p>[Webeditor's note: the call out books seem not to have a trip for this
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date, but one for 3rd September which seems to fit
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<p>A bit more rerigging on the way in, then we continue from where we left
|
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off, me on the dynamic rope bolting and Martin rerigging static behind.
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|
Higher up, just as I ran out of rope, there's a choice of routes. We regain
|
|
the stream canyon off to the right, or there's a tube to the left which can
|
|
be free-climbed to, and leads to another streamway. Martin catching up and
|
|
bolts up the streamway to the side. The canyon becomes too tight at the head,
|
|
though a tube up to the left looks like it bypasses this. We survey out and
|
|
get back to the bivvy at about 2:30 am.
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<p align="right">T/U 11 hours
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<hr>
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<p><b>2001-09-02 | Base Camp - Bierfest bei Altaussee | <u>Dunks</u>, Mick</b>
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<p>Right now its tomorrow. Trumper is busy outside the spud hut hurling
|
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his beans. Just now we have cycled from Altaussee full of fizzy pop.
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<p>A good evening - persuasive argument for having expo this late. Apparently
|
|
its the biggest bier festival in Austria. Lots of young women (NO MINGERS!!)
|
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Lots of bier.
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<p>A good evening. Bet you all wish you'd come along... Well - same again
|
|
tomorrow night. We've been assured that tonight is the warm-up and that it
|
|
gets even better.
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<p>A good evening.
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<hr>
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<p><a id="id2001-204-33"><b>2001-09-04 | 204 - 204c Derig | <u>Duncan</u></b></a>
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<p>After bierfest had streaming shits, probably due to dodgy roast chicken.
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Dr. Phil gave me a couple of immodium tablets, and that dried me up for the
|
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walk up on Monday evening.
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<p>Apparently Immodium usually wears off within 24 hours or so, so I wanted
|
|
to have a crap before even thinking of going underground, to see if my guts
|
|
were still pumping out dishwater. Didn't especially fancy getting caught
|
|
short midway up a loose pitch - it would just be too ironic.
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<p>Eventually it got to about 7 pm & I thought "Sod it" & got out of my pit & put my gear on, just in time for the first of the derig team to emerge.
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<p>Strolled through the clag to the entrance, where a strange thundering sound could be heard.
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<p>Clambered down to the pitch head, where I could see that the pitch below
|
|
was quite well watered. Considered jacking quite seriously for a while, but decided to suck it and see.
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<p>Although a considerable stream was falling down the course of the rope,
|
|
it was quite well concentrated and possible to avoid (mostly by judicious
|
|
fending off the wall). The 10 ft above the final rebelay was a bit crap
|
|
because the rope was sharing a gully with the water.
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<p>Took out the rebelay, changed over & prussiked out derigging as I went.
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<p>At the pitch head I was beginning to think 204c wasn't so bad after all,
|
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and was sussing out what needed gardening & where extra bolts should be
|
|
put. By the time I'd stuffed the rope into a bag I quite liked the place.
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Then as I was ascending one of the clambers up to the surface a large block
|
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fell out, and ended up resting against one of my knees.
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<p>Took a while to work out how to let the boulder drop without it hitting
|
|
my other foot or me falling down the climb, but sorted it out. Job done.
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<p>This entrance is still well dicey. However, careful, considered kicking
|
|
down of loose crap, combined with a more defensive rig may make it OK for
|
|
regular use.
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<p align="right">TU 1
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<p>P.S. eventually managed to move bowels some 82 hours after taking
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medicine. Immodium is good shit.
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<hr>
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<p><b>2001-08-26 | Loser Plateau - Surface exploration <u>Martin</u>, Olly</b>
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<p>This entry covers two (or three?) days - written as 2001-08-26/28</p>
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<p>Found and GPSed 9 caves on a flattish bit of
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limestone uphill from the row of Eishöhle entrances. Coordinates and
|
|
notes see Olly. Photos of entrances in Martin's and Olly's camera. 4 caves,
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232, 233, 234, 235 were surveyed and have been drawn up.
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<h3>This logbook is now pretty much complete apart from a bit of markup
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and a few sketches</h3>
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