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<title>1998: Logbook</title>
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<p><img alt="Logbook cover - 12k gif" width=288 height=420 align=left
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hspace=20 src="cover.png">The first part of the log is traditionally taken up
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by the journey out.<br>If this is of no interest, here is a link <a
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href="#1998-161-1">to the caving</a>!<br clear=all>
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<hr>
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<p>4/7/98 Hammerite Horror drives to Expo<br>
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5/7/98 <u>Duncan</u>, Steve J & Timmy
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<p>Much time spent stacking gear onto trailer. More time still spent
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persuading it to stay under the tarpaulin and not scatter itself to
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the winds. Hitched up and chugged off from the tackle store at a bit past 7. Arrived at Dover early and got on the 10:45 boat, arriving Calais 1 am
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local time. Stopped just short of Luxembourg to find that the contents of the
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trailer had settled and that there were now some big gaping bits under the
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tarpaulin which required some fettling. All then went well until 20 miles
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before Salzburg, when it was raining hard and my wipers suddenly stopped.
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Couldn't see a right load, so came off at the next junction. Tried to
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fettle broken wiper linkage in pissing rain, but couldn't so decided to
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ring Green Flag. Of course the village we were in had no public phones,
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but luckily I found a tourist info place staffed by a very helpful lass who
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spoke dead good english, and better still, had a phone I could use. 10
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minutes later, having got straight through to someone useful at Green Flag,
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I was supping tea and waiting for a call back. Within one hour of ringing
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for help, I was trying to explain to a disgusting mechanic in a pink shell
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suit what was wrong. Cunningly took him to tourist info place, where we had
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a translator to explain the concept of 'temporary bodge fix' which resulted
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in a convincing-looking fettle within an hour. Carried on happily to Bad
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Aussee and a Schnapps at Hilde's at a bit past 7 in the evening. Perhaps
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I should've supped some Gösser before writing this.
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<p>P.S. Managed a ton (downhill) on the Krautobahn in Diesel Maestro plus
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big trailer. Helps make up for doing 30 uphill...
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<p><table border=0>
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<tr><td><font size=+2>"THE BEARDY OLD LAG"</font></td>
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<td width=100> </td>
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<td align=center>(To the tune of 'The Old Main Drag'<br>
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by the Pogues)</td></tr></table>
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<p>(1) When I first came to Cambridge<br>
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I was only eighteen<br>
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With a fiver in my pocket<br>
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And me old dangly bag<br>
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So I went down to the Panton<br>
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To check out the scew<br>
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But I soon ended up as<br>
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a beardy old lag
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<p>(2)When the Mornflake & the Tunnock Bars<br>
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Were stacked in great piles<br>
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With the old expo trailer<br>
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We would drag them for miles
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<p>[inspiration appears to have run out at this point - maybe the
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song will be completed on a future expo ? Ed.]
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<hr>
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<p><u>Kate</u> + Steve B drive to Expo
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<p>arrived 8.7.98
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<p>Remarkably epic-free journey despite driving from Edinburgh via London
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+ Fontainbleau and having the oldest car on expo (a mere 10 years old-
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whatever happened to expo shit cars ?)
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<p>Dave F phoned to ask if he + Henri could have a lift back from
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canyonning, so I spent a happy half hour bashing my mum's no longer
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adjustable, utterly shit roof rack until it would fit on the car, so
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that their tandem could come too.
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<p>Nearly got stuck in Fontainbleau due to lovely weather, nice boulders
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+ cheap wine. Stupidly enough, we actually came to expo, where it rained
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solidly for 4 days.
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<p>The roofrack didn't fall off, the car didn't break + we didn't nearly
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die. Boring or what ?
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-161-1">10.7.98</a> Rigging trip to Knossos<br>
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<u>Kate</u> + Steve B
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<p>Carried shit to the entrance (via accidental detour up Schwarzmooskogel)
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+ rigged the handlines on the little 'climbs'. Went to Knossos, where
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Steve rigged the pitch, then came out.
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<p align=right>TU - 3 hr
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<p><a href="../1997/log.htm#1997-161-25">Last 1997 trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-2">Moomintroll trip (same day)</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-4">Next rigging trip (to Exhaustion)</a>
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<hr>
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[<a name="1998-161-2">1998.07.10</a>, Sean, SteveJ and Tim went to push
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Moomintroll and Overflow. No logbook write up, but we can deduce from the
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next write up that they didn't find Moomintroll, TU 3 hours]
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<p><a href="../1997/log.htm#1997-161-25">Previous Moomintroll trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-3">Next Moomintroll trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-6">Next trip to push Overflow</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-1">Knossos rigging trip</a> (same day)
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-161-3">11.7.98</a> Pushing trip to Moomintroll<br>
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<u>Kate</u>, Brian, Steve J, Earl, Tim
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<p>Found Moomintroll on the second attempt. Rigged a short, blind pitch
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to the R after Moth Chamber by mistake, while Kate went to get SRT kit
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from Knossus. Then found Zebedee and descended the short pitch/climb
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with horrendous rigging off 1 bolt with 3 rope protectors. Dodgy traverse
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round the pitch, at which point Earl & Tim decided to go out, since
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there was not much room at the pushing front. Brian free-climbed Moomintroll,
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Kate + Steve J followed with rope, then banged a bolt in at the top.
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<p>Lots of bashing at the squeeze eventually created a hole big enough to
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fit through. Steve 'Mendip Man' Jones did a gravity-assisted descent of the
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squeeze, followed by a lifelined climb down into a chamber with a small rift
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going off. He had an interesting time thrutching back through the squeeze
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impeded by SRT kit.
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<p>Narrow rift needs pushing, but take care with crystals on the walls - S.J.
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<p align=right>TU - K, B, S - 6½ h<br>
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E, T - 5 h
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<p><a href="#1998-161-2">Previous Moomintroll trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-4">Rigging trip in Siberia</a> (same day)
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<hr>
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<p>12.7.98 Prospecting around Schwarzmooskogel<br>
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<u>Kate</u>, Brian, Tim, Earl
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<p>Went to investigate 2 shafts found on our short detour along the
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newly-cairned tourist path to the top of the hill.
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<p>Brian descended a shaft next to a cairn on the tourist path near where
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it leaves our path - see later.
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<p>The second shaft turned out to be 156. Another short shaft nearby was
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climbed down + a hole in the bottom was found to end soon in a boulder
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choke.
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<p>Uphill from 156, a cave was found which turned out later to be tumbling
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boulder cave (unmarked). About ½ way down, a crawl through boulders to
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the right leads to bouldery passage at the end of which shouting can be heard
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from the next hole along to the right from tumbling boulder cave.
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<p>From the main cave, a short climb left into rift connects with a small
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hole uphill and left from TBC, and goes no further. See survey book for
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sketches and locates.
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<p>Lots of pottering around the plateau investigating holes happened. Brian
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found a shaft. Need to go back + mark + GPS locate caves.
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<p align=right>TU: B - 1<br>
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K, E, T - ½
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<p>Brian's bit:
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-161-4">11/07/98</a><br>
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Steve B, <u>Dunk</u> & Dan Kiwi. Rig to Exhaustion. TU 8
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<p>Burgled some rope from Staud'nwirt Palace, to replace Minoan Surprise
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rope which was needed for Vom. Tonnes of rebelay-loop-length-faffing later
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arrived in Knossos. Vom took ages due to last year's deviations having fallen
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off (again). Rigged Exhaustion but didn't descend.
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<p><a href="#1998-161-1">Knossos rigging trip</a> /
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Next Siberia trips: <a href="#1998-161-5">push SEP</a> &
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<a href="#1998-161-10">Fuzzy Logic</a>
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<hr>
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<p>13/07/98
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<p>May it be noted by all members of the expedition that on this day did
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Wadders cleave in twain (with a large meat cleaver) a fly in the taty hut.
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This remarkable feat being achieved without damage to the furniture or
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occupants of said hut. Mr. Bellhouse then suggested renaming Wadders as
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'Mr. Pork' in honour of this incredible feat of cleaver-wielding.
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-161-5">12/07/98</a><br>
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<u>Dunk</u>, Steve B -> TU 16 Rig to pushing front in Siberia<br>
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+ Sean -> TU 14
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<p>Sean was originally off to Fuzzy Logic with Steve Jones, the two groups
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planning to travel together to prevent route-finding fuck-ups. Much faffing
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in Shortage of Walls as Steve B & Dunk discovered that the rope they
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needed wasn't there, necessitating some quick scavenging from the entrance.
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Then on to Knossos where three sat freezing off their balls while Steve J
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flailed around on the rebelay for 40 minutes, eventually mistaking the mud
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being scraped off the rope for sheath abrasion and buggering off. Sean
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gingerly ascended to confirm that the rope was in fact OK, and persuaded
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Steve not to try and continune the planned trip.
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<p>So off we went to Siberia, discovering on-route that we'd got an extra
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bag to carry that we'd left at Exhaustion the previous day and forgotten
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about, which made the passage to SEP a tad tedious. (4 bags between 3
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cavers in tedious rift passage).
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<p>Steve rigged SEP, but missed the rebelay spike, so Dunk put in the
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rebelays on his descent.
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<p>Pretty efficient rigging continued, except for one bit where the rope was
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3m too short to rig 2 consecutive pitches. Sean left one pitch before the
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pushing front, and only got lost four times on the way out. Steve B &
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Dunk carried on to the previous year's limit, and then descended a small
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pitch rigged from a single thread, which also helped with the final climb
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from last year.
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<p>Dunks descended first and began lobbing rocks down the next pitch, which
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sounded big. No more rocks, so Steve threw some down from higher up,
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and then joined Dunks at the head of the pitch to throw down the new supply
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of rocks. Looks to be about 60m. Steve looked at his watch to time the rocks,
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and found it was midnight, so the pitch is tentatively named 'Midnight in
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Moscow'. Then we ran away, arriving at the surface at 05:40 to a beautifully
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clear morning and the start of a very hot day.
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<p><a href="../1997/log.htm#1997-161-24">Last Siberia trip</a> (derig 1997)
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/ <a href="#1998-161-8">Next trip</a>
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-161-6">13/7/98</a> Dan, Brian, <u>Steve J</u> - Overflow TU
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6 ?
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<p>Planned to do SRT practice, but Dan couldn't resist a virgin, open
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shaft. So Dan started rigging, Brian tried bolting. Bolts wouldn't go
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in to calcite veined rock at the pitch-head so Dan rigged the 'hero-route'
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down its main flow off some naturals. Found a going vertical passage at the
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bottom, so Brian bolted a dry hang. Pitch ~10m and wet. Steve went to
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Collect some rope from Knossos, Dan headed out v. cold after rigging under
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the flow. Next pitch looks flood-prone but promising.
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<p><a href="../1995/log.htm#1995-161-22">Overflow discovery trip (95-28)</a>
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/ <a href="#1998-161-7">Next (bottoming) trip</a>
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<p><a name="1998-161-7">14/7/98</a> Earl, Brian, <u>Steve J</u> TU E, S
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5¼, B 5½
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<p>Earl carried in 30m rope, so back we went (weather iffy but hey ...).
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Earl + I touristed off down TP to Knossos whilst Brian rigged 2nd pitch -
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when we came back he'd vanished ! Back at the Guillotine it turns out.
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<p>2nd pitch apparently closes down after ~20m - too tight. Window 10m
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from top but would require a 10m pendulum ... This may go but main route
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is a no go !
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<p><a href="#1998-161-6">Previous Overflow trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-9">Next (survey/derig) trip</a>
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-161-8"><img width=450 height=210 align=right src="mim.png">15/7/98</a><br>
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Team diuresis push Midnight in Moscow
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TU 14<br>
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<u>Dunk</u> + Steve B
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<p>Went to bolt New Big Pitch below SEP.
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<p>Turns out to be about 50m (but not yet surveyed). Spent half the trip
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busting for a piss. Got really cold while Steve bolted & descended this
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pitch. So much so that I lost control of my bladder and involuntarily pissed
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myself. Never really recovered from this. Shaft descends with big shells in
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the walls, put 2 deviations (1st one very tenuous), and then bells out
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massively into chamber ~25m diameter, with shaft continuing sensible-size
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through the floor.
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<p>Pitch lands on boulder-choke floor. Way on is a ~10m pitch, then a crawl
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and further ~4m pitch to a dried sump pool (we thought). However, there are
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two ways on from this point, one leads to an aven, the other proceeding to a
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series of climbs down, eventually coming to one requiring rope (which we
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didn't have).
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<p>Possibility of ways on from the large chamber in M.I.M. but we were too
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knackered to look.
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<p>Cheerio
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<p>I'm off to have a piss before I wet myself.
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<p>X X X Dunk
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<p><a href="#1998-161-5">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-12">Next trip</a>
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<hr>
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<p>15/7/98<br>
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<center>Wadders fudges the survey</center>
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<p>[only in that I wrote down the length of the final leg of my surface
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survey from memory - having failed to write it down at the time ...] A.
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<hr>
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<p>15/7/98 Andy W, Earl, Sean, <u>Tim V-B</u>
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<p>Walked from Bergrestaurant to Top Camp with ambitious plans to go caving,
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but after fettling the radio, decided we couldn't be bothered, so went to tag
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the caves found on the 12th. After Sean's GPS got us completely misplaced, we
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ended up on the top of the Schwarzmooskogel.
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<p>50m down from the summit was a large rift we looked at. Andy, Earl &
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Sean wandered off and found some bits and pieces worth looking at again when
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we have a bolting kit. My foot hurt too much so I stayed near the rucksacks.
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The sound of dripping attracted me to a small hole which Sean descended
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(using rope + naturals). Then we went down to find Wadders tagging Tumbling
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Boulder Hole, and after a few more tags returned to camp.
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<p><a name="1998-161-9">16/7/98</a> Overflow Surveying<br>
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Kate J, Earl, <u>Tim V-B</u>
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<p>Everyone else went off to Fuzzy Logic, so Earl + Tim went off to survey
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The Overflow. I hobbled off early, and after arriving and checking if my
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lumpy foot fit into my wellies, set off underground at 12:45. A couple of
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minutes later we arrived at the Overflow. Kate turned up a bit later after
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a faulty carbide aborted her trip to Fuzzy Logic. Surveying followed and was
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successful if sometimes not as accurate as it could have been.
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<p align=right>TU Earl + Tim 5, Kate 6½
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<p><a href="#1998-161-10">Fuzzy Logic trip (same day)</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-7">Previous Overflow trip</a>
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<hr>
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<p>1998.07.15
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<p>Wook drives to Expo.
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<p>Very civilised. No probs with day return. Drove all the way across europe
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using new-fangled wadders route (Nürnberg - Passau) with no U-turns at
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all. Had 2 sleeps (4am-8am & 1pm-2pm). Arrived about 10.30 pm, Wookey.
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<p>1998.07.17
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<p>Wook + Brian
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<p>Went up to Vord to tag hole Brian found '98-02'. Put tag on but later
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found that Wads had beaten us to it & cave was already tagged '98-01'.
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<p>Then checked out other [???] shaft Brian had previously bolted &
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'significant 300m cave'. Found it had been tagged 'TBH CUCC 1987 01' by
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Wads since Brian & Kate had found it. Checked out & found to be
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more like 90m long.
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<p>Then went to top of Vord and surveyed back down to include TBH, 156 &
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98-01.
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-200-1">1998.07.18</a> Wook, Brian (& Wads)
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<p>Surveyed from 90 to 91,159<sup>*</sup>,93 & 94
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<p>Tagged all these caves, & extended surface survey to include them.
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92 remained impossible to find.
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<p>In afternoon went over to 101, 102 region to finish things off. Wook went
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down 'Lost Rucksack Hole' & found it quickly got beyond 'Shorts &
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T-shirt' caving, whilst Wads & Brian connected survey back to 102. Wadds
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checked out 101a, but didn't get quite as far as
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<a href="../1977/andylg.htm#1977-101-1">1977 effort</a>, due to squeeze
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needing proper caving gear.
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<p align=right>T/U = Wooks 30 mins, Wads: 10 mins
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<p>* later note: this was detagged and retagged "160", when Andy found (and
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surveyed to) orange-numbered 159 later in week.
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<p><a href="../1993/log.htm#1993-200-1">Previous Lost Rucksack Hole
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(1993!)</a> / <a href="#1998-200-2">Next trip</a>
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<p><a name="1998-200-2">1998.07.19</a>
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<p>Wook, Wads, Brian
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<p>Went back to LRH with more rope. Cave went down past snow bridge to narrow
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section with impending doom from snow & ice columns. End of rope trapped
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by ½ tonne of fallen snow/ice !
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<p>Back up at snow bridge, way off led to pitches & draught. Put in bolt
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& escaped, soaked !
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<p>Needs more rope
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<p align=right>T/U = Wook 1.5 hrs
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<p><a href="lrh.png"><img alt="[sketch survey - click for enlarged version]"
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width=486 height=764 src="lrh3.png"></a>
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<p><a href="#1998-200-1">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-200-3">Next trip</a>
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<p>1998.07.20 <u>Phil U</u>, Julian H, Tim VB.
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<p>(please add spelling/grammar mistakes as appropriate)<br>
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Went in search of Eishöhle via col between Vorder Schwarzmooskogel &
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Hinter Schwarzmooskogel. Started ~50m below 136 and traversed round. 300m
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away and lots too high according to GPS. Went back a bit, and along again.
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Still too high. Grumbled. Went back to route to 161d and tried again. Found
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we were 150m away from interesting Eishöhle entrance. Unfortunately,
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there was lots of [???] (cliffs, rifts) etc. in the way, so eventually did
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not make it to Eishöhle, and came home grumbling. It was bloody hot
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& bloody crap.
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<p>P.S. We found some random tourists following our cairned path to 161d.
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Said they were looking for the Appelhaus. Very Odd.
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<p><a href="#1998-40-1">Trip which found the way</a> /
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<a href="../1991/log.htm#1991-40-1">last CUCC Eishöhle trip</a>
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-40-1">21/7/98</a> Eishöhle - SVH <u>Julian H</u>,
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Wookey, Wadders, Phil U
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<p>Set out once again to find a route from top camp to Eishöhle
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without walking to the Bergrestaurant first. Two GPS this time - as if
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that was likely to help. Walked initially to 136, stopping to fill
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rucksacks to bursting point with caving gear ditched the previous day.
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Spent some time 'traversing' around just below the summit of the Vord,
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passing several old CUCC finds en route (forgotten numbers). Eventually
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found a place to descend - lots of traversing around cliff edges and
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over boulders. Bumped into marked (red paint) route from car park to
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Eishöhle and followed that the rest of the way. 4 hours to SVH !
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<p>Civilised change on horizontal ground with both shade and view. Entrance
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is small crawl down bedding plane until meeting significant amount of ice.
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About a 10m ice climb up (fixed ropes for belay, generally < 30°)
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until the top of the snow slope into SVH is reached. Only 1 spit here, so
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ice-screw backup required. 2 ice screw deviations on the way down. ~30m
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to the floor (50m+ rope required). SVH is v. impressive. Mostly ice floor
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with some boulders. Huge ice stals and frozen waterfalls. Possibly 3 ways
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on to explore still.
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<p>T/U 3½ hours
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<p><a href="../1991/log.htm#1991-40-1">Last CUCC trip</a> / <a href="#1998-40-2">Next trip</a>
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<p><a name="1998-161-11">20.7.98</a> Eau Naturel (Locophobia) <u>Kate J</u>,
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Brian
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<p>Set off to do Fuzzy Logic, but Dan forgot her furry, so Brian + Kate went
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to investigate the pitch at the end of Locophobia. The other depression
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nearer the end of Children's Railway (marked as p4 on survey) can be easily
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climbed into, and here there is a rift leading towards the large pitch. This
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can be rigged off 2 lovely naturals forming a Y-hang, so this was our chosen
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route. The bottom of this pitch is a wet pit with a wet, too tight rift going
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off. However, a few m up you can carry on along the rift to a second pitch.
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<p>This could also be rigged beautifully off naturals (with only a small
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rub). However, we'd used all the slings on the deviation on the first pitch,
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so Kate replaced these with a donkey's dick and a prussik loop, while Brian
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rigged the second pitch.
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<p>This dropped into the bottom of an aven which is very likely to be the
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bottom of the big pitch in Locophobia. The rift continued up a boulder climb,
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then ended with too tight wet rift in the floor. After a scary moment where
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we dropped the only pencil down the rift, but eventually retrieved it, we
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surveyed back up + derigged.
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<p>The compass was completely crap despite lots of time down my furry, so I
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just read it from above (sigh!). Couldn't find a survey point to link into at
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the top, so we surveyd to the tip of the prominent rock outcrop immediately
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above the rift. Needs to be linked in later to triassic.pt3.1 or
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triassic.pt3.2 (its between these 2 points)
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<p align=right>TU 8 h
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<p><a href="../1995/log.htm#1995-161-30">Trip which discovered this QM
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(95-48)</a> / <a href="#1998-161-12">KH new deepest point trip (same day)</a>
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<hr>
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<p>21.7.98 Prospecting + festering <u>Kate J</u>, Brian, Tim
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<p>Went to a horizontal, draughting hole Brian + Wook had found on 19th
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+ decided needed digging. Kate kicked the sides a bit + managed to squeeze
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through into a short passage ending in a chamber full of boulders with a
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boulder choke in the floor. Couldn't tell where the draught came from. No
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ways on. Had a shit time getting back out through spiky boulder slope in
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short sleeves. Sat around outside in the shade drinking cup a soups then
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went home when the shade ran out.
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<p>TU Kate
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-161-12">20/7/98</a> MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW DUNKS, <u>STEVE B</u>
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<p>Record low enthusiasm and massive faffing at entrance, but eventually we
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ended up going underground. Potential jack at the guillotine when my carbide
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completely failed to work. We fettled the tube and bashed it about a lot,
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and we were just at the point of abandoning the Midnight surveying trip
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and pottering along to the pitch in Locophobia for an easy trip, when it
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suddenly burst into a lovely flame, so we muttered a bit and decided we'd
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better get on with it.
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<p>Usual stomp through Triassic, into Knossos, Yapate, 36, Chicken Flied
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Nice, Burble (first time uphill with no tackle), Vom, Fucking tedious rift,
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Exhaustion, rift, SEP, loads more crappy pitches.
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<p>This all passed uneventfully, and I even managed to do the crappy tight
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pitch head without cocking it up for the first time. Unfortunately, I left
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my dangly bag at the top, rant. Luckily there was nothing crucial in it (or
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so I thought) so I decided to leave it and pick it up on the way out.
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<p>So we were being averagely efficient when we started surveying. Compass /
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Clino behaved itself, and due to much racking our brains on the surface and a
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short discussion in the cave, we made a pretty quick job of the big pitch. 2
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tapes weren't required in the end, the pitch split into a 23 and a 29 at the
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first deviation. Got the bottom of last pitch, burned through rope (knife was
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in my dangly bag) and decided to do a bit of pushing before finishing the
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survey. Took a bit of rope down the cascades (which have dried up, but are
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still very nice), rigged the last 10 ft pitch off a couple of naturals, and
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were delighted to find that it stopped. Or almost. It wasn't a sump, but a
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mud choke, and there was a tiny draught. Dunks dug a little, but said it was
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too big a job to make progress. Serious digging at -500m was decided to be a
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bit too keen, so we declared it as being DONE and surveyed out. We were
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reasonably sure we'd found the deepest point in the cave, and we named the
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last pitch Rasputin due to its failure to completely die.
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<p>We went for a look around in the chamber part way up MIM. It isn't as big
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as it seemed from the rope, ~20m at its widest, and the possible ways on
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turned out to be full of mud. There <u>is</u> horizontal development at this
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level though, so maybe some will be found down Fuzzy Logic.
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<p>With the chamber and the bottom both ticked off, we decided to haul the
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ropes out. This turned out to be a cock-up as the bags jammed 30m up. We
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swore and faffed and pulled really hard to no avail, so we tied them off and
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left them until next time. Hopefully I'll be able to ab down with the tackle
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tied to the end.
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<p>After that fuck up, my light failed and my spare cell and carbide were a
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few pitches above me, so Dunks had to light me for a bit. We did this
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reasonably efficiently, but it still slowed us down a lot.
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<p>Eventually I retrieved my bag, sorted my lights out and we began the long
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slog out. Dunks had a hard time on SEP when his central MR got twisted the
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wrong way, so he prussiked quite slowly, but after that we did okay, but we
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were slow because we were bloody knackered. Finally we got out after 5 am,
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once again to a clear sky and beautiful sunrise which almost made everything
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alright.
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<p align=right>TU 18½ hrs, which is too much.
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<p>PS we returned to base camp and found out that KH is now
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<u>27m deeper !</u>
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<p><a href="#1998-161-8">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-15">Next trip</a> (derig)
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<hr>
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<p>1998.07.12 Rounding up old caves Andy W
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<p>Set off to add tags to various old caves. Someone has put bolts into the
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spits at B8 and B11 so tightly that you can't get them out without a spanner
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- grrr ! So GPS'ed and moved on. Intended to tag Lost Rucksack Hole CUCC
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1993-01 but remarkably enough, I came across the almost imperceptible marking
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"101A" - last seen in 1977. Hastily scrambled up and found the top entrance
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101. Driled out and put in a stud for a tag, then bolted on a red reflector
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(cut up road sign). Soon found 103, whose number was far less faded. Put a
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stud in here too, then searched very hard for 102 - to no avail. GPS'ed all
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finds and wandered back.
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<hr>
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<p>1998.07.16 Rounding up old caves. Andy W
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<p>Took a spanner this time and tagged B11 and B8. Then started a
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frustratingly slow solo surface survey from B8 towards 101 and 103. Had to
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break off several times to go and search out the route. What was clearly
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marked with (non-CUCC) bright orange paint a couple of years ago is now
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unmarked - very short-lived paint. Eventually reached 103 and tagged it, then
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101 and tagged that. 565m of survey, and starting to look like rain. Searched
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a while for 102 but only found it when the rain started - not quite where it
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is supposed to be and only visible by a lightening of the lichen where the
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number "102" used to be - shown up only when wet. Started to tag it in now
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increasing rain, but drill battery ran out after half a hole. Ran home - all
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my top camp warm clothes now wet, so went to base.
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<hr>
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<p>1998.07.19 Rounding up old caves. Andy
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<p>Still an hour or so of daylight left after tea, so jogged off across the
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plateau. Found a "+" marked cave I haven't seen before just below the col.
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Tagged "80", tagged "82" on R wall inside entrance (not the numbered boulder
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outside which the surface survey goes to). Tagged "148" on its survey point.
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Tagged "107" on its survey point and put a tag "LASER 0/5" on the spit of the
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laser point above - then back to TC - and all in under and hour !
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<hr>
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<p>Ah, missed one... after doing surface survey to 173 with Brian while
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Wookey was down Lost Rucksack (also on 19th), I used GPS to refind 107 from a
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random direction (ie. not via cairned walk-in). Looked for 157 (suposed to be
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near 0_5) but couldn't find any numbered caves above 0_5. There are however,
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a lot of interesting shafts up here - well worth a look (only ~20 mins from
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Top Camp). 157 is definitely worth a visit, if you can find it, as it has a
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50m entrance shaft with a way off 25m down to a parallel shaft (some bolts in
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place).
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<p>Whilst Wookey was exploring Lost Rucksack I wandered off, finding CUCC
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1996-05 - perhaps the most easily relocated cave on the plateau ? GPS'ed it
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and returned.
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<p align=right>Andy W, no TU
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<hr>1998.07.24 Andy W
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<p>Walked up to Top Camp ahead of Kate. Whilst waiting I went to look for
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B-10. Instead, found a cave with an orange painted number "159". But didn't
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we just tag a cave "159" a few days ago ? Oooops ! So did a bit of deduction,
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made a tag "1623 160 CUCC 1988" and took this to replace the 159 tag. Then
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put the 159 tag on the more northerly of the two spits at 159 (Y-hang). Kate
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and I then surveyed back to the TC boulder.
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<p>Next Kate wandered off to sketch the cave she had dug earlier, whilst I
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searched in vain for B-10. There are cairned routes all over the area NW
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of Top Camp. One goes from 159 along a terrace to emerge, surprise ! at
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160, by a route other than the one we surveyed. Half way along this terrace,
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|
a narrow corridor in the bunde goes off N. This soon emerges at a grassy
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clearing with a wide karren terrace going west. Follow this and you come
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to yet more cairns. There is a rift entrance marked "CUCC -" which clearly
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|
needs a descent.
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<p>Still failing to find B-10, I headed off towards Kate. Found three big
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shafts, one obviously choked and the other two marked "+" right on the
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northern edge of the grassy area of lower Top Camp. These need documenting.
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<p>Found Kate, tagged her cave "CUCC 1998 03" and surveyed back to existing
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surface survey.
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<p>Wandered back to TC, had a brew. Decided to do a carry down. Thunderstorm
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|
promptly appeared behind VSK, but I reckoned it had missed us. Got a few
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spots on walk back, and another shower made me run the last quarter mile, but
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|
basically got home dry. Met rain at Bad Aussee - mega storm at base camp so
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|
didn't come back up. That will spell the end of plans for a Schneevulkanhalle
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photo trip. Drat !
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-200-3">1998.07.20</a> Lost Rucksack höhle Wookey, Wads
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(+ Brian later)
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<p>Went to try and finish it off. Took 55m rope. Rigged off Bolt to find big
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rift. 2nd bolt allowed descent to bottom in nifty hang. Found rift blocked
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by snow.
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<p>Whilst Wook was bolting, Wads noticed that draught was, in fact,
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breathing.
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<p>Also chopped off end of rope stuck in snow choke from last trip. Tied knot
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in bottom of cave, then derigged. Survey generated from measured rope
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lengths.
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<p>Afterwards did survey from 173->103->101a->'+' (Wads write-up).
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<p>[survey here]
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<p>T/U 2¾ hrs
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<p><a href="#1998-200-2">Previous trip</a>
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-40-2">1998.07.23</a> Eishöhle - 'Connect to 136' trip.
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Wookey, Phil U, Julian
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<p>Proper trip to try and find route from Eishöhle to 136/KH. Took loads
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of rope, hangers, ice screws etc.
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<p>Decided to try ice slope (NE end) down first as these were much easier,
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safer than the 5m ice climb up to passage on the NW side of chamber, which is
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closer to 136.
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<p>Put in a couple of ice screws and Julian belayed wook down. This is part
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already surveyed by VfHO. Chokes in rock and ice to SE, showing that 2nd
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pitch doesn't connect. At bottom (N) end there is a draughting (out) dig!
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somone has dug it a bit already. Large rock makes it too small even for wook
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with SRT gear off, but very interesting. We decide to come back if we can't
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find anything better.
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<p>Move 20m over to next pitch. The Wook descends. Ice quickly peters out and
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short (5m) pitch in canyon stops progress. Strong draught (out). Exciting!
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Others come down and Julian bolts pitch. He descends & kicks
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dodgy-looking ice-column - it comes crashing down - good call!
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<p>At bottom is a scrotty rift/tube. Julian goes down, grumbling, and then
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declares next bit 'too small', but maybe a Wookey would fit. The ferret was
|
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duly despatched, after removing gear. 'Fairly crap' but not really too bad.
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|
Beyond there are marks to show that one person has been here before, but no
|
|
evidence that they had descended the pitch at the end. Bolting kit and rope
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|
were passed through the tight bit & pitch rigged. About 8m to floor. Tiny
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rift crawl that looked rubbish so re-ascended & pulled over rock-bridge
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to larger passage - real passage you can run around in! Looked both ways
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(choked to R, goes to L) until it opened into really big 'Triassic-type'
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passage. Went back for the others.
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<p>It soon became clear that Julian was too fat (too long actually, and
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hindered by his huge plastic boots). After much ranting & swearing Phil
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came through (with SRT gear!) and Julian had another go, but failed.
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<p>Wook and Phil went off and explored passage both ways for 30m or so until
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the traverse became too hairy.
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<p>Went back for bolting stuff etc. Julian eventually had to take off
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everything apart from his oversuit! to get through & finally arrived at
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foot of pitch in cloud of ranting and expletives :-)
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<p>Julian Bolted traverse whilst Wook & Phil surveyed the rest.
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Eventually (after 5 bolts) the hard traverse was passed to reach a point
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where large passage seemed mud-filled and canyon took over. Ran out of 50m
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rope at this point so went home via long survey out.
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<p>Rift in floor is obvious route on, also QMs at other end of trunk -
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staircase 36 -style climb up required to obvious continuation, where draught
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may go? Also obscure rift in floor, and eyehole up wall.
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<p>Eventually connected back to SVH survey & pissed off out to huge
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thunderstorm at entrance. Returned trying to catch our Midnight call-out
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which we missed by about 15mins, but no-one seemed to be worrying about it
|
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too much.
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<p>{No-one at TopCamp had the slightest idea of where Eishöhle was, so
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there didn't seem much point worrying! DC}
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<p>T/U 11 ½ hrs
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<p><a href="#1998-40-1">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-40-3">Next trip</a>
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<hr>
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<p>[ <a name="1998-161-13">Steve B</a> spent a few minutes collecting gear
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from Triassic Park at this point (23rd), but did not think it worth writing
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up. ]
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-40-3">1998.07.24</a> Eishöhle - 'Connect to 136 mk II'
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trip
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<p>Phil U, Julian
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<p>Went back to rift at end of new bit in Eishöhle. Having successfully
|
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negotiated the evil-bastard, oversuit-ripping, plastic-boot-catching
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squeeze, we trolled along to the rift where Julian whacked in a bolt and
|
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decended into a false floor full of mud and slime-shit. Another bolt and
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Julian descended to the bottom where the rift ended, with a small tunnel
|
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leading back under the rift. This was too tight for a Haines, probably too
|
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tight for an Underwood, and so we ran away. We paused to have a look at the
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climb, and decided that it would be a silly thing to do without proper
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climbing gear.
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<p>De-rigged to the bottom of the snow slope. Left the cave to find night
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falling and clag rising. Got changed quickly, stormed up the hill, and got
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back to the main path just in time.
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<p>T/U 7 ½ hours
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<p><a href="#1998-40-2">Previous trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-40-4">Next trip</a>
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-40-4">1998.07.27</a> Phil U, JulianH
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<p>Eishöhle - "connect to 136 mk III or derig" trip
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<p>Bimbled into the ridiculously large chamber. Julian went up the 45°
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choss/ice slope, twatting in ice screws as he went. Unfortunately, this
|
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didn't actually go anywhere. Had a look at a couple of other climbs just to
|
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the right. Decided that these were too scary and probably didn't go anywhere
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nice. Went up the snow-volcano dragging tacklebags behind, derigging as we
|
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went. Left the bags just before the crawl to the entrance. Exitted to
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glorious sunshine, mumbled about the likely temperature (hot) on the way
|
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back, and emerged from our SRT kits like pallid snakes moulting. Went back
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for the tackle-bags, and returned 10 mins later to 50 foot visibility and a
|
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delicate sound of thunder. Grumbled.
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<p>We walked back in the intermittently pissing rain to the carpark via the
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201-weg. Julian carried his fucking heavy gear, and I carried two fucking
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heavy tackle sacks. Did not die on the walk back.
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<p>T/U 2½ hrs
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<p><a href="#1998-40-3">Previous trip</a>
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<hr>
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<p>1998.07.28 Phil U Random stumblings
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<p>Dithered at top camp for quite a while. Hoiked a shed-load of radio-gear +
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100m rope down to car park. returned to Eishöhle entrance & gobbed
|
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in it. Collected all remaining shite, and hoiked it to the path to 161d.
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Returned to car park.
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<p>TU 0 hrs
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<hr>
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<p>1998.07.23 Dunks + Tim
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<p>Surface Stroll
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<p>Marking Cairns on route @ ~30° from Top Camp.
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<p>Was supposed to be derigging SEP wih SteveB, but unfortunately suffered
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from runny-bum. By mid afternoon I was more or less OK, so went for a stroll.
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<p>Thought it might be useful to find & cairn a good route out across the
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plateau to enable prospecting well away from the top camp ( + towards the
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area N of KH ).
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<p>3 ½ hours of bunde (+cliff) bashing found us on the spur of the HSK
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which extends out into the plateau. Loads + loads of unmarked + unbolted
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shafts round here, only 45 min from top camp following our cairns. Intend to
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survey route next year.
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<p>Holes noted on route (all close to 030° bearing from top camp)
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<p>1) Nase 204° VSK Nip 142° HsK 061°
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<p>Large gash, snow in bottom, no obvious markings.
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Aligned on 050°
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<p>2) Brauning Nase 208°
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<p>VSK Nipple 159°
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<p>LH shoulder of Kl Wild Kogel 0° <img width=258 height=100 align=middle hspace=10 src="dt1.png">
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<p>Basin with several holes, all look choked, but need checking
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<p>3) Natural bridge
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<p>Continuing from previous bit, a large depression contains a nice natural
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bridge.
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<p><center><img width=330 height=200 hspace=10 src="dt2.png">
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<p>Nase 205° Nipple 159° HSK 069°
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<p><img alt="X in circle" width=35 height=45 align=middle src="dt3.png"> =
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small opening with draught, appears snow choked.</center>
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<p>4) Large snow choked shaft, possible way on at bottom
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<p>Nase 204° Nipple 160°
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<p>LH shoulder of Kl Wild Kgl 359°
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<p>5) Oval opening ~10m long containing snow.<br>
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1 possible way on (entered for about 8m in shorts + Tshirt + sunburn) but no
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draught
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<p><center><img width=296 height=154 src="dt4.png"></center>
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<p>Nase 205°<br>
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Hinter <strike>357</strike> 075°<br>
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LH shoulder of KlWildK 357°
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<p>6)<br><img width=204 height=116 align=left hspace=10 vspace=10
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src="dt5.png"><br><br>Hole with old fashioned twist hanger, red paint on it.
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Attached by Allen Bolt (Non-CUCC?)<br clear=all>
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Nase 205°<br>HSK 076°<br>VSK Nipple 170°
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<p>7) Nipple 173°<br>HSK 080°<br>LH shoulder Kl wild Kgl 357°
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<p><img width=330 height=410 src="dt6.png">
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<p>8) shaft with massive chocked boulder, snowchoke, possible way on at
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bottom
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<p><img width=212 height=124 src="dt7.png">
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<p><img width=320 height=116 align=right src="dt8.png">Nase 205°<br>Zinken 227°<br>HSK 090°
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<p>9) Large Hole with cairn next to it (Not our cairn, someone's been here
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before)
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<p>Zinken 228°<br>Nase 210°<br>Nipple 185°
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<p><img width=204 height=126 src="dt9.png">
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<p>10) Very small hole, rattly with big echoes for several seconds. Too small
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to enter, possibly hammerable.
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<p>Zinken 226° Nase 207° Nipple 195° LH shoulder of KWK 347°
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<p>Follow path marked by stone wedges vertically next to it.
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<p><img width=176 height=52 src="dta.png">
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<p>11) Big shaft snow at bottom, possible ways on, following rift.
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<p>Zinken 224°<br>Nase 205°<br>Nipple 184°<br>
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LH shoulder of KWK 345°
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<p><center><img width=190 height=105 src="dtb.png"></center>
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<p>12) Hole surrounded by ring of small shrubs.
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<p>Many other holes not noted due to "Shaft fatigue".
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<p>END OF WALK was found at:
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little one left of Schönberg 303°, LHS of KWK 340°, Zinken 223°, Nase 208°, Nipple 188°
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<p>Original notes are in A6 Hardback book, blue, labelled "1998 Top
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Camp". [and the above logbook entry has been clarified/corrected from
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said book by Wookey, 1998.10.24]
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-161-14">24 July 1998</a> Fuzzy Logic Brian & Danielle
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<p>Carried rope & Hammer drill to Top of 1st pitch. Drilled extra pitch
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head bolt for Y-hang. Descended pitch while Dan rerigged top of pitch. Top of
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2nd pitch - Drilled 2 pitchhead spits for Y-hang by hanging off a flake with
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sling to take rope out of water. Stepped on original natural flake at top of
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pitch and it disappeared beneath me with much booming. Descended pitch and
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was able to thread a deviation sling thru a tiny flake to deviate rope out of
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water and descended to ledge. Started to drill a rebelay spit just below the
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ledge when the drill battery ran out of juice so exited cave with battery to
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recharge as we lacked any other form of spit drill.
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<p><a href="#1998-161-10">Previous Fuzzy Logic trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-16">Next trip</a>
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-161-16">31 July 98</a> Fuzzy logic Phil U and Brian
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<p>pushing the realms of uncertainty.
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<p>"twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the
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borogrove" Meanwhile, Phil & Brian went caving. Armed with a trusty
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drill battery, we set off in pursuit of the beautiful pitch and the
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train-tunnel passage straight to top camp. What actually happened was that
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Brian rigged the third pitch, whilst Phil rigged the other two pitches with
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the 85m rope. The third pitch leads to two parallel shafts, one wet &
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becoming too tight, the other dry, with several ways on. There is a passage
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coming into the shaft half way down. This has two ways on after 10m - one
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looked tight (grade C, Wookey job), the other a twisty phreatic crawl that
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leads to a small chamber with small leads top and bottom ( grade A Mendip,
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grade C Austria). Back to the pitch. This lands on a mud floor, and quickly
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leads to a short pitch rigged off naturals. This lands on a ledge overlooking
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a stream passage with a shallow pool of water. At this point the drill gave
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up (3 spits drilled), so we left towards the surface. On our way from Knossos
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through Triassic Park, there were lots of drippy noises, and much activity at
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the Overflow. When we reached the surface do you think we found:-
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<p>a) Clear skies, with a beautiful half-moon?
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<br>b) Clag & drizzle?
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<br>c) Torrential downpour?
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<p>Oddly enough it was a). Very confused, we made our weary way back to top
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camp, pausing only to fall over.
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<p>TU 11 hours
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<p><img alt="sketch survey plan/elev" width=750 height=320 src="fuzzy1.png">
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<p><a href="#1998-161-14">Previous Fuzzy Logic trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-17">Next trip</a>
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-161-17">1/8/98</a>
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<p>Fuzzy Logic - Duncan & Danielle
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<p>After Brian and Phil's efforts we had a further small pitch to rig in what
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they described as "terminal" looking cave - was that a medical term
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that Phil has learnt this year?
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<p>Routine trip down to point of exploration. Then down a short (~10m) drop
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on natural anchors to a floor, cave went horizontal at this point with 2 main
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rifts leading off. The routes down through tight rift passage blocked with
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black mud. An old muddy streamway can be followed up ~80m till it chokes. In
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the other direction there is ~100m of tight rift passage (small caver size)
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heading upwards at 45° angle. Rift passage that is tight and echoing
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requiring small cavers and some perseverance. May lead to more open passage,
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for survey reference.) After thrutching around in tight horrible passage for
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a few hours - we went home. Survey of passage horizontal shows it to be at
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the same level as the tight section below SEP. given that this is known to be
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a short band (~10m) it may be worth looking at these tight rifts to break
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through into larger stuff below.
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<p>TU 12hrs
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<p><img alt="sketch plan" width=287 height=149 src="fuzzy2.png">
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<p><a href="#1998-161-16">Previous Fuzzy Logic trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-18">Final derig (last 1998 trip in KH)</a>
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<hr>
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<p><a name="1998-161-10">16th July</a> Fuzzy Logic Sean, Danielle, Kate
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<p>Eager for an alternative point of exploration to SEP we deided to persue
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the question mark from last year's exploration. Reports suggested there was a
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pitch ? length - description hazy Straightforward route finding to F.L turn
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off. Kate had lighting problems and decided to return from Knossos. The final
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point of exploration last year stoppped at a window leading off up and to the
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right, and a tight rift pitch. Inspection of the pitch showed it to tbe too
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small for even the most malnutritioned caver! Climbing across into the window
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led into adjoining rift. Down and to the left is a rifty pitch that is still
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as yet unexplored (given the subsequent survey of where F.logic passage goes
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makes this a reasonably promising lead as it follows the fault that governs
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F.L. but extending in the opposite direction to the remaining passage). The
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way on however went up the rift and up a small vertical climb which led into
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a high aven. There was a pitch ~10m into a further chamber (rigged now with 2
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bolts at pitch head back up by natural anchor - thread back up the chamber)
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which led into a narrow passage and down another larger pitch ~50m. We ran
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out of rope at the bottom of the 2nd pitch. The "exploratory
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rigging" left us prussicking out - quite wet and certainly if the stream
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came up in flood it would be unnegotiable, so clearly needed re-rigging. See
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following trip rep. for current rigging details. The 3rd pitch looked ~15m.
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Pleased with promising streamway we had a very ordinary trip home.
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<p>TU 9hrs
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<p><a href="#1998-161-4">Previous (rigging in) trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-14">Next Fuzzy Logic trip</a>
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<p><hr>
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<p><a name="1998-161-15">28/7/98</a> SEP Derig Duncan, Danielle, Brian TU 12
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<p>Previous trip had left two tacklesacks dangling half way up Midnight in
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Moscow followig an abortive hauling attempt. To avoid lowering the bags to
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the floor, descending + then prussiking 5m with 2 bags, the rope had been
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re-rigged to leave the bags in mid-pitch. The big question was whether it
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would be possible to ab down a rope with the weight of 2 bags on it.....
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<p>Fortunately it was OK. Dan & I derigged to the top of SEP while Brian
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did some bolting down Fuzzy Logic. SEP is still too big.
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<p>Headed out with a bag apiece after leaving the 85m rope at Fuzzy Logic for
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later use. At Knossos I started to feel a bit odd (Less well co-ordinated
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than usual, staggering, falling over, etc) this got worse as I went along
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Triassic. The entrance series was hell, and Slidy Caver a total git. Spent
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about 5 minutes between Mothshag and the surface, sat looking at the small
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pit in the passage floor, wondering how I was going to get across. Eventually
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reached the surface + lay dead just outside the entrance.
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<p>Danielle said she'd piss on me if I didn't move. I wasn't in the mood, so
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I rolled over out of the way, ending up face down in some nettles but too
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knackered to care. Got changed and set off slowly towards top camp. had to
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keep stopping (thought I was going to throw up). A good trip.
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<p><center>xxx dunk</center>
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<p>PS to myself. Remember to eat more next time. That way you don't run out
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of sugars.
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<p><a href="#1998-161-12">Previous (bottoming) trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-18">Final KH derig</a>
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<hr>
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[<a name="1998-161-18">1998.08.04</a> Danielle, Duncan, PhilU and Brian
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derigged from Fuzzy Logic to Knossos, but no write up in log. Info below
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from Duncan and Phil, 1998-11-04]
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<p>Duncan> I seem to remember the final trip as being a survey trip for
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all the new stuff in Fuzzy Logic, and then a derig back out. I teamed up with
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Brian for the surveying, and we surveyed from the northern end of 'Clear as
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Mud' back to the foot of the Fuzzy Logic pitches, and then continued
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surveying along to the southern end of 'Psycho Street'. Meanwhile, Phil &
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Danielle surveyed down the Fuzzy Logic pitches and then surveyed most of Bear
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Bum passage, which branches off from Psycho Street. We all met up at the foot
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of the pitches, and Danielle and I set off first, and waited at the top while
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Phil & Brian derigged the pitches. Phil & Brian then set off with a
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load of rope, and Myself & Danielle began derigging as we followed them
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out.
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<p>Phil> This is pretty accurate, although it might be worth mentioning
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that the data for the Fuzzy Logic pitches were put on the back of a pack of
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batteries. This was mostly because I'd dropped the survey book down a very
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small, but quite deep hole at the start of the survey. Mutter. Fortunately,
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we found another survey book half-way down the pitches. The actual drawings
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were done on the back of a fudge wrapper at first, and then transcribed.
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<p>Duncan> Brian and I went underground first, and Brian & Phil
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re-emerged first. I think my TU was probably about 17h30m or so, with
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Danielle next with about 0h30m less, then Brian with about 1h00m less, and
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Phil with about 1h30m less than me.
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<p>My abiding memory is of setting off along Triassic feeling pretty shagged,
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and then finding another tacklesack of rope (with only one handle and no
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dick) at Locophobia, and then finding yet another tacklesack's worth (and a
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very knackered tacklesack to pack it in) of assorted crap at the Guillotine.
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<p><a href="#1998-161-17">Previous Fuzzy Logic trip</a> /
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<a href="#1998-161-15">SEP derig (last trip)</a>
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<hr>
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<p>6/8/98
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<p>A mysterious package found under Brian's Car at the bergrestaurant
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Car-Park...... [with the following missive:]
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<hr width=70%>
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<blockquote><p>Hello
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<p>greetings from german cavers (ARGE HÖHLE + KARST GRABENSTETTEN).
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Enjoy the bottle. Good Luck!
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<p>Robert<br>
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[Illegible]<br>
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Zörg<br>
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Jens<br>
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Andi<br>
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Markus
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</blockquote>
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<hr width=70%>
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<p>A nice bottle of red was also in the package, which we supped on our last
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night at base camp.
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<p>We didn't have time to meet up with the Germans and thank them, but
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perhaps we should get some CUCC 50th aniversary ale brewed next year....
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<p><img width=320 height=629 align=middle hspace=10 src="wine1.png">
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<img width=308 height=408 align=middle hspace=10 src="wine2.png">
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