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<h1>University of Bristol Speleological Society</h1>
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<p>The UBSS is the oldest of the existing British University caving
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clubs. Most famous for its work in the caves of County Clare, and
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also much involved in Mendip caving, the UBSS also venture further
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afield.</p>
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<p>Steve Perry (once dubbed "the fittest man on Mendip") was a CUCC
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member with UBSS connections, who was on the 1977 expedition. Other
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UBSS members first joined CUCC's Austria expedition as guests in
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1980, and UBSS was a "guest club" on the CUCC expedition in both
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1981 and 1982, after which their involvement declined. The work
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done by UBSS members was written up in the prestigious Proceedings
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of UBSS.</p>
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<p>Sadly we have been asked to remove these pieces of
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documentation, which are relevant to CUCCs exploration of the area.
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We are currently trying to contact the orginal authors of the
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articles to ask for their permission to publish the articles.</p>
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<dl>
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<dt><!-- a href="811427.htm" -->81.1427</dt>
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<dd><cite>Proceedings of the University of Bristol Speleological
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Society 16(1) (1981) pp 5-10</cite>, <b>An introduction to Austrian
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karst</b>, Steve Perry</dd>
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<dt><!-- a href="811309.htm" -->81.1309</dt>
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<dd><cite>Proceedings of the University of Bristol Speleological
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Society 16(1) (1981) pp 11-20</cite>, <b>A description of some
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caves...</b>, Julian Griffiths</dd>
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<dt><!-- a href="831621.htm" -->83.1621</dt>
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<dd><cite>Proceedings of the University of Bristol Speleological
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Society 16(2) (Nov 1982) pp 77-83</cite>, <b>The
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Stellerweghöhle system, Totes Gebirge, Austria</b>, Rich
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Barker et al</dd>
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<p>Unknown to CUCC (and very much to our embarassment in 1989), a
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few UBSS members staged independent expeditions to an area north of
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the plateau. We believe there were two trips (in 1989 and 1990),
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though information is still hard to come by, as the whole thing was
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clandestine. The local Austrian cavers found it hard to believe
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that CUCC had no knowledge of the trips whilst CUCC found it hard
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to believe that no-one at the BCRA Conference would admit to being
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with the "English group camped on Augst-Eck" found by the
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helicopter during Becka's 1989 rescue. This upset an already
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delicate political situation, with the risk that all English groups
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might be banned from the area permanently. It would appear that the
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officers and committee of the UBSS itself were unaware that their
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members were visiting the area without permission and had not
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bothered to research the political situation before giving grant
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money for the trip.</p>
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<li><a href="../../indxal.htm">Index</a> of all caves documented in
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1623.</li>
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<li><a href="../../areas.htm">Overview</a> of area 1623</li>
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<li><a href="../../1626/index.html">Overview</a> of area 1626, and
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index to caves</li>
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