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<center><font size=-1>Cambridge Underground 1986-7 pp 9-10</font>
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<h2>A Bird's Eye View of Austria - 85</h2></center>
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<p align=right>by Tina White
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<h4>The Journey</h4>
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<p>Team Fiat (Stephan and Chris) won Team Speed (Mike M and Brian), but only
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by catching an earlier ferry. Stephan tells us he loves his Fiat, even if it
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has got a small petrol tank. Team momentum (Rover, Mike R, the author and
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lots of gear) got there a day late with the help of a new fan belt.
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M.U.S.S.'s car was espied waiting for the ferry, but they missed it trying to
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find something to deface Rover's decoration with. Tee hee !
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<h4>Caving</h4>
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<p>Due to not taking the logbooks from the year before, there almost wasn't
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any. However, the memories from hardened expeditioners of yesteryear proved
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good enough to guide us instead.
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<p>Night trips prevailed this year - there were two types of these. The first
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was of the accidental variety, owing to CUCC's habit of not being able to get
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going early. Inevitably a so-called day trip meant traipsing up the mountain
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at the time of day when most Austrians were scuttling for the cover of the
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Bergrestaurant. Some expedition members were noticeably worse than others at
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appearing from their pits before lunch, eg. Gavin "I try to avoid mornings"
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Andrews. He managed very well. An entry in the logbook reads "P.S. - Gavin
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got up".
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<p>The second type of overnight trips were the planned ones. Given the
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group's proclivities for lying in in the mornings, it was thought best to
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leave all that nasty caving to the night time. This worked nicely - the very
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first proper trip being one of these, to give the SRT novices a practice in
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142.
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<p>As you will find from the rest of the journal, there was much heroising on
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this holiday (sorry, expedition). With <span lang=de>Das
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Bananahöhle</span> (after Mike M's yucky car colour) and the connection
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and other bits and pieces, people generally queued up for the kudos of a hard
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trip - couldn't resist the contrived alliteration there.
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<p>With bright sunshine the first week, there was some caving every day. 152
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was found and rigged. 144 was rigged, and thanks to Mark chucking himself
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down a very dubious looking hole, a connection to
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<span lang=de>Stellerweg</span> was found. Legs were scratched from Bunde
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bashing trips to find more caves to squeeze our bodies down, but
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unfortunately 150 and 151 didn't go. Even the author was a real man - so to
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speak. Caving was most people's main concern, people being too shagged out to
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do anything but drink <span lang=de>bier,</span> eat and sleep the rest of
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the time. Oh, and Caroline S. visited us for the weekend, so there were two
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women for two days.
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<p>Then the rain set in and the caving lost its attraction somewhat. The rain
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caused a certain amount of "musical tents" with the author, Mike R, Stephan
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and a hedgehog all ending up in Chris's nice big waterproof tent. It should
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be stressed that this wasn't all at once, and the hedgehog wasn't invited.
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<p>Still, even the weather couldn't stop Teams Superhero-go-for-it (Mike M,
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Mark and Chris) going for the connection found earlier and surveying out.
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They returned "bloody freezing" and clutching a chopped date wrapper (proof).
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The more sensible ones had a day out as tourists to the
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<span lang=de>Eishöhle.</span>
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<p>The next day the rest of us were so bored - no caving for days. We needed
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a fix. So five went down 144, trampled around and drank some cave solution
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called "tea".
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<p>The weather cleared just as Mike M and Brian zapped off home. The last
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week was on us so we surveyed the big chamber in 142 and played about with
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some magnesium tape "acquired" from the <span lang=de>Eishöhle.</span>
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And then everything had to be derigged as it was going home time.
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<h4>Other things</h4>
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<ol>
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<li>Whatever anyone says, the author and Chris did not get rescued. There we
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were, coming down the mountain after some prospecting, perfectly happy, when
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all them noisy cavers met us on the path and claimed a rescue. (admittedly
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we were moving very slowly 'cos we'd miscalculated how long it took to get
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dark and we hadn't any lights). Still, they had to prove themselves real
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heroes after their hard day out on the <span lang=de>Dachstein</span> had
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turned out to be a tourist route.
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<li>The bean (!) caving breakfast became almost compulsory for evryone. This
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was after horrific stories from the year before and we had lessened the
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amount so someone mustn't have had their share. Forgetting the beans (if
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that's possible), Brian must be remembered for stationing himself by the
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frying pan, unselfishly and beyond the call of duty. Brian and the beans
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kept us all regular.
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<li>Mike R deminstrated why he likes Landrovers, and showed off its
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four-wheel drive up and down some humps. It was a pity about the dint left
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in the tarmac after the ground lost an argument with the back hook. However
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he did let us all have a go with his plaything.
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<li> Horseflies were out in force this year. Lounging around in the sun
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meant a running battle for the selected few who were obviously more tasty.
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Mark almost found a solution at <span lang=de>Grundlsee,</span> but the fly
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had the last word.
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</ol>
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<p>That's all folks, except to say - more women wanted next time.
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<ul>
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<li>Cambridge Underground 1986-7,
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<a href="../../../jnl/1986-7/index.htm">Table of Contents</a></li>
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<li>1985 Expedition info:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="log.htm">Logbook</a></li>
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<li>Cambridge Underground Expo Report:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="report.htm">Austria 1985</a></li>
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<li>Guidebook to the <a href="144-41.htm">144-Stellerweg connection</a></li>
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<li>Summary of caves <a href="loser.htm">explored 1976-85</a><br>
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<li><a href="bcracc.htm">BCRA Caves & Caving Report</a><br> -->
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<li><a href="../../pubs.htm#pubs1985">Index</a> to all publications</li>
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<li><a href="../../index.htm">Back to Expeditions intro page</a></li>
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<li><a href="../../../index.htm">CUCC Home Page</a></li>
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