76 - Eislufthohle
Simon Farrow
'nother overnighter. Couple of hours to get down to previous terminus.
Then : descended 30' to bolt rebelay and 40' to floor. Traversed forward in
large meandering vadose canyon (100' high, traverse level 30-40' off floor).
After jammed boulders, descended the yetchiest, muddiest 15m (sorry change of
units) pitch in the entire known universe. Traverse, traverse, traverse and
we rigged another pitch but didn't descend. Further pitch seen below, all in
same canyon. Total depth to this point estimated at 350-360m. The cave mud
mentioned above was examined by Karl and he confirmed that it was not the
sort of mud expected from a sump backing up. I therefore declare, forthwith
and hereby, that Eislufthöhle is very significant, horizontally
significant and likely to go a lot deeper. I forgot to mention in the above
description that we made one thrutchy freeclimb down at one point, but I'm
not sure exactly where.