Loser Plateau - Surface tour to show Thilo entrances for Nils to GPS fix

Tue 15 Aug 2000
Olly Betts

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BECKA WRITES - Date given as 200-08-?? so have guessed 15th

Thilo Müller is an ARGE German caver

Started from ARGE "camp" in Bergrestaurant car park. Hiked up to col by Nase and tried to find the laser point there (the one with the wrong coords - ?/?). Failed, so gave up and hiked up to 147, then VD1. Then up to 136, down to 161d via a couple of Wook caves. Met Wook and Andy at 161d and did a one leg survey. Back up to 161c and 161b, up to 161a, back to VD1 to collect ski pole I'd left there, then up ridge towards 204. In valley leading approx S from 204 found interesting entrance with draught going in, somewhat above 204 (?m according to GPS). Met Dunks, Kiwi Mike and co. at 204, and followed Dunks' modified route back, but lost it towards the end (Dunks later said it wasn't fully reccied). Had a rest at top camp, then showed Thilo caves around there, then packed up my tent and headed back to car park, and then base camp for meeting with Austrians about next year's event.

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Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/204/deepsouth/razor1
    caves-1623/204/trunk/nopainnogain
    caves-1623/204/trunk/treeumphant
Wallets on this date:
    2000#40 ['notes6', 'notes2', 'notes1', 'notes4', 'notes7', 'notes5', 'notes9', 'notes3'…
    2000#43 ['notes6', 'notes16', 'notes2', 'notes13', 'notes10', 'notes1', 'notes15', 'not…
    2000#44 ['notes6', 'notes2', 'notes1', 'notes4', 'plan', 'notes7', 'elev', 'notes5', 'n…
Logbook trips on this date:
    Base Camp - Dachstein
    204 - Steinbrückenhöhle
    Loser Plateau - Surface tour to show Thilo entrances for Nils to GPS fix