Bullet 2nd Hohle
Alex C
Woke up with a case of mild enthusiasm! At the bottom of the small chamber a traverse
along a minimalist ledge leads to a Y-hang which drops around 25m to a big ledge a single
spit is placed on the ledge for a very long (3m sling) deviation. Around 5m below the ledge
a Y-hang rebelay descends the remaining 35m of what has become a rather impressive
shaft.
At its base the floor is around 30mx10m with three ways on. The first of these is a
window ~20m off the floor at the northern end of the chamber. This climb was all a bit
exciting so we ignored it.
A small crawl at the SW end of the chamber leads to a narrow upward sloping passage full
of scary boulders which chokes after ~15m. A smaller hole (OK with SRT kit but not with all
your bolting and surveying gear as well) at the western side of the chamber leads to a low
sloping bedding plane heading southwest which is full of cobbles and boulders. A hole in the
ceiling leads to a short tight vertical rift which becomes too tight.
Prussicking out of the cave the sound of trickling water indicated that Martin and I were
about to experience our first Austrian food pulse. This was apparently a really quite large
storm and rather a lot of choss was washed down the shaft including some decent sized
cobbles. I had planned to sit the chaos out on the nice big ledge but that eventually turns
into a waterfall as well. Happily we both made it out unscathed although Martin’s helmet has
some new marks.