CUCC Expeditions to Austria: 1976 - 2024

We went to drop Pepper Pot, a promising looking entrance shaft with ongoing passage Dickon had spotted near the Col-Homecoming path. The entrance drops 20m to a short downwards crawl with a very loose floor, leading to a huge shaft approx 100m deep (4.5 second drop). Unfortunately it is impossible to exit the crawl without pushing rocks down the shaft and quantity of loose rock makes gardening everything infeasible. We started bolting hugging the wall to avoid the path of falling rocks but later decided it should be abandoned as there was no way of making it safe. A shame but there are several drafting holes nearby that may provide a safer way in.