CUCC Expeditions to Austria: 1976 - 2025

Survex File: caves-1623/115/cucc/phreas

;NOTES > $.Survey.Surveys.Austria.D.Phreas ;1995.08.01 AERW Source: converted from SU file ;1998.01.28 AERW restored original sequence of legs, added details ;1998.06.02 AERW added exports and comments *begin Bypass ; originally "PB" survey *title "CUCC: Bypass - originally 'PB' survey" *begin pt1 ; Locn: SE flank Vord. Schwarzmooskogel, Western massif, Totes Gebirge, Austria ; Cave: Schnellzughohle 1623/115 ; Survey Name: Purgatory Bypass, from Confluence almost back to Big Chamber *date 1982.08.10-1982.08.11 ; trip 1982-115-18 in 1982 logbook ; By: Insts: Pete Lancaster ; Tape: Pete Lancaster ; Notes: AERW (note that sketching was done on a separate trip, on ; 1982.08.16-17, trip 1982-115-23 in log - with graph paper !) ; Calibration: none ; ref: small brown "Dachstein 702" graph paper book "A Survey" in AW's archive ; contains centre line detail and some elevation sketching. Blue survey ; book with Konsum price tag "3 CUCC Survey" contains plan sketching ; ====== stations refindable to link to other surveys: ====== ;*export 0 ; above pool at confluence ;*export 15 ; mid-wall facing T-junction, unclear if well-marked ;*export 20 ; mid-wall facing T-junction, unclear if well-marked ;*export 32 ; drilled mark in rock above greasy climb ;*export 33 ; water level, bottom of St'weg (base of 17m pitch) ;*export 41 ; marked at T-junction (to cairn jn) on boulder ;*export 48 ; drilled at junction (with original route to cairn jn) ;*export 54 ; drilled at junction with QM 81-17 ;*export 56 ; directly above stream canyon - not intended to be a permanent ; station - just where therms and motivation ran out. ;GRADE USE 5N ;CHANGE 0.0 0.0 Planc/AERW 1982 good compass 35 36 3.6 224. 4. 36 37 10.8 220. -16. 37 38 15.9 242. -15. 38 39 17.0 213. 0. 39 40 27.5 221. -14. 40 41 12.9 240. -16. 41 42 7.8 229. -3. ; into low grovel 42 43 3.3 230. -15. 43 44 5.3 192. -6. 44 45 8.8 221. -13. 45 46 5.8 230. -8. 46 47 5.7 238. -12. 47 48 12.9 245. -16. 48 49 11.0 169. 7. 49 50 7.7 121. 19. 50 51 20.1 152. 20. 51 52 7.0 253. -21. 52 53 10.3 154. 17. 53 54 11.0 145. 15. 54 55 5.3 213. -6. 55 56 10.9 175. -4. ; station details : LRUD and LH/RH is in direction out of cave ; from 0, upstream purgatiry goes on 215 degrees ; from 0, other inlet goes on 100 degrees (under the bypass survey) ;name L R U D notes ; 0 0.0 0.5 5 1.7 ;above pool at confluence ; 1 1.0 0.8 2 4.5 ;r edge of canyon, top of climb ; 2 0.5 J1.2 2 4.5 ;left edge of stream canyon in floor ; of tube. r wall of canyon at 0.4, 1.2 is edge of tube, although there is ; actually no R wall at this point, as the passage to station 3 is here ; 3 2.6 6 3 1 ;on dividing buttress of Y junction ; L and R walls are in different passages - R wall in passage too difficult ; to enter, with canyon in floor which loops back into our passage between ; stations 2 and 3. ; 4 3.4 0 2 3 ;CM rhs mud slope up ; 5 2.6 2.0 2 3 ;top of steep slope down to canyon edge ; canyon is inaccessible, guess 8m deep - it is the inlet at the confluence ; 6 2.2 1.0 3 1 ;UD guessed, R 3.0 in alcove ; 7 1.5 1.2 3 1 ;UD rather guessed ; 8 - - - - ;on way to camp - walking size ? ; 9 - - - - ;camp 1 side passage big enough for tent ; 10 0.8 1.6 4 0 ;edge of step up from canyon crossing ; 11 3.6 1.8 3 2 ;boulder on mud slope above deep canyon ; 12 1.0 2.3 8 2.0 ;boulder bridged over canyon, with ; "CUCC 1981" in mud. Canyon 10m deep ? Roof is narrow rift above 3-4m tube ; 13 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.5 ;r wall just after roof lowers. For most ; of the leg 12->13 roof is c 20m above, and deep canyon in floor -10m ? ; 14 1.6 2.0 10 2 ;on boulder above lowest point of floor ; distance to R is to mean of wall - just at station there is a window into ; a space with an aven dropping water into a canyon of unseen depth, R wall ; is c5.5m at the station, U/D not really defined :-( ; 15 0.0 J2.0 5 1 ;mid-wall facing T-junction, distance to ; R wall is to facing 3m climb - passage to 16 continues above this, roof is ; probably much higher than recorded ; 16 1.3 0.8 5 0.5 ;edge of rift in floor, near aven ; 17 1.6 0.1 2.4 0.6 ;rh wall - U misleading, rift up out of ; sight on opposite side of passage, which is also low point of floor ; 18 0.2 2.3 2.0 2.0 ;top of mud slope, lh side ; 19 0.7 0.2 10 1.5 ;narrowing of rift ; 20 0 J(3.0) 10 1.5 - (125) mid-wall facing T-junction ; 21 0.1 2.4 20 1 ;wide base of high narrow rift ; passage off sharp left 3m beyond station 21 reaches a pit with water ; falling into it from above in a rift ; 22 1.7 3.6 0.7 0 ;near junction - UD misleading, station ; is in a low oxbow, main rift is c 15m high a couple of metres away ; high inaccessible QM in right wall along line of leg 21-22->? ; 23 1.5 2.5 3 1 ;pure guesswork - no sketch ; 24 1.3 2.9 3 1 ;on large (3.5 long) boulder ; 25 1.0 2.0 4.0 1 ;on ledge, floor lower to R ? ; distance to L wall is 2.0 if alcove taken into account ; passage off right and back, 3m after station 25 ; 26 1.7 1.8 3 0 ;on floor ? middle of passage ; 27 3.3 0.6 3 1 ;top of rh slope, just by QM passage ; 28 2.6 1.2 2.5 1.5 ;on floor on slope, lowest pt 1.5 down ; 29 1.5 2.6 4.6 0.4 ;on boulder in centre, slopes up L&R ; 30 1.1 1.6 0 2.2 ;on roof at scramble over boulder ; 31 3.0 3.0 7 1.2 ;top of boulder ; 32 1.3 4.0 12 0.2 ;drilled mark in rock above greasy climb ; 33 6.0 3.5 17 0 ;water level, bottom of St'weg ; 34 2.0 2.2 3.0 0.6 ;above Junction Chamber ; 35 0.8 0.7 3.0 1.0 ;on boulder bridging trench ; 36 1.0 1.2 - 1.2 ;on rock in floor trench, pretty much ; D=0 to floor level in main cross-section ; 37 0.2 2.0- 0.8 0.3 ;just at start of crawl to Jn Cha ; 38 1.0 1.5 3.5 1.3 ;left wall of rift in roof, 1m to l ; wall at floor level, distance to right wall is at widest point ; 39 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.2 ;at point where passage levels rejoin ; distance to R wall and roof is in lower passage, ; c 3m to R wall higher up, and roof probably c 3m ; 40 0.3 1.8 1.2 1.0 ; 41 0.8 1.3 1.1 0.4 ;marked at T-junction on boulder ; distance to right wall is average of passage either side of junction ; 42 0.6 1.3 0.1 0.3 ; 43 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.2 ; 44 0.4 1.2 - - ;elevation not drawn for this passage ; 45 0.5 1.2 - - ;all low grovel, guess U=0.4, D=0 ; 46 0.8 1.0 - - ; 47 0.7 1.0 - - ; 48 1.7 0.4 0.2 0.5 ;drilled at Junction ; 49 0.6 0.7 2.2 0.6 ;at edge of dry dolly tub in 0.6m deep ; 50 0.7 1.6 1.1 0.8 ;on NE edge of 1.2m deep trench 0.4 wide ; 51 0 6 0.3 0.2 ;in entrance to v small crawl (oxbow?) ; 52 3.6 0.8 0.6 0 ; 53 1.3 0.6 0.6 0.3 ;also a 1m trench in floor ; 54 1 2.9 0.2 0.9 ;drilled at Junction with 81-17 ; 55 0.8 1.1 0 0.8 ;knobble on roof ; 56 1.5 - 0.2 0.8 ;directly above stream canyon *end pt1 *begin pt2 *title "CUCC Purgatory Bypass, completion from Big Chamber" ; survey from 115 Big Chamber to end of unfinished Purgatory Bypass survey ; done on same overnight trip as all the sketching for the above survey ; can't find original notes (despite having the above sketching )-:, but ; punching sheet (page 1982-8) says: ; Locn: SE flank Vord. Schwarzmooskogel, Western massif, Totes Gebirge, Austria ; Cave: Schnellzughohle 1623/115 ; Survey Name: Purgatory Bypass, completion from Big Chamber *date 1982.08.16-1982.08.17 ; trip 1982-115-23 in 1982 logbook ; (same trip as all the extra sketching for the pt1 survey) ; By: Insts: Andy Dolby ; Notes: Andy Waddington ; Calibration: apparently none *team Insts Andy Dolby *team Notes Andy Waddington ; ====== stations refindable to link to other surveys: ====== ;*export 94 ; directly above stream canyon - not intended to be a permanent ; station - just where therms and motivation ran out on pt1 ... ;*export 00 ; drilled in prominent boulder in Big Cha. in front of brew ledge 00 99 11.5 280. 0. ; these few legs surveyed forwards to meet... 99 98 20.7 262. -14. 98 97 11.8 309. -30. 97 96 4.5 343. -1. 96 95 18.1 337. -15. 95 94 13.3 301. -6. ; original survey out from Confluence *end pt2 *begin gd1 ; grade 1 sketch (derived from UBSS survey ?) ; passage departs at Bypass.pt1.48 heading NNW to Cairn Junction (this is ; the original route connecting 115 to 41) from where it returns at ; Bypass.pt1.41, having traversed c 130m of passage. *end gd1 *end Bypass

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underground survey length: 300.50 metres
cave primary survexfile caves-1623/115/115.svx
directory primary survexfile caves-1623/115/cucc/purgatory
block pt1 has parent block bypass (in file caves-1623/115/cucc/phreas.svx)
block pt2 has parent block bypass (in file caves-1623/115/cucc/phreas.svx)

1982-08-10 ['pt1']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/115/cucc/12foot
    caves-1623/115/cucc/phreas
No wallets files found for this date.
Logbook trips on this date:
    115 - Tuesday / Wednesday 10/11 August 115 Pushing ? + Camping
    115 - Tuesday / Wednesday 10/11 August 115

1982-08-16 ['pt2']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/115/cucc/115top
    caves-1623/115/cucc/phreas
No wallets files found for this date.
Logbook trips on this date:
    115 - Monday / Tuesday 115 Derigging
    115 - 15th/16th [actually 16/17th]