CUCC Expeditions to Austria: 1976 - 2024

Survex File: caves-1623/161/top/entrance

; KH entrance series surveys ;1998.02.27 AERW sorted begin/end, added comments, invented BoltConn1 ; to restore close to survey book numbering, added LRUDs ; ====== links between surveys in this file: ====== *equate Entrance.11 BoltConn1.3 mike.1 *equate shopper.1 mike.2 *equate squeeze.1 mike.12 *equate Entrance.6 BoltConn1.6 Umleitng.8 Dungeon.1 ignore.1st.1 *begin Entrance ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) *title "Entrance down to second pitch" *date 1989.08.07 ; trip 1989-161-2 in logbook *team Unknown Becka *team Unknown Chris *team Unknown Julian T *instrument comp: 721899, clino: 726974 *ref "1989 survey book p 1,2" *export 0 ; Red dot by CUCC paint number, cave entrance *export 6 ; lower bolt for start of traverse line, Automatic Doors *export 10 ; pitch head bolt of Drunk & stupid *export 11 ; 1st bolt of 3rd pitch traverse 0 1 4.66 266 -02.5 2 1 15.83 - Up ; Bearing down in file as 085 !?! 2 3 23.20 - Down 4 3 12.19 030 -22 4 5 2.33 307 -28.5 6 5 4.45 104 +15.5 6 7 23.14 334 -05 ;clino down as -50,but -05 fits incredibly well !!! ; AERW 1998.02.09 "-15" would be a more understandable blunder ; 3 X 5.93 154.5 +27.5 ; these legs abandoned ? ; X Y 11.32 189.0 +11. ; 6 Z - 057. -29.5 ; length never measured ; station details: ; 0 red dot by CUCC paint number, cave entrance ; 1 bolt at Y-hang nearest to Brauning wall ; 2 bolt at rebelay on 1st pitch ; 3 small stone at base of 1st pitch ; 4 rock halfway up chamber, LHS looking from 3 ; 5 rock, LHS again ; 6 lower bolthole on 2nd pitch ; 7 boulder over far end of large chamber (LH wall from 6) opposite RBS ; X entrance to chamber leading to Rabbithole series ; Y Far side of chamber just where RBS goes up ~0.7 off floor ; Z Rock near old 2nd pitch bottom bolt ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) *title "Some more entrance area (on D&S pushing trip)" *date 1989.08.09 ; trip 1989-161-7 in logbook *team Unknown Becka *team Unknown Adam *team Unknown Chris *instrument compass 625078, clino 736380 *ref "1989 survey book p 4" 7 7a 17.76 154.5 -20 7b 7a 12.78 292 +41 7b 7c 8.32 263 +21 ; 7 carbided boulder as on 2 previous surveys ; 7a boulder on wall, close to new laddered 2nd pitch (but above it) ; 7b last bolt on traverse line from old ('88) 2nd pitch ; 7c bottom of new 2nd pitch, vertically down ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) *title "Big Sainsburys" *date 1989.08.08 ; trip 1989-161-4 in logbook *team Unknown Del *team Unknown Juliette Kelly *instrument comp 721899, clino:726974 *ref "1989 survey book p 3" 8 7 5.40 152.5 +09 8 9 17.25 315 -25 9 10 4.50 075 -25 11 9 12.00 110 +12 11 12 6.50 310 0 ; 7 left hand pointed boulder, on top of slope. carbide marked '7' ; 8 furthest corner of 'man-sized' cube boulder (flat top) carbide marked ; 9 small boulder 0.3 dia. on raised area to left of D&S ;10 pitch head bolt of Drunk & stupid ;11 1st bolt of 3rd pitch traverse ;12 carbide mark on floor beneath traverse line *end Entrance *begin mike ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) *title "Draughting side passage at top of Checkout pitch" *date 1989.07.10 ; trip 1989-161-9 in 1989 logbook *team Unknown Mark D *team Unknown Julian T *team Unknown Penny *instrument Compass: 625078 Clino: 736380 *ref "1989 survey book pp 9-11" *export 1 ; 1st bolt of 3rd pitch traverse (over Death's Door) *export 2 ; carbide burn on far wall (ie. pitch side not cave entrance side) ; of a small draughting tube opening out onto the 3rd pitch traverse *export 10 ; bolt of first rebelay on 3rd pitch (Checkout) *export 12 ; Big carbide burn over head of pitch 4 1 2 7.01 304 +06 3 2 3.13 355 +05.5 3 4 5.57 217 -09 5 4 8.17 032 -01 5 6 2.55 212 -10 7 6 4.48 009 -10 7 8 4.79 229 -00.5 ; station details ; 1 First bolt of the traverse line at the top of the 3rd pitch ; over Death's Door down towards the Squeeze ; 2 carbide burn on far wall (ie. the pitch side not the cave entrance side) ; of a small draughting tube opening out onto the 3rd pitch traverse ; 3 scratched mark on opposite wall of draughting tube ent. (ie. cave ent. side) ; 4-8 various carbide burns etc. down length of draughting passage (which chokes) ; same day. folk and gear *ref "1989 survey book p 12" 10 2 4.50 170 +39 10 11 17.00 094 -62 11 12 7.70 056 -39 ; 10 bolt of first rebelay on 3rd pitch ; 11 Mark 1m left of 3rd rebelay, 3rd pitch ; 12 Big carbide burn over head of pitch 4 *end mike *begin shopper ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) *title "Alternative Shopper" *date 1989.08.13 ; (recorded date was 1989.07.12) trip 1989-161-18 in logbook *team Unknown Del *team Unknown Chris Densham *team Unknown Becka Lawson *instrument compass: 543693 Clino: 726974 *ref "1989 survey book pages 13-15" *export 1 ; carbide burn on far wall (ie. pitch side not cave entrance side) ; of a small draughting tube opening out onto the 3rd pitch traverse 2 1 3.39 153.5 +30 2 3 1.72 273 -09.5 3 4 1.83 261 -32.5 5 4 24.90 153 +78 5 6 5.56 177 -31.5 7 6 1.56 297 +38 7 8 2.00 213 -30 9 8 11.94 - Up 9 10 6.25 046 +12 9 11 3.45 190 0 ; station details ; 1 station 2 of Mark D, Julian & Penny's Aug 10th trip ; 2 carbide close to 1st rebelay bolt on 3rd pitch, ie. mike.10 ; AERW 1998.02.09 noted those stations aren't equated (which is correct) ; because "close" is not defined ; 3 small stone on edge of large boulder which 2 is on ; 4 *Right* on edge of large boulder, above pitch ; 5 opposite wall of shaft to pitch wall, beside top of boulder ; 6 on wall of shaft, around towards next pitch ; 7 on boulder at top of rift into next pitch, before bolt ; 8 bolt for pitch down rift ; 9 vertically down from 8, on floor of chamber ;10 RH wall (looking into cave), halfway up thin horizontal rift off chamber ;11 Boulder in roof at entrance to pitch, opp. end of chamber to the narrow rift *end shopper *begin squeeze ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) *title "Down death's door, loose bowels, rift sans nom, becka falls" *date 1989.08.12 ; trip 1989-161-17 in logbook *team Notes Mark Dougherty *team Insts Jeremy Rodgers *team Tape Adam Cooper *instrument compass: 625078 clino: 736380 *ref "1989 survey book pp 16-19" *export 1 ; Big carbide burn over head of pitch 4 *export 18 ; red spot, left hand wall, ~2m off floor nr. bottom of squeeze *export 14 ; fixed point (=red paint) top of squeeze pitch (no longer used ; for connections - was relevant to OldP2 survey now superseded) ; top of 4th pitch rh route 2 1 4.88 002 +65 2 3 6.81 - Down 3 4 5.90 175 -44 5 4 8.28 - Up 6 5 2.26 336 -08 6 7 5.07 034 -14 8 7 4.00 - Up 8 9 2.00 240 +06 10 9 4.85 255 +70 10 11 1.50 074 -09 12 11 2.59 - Up 12 13 1.19 120 +13 14 13 2.21 342 -10 14 15 8.66 - Down 16 15 6.85 317 +09 16 17 5.85 314 -22 16 18 3.14 181 -05 ; station details ; 1 carbide burn over 4th pitch ; 2 left bolt of Y rebelay (as looking out over pitch) ; 3 plumb to ledge from 2 ; 4 burn near deviation through narrow hole ; 5 floor (plumb from 4) ; 6 burn on wall in chamber (opposite from pitch) ; 7 burn on wall at start of rift ; 8 floor - plumb from 7 ; 9 burn on rock which overhangs hole ;10 burn on wall of rift ;11 burn on wall of rift ;12 burn on wall of rift ;13 burn on wall of rift ;14 fixed point (=red paint) top of squeeze pitch ;15 no details ;16 no details ;17 no details ;18 fixed point (=red paint) below squeeze ;(survey on 1989 p 18 continues in another file as 161.chunnel survey) *end squeeze *begin BoltConn1 ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) *title "Bolt Connections (Wook'll fix it)" *date 1990.08.03 ; trip 1990-161-36 in 1990 logbook *team Notes Wookey *team Insts Tim ; (&Whinging) *instrument Compass 624931, Clino 736380 ; Calibration: Comp: 16,13,14,14.5,(BZ)250.5 ; Clino: +17.5,+17,-17 *ref "1990 survey book p 94" *export 3 ; 1st bolt of 3rd pitch traverse *export 6 ; Lower pitchhead bolt of Automatic Doors *export o6 ; '88 2nd pitch head bolt *calibrate clino +0.125 6a o6 9.50 023.5 -26 6a 6 8.61 271.5 -12 2 6 29.09 158.5 05 2 3 28.71 297.5 -20.5 ; station details ; stn L R U D ; o6 - - - 0 '88 2nd pitch head bolt ; 6a 2 2 0.2 1.5 Roof of Basement ; 6 0 4.5 3 1.2 Lower pitchhead bolt of Automatic Doors ; 2 3 4 10 1.5 Rock in Big Sainsbury's ; 3 1 5 billions 1.5 1st traverse line bolt LHwall *end BoltConn1 *begin Umleitng ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) *title "Umleitung" ; Climb & pitch on RH side of Big Sainsburys (Opposite the Basement) *date 1990.07.24 ; inferred - trip 1990-161-25 in logbook *team Notes Matt *team Insts Peter *instrument Compass #624931 calib 12.4 ; Clino #736380 calib +17 *ref "1990 survey book pp 51-53" *export 8 ; Lower pitchhead bolt of Automatic Doors *export 4 ; head of pitch (bolt ?) - nearest to QM 90-09 1 0 3.00 030 -60 2 1 5.42 034 -61 3 2 3.41 062 +07 3 4 17.27 - Up 5 4 3.04 093 -13 5 6 7.79 235 -07 7 6 7.65 083 +15 7 8 15.35 184 +03 ; lower bolt of Automatic Doors pitch head. *end Umleitng *begin Dungeon ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) *title "Dungeon 1992 Survey" *date 1992.07.28 ; trip 1992-161-12 in logbook *team Notes Julian S *team Insts Sam *instrument Compass: 721899, Clino: 726974 ; Calibration: bot-top 041.5, +08.5 ; top-bot 220.5, -11 ; bot-BZ 250.5, +02.5 *ref "1992 survey book pp 114-117" *export 1 ; Lower pitchhead bolt of Automatic Doors *calibrate clino -1.25 1 2 4.04 333 -28 2 3 5.64 - Down 3 4 8.73 093.5 -51 5 4 3.32 292.5 +42 5 6 6.62 059 -09 6 7 1.67 018 -25.5 7 8 1.62 119 +24 8 9 13.05 - Down 10 9 3.82 276 -13 10 11 3.31 207.5 +12.5 11 12 4.84 - Down 13 12 4.87 272 +01.5 13 14 8.23 209 -22.5 13 15 9.05 243 -15 16 13 4.70 246 -32 16 17 4.45 002 -36.5 16 18 2.51 032 -16 *end dungeon *begin ignore *export 1st.1 ; Lower pitchhead bolt of Automatic Doors *equate 1st.9 2nd.10 *begin 1st ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) *title "Ignore this bit (widdly bit at ledge on second pitch)" *date 1993.07.10 ; trip 1993-161-8 in logbook *team Notes Julian Shilton *team Tape Anthony Day *team Insts Hugh Adams *instrument Compass: #132004 (black rubber) *instrument Clino #726974 ; Calib: 1993 cairns. comp: 042,041.5 clino: +9.0,+9.0, -9.5, -9.5 *ref "1993 survey book pp 140-141" *export 1 ; Lower pitchhead bolt of Automatic Doors *export 9 ; carbide mark on rock at edge of huge drop *calibrate clino -0.25 1 2 4.98 331 -39 2 3 4.45 - DOWN 4 3 13.90 022 +9.5 4 5 7.07 219 -14 6 5 7.32 048 -33 6 7 3.63 265 +45 8 7 9.67 197 -16.5 9 7 6.50 042 -08.5 *end 1st *begin 2nd ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) *title "Ignore this bit (widdly bit at ledge on second pitch)" *date 1993.07.16 ; trip 1993-161-14 in logbook *team Notes Hugh Adams *team Tape Mike Pigram *team Insts Nick Proctor *instrument Compass: ? , clino: ? ; Calib: 1993 cairns. comp: 039,219 clino: +9,-10; Zinken 250, +03 *ref "1993 survey book pp 152-154" *export 10 ; carbide mark on rock at edge of pitch *calibrate clino -0.5 2 1 5.55 142 -37 1 3 3.60 193 -14 1 4 15.12 - UP 5 4 5.52 165 -19 5 6 4.83 325 02 6 7 2.84 350 33 6 8 4.60 175 -36 8 9 16.24 - UP 10 9 2.51 120 -40 *end 2nd *end ignore

underground survey length: 721.49 metres
cave primary survexfile caves-1623/161/161.svx
directory primary survexfile caves-1623/161/top/alltop
block mike has parent block 161 (in file caves-1623/161/161.svx)
block entrance has parent block 161 (in file caves-1623/161/161.svx)
block squeeze has parent block 161 (in file caves-1623/161/161.svx)
block shopper has parent block 161 (in file caves-1623/161/161.svx)
block umleitng has parent block 161 (in file caves-1623/161/161.svx)
block boltconn1 has parent block 161 (in file caves-1623/161/161.svx)
block dungeon has parent block 161 (in file caves-1623/161/161.svx)
block 1st has parent block ignore (in file caves-1623/161/top/entrance.svx)
block 2nd has parent block ignore (in file caves-1623/161/top/entrance.svx)

1989-07-10 ['mike']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/161/top/entrance
No wallets files found for this date.
Hmm...

1989-08-08 ['entrance']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/161/top/entrance
No wallets files found for this date.
Logbook trips on this date:
    Bypass searching trip
    tourists
    small trip
    Initial push & discovery of drunk & stupid

1989-08-12 ['squeeze']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/161/top/entrance
    caves-1623/161/lhr/drunk
    caves-1623/161/rhr/chunnel
No wallets files found for this date.
Logbook trips on this date:
    guilt survey
    PETE L arrive

1989-08-13 ['shopper']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/161/top/entrance
No wallets files found for this date.
Hmm...

1990-07-24 ['umleitng']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/161/top/entrance
No wallets files found for this date.
Logbook trips on this date:
    Surface - Skinrip Passages I-IV
    Surface
    Surface - Trisselwand.
    161 - Dreamtime flapjack photos
    161 - Big Sainsbury's

1990-08-03 ['boltconn1']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/161/top/entrance
    caves-1623/161/rhr/chunnel
No wallets files found for this date.
Logbook trips on this date:
    161 - go play bolt dot-dot

1992-07-28 ['dungeon']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/182/claustro
    caves-1623/182/brutefor
    caves-1623/161/top/entrance
No wallets files found for this date.
Logbook trips on this date:
    Puffball - derig
    161 - France
    161 - Dungeon

1993-07-10 ['1st']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/161/top/entrance
No wallets files found for this date.
Logbook trips on this date:
    161 - Pushing KH beyond Arrow Chamber
    161 - Pushing Surveying hole at bottom of 2nd pitch

1993-07-16 ['2nd']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/161/top/entrance
No wallets files found for this date.
Logbook trips on this date:
    161 - Kaninchenhöhle - Photo/tourist/geology trip
    161 - France
    161 - Ignore this bit