This history file is really intended to be a clickable index to
every Eislufthöhle trip write up in the log books.
As the 'official' expedition logbook for 1977 is missing, these write-ups are
in Andy Waddington's personal caving log:
08.15 | Andy W, Nick enter 106, find Plugged Shaft, 106A, 106B (1½ hrs) |
08.16 | Nick, Simon, Andy W to -75m (3 hrs) |
08.17 | Andy W, Simon, Nick mostly rerigging (6 hrs) |
08.20 | Andy W, Simon, Nick to -110m, through choke and find Keg series (7 hrs) |
08.21 | Andy W, Simon, Nick explore Keg Series, find Follow-Through to -135m (7 hrs) |
08.22 | Andy W, Simon, Nick reach the Taproom -150m and derig to -75m (7 hrs) |
08.24 | Rod Leach, Simon, Nick derig to surface |
07.29 | Andy W, Simon rig for SRT to snow platform (3 hrs) |
07.30 | Andy W rigging aborted due to thunderstorm (2 hrs) |
07.31 | Andy W, Doug reach Yesterday's Terminus (4½ hrs) |
08.01 | Simon, Doug finish SRT rigging Plugged Shaft |
08.03 | Simon, Andy W SRT rig to Saved Shaft (7 hrs) |
08.04 | Doug, Andy W into new ground at -150m (6/5½ hrs) |
08.05 | Doug, Simon very little progress |
08.07 | Doug, Simon rerig and some new pitch |
08.08-9 | Julian, Nick 115m new depth overnight to Balcony (10½ hrs) |
08.09-10 | Andy, Doug into Hall of the Greene King and boulder pitch (12¼ hrs) |
08.12-13 | Nick, Julian, Simon overnighter down Fiesta Run (then crashed car) |
08.14 | Andy W, Doug, Mike S survey and photo (7 hrs) |
08.16 | Andy W, Doug derig to Taproom (10¾ hrs) |
08.19 | Nick, Dave F, Jont, Vic, Rod, Doug derig to surface (7½ hrs or less) |
07.31 | Nick, Tony start rigging, thwarted due to snow (1 hour) |
08.01 | Andy W, Tony, Ben continue rigging (3 hrs) |
08.02 | Nick, Julian reach Balcony pitch (7 hrs) |
08.03 | Ben, Andy W (10 hrs), Tony (6 hrs ?) rerigging and find Gents' pitch route |
08.05 | Nick, Julian into new ground and a side lead to -400m (9 hrs) |
08.06 | Ben, Andy W reorganise gear and push main way to -385m (11 hrs) |
08.07 | Simon F (11¾ hrs), Simon K (12¾ hrs) tourist to end and some rerigging |
08.08 | Nick, Julian derig side lead, push to within sight of end of Madlmeierschacht (8 hrs) |
08.08 | Andy W, Tony unsuccessful surveying trip (5 hrs) |
08.10 | Ben, Andy W bit of rerigging then aborted due to wet (6 hrs) |
08.13 | Julian, Andy W, Ben, Simon F, Nick push to bottom and derig to HotGK (14-16 hrs) |
08.14 | Tony, Andy C, Simon K derigging (6 hrs) |
08.15 | Nick, Simon F, Ben, Julian, Andy C final derig (6½ hrs) |
07.14 | Jenny: Locate entrance, bolt+rig to head of Draught Bitter (3½ hrs) |
07.16 | Jenny, OllyB: bolting Draught Bitter (4 hrs) |
07.17 | Jenny, OllyB: bolting, rigging and surveying in Plugged Shaft (6½ hrs) |
07.18 | OllyB, Jenny: Surveying Draft Bitter and 76b (3 hrs) |
07.19 | Jenny, OllyB: Discover Brave New World, survey The Test Tubes (8 hrs) |
07.22 | Jenny, OllyB: Bolt and survey Lovers Leap (5½ hrs) |
07.24 | OllyB, Jenny: Rig rest of Plugged shaft, Saved Shaft and into Keg Series (10 hrs) |
07.25 | OllyB, Jenny: Surveying horizontal stuff in Brave New World (6 hrs) |
07.26 | OllyB, Jenny: Brave New World, surveying horizontal stuff and descending A* pitch (11 hrs) |
07.27 | OllyB, Jenny: Surveying in Brave New World (4¾ hrs) |
07.29 | Jenny: Gear retrieval from Brave New World (1½ hrs) |
07.30 | OllyB, Jenny: Bolt+survey down Keg Series to sump, survey along Razor Prance (12 hrs) |
08.01 | OllyB, Jenny: Bolt down to Taproom, surveyed and de-rigged to bottom of Plugged Shaft (10 hrs) |
08.03 | OllyB, Jenny: Survey Forward to the Past, and into All Ways Chamber from Brave New World (10½ hrs) |
08.04 | OllyB (13¼ hrs), Jenny (13¾ hrs): Bolt and survey down Fault Pitch then survey The Boiling Tubes from Brave New World. De-rig everything left. |
07.23 | Jenny, OllyB: Rigging Plugged Shaft (5½ hrs) |
07.27 | Jenny, Olly (both 12 hrs), Dave (11½ hrs): Rigging to the Tap Room, and Adventures in Time and Space connection to Keg Series. |
07.30 | Jenny, Olly: Rebelay failure in Plugged Shaft (1½ hrs). |
07.31 | OllyB, Jenny, Dave: Rigging to Spent Ledge, tourist in Brave New World (11 hrs) |
08.05 | OllyB, Jenny: Pleasant but Pointless, in Brave New World (9½ hrs) |
08.07 | Jenny, OllyB: Batman and Pancake Chips in Brave New World (11 hrs) |
08.10 | Jenny, OllyB: Loopy in Brave New World (12½ hrs) |
08.11 | OllyB, Jenny: Keg Series derigging (6½ hrs) |
08.12 | OllyB, Jenny: 1970's route, rigging and surveying down from spent ledge. Derigged out to Boulder Chamber (10 hrs) |
08.13 | Jenny, OllyB: Final derig (3¾ hrs) |