CUCC Expeditions to Austria: 1976 - 2024

Went down tube followed by rift near lower entrance. At bottom of rift 6m pitch was bolted. Lands in chamber with hole & boulder slope into bigger shaft, fortunately only another 6m with large boulder passage leading down to top of climb. On right, small phreatic tube with strong outward draught (on a day with a lot of water about) gets too small for me after 20-30 feet. At start of tube pulled out a few boulders to reveal 20 ft climb, but continued presence of boulders at the top called an abort. Climb down at bottom of boulder passage is 8ft. Leads to further climb down, luckily choked by more boulders. Passage to left at bottom of 8ft climb goes to black muddy dry pool fed by water from climb above. Climb gets too small vertically but leads back horizontally to top of 8ft climb. Derigged two pitches - unless the big pitch route stops soon 20 ft climb with continued presence of boulder not worth doing: probably lead to 82 anyway.

Time: 4 hrs !!

Ben

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