40 - Eishöhle

Sun 01 Aug 1999
Mark Shinwell



[Date guessed at and heading added]

_Mark S_ :- Photo trip somewhat abortive due to flash failure (results to be discovered -:) We took a few photos in Schneevulkanhalle and then went down the pitch into the passage which Julian, Becca + Paul had descended around to the left of the chamber (coming down the snow slope). This eventually ended in a "too-hard" ice climb [see survey data] + we went back.

Not too hard, drafting well, but ice all too soft, better done on rock or entering from the other direction ?

On way back (still in the "oldway" down the pitch) Simon + Mark explored a hole on the left [whilst returning to Schneevulkanhalle] down a small ice slope; this led to a pitch (~15-20m??) with a rusty spit (not of CUCC origin) in place [Pitch not descended].

Out of time => back to SVH

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Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/147/147
    caves-1623/40/cucc/pov/deviant
    caves-1623/40/cucc/oldway
    surface/1623/180-161c
Wallets on this date:
    1999#00 [] ['LISTING']
    1999#02 ['notes6', 'notes2', '1999#40deviantalternative', 'notes1', 'LISTING', 'notes4'…
    1999#04 eisehohle ['notes2', 'notes1', 'LISTING', 'notes4', '1999#40elephantengang', 'notes5', 'n…
    1999#20 Calibration Inst set 2 ['calibration', '1999#calibration', 'LISTING']
Logbook trips on this date:
    40 - Go look in Eishöhle
    40 - Eishöhle
    147 - ReExplore and resurvey 147
    204 - Steinbrückenhöhle
    136 - 136