204 - Steinbrückenhöhle surveying

Wed 04 Aug 1999
Nick Proctor



Went to survey lots of passage and push the pitch rigged on the previous trip. Team efficient consisted of Nick making up the numbers, Julia converting them to illegible scrawl and Salvador on pictures - seemed to work quite well. Pushed a couple of leads - the airy traverse over the hole in the floor was airy and led to not much more cave. Julia scrotted over a boulder choke and found some really tight horrible stuff. At this point, sense prevailed and we went to do the pitch, to find Duncan's calling card at the bottom - a Tunnocks Bar Wrapper. Mick and Duncan had gone down a parallel shaft and beaten us to it. More stomping passageway and phreatic tube-type stuff. Did a bit more surveying then got bored and came out. 1st pitch is jolly awkward. Good trip.

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Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/40/cucc/pov/dangle
    caves-1623/115/115eing
    caves-1623/136/chile/left2route
    caves-1623/204/nearend/junction
    caves-1623/204/nearend/updip
    caves-1623/204/midlevel/pendulum
    caves-1623/204/midlevel/veined
    caves-1623/204/midlevel/110aday
    caves-1623/204/nearend/pretty
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    1999#01 ['notes6', 'notes2', '1999#40angleofdangle', 'notes1', 'LISTING', 'notes4', 'no…
    1999#10 [] ['notes6', 'notes16', 'notes18', 'notes24', 'notes29', 'wolpertinger_et_al_plan…
Logbook trips on this date:
    136 - Steinschlagschacht
    204 - Steinbrückenhöhle surveying
    204 - Steinbrückenhöhle
    40 - Eishöhle