CUCC Expeditions to Austria: 1976 - 2024

Having seen 2 A-leads at the end of dead flies passage on the big survey we headed down to investigate & push. Arriving at the end of the survey, we reached a small 3x1.5m chamber with a streamway passage (?2018-26A) back to the left and a more rifty passage straight ahead (?2018-25A).

[MISSING RIGGING DIAGRAM]

We were quite surprised to see survey markers heading off down ?2018-25A starting at 91 and ending at 133 continuing along the passage for quite a way (-40m????). This passage started out rifty then went more phreatic, it was mostly walking but a little stoopy & and constricted in places. The survey marks ended at 133 at a significant drop, it looked like there was horizontal ways on over the top of this pitch but we dropped the pitch and carry'd on pushing & surveying down.

Sarah bolted this 12m pitch dubbed "the goose pot" which dropped down to a 6x2m ledge. The back of this aven a few meters down from this pitch looked very clean-washed and had a small puddle at the bottom presumably from the rain a few days prior. At the other end of the ledge was a traverse & a drop that Sarah bolted but failed to reach the bottom of with a 50/60m rope that was used for both pitches. The second pitch consisted of a 10m traverse line, a 10m drop with a rebelay followed by a 25m drop into a stream way.

Back at base camp Nadia looked up the survey points that weren't on the survey and it was done by [illegible] and Frank Tully in 2018, the records we have only go to 1122 so 112-133 will need to be resurveyed.

Speaking of, towards the end of Dead Flies Passage we found a tacklesack presumably from 2018 with a rope and some incredibly rusted maillons & hangers . It was slightly wet but presumably mostly from dripping. The rope may be viable but the metalwork won't be.