CUCC Expeditions to Austria: 1976 - 2024

Survex File: caves-1623/161/rhr/tblocks

;1993.07.15 split into useful sized chunks/original surveys ;1998.02.01 AERW added comments, moved begin/ends, put in chronological seq. ;1998.04.01 AERW more comments, exports ; ====== links between surveys in this file: ====== *equate Knossos.1 TBKnosLnk.0 *equate TBlocks.6 TBKnosLnk.1 *equate knossosconn.2 tblocks.7 *begin Knossos ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) *title "Knossos" ;*date 1988.07.20 ; this is clearly bollocks - expo didn't start until ; mid-August, and KH was discovered on 1988.08.21 !! *date 1988.09.05 ; trip 1988-161-25 in 1988 logbook *team Notes Del *instrument Jeremy ; ====== stations refindable to link to other surveys: ====== *export 1 ; actual carbide mark near base of 1988 rope hang ? 1 2 14.34 013 -14 3 2 12.77 065 +20 4 2 9.02 195 -06 4 5 11.90 025 +25 6 5 15.24 256 00 6 7 14.23 108 +15 8 7 14.60 245 +23 9 7 23.60 319 -21 9 10 30.27 235 -10 11 10 13.10 031 -19 11 12 10.90 290 -08 13 12 8.65 144 +32 13 1 8.32 306 -47 *end Knossos *begin TBlocks ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) *title "Tower blocks area" ; From Start of Knossos pitch to Olympus and Waterfall chamber *date 1989.08.15 ; trip 1989-161-21 in 1989 logbook ; connection done whilst surveying Yapate *team Notes Dan *instrument Tina *team Dogs Jeremy, JulianT *ref " 1989 survey book p 35" ; ====== stations refindable to link to other surveys: ====== *export 1 ; 1st rigged (actual 2nd) bolt on traverse line to Knossos, RH wall, 1.5 off floor *export 6 ; believed last year's ('88) carbide mark near base of rope hang - this was ; not actually a point on the 1988 survey (see TBKnosLnk below) *export 7 ; CM, top of 3x3x.3 boulder on edge in front of Star Wars gap (1.8 off floor) *export 15 ; top of rock/sand col between Tower Blocks and Waterfall Cha. marked "15" *export 26a ; point on SE wall (opposite large pillar which looks like wall) in Tower ; Blocks where Olympus goes off to the SW 26 26a 2.91 198 +19 32 26a 6.80 073 +07.5 ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle *title "Right Hand Route - Tower Blocks" ; From 1st (rigged) bolt of traverse line to Knossos pitch, ; to exits from Tower Blocks *date 1989.08.14 ; trip 1989-161-20 in 1989 logbook *team Notes wookey *instrument adam *instrument compass: 625078, clino 736380 *ref " 1989 survey book pp 30-34" 2 1 3.12 185 +36 ;1: 1st rigged (actually 2nd) bolt on traverse line 2 3 7.01 043 -46 ;2: 2nd bolt on traverse line 3 4 2.60 066 -69 ;3: 3rd bolt on traverse line 4 5 30.15 - down ;4: edge of pitch 6 5 0.83 050 +18 ;5: base of Knossos hang 6 7 12.81 355 -27 ;6: 1988 pitch base - conn. to Knossos survey 8 7 5.00 121 +12 8 9 6.68 253 -52 10 9 11.43 135 +44 ;10: marked 10WMA at top of climb into T Blocks 10 11 12.87 028 -03 12 11 13.26 042 +06 12 13 11.19 349 +32 14 13 13.55 177 -27 15 13 9.71 051 +20 15 16 12.39 174 -11 18 16 10.34 249 -11 18 10 4.05 031 -11 17 16 5.25 204 +14 19 16 9.92 276 -05 20 16 7.26 316 +17 28 16 9.61 094 -02 29 16 11.70 071 +27 30 16 9.50 037 +24 29 31 16.54 218 -26 31 32 13.30 141 +43 22 20 9.94 331 +33 23 20 8.56 002 +11 24 20 13.20 027 +28 25 20 16.98 024 +05 26 20 16.62 040 +08 27 20 7.69 063 +14 21 20 9.97 301 +18 ; station details ; 1 1st rigged (actual 2nd) bolt on traverse line to Knossos, RH wall, 1.5 off floor ; 2 2nd rigged bolt on traverse line (LHS, 1.5m above floor) ; 3 3rd rigged bolt on traverse line (LHS 3m off floor) ; 4 knob of rock on edge of Knossos pitch 1.3m to L of pitch head bolt (OK for plumb) ; 5 floor level carbide mark at base of rope hang marked "A" ; 6 last year's ('88) carbide mark near base of rope hang ; 7 CM on top of 3x3x0.3 boulder on edge in front of Star Wars gap (1.8 off floor) ; 8 highest poijnt of floor in Star Wars gap ; 9 CM on perched rock on left of Star Wars passage ;10 CM "10 WMA" on rock at entrance to Tower Blocks chamber floor 0.8, roof 5m ; Tower Hamlets ;11 CM 1.3m off floor at end of Tower Hamlets Chamber ;12 1m off floor in end of chamber 0.8x2m passage 3m above floor goes thru to main cha. ;13 roof of passage out of TH chamber, carbide mark 1m off floor ;14 floor level at top of steep sandy ramp in Tower Hamlets ;15 top of rock/sand col between Tower Blocks and Waterfall cha. marked "15" ;16 carbide mark on highet point of big boulder in centre of TB, floor 3m, roof 15+ ;17 RH wall of TB chamber 1.6m off floor ;18 CM "18" on wall on climb out of/in to TB 4m off floor ;19 TB LH side 2.5m up (on boulder, boulder is 0.5 from wall) ;20 small CM on high point of rock in centre of TB ;21 1.6m up in corner of TB (1m in under overhung alcove) ;22 1.6m up wall of chamber ;23 1.6m above rock against wall, passage through at floor level 3m below ;24 at floor level in far corner of chamber (against wall at that level) ;25 CM "25" on wall in far corner where sandy passage starts (dead end) floor 1.5 ;26 point of rock stal at wall of TB where passage goes off ;27 1.6 off floor against BIG rock ;28 0.8 above rock against wall (3m above floor) ;29 tip of boulder 2m from chamber wall marked "29" ;30 CM on side of boulder 3m off ground ;31 CM near wet aven in TB 3m above floor, on wall ;32 tip of rock 2m above floor, 1m from TB wall, at passage entrance marked "32" *end TBlocks *begin TBKnosLnk ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) *title "Connection leg in Knossos" *date 1989.08.01 ;*team ? ; completely unclear when this connecting leg was surveyed, but the ; comment in the Tower Blocks survey suggests that those surveyors ; believed these points equated. So this survey must have been done ; later ? But it must be 1989-1990, so a date about then is better ; than none. 1989.08.01 is an arbitrary date in what is probably the ; right year. ; ====== stations refindable to link to other surveys: ====== *export 0 ; actual carbide mark near base of 1988 rope hang ? *export 1 ; believed 1988 carbide mark near base of rope hang - this was ; not actually a point on the 1988 survey *calibrate compass 0 *calibrate clino 0 0 1 4.88 101. 09. *end TBKnosLnk *begin knossosconn ; Cave: Kaninchenhöhle (1623/161) *title "Connection from Minoan Surprise survey to Knossos survey" *date 1996.07.20 ; trip 1996-161-34 in logbook (which says 19th) *team Notes Wookey *instrument Chris Densham ; waiting....: Becka & Dave F ; (Becka is in log as on trips elsewhere both 19th and 20th and DaveF is ; not in log as underground either of these days - confused ? you will be...) ; Calib (at 161d) A->B comp:213.75 clino +8.3 ; B->A comp:34.50 clino -8.0 ; Ref.: Can't find this in 1996 survey book (Minoan Surprise survey is pp 116-117) ; tape was 22cm too long (so readings come out too small) ; therefore zero error is -0.22 (ie. we subtract -0.22), so this is correct ; ====== stations refindable to link to other surveys: ====== *export 2 ; CM, top of 3x3x.3 boulder on edge in front of Star Wars gap (1.8 off floor) *export 7 ; pt on Becka & DaveF Minoan Surprise survey, marked 'phi', top of huge boulder *calibrate tape -0.22 1 2 4.54 103.5 +09 1 3 20.62 084 +28.3 4 3 18.60 273 -24 ;backwards leg in notes 4 7 3.34 058 +07.5 ;this bit is to find the roof height ;*set decimal ./ ;5 3 10/12 - +19/5 ;5 6 - - +71/5 ;3 6 - - +88/5 ;the answer was 29.5m ;1 0.25 cairn in star wars connection from knossos ;2 1.65 Cm on rock tip - must be on tower blocks survey ;3 1.5 cm on rock tip marked '3' ;4 3 middle of huge rock, marked 'triangle' ;5 cm on small rock ;6 pt on roof (by roof tube) ;7 pt on becka & daveF minoan surprise survey, marked 'phi' *end knossosconn

underground survey length: 581.66 metres
cave primary survexfile caves-1623/161/161.svx
directory primary survexfile caves-1623/161/rhr/allrhr
block knossos has parent block 161 (in file caves-1623/161/161.svx)
block tbknoslnk has parent block 161 (in file caves-1623/161/161.svx)
block tblocks has parent block 161 (in file caves-1623/161/161.svx)
block knossosconn has parent block 161 (in file caves-1623/161/161.svx)

1988-09-05 ['knossos']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/161/rhr/tblocks
No wallets files found for this date.
Logbook trips on this date:
    161 - Survey chamber at bottom of right hand route
    161 - Photo trip 161

1989-08-01 ['tbknoslnk']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/161/rhr/tblocks
    caves-1623/161/rhr/dreamtme
No wallets files found for this date.
Hmm...

1989-08-14 ['tblocks']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/161/lhr/drunk
    caves-1623/161/rhr/tblocks
No wallets files found for this date.
Logbook trips on this date:
    Drunk and stupid
    Survey & push from Knossos
    Team Peugeot - get incredibly lost in France, Luxembourg & Germany, not to mention Austria & then go walking in & around Stubai Alps.

1996-07-20 ['knossosconn']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/161/rhr/tblocks
    caves-1623/161/triassic/intrview
No wallets files found for this date.
Logbook trips on this date:
    161 - Interview Blues
    161 - Avoiding Stairway to Hell Pt3.