CUCC Expeditions to Austria: 1976 - 2022

Survex File: caves-1623/258/hydra/beckoning_silence

*begin beckoning_silence ; stations linked into other surveys (or likely to) *export 30 5X 14 11 ; Cave: 258 ; Area in cave/QM: Hydra *title "Beckoning Silence" *date 2017.08.09 *team Insts Becka Lawson ; Rebecca Lawson *team Notes Jacob Podesta *team dog Rob Watson *instrument Rebecca Lawson's Distox2 no.1 *ref 2017#41 ; Centreline data *data normal from to length bearing gradient ignoreall 12 11 10.34 234.0 +06.0 13 12 08.78 249.0 -01.0 13 14 07.48 060.0 -08.0 14 15 04.92 022.0 +15.0 15 16 07.89 064.0 -13.0 16 17 03.16 347.0 +43.0 17 18 05.59 052.0 -01.0 18 19 02.18 136.0 -37.0 19 20 03.73 056.0 -02.0 20 21 03.26 105.0 -18.0 21 22 05.67 095.0 -50.0 23 11 07.17 097.0 -46.0 24 23 01.73 030.0 -15.0 5x 24 02.01 020.0 -25.0 24 XX 07.42 291.0 +52.0 22 25 08.73 086.0 -55.0 26 25 02.19 117.0 -14.0 26 27 07.28 175.0 -35.0 28 29 04.06 121.0 -22.5 29 30 03.51 071.0 -30.0 *flags duplicate 30 31 10.70 119.0 -54.0 ; superseded by radiosilence survey *flags not duplicate 28 27 08.74 015.0 +48.0 ;----------- ;recorded station details (leave commented out) ;(NP=Nail Polish, LHW/RHW=Left/Right Hand Wall) ;Station Left Right Up Down Description ; nail varnish markings ;11 - - - - RHW NP NUMBERED 11 ;12 01.0 00.5 05.0 03.5 RHW NP ;13 01.0 01.5 01.0 01.5 RHW NP ;14 01.2 00.2 00.8 00.2 RHW NP ;15 00.0 01.2 00.4 01.0 LHW NP ;16 01.1 00.2 00.9 00.2 RHW NP ;17 00.2 01.2 00.4 01.0 LHW NP ;18 00.0 01.5 00.8 01.5 LHW CORNER NP ;19 01.0 00.3 01.0 00.3 SPIKE NP ;20 01.5 00.4 00.8 02.1 HIGH RHW NP ;21 01.3 00.6 00.0 01.4 RHW NP ;22 - - - - ;23 01.2 03.0 01.3 01.0 BEFORE PITCHHEAD NP ;24 02.0 02.0 03.2 02.0 RHW FLAKE NP ;5x 00.0 02.6 01.6 02.3 NUMBERED 5 OLD SURVEY LHW NP ;25 - - 05.6 00.6 ;26 - - 05.6 00.3 ;27 00.5 00.5 00.0 01.0 LHW NP on popcorn ;28 02.0 01.5 03.0 01.0 RHW NP in chamber ;29 01.0 00.1 01.5 01.2 ;30 00.5 00.5 01.3 01.5 numbered 30 NP ;LRUDs arranged into passage tubes ;new *data command for each 'passage', ;repeat stations and adjust numbers as needed *data passage station left right up down 12 01.0 00.5 05.0 03.5 13 01.0 01.5 01.0 01.5 14 01.2 00.2 00.8 00.2 15 00.0 01.2 00.4 01.0 16 01.1 00.2 00.9 00.2 17 00.2 01.2 00.4 01.0 18 00.0 01.5 00.8 01.5 19 01.0 00.3 01.0 00.3 20 01.5 00.4 00.8 02.1 21 01.3 00.6 00.0 01.4 23 01.2 03.0 01.3 01.0 24 02.0 02.0 03.2 02.0 27 00.5 00.5 00.0 01.0 28 02.0 01.5 03.0 01.0 29 01.0 00.1 01.5 01.2 30 00.5 00.5 01.3 01.5 ;----------- ;Question Mark List ;(leave commented-out) ;Serial number grade(A/B/C/X) nearest-station resolution-station description ;QM1 B beckoning_silence.14 - pitch on the right possibly descending back into rift which takes water ;QM2 A beckoning_silence.30 - passage continues down climb. strongly draughting, echoey ;QM3 B beckoning_silence.24 - AD: passage at top of climb; could also be accessed by traversing from pitch ;QM4 B beckoning_silence.28 - AD: climb up to west on corner ;------------ ;Cave description ; Down 5m pitch to a dripping chamber which carries a small stream. ; a short climb leads down to another similar chamber below a dripping aven ; stream disappears into a crack and a step up leads to the continuing stooping passage ; another pitch leads down to the right (QMB) and futher on another pitch leads to ; a muddy slope and another short climb down to strongly draughting continuation. *end beckoning_silence

underground survey length: 126.54 metres
cave primary survexfile caves-1623/258/258.svx
directory primary survexfile caves-1623/258/hydra/hydra
block beckoning_silence has parent block no_name-#1510 (in file caves-1623/258/hydra/hydra.svx)

2017-08-09 ['beckoning_silence']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/258/hydra/beckoning_silence
    caves-1623/258/hydra/lower_snakebite
    caves-1623/264/secondhand
Wallets on this date:
    2017#40 Lower Snakebite ['plan', 'notes2', 'notes1', 'elevation']
    2017#41 Beckoning Silence ['plan', 'notes2', 'notes1', 'elevation']
    2017#49 Second Hand ['plan', 'notes', 'elevation']
Logbook trips on this date:
    Tunnocks - Camp Kraken: below Snake Pit, Northern Slackers
    Balcony - Sloppy Seconds, Second Hand
    Balcony - Cathedral Chasm, attempted derig