CUCC Expeditions to Austria: 1976 - 2025

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

*begin kraken ; Cave: Tunnockschacht (258) ; Continuation of survey of Kraken pitch / chamber ; ====== stations refindable to link to other surveys: ====== *export 3 9 15 *title "Kraken" *date 2015.07.29 *team "Andy Kuszyk" Insts *team "Anthony Day" Notes ;*instrument Wookey's disto, blue pony ; Calibration: No *ref 2015#21 *calibrate tape +0.0 ; +ve if tape was too short, -ve if too long ;from to tape compass clino ; remarks ; survey out 1 2 13.625 064 +26 3 2 12.649 158 -10 2 4 19.991 069 +39 5 4 13.024 296 -12 5 6 23.202 211 -03 5 7 05.888 343 +24 7 8 12.773 014 +30 8 9 05.248 018 +23 10 7 34.690 211 -75 11 10 10.321 310 -85 12 11 09.723 094 -75 13 12 11.779 129 -62 14 13 03.702 121 -30 15 14 04.791 067 -60 ;station details ; stations marked with purple nail varnish ; PM = paint mark; RHW LHW = left/right hand wall; (N) = numbered ;stn L R U D Desc ;1 3.6 4.0 - 6.3 PM boulder (N) ;2 7.6 7.4 14.4 1.5 PM boulder ;3 0.5 - - 1.5 PM boulder (N) ;4 9.3 11.4 8.7 1.5 PM boulder ;5 - 2.0 22.3 3.1 PM rock ;6 3.5 5.0 5.0 0.5 Unmarked ;7 11.5 2.6 - 0.5 PM rock ;8 3.4 3.7 - 0.7 PM rock ;9 0.0 6.8 - 1.8 PM wall (N) ;10 - - - - PM lip ;11 - - - - PM above y hang ;12 - - - - Rebelay bolt ;13 - - - - PM wall 0.5m below y hang ;14 1.5 - - 1.7 PM wall end traverse ;15 0.0 - - - Station 14 from Inferno survey *data passage station left right up down ignoreall 1 3.6 4.0 - 6.3 PM boulder (N) 2 7.6 7.4 14.4 1.5 PM boulder 3 0.5 - - 1.5 PM boulder (N) 4 9.3 11.4 8.7 1.5 PM boulder 5 - 2.0 22.3 3.1 PM rock 6 3.5 5.0 5.0 0.5 Unmarked 7 11.5 2.6 - 0.5 PM rock 8 3.4 3.7 - 0.7 PM rock 9 0.0 6.8 - 1.8 PM wall (N) 10 - - - - PM lip 11 - - - - PM above y hang 12 - - - - Rebelay bolt 13 - - - - PM wall 0.5m below y hang 14 1.5 - - 1.7 PM wall end traverse 15 0.0 - - - Station 14 from Inferno survey ;----------- ;Question Mark List ;(leave commented-out) ;Serial number grade(A/B/C/X) nearest-station resolution-station description ;QM5 B kraken.9 - ~10m pitch [downgraded from A after coming back with a better light] ;QM6 A kraken.3 tentacle.8 Rift passage to mud slope (needs rope) with continuing rift [Tentacle traverse] ;QM7 X kraken.3 - Aven entering high in roof ;QM8 B kraken.1 kraken.1 Removed after coming back with better light - presumed passage appears not to exist ;------------ ; Cave description ; ; From the choss bridge in Kraken chamber, a descent is rigged from the southern wall. ; The first part is a scrappy descent down the mud slope via a traverse to a y-hang, a ; large swing to a y-hang rebelay and two further rebelays to clear the mud slope. ; After descending a total of 25m in this manner, a duck under an overhang reaches a ; y hang from where there is a fine 40m free hanging descent to the floor. THE UPPER ; PART OF THIS PITCH IS VERY LOOSE - ASCEND ONE AT A TIME. ; ; The landing is in a further breakdown chamber at the top of a boulder slope heading ; west. East of the landing point there is a further short (~10m) pitch to a clean ; rock floor with a drip (QM B). The boulder slope descends at about 40deg for ~50m. ; In the north wall of the chamber a rift passage heads west to a mud slope where a ; traverse has been rigged - Tentacle Traverse. An aven enters at the start ; of this rift (QM X). In the southern wall of the chamber is an area of black mud ; containing hexagonal cracks - no way on here but a viable site for a campsite. *end kraken

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underground survey length: 181.41 metres
cave primary survexfile caves-1623/258/258.svx
directory primary survexfile caves-1623/258/hydra/hydra
block kraken has parent block no_name-#1527 (in file caves-1623/258/hydra/hydra.svx)

2015-07-29 ['kraken']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/107/beepless
    caves-1623/107/notwindow
    caves-1623/258/hydra/kraken
    caves-1623/264/cathedralLC1
    caves-1623/264/cathedralLC2
    caves-1623/264/gosserwager2
    caves-1623/264/icecockLC1
    caves-1623/264/icecockLC2
    caves-1623/264/bipedal
    caves-1623/264/frozennorth3
    caves-1623/264/pubicsynthesis
Wallets on this date:
    2015#13 Cathedral ['notes2', 'notes1', 'comment', 'plan2', 'elev', 'plan1']
    2015#20 beepless, nowindow ['notes']
    2015#21 kraken ['notes2', 'notes1', 'elev070b', 'plan2', 'elev070a', 'plan', 'elev340']
    2015#22 IcecockLC ['notes2', 'notes1', 'elev2', 'planupdated', 'plan', 'elev1']
    2015#24 Pubic Synthesis ['notes2', 'notes1', 'elev', 'plan']
    2015#28 Balcony, Bipedal passage ['notes1', 'plan1']
    2015#30 Balcony, Frozen north III ['notes1', 'plan', 'elev']
    2015#32 Balcony, Cathedral LC1 ['notes2', 'notes1']
    2015#33 Balcony, Gosser wager 2 ['notes2', 'notes1', 'plan1']
Logbook trips on this date:
    Balcony - Bipedal Passage
    107 - near coldest
    Tunnocks - Pushing Kraken (again)
    plateau - Prospecting east of Balcony
    258 - Bipedal Traverse Series part I