CUCC Expeditions to Austria: 1976 - 2024

Survex File: caves-1623/258/usualsuspects

*begin usualsuspects ; Locn: Totes Gebirge, Austria - Loser/Augst-Eck Plateau (kataster group 1623) ; Cave: Tunnockschacht 258 *title "Usual Suspects" *date 2009.08.02 ; null dates on a survex block upset troggle, so let's set one. *export 1.6x 1.2 1.16 *export 2.8 *export 3.6 3.11 3.24 3.26 *equate 2.1 1.22 *equate 2.14x 1.14 *equate 2.23x 1.23 *equate 2.26x 1.26 *equate 2.B 1.27 *equate 2.C 1.25 *equate 2.D 1.18 *equate 2.E 1.8 *equate 3.12x 2.12 *equate 3.13x 2.13 *equate 3.31x 2.31 *begin 1 *date 2009.07.30 *team Insts Becka Lawson *team Tape Gareth Phillips ; for first two legs only then Steve Jones *team Tape Steve Jones *team Notes Becka Lawson *instrument Yellow tape with 40cm missing for first two legs only then red 50m tape; Black compass with light bar for compass (only used on a few legs so I've entered pony data for survex) and Becka's pony for clino and second compass readings ; Calibration: AtoB 146, +22, 145 +22; BtoA 326 -23, 326 -23 *ref 2009#27 ; ====== stations refindable to link to other surveys: ====== *export 2 6x 8 14 16 18 22 23 25 26 27 *calibrate tape +0.0 ; +ve if tape was too short, -ve if too long *data normal from to tape compass clino 1 6x 0.93 120 +69 ;126 compass, 40cm too short tape for this leg so changed from 1.33m in original notes 1 2 5.68 268 -37 ;265 compass, 40cm too short tape for this leg so changed from 6.08m in original notes *team Tape Steve Jones 2 4 24.24 - DOWN 4 5 46.35 - DOWN 5 6 3.59 159 -11 6 7 28.52 - DOWN 7 8 9.12 103 -15 ; 112 compass 10 11 4.58 226 +26 10 12 3.93 - DOWN 13 11 6.94 338 -29 ; 338 compass 13 8 13.30 192 -03 14 8 9.44 355 0 15 8 10.96 028 -24 15 16 7.68 203 +04 16 17 6.88 - DOWN 18 16 11.67 026 +54 ; reversed leg - written as 16 to 18 in notes 11 19 3.23 359 +71 19 20 1.44 039 -03 20 21 2.73 355 -11 21 22 3.42 345 +06 23 22 4.15 035 -46 23 24 3.60 037 +34 25 24 5.18 327 +10 25 26 7.54 118 +25 27 26 11.86 307 -27 28 25 2.72 162 +18 23 28 4.51 112 +46 *data passage station left right up down ignoreall 6x 0 2.5 3 1.8 rp l wall numbered from old survey 1 0 2.4 4 1.5 rp l wall at corner 2 2 8 10 75 main hang spit (lower of two spits) 4 - - - - plumb level with Gareth's spit about 5m below 'ledge' (not used in later rig by Ollie as rubs). Spit is numbered 4 5 1.5 1 85 1.5 rp on rock at ledge 6 1.6 0 8 30 rp 60cm below third (furthest) spit at ledge 7 - - - - rp on ledge 5m above chamber floor 13 0 5 8 3 rp l wall of chamber 8 1.9 7 40 0.9 rp tip boulder 10 0.8 2 2 2 numbered rp above c3 at end of chamber (4m to true floor) 11 1 0.5 5 0.4 rp boulder 12 1.5 2 5.5 0 plumb to floor 20 0.75 1.2 0.3 0.5 rp boulder in bypass 14 0 0.8 0.1 2 rp l wall by drafting passage 15 4 6 40 3 numbered rp on VAST boulder 16 2 2 40 5 rp on boulder 18 0.3 0 5 2.5 rp r wall 19 0 1 2 1 rp l wall 21 1 1 0 0.4 rp ceiling in crawl 22 1.5 0.5 2 1.5 rp l wall / ceiling pendant 23 1 2 2 1.2 numbered rp l wall pendant 24 0 1 1.6 3 rp l wall 25 1.3 0.5 4.5 2.5 rp boulder 26 3 0 3.5 1 rp r wall 27 4 1.5 8 1.3 rp tip boulder in chamber 28 1.3 0 1 2 rp r wall *end 1 *begin 2 *date 2009.08.01 *team Insts Becka Lawson ; then Ollie Stevens *team Tape Steve Jones *team Notes Becka Lawson *instrument Set 1 A; Yellow tape read from 0cm; Becka's pony for clino and second compass readings; use pony data for clino and compass readings for compass ; Calibration: AtoB 146, +22, 145 +22; BtoA 326 -23, 326 -23 *ref 2009#28 ; ====== stations refindable to link to other surveys: ====== *export 1 8 12 13 31 14x 23x 26x B C D E *calibrate tape +0.0 ; +ve if tape was too short, -ve if too long ; NOTE pony readings in the notes are all reversed with respect to both the from/to stations and the set 1A readings; for this survex file I have then reversed all the pony clinos (so -11 becomes +11) but I have retained the compass readings as written in the notes *data normal from to tape compass clino ; pony compass then set 1A clino (ignore these last two in Survex) 1 2 1.16 067 +23 ; 259 +22 3 2 2.31 148 +01 ; 330 +01 3 4 1.66 358 +22 ; 172 +22 4 5 2.64 300 +36 ; 118 +38 6 5 2.38 020 +16 ; 206 +17 7 6 2.91 324 -55 ; 136 -57 7 8 4.03 197 -25 ; 022 -27 ; 9 8 4.42 156 -13 ; 336 -17 notes say to use pony compass not set 1a compass which was 145 - 2010, commented out anyway as repeated this leg when surveyed this passage 8 23x 1.77 110 +11 ; 295 +09 10 26x 2.54 210 +24 ; 031 +25 11 10 4.15 150 +22 ; 335 +22 12 10 7.13 249 -28 ; 066 -28 13 12 4.87 281 -35 ; 099 -37 14 B 6.39 156 -08 ; 341 -10 14 13 5.09 058 -14 ; 248 -16 B 15 5.12 121 0 ; 312 0 14x 17 4.99 176 -23 ; 356 -25 17 18 2.47 260 -42 ; 078 -44 18 19 2.71 173 -54 ; 358 -57 19 20 3.12 152 -23 ; 339 -23 ; Ollie takes over from Becka reading the set 1a compass and clino for following legs: *team Insts Ollie Stevens 11 21 3.76 246 -30 ; 062 -25 21 C 2.38 279 -38 ; 281 -45 22 B 6.45 344 -25 ; 160 -25 22 23 3.96 203 +01 ; 022 +03 24 23 4.87 312 +02 ; 124 0 clino for set 1a reading suspect 25 24 4.39 260 -17 ; 078 -18 25 26 4.85 205 -13 ; 024 -12 25 27 5.51 164 0 ; 343 -02 28 27 4.65 267 -08 ; 078 -09 28 29 8.47 170 -17 ; 348 -18 30 29 11.21 347 0 ; 165 +05 30 31 2.53 227 +14 ; 048 +14 27 32 3.55 171 +07 ; 348 +08 ; Becka takes over again from Ollie reading the set 1a compass and clino for following legs: *team Insts Becka Lawson 33 D 5.37 018 -06 ; 203 -08 34 E 4.02 330 -08 ; 153 -11 34 35 3.52 062 -55 ; 254 -54 35 36 4.70 - down ; - down *data passage station left right up down ignoreall 1 1.5 1 3 1.5 old station at 3 way junction on rock pendant after crawl (US1 station 22) 2 0.7 0.3 2.5 1.8 rp on block by start of passage 3 0.4 0 1.8 1 rp r wall 4 0.6 0 2 1 rp r wall 5 0.6 0 1 1 rp r wall 6 0.8 1 2 1 rp r wall / junction 7 0 1.7 0.1 1.5 rp l wall 8 3 0.3 2 0.6 numbered rp on boulder at end of loop ;9 0 0.4 1 2 numbered rp on l wall 23x 2 0.5 2 1.5 old numbered station on pendant 26x 2.5 0 3 1.3 old numbered station at start of mud slope 10 1.5 - 5 0.3 temporary station, right is passage 11 1 0 1.5 1 rp r wall passage 12 1 3 5 0.4 numbered rp on boulder 13 0 6 6 1 rp on upper wall 14 5 0 5 1.9 rp on central pillar B 5 1.5 10 1 last station of previous survey, mid chamber (US1 station 27) 15 6 5 12 1 numnbered rp on r by pitch in chamber to p10 - might be misnumbered as 16 (LRUD number given as 16 in notes) 14x 0.1 0.6 0.1 2 old station at drafty passage off main chamber 17 0.4 1 2 0.5 rp ceiling at junction 18 0.75 0.75 1.5 1 rp r boulder 19 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.7 ceiling spike with popcorn by squeeze 20 0 0.3 2 1.5 rp l wall after squeeze 21 1 0 4 1.5 rp r wall as exit cave C 0.5 1.2 3 2 junction above chamber, old station on rock by shelf (US1 station 25) 22 1.2 0.5 6 1.5 rp r wall above c2 before pitch 23 1.5 0 1.5 1.5 rp r wall after pitch 24 1.8 0.2 2 1.2 rp r wall before bigger pitch hole 25 0.1 2.5 1 1.8 rp l wall after bigger pitch hole 26 1 0 10 1.5 numbered rp on r wall down r passage (after aven before first corner) 27 2.5 0 1.5 1.5 rp r wall at junction 28 1.2 1.8 1.7 1 rp / chalk on l wall of l passage 29 2 0 4 1.5 rp r wall past oxbow, numbered in pencil 30 0 2 2 4.5 rp l wall 31 1.7 0.1 1.4 1.6 numbered rp on r wall 32 1 1.5 0.3 1.5 rp l of ceiling pendant at pitch D 0.3 0 1 2.5 Southern most station in chamber, old station at start of narrow rift - station 18 of US1 33 0 0.4 4 1 leg to 33 was from top of very large boulder at station 16 in chamber E 1.5 8 40 1.2 initial old station in chamber on small rock near rope - US1 station 8 34 0.8 0 0.5 2 rp r wall start of thin rift 35 0 1 1 3.5 rp l wall 36 - - - - unmarked plumb *end 2 *begin 3 *date 2009.08.02 *team Insts Julian Todd *team Tape Becka Lawson *team Notes Becka Lawson *instrument Set 1 5; Yellow tape read from 0cm; Becka's pony for clino and second compass readings; use pony data for clino and compass readings for compass ; Calibration: AtoB 149, +22 *ref 2009#29 ; ====== stations refindable to link to other surveys: ====== *export 6 11 12x 13x 31x 24 26 *calibrate tape +0.0 ; +ve if tape was too short, -ve if too long ; NOTE pony readings in the notes are all reversed with respect to both the from/to stations and the set 1A readings; for this survex file I have then reversed all the pony clinos (so -11 becomes +11) but I have retained the compass readings as written in the notes *data normal from to tape compass clino ; pony compass then set 1A clino (ignore these last two in Survex) 13x 1 6.79 023 +04 ; 203 +04 2 1 4.85 229 -24 ; 050 -23 2 3 9.44 266 -31 ; 081 -32 4 3 4.13 343 0 ; 166 -01 4 12x 4.50 210 -05 ; 036 -07 1 5 7.40 005 +04 ; 182 +04 6 5 7.43 245 -27 ; 070 -29 6 7 11.10 344 0 ; 164 -02 8 7 12.73 174 +15 ; 358 +11 8 9 7.82 057 +32 ; 239 +27 10 9 4.50 291 -38 ; 111 -40 10 11 7.66 012 +12 ; 193 +13 2 13 8.17 103 +33 ; 289 +35 23 8 7.40 127 +19 ; 307 +18 23 24 8.88 339 -16 ; 160 -17 31x 14 3.41 135 -08 ; 322 -09 14 15 4.48 157 +10 ; 340 +08 15 16 8.21 090 +03 ; 277 +04 17 16 6.05 238 +03 ; 057 +04 17 18 8.72 052 -01 ; 246 -02 18 19 1.57 - down ; - down 20 19 3.95 251 +24 ; 069 +24 21 20 6.67 252 +06 ; 073 +5.5 21 22 5.74 022 -10 ; 210 -12 6 25 7.16 144 +37 ; 317 +33 25 26 2.66 143 +34 ; 333 +30 7 27 3.24 075 +16 ; 263 +19 *data passage station left right up down ignoreall 13x - - - - US2 old station 13, numbered, top of chamber 1 1 2.5 1.5 1 rp l wall above passage 2 0.2 1.5 0.4 1 rp l wall end chamber / start of passage 3 1 0 1.3 0.8 rp r wall 4 0.5 0.7 2 0.4 rp pendant on l 12x 1 2.5 8 0.3 US2 old station 12, numbered boulder on l wall of chamber 5 1.3 0.4 0.7 1.7 numbered rp r wall / ceiling at corner 6 3 2 1 1 rp floor knobble in main passage 7 0.5 1.9 1 1 numbered rp on l wall at junction 8 2.5 2 2 0.4 rp floor boulder 9 0.4 1.5 1.8 1.4 rp l wall 10 2 0.2 1.2 2.1 rp r wall pendant at corner 11 0.5 2 1.5 1.5 numbered rp l wall at junction 13 1 1 0.1 1 rp back wall 23 0.4 2 2 1.3 rp l wall at L junction 24 1.6 0 2 0.5 rp flake on r wall 31x 1.5 0 1.3 1.6 numbered rp US2 old station 31, at pitch 14 0.2 1.3 2.2 8 rp rock bridge mid-traverse 15 1.5 4 4 1.5 rp on huge rock pillar 16 0.5 3 8 2 rp block on r wall 17 0 1 12 2 rp l wall where narrows, full left is 3m 18 0.5 0.7 1.5 10 rp climb at end wall of rift 19 0.3 0.3 0.3 10 rp on floor at start of squeeze through hole under rock col 20 0.2 0.2 0 1.8 rp ceiling 21 1.5 1.5 10 3 rp boulder tip in chamber 22 0 6 20 1.5 rp l wall by HUGE pitch *data passage station left right up down ignoreall 25 0 0.5 0.6 0.5 rp l wall 26 - - 10 0 rp spike in floor at crossrift, left and right both passage 27 0.1 1.5 1.6 0.5 rp l wall *end 3 *end usualsuspects

underground survey length: 570.48 metres
cave primary survexfile caves-1623/258/258.svx
directory primary survexfile caves-1623/258/258
block 1 has parent block usualsuspects (in file caves-1623/258/usualsuspects.svx)
block 2 has parent block usualsuspects (in file caves-1623/258/usualsuspects.svx)
block usualsuspects has parent block 258 (in file caves-1623/258/258.svx)
block 3 has parent block usualsuspects (in file caves-1623/258/usualsuspects.svx)

2009-07-30 ['1']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/161/north/solidrock
    caves-1623/161/north/direstraits
    caves-1623/161/phumour/iceland
    caves-1623/258/usualsuspects
    caves-1623/258/marconianempire1
Wallets on this date:
    2009#10 ['notes2', 'notes1', 'elev', 'plan']
    2009#12 ['elev0001', 'notes0001', 'notes0002', 'plan', 'elev0002']
    2009#15 iceland pitch ['elev0001', 'notes0001', 'notes0002', 'plan0001', 'plan0003', 'elev0002']
    2009#16 ['notes1', 'plan', 'notes2', 'elev']
    2009#27 Usual Suspects - 1 ['plan0004', 'plan0001', 'elev0002', 'elev0003', 'plan0003', 'elev0006', 'plan0…
Logbook trips on this date:
    161 - Silent Fellow
    Wookey travels to Expo - Wookey travels to Expo
    204 - Pus in bolts
    161 - Push and survey near Iceland Chamber

2009-08-01 ['2']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/258/usualsuspects
Wallets on this date:
    2009#28 ['notes0001', 'notes0002', 'notes0003']
Logbook trips on this date:
    Tunnocks - Usual Suspects

2009-08-02 ['usualsuspects', '3']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/258/usualsuspects
    caves-1623/258/stomachulsa
Wallets on this date:
    2009#23 ['notes2', 'notes1', 'elev', 'plan']
    2009#27 Usual Suspects - 1 ['plan0004', 'plan0001', 'elev0002', 'elev0003', 'plan0003', 'elev0006', 'plan0…
    2009#29 ['notes0001', 'notes0002', 'notes0003']
    2009#35 Tortuous tight tube ['elev0001', 'notes0001', 'plan0001']
Logbook trips on this date:
    Tunnocks - Going Nowhere fast
    Tunnock's - Usual Suspects
    Tunnocks - Just for a Laugh