CUCC Expeditions to Austria: 1976 - 2016

Survex File: caves-1623/264/longdrop

*begin longdrop ; stations linked into other surveys (or likely to) *export 1x 20 ; Cave: Balcony 264 ; Area in cave/QM: Far Side *title "Long Drop" *date 2016.07.06 *team Insts Nathan Walker *team Notes Elliott Smith *instrument Distox2 - UBSS 3 ; Calibration: ? *ref 2016#11 ; Centreline data *data normal from to length bearing gradient ignoreall 1x 1 2.77 094.8 -06.8 1 2 7.91 103.9 -51.4 2 3 9.21 183.8 -82.2 3 4 1.73 104.2 -09.2 4 5 11.80 243.9 -75.5 5 6 3.38 107.9 -67.8 6 7 19.50 189.1 -80.4 7 8 10.40 176.3 24.3 7 9 3.03 032.3 02.1 9 10 6.84 018.4 -43.9 10 11 10.06 083.0 -82.6 11 12 6.97 113.4 -67.7 12 13 2.84 000.5 -28.7 13 14 2.12 007.6 -30.14 14 15 3.48 006.1 -36.1 15 16 10.58 043.7 -80.7 16 17 12.77 017.8 -77.6 17 18 7.22 059.8 -80.3 18 19 22.32 327.8 -86.8 19 20 14.42 346.1 -70.9 ;20 21 3.26 355.2 19.6 ;21 22 9.81 027.1 -17.2 ;22 23 9.92 010.0 16.2 ;20 24 3.86 150.0 -30.3 ;24 25 11.91 215.3 -48.6 ;----------- ;recorded station details (leave commented out) ;(NP=Nail Polish, LHW/RHW=Left/Right Hand Wall) ;Station Left Right Up Down Description ;[Red] nail varnish markings ;1 0.3 3.9 2.2 1.3 ; 1x is # 65 in Farside 2014#42 ;2 0.3 4.0 13.3 8.7 ; LHW, below Y hang ;3 0 10.0 23.9 43.2 ; LHW 2m above rebelay ;4 0 9.0 23.9 43.2 ; LHW right of rebelay ;5 0 8.3 35.3 24.7 ; LHW left rebelay bolt ;6 0.4 7.5 ? 21.6 ; 3m below right hand rebelay bolt ;7 0.3 10.3 ? 0 ; On ledge L of traverse ;8 1.5 1.0 8.0 1.7 ; Up small scrot ;9 0 5 ? 9 ; Just off shelf, LHW ;10 0 9.6 11.9 ? ; Scary... ;11 0 11.1 19.1 SHIT! ; More scary ;12 0.8 0 3.1 1.3 ; Just outside small window, RHW ;13 0 4.0 19.2 1.4 ; LHW, in small chamber ;14 1.0 0 29.0 0.7 ; RHW, below Y hang ;15 0.2 0.7 1.8 SHIT ; LHW ;16 4.4 0 10.9 MY ; RHW (looking from 15), below rebelay ;17 4.2 0 25.7 PANTS ; Left of rebelay ;18 6.1 0 27.7 ? ; Left of rebelay, level with bolt. ;19 2.5 0 48.5 20.6 ; Right of single rebelay bolt ;20 0.8 1.3 ? 0.9 ; Up slope, on large boulder on left. Labelled ;21 0 0.9 ? 1.4 ; LHW, towards drips ;22 3.3 2.0 ? 0 ; Top of boulder, near middle of aven ;23 1.0 1.0 7.0 1.3 ; At back of water inlet ;24 0.4 1.5 ? 1.9 ; LHW, red paint ;25 ? ? ? ? ; Labelled, on choss bridge, left hand side. ;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 1 0.3 3.9 2.2 1.3 ; 1x is # 65 in Farside 2014#42 2 0.3 4.0 13.3 8.7 ; LHW, below Y hang 3 0 10.0 23.9 43.2 ; LHW 2m above rebelay 4 0 9.0 23.9 43.2 ; LHW right of rebelay 5 0 8.3 35.3 24.7 ; LHW left rebelay bolt 6 0.4 7.5 - 21.6 ; 3m below right hand rebelay bolt 7 0.3 10.3 - 0 ; On ledge L of traverse 8 1.5 1.0 8.0 1.7 ; Up small scrot 9 0 5 - 9 ; Just off shelf, LHW 10 0 9.6 11.9 - ; Scary... 11 0 11.1 19.1 100 ; More scary 12 0.8 0 3.1 1.3 ; Just outside small window, RHW 13 0 4.0 19.2 1.4 ; LHW, in small chamber 14 1.0 0 29.0 0.7 ; RHW, below Y hang 15 0.2 0.7 1.8 - ; LHW 16 4.4 0 10.9 - ; RHW (looking from 15), below rebelay 17 4.2 0 25.7 - ; Left of rebelay 18 6.1 0 27.7 - ; Left of rebelay, level with bolt. 19 2.5 0 48.5 20.6 ; Right of single rebelay bolt 20 0.8 1.3 70 0.9 ; Up slope, on large boulder on left. Labelled ;21 0 0.9 70 1.4 ; LHW, towards drips ;22 3.3 2.0 30 0 ; Top of boulder, near middle of aven ;23 1.0 1.0 7.0 1.3 ; At back of water inlet *data passage station left right up down ;20 1.3 0.8 70 0.9 ; Up slope, on large boulder on left. Labelled ;24 0.4 1.5 - 1.9 ; LHW, red paint ;25 - - 72 - ; Labelled, on choss bridge, left hand side. ;----------- ;Question Mark List ;(leave commented-out) ; The nearest-station is the name of the survey and station which are nearest to ; the QM. The resolution-station is either '-' to indicate that the QM hasn't ; been checked; or the name of the survey and station which push that QM. If a ; QM doesn't go anywhere, set the resolution-station to be the same as the ; nearest-station. Include any relevant details of how to find or push the QM in ; the textual description. ;Serial number grade(A/B/C/X) nearest-station resolution-station description ;QM1 A longdrop.25 - commented-out Yet more pitches that need to be dropped, roughly 80m? ;------------ ;Cave description ;(leave commented-out) ;freeform text describing this section of the cave ;Approached from the North side of Far side, you reach a small ledge, descending 8m. At the foot of this, approach the ~40m pitch series ;to an obvious ledge from the left hand wall. From the ledge, follow the left hand wall again down another ~30m pitch series to a small window ;on the right.The shaft is fairly rounded and drippy, but the rebelays keep you out of this The shaft below you has a 6.5 second drop ;from this window, so be careful! From the window, you enter a small chamber, with a chossy floor - ICU with a view. There's a bolt on the right hand wall ;to approach the next pitch. Follow the rift directly ahead, to the Y-hang on the left hand wall. Looking down the rift, rebelays along the right hand ;wall keep you out of the way of any fallout from the rift. Be VERY CAREFUL here, as the pitch head is loose and has a long way to go! The pitch ;series descends another 70-80m? to another ledge. To the right (heading North) in a small water inlet, which craps out. To the South, yet more ;pitches follow. Use the bolts at the the ledge for a Y-hang to descend down the small 'valley'. Bolts on the right hand wall follow a high traverse to a ;Y-hang. The 10m pitch puts you at the end of the 'valley', at the head of yet more pitches. *end longdrop

underground survey length: 169.35 metres
cave primary survexfile caves-1623/264/264.svx
directory primary survexfile caves-1623/264/264
block longdrop has parent block 264 (in file caves-1623/264/264.svx)

2016-07-06 ['longdrop']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/258/hydra/slackers2
    caves-1623/258/hydra/slackers3
    caves-1623/258/wrongway
    caves-1623/264/longdrop
Wallets on this date:
    2016#11 Longdrop ['plan', 'notes2', 'elv', 'notes1', 'notes3']
    2016#12 Easy Slackers Walking Passage ['notes-09', 'notes-08', 'plan2', 'notes-10', 'notes-11', 'notes-03', 'notes-07…
    2016#15 Slackers 2 ['notes4', 'notes2', 'notes6', 'notes1', 'notes3', 'notes5']
    2016#16 Slackers 3 ['notes', 'elv', 'plan']
    2016#18 WrongWay ['WrongWay']
Logbook trips on this date:
    Tunnocks - Kracken
    Balcony - The pitch formally known as "Haydon's pitch" -> "Long Drop"
    Hilti-a-Plenty exploration - rigging trip
    Balkonhöhle - Hilti-a-Plenty, surveying Northen Straight