CUCC Expeditions to Austria: 1976 - 2024

Survex File: caves-1623/264/lower_balkon/grendelsmother

*begin grendelsmother ; stations linked into other surveys (or likely to) *export 17x ; Cave: 1624/264 Balkonhoehle ; Area in cave/QM: Continuing A-lead at end of Charon *title "Grendel's Mother" *date 2024.08.04 *team Notes Sarah Parker *team Dog Sarah Parker *team Instrument Colin Foord *instrument Wookey's SAP6 *ref 2024#39 ; Centreline data *data normal from to length bearing gradient ignoreall 17x 1 3.7 022 18 1 2 4.3 047 -49 2 3 5.7 310 -73 3 4 8.4 015 -77 4 5 4.8 027 -74 5 6 3.5 294 -71 6 7 2.3 104 -50 7 8 7.9 138 -86 8 9 9.0 179 -56 9 10 17.7 005 -73 10 11 4.0 345 01 ;recorded station details (leave commented out) ;(NP=Nail Polish, LHW/RHW=Left/Right Hand Wall) ;Station Left Right Up Down Description ;Nail varnish markings ;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 ignoreall 1 3.0 0 2.4 7.5 pitchhead 2 1.7 0 5.1 6.9 rebelay 3 1.2 1.4 8.7 9.3 knob 4 0.6 0 1.8 8.4 rebelay 5 0.7 0 10.7 4.5 rebelay 6 0 1.0 7.1 10.1 lhw 7 1.2 1.6 10.9 7.2 rebelay 8 3.7 2.1 5.8 6.0 wall 9 11.6 1.9 8.0 8.4 10 3.9 0.6 2.3 0 chamber 11 0.6 3.9 8.9 1.5 ;----------- ;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 grendelsmother.11 A pitch continues down at least 20m after big ledge, massive draft ;------------ ;Cave description ;(leave commented-out) ;60m pitch descends from muddy ledge in rift, past several rebelays, into a chamber with drips feeding 2 pools (good jammer washing spot!). Pitch descends beyond here, but 2024 exploration stopped here. *end grendelsmother

underground survey length: 71.30 metres
cave primary survexfile caves-1623/264/264.svx
directory primary survexfile caves-1623/264/lower_balkon/lower_balkon
block grendelsmother has parent block lower_balkon (in file caves-1623/264/lower_balkon/lower_balkon.svx)

2024-08-04 ['grendelsmother']

Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/264/lower_balkon/grendelsmother
Wallets on this date:
    2024#39 Grendel"s Mother ['notes2_grendelsmother', 'elev_grendelsmother', 'plan_grendelsmother', 'Wallet…
Logbook trips on this date:
    basecamp - Sunday