Back from Austria

Got home from Austria on Tuesday having had a great caving expedition.

We found quite a lot of new cave, mostly in a cave that was explored in 1987. We managed to connect this to another cave via a huge ice formation, at the bottom you could see layers in the ice. Presumably the white ice corresponds to winter, and the thinner dark muddy layer from summer. The ice at the bottom must have been at least 40 years old!

We got to the top of the ice via a different passage, here the entire chamber had an icy floor, and some very cool curved icicles. I guess the ice must have flowed slightly to create them. I will try and post some photos later.

Despite finding lots of cave there is loads and loads more to be found, so hopefully we will be back next summer!