Month: September 2024

Eastern Massif, Picos de Europa, Northern Spain

Far Upstream Sump

At the far end of Cueva del Nacimiento is the (Far) Upstream Sump. Dived in the 80’s by Ian Rollands and Rob Parker, and again in 2023 by Martin Groves. Extract from logbook (Chris Jewell) Thursday 5th September 2024 diving on KISS sidewinder with 2ltr O2 + 1 x 12ltr 26% and 1 x 12ltr…
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Cowshead Cavern

Extracts from 2024 log (Rob Middleton, Jack Dewison) Tuesday 3rd September 2024 Assisted to sump by many others (thanks!) Passed Sump 1 with 2x 7L bottles, ditched 1 bottle at far side of Sump 1, carried 1x 7L and 2 bags each to Sump 2.Passed Sump 2 on a single 7L each. Ditched dive kit…
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Tresviso 2024

The 2024 expedition, to Tresviso, will shortly be returning to the UK after a very wet and miserable 2 weeks of weather but some excellent caving. Overview & brief history: The Picos de Europa is a range of mountains 20km inland from the northern coast of Spain, forming the westerly extension of the Cantabrian Mountains.…
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