Cueva del Nacimiento (2)

Eastern Massif, Picos de Europa, Northern Spain

Cueva del Nacimiento (2)

   2012 Nacimiento    29 July 2012  |  0
A relatively easy day ferrying camping gear to Boulder Hall ready for a full on 2 days of misery in the cave. Made the stupid mistake of unpacking my camping gear that I spent hours carefully packing back at home. Took me ages to repack and meant I got down the hill late. Soon caught up with everyone, madPhil was rigging a new traverse across the streamway, in case of floods later in the expedition. A day of rain 24 hours previously had made it’s way through the cave and the traverse across the stream was in slightly higher water than normal, but nothing too bad. Up through the bypass and the puddle I had painstakingly bailed a few days back was full once more. Spent a good 5 minutes trying to manoeuvre myself through it without getting my bag of kit wet. All the essentials where double bagged in dry bags but my camping mat was at risk of a soaking.

I pushed on and caught up with Martin G and Dave who had got lost close to the Black Hole. We carried on together and knocked off the next few bits of cave before we reached the Ramp and headed up to Boulder Hall. All the bags were stashed with the 2 diving bottles.

On the way back down we bumped into a LUSS reunion of sorts at the top of the Ramp. Jes Peterson and Mark Sefton, along with Derek were on their way to Boulder Hall to undertake some resurveying for me.

Martin T, Anthony and Simon arrived. Bunkhouse getting crowded.

Plan for tomorrow is for Martin G, madPhil, Dave and myself to start ferrying all the dive equipment from the top of Boulder Hall to the camp at Consort Hall. One night camp and then move diving equipment from Consort Hall to the upstream sump, before exit same day. Its going to be two long miserable days….

 

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