This was not an Oxford University expedition. However it carried on the long tradition of OUCC expeditions to the Picos de Europa, and involved some OUCC members and a wide range of cavers from the UK and beyond.
The Expedition 's aims were:
- To facilitate and further the exploration of caves associated in the
region of Vega de Ario and the
hydrology of Cueva Culiembro. - To investigate the potential for a hydrologically integrated, 'super
deep' (over 1500m) system in the
Massif Occidental of the Picos de Europa. - To provide a central point for organising access and collating information to these ends
Significant advances were made in cave C4: both upstream towards some of the highest feeders to the Verdelluenga-2/7-Culiembro system, and downstream towards 2/7.
Documents:
The Ario Dream: pictorial representation based on OUCC surveys and compiled by Mike Bottomley