Oxford University Cave Club

2025 Ario Expedition

Picos de Europa, Spain

Other Expedition reports

OUCC Home Page
 

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 revisit promising leads in several caves:

  • Cave of the Singing Pasteur/Bill’s Cave (27/9) - a possible sump bypass giving a dry route to Sistema Verdelluenga (C4)
  • Revisit upstream in Cave of the Witches Eye (2/7, last visited in 1998, 1999, 2000) including - Canals on Mars (drysuits) - Full Moon Rising sump (dive) - high tube in Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride (bolt climb).
  • Attempt to connect Tras la Jayada to upstream 2/7 (Holier Than Thou)

Documents: