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4042-14-02
4043-14-25
4042-14-03
4043-14-18
4042-14-04
4043-14-25
4043-14-24
4043-14-21
4043-14-32
1.8
1.6
2.3
2.2
2.1
1.8
1.28
1.27
1.8
1.9
1.8
1.3
1.27
1.26
1.21
1.7
2.12
2.11
2.10
2.9
2.8
2.7
2.6
2.5
2.4
2.3
2.2
2.1
1.7
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.10
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.10
1.9
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.29
1.28
1.27
1.26
1.25
1.24
1.23
1.22
1.21
drawing wrongpit is 1 station on
2.3
2.0
2.2
2.1
2.5
2.6
3.8
3.7
3.6
3.5
3.4
3.3
3.2
2.7
3.1
3.0
1.30
1.29
1.28
1.27
1.26
1.25
1.24
1.23
1.22
1.21
1.20
1.19
1.18
1.17
1.16
1.15
1.14
1.13
1.12
1.11
1.10
1.9
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.1
3.8
3.7
3.6
3.5
3.4
3.3
3.2
2.8
3.1
1.31
2.7
2.6
2.1
2.3
2.2
2.1
1.30
1.29
1.28
1.27
1.26
1.25
1.24
1.23
1.22
1.21
1.20
1.19
1.18
1.17
1.16
1.15
1.14
1.13
1.12
1.11
1.10
1.9
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.0
last link-in leg reversedbut this is also wrong?
Hoznayo
Villaverde de Pontones
Survey batch details
Survey grades: Most batches aim for BCRA 5c or UISv1 5-3-B. DistoX surveys tend to be more accurate.
Batch
Description
Surveyors
Drawn by
date
4042-14-01
Surface around Riocueva
Juan Corrin, Penny Corrin
Juan Corrin
10/08/2014
4042-14-02
Entrance to choke &
stream
Phil Papard, Pete Smith
Phil Papard
26/10/2014
PocketTopo
4042-14-03
Passage on S side of
entrance
Alasdair Neill, Peter Eagan
Alasdair Neill
26/10/2014
4042-14-04
W Tembleque
Alasdair Neill, Peter Eagan
Alasdair Neill
26/10/2014
4043-14-01
Galeria de Yeso
Juan Corrin, Pete Smith
Juan Corrin
15/05/2014
4043-14-00
Galeria de Yeso end
Juan Corrin
Juan Corrin
17/07/2014
Sketch of Yeso end
4043-14-02
down to stream @ Yeso
end
Juan Corrin, Alasdair Neill
Juan Corrin
17/07/2014
4043-14-03
James' New Stop
Passage. Poss link to
Western Extension
Alasdair Neill, Juan Corrin
Juan Corrin
17/07/2014
4043-14-04
Ali's flatout crawl &
drop to stream
Alasdair Neill, Juan Corrin, James Carlisle
Juan Corrin
17/07/2014
4043-14-05
Love Heart Passage
Alasdair Neill, Pete Smith
Alasdair Neill
20/07/2014
4043-14-06
Part of oxbow in Yeso
Alasdair Neill, Pete Smith
Alasdair Neill
20/07/2014
4043-14-07
Higher choked stoney
levels off Yeso
Alasdair Neill, Pete Smith
Alasdair Neill
20/07/2014
4043-14-08
N climb up into Western
Extension
Alasdair Neill, Pete Smith
Alasdair Neill
20/07/2014
4043-14-09
S climb up into Western
Extension
Juan Corrin, James Carlisle
Juan Corrin
20/07/2014
4043-14-10
"Inlet" oxbow
Alasdair Neill
Alasdair Neill
24/07/2014
4043-14-11
Gypsum walls oxbow
Alasdair Neill, Juan Corrin, James Carlisle
Juan Corrin
24/07/2014
4043-14-12
downstream from Yeso
boulder crossing
Alasdair Neill, Juan Corrin, James Carlisle
Juan Corrin
24/07/2014
4043-14-13
upstream from Yeso
boulder crossing
Alasdair Neill, Juan Corrin, James Carlisle
Juan Corrin
24/07/2014
4043-14-14
Yellow Jacket Passage
Alasdair Neill, Juan Corrin
Juan Corrin
24/07/2014
4043-14-15
Galeria Mabe; Volcano
Passage
Phil Papard, Pete Smith
Phil Papard
24/07/2014
link over streamway;
14-12
PocketTopo
4043-14-16
upstream from Yeso
boulder crossing
continuation 1
Alasdair Neill, James Carlisle, Nigel
Dibben, Steve Martin
Alasdair Neill
27/07/2014
4043-14-17
Volcano Passage
continuation
Phil Papard, Pete Smith
Phil Papard
27/07/2014
PocketTopo
4043-14-18
Entrance
surface;
Laboratorio; Tembleque
part 1
Alasdair Neill, James Carlisle
Alasdair Neill
28/07/2014
4043-14-19
surface;
Alasdair Neill, Lauren, Nigel Dibben, David
Purdie, Sam Corless
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01/08/2014
4043-14-20
Entrance shaft
downstream
Alasdair Neill, Lauren, Nigel Dibben, David
Purdie, Sam Corless
Alasdair Neill
01/08/2014
corrects 14-18
4043-14-21
Laboratorio Passage
extension
Alasdair Neill, Lauren, Nigel Dibben, David
Purdie, Sam Corless
Alasdair Neill, Nigel
Dibben
01/08/2014
4043-14-22
Bits downstream
Alasdair Neill, Nigel Dibben, Sam Corless
Alasdair Neill
01/08/2014
4043-14-23
Bits downstream
Alasdair Neill, Nigel Dibben
Alasdair Neill
01/08/2014
4043-14-24
Downstream from pitch
Alasdair Neill, Nigel Dibben
Alasdair Neill
01/08/2014
4043-14-25
Streamway to bottom
entrance
Chris Playfoot, Sam Corless, Jack Dewison
Sam Corless
02/08/2014
4043-14-26
streamway surveyed
downstream from near
end of Yeso
Alasdair Neill, Lloyd Cawthorne, David
Dunlop
Alasdair Neill
03/08/2014
4043-14-27
Galeria Mabe incl S
extension
Mike Topsom, Bill Smith
Bill Smith
03/08/2014
4043-14-28
upstream from Yeso
boulder crossing
continuation 2
Diane Arthurs, Simon Cornhill, Steve
Martin
Diane Arthurs
03/08/2014
PocketTopo
4043-14-29
Galeria Mabe
Jeremy Wong, Tom Davison
Tom Davison
04/08/2014
4043-14-30
Galeria Mabe
David Dunlop, Mike Topsom
Mike Topsom
04/08/2014
4043-14-31
Stop Passage
Phil Papard, Pete Smith
Phil Papard
22/08/2014
4043-14-32
cont high lvl S of
Laboratorio
Phil Papard, Ali Neill, Peter Eagan
Phil Papard
23/10/2014
PocketTopo
4043-14-33
high passage near start
Tembleque
Phil Papard, Ali Neill, Peter Eagan
Phil Papard
23/10/2014
PocketTopo
4043-14-34
oxbows off G. Yeso
Phil Papard, Ali Neill, Peter Eagan
Phil Papard
23/10/20142
8/10/2014
PocketTopo
4043-14-35
Bold Step - N end
Alasdair Neill, Juan Corrin
Alasdair Neill
28/10/2014
4043-14-36
Bold Step - S end
Phil Papard, Peter Eagan
Phil Papard
28/10/2014
PocketTopo
Notes
Drawn in Inkscape: Juan Corrin
Matienzo Caves 2014
Torca de los CañaosCueva Riocueva
site 4043: Torca de los Cañaos Villaverde de Pontones ETRS89: 30T 443552 4805708 Altitude: 55mSurveyed system length: >4682m Depth: 36m Vertical range 50msite 4042: Cueva Riocueva Hoznayo ETRS89: 30T 443267 4805537 Altitude: 27msite 4085: bottom entranceHoznayo ETRS89: 30T 443265 4805528 Altitude: 21msite 4088: all-weather resurgence (choked)Hoznayo ETRS89: 30T 443239 4805513 Altitude: 13msite 4084: Entrance 4 (now capped)Villaverde de Pontones ETRS89: 30T 443668 4805665site 4086: small caveHoznayo ETRS89: 30T 443264 4805531 Altitude: 21msite 4087: wet weather resurgence (choked)Hoznayo ETRS89: 30T 443262 4805530 Altitude: 18m
Version: 2014-03 (9/12/14; 19/12/14)
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QR codes for photographs shown on the survey act both as conventional codes and links to the photo when clicked.QR code positions are in the approximate vicinity of wherethe photos were taken.
Photographs by Juan Corrin, Nigel Dibben, Peter Eagan, Phil Papard
Videos by Juan Corrin
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Ng
station 14-02.C on boulder
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
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Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
alcove
broken stal'planted' on side
stalpendant
?
?
rockribs
gypsum on wall
station14-01.61
g y p s u m o n w a l l
gypsum
4.8
^
5.8
^
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
?
station 14-01.51
2
^
2.5
^
straws
duck with leeches
Y
Y
Y
Y
Step across boulders to reachG. de Yeso continuation.
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
clean-washed area; pit down
station 14-18.31
stal choke
squeezethroughstal
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
pitch
stal
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
high level?
Short climbs down to eastand west to reach stream.
stal onwall
crystalfloor
small beyondlarge block
Y
Y
Y
Y
curtain
alcove
sandy dig
?
?
down 5m
2
^
1.5
^
1
2
^
^
1.4
^
D
C
D
A
Sections for GalerĂa Mabe
B
entrance shaft
tight route forwardat station 14-01.0
down slopeto stream
wide beddingat floor level
wide beddingat floor level
aven
stn14-01.11is 3-piece stalarrow on the floor
pendantstal
stream cobblesfalse floor
graffiti
boulder chokeat high level
?
graffitoarrow
gyspumchandalier
hole next to tyreroute down to river?
stn 14-01.80under climb upto higher level
station 14-01.78 at block corner
low
too tight
"Stop"graffito
tight squeezewith view intoenlargement
possible spacesbetween stal
1.1
^
crawl closes downafter 5m?
c-2
-4
station 14-09.1
tree roots
sticky mud floors in this area
higherlevel tubes
tinyfloorhole
station14-09.5on stal
1.6
^
1.8
^
c+2 fromrift into largerpassage
W e s t e r n L o o p
graffito"SESS"
c+2 into chokedpassage
c+2 into chokedpassage
?
?
slanting climb totube closes down
passage (?) off atstation 14.09.16
cobble bridge
rift
low gour pool
low crawl
stooping height
stal blockage withsculptured skull
crawls onsticky mud
yellow jacket
station 14-08.32 is "Little Man" mudsculpture
c+3
unexploredhole down
small siltypassagewith watertrickle
station 14-01.31
flat out crawl totight climb downbetween bouldersto stream
continues upstream past an oxbowand duck to a climb into high level passage and an undescended pitch
low
crawl throughstal grille at stn 5
cairn at station14-26.10
cobbles
c+2 into 2m wide bedding with a good draught.Passage heads 010deg, unexplored beyond stal grille.
sandy chamber
low ducknot passed
station 14-26.21
Love Heart Passage
survey line 14-05 amended
GalerĂa de Yeso
aven abovedraughts?
mud choke
climb upinclined rift
dig
digs down withwater below
dig
station 14.01.20
?
crawl through
^4.6
deepmud
squeeze
canal
duck
aven
^31
low duck
streamway?
black mini gour
swim
pebbles
duck/sump
presumed water flow
bold step to high levelpassage (offset)
station 14-12.15 on block
waist-deepwater continues
1.6
^
aven at stream level:6.8m up links to G. Mave18.8m up to roof
10.5
^
drippy aven
c+3
?
stn 14-15.32
connects topassage below
curtain
choke
chokebones
A
B
C
oxbow
River of Bones
possiblepassage
standing water
mudcrawl
streamway
streamway
streamway
wet passage!
flat-outcrawl
ledge
stn 14-18.2
rubbishbones
daylightvisiblethroughchoke
?
?
choke
clean-washedarea
window down
climbs downto stream
station 14-18.18
possible traverseto passage
stal grille
oxbow
possible passage above
station 14-18.42
rift down
Torca de los Cañaos
GalerĂa del Laboratorio
GalerĂa de Yeso
rift down to water(survey inaccurate?)
cracked mud
?
low
under
below
p+5
Passage not entered.Traverse over pitch.
undescended pit
stal choke
passages are very closebut do not link
3m drop intoG. de Yeso(rope in place)
wall of names
4mpit
4mpit
GalerĂa Mabe
Paso del Diablo
no passage detail recorded(batch 14-29)
AnotherAnorexicPorn Star
unexplored rift5m deep?
drop, too tight
choke
holes down(to overflowpassage?)
hole downto streampassage
Stop Passage
station 14-18.44
p8 toStop Passage
traverse
Paso de la Muerte
GalerĂa del Tembleque
gated
seepage
VolcanoChamber
undesc.pitch
Old entrance pitchto surface. (Site 4084)Now capped.
ongoingarchaeologicalexcavations
?
high leveloxbows
largestalagmite
c+2
centre routeis diggable
climb and traverse c+4up to West Tembleque
GalerĂa del Tembleque
bold step across intoeast Tembleque
ochre onN wall
crawl under stal blockage
false floors
bat guano
fox guano
high level passagecontinues
high levelchamber
squeeze thenc-3 into stream(ladder or roperequired)
stal squeeze
climb up tohigh levelpassage(offset)
unsurveyed routesdown into streamand up over boulders
c+ c-
?
?
walls have dull gyspum crystals
c-1.5
+1.5
clamber throughstal
walls have dull gyspum crystals
rift under wallprobablylinks downto stream
+1.5
constrictionneeds digging
wall of names
orangearrow
smallhighlevel
gypsumon wall
gypsumand cobbles
lowerroute
upperroute
soft calciteand mud
c+3
Y
Y
Y
25m unsurveyed
^1.5
station 14-08.24on block
old stream deposit(cobbles)
?
column
muddy stal
hands & knees crawlover muddy gours
+1.5
5m aven is chokednarrow rift
stn14-01.10
6cm slot downto passage
to mainpassage
avenpassage?
tight rift tomain passage
Bold StepPassage
Bold Step Chamber
GalerĂa Emeuve
traverse
site 4088all-weather resurgence
site 4085bottom entrance
site 4042Cueva Riocueva
fixed point at field boundary30T 0443279 4805520 Datum ETRS89Altitude 35mDatum: ETRS89
site 4086small cave?
site 4087wet weatherresurgence
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