Photographs in Torca La Vaca from summer 2008

top level

Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , top level, main joint
by Juan Corrin (A1 - A4), Mandy Fu (A5) and Peter Eagan.

with Jenny Corrin, eg A3; John Wilson, A5; Alasdair Neill, eg B1;
Santi Urrutia, eg B4

A3, A5, D1, D2: "Anorexic Porn Star"
A4: Short, choked passage to N.
C1: Precarious Passage.

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Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , top level, Penguin Passage
by Juan Corrin (A1 - A2), and Mandy Fu

with Jenny Corrin, eg A2 and Mike Topsom.

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Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , top level, passage & formations
to N of Red Pike.

by Juan Corrin (A1 - A4) and Peter Eagan.

with Jenny Corrin, A1; Bob Cawthorne, A2 and Dave Bell, eg B2

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Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , top level, passage & formations to
S of Red Pike.

by Juan Corrin (A1-B2) and Mandy Fu
with Jenny Corrin, eg A5 and
Mike Topsom, eg C2.

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Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , top level, misc.
by Juan Corrin
with Jenny Corrin, eg A1 and Andy
Pringle, eg A3.

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middle level

Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , middle level,
alternative pitch route
by Peter Eagan

with Carolina Smith, eg A5 and Ali Neill, A4.

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Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , middle level,
Dingle Pringle Pretty Pushing Passage
by Juan Corrin (A1-E2) &
Peter Eagan (E3)
 with Andy Pringle, Johnny Latimer and James Carlisle,
eg A4; Bob Toogood, eg D4 L; Dan Hibbert, D5 and Alasdair Neill (E3).

[This passage was one of a number of leads left from Easter and had
been taped off with a notice.]

A1: Bolting top of p12.
A2-4: "Do Not Pass" notice from Easter and ribbon cutting.
A5, B3: Sandstone choke at end.
B5: Link passage on west side.
C5-E2: Bubbly to mark the occasion.
B4-C4, E3: formations in D4P.

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Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , middle level, Paradise Regain'd
by Juan Corrin (A1-3), Mandy Fu (A4-B3) and Peter Eagan.
with James Carlisle, A1-A3; Mike Topsom, eg A5 and
Carolina Smith, eg C2.

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Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , middle level, Gour Passage
by Juan Corrin (A1-2) and Peter Eagan
with James Carlisle, Johnny Latimer and
Andy Pringle, eg A1 and Alasdair Neill, eg A5.

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Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , middle level, "50m" Rift
by Juan Corrin (A1-B3) and Peter Eagan

with James Carlisle, eg A1, Andy Pringle, eg A5; and
Alasdair Neill, eg B4.

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Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , middle level, 7-Way Chamber area
by Mandy Fu (A1-A4) and Peter Eagan

with Alasdair Neill, eg B2.
B3: Passage leading down to the Whitworth Series and the
pitches to the Lake.

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Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , middle level,
Whitworth Series

by Mandy Fu (A1-3) and Mike Topsom

with Mike Topsom, eg A2 and Mandy Fu, A4.

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Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , middle level,
- "Light painting"

by Mandy Fu (A1,2,4) and Mike Topsom (A3)

with Mike Topsom, eg A4 and Mandy Fu, A3.

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lower levels and beyond Lake Bassenthwaite

Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , route down to Lake
Bassenthwaite
by Juan Corrin (A1-A2), Mandy Fu (A3)
and Peter Eagan
with James Carlisle, Mike Topsom, A3
and Carolina Smith, eg B2.

A1: Narrow rift down from 7-Way Chamber through A2.
A3-B3: Pitch down to Lake Bassenthwaite.
B2: The latter part of pitch has a coal bed?

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Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , lower level, Lake
Bassenthwaite
by Dave Gledhill (A1), Mandy Fu (A3-C3)
and Peter Eagan
with Martin Barnicott, A1; Mike Topsom, eg B2;
John Wilson, A3 and Alasdair Neill, C4.
A1: Barny swimming through a "remarkably low" Penrith Historic
Market Town duck.

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Digital photos in Torca La Vaca , lower level, beyond Lake
Bassenthwaite
by Dave Gledhill (A1-H3) and Mandy Fu
with Bill Sherrington &
Johnny Latimer, eg E2; Andrew Latimer, F1 L, Mike Topsom, eg H4, Mandy Fu, I1
and Martin Barnicott, eg G1.

These pictures are "somewhere" beyond the duck, except
where stated below.
C4, C5: Climb up to higher level just after the duck??
F4: 4m deep muddy pot at N end of 1st terminal boulder choke.
F5: The Whites Haven - the north/south passage at the end -
very dry and gypsumy.
G1: Barny at the start of the Whites-haven passage.
G2-G4: Formations in the "area of false floors" noted on the survey.
(Higher level, about 150m south of the duck).
G5-H2: Formations between the "area of false floors" and "looks to
close in" noted on the survey. (Higher level, about 200m south of the duck).
H3: Passage that goes off at "looks to close in".
H4-I1: Cracked mud floor marked on the survey beyond the Whites Haven.
I2: Possibly just south of cracked mud floor.
I3: Formations just before the "terminal" choke.

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