Digital photos in the Pessimist Series, Cueva de RiaƱo by Alex Ritchie with James Carlisle, April 2024.

John Helm in the entrance series.
James rigging the 3m pitch.
James in the large rift passage along batch 24-01.
James in the large rift passage along batch 24-01.
Formations in the short off-shoot passsage towards the end of the survey.
Looking up a steep slope into the phreatic passage near the end of the survey.
James looking up the slope to the twin avens.
Looking into the start of Pessimist Rift (batch 24-03)
Upstream towards sump. (batch 24-04)
James coming from the passage leading towards the upstream sump. (batch 24-04)
James coming from the passage leading towards the upstream sump. (batch 24-04)
Formations in the big stuff near the start of Pessimist Series.