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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