| 26th June | | First expedition members and expedition vehicle
leave Britain. | |
| 27th June | | Expedition arrives at Los Lagos. Base camp
established at Lago Ercina. | |
| 28th-30th June | | Gear carried up the hill; camp established
at Ario. | |
| 30th June | 2/7 | Cave rigged to Flying Rebéllés. | ADS TSH DEL |
| 1st July | 2/7 | Rigged to the bottom of GTP. | DJM DRB PAR |
| 2nd July | 2/7 | Camping gear and ropes portered to the end of the
rifts. | ADS DEL MC |
| 3rd July | 2/7 | Portering trip to the end of the rifts. | DJM
DRB TSH |
| 4th July | 53/5 | Boulder blocking the entrance passage
hammered. | DEL PAR |
| 5th July | 2/7 | Rigged to the bottom of Armageddon. | ADS DEL PAR |
| 6th July | 2/7 | Somnambulist Series investigated. | ADS AC |
| 8th July | Skull Cave | Rigged to limit and the Eft
hammered. | DH PAR |
| 8th July | 2/7 | Rigged down to the Crash Pad. | ADS DRB DEL |
| 8th July | 53/5 | Boulder removed using pulley system. | GL SGR |
| 9th July | 2/7 | Portering trip to the end of the rifts. | DJM AC
TSH PAR CJD |
| 9th July | 53/5 | Boulders loosened with crow bar. | GL MC |
| 10th July | 53/5 | Removed several boulders. | SGR MN DH |
| 11th-13th July | 2/7 | First camping trip. Day 1 - cave rigged
to the Big Ledge and camp established. Day 2 - cave rigged to
Primula Point and camp moved; route in London Underground marked
with string; Tony's Back Passage found. Day 3 - returned to
surface. | DJM ADS DEL MC |
| 11th July | Skull Cave | Eft hammered. | GL |
| 11th July | 64/5 | Cave dug and then abandoned as too
dangerous. | GL DRB DH |
| 12th July | 53/5 | More hammering. | TCG DH DRB |
| 12th July | Skull Cave | The Eft and pitch head above The Hollow
Men hammered. | PMM CJD |
| 12th July | 65/5 | Cave found. | TCG DH DRB |
| 13th July | 53/5 | Another boulder removed. | DH JA AC
TCG CJD SGR |
| 13th July | Skull Cave | The Eft and pitch head above Hollow
Men hammered. | PAR TSH |
| 13th July | 65/5 | Cave investigated and bottomed. | CJD TCG |
| 14th-17th July | 2/7 | Second camping trip. Day 1 - down
to camp at Primula point. Day 2 - route through Bod marked with
string; Clanger and Pimpernel pitches rigged. Day
3 - streamway traverse lines from camp to Bod and at the base of
Colostomy Climb rerigged; rope rigged for swing across the streamway.
Day 4 - returned to surface. | PMM PAR CJD DRB |
| 14th July | 53/5 | More hammering. | TCG GL MN |
| 14th July | Skull Cave | Hollow Men pitch head hammered. | TSH
ADS |
| 15th July | 53/5 | Final boulder removed; Coffin Lid squeeze
passed and Pterodactyl Pitch descended. | MN SGR GL TCG |
| 15th July | Skull Cave | The Hollow Men pitch head hammered. | ADS
TSH |
| 16th July | 2/7 | Somnambulist Series investigated. | DEL |
| 16th July | 53/5 | Pointless Pirhana Pitch and a dead end found;
Big Biscuit rift hammered and pushed to head of Witch Doctor;
most of new finds surveyed. | TCG GL SGR MN |
| 16th July | Skull Cave | The Hollow Men pitch head hammered. | ADS |
| 17th July | 53/5 | Witch Doctor rigged and Shagging the
Hedgehog rift pushed. | MC DH TCG |
| 18th-22nd July | 2/7 | Third camping trip. Day 1 - down to
camp. Day 2 - discovery of Tim's New Bit. Day 3- Pushing in Tim's
New Bit; 50m of new phreatic passageway and a climb up to a small
chamber found. Days 4 and 5 - returned to surface. | SGR MN TSH
TCG |
| 18th July | Skull Cave | The Hollow Men pitch descended and
inlets at the bottom investigated. | ADS DJM |
| 18th July | 53/5 | End of Shagging the Hedgehog hammered
and pushed to the head of another pitch. | GL MC DV |
| 18th July | Area 5 | Surface survey from 12/5 to 53/5. | DH AC |
| 19th July | 53/5 | Pitch beyond Shagging the Hedgehog descended;
rift found to become too tight. Survey through Big Biscuit rift
and down Witch Doctor completed. | MC GL |
| 19th July | 53/5 | Silence of the Sheep surveyed. | DH AC |
| 19th July | Skull Cave | Pitches beyond The Hollow Men descended;
rift at bottom hammered. | ADS JGV |
| 20th July | 53/5 | Rift at end of cave hammered; squeeze passed
to another squeeze. | JGV GL |
| 21st July | Skull Cave | Exploration of cave complex below
Hollow Men; way on found down a 40m rift. | ADS CJD |
| 21st July | La Jayada | Unsuccessful attempt to put dye into
melt water - ice plug found to be frozen solid. | DJM JA JGV |
| 22nd-25th July | 2/7 | Fourth camping trip. Day 1 - down to
camp. Day 2 - Choke Egbert investigated; stream swing rerigged
to a pulley-line; Tim's New Bit dug. Day 3 - Tim's New Bit dug;
Colostomy Climb rerigged. Day 4 - returned to surface. | ADS DEL
PAR DJM |
| 22nd July | 53/5 | Shagging the Hedgehog surveyed. | WJS CJD |
| 23rd July | 53/5 | Shagging the Hedgehog enlarged; terminal
squeeze hammered and passed into tight rift; start of Wol's Passage
discovered. | GL |
| 23rd July | 53/5 | Inlets at bottom of Witch Doctor investigated;
bottom rift hammered. | JGV TCG |
| 23rd July | Area 4 | Shaft bashing. | DRB |
| 24th July | Area 11 | Unsuccessful search for Pozu Optimisto. 2/11
discovered. | PMM WJS |
| 25th-28th July | 2/7 | Fifth camping trip. Day 1 - down to
camp. Day 2 - digging in Tim's New Bit; Egbert investigated; pulley-line
over the streamway rerigged back to a swing. Day 3 - explored
previously undescended shaft in Bod. Day 4 - returned to
surface. | CJD DV JGV PMM |
| 25th July | 53/5 | Inlets at junction downstream from Pterodactyl
examined; Wol's House and Passage explored; pendule over Pointless
Pirhana Pitch rigged and passages on far side explored. | TCG WJS |
| 25th July | Area 4 | Shaft bashing. | GL |
| 25th July | Trea Valley | Cave marked on the map investigated;
found to be only a scoop in the rock. | GL RCG |
| 26th July | Area 11 | Shaft bashing. Unsuccessful search for
Optimisto; caves 3/11 - 8/11 discovered. | WJS |
| 26th July | Area 4 | Shaft bashing. | RCG SGR |
| 26th July | Area 10 | Shaft bashing. Caves 7/10 - 12/10
discovered. Great excitement over 10/10. | WJS SGR RCG |
| 26th July | Area 4 | Shaft bashing. Caves 13-26/4 discovered
and explored. | TCG |
| 27th July | 10/10 | Cave explored to a choke and surveyed. | SGR
WJS RCG MN TCG |
| 28th July | 10/10 | Cave identified as 2/10 - previously
explored. | GL |
| 28th July | 53/5 | Decorated chamber above Pointless Pirhana Pitch
discovered. | WJS TCG |
| 28th July | Jultayu | Jultayu climbed to get a view
across to Iestyn's
A Cave - an unexplored hole half way up the far wall of the Valle
Extremero. Valley of Dry Bones discovered - a large strongly
draughting surface boulder ruckle. | RCG |
| 28th July | Valley of Dry Bones | Digs started in two places. | RCG
GL |
| 29th July | 53/5 | Terminal rift hammered. | GL |
| 29th July | Skull Cave | Potential leads at bottom
investigated. | ADS |
| 29th July | Valley of Dry Bones | Discovery of 66/5. Cave pushed
down first pitch, through Corner Shop to head of the second pitch -
Los Miserables. | TCG RCG WJS |
| 29th July | Area 11 | Shaft bashing. Caves 9-12/11 discovered
and explored; 2/11 and 8/11 examined. | PMM |
| 30th July | 53/5 | Photography trip. Rerigged Piranha Pendule
and rigged climb beyond. | DJM WJS DRB |
| 30th July | 66/5 | Los Miserables descended and following rift
pushed to head of Chock-Stone Pitch. | JGV TCG |
| 31st July | 66/5 | Chock-Stone Pitch and Route 66 descended. | WJS
ADS |
| 1st-4th August | 2/7 | Sixth camping trip. Day 1 - down to camp;
Tony's Back Passage surveyed. Day 2 - pit in Bod bottomed, surveyed
and de-rigged; Reach for the Sky Hook climbed. Day 3 - Tim's New
Bit surveyed and derigged. Tantalus pitch investigated - not
fully descended due to lack of rope. Day 4 - returned to
surface. | DRB ADS DJM AC |
| 2nd August | 53/5 | Started down cave to help with derigging,
but gave up due to illness. | DV |
| 2nd August | 53/5 | Tape measure retrieved from head of Piranha
pitch. | PMM |
| 2nd August | 53/5 | Cave derigged; Pirhana Pendule rerigged. | GL |
| 2nd August | 66/5 | Cave surveyed and de-rigged from the end
to the top of Los Miserables. | PMM DEL PAR |
| 3rd August | 66/5 | Cave surveyed and de-rigged to the surface
from the top of Los Miserables. | JGV GL |
| 3rd August | Area 5 | Surface survey tying 66/5 and the
Matterhorn in with 2/7. | JGV GL |
| 4th-6th August | 2/7 | Seventh camping trip. Day 1 - down to
camp at Primula Point. Day 2 - camp packed up and moved to The
Big Ledge. Day 3 - camp packed up and cave derigged up to start
of rifts. | GL DEL PAR JGV |
| 5th August | Valle Extremero | Climb up to investigate Iestyn's
A Cave. | CFW WJS |
| 6th August | 2/7 | Meet campers from the seventh camp at
Cemetery Gates. Help de-rig out as far as Ascension Pot. | PMM CFW WJS |
| 6th August | Valley of Dry Bones | Digging in Negative Entropy
Choke | GN BB |
| 7th August | Skull Cave | Photography trip. | BB ADS DJM UM |
| 7th August | Area 11 | Shaft bashing. Optimisto found. 4/11
explored. | GN WJS |
| 8th August | Skull Cave | Bottom rift surveyed; cave
derigged. | DEL JGV ADS UM WJS |
| 9th August | 2/7 | Final de-rigging trip. Ropes pulled out
to the surface. | ADS DRB DV JGV AC EB DJM DEL |
| 10th-12th August | - | All the gear from 2/7 entrance and Ario
camp carried down to Los Lagos. | - |
| 13th August | | Beach party. | |
| 14th August | | Camp packed up. Expedition leaves Lagos. Van
clutch pedal breaks. Expedition drives to Santander without
clutch. | |
| 15th August | | Expedition vehicle boards ferry back to
Plymouth. | |