Oxford University Cave Club
Pictures from the Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain
Pictures taken 1966
Martin Whitely and Jim Thomson looking down from the Valporquero cave exit
"Sadly I do not have any from inside - we knew we had to swim and I did not take the camera. I slipped on one pitch and entered the lake below rather faster than intended so it was a good decision. That way I was able to hang onto my specs as I took the plunge. It was this cave that spurred the `65 expedition, but most of the surrounding area explored by the Eldon PC hard men only had deep but rubble-filled "pozo"s. On the return we scouted out other areas nearer the coast, and used this knowledge in '66."
(Dick Hazelwood)