Tresviso Caves Project

Tresviso Caves Project Gazetter

KCG109: Unnamed Torca 1 and 2

Area:Oceno
East, North:360083, 4794769 (nearby)
Coordinate Quality:Map (yellow map)
Long, Lat:-4.7247914631564, 43.292719927702 (map)
Elevation (m):950
Length (m):0
Depth (m):0
System:
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Approach

Half hour walk from Torca Juanin, in a small valley, about 13m apart

Entrance

Entrance 1 is 2m square entrance to 7m pitch
Entrance 2 is large collapsed rift

Description

(1 )2m square entrance with a 7m pitch to a pile of leaf mold. A hole to the right gives a 50m pitch which drops to a boulder choked floor and an impenetrable slit on the right
(2) The entrance pith of 10m is belayed from tree on the west side and drops to a sloping boulder floor, to the head of the next pitch. This slops for 5m over loose boulders to a small bridge and a further 45m drop in a large rift (there is a ledge 11m down). The bottom is choked with boulders but a small climb up (4m) to the north continues in the rift down a 8m pitch. All ways on are choked

Reference

KCG (1977)

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