LED projects:
Lamp tests
µ-controlled
SEPIC
ISP isolators
SMT boards
Expedition logs:
1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Translation:
Entrance pitch, Pozu del Vega El Forcau
Name: Pozu del Vega El Forcau
Location: 2.5km SSE of Lago Ercina
GPS: N43°14′56″ W4°57′58″
UTM: 30T 340.39 4790.42
Map: Macizo Occidental de los Picos de Europa (cave site 15) at x=340.4, y=4790.4, alt. 1480m
Description: Target of the Forcau ’76 expedition, described in detail in OUCC Proceedings 8 » (also in plain text version »).
Visits:
1975a – locate entrance, with SCAL (Spéléo-Club Alpin Languedocien).
1975b – 07:15 start. With French from SCAL (Philipe, Veronica, Martin, Sallia, Francois, Gilbert, Pierre +2, Alain). Two parties to cave 12:30 and 15:30. Descend six pitches (11, 8, 8-15, 7, 37, 5+25m). Second party leapfrog first and on down 7th (9) and explore beyond to duck, etc. then return to find Gilbert stuck on 6th, requiring assistance out. All finally out by 02:00 and back to camp by 04:00.
1976a through 1976x – full exploration of the cave (Forcau ’76 – see references above).
1988 – walk to entrance (BC, EC, MC) in mist.
2001 – 25th anniversary walk to entrance.
2006 – 30th anniversary walk to entrance (1hr:40, including side-trips).
Other:
The entrance is a bit tricky to find. From the small ‘peak’ in the middle of the valley (≈200m at 210° from the El Forcau pass) the cave is underneath a brown stone outcrop at 220°, perhaps 200m from the peak.