Knee-Wrecker Pot 3

(Saipung - IN)
25.366900,92.519400
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A large open pot (Sheen 2003.02.15 Mss: Knee Wreck Pot Cave 3) that takes water (Ende 2007.02.11 Mss) is estimated to drop 40 m (Sheen 2003.02.15 Mss) or 3 sec (Ende 2007.02.11 Mss) to presumably visible river passage. The access, however, is a little difficult as it would involve debris cleaning. SITUATION 1: At an unidentified location somewhere on the western slope of the Shnongrim ridge in the region above Liat Prah and somehow below the village of Lumthymme (Lumthymmei). Needless to say the third Knee-Wrecker Pot was understood to lie in an inexplicable spatial relation with the other Knee-Wrecker Pots in the same area. SITUATION 2 (Ende 2007.02.11 Mss): Descend ridge just south of ravine (N25°21'58.5”: E092°31'19.0” (±7 m): 1072 m asl). Head into valley to south a 1st sign of bamboo. First are limestone pinnacles, then Knee-Wrecker Pot 4, over a slight rise and immediately down into the deeper and larger KWP3. POSITION 1: (±11 m, WGS84) N25°22'01.0”: E92°31'10.0”: 1074 masl (note 1). POSITION 2: (±7 m, WGS84) N25°22'05.1-: E92°31'15.5”: 1048 m asl (note 2). POSITION 3: (±16 m, WGS84) N25°22'00.3”: E92°31'08.8”: 1030 m asl (note 3). CAVE DESCRIPTION (Ende 2007.02.11 Mss): Probably more than 20 m across. From the west there is a 10 m drop to a ledge. It's a 3 sec drop to the bottom. The shaft intersects a joint with a trend of 240°. PROSPECTS 1: Sheen (2003.02.15 Mss): Very good. PROSPECTS 2: Ende (2007.02.11 Mss): Unclear. Either this is a huge, impressive shaft that ought to be investigated OR … it's Woodcutter's Shaft discovered by exploring the cave from inside Knee-Wrecker Pot 2.A large open pot (Sheen 2003.02.15 Mss: Knee Wreck Pot Cave 3) that takes water (Ende 2007.02.11 Mss) is estimated to drop 40 m (Sheen 2003.02.15 Mss) or 3 sec (Ende 2007.02.11 Mss) to presumably visible river passage. The access, however, is a little difficult as it would involve debris cleaning. SITUATION 1: At an unidentified location somewhere on the western slope of the Shnongrim ridge in the region above Liat Prah and somehow below the village of Lumthymme (Lumthymmei). Needless to say the third Knee-Wrecker Pot was understood to lie in an inexplicable spatial relation with the other Knee-Wrecker Pots in the same area. SITUATION 2 (Ende 2007.02.11 Mss): Descend ridge just south of ravine (N25°21'58.5”: E092°31'19.0” (±7 m): 1072 m asl). Head into valley to south a 1st sign of bamboo. First are limestone pinnacles, then Knee-Wrecker Pot 4, over a slight rise and immediately down into the deeper and larger KWP3. POSITION 1: (±11 m, WGS84) N25°22'01.0”: E92°31'10.0”: 1074 masl (note 1). POSITION 2: (±7 m, WGS84) N25°22'05.1-: E92°31'15.5”: 1048 m asl (note 2). POSITION 3: (±16 m, WGS84) N25°22'00.3”: E92°31'08.8”: 1030 m asl (note 3). CAVE DESCRIPTION (Ende 2007.02.11 Mss): Probably more than 20 m across. From the west there is a 10 m drop to a ledge. It's a 3 sec drop to the bottom. The shaft intersects a joint with a trend of 240°. PROSPECTS 1: Sheen (2003.02.15 Mss): Very good. PROSPECTS 2: Ende (2007.02.11 Mss): Unclear. Either this is a huge, impressive shaft that ought to be investigated OR … it's Woodcutter's Shaft discovered by exploring the cave from inside Knee-Wrecker Pot 2.

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2003.02.15, discovery 1: Robin Sheen & Roger Galloway reconnoitre and record a ±11 m GPS position. 2007.02.11, discovery 2: Barbara am Ende (2007.02.11 Mss) and Jayne Stead reconnoitre again and record another quick and easy ±16 m GPS position. 2007.02.12, discovery 3: Robin Sheen & Barbara am Ende (Sheen & Ende 2007.02.12 Mss: Surface Mapping / Reconnaissance Sheet) reconnoitre once more and record yet another quick and easy ±7 m GPS position. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0Knee-Wrecker Pot 4
0.1Knee-Wrecker Pot 2
0.1Knee-Wrecker Pot 5
0.1AA CAVE B 1 (Sheen 2007)
0.3Knee-Wrecker Pot 1
0.6DRAGON HOLE (aa -)
0.7UM IM CAVE 04
0.7UM IM CAVE 07
0.7UM IM 01, Khaidong (Krem)