SHKEN, Lum Mupud (Krem)

(Saipung - IN)
25.337500,92.497600
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A comparatively large, N/S oriented rift is not only imagined to be fossil (note 1) or, more likely, relic (note 2) but also imagined as a 50 m long, 5 m wide, 30 m deep (read: neither descended nor explored and of unknown depth), which Sheen (2003.02.13 Mss) called Krem Shiken (sic! most likely for: Krem Shken, if not Krem Shken Yellang) and imagined to be endowed with what looks like a further pitch at northern end that appears to be worth a look! (with exclamation mark) or good? (with question mark). ETYMOLOGY: Krem Shiken (Sheen 2003.02.13 Mss) is a corrupted version of Krem Shken Yellang (Raibok Patlong 1998.02.17 personal communication), where -shken- is a type of bamboo (note 3) and -yellang- means nest, horst or grove. SITUATION: At an unknown location somewhere on the western flank of the Shnongrim Ridge. Robin Sheen (2003.02.13 Mss: Shiken) and Nigel Robertson were led to the entrance but upon describing how exactly to find this cave entrance, Sheen (2003.02.13 Mss) explains Follow down gully into jungle. It does not help that the GPS position recorded comes with a bogus precision error of ±10 m (note 4).A comparatively large, N/S oriented rift is not only imagined to be fossil (note 1) or, more likely, relic (note 2) but also imagined as a 50 m long, 5 m wide, 30 m deep (read: neither descended nor explored and of unknown depth), which Sheen (2003.02.13 Mss) called Krem Shiken (sic! most likely for: Krem Shken, if not Krem Shken Yellang) and imagined to be endowed with what looks like a further pitch at northern end that appears to be worth a look! (with exclamation mark) or good? (with question mark). ETYMOLOGY: Krem Shiken (Sheen 2003.02.13 Mss) is a corrupted version of Krem Shken Yellang (Raibok Patlong 1998.02.17 personal communication), where -shken- is a type of bamboo (note 3) and -yellang- means nest, horst or grove. SITUATION: At an unknown location somewhere on the western flank of the Shnongrim Ridge. Robin Sheen (2003.02.13 Mss: Shiken) and Nigel Robertson were led to the entrance but upon describing how exactly to find this cave entrance, Sheen (2003.02.13 Mss) explains Follow down gully into jungle. It does not help that the GPS position recorded comes with a bogus precision error of ±10 m (note 4).

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1998 February 17: Raibok Patlong reported the cave name Krem Shken Yellang to B. D. Kharpran Daly, Simon J. Brooks, Georg Bäumler, Richard 'Ritschi' Frank, Christine & Herbert Jantschke, Mike Zawada and Zuala Ralsun. 2003.02.13: Shor (Paheb 'Respected Father' Shor Pajuh) guided Robin Sheen (2003.02.13 Mss 'Shiken' dated 13/02/03), Bat Kupar 'Bat' Mawlong and Nigel Robertson to the entrance of Krem Shken (Lum Mooput). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.1SATAD (Krem)
0.2SOH TUNG (Krem)
0.2KSEH U PRING (Krem)
0.2KSEY UPRING, SWALLET ENTRANCE (Krem)
0.3LYNGKHA KORES 1 (Krem)
0.3LYNGKHA KORES 2 (Krem)
0.3CHUCHU CAVE 1
0.3CHUCHU CAVE 2
0.4DIENG LIEH 2 (Krem)