CHIEF BIRD CAVE

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A cave entrance without specified shape or size gives access to a pothole with a shaft, pit, pitch, and so on, which drops an estimated 27 m down into the dry relic of a cave passage with speleothems or very white and dry flowstone (Brooks, S J et al. 2009.02 Mss -Diary 2009.doc- Friday 20th) and another two pitches (20 m, 37 m) which correspond to an aven in a so-called drafting (sic!) passage in the –>Easy Bird Cave (also: Sim Suk Cave). ETYMOLOGY: No original, locally known name has been identified for this cave entrance, which Jean-Pierre Bartholeyns decided not only to christen Chief Bird Cave (note 1) but also cared to see it khasificationated into a -phoren- (apparently foreignish) sounding and alienated Krem Sim Syiem (Brooks, S J et al. 2009.02 Mss -Diary 2009.doc- Friday 20th). SITUATION 1 (Brooks, S J et al. 2009.02 Mss -Diary 2009.doc- Friday 20th): In an unspecified spatial relation not far from Sim Suk (i.e. –>Easy Bird Cave). CAVE DESCRIPTION (Jean-Pierre Bartholeyns in Brooks, S J et al. 2009.02 Mss: Diary 2009.doc): A 27 m pitch descends to a wide and allegedly fossil (sic!) but more likely a relic, and partly collapsed passage which was covered with very white and dry flowstone. A drafting passage [note 2] leads to a 22 m pitch. (2009.02.20). A … 2nd (20 m) and the 3rd shaft (37 m) which is the aven seen from the bottom by the team who explored the drafting [draughting] passage in Easy Bird (Brooks, S J et al. 2009.02 Mss -Diary 2009.doc- Saturday 21st). Brooks, S J et al. 2009.02 Mss: Diary 2009.doc): A 27 m pitch descends to a wide and allegedly fossil (sic!) but more likely a relic, and partly collapsed passage which was covered with very white and dry flowstone. A drafting passage [note 2] leads to a 22 m pitch. (2009.02.20). A … 2nd (20 m) and the 3rd shaft (37 m) which is the aven seen from the bottom by the team who explored the drafting [draughting] passage in Easy Bird (Brooks, S J et al. 2009.02 Mss -Diary 2009.doc- Saturday 21st).