JNGEM (Krem)

(Saipung - IN)
25.354500,92.523200
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A partly choked sink gives access to a cave chamber (4 m, 8 m, 6.5 m) with mud floor which lies, per adventure, about 100 m approximately north of Krem –>Wah Rylien (also: Cave of –>Bun). ETYMOLOGY: Among the recorded cave names one finds not only Krem Jngem (note 1) and Krem Jngiem (note 2) but also Krem Jngeim (note 3) The Khasi -jgnem- (verb, transitive) means to bruise (SINGH, N 1920: 55), is a derivate of -jngem snam- (haematoma), and is the Khasi word for a discolouring of the skin; black and blue (SINGH, N 1906: 101). Boycott & Stead (2004.02.12 Mss: Krem Jngiem) suspected Krem Jngiem to represent a disputable kind of ?Bear Cave? but it is the Khasi -ka ngiem- (feminine) or -u ngiem- (masculine), a contraction of -ka / u dngiem- (SINGH, N 1906: 78), which is the Khasi word for a bear, zoologically: Ursidae. SITUATION: At an unidentified location and in an unspecified setting which was said to lie From Krem Bun (N25°21'11.9”: E092°31'22.6”, February 2004) 190 m in direction 00° (Arbenz, T 2005.02.15 Mss: Krem Jngem) but the GPS positions, which have been recorded for the cave entrance, indicate a spot that lies the other way round, or 190 m in a direct line on a bearing of 020° from the Krem –>Wah Rylien nicknamed Krem Bun. APPROACH: Walk up slope [note 4] from Krem Wah Rylien, then down about 60 or 80 m [deleted: with] through forest to a earth and boulder steep slope (Boycott & Stead 2004.02.12 Mss: Krem Jngiem). CAVE DESCRIPTIONS 2004: Krem Jgniem, c. 10 m, canyon passage unchecked (Arbenz, T 2004.02 Mss: Abstracts.xls). Sink. Climb down 5 m under boulder [where one] Can see into canyon passage [estimated] 10 m deep (Boycott & Stead 2004.02.12 Mss: Krem Jngiem). Sink, partially choked, into chamber ( 4 x 8 x 6.5 m) with sandy mud floor containing fine gravel. Tackle required: 10 m rope / 7 m free-hang (Arbenz, T 2005.02.15 Mss: Meghalaya Cave Record). Boycott, Antony 'Tony' (in: Boycott & Stead 2004.02.12 Mss) identified a canyon passage 10 m deep Stead (in: Boycott & Stead 2004.02.12 Mss) confirms Possibly under cutting rocks to the left of boulder entrance - some loose boulders. Brooks, S J (handwritten amendment to: Boycott & Stead 2004.02.12 Mss) confirms the confimation of believing in Worth re-visiting with more equipment. CAVE DESCRIPTIONS 2005: A blocked sink and chamber that is choked after a distance of 12 m (Brooks 2005 Mss: Meghalaya Diary). 12.00 / 12.00 [sic! for: 12 / 6.5] (Brooks 2005.10.05 Mss: Meghalaya 2005 Survey Summary). CAVE POTENTIAL: In case someone skilled returns to this item not only in view of prospecting a much prospected site but also more or less sufficiently equipped, this cave could be mapped and, as a side effect, also surveyed and explored. CAVE LIFE: Harvestmen in the entrance bouncing in civism, ssme floated off into space inparue (Boycott & Stead 2004.02.12 Mss). This can be interpreted to relate to an aspect of Arachnidae conf. Opiliones. Stead (in: Boycott & Stead 2004.02.12 Mss) confirms Possibly under cutting rocks to the left of boulder entrance - some loose boulders. Brooks, S J (handwritten amendment to: Boycott & Stead 2004.02.12 Mss) confirms the confimation of believing in Worth re-visiting with more equipment. CAVE DESCRIPTIONS 2005: A blocked sink and chamber that is choked after a distance of 12 m (Brooks 2005 Mss: Meghalaya Diary). 12.00 / 12.00 [sic! for: 12 / 6.5] (Brooks 2005.10.05 Mss: Meghalaya 2005 Survey Summary). CAVE POTENTIAL: In case someone skilled returns to this item not only in view of prospecting a much prospected site but also more or less sufficiently equipped, this cave could be mapped and, as a side effect, also surveyed and explored. CAVE LIFE: Harvestmen in the entrance bouncing in civism, ssme floated off into space inparue (Boycott & Stead 2004.02.12 Mss). This can be interpreted to relate to an aspect of Arachnidae conf. Opiliones.

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2004.02.10: Bun Sukhlain guided Thomas Arbenz, Shelley A. Diengdoh and Joseph 'Joe' H. Duxbury to the entrance of Krem Jngem (Arbenz, T 2005.02 Mss: Abstracts.xls). 2004.02.12: Bun Sukhlain and Raplang Shangpliang guided Boycott, Antony 'Tony', and Jayne Stead to the entrance of Krem Jngiem (Boycott & Stead 2004.02.12 Mss: Meghalaya Cave Record) though Arbenz, T (2004.02 Mss: Abstracts.xls) somehow recorded Discovered by AB, JS, AH, NB, BKD, IF. 2005.02.15: Thomas Arbenz, Peter Ludwing and Joe Whistler explored (Arbenz, Thomas 2005.02 Mss: Abstracts.xls; Arbenz, T 2005.02.15 Mss: Krem Jngem; Brooks 2005 Mss: Meghalaya 2005 Diary; Brooks 2005.10.05 Mss: Meghalaya 2005 Survey Summary). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.1WAH EJIAR (Ende 2007) 1st (Krem)
0.1WAH EJIAR (Ende 2007) 2nd (Krem)
0.1WAH RYLIEN (Krem)
0.1Weed Cave
0.2SYRTAP, 2nd (Boycott 2004) (Krem)
0.2SYRTAP, 2nd (Arbenz 2004) (Krem)
0.2SYRTAP, 2nd (Ende 2007) (Krem)
0.2SYRTAP, 1st (Ende 2007) (Krem)
0.2SYRTAP, 1st (Arbenz 2007) (Krem)