Knee-Wrecker Pot 1
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Description
A draughting pothole cave entrance without identified dimensions, shape or locally known name (if one exists) drops into a cave without any observed features or identified characteristics except sort of a canyon passage (Sheen 2003.02.15 Mss -Knee Wreck Pot / Cave 2 / Cave 3- dated 15/02/03). SITUATION: Below Lumthymmai village and on the western slope of the Shnongrim ridge or (Sheen 2003.02.15 Mss fully quoted) 100 M East 140° of waypoint through grykes to stream sink. Waypoint. ±10 N 25 21 56.4 E 092 31 01.9 El 1036 M Garmin Summit Roger Galloway. Already two days later, on 17th February 2003, recorded Roger Galloway an altitude of 1061 m asl which was gained by one single GPS reading. CAVE DESCRIPTION 1 (Sheen 2003.02.15 Mss): A canyon passage leads off downstream for 50 m to head of 15 m pot outdraghting strongly. CAVE DESCRIPTION 2 (JARRATT 2003): Knee-Wrecker Pot is one among other explored caves. CAVE CLIMATE: At an unspecified hour of the daySheen (2003.02.15 Mss) felt air curent outdraughting strongly.
History
EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2003.02.15: Robin F. Sheen & Roger Galloway reconnoitre and read a quick and easy GPS position without precision. 2003.02.17: Rhys Williams, Shelley A. Diengdoh and Roger Galloway descended and measured 193.39 m. 2003.02.18: R. Williams, S.A. Diengdoh, R. Galloway and Derek Pettiglio measured 313.89 m. 2003.02.19: R. Williams, S.A. Diengdoh, R. Galloway and D. Pettiglio measured 165.75 m. 2003.02.22: R. Williams and S.A. Diengdoh measured 136.63 m (total: 809.66 m).
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2 | Knee-Wrecker Pot 5 | ||
| 0.2 | Knee-Wrecker Pot 2 | ||
| 0.3 | Knee-Wrecker Pot 4 | ||
| 0.3 | Knee-Wrecker Pot 3 | ||
| 0.4 | AA CAVE B 1 (Sheen 2007) | ||
| 0.6 | LABIT, Khaidong (Krem) | ||
| 0.6 | DRAGON HOLE (aa -) | ||
| 0.7 | JINGTEP 1 (Krem poh) | ||
| 0.7 | JINGTEP 3 (Krem poh) |