LUYANG 1 (Krem)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access to a cave, which was all in sandstone and all of a vertical and requiring SRT to enter (Anonymous 2012.03.10 Mss: Meghalaya 2012 Team 2 Diary). ETYMOLOGY: The meaning of the cave name Krem Luyang (Anonymous 2012.03.10 Mss: Meghalaya 2012 Team 2 Diary) has not yet been discovered. The Khasi adjective -[ba] ljang- or ”ljeng, ljing, ljong, ljung” (SINGH, N 1906: 118) means hanging down as in ”ki sdien ia ka doh ljang” (SINGH, N 1906: 118). SITUATION 2012a: In an unidentfied setting at an unspecified location (note 1) and not only in an unidentfied spatial relation to Krem –>Luyang 2 and Krem –>Luyang 3 but also to Pyndemsohsaw [note 2]Village (Anonymous 2012.03.10 Mss: Meghalaya 2012 Team 2 Diary, entry for Friday 10th February 2012). SITUATION 2012b: Krem Luyiang -- located in Pyndensohsow [sic!] village (Anonymous 2012.03.10 Mss: Meghlaya 2012 Team 2 Diary, entry for Wednesday 15th February 2012). SITUATION 2012c: The entrances to the three caves recorded as Krem Luyang … are very near to Balat [note 3] and in Sandstone [note 4]. They are situated within a short walk (down hill) 300 m from the village [note 5] of Pyndemsohsan [sic!] N 25 14' 05.7- E091 24' 18.7- WSG 84 EPE 5 Alt GPS 587m (GPS) Garman 12 (Brooks, S J 2012.08.15 -Re: ML 2012 Luyang positions- personal correspondence). AMUSEMENT DESCRIPTION: Krem Luyiang (aka Bat shit Cave) … assisted by an entourage of local children. The 9 m shaft was rigged from a nearby tree. Despite the feared bat shit, the cave was not too unpleasant (Anonymous 2012.03.10 Mss: Meghalaya 2012 Team 2 Diary, entry for Wednesday 15th February 2012). SPELEOMETRY: Gentlemen with a taste for long ones will be pleased to learn that one aka Bat shit Cave out of the three caves collectively called Krem Luyiang was not only a) estimated to be rather short, with a total length of no moe than 20 m (Anonymous 2012.03.10 Mss: Meghalaya 2012 Team 2 Diary, entry for Wednesday 15th February 2012) but also has been associated with a b) Length Surveyed 27.45 m combined with a certain c) Length/cave 27.45 m and, most fascinating, with even a d) Total Cave Length 27.45 m (Anonymous in: Meghalaya 2012 - Survey Summary (Team 2).xls). CAVE LIFE: Ksan Kupar -Ronnie- Mawlong, Pinto, Pedro Silva, Samari (sic! qua: Samira) Zareei, and Helen Blyth seemed to have observed on Wednesday, 15th February 2012 no cave fauna (Anonymous 2012.03.10 Mss: Meghalaya 2012 Team 2 Diary) but the abusive name Bat shit Cave may hint to the presence of bat guano and, for that matter, to the presence of bats (Chiroptera) in parts of the air of this cave.laya 2012 Team 2 Diary, entry for Wednesday 15th February 2012). SITUATION 2012c: The entrances to the three caves recorded as Krem Luyang … are very near to Balat [note 3] and in Sandstone [note 4]. They are situated within a short walk (down hill) 300 m from the village [note 5] of Pyndemsohsan [sic!] N 25 14' 05.7- E091 24' 18.7- WSG 84 EPE 5 Alt GPS 587m (GPS) Garman 12 (Brooks, S J 2012.08.15 -Re: ML 2012 Luyang positions- personal correspondence). AMUSEMENT DESCRIPTION: Krem Luyiang (aka Bat shit Cave) … assisted by an entourage of local children. The 9 m shaft was rigged from a nearby tree. Despite the feared bat shit, the cave was not too unpleasant (Anonymous 2012.03.10 Mss: Meghalaya 2012 Team 2 Diary, entry for Wednesday 15th February 2012). SPELEOMETRY: Gentlemen with a taste for long ones will be pleased to learn that one aka Bat shit Cave out of the three caves collectively called Krem Luyiang was not only a) estimated to be rather short, with a total length of no molaya 2012 Team 2 Diary, entry for Wednesday 15th February 2012). SITUATION 2012c: The entrances to the three caves recorded as Krem Luyang … are very near to Balat [note 3] and in Sandstone [note 4]. They are situated within a short walk (down hill) 300 m from the village [note 5] of Pyndemsohsan [sic!] N 25 14' 05.7- E091 24' 18.7- WSG 84 EPE 5 Alt GPS 587m (GPS) Garman 12 (Brooks, S J 2012.08.15 -Re: ML 2012 Luyang positions- personal correspondence). AMUSEMENT DESCRIPTION: Krem Luyiang (aka Bat shit Cave) … assisted by an entourage of local children. The 9 m shaft was rigged from a nearby tree. Despite the feared bat shit, the cave was not too unpleasant (Anonymous 2012.03.10 Mss: Meghalaya 2012 Team 2 Diary, entry for Wednesday 15th February 2012). SPELEOMETRY: Gentlemen with a taste for long ones will be pleased to learn that one aka Bat shit Cave out of the three caves collectively called Krem Luyiang was not only a) estimated to be rather short, with a total length of no molaya 2012 Team 2 Diary, entry for Wednesday 15th February 2012). SITUATION 2012c: The entrances to the three caves recorded as Krem Luyang … are very near to Balat [note 3] and in Sandstone [note 4]. They are situated within a short walk (down hill) 300 m from the village [note 5] of Pyndemsohsan [sic!] N 25 14' 05.7- E091 24' 18.7- WSG 84 EPE 5 Alt GPS 587m (GPS) Garman 12 (Brooks, S J 2012.08.15 -Re: ML 2012 Luyang positions- personal correspondence). AMUSEMENT DESCRIPTION: Krem Luyiang (aka Bat shit Cave) … assisted by an entourage of local children. The 9 m shaft was rigged from a nearby tree. Despite the feared bat shit, the cave was not too unpleasant (Anonymous 2012.03.10 Mss: Meghalaya 2012 Team 2 Diary, entry for Wednesday 15th February 2012). SPELEOMETRY: Gentlemen with a taste for long ones will be pleased to learn that one aka Bat shit Cave out of the three caves collectively called Krem Luyiang was not only a) estimated to be rather short, with a total length of no molaya 2012 Team 2 Diary, entry for Wednesday 15th February 2012). SITUATION 2012c: The entrances to the three caves recorded as Krem Luyang … are very near to Balat [note 3] and in Sandstone [note 4]. They are situated within a short walk (down hill) 300 m from the village [note 5] of Pyndemsohsan [sic!] N 25 14' 05.7- E091 24' 18.7- WSG 84 EPE 5 Alt GPS 587m (GPS) Garman 12 (Brooks, S J 2012.08.15 -Re: ML 2012 Luyang positions- personal correspondence). AMUSEMENT DESCRIPTION: Krem Luyiang (aka Bat shit Cave) … assisted by an entourage of local children. The 9 m shaft was rigged from a nearby tree. Despite the feared bat shit, the cave was not too unpleasant (Anonymous 2012.03.10 Mss: Meghalaya 2012 Team 2 Diary, entry for Wednesday 15th February 2012). SPELEOMETRY: Gentlemen with a taste for long ones will be pleased to learn that one aka Bat shit Cave out of the three caves collectively called Krem Luyiang was not only a) estimated to be rather short, with a total length of no moe than 20 m (Anonymous 2012.03.10 Mss: Meghalaya 2012 Team 2 Diary, entry for Wednesday 15th February 2012) but also has been associated with a b) Length Surveyed 27.45 m combined with a certain c) Length/cave 27.45 m and, most fascinating, with even a d) Total Cave Length 27.45 m (Anonymous in: Meghalaya 2012 - Survey Summary (Team 2).xls). CAVE LIFE: Ksan Kupar -Ronnie- Mawlong, Pinto, Pedro Silva, Samari (sic! qua: Samira) Zareei, and Helen Blyth seemed to have observed on Wednesday, 15th February 2012 no cave fauna (Anonymous 2012.03.10 Mss: Meghalaya 2012 Team 2 Diary) but the abusive name Bat shit Cave may hint to the presence of bat guano and, for that matter, to the presence of bats (Chiroptera) in parts of the air of this cave.