AA CAVE (Dikstra 2014)

(Khliehriat - IN)
25.166700,92.244400
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An estimated 6 x 10 doline of unknown depth, widths, and shape gives access to the daylight-lit obverse side of a drafting impassible hole [note 1] in the bottom (Dikstra, M in: anonymous Brooks, S J et al. 2014.04.05 Mss: Diary Meghalaya 2014 Second Edit: 13th February, Thursday). SITUATION: Near the limestone-pinnacled -khlieh- or top of an unidentified -lum- or the hill (Dikstra, M 2014.02.13) with an unidentified name, which culminates at an explainable walking distance into an understandable direction from the village of Lama (near ±1 km N25°10'00”: E092°14'40”) on the interfluve east of the Myntdu (Hari River) and the Wah Lariang / Lynriang. APPROACH: A certain the track from the cave entrance to Krem Um Sapnar towards the entrance of the cave recorded as Krem Um Mutha [Krem –>Um Muta] … continues up the hill through betel [rather Areca palm than Betel vines] plantation [February 2014], then passing between limestone pinnacles steeply uphill. They [Marcel Dikstra, Jos -Yoxz-Burgers & Richa Jain] stopped several times trying to get a GPS bearing. This worked only near the top of the hill. There is a 6 x 10 doline … (Dikstra, M in: anonymous Brooks, S J et al. 2014.04.05 Mss: Diary Meghalaya 2014 Second Edit: 13th February, Thursday).Burgers & Richa Jain] stopped several times trying to get a GPS bearing. This worked only near the top of the hill. There is a 6 x 10 doline … (Dikstra, M in: anonymous Brooks, S J et al. 2014.04.05 Mss: Diary Meghalaya 2014 Second Edit: 13th February, Thursday).

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2014.02.12, trip 1: Tylli Rambai, then the Lama village headman, and one or two nameless subjects (both people familiar with the area), of which a certain Ba Lamare was dubbed 'Lam', instructed Khlur Mukhim, Marcel Dikstra and Henry Rockcliff how to walk to the cave entrance to Krem Um Mutha (sic!). It was quickly rigged on natural anchors and a deviation. They collected biological specimens for Khlur, who had no vertical gear. … As the team had [brought] no surveying gear they derigged [and] went back (Rockcliff, H in: anonymous Brooks, S J et al. 2014.04.05 Mss: Diary Meghalaya 2014 Second Edit: 12th February, Wednesday: Krem Um Matha). 2014.02.13, trip 2: Marcel Dikstra, Jos 'Yoxz' Burgers & Richa Jain rigged and Marcel started taking pictures [away and back home] whilst Jos [hastily] taught Richa how to [speedily] make book. A couple of hours later they exited [with selected aspects of the[ cave booked [at a gallop], and had a pleasant stroll back to te village under a [leisurely] setting sun (Marcel Dikstra, Jos 'Yoxz' Burgers & Richa Jain in: anonymous Brooks, S J et al. 2014.04.05 Mss: Diary Meghalaya 2014 Second Edit: 13th February, Thursday). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.8Km 44 CAVE
0.8Km 44.5 CAVE
1.0AM SAPNAR (Krem)
1.1Km 39 CAVE, 5th
1.1Km 39 CAVE, 1st
1.1Km 39 CAVE, 2nd
1.1Km 39 CAVE, 3rd
1.1Km 39 CAVE, 4th
1.5AM MUTHA (Krem)