Cave NA0121

Grottocenter / carte

Location

From the Security Development Project headquarters take the sealed road south towards Ban Mani Phruk 2. As this road turns north take a dirt road south. Drive past the National Park ranger station to a crossroads with a large Hmong shrine. Take the track going straight ahead (south) and follow this for 6km, through a farm, to a parking area on the left (east) at 47Q 717475 2141825. A few metres back up the track from the parking area a good motorbike track heads east which can be followed for 500m to a clearing with a small field. Go past the large collapse entrance of Cave NA0174 is fenced and follow paths that head left (north) and uphill to reach the entrance. The entrance is a rocky gully that leads to the first drop. Martin Ellis - 02/11/2020

Description

Martin Ellis - 02/11/2020

This first drop of 3m was rigged using a ladder. The short section of unroofed cave ends at a P6 at the top of a high vadose rift. At the bottom of this pitch another short section of canyon passage reaches the top of the P27. From a the bottom of the P27 a stream passage can followed for 200m northwards before it turns sharply westward and ends at a sump after another 175m. 30m before the sump an ascending inlet passage was followed southwards for 115m before it became too low.

equipment

Martin Ellis - 02/11/2020

P3 - ladder rigged to natural. P6 - backup to natural then 2 anchors for Y hang. P27 - run rope from P6 to anchor at pitch head. Rebelay to 2 anchor Y hang for 14m descent to ledge with another 2 anchors for Y hang to desecend final 12m.

Topographie

Martin Ellis - 02/11/2020

SMCC February 2014 - Grade UISv2 6-3-F Ellis, Martin (2014d)

Documents

Bibliography 02/11/2020

History

2014-02-20 SMCC (M. Ellis, S. Howe, E. Porter, M. Clayton) Martin Ellis - 02/11/2020

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