Cave NA0121
19.362361,101.072984
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.
Description
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
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
SMCC February 2014 - Grade UISv2 6-3-F Ellis, Martin (2014d)
Documents
Bibliography 02/11/2020- ELLIS, MARTIN (2012a) "Ban Mani Phruk Expedition 2012" Shepton Mallet Caving Club 39pp Ellis, Martin (2014b) "SMCC Nan 2014 expedition" www.thailandcaves.shepton.org.uk/smcc-nan-2014 Ellis, Martin (2014d) "Ban Mani Phruk Expedition 2014" Shepton Mallet Caving Club 53pp Ellis, Martin (2015b) "Ban Mani Phruk Expeditions 2012-2014, Nan, Thailand" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 13 No. 4 pp146-185 Ellis, Martin (2015d) "Caves of Doi Phuka National Park" privately published, April 2015, 81pp Sandford, Estelle (2015) "Thailand 2014" The Belfry Bulletin No. 553 Vol. 60 No. 2 pp6-16
History
2014-02-20 SMCC (M. Ellis, S. Howe, E. Porter, M. Clayton)
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | Sink NA0119 | ||
| 1.8 | Sink NA0120 | ||
| 2.1 | Tham Din Neao [NA0083] | 365 | 29 |
| 2.2 | Sink NA0118 | ||
| 2.2 | Sink NA0117 | ||
| 2.5 | Sink NA0116 | ||
| 2.5 | Sink NA0115 | ||
| 2.6 | Tham Bpaet Sip [NA0149] | 918 | 118 |
| 2.7 | Tham Men Dip [NA0181] | 142 | 44 |