Wind Cave

General description -- Etimology -- Situation -- Cave potential -- Cave climate

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Several unspecified cave entrances (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) gives access to a true tunnel cave (descending 9.5 m from SW to NE) inside which expedition cavers rapidly achieved to measure twenty survey legs (Brooks, S J & Doyle, R 2013.02.09 survey data file: Krem Lyer_01.Text). ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for what outsiders prefered to dub rather Wind Cave (note 1) than Breeze Cave (note 2) or Draught Cave (note 3) even though they had actually noticed a relatively strong cold breeze (note 4) issuing from what was later named [sic! dubbed, tagged, labelled, styled, nicknamed] Krem Lyer after the strong draught blowing from it (anonymous Arbenz, T 2013.08.07 Mss: Meghalaya Expedition 2013 Diary: 7th February). The Khasi noun -ka lyér- (note 5), which is mostly substituted by the contracted -ka l'er- (note 6) and the even shorter -ka 'er- (note 7), has ben translated not only as the air (note 8) and a breeze (note 9) but also as the wind (note 10). SITUATION: Unknown. The two cave entrances were understood to lie at an unspecified location and in an unidentified setting somewhere in the vicinity of a place referred to as Poh Lakar or, more likely, Poh Lakhar (note 11). CAVE DESCRIPTION 2013.02.07: An estimated 3 m wide cave entrance gives access to a relatively short section of crawling led to walking passage quite nicely decorated with flowstone and in places 5 m high. After about 80 m a window was met with a pool negotiated by creating stepping stones. Beyond another 25 m of walking passage led after a right hand junction into a low pool to a large bush and boulder filled doline dominated by a tall Ficus. To the right was a drop into a 6 m deep rift. This was later found to be at the other end of the low pool. Above the rift a short 15 m section of cave led to an open canyon and around a corner to a very terminal choke and ascent t the surface. They slowly returned pacing out distances and taking photos. They estimated the total length to be about 200 m (anonymous Arbenz, T 2013.08.07 Mss: Meghalaya Expedition 2013 Diary: 7th February). CAVE POTENTIAL - prospects: Simon J. Brooks, Bushan Poshe and Ralph Doyle had walked from one of the two cave entrances to Krem Lyer down the valley for another 500 m to look for [entrances to] other caves all on their own. On this occasion, none were found (anonymous Arbenz, T 2013.08.07 Mss: Meghalaya Expedition 2013 Diary: 9th February, Saturday). CAVE CLIMATE: Peter and Angela Glanvill had noticed on 7th February 2013 at an unspecified time an air current, which was then colder than the open air, and recorded a relatively strong cold breeze resulting from a comparatively strong draught blowing which issued from a 3 m wide cave entrance … over boulders to flow along a low gorge … down a tributary valley with an unidentified name to an unspecified the river bank (anonymous Arbez, T 2013.08.07 Mss: Meghalaya Expedition 2013 Diary: 7th February). the surface. They slowly returned pacing out distances and taking photos. They estimated the total length to be about 200 m (anonymous Arbenz, T 2013.08.07 Mss: Meghalaya Expedition 2013 Diary: 7th February).