WAH RYLIEN (Krem)

(Saipung - IN)
25.353500,92.523100
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

What inadvertently was nicknamed -Fertilizer Cave- is an insurgence or sink (Boycott 2004.02.12 Mss) likely to yeild [sic!] a good cave (note 1) which once had been superbly named Krem Bun (note 2) and lies in an unidentified location (note 3) exactly not far away (JARRATT 2004a: 31). ETYMOLOGY: Krem Wah Rylien is perhaps not exactly a much superbly named Krem Bun (JARRATT 2004a: 31) —unless comic strip language is required. The Khasi noun -u bùn- is turf burned for manure while the adjective -bún- translates into much, many (SINGH, N 1906: 17). In February 2003 Raplang Shangpliang is said to have called the cave Krem Wah Rlien (Jarratt 2003.02.19: Mss Cave Log 2003 entry 19/2/03). In the following year, in February 2004, the foreign visitors dedicated this cave to Bun Sukhlain, a driver from Shillong, and informally called -Krem Bun- (Brooks, S J 2004.04.16 Mss: Survey Summary revised 2004.05.11) or Cave [of the] Turf Burned For Manure. The expression -rylien- or -rlien- is not identfied unless it stands, not very likely, for the Khasi noun -u riewlieng- or a sailor, boatman (SINGH, N 1906: 173). The Khasi noun -ka arliang- translates into two sides and the adverb -aliang- means into two parts, in halves. SITUATION: Boycott, Antony 'Tony' (2004.02.12 Mss) actually suggests to cross vehicle track from Wah Ejiar [note 4] and carry on downslope into bamboo thicket. Jayne Stead (undated manuscript amendment) congenially explains tht there may exist somewhere in this world a large rck semi-circular formation visable [sic!] making a land-mark. CAVE DESCRIPTION 1 (Boycott, Antony 'Tony' 2004.02.12 Mss: Krem Wah Rylien), literally quoted: Climb down 6 m into rift, at south end drop a further 10 m to flat floor (undescended), can be seen to continue stones drop 10 - 15 m. CAVE DESCRIPTION 2 (Brooks, S J 2004 undated Mss: Amendment to Boycott 2004.02.12 Mss: Meghalaya Cave Record -Krem Wah Rylien- dated 12/2/04), literally quoted: Pitch is >40 m - 45 m rope not lon enough. CAVE DESCRIPTION 3 (Brooks, S J 2004 Mss: Survey Summary.xls): 209.15 m. CAVE DESCRIPTION 4 (JARRATT 2004a: 31) … a pitch system of 209.15 m. PROSPECTS 2004.02.12: Good (Boycott, Antony 'Tony' 2004.02.12 Mss: Meghalaya Cave Record -Krem Wah Rylien- dated 12/2/04). PROSPECTS 2004.02.21: Well worth another look as it is likely to yeild [sic!] a good cave [Brooks, S.J. 2004 undated Mss: Amendment to Boycott 2004.02.12 Mss: Krem Wah Rylien]. PROSPECTS 2004.02: Rift and pitch 12 m, promising (Arbenz, T 2004.02.19 Mss).fied unless it stands, not very likely, for the Khasi noun -u riewlieng- or a sailor, boatman (SINGH, N 1906: 173). The Khasi noun -ka arliang- translates into two sides and the adverb -aliang- means into two parts, in halves. SITUATION: Boycott, Antony 'Tony' (2004.02.12 Mss) actually suggests to cross vehicle track from Wah Ejiar [note 4] and carry on downslope into bamboo thicket. Jayne Stead (undated manuscript amendment) congenially explains tht there may exist somewhere in this world a large rck semi-circular formation visable [sic!] making a land-mark. CAVE DESCRIPTION 1 (Boycott, Antony 'Tony' 2004.02.12 Mss: Krem Wah Rylien), literally quoted: Climb down 6 m into rift, at south end drop a further 10 m to flat floor (undescended), can be seen to continue stones drop 10 - 15 m. CAVE DESCRIPTION 2 (Brooks, S J 2004 undated Mss: Amendment to Boycott 2004.02.12 Mss: Meghalaya Cave Record -Krem Wah Rylien- dated 12/2/04), literally quoted: Pitch is >40 m - 45 m rope not lon enough. CAVE DESCRIPTION 3 (Brooks, S J 2004 Mss: Survey Summary.xls): 209.15 m. CAVE DESCRIPTION 4 (JARRATT 2004a: 31) … a pitch system of 209.15 m. PROSPECTS 2004.02.12: Good (Boycott, Antony 'Tony' 2004.02.12 Mss: Meghalaya Cave Record -Krem Wah Rylien- dated 12/2/04). PROSPECTS 2004.02.21: Well worth another look as it is likely to yeild [sic!] a good cave [Brooks, S.J. 2004 undated Mss: Amendment to Boycott 2004.02.12 Mss: Krem Wah Rylien]. PROSPECTS 2004.02: Rift and pitch 12 m, promising (Arbenz, T 2004.02.19 Mss).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Jarratt, Anthony 'Tony' R 2004a, 2004b.

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2003 February: Raplang Shangpliang reports the cave name Krem Wah Rlein to Anthony 'Tony' R Jarratt (2003.02.19 Mss Cave Log 2003: 19/2/03 after Raplang Shangpliang 2003 February, personal communication). 2004.02.12, trip 1: Raplang Shangpliang and Bun Sukhlain guided Boycott, Antony 'Tony' and Jayne Stead to Krem Wah Rylien / Krem Bun (Arbenz, T 2004.02 Mss: Abstracts.xls). 2004.02.21, trip 2: Andy (Andrew Harp or Andrew Heath) and Imogen Furlong discovered a 45 m long rope is not long enough (Brooks, Simon, J. undated manuscript amendment to Boycott 2004.02.12 Mss: Krem Wah Rylien 12/2/04). 2004.02.23, trip 3: Joe H. Duxbury, Imogen Furlong and Peter Ludwig (Simon J. Brooks 2004.04.16: Mss Survey Summary revised 2004.05.11) or Thomas Arbenz, Bun Sukhlain, Imogen Furlong, Shelley A. Diengdoh and 'team' (JARRATT 2004a: 31) visited, rigged, explored and 'surveyed' (tape spotter standards) 209.15 m of accumulated tape lengths to a degree yielding lenthwise measured distances. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.1SYRTAP, 2nd (Boycott 2004) (Krem)
0.1SYRTAP, 2nd (Arbenz 2004) (Krem)
0.1WAH EJIAR (Boycott 2004) (Krem)
0.1SYRTAP, 2nd (Ende 2007) (Krem)
0.1JNGEM (Krem)
0.1WAH EJIAR (Ende 2007) 3rd (Krem)
0.1SYRTAP, 1st (Ende 2007) (Krem)
0.1SYRTAP, 1st (Arbenz 2007) (Krem)
0.2RIFT SINKS (Boycott & Stead 2004)