Tham Nam Long Lu - PS0063
16.571164,100.710256
Location
Tham Nam Long Lu is the swallet cave for the stream that resurges at Tham Duean/Tham Dao, To get to the cave it is necessary to walk for about 2 km north-east from the Tham Duean/Tham Dao car park then drop down into the 60 m deep doline where the stream disappears down a pitch.
Description
To enter the cave climb left and down onto a traverse before dropping back down to the stream. After 450 m a 11 m pitch is reached. Below the P11 there is another 150 m of passage to a second pitch of 9 m. Beyond this pitch the cave descends as a large, sloping, boulder floored rift for about 150 m where it levels out and becomes a canal for approximately 200 m to a sump. It assumed that this sump is the upstream end of the sump in Tham Duean/Tham Dao.
Topographie
RFD/OCC Dec 1999/Nov 2004 - Grade UISv2 3-3-F to second pitch SMCC Feb 2018 - Grade UISv2 1-1-A from pitch to downstream sump
Fauna
Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793) (Arthropoda, Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha, Scutigeridae) (unpublished record)
Documents
[Topo] Tham Nam Long Lu 18/05/2019Bibliography 22/05/2019
- +BROOKS, SIMON (2002) "Thailand 1998-1999. Thungyai Naresuan W.L. Sanctuary & Thung Salaeng Luang N.P." The International Caver 2001 pp74-76 +BROOKS, SIMON (2005) "Orpheus in the Tower Karst" Descent No. 183 p23 +BROOKS, SIMON (2008) "Cave Exploration in Thailand û Some Recent British Cave Exploration" paper presented at 4th European Congress of Speleology, Vercors, 23-30 August 2008 3pp +Ellis, Martin (2018c) "SMCC Thailand Expedition 2018 û Summary" report to the Ghar Pharau Foundation, 5pp +Goddard, Andy (2018) "Thung Salaeng Luang National Park, Thailand" presentation at Hidden Earth 2018 +Goddard, Andy; Ellis, Martin (2018) "SMCC Expedition to Phitsanulok and Phetchabun 2018" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 13 No. 8 pp337-36
History
1999-12-12 D. Smart et al. surveyed to P11 2004-11-24 D. Smart, S. Brooks, P. Wagstaff, R. Bellamy - surveyed below P11 2018-02-14 W. Vityasakunwong, K. Batten, J. Biffin, P. Callister, S. Howe - walk up to find the cave 2018-02-16 K. Batten, J. Biffin, P. Callister, S. Howe - explored to downstream sump.
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Tham Duean - Tham Dao [PS0029] | 1382 | 23 |
| 1.6 | Asom Rot Phra Tham Resurgence - PS0083 | ||
| 1.6 | Tham Phra Sai - PS0067 | 140 | 0 |
| 1.6 | Tham Khang Khao - PS0071 | ||
| 1.7 | Asom Rot Phra Tham Sink - PS0085 | ||
| 1.7 | Asom Rot Phra ThamTemple Cave - PS0084 | ||
| 1.8 | Tham Phra Rot Meri - PS0031 | 68 | 3 |
| 1.8 | Tham Nang 12 - PS0066 | 136 | 6 |
| 1.9 | Resurgence PS0051 - PS0051 |