PACHOR CAVE 1

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access to the first of three comparatively nice caves that were skirting the canyon left and right like long oxbows (anonymous Arbenz, T 2013.08.07 Mss: Meghalaya Expedition 2013 Diary). IDENTITY: The 82 m long Krem Bachor 3 surveyed by one Brian and a certain Thomas (anonymous Arbenz, T 2013.08.07 Mss: Meghalaya Expedition 2013 Diary: 7th February) is probably the same as 82.5 m long cave Bachor1 allegedly surveyed on 2006.04.10 (sic!) by nobody (anonymous 2006.04.10 -Bachor1.text- survey data file). ETYMOLOGY: The origin and meaning of the recorded caves names -Krem Bachor- and -Krem Pachor- has not been identified but makes no sense whatsoever. So far recorded have been the cave names Krem Bachor 1, 2 and 3 anonymous Arbenz, T (2013.08.07 Mss: Meghalaya Expedition 2013 Diary: 7th February). Bachor 1 Anonymous (2006.04.10 bachor1.txt survy data file; Anonymous (2013.03.24 bachor1.text survey data file). Krem Pachor 1/2/3 Krem Pachor 2 Anonymous (2013.03.11 Krem Pachor 2_01.Text survey data file); anonymous Arbenz, T (2013.08.07 Mss: Meghalaya Expedition 2013 Diary: 9th February). Krem Pachor 3 Anonymous (2013.03.11 Krem Pachor 3_01.Text survey data file); anonymous Arbenz, T (2013.08.07 Mss: Meghalaya Expedition 2013 Diary: 9th February). SITUATION: Apparently at a walking distance of about 30 minutes (2 km) along a winding route approximately east of the village of Khahnar () and above one or the other bank of an unidentified (no name mentioned) but especially monumental nice river [sic!], about four metres wide and characterised by potentially socks-moistening water occurring in the shape of pools too deep for Peter and Angela (anonymous Arbenz, T 2013.08.07 Mss: Meghalaya Expedition 2013 Diary: 7th February). APPROACH: Force a farmer to guide you from the village of Khahnar in an unidentified direction along a relaively steep track down the hill flank towards an unidentified the valley bottom with an unidentified name. Reach after what had been on 7th February 2013 a good 30 minutes the bed of an unidentified a nice river [sic!], about four metres wide with an unidentified name. Follow this in an unidentified direction upstream till you became not only aware that you have got into a quite overgrown canyon but also that banks got steeper to a degree which forced expedition cavers to walk in the streambed. Soon the pools got too deep for Peter and Angela’s walking boots, so they turned back … Ralph was acting as ferret, never missing anything and so they found three nice caves that were skirting the canyon left and right like long oxbows: Krem Bachor 1, 2 and 3 (anonymous Arbenz, T 2013.08.07 Mss: Meghalaya Expedition 2013 Diary).