SIRKI KACH GHARA

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A collapse in sandstone caprock gives access to some 85 m of continuously sloping cave passage in dry mudstone / siltstone. About 20 m from the cave entrance, the initially T-shaped cross-section changes into a man-sized meander less than a metre wide. SITUATION: Near the top end and close to the edge of cuesta that lies about 65 km along dirt roads approximately east-southeast from Quetta in what Chiltan Adventurer's called the Zargun Mountain Range and what is indicated as Tora Kachai (note 1) on maps. CAVE DESCRIPTION 1997a: Meanwhile we explored one new cave 65 Km away from Quetta North-South in the Zarghoon-Mountain Range called (Sirkki Kaach) The chamber of Cave is about 100 Mtr& it is 500 Mtr long you can also visit with us many small caves during … (Hayat Ullah / Hayatullah Durrani Khan 1997.06.16 Mss) CAVE DESCRIPTION 1997b: It is also stated that the Cave explored earlier called Sirkki Kaack Cave, the length of this cave may be treated 500 feet [152 m] not metres.(Sorry fo clearicall Mistak) (Hayat Ullah / Hayatullah Durrani Khan 1997.08.16 Mss). CAVE LIFE: Spiders (Araneae), harvestmen (Opiliones), -red- coloured cockroaches (Blattidae), bats (Chiroptera) and one fleeing porcupine (Hystrix). clearicall Mistak) (Hayat Ullah / Hayatullah Durrani Khan 1997.08.16 Mss). CAVE LIFE: Spiders (Araneae), harvestmen (Opiliones), -red- coloured cockroaches (Blattidae), bats (Chiroptera) and one fleeing porcupine (Hystrix).