KHURISHA 2 (Krem)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A pothole / doline with walk in entrance (Jarratt 2005.02.26 Mss: Krem [deleted Kurisha] Khurisha 2) considered a dig at the base of a rift that was initially still going (Brooks 2005.02.25 Mss: Meghalaya Diary.doc) but later was found to be too tight (Arbenz, T 2005.02 Mss: Abstracts.xls) and declared finished (Brooks 2005.02.26 Mss: Meghalaya Diary.doc). SITUATION: Not only in an incomprehensible setting but also at a location which lies in an unknowable spatial relation (note 1) to each and every of all the other cave entrances in the same vicinity (Arbenz, T 2005.02 Mss: Abstracts.xls; Brooks 2005.02.25 Mss: Meghalaya Diary.doc; Jarratt 2005.02.26 Mss: Krem [deleted Kurisha] Khurisha 2). APPROACH: From Shnongrim village, take Shaktiman track towards Kut Sutiang and three pots are located in the pine grove on the left after circa 10 minutes walk (Jarratt 2005.02.26 Mss: Krem [deleted Kurisha] Khurisha 2). CAVE DESCRIPTION 2005.1: Walk in entrance at south east side of 15 m deep dolne leads into open pothole c. 10 m wide by circa 20 m long. At N.W. end is a choked sink. A scramble above leads to circa 63 m of generally crawling (dry) stream passage dug open at several places and ending too tight with boulder choke above. Unsurveyed as explorer was alone (Jarratt 2005.02.26 Mss: Krem [deleted Kurisha] Khurisha 2). CAVE DESCRIPTION 2005.2: I rigged a ladder down from the eyehole at K.K.2 which reached the floor about 7 m don. On descending I found that the large passage to the right had a walk-in entrance! The c. 10 m wide by c.20 m long pot/doline had a choked sink in the floor at the end with a scramble above into c. 63 m of generally crawling in a streamway (dry) with bouldery crawls above ending too small or choked. I had to dig it in several places. I then came out of the walk-in entrance (Jarratt 2005.02.05 Mss -Cave Log- vol. 12: 22, 25(2/05). Anthony 'Tony' R Jarratt (2005.02.25 Mss -Logbook- vol. 13: 22) narrates having discovered at Krem Khurisha 2 …63 m of generally crawling streamway (Jarratt 2005.02.25 Mss -Logbook- vol. 13: 22, online: mcra.org.uk/logbooks/?dir=jrat accessed 2008.12.05). CAVE CONTENTS: Unspecified deposits of secondary calcite (Jarratt 2005.02.26 Mss: Krem [deleted Kurisha] Khurisha 2). CAVE LIFE: bats, Heteropoda (Jarratt 2005.02.26 Mss: Krem [deleted Kurisha] Khurisha 2) in the sense of featureless Chiroptera in addition to spiders reminiscent of Heteropoda sp.63 m of generally crawling streamway (Jarratt 2005.02.25 Mss -Logbook- vol. 13: 22, online: mcra.org.uk/logbooks/?dir=jrat accessed 2008.12.05). CAVE CONTENTS: Unspecified deposits of secondary calcite (Jarratt 2005.02.26 Mss: Krem [deleted Kurisha] Khurisha 2). CAVE LIFE: bats, Heteropoda (Jarratt 2005.02.26 Mss: Krem [deleted Kurisha] Khurisha 2) in the sense of featureless Chiroptera in addition to spiders reminiscent of Heteropoda sp.