SYRTAP, 2nd (Ende 2007) (Krem)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Sort of a vertical walled cleft (rift pot? ravine?) without identified dimensions is characterised by a more continuous north wall (estimated 7 m high). It was found to be free climbable though there is a 2-3 m drop that is a little lacking in holds (Ende 2007.02.09 Mss -Krem Moo Sata 2- 09 Feb2007). ETYMOLOGY: Compare Krem –>Syrtap 1 (Boycott 2004). SITUATION 1: Ende (2007.02.09 Mss): Start at the Middle English School (without GPS coordinates) and continue down dirt road to east. Do not take cow trail down to the right [sic! without orientation]. Go past fenced field to left. Continue about 200 m to 1/2-1 m red sandstone blocks [note 1]. Turn right off road to sinkhole about 100 or 200 m from the road. SITUATION 2: At a difficult to reconstruct location somewhere on the eastern flank of the Shnongrim Ridge and, according to the disputable GPS positions, which were recorded not even with caring for precision (note 2), lies Krem Moo Sata 2 (Ende 2007) at linear distances of 85 m NNW f K. Moo Sata 1 (Arbenz, T 2004), 205 m North of K. Moo Sata 1 (Boycott 2004) = Synrang Ngap, 27 m NW of K. Moo Sata 2 (Ende 2007), 24 m ENE of K. Moo Sata 2 (Arbenz, T 2004), 48 m East of K. Moo Sata Riat (Boycott 2004), 226 m South of K. Wah Eijar 1 (Ende 2007). CAVE DESCRIPTION (after Duxbury undated 2007.02.12 Mss): Upon having descended a certain east end to boulder slope one finds a cascade up into the cave rigged with bolts but a mean of etting up to them is needed! It is possibly at this part of the cave, where a stream canyon rises rapidly and reaches a pair of very high avens of which the 1st Aven is wet and the 2nd Aven, with crystal floor, is dry. From [the] left [without identified absolute direction] of the 2nd aven, a long, dry crawlway goes off with a strong draught [air current].TACKLE 1 (Ende 2007.02.09 Mss): Needs 20 m rope and rigging.TACKLE 2 (Duxbury undated 2007.02.12 Mss): Needs 20 m rope … to descend east end to boulder slope. The cascade up into the [exsrgence / upstream part of the] cave is rigged with bolts but a means of getting up to them is needed! A 10 m rope is enough for this pit [ascending climb up?]. PROSPECTS: Ende (2007.02.09 Mss) explains she can't tell if it goes —seems to take water but did not consider the relevant part of the cave, the upstream (inlet) series. CAVE POTENTIAL: Duxbury (undated 2007.02.12 Mss): From [the] left of the 2nd aven, a long, dry crawlway goes off with a strong draught. CAVE CLIMATE: Duxbury (undated 2007.02.12 Mss) noticed at an unspecified hour of a day in February 2007 an undirected strong draught (air current) in a crawlway off From [the] left of the 2nd aven …rgence / upstream part of the] cave is rigged with bolts but a means of getting up to them is needed! A 10 m rope is enough for this pit [ascending climb up?]. PROSPECTS: Ende (2007.02.09 Mss) explains she can't tell if it goes —seems to take water but did not consider the relevant part of the cave, the upstream (inlet) series. CAVE POTENTIAL: Duxbury (undated 2007.02.12 Mss): From [the] left of the 2nd aven, a long, dry crawlway goes off with a strong draught. CAVE CLIMATE: Duxbury (undated 2007.02.12 Mss) noticed at an unspecified hour of a day in February 2007 an undirected strong draught (air current) in a crawlway off From [the] left of the 2nd aven …