SYRTAP, 1st (Ende 2007) (Krem)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

In the face of a 3-level cave starting off 15 m up in cliff of an impressive shakehole (Arbenz, T 2008 Fieldbook: 68), an anonymous sports caver, apparently educated in the Mendip Hills, observed a 255° look up swallet (note 1) that seems to take water (anonymous Robin F. Sheen in: Ende 2007.02.09 Mss). Another sportsman, however, had been prepared to tell his name and saw a resurgence cave where water flows out of [a] small canyon and sinks in high water conditions on [the] opposite site of [the] doline (Duxbury undated 2007.02.12 Mss). The cave plan Krem Moo Sata (Arbenz, T 2007.11.10) clearly shows an insurgence where a north-east to south-west trending, vertical cave entrance (without dripline) is represented by a pothole (up to 12 m wide and 15 or 30 m long), which intersects about 250 m of cave passages (survey length: 357.87 m / -55.93 m) that contain speleothems (flowstone, stalactites), boulders, sand and mud, two avens of unidentified height, a streambed called Star SpangledRiver and one Bat Bone Chamber. ETYMOLOGY: Compare Krem –>Syrtap 1 (Boycott 2004). IDENTITY: Though the anonymous Robin Sheen (in Ende 2007.02.09 Mss) understood that there is a -Krem Moo Sata- on the map (Arbenz, T 2006 map: Shnongrim Ridge) and fears we now have 2 with the same name there exists currently (2007 March) in this area a nicely mixed salad of about three or five to six caves called Moo Sata or Moosata, and Moo Satad instead of Syrtap. Judging from Duxbury's cave description (undated 2007.02.12 Mss amendment to Ende 2007.02.09), which mentions an inlet halfway up the entrance doline (confirmed by the cave description relating to an ongoing upstream passage 15 m off the floor of JARRATT & DAWSON 2007), the cave called Krem Moosata 1 (Ende 2007) seems to be identical with Krem Moosata 1 (Boycott 2004), Krem Moo Sata 1 (JARRATT & DAWSON 2007) and Krem Moo Sata (Arbenz, T 2007.11.10), especially since Ende's GPS record points to a spot merely 203.4 m further north and thu well within the precision of the whole lot of carelessly read and recorded GPS readings (note 2). Last, but for sure not least, Arbenz, T (2008 Mss -Fieldbook- 68) introduced the brand new version Krem Moo Satad (1) = Moo Satad 2 or Krem Syrtap next to a likewise brand new Krem Moo Satad Riat = Moo Satad 3POSITION 1: WGS84 near (unspecified precision error) N25°21'09.6”: E92°31'26.2” / N25.35266667° : E92.52394445° = UTM 46R 452099: 2804072: 1070 m asl (B.A. am Ende 2007.02.09 GPS Garmin Etrex Legend). POSITION 2: WGS84 near (unspecified precision error) N25°21'09.9”: E92°31'26.9” / N25.35275° : E92.52413889°: 1026 m asl (Arbenz, T 2007.11.10 cave plan -Krem Moo Sata- undated, after J. Duxbury, undated 2007 February). In spite of a vertical difference of 44 m (well within GPS accuracy), Arbenz, T. (2008.01.14 Mss: Re Tausend Moskitos) suggests to take Duxbury's position (21.7 m ENE from Ende's position) for a reading read at another edge of the same doline. SITUATION: An nonymous Robin F. Sheen (in Ende 2007.02.09 Mss) firmly believed in a so-called Krem Moo Sata that could be tracked down, literally quoted, to follow directions to Krem Moo Sata 2 [note 3] but stay to the left of kmS2 and continue farther away from road. May be easier to approach from other direction and can be found from Krem Wah Ejiar 3 [note 4] by continuing downhill / downstream. CAVE DESCRIPTION: An ongoing upstream passage 15 m off the floor (JARRATT & DAWSON 2007) had been interpreted as a really impressive [depression represented by a] shakehole in the jungle … [with] a passage 15 metres off the floor … left ongoing upstream (Brooks, S J et al. 2007.03.01 Mss: Diary2007.doc). Already upon having descended an east end to boulder slope one finds a cascade up into the cave rigged with bolts but a mean of getting up to them is needed. It is possibly somewhere else but, perhaps, at this part of the cave, where a stream canyon rises rapidly and reaches a pair of very high avens of wich the first aven is wet and the second aven, with crystal floor, is dry. From [the] left [in an unidentified direction] of the 2nd aven, a [relatively] long, dry crawlway [of ineplicable length] goes off [bang!] with a strong draught [air current] (after Duxbury undated 2007.02.12 Mss). TACKLE: Needs 20 m rope and rigging (anonymous Robin F. Sheen in Ende 2007.02.09 Mss) … to descend east end to boulder slope. The cascade up into the [exsurgence / 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 (Duxbury undated 2007.02.12 Mss). PROSPECTS: It does not matter at all that Robin F. Sheen (in Ende 2007.02.09 Mss) can't tell if it goes --seems to take water because others observed that from left of the 2nd aven, a long, dry crawlway goes off with a strong draught (Duxbury undated 2007.02.12 Mss). At a preliminary stage of initial exploration some decided that Joe Duxbury, Barbara Anne am Ende and Peter Glanvll finished [sic!] the survey on 15th February 2007 even though the first inlet on the right by Batbone Chamber was explored for 20 metres approx. to a 7 m diameter aven leading to the surface (daylight seen). This section was not surveyed (Brooks, S J et al. 2007.03.01 Mss: Diary2007.doc) and … the hope in this area was to find a link between the Liat Prah (-northern” Ridge system) and Krem Synrang Ngap (part of the -central” Ridge system). By 15th February 2007, however, this was not to be the hoped for missing link. (JARRATT & DAWSON (2007) . CAVE CLIMATE: The keen observer Joe Duxbury (undated 2007.02.12 Mss) noticed at an unspecified time on an unidentified day in February 2007 at an unspecified point somewhere inside the cave or, perhaps, in it's vicinity the passing presence of an unspecified, relatively strong draught in the sense of an air current blowing into an unidentified direction.ich the first aven is wet and the second aven, with crystal floor, is dry. From [the] left [in an unidentified direction] of the 2nd aven, a [relatively] long, dry crawlway [of ineplicable length] goes off [bang!] with a strong draught [air current] (after Duxbury undated 2007.02.12 Mss). TACKLE: Needs 20 m rope and rigging (anonymous Robin F. Sheen in Ende 2007.02.09 Mss) … to descend east end to boulder slope. The cascade up into the [exsurgence / 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 (Duxbury undated 2007.02.12 Mss). PROSPECTS: It does not matter at all that Robin F. Sheen (in Ende 2007.02.09 Mss) can't tell if it goes --seems to take water because others observed that from left of the 2nd aven, a long, dry crawlway goes off with a strong draught (Duxbury undated 2007.02.12 Mss). At a preliminary stage of initial exploration some decided that Joe Duxbury, Barbara Anne am Ende and Peter Glanvll finished [sic!] the survey on 15th February 2007 even though the first inlet on the right by Batbone Chamber was explored for 20 metres approx. to a 7 m diameter aven leading to the surface (daylight seen). This section was not surveyed (Brooks, S J et al. 2007.03.01 Mss: Diary2007.doc) and … the hope in this area was to find a link between the Liat Prah (-northern” Ridge system) and Krem Synrang Ngap (part of the -central” Ridge system). By 15th February 2007, however, this was not to be the hoped for missing link. (JARRATT & DAWSON (2007) . CAVE CLIMATE: The keen observer Joe Duxbury (undated 2007.02.12 Mss) noticed at an unspecified time on an unidentified day in February 2007 at an unspecified point somewhere inside the cave or, perhaps, in it's vicinity the passing presence of an unspecified, relatively strong draught in the sense of an air current blowing into an unidentified direction.