QUIET BIRD CAVE (aa -)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A cave entrance without specified shape and unidentified dimensions was understood to give access to a pothole with pits, pitches, pots, shafts, and so on (Bartholeyns in: Brooks, S J et al. 2009.02 Mss -Diary 2009.doc- Tuesday 17th). ETYMOLOGY 1: No autochthonous (original, locally known) cave name has been identified for this cave entrance and pothole, which Jean-Pierre Bartholeyns decided to christen all on his own -Quiet Bird Cave“ but, upon attempting to get it -khasificationated- at all costs, ended up with the nonsense of one Krem Sem Ki Snegp while a -Krem Sim Sngap- or, better, a -Krem Sim Sngap Jar- had been intended (note 1). ETYMOLOGY 2: Brooks, S J et al. (2009.02 Mss -Diary 2009.doc- Tuesday 17th) recorded an allegedly Khasi but actually nonsensical -Krem Sem ki Snegp- as if they had aimed for a -Krem Sem ki Sngap- which would translate into Cave [specified by] Sheds / Pens which Listen / Hear (note 2). APPROACH: Unknown. All what J.-P. Bartholeyns mastered to understandwas that the entrance to this cave was reached from an unidentified starting point by following the path in the garden (Brooks, S J et al. 2009.02 Mss -Diary 2009.doc- Tuesday 17th February). CAVE DESCRIPTION: According to J.-P. Bartholeyns in: Brooks, S J et al. 2009.02 Mss -Diary 2009.doc- Tuesday 17th), the negotiation of obstacles in this pothole cave commences with a 9 m drop down to a boulder choke from where a route leads to the top of a 41 m deep 46 m pitch, complete with a boulder hanging just above it and descending to a sediment bottom and no way on. SPELEOMETRY: The accumulated survey length ranges between actually measured 81.62 m (Arbenz, T 2009.06.01 Mss: total 2009.xls) and baseless 112.62 m (Brooks, S J et al. 2009.02 Mss -Diary 2009.doc- Tuesday 17th).was that the entrance to this cave was reached from an unidentified starting point by following the path in the garden (Brooks, S J et al. 2009.02 Mss -Diary 2009.doc- Tuesday 17th February). CAVE DESCRIPTION: According to J.-P. Bartholeyns in: Brooks, S J et al. 2009.02 Mss -Diary 2009.doc- Tuesday 17th), the negotiation of obstacles in this pothole cave commences with a 9 m drop down to a boulder choke from where a route leads to the top of a 41 m deep 46 m pitch, complete with a boulder hanging just above it and descending to a sediment bottom and no way on. SPELEOMETRY: The accumulated survey length ranges between actually measured 81.62 m (Arbenz, T 2009.06.01 Mss: total 2009.xls) and baseless 112.62 m (Brooks, S J et al. 2009.02 Mss -Diary 2009.doc- Tuesday 17th).