AA CAVE (Galloway 2014)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Galloway, R 2014.12.30 Mss: 26-02-2014 Krem Tan.docAn oblong sinkhole (an estimated 17 m wide and 4.5 m across) in an unidentified stream bed (no name mentioned), which exposes what possibly is Lakadong Sandstone, descends an estimated 15 m down into what possibly is Lakadong Limestone. Drillground speak orders large pot, 17 m x 4.5 widening out after 15 drop with overhang represented by 15 m pot with continuation into limestone, ongoing that serves as water catchment over sandstone cap to large pot (Galloway, R 2014.12.30 Mss: 26-02-2014 Krem Tan.doc). ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for this sinkhole and cave on a stream with a name (unidentified) in an area with a name (unidentified). The expedition cavers Roger Galloway and Henry Rockliff dubbed this sinkhole turn around cave because Roger Galloway wanted to retrace his steps when Henry Rockliff went on and noticed the sinkhole which, of course, is known to people familiar with thearea since time immemorial (note 1). At an advanced stage of expeditious corruption, the foreigners demonstrated their degree of unfamiliarity when they attempted to disguise the nickname Turn Around Cave in Khasi words and fabricated a standard Khasi -Krem Tan- or Crisis Cave (note 2) instead of a Lakadong Khasi -krang- or cave specified by -Phai Dien- (note 3) or -Phai Dien Trai- (note 4). SETTING: In a vegetation identified in Scottish as scrub jungle (Galloway, R 2014.12.30 Mss: 26-02-2014 Krem Tan.doc). The GPS position recorded for this sinkhole indicates a spot that lies on the western rim of the Lakadong Plateau not only below and west of the road from Borghat (N25°09'40”: E092°13'40”) generally northeast uphill via Lama (N25°10'00”: E092°14'40”) to Umlynsha (N25°12'34”: E092°15'55”) but also on an unidentified stream of water (no name mentioned) which flows generally westwards to the orographically right (locally eastern) bank of the Myntdu (Hari Nala, Hari River,etc.). SITUATION: In an unspecified spatial relation near (Village) Lad Lakadong (Arbenz, T 2014.04.29 undated Mss: Cave record overwiev 2_ 2014.xlsx). SPORTS DEVICE DESCRIPTION 2014.12.30: Large pot, 17 m x 4.5 widening out after 15 drop with overhang in the sense 15 m pot with continuation into limestone, ongoing (Galloway, R 2014.12.30 Mss: 26-02-2014 Krem Tan.doc). SPORTS DEVICE DESCRIPTION 2014.04.29: Large pot with overhang, ongoing (Arbenz, T 2014.04.29 undated Mss: Cave record overwiev 2_ 2014.xlsx). PROSPECTS 2014.04.29: Big potential (Arbenz, T 2014.04.29 undated Mss: Cave record overwiev 2_ 2014.xlsx). PROSPECTS 2014.12.30: Downstream - possible way on. Upside from pot - possible way on (Galloway, R 2014.12.30 Mss: 26-02-2014 Krem Tan.doc). CULTURAL HISTORY - human use: The large pot (Arbenz, T 2014.04.29 undated Mss: Cave record overwiev 2_ 2014.xlsx) or large pot (Galloway, R 2014.12.30 Mss: 26-02-2014 Krem Tan.doc) is possibly big enough to boil a busload of missionariesbut leaking. CAVE LIFE: Roger Galloway noticed on 26th February 2014 the underground presence of snotgobblers (Galloway, R 2014.12.30 Mss: 26-02-2014 Krem Tan.doc), or larval stage fungus gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae).etc.). SITUATION: In an unspecified spatial relation near (Village) Lad Lakadong (Arbenz, T 2014.04.29 undated Mss: Cave record overwiev 2_ 2014.xlsx). SPORTS DEVICE DESCRIPTION 2014.12.30: Large pot, 17 m x 4.5 widening out after 15 drop with overhang in the sense 15 m pot with continuation into limestone, ongoing (Galloway, R 2014.12.30 Mss: 26-02-2014 Krem Tan.doc). SPORTS DEVICE DESCRIPTION 2014.04.29: Large pot with overhang, ongoing (Arbenz, T 2014.04.29 undated Mss: Cave record overwiev 2_ 2014.xlsx). PROSPECTS 2014.04.29: Big potential (Arbenz, T 2014.04.29 undated Mss: Cave record overwiev 2_ 2014.xlsx). PROSPECTS 2014.12.30: Downstream - possible way on. Upside from pot - possible way on (Galloway, R 2014.12.30 Mss: 26-02-2014 Krem Tan.doc). CULTURAL HISTORY - human use: The large pot (Arbenz, T 2014.04.29 undated Mss: Cave record overwiev 2_ 2014.xlsx) or large pot (Galloway, R 2014.12.30 Mss: 26-02-2014 Krem Tan.doc) is possibly big enough to boil a busload of missionariesbut leaking. CAVE LIFE: Roger Galloway noticed on 26th February 2014 the underground presence of snotgobblers (Galloway, R 2014.12.30 Mss: 26-02-2014 Krem Tan.doc), or larval stage fungus gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae).