LIZARD's SPLAT CAVE

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A cave entrance, which is obscured by boulders and enclosed on three sides by small cliffs without identified dimensions, is not only a kind of pothole but also said to represent a seasonal sink (Brooks, S.J. 2009.06.06 Mss: Krem Lizard Splat). ETYMOLOGY: No locally known name has been identified for this gully, seasonal stream, and sink. Instead, it was initially nicknamed Lizard Splat Cave but then was alienated and became a half-bread Krem Lizard Splat due to the fact that on day of recci a lizard [note 1] jumped off a ledge and landed with a 'splat' [note 2] at the bottom of the entrance drop (note 3). SITUATION: Not only at an inexplicable location falling within the Survey of India sheet quadrangle 83-C/11.3.03 (the Wah Sapoh on Arbenz' Shnongrim map) and somewhere in the so-called Um Muju area (Brooks 2009.06.06 Mss: Krem Lizard Splat) but also without identified spatial relation to the other cave entrances in this vicinity. APPROACH: Brooks (2009.06.06 Mss: Krem Lizard Slat) interpreted aspects of Henry's notes to suggest starting from Gully Sink [note 4]. Continue [without specified distance: allegedly more than 850 m = disputable] down gully on the right-hand side [without direction] of gully. An inlet gully joins [without GPS position] after which a sink enclosed on three sides by small cliffs [without size] is found. This is the 'Lizard Splat' entrance. CAVE DESCRIPTION: Brooks (2009.06.06 Mss: Krem Lizard Splat) invites everybody interested to sink under boulders. Route can be found through boulders for 2 m after which a rift estimated 8 m deep is met. TACKLE: Brooks (2009.06.06 Mss: Krem Lizard Splat): SRT rope + belays (20 m+) or ladder. PROSPECTS: Brooks (2009.06.06 Mss: Krem Lizard Splat): Good. CAVE CLIMATE: Brooks (2009.06.06 Mss: Krem Lizard Splat): Draughting. CAVE LIFE: Brooks (2009.06.06 Mss: Krem Lizard Splat): Lizard (conf. Reptilia).lat) interpreted aspects of Henry's notes to suggest starting from Gully Sink [note 4]. Continue [without specified distance: allegedly more than 850 m = disputable] down gully on the right-hand side [without direction] of gully. An inlet gully joins [without GPS position] after which a sink enclosed on three sides by small cliffs [without size] is found. This is the 'Lizard Splat' entrance. CAVE DESCRIPTION: Brooks (2009.06.06 Mss: Krem Lizard Splat) invites everybody interested to sink under boulders. Route can be found through boulders for 2 m after which a rift estimated 8 m deep is met. TACKLE: Brooks (2009.06.06 Mss: Krem Lizard Splat): SRT rope + belays (20 m+) or ladder. PROSPECTS: Brooks (2009.06.06 Mss: Krem Lizard Splat): Good. CAVE CLIMATE: Brooks (2009.06.06 Mss: Krem Lizard Splat): Draughting. CAVE LIFE: Brooks (2009.06.06 Mss: Krem Lizard Splat): Lizard (conf. Reptilia).