KHURISHA 3 (Krem)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A cave full of spiders (Brooks 2005 Mss: Meghalaya Diary) is situated, according to GPS readings recorded without recognosed horizontal precision error, at a distance of 21.8 m in a direct line approximately east by south from the first Krem –>Kurisha. SITUATION: Not known. APPROACH (Cowper -Cooper- 2005.02.26 Mss: Krem Kurisha 3): See Krem Kurish. Follow your GPS to these coordinates [note 1] from Shnong Rim [sic! for: Shnongrim] —right hand Shakti track (note 2). CAVE DESCRIPTION 1 (Cowper -Cooper- 2005.02.26 Mss: Krem Kurisha 3): Krem Kurisha 3 starts as an open gryke with a few pitches that lead to a chamber with little horizontal passage that leads to the final 5.5 m pitch that chokes with mud. CAVE DESCRIPTION 2 (Jarratt 2005.03.06 Mss -Cave Log- vol. XII: 22, 25/2/05): Peter rigged K.K.3 … He bottomed out at c.25 m and crawled into a chamber full of spiders with another drop beyond. CAVE DESCRIPTION 3 (Brooks, S J et al. 2005 Mss: Meghalaya Diary): … Krem Kurisha 3 (approximatey 25 m deep) … chamber full of huge spiders, not continued. CAVE DESCRIPTION 4 (Arbenz, T 2005.02 Mss: Abstracts.xls): Mud choked. CAVE DESCRIPTION 5 (Brooks 2005.10.05 Mss: Meghalaya 2005 Survey Summary): Total 2005 Survey 39.60 Vertical Range. CAVE LIFE (Cowper -Cooper- 2005.02.26 Mss: Krem Kurisha 3): There was an unusually large amount of unusually large H.poda spiders [Arachnidae: Aranea: Sparassidae: conf. Heteropoda sp.] in this cave. Maybe they felt comfortable …y 25 m deep) … chamber full of huge spiders, not continued. CAVE DESCRIPTION 4 (Arbenz, T 2005.02 Mss: Abstracts.xls): Mud choked. CAVE DESCRIPTION 5 (Brooks 2005.10.05 Mss: Meghalaya 2005 Survey Summary): Total 2005 Survey 39.60 Vertical Range. CAVE LIFE (Cowper -Cooper- 2005.02.26 Mss: Krem Kurisha 3): There was an unusually large amount of unusually large H.poda spiders [Arachnidae: Aranea: Sparassidae: conf. Heteropoda sp.] in this cave. Maybe they felt comfortable …