Grottes et karsts de Chine
Sur les traces de Xu Xiake

Leave road from farmhouse on road located at GPS 48R-0779290-3279019. Cross stream and take obvious track up beyond fields. Track goes until final 100m where need to hack up steeply to the entrance which is relatively inconspicuous.

5m wide x 3m high entrance, drafting out, leading down a steep slope down to an immediate junction. South passage has lots of stal. Passage is 15 to 20 meters wide and 5 to 10 meters tall. There is a possible high lead at station 7, about 10 meters up [QM C]. Between station 7 and 8, a dome and climbable pit intersects the passage. A small drain leads off the bottom. Above, a very short crawl pops into a very well decorated part of the cave, with numerous stal and columns. At station 10 and 11, another dome and pit intersects the passage. The pit is estimated at 20 meters deep [QM A]. The pit might be wet. Rigging might necessitate fighting with popcorn and stal covering the rock. At station 15, a 3 meter handline reaches a well decorated formation room to the west. At the bottom of the handline is a 15 meter drop. Two bolts were placed 5 meters down in the right wall, making an awkward rebelay. Passage goes a short distance across a false floor (BEWARE!) to another pit. The pit appears to be 5 meters and may be followed by a 4 meter pitch [QM A]. A large room is visible, but there was no airflow.

Just inside the entrance, the east passage leads down to a large room with a flowstone drop off. Up the flowstone to the left leads to a decorated gallery. Climbing down the flowstone, straight and right, leads to a high narrow canyon with waist deep water. This canyon might continue up a tight, popcorn-covered climb [QM B].

Just down the flowstone climb doublimg back, is a 20 m pitch that s better accessed from a short passage that begins just south of the east passage beginning.