Grottes et karsts de Chine
Sur les traces de Xu Xiake

The cave is located in a small shakehole, the entrance partially obstructed with logs.
Description: A 25m pitch drops to a chamber, containing more logs and yak bones. [Some potential ways down through the boulder floor of this chamber have not been dug.] [Looking down the cave, a short climb down on the right hand wall has not been investigated.] The way on is through either of two windows (the higher of the two is slightly larger and easier). Beyond the windows, [a climb up has not been investigated;] the way on is down a 6m climb, slightly constricted at the bottom, which leads to a second chamber. [A muddy climb up on the right hand wall of this second chamber leads to a rift which closes down almost immediately.] A 5m climb up on the left (handline useful) leads to a rift passage which at one point widens to become a small chamber. Following the rift beyond this chamber gains the head of a 15m pitch. [5m above the bottom of the pitch, it is possible to leave the rope and proceed in either of two directions: to the southwest, it is possible to reach the base of an aven, which is at least 10m high; to the southeast, a rift is gained, and closes down after 5m.] At the bottom of the pitch, the base of the southeast-heading rift has been dug out for 5m, and leads to a body-sized vertical tube that heads downwards for 2m. At the bottom of the tube, space beneath a low undercut can be felt with the feet, but has not been pushed further.

Aut. Var. Ouvrage collectif (2003) . Edited by Hilary Greaves and Gavin Lowe
Hong Meigui Yunnan 2003 Cave expedition to Yunnan Province, China
Report prepared by members of the Hong Meigui Yunnan 2003 expedition. Hong Meigui Cave Exploration Society, December 2003
Analyse :
63 pages, chinese summary, 2 maps, 7 caves maps, 26 photos couleurs. Description of the studied area and the cave explored. This report serves as the permanent record of the expedition. The remainder of this section gives a discursive overview of the expedition’s aims, setting and achievements. A diary of the expedition is included in Section 2, and details of the expedition logistics are given in Section 3. Full data on caves found, and cave surveys where available, is included in Section 4. Section 5 is a collection of human-interest articles written by expedition members. Sections 6 and 7 contain a medical report and the expedition accounts.

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