2. Caving

2013-02: Spring Festival Expedition / San Wang Dong (public)

Hong Meigui's Spring Festival Expedition 2013 went into San Wang Dong, establishing an underground camp next to Da Luo Dang Tiankeng, and pushing leads in various directions.
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Lots of oatmeal for cave camp breakfast. Phil and I were the only ones taking in ramen noodles instead.
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Lots of oatmeal for cave camp breakfast. Phil and I were the only ones taking in ramen noodles instead.

  • New bridge being built in Chonqing.
  • New bridge being built in Chonqing.
  • Working out the expedition kitty at the Tongzi Karst and Cave Centre.
  • Packing expedition gear.
  • Packing chaos.
  • Packing the lorry.
  • Since the truck could only take four people, the rest of us hiked from Tongzi to the village of Er Wang Dong, for not quite 2 hours.
  • Tongzi is expanding.
  • On the hike to Er Wang Dong.
  • On the hike.
  • You can see an old resurgence there on the left.
  • Sorting gear at the farm house in Er Wang Dong.
  • Lots of oatmeal for cave camp breakfast. Phil and I were the only ones taking in ramen noodles instead.
  • Milk powder. For oatmeal, coffee, tea...
  • Recon trip to the cave entrance the afternoon we arrived.
  • Recon trip to the cave entrance the afternoon we arrived.
  • After a lot of (mostly) horizontal and free-climbing passage with few hand lines, a series of little traverses and vertical drops follows. Getting ready to rig the first traverse line...
  • Sorting rigging gear in preparation of rigging another drop.
  • Rigging...
  • We had two floor-less tents that we hung from bolts and natural anchors to protect us from the wind chill and capture some of the body heat while in there. Worked great.
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