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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This is how far we got when exploring the "Walk the Plank" passage. A few climbing leads remain.
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This is how far we got when exploring the "Walk the Plank" passage. A few climbing leads remain.

  • Passage.
  • Mineral dust from upper cave layers was concentrated at this spot.
  • This is how far we got when exploring the "Walk the Plank" passage. A few climbing leads remain.
  • Formations growing horizontally. :-o
  • Weird formations.
  • This window leads to a lower passage level (via a steep mud hill) that had been explored by a human before. It took the combined trickery of our two-person team to get back out into the main passage again.
  • Descending through the window in the passage floor.
  • Descending through the window in the passage floor.
  • 180-ish degree shot of the upper level living quarters in the farm house. Most of us slept on the lower level.
  • Packing detackled gear for the trip back to the Tongzi Karst and Cave Exploration Centre.
  • Ready to load up the truck!
  • Cleaning gear at the Tongzi Centre.
  • The worst part of any expedition - cleaning gear afterward. ;-)
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