Himalayan Caves
- Thread starter mrodoc
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Doesn't help identify the cave, but tells you about the series:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b093xhxm
I did come across this Tony Waltham article from 1971 in a non-caving publication:
https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/31/9/caving-in-the-himalaya
Mike
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b093xhxm
I did come across this Tony Waltham article from 1971 in a non-caving publication:
https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/31/9/caving-in-the-himalaya
Mike
Another report that tells me that I''ve been there! (it's not known as Harpan River Cave on the tourist circuit):
http://cucc.survex.com/jnl/1980/nepal.htm
I haven't got any photos online of Devi's Falls, but 2nd is Seti Gorge, where 30m wide river reduces to 5m:
& from a local website:
http://www.pokharacity.com/lake-rivers-and-caves/
Mike
http://cucc.survex.com/jnl/1980/nepal.htm
I haven't got any photos online of Devi's Falls, but 2nd is Seti Gorge, where 30m wide river reduces to 5m:
& from a local website:
http://www.pokharacity.com/lake-rivers-and-caves/
Mike
dmcfarlane
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anyone have a survey of Harpan River Cave?
DM
DM
rhychydwr1
Active member
It was surveyed by the Imperial College Caving Club in 1970 but I do not have access to their newsletters. Try BCA Library.[Ask for jammy]
Some nice photos here:
http://www.lochstein.de/hoehlen/asien/nepal/pokhara/pokhara.htm
Some nice photos here:
http://www.lochstein.de/hoehlen/asien/nepal/pokhara/pokhara.htm
ICCC 25 year history:
"In 1970 Tony Waltham led 8 UCLSS and 3 ICCC on the British Karst Research Expedition to the Himalayas. Notable results of this were the exploration and survey of the spectacular Harpan River Cave in Nepal, and an equally spectacular cock-up when dye-testing near the sacred Achabal Spring in the Indian Kashmir. They inserted a large quantity of rhodamine B into a small sink, but unfortunately the underground hydrology was not as they thought, for two days later the marble lined pool in the temple gardens turned blood red; the exedition left hastily for the border."
Mike
"In 1970 Tony Waltham led 8 UCLSS and 3 ICCC on the British Karst Research Expedition to the Himalayas. Notable results of this were the exploration and survey of the spectacular Harpan River Cave in Nepal, and an equally spectacular cock-up when dye-testing near the sacred Achabal Spring in the Indian Kashmir. They inserted a large quantity of rhodamine B into a small sink, but unfortunately the underground hydrology was not as they thought, for two days later the marble lined pool in the temple gardens turned blood red; the exedition left hastily for the border."
Mike
