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China

Yunnan 2004 (China)

Malaysia

Mulu, Borneo, Malaysia

It all started back on the 2003 Mulu expedition, Wookey had the job of surveyor in charge. The situation historically had been that once the survey was drawn up the underground notes were considered useless, and hence early ones were lost. Later ones were also lost after being handed over to the park service. Wookey set about the process of finding as much data as possible and reconstructing the rest, first as survex files and then drawing the passage detail in Therion. On the 2005 expedition Andrew Atkinson took over the surveying role and during that year 25km of cave were found and the plans drawn in the field with most of the expedition members using Therion to enter the survey. Although some of the joins were not totally finished and some detail was missing, a small scale survey was handed to the park warden at the end of the trip. Andrew also started the process of organising the survey data into a logical structure.

At the end of 2006 220 km of cave had been entered into survex, and about 80 km of this had be drawn in some detail in therion. In 2007 Dave Clucas took on the task of mapping Whiterock Cave. The plan view was completed during the 2009 expedition. The project continues with drawings of the whole of the Clearwater System, now 176kms long, being added.

Links

Official pages of project: Mulu Caves

Snapshot of Whiterock (over 20 kms):Whiterock Survey

Snapshot of Clearwater System (over 150 kms):Clearwater Survey

Mulu Caves 2009

Australia

Figtree Cave, Wombeyan Caves (Australia, NSW)

Lao

Northern Lao European Cave Project 2009

New Zealand

Riwaka Catchment Caves (NZ)

Bulmer Cavern (NZ)

South Flora Catchment Caves (NZ)

Patarau Caves (NZ)

Indonesia - Kalimantan

Expedition of Group Vulcain France - 2010