06/01 - Hong Meigui Zhongdian Draughting Holes 2006
Ms Hilary Greaves from UK with Peter Ljubimov, Artem Oganov and Dmitry Prashin from Russia (1-25 February 2006)
The theory behind this expedition was that with a light snow covering, warm air rising from caves would melt snow around the entrances, thus making them clearly visible. The area of interest was the Zhongdian Plateau in Yunnan Province, which they hoped might offer a cave with a 2,500m depth potential. Unfortunately, this was not possible to prove, as on arrival they were surprised to find there was no snow! Undeterred, the team carried out a reconnaissance of a new area which they found to be speleologically uninteresting, but on revisiting an ‘old’ area they logged 26 minor entrances, found a significant new cave, and extended a known one.
For more details see: www.hongmeigui.net 
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