| SLOVENIAN SPELEOLOGISTS RESUME CAVE EXPEDITION IN JAGNA |
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| Friday, 21 November 2008 | |
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A team of nine speleologists or cave scientists from the Republic of Slovenia revisited the municipality of Jagna to resume and finish their 1999 cave exploration project particularly at the Ka-Eyang Cave in barangay Odiong on November 15-20.
COURTESY CALL: Mayor Exuperio Lloren warmly welcomes University of Ljubljana’s Zoology Professor and speleologist Dr. Boris Sket and his fellow Slovenian spelunkers during their courtesy call at the Mayor’s office on Monday. Headed by University of Ljubljana’s Zoology Professor and renowned speleologist Dr. Boris Sket, the team continued to do scientific studies of the Ka Eyang Cave, one of the six caves which they had explored in the said barangay in 1999. In the Bulletin of the Speleological Association of Slovenia entitled “Nase Jame” published in 1999, Dr. Sket quoted on his report on the Jagna Exploration Area that it was unfortunately impossible for them at that time to push any further the exploration at the Ka Eyang cave due to lack of time as the expedition members had to leave Jagna the following day. The report added that the presence of huge amount of guano and many rats likewise hindered them to go on so they just carried out line surveys with few observations of passage details. The total traverse length was already 2300 meters. “We resumed the Ka Eyang cave expedition since afternoon of November 15 yet the team has not found the end of the cave until now. Probably, this cave is the largest and the longest in Bohol”, said Andreya Kladnik, the only woman in the team when interviewed four days later. “Our role is to assist Dr. Sket in his biological investigations by measuring and mapping the surveyed passages. We also study the stalactites and stalagmites and other living species inside the cave”, Ms. Kladnik added. Some of the caves explored by the team in 1995 included Carmolaon I and II both of sitio Kalooy in barangay Cantuyoc plus the Buyog cave in barangay Buyog. Dr. Sket’s exploration of the Carmolaon II cave which is 145 meters deep led him to officially declare it as the deepest chasm in Bohol and 2nd deepest in the entire nation. In 1999, the team was able to explore Buho sa Kagang, a cave formed by erosion of waves in one of the sea cliffs in barangay Tubod Mar. Six caves in barangay Odiong were also explored namely Dagutdot, Demet, Kabulihan, Odiong, Payhad and partly the two kilometer stretch of Ka-Eyang. To recall Dr. Sket’s caving expedition in 1995 and in 1999 to Bohol was organized in the frame of the 25th anniversary of their club in Slovenia. The main thought of speleobiological outlook was on top of his mind. Interestingly the said mission became helpful and scientifically significant not only to the local people but also to the local officials. Bohol spelunker and cave specialist Junjie Madroñero served as the team’s guide. |
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