Application for Grant Aid
Submitted on: 31 Aug 2013Expedition details (GPF2013b-007)
Region: Mulu National Park, Sarawak
MEF funding: none
Cavers ≤25 yrs old: 0Cavers 25-35 yrs old: 0
Eligible for grant aid: 0
Alex Pitcher nominations:
Expedition duration (days): 33
Field days: 0 Travel days: 0
List a short summary of the main Expedition objectives.
The main team will be based at Camp 5 in the Melinau gorge. Further exploration will continue in the Whiterock/Blackrock part of the Clearwater cave system, and various systems in Gunung Benerat. A sub camp at the N. end of G. Benerat will help explore leads in that area. Surface work to look for new entrances will also take place. All finds will be surveyed, mapped and photographed to a high standard.Please explain the aspects of the trip which make it eligible for Ghar Parau funding.
Give a more detailed account of the purpose of the trip, including any particular known caves you intend to visit, specific areas where you will explore for new cave, and scientific experiments you will attempt.
1. To continue exploration and survey of a number of outstanding leads in the Whiterock/Blackrock Cave system.2. To revisit areas of Clearwater cave and investigate leads to explore and survey.
3. To visit Deliverance cave in Northern G.Benerat and investigate high level passages at the end.
4. To locate and survey Gawai€„¢s Cave in northern G. Benarat
5. To continue exploration and survey of a number of outstanding leads in the Benarat Caverns system.
6. To conduct surface searches for new entrances in G. Benerat and G. Api. A Helicopter may be used to look for such new entrances.
Give details of any previous work in this area by your own and other teams. Include references to reports and articles published on the area, and the names of any local cavers or academics with whom you have discussed the Expedition.
1977-78 RGS Mulu Expedition1980 Mulu Caves Expedition
1984 Mulu Caves Expedition
1988 Mulu Caves Expedition
1989 Mulu Caves Expedition
1991 Mulu Caves Expedition
1993 Hidden Valley Reconnaissance Expedition
1996,98 Hidden Valley, Mulu Caves Expedition Benerat 2000 Caves Expedition Benerat 2003 Caves Expedition Benerat 2005 Caves Expedition
2007 Mulu Caves Expedition
2009 Mulu Caves Expedition
2010 Mulu Caves Expedition
2011 Mulu Caves Expedition
2012 Southern Hills Mulu Expedtion.
Expedition Finances
Travel
Travel plans: |
| # from UK: | 16 | Travel costs breakdown (for personnel leaving from the UK): |
| Total costs from UK: | £13,500 | Flights = £12,000 Boat travel = £1,500 |
| # from outside UK: | 0 | Travel costs breakdown (for personnel leaving from the UK): |
| Total costs from outside UK: | £0 |
| Travel total: | £13,500 | Travel p.p. from UK: | £844 |
| Travel p.p. from outside UK: | £0 |
Subsistence
| Total: | £5,200 | Comments: |
| Subsistence p.p.: | £325 | Accomodation = £1,200 Food = £2,000 Local Labour (cook, porters, guides) £2,000 |
Gear
| Total: | £650 | Comments: |
| Gear p.p.: | £41 | Equipment £500 Medical Equipment £150 |
Special 1
| Total: | £1,700 | Comments: |
| Special 1 p.p.: | £106 | Insurance £1,200 Publication £500 |
| Exped Total: | £21,050 | Exped cost p.p. travelling from UK: | £1,510 |
| Exped cost p.p. travelling from outside UK: | £366 | ||
| Mean Exped cost per person: | £1,316 |
Other Funding
| Total: | £0 | Comments: |
| Total shortfall: | £0 | Mean shortfall per person: | £0 |
Referees and Report
Please give the names, addresses and phone numbers of two suitably qualified people whom the Committee can contact. You should ensure that they are aware of the objectives of your trip, and that you have their permission for the Committee to contact them.
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