Those who have caved in Thailand may have come across sticks that have been rested on end by Thai visitors under overhangs and boulders.This ‘stick standing’ can be found throughout the country;  a particularly fine example can be seen in Tham Jaeng in Loei.  It is obviously done for pseudo-religious reasons, but I had been unable to find an explanation for this behavior and it isn’t mentioned in Christophe Munier’s ‘Sacred Rocks and Buddhist Caves in Thailand’.

In February 2010 the Shepton Mallet Caving Club returned to Ban Mani Phruk in the north of Nan province to continue exploration of Tham Pha Phueng and other caves in this area.