Espeleolóxico maux Club Members at a gallery in a Trap
More than two million years has been hidden cave A Trappe, in the Serra do Galiñeiro, in the municipality of Tui. It was in 2007 when a group of cave explorers ventured into the depths of the cave for the first time to discover, later, they were in the second cave
granite largest in Europe. The numbers speak for themselves: 1,200 meters of altitude and 94 galleries, with a river that runs underground and in winter leads to underground waterfalls up to 12 meters. According to experts estimate, there is still more than a year of work and is very likely to discover new galleries that expand the size of the cave. Still, these ratios can only be overcome granite cave in Europe Grottor Wedding in Sweden. Among the hidden treasures of this underground cave stalagmites and stalactites that have started to form over 4,000 years, as calculated Clube potholers maux.
But the discovery was no surprise. The neighbors knew there were cracks in the ground and that this area used to miss a lot of cattle. There was reason to infer that the place, on the slopes of Monte Aloia, was dangerous, a trap that swallowed the animals, hence its name. When cavers to enter this cave, they found many skeletons of animals that had fallen accidentally. All mountain cave is home to many small and medium-sized closely related to the popular mythology of the area. In fact, in 2005 published a paper that lists all the caves in O Galiñeiro. At the time, knew what they were mop legends. This cave was not discovered until two years later, it does not appear in the book.
on the slopes of Monte Aloia, just above the cave extends all a strange rocky granite rock whose existence was not immune to popular mythology. The legendary origin of this accumulation of stones took place while two women were in the field collecting grass. According to legend, the arc da vella
was drinking water in the river, which meant it would rain. It seems that women are not amused wet on the way home and decided to cut off one foot to the arch. This is unbalanced and fell on the slopes of Monte Aloia, which meant that they cumulate all the stones on to mop.
In between this pile of rocks was straining the water, which turned the ground into the second largest granite cave in Europe. Around the galleries and has organized the International Symposium Pseudokarst in Tui, which will take place next year. In addition, NASA is also interested in a Trap. The fossil DNA found in the cave may give clues to the hypothesis that has been life on Mars, because the extreme conditions resembling the subsurface of the planet. Also, is among the selected caves in a project to study the fauna cavern. Maux club had explored the caves O Folón in Vigo, occupying third place in the European list of the largest granite caves.
Since discovering the importance of the caves, the experts did not have standing to apply for study. All but the Xunta. According to club members, and in 2006 he was handed the documents to declare O Folón Monument. Until now has not known anything about it. Furthermore, on the Serra do Galiñeiro weighs a project to build a wind farm. It is not known yet where they will put the mills, or whether they will affect the cave. But until you know the details of the project, Vaqueiro Marcos, president of Clube maux warns that "the cave is framed by a global network. "And remember what happened in many caves of O Courel where quarries were constructed that changed the flow of water and air:" The cave and the ecosystem dies, although the structure remains intact. "
A Trappist monastery is outside the Natural Park of Monte Aloia, Natura and any kind of protection. The treatment it receives from government contrasts with the Swedish cave. Professor Juan Ramon Vidal Romani, club member, recalled that when asked a sample of a stone inside the Wedding Grottor had to wait months to obtain a permit from the Swedish Body. "This gives an idea of \u200b\u200bwhat takes care of the cave conservation." And raises another idea: "It is absurd to isolate the areas with natural values \u200b\u200band leave the rest to their fate," he says. "The normal thing would be to identify areas where they can build quarries, dams or wind farms, and otherwise keep it intact."
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