EuroSpeleo 2016

Cave Exploration in Ethiopia

Oral|Mr Robin Weare

Abstract

An overview of almost 120 years of cave exploration in Ethiopia from Donaldson-Smith's visit to Sof Omar in 1897 to the joint explorations by British and French teams since 2011 and the formation of Ethiopia's first caving club.

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