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28.02.2026

The sport of exploring caves is called spelunking

Especially in Canada and the United States, the sport of exploring caves is called spelunking. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it is called potholing, while the rest of the world knows it as caving. It is often categorised as an “extreme sport” even though enthusiasts do not consider it so. On the other hand, speleology is the scientific study of........

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