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Wednesday, 19 November 2025

Mapping the Socotran caves again... after a small pause...

 After (a small pause of) 20 years, some of the cave maps are finally getting finished! All SKP-members have been active elsewhere, but thanks to Jos Beyens (final topo editor) and his discussions with Michael Laumanns (series editor of the Berliner Hohlenkundliche Berichte - BHB) all will be updated and published in 2026. As a reminder, our previous results can be found in Band 20 (2006).

Thanks to Jos Beyens, Rudi Debbaut, Karl Willems and all other SKP-members for these efforts and final wrap of exploration fun...

Meanwhile a Czech caving team is actively exploring on the island, with which we will start collaborating closely. Previous cave photographers are sharping their... images and the GPS-expert is uploading all exploration tracks.

In summary, all ingredients for a final book describing 20-30 years of exploration and research are piling up, the challenge in mine, Inshallah...

Peter