New (and old) explorations in Albania

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Created: Thursday, 13 September 2018 09:36

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Also this year we returned to Albania together with the Speleological Group of Martina Franca and the Speleological Group Faentino. First in the Albanian Alps, to continue the research in the area of ??Vranë and then on Mali Me Gropa (Mountain of Buchi in Albanian language), where already in the 90s some cavities were explored in an expedition attended by some of the current participants.

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In preparation Parau 2018 (Iran)

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Created: Monday, 07 May 2018 09:23

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Since 2016, our association has been developing, in collaboration with some local speleological groups, an exploratory project both in the north-western sector of the Zagros mountains, and among the immense diapers of the Shiraz region, in the south of the country.

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11, 12 and 13 May, Naples and Castellana grotte, protagonist LA VENTA!

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Created: Friday, 04 May 2018 08:03

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On the weekend of 11th, 12th and 13th May we will be protagonists in Naples and then in Castellana Grotte (BA) for 2 events.

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Shiraz 2018

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Created: Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:34

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Recently returned from Iran, tired but enthusiastic, we brought home important results: no less than a thousand, no abysses or complex caves at the time, but in many ways much more…

The group of members La Venta who dedicated himself to climb the Iranian salt diapers, thanks to the help of his friend Yones Shariatmadari, an expert speleologist from Teheran, consisted of: Gaetano Boldrini, Martino Frova, Giuseppe Giovine, Luca Imperio, Luca Massa and Leonardo Piccini.

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Let's take off the salt

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Created: Thursday, 19 April 2018 09:19

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What I write in these lines is not to be taken with a pinch of salt!

It is a simple final report of a truly successful expedition. No surprise: Atacama is really a space place. Then there was the project, funded by the National Geographic Society (the first of La Venta), and a team really up to the task. The fact is that we are all back tired but happy, with the salt still on, and many good memories.

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Iran: sun, salt and wind

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Created: Monday, 16 April 2018 08:12

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Firuzabad six local time is our first stop.
Landed in Shiraz in the middle of the night we met our friend Younes who came to welcome us from Tehran to introduce us and leave us in the company of Mahadi the driver at our disposal for the whole period, equipped with an enterprising Iveco minibus with which he will be able to cover unlikely slopes. spectacular descents.

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