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Kitum cave? One of the caves in Kenya where elephants seek out salt. 👍The elephant cave at Mt.Elgon, 30km next to Kitale. I have to check if the official name is Kitum. --- edit: Kitum is correct When I was there in the 80's it was only known to locals and to some scientists but not a tourist spot at all. I then was at a project in Kitale and we had to wait days for machines to arrive so someone proposed to use the LandRover to drive to the cave. There were elephant trails with broken trees. We went into the huge cave but had no torch so we did not get in very far. It was quite frightening for me as I was afraid elephants could arrive any time. Animals usually arrive at night time but they told so many wrong stories before so I did not trust the local staff too much. I felt happy wearing my Texas cowboy boots when a big pile of elephant dropping was in my way which I did not see in the dark of the cave. I had no Idea to be at the hot spot of the Marburg virus and the Ebola virus. Maybe it was an advantage not to have a torch at site. It prevented us from spending too much time inside the cave. Great place to get to visit, but, as you say, Marburg and Ebola are both risks that are a bit on the too real side. I did take a while to realise that the big gray visitors had to be the elephants then it was Google to the rescue to find the likely location. It might be cheating, but only just!
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In the spirit of rock bothering and caves, here's one from a trip in the mid nineties. As a bit of a clue and to give some scale the photo was taken looking up and the diagonal white line going down to the right from the central bright spot isn't a scratch on the photo but is a rope with someone abseiling down it on his way into the cave. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2021/04/20/Cave-2.jpg)
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In the spirit of rock bothering and caves, here's one from a trip in the mid nineties.
As a bit of a clue and to give some scale the photo was taken looking up and the diagonal white line going down to the right from the central bright spot isn't a scratch on the photo but is a rope with someone abseiling down it on his way into the cave.
Furry Boots City Caves?
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In the spirit of rock bothering and caves, here's one from a trip in the mid nineties.
As a bit of a clue and to give some scale the photo was taken looking up and the diagonal white line going down to the right from the central bright spot isn't a scratch on the photo but is a rope with someone abseiling down it on his way into the cave.
Furry Boots City Caves? Even more exotic than that! 
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In the spirit of rock bothering and caves, here's one from a trip in the mid nineties.
As a bit of a clue and to give some scale the photo was taken looking up and the diagonal white line going down to the right from the central bright spot isn't a scratch on the photo but is a rope with someone abseiling down it on his way into the cave.
Furry Boots City Caves? Even more exotic than that! Reminds me of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Gloom with that shaft of light !
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Kitum cave?
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I did take a while to realise that the big gray visitors had to be the elephants then it was Google to the rescue to find the likely location. It might be cheating, but only just! I don't think it is cheating to use Google. If you have not been there yourselves, how should you find a place like that? Asking the right questions is key to solve a problem.
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In the spirit of rock bothering and caves, here's one from a trip in the mid nineties. As a bit of a clue and to give some scale the photo was taken looking up and the diagonal white line going down to the right from the central bright spot isn't a scratch on the photo but is a rope with someone abseiling down it on his way into the cave. Majlis Al Jin, Oman?
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In the spirit of rock bothering and caves, here's one from a trip in the mid nineties.
As a bit of a clue and to give some scale the photo was taken looking up and the diagonal white line going down to the right from the central bright spot isn't a scratch on the photo but is a rope with someone abseiling down it on his way into the cave.
Majlis Al Jin, Oman? That's the one! Still the longest single abseil I've done which definitely makes it the longest single rope ascent. Certainly felt like a long way, about 165m from the plateau to the floor of the chamber.
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Impressive! I hope they did pull you up on your way back.
165m to climb a rope would be too much for me...
BTW: was not an easy one to solve😉
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