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SamsMap-2.jpg (JPEG Image, 792x612 pixels) The World's Biggest Cave. National Geographic presents The World's Biggest Cave, a TV special that gives us a close-up look at Son Doong, a huge recently-discovered underground labyrinth in Vietnam.

The World's Biggest Cave

In 2009, a team of British cavers investigated a recently uncovered cave in a remote Vietnamese jungle. The Son Doong cave is enormous; can it be larger than the current world-record holder? About Alpine Ascents International Mountain Climbing and Climbing School. Mountains you can climb without a porter. Not all mighty mountains require you to hire a porter or reach for rope and tackle, as these craggy beauties go to prove.

Mountains you can climb without a porter

Don't take them too lightly, though... Mount Elbrus, Russia Far from the glory-grabbing summits of the European Alps are the shy twin peaks of Mt Elbrus (5642m), Europe's highest mountain. Straddling the Russia–Georgia border and bulging above the Caucasus Ridge, Elbrus looks a daunting prospect. It's nearly 1000m higher than any peaks around it, and glaciers chew at its edges, yet it offers no real technical difficulties – there's even a chairlift to 3800m, where most climbs begin.

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