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Lesson 42 Modern cavemen With what does the writer compare the Gouffre Berger? Cave exploration, or pot-holing, as it has come to be known, is a relatively new sport. Perhaps it is the desire for solitude or the chance of making an unexpected discovery that lures people down to the depths of the earth. It is impossible to give a satisfactory explanation for a pot-holers motives. For him, caves have the same peculiar fascination which high mountains have for the climber. They arouse instincts which can only be dimly understood. Exploring really deep caves is not a task for the Sunday afternoon rambler. Such undertakings require the precise planning and foresight of military operations. It can take as long as eight days to rig up rope ladders and to establish supply bases . before a descent can be made into a very deep cave. Precautions of this sort are necessary, for it is impossible to foretell the exact nature of the difficulties which will confront the pot-holer. The deepest known cave in the world is the Gouffre Berger near Grenoble. It extends to a depth of 3, 723 feet. This immense chasm has been formed by an underground stream which has tunnelled a course through a flaw in the rocks. The entrance to the cave is on a plateau in the Dauphiné Alps. The?Alps?is one of the greatmountain range?systems of?Europe, stretching from?Austria?and?Slovenia?in the east through?Italy,?Switzerland,?Liechtenstein? and?Germany?to?France?in the west. As it is only six feet across, it is barely noticeable. The cave might never have been discovered had not the entrance (if the entrance had not) been spotted by the distinguished French pot-holer, Berger. Since its discovery, it has become a sort of potholers Everest. Everest: the highest mountain in the world. Everest is in the Himalayas [,him?lei?z]喜马拉雅山脉 , on the border between Tibet and Nepal. Himalayas: the Himalayas a long?range of mountains in southern Asia which in