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• n  a person who explores caves

• A cave's size or depth is not what attracts the spelunker.
• At 38, he is an expert archer, spelunker, weight lifter and fiend for physical fitness; he is also an obsessive and philosophic seeker of challenges.
• The area is well known for several minor painted caves and is a spelunker's paradise, but something that big would have been discovered long ago.

• potholer
• speleologist
• spelaeologist

News & Articles

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• New Nintendo eShop releases: Spelunker, Urban Trial Freestyle, Game Gear games
  This week's slate of eShop games is a bit of a mixed bag. The Wii U gets only one new Virtual Console entry in the form of SNES gambling game, Vegas Stakes . On the 3DS, however, it's a veritable cornucopia of VC games with Spelunker and three new Game Gear games, including Sonic the Hedgehog 2 , Crystal Warriors and Sonic Labyrinth . Outside of Virtual Console, the 3DS also picks up Urban Trial ...
  June 27, 2013 - Joystiq
• Cave rescue leads to honor for TN Air Guardsman, team
  Rescuers honored for saving spelunker suffering from stroke.
  June 24, 2013 - The Tennessean