CORRESPONDENCE

Dr S. A. Craven,
14Mount Road,
Rondebosch 7700
South Africa.

14 July 1983

Dear Mr Kapadia,

Since your letter I have received with thanks the Himalayan Journals 37 and 38. I was particularly interested to read of the disappearing rivers in Tibet on the way to Kailash-Manasarovar, Shortly after the Chinese takeover of Tibet, Arnold Waterfall, a past-President of the Craven Pothole Club and noted student of Tibetiana, was entertaining a refugee Lama in the Yorkshire Dales, a typical karst area where the rivers sink in the limestone hills and reappear lower down the valleys. This Lama was most enthusiastic, and said that it reminded him of home. I am convinced that there is a virgin caving area in Tibet. If you have a gap to fill, you may like to mention this in your next Journal.

With kinds regards.

Dr S. A. Craven