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2021 year of the Karst, 2021 a major step for Grottocenter

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Hello fellow cavers ,

This is the  time of year to wish you a Happy New Year 2021, full of discoveries and explorations

As you know it ,  Grottocenter has evolved a lot  in 2020 and already offers some new interesting features.
In 2021, we would like to offer you  a more complete tool to search and find, share  and enter data related to Karst

This is why we have launched a crowd funding campaign  and we appeal to your generosity
You can discover the complete project and the rewards that we offer you on this page

We already thank the first donors who have made it possible for us to collect 40% of the amount needed in 10 days.
To complete our goal , we have , 18 days left ! . Your contribution really matters , whatever the amount

The Wikicaves team
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