A French/Canadian living in France, Stephanie Jagou is specialized in sustainable development and corporate responsibility. She only started caving in 2013 but in a short two years this activity has become a new venture in her life and she's devoted much of her time to it, in one way or another. Since then she has joined the Caves of Haiti team, is a member of the Association Hommes des Cavernes (Cavemen Association) and has contributed her expertise to the organization and production of the successful mixed-media photographic exhibit of "The Caves of Haiti" at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, in January 2015.
This extraordinary woman has just returned from a caving expedition in Gabon (Africa), the 2015 Abanda Expedition - a follow-up of previous expeditions where orange crocodiles were discovered. During this month-long caving expedition undertaken by a French/Gabonese scientific team of which she was the only female member, she and lead speleologist Olivier Testa prospected for new caves in Gabon's equatorial forest. The two cavers surveyed new karst features and caves and encountered a bat colony of a species never encountered before in that area. The team returned with a collection of samples and data to be examined and analyzed. Never disheartened by the many hardships they had to face in a hostile environment such as tropical downpours, army ants and heavy loads to carry unexpectedly on their backs on long distances of rough terrain, Stephanie was an asset to the team and is an inspiration to all who dream of a life of adventure and discovery.
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By EWLS reporter Carole Devillers
cavesofhaiti.org
www.abanda-expedition.org
Photo of S.Jagou © Carole Devillers
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