Caving Caving In British English, abseiling (from the German abseilen, "to rope down") is the process of descending on a fixed rope. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abseil"
Australian Speleological Federation Inc. is an Environmental Organisation, registered by the Department of the Environment and Heritage in Canberra, Australia, with the primary objective of protecting the cave and karst environment of Australia. Formed in 1956, it is a national organisation consisting of about 30 clubs and 850 individuals, where each full-member club has votes on the governing Council according to its size. Between the annual Council Meetings, the Federation is governed by an elected Executive. There is also provision for non-voting membership by individuals and organisations. A full conference with field trips is held every two years in a different State. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australian Speleological Federation"
Cave Carson (real name Calvin Carson) is a fictional character that appeared in stories published by DC Comics. Carson, a spelunker, first appeared in Brave and the Bold #31 ( September 1960). ...more on Wikipedia about "Cave Carson"
Cave Conservancies are specialized land trusts that primarily manage caves or karst features in the United States. Organizations that serve as cave management consultants to cave owners are usually considered cave conservancies. Cave conservancies are almost always non-profit organizations. Their management methodologies may be diverse (see the SICLEO classification system below). When cave management is not a significant part of the mission of a cave owning land trust, it is not considered a cave conservancy. One could refer to this type of organization as a "land trust with caves". Cave conservancies often provide other services such as being advocates for responsible cave ownership and management, promoting the protection of caves, and advancing research to enhance and discover the values of caves. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cave Conservancies"
Since most of the obvious caves have already been discovered and explored, cavers must search the mountains and valleys in "cave country" (or karst) for new caves. This is most commonly accomplished while ridgewalking, the practice of scouring the country-side, in areas with cave potential, for new, previously undiscovered openings to the underground. These may be found in sinkholes, in rock outcrops or basically anywhere the ground is underlain by limestone or other soluble rock, as well as in areas underlain by lava flows, where lava tube caves may be found. Generally speaking, if the discovered feature is either blowing or sucking air in great volumes, it is an encouraging sign and indicates that there is great potential for large or extensive cave beyond. Sometimes these previously undiscovered openings are large enough for the average person to enter, but often they are too small and must be enlarged to allow entry. Thus the art and science of cave digging. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cave digging"
Cave diving is a type of technical diving in which specialized SCUBA equipment is used to enable the exploration of natural or artificial caves which are at least partially filled with water. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cave diving"
Cave rescue is a highly specialized field of rescue in which injured or trapped people are removed from or treated in caves and other underground space. Cave rescue borrows from firefighting, confined space rescue, and rope rescue, but also has developed its own special techniques and skills for performing work in conditions that are almost always difficult and demanding. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cave rescue"
Caving is the recreational sport of exploring caves. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caving"
William Floyd Collins ( July 20, 1887 - c. February 13, 1925) was a cave explorer and guide in central Kentucky. Floyd Collins is noted for having discovered Crystal Cave on January 18, 1917, and is sometimes referred to as "The Greatest Cave Explorer Ever Known." ...more on Wikipedia about "Floyd Collins"
The half hitch, also known as Italian hitch or Münter hitch, is a simple knot, commonly used by climbers and cavers as part of a life-lining or belay system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Munter hitch"
The National Speleological Society (NSS) is an organization formed in 1941 to advance the exploration, conservation, study, and understanding of caves in the United States. Originally located in Washington D.C., its current offices are in Huntsville, Alabama. The organization engages in mapping, cleaning, scientific study, purchase and gating of caves. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Speleological Society"
Neil Moss (full name Oscar Hackett Neil Moss) was the victim of a famous caving accident in England on Sunday March 22nd, 1959. A twenty-year-old undergraduate studying philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford, Moss became jammed while trying to pass through a narrow unexplored tunnel in Peak Cavern, a famous cave system near Castleton in Derbyshire. Initial attempts to haul him free failed because the rope broke several times, and when he lost consciousness as carbon dioxide from his own respiration built up in the tunnel, he was unable to assist further rescue attempts with a stronger rope. He never regained consciousness and was declared dead on Tuesday morning. ...more on Wikipedia about "Neil Moss (caver)"
Patricia ("Pat") Crowther was an active and dedicated caver and cave- surveyor in the 1960s and early 1970s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Patricia Crowther"
A pitch is a significant underground vertical space in mining terminology. The name is thought to have originated through the description of deep shafts which had bottoms that could not be easily seen as being " pitch-black". ...more on Wikipedia about "Pitch (vertical space)"
A show cave is a cave or cave system containing interesting or spectacular features that are easily accessible to the general public. ...more on Wikipedia about "Show cave"
Stephen Bishop ( 1820?– 1857) was a mulatto slave famous for being one of the lead explorers and guides to the Mammoth Cave in the U.S. state of Kentucky. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stephen Bishop (cave explorer)"
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia . Direct links to the original articles are in the text.
If you use exact copy or modified of this article you should preserve above paragraph and put also : It uses material from
the Shortopedia article about "Caving".
| MAIN PAGE | MAIN INDEX | CONTACT US |