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dislike the term
being used in
reference to
caving, as it
implies a
disregard for safety.
Though caving is a
fairly safe
sport compared to
other activities...
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exploring caves for
recreation may be
called caving, potholing, or spelunking. The
formation and
development of
caves is
known as speleogenesis; it can occur...
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Caving equipment is
equipment used by
cavers and
speleologists to aid and
protect them
while exploring caves. The term may also be used to
refer to equipment...
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ropes or ladders.
Exploration of pit
caves ("vertical
caving", also
called "potholing" in the UK and "pit
caving" in US English)
requires the use of equipment...
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recreational caving fatalities in the
United Kingdom. It
includes all
verified deaths ****ociated with the
exploration of
natural caves and
disused mines...
- "American
Caving Accidents, 2013 to 2014" (PDF).
caves.org.
National Speleological Society. 2015.
Retrieved 2025-03-24.
American Caving Accidents: Improving...
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applied to the
recreational activity of
exploring caves, but this is more
properly known as
caving,
potholing (British English), or
spelunking (United...
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British Isles.
Vertical caving -
caving involving ropes and
significant vertical exposure.
Cave survey -
process of
mapping caves. Single-rope technique...
- Look up
caver in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
caver, spelunker, or
potholer is
someone who parti****tes in
caving, the
exploration of
cave systems...
- archaeology,
cave paintings are a type of
parietal art (which
category also
includes petroglyphs, or engravings),
found on the wall or
ceilings of
caves. The...
