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Caving

Caving, also known as spelunking (United States and Canada) and potholing (United Kingdom and Ireland), is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems (as distinguished from show caves). In contrast, speleology is the scientific study of caves and the cave environment.

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Practice and equipment

Safety

Cave conservation

Caving organizations

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Caving

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Triples97
Avg. degree1.98
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Caving

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related to history · 31
Caving → Alfred Martel, Alps, Alum Pot, Balch, Causses, England, Floyd Collins, France, Gaping Gill, Gouffre, Guy, He, Herbert, In, John Birkbeck, Joly, Kentucky, Lavaur, Mammoth Cave National Park, Martel
related to Caving organizations · 21
Caving → Alfred Martel, Bristol, Bristol Spleleological Society, Cavers, Columbia, District, England, French Federation, In, May, National Speleological Society, Société, Speleological Society, Speleology, Spelunca, The, The British Speleological Association, United States, University, University-based
related to Practice and equipment · 17
Caving → Carbide, Depending, Electric LED, Hard, In, Italian, Knee-pads, Knots, Lighter, Many, More, On, PVC, Ropes, SRT, The, Wetsuits
related to Motivation · 12
Caving → Depending, Earth, Hawaii, Iceland, In, Lava River Cave, New Zealand, Physical, Tenerife, There, Tour, Virgin
related to Safety · 4
Caving → Caves, Full-scale, It, Rescuing
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Caving → fairly safe sport compared to other activities that are sometimes classified as

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Cavingis afairly safe sport compared to other activities that are sometimes classified as0.90text
high-visibility flagging tape tied to a projection.Vertical caving uses ladders or single rope techniqueinstance ofor to leave a non-permanent mark0.80text
dropping organic material can have a dramatic effect on the cave biota.Cave-dwelling species are also very fragileinstance ofEven minor pollution0.80text
a pristine floor of sand or silt which may be thousands of years oldinstance ofMarked paths may show ways around notably fragile areas0.80text
dating from the last time water flowed through the caveinstance ofMarked paths may show ways around notably fragile areas0.80text
flowstone can be similarly marred with a muddy footprint or handprintinstance ofActive formations0.80text
and ancient human artifactsinstance ofActive formations0.80text
such as fiber productsinstance ofActive formations0.80text
may even crumble to dust under all but the most gentle touch.In 1988instance ofActive formations0.80text
concerned that cave resources were becoming increasingly damaged through unregulated useinstance ofActive formations0.80text
Congress enacted the Federal Cave Resources Protection Actinstance ofActive formations0.80text
giving land management agencies in the United States expanded authority to manage cave conservation on public landinstance ofActive formations0.80text

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