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120 relations: Abseiling, Alabama cave shrimp, Alps, Alum Pot, American English, Americas, Ascender (climbing), Édouard-Alfred Martel, Bat, Bird migration, Bolt (climbing), Boot, Bowline, British Caving Association, British Speleological Association, Bumper sticker, Butterfly loop, California, Canyoning, Carabiner, Carbide lamp, Causses, Cave, Cave digging, Cave diving, Cave rescue, Cave survey, Caves of the Mendip Hills, Caving in New Zealand, Clay Perry, Clothing, Cluj-Napoca, Cordura, Cueva del Viento, Dent de Crolles, Drowning, Earth, Elbow, Emil Racoviță, England, Extreme sport, Falling (accident), Fatigue, Feces, Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988, Fernand Petzl, Figure-eight loop, Figure-of-nine loop, First aid, Flagging (tape), ... Expand index (70 more) »
Abseiling
Abseiling, also known as rappelling, is the controlled descent of a steep slope, such as a rock face, by moving down a rope.
Alabama cave shrimp
The Alabama cave shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae) is a species of shrimp in the family Atyidae, found only in caves in the state of Alabama.
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Alps
The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
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Alum Pot
Alum Pot is a pothole with a large open shaft at a surface elevation of on the eastern flanks of Simon Fell, North Yorkshire, England.
American English
American English (AmE), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States.
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Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.
Ascender (climbing)
An ascender is a device (usually mechanical) used for directly ascending, or for facilitating protection, with a fixed rope when climbing on steep mountain terrain.
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Édouard-Alfred Martel
Édouard-Alfred Martel (1 July 1859, Pontoise, Val-d'Oise – 3 June 1938, Montbrison), the 'father of modern speleology', was a world pioneer of cave exploration, study, and documentation.
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Bat
Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.
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Bird migration
Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year.
Bolt (climbing)
In rock climbing, a bolt is a permanent anchor fixed into a hole drilled in the rock as a form of climbing protection.
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Boot
A boot is a type of footwear.
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Bowline
The bowline is an ancient and simple knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope.
British Caving Association
The British Caving Association (BCA) is the sports governing body for caving in the United Kingdom.
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British Speleological Association
British Speleological Association (BSA) was founded by Eli Simpson and others in 1935.
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Bumper sticker
A bumper sticker is an adhesive label or sticker designed to be attached to the rear of a car or truck, often on the bumper.
Butterfly loop
The butterfly loop, also known as lineman's loop, butterfly knot, alpine butterfly knot, Swiss loop and lineman's rider, is a knot used to form a fixed loop in the middle of a rope.
California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Canyoning
Canyoning (canyoneering in the United States, kloofing in South Africa) is a sport that combines several outdoor sports like rock climbing, hiking, swimming, and rappelling.
Carabiner
A carabiner or karabiner, often shortened to biner or to crab, colloquially known as a (climbing) clip, is a specialized type of shackle, a metal loop with a spring-loaded gate used to quickly and reversibly connect components, most notably in safety-critical systems.
Carbide lamp
A Carbide lamp or acetylene gas lamp is a simple lamp that produces and burns acetylene (C2H2), which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC2) with water (H2O).
Causses
The Causses are a group of limestone plateaux (700–1,200 m) in the Massif Central.
Cave
A cave or cavern is a natural void under the Earth's surface.
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Cave digging
Cave digging is the practice of enlarging openings of undiscovered caves to allow entry.
Cave diving
Cave-diving is underwater diving in water-filled caves.
Cave rescue
Cave rescue is a highly specialized field of wilderness rescue in which injured, trapped or lost cave explorers are medically treated and extracted from various cave environments.
Cave survey
A cave survey is a map of all or part of a cave system, which may be produced to meet differing standards of accuracy depending on the cave conditions and equipment available underground.
Caves of the Mendip Hills
The caves of the Mendip Hills are formed by the particular geology of the Mendip Hills: large areas of limestone worn away by water makes it a national centre for caving.
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Caving in New Zealand
Caving in New Zealand is an established hobby as well as being a part of commercial tourism.
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Clay Perry
Clair Willard Perry (1887–1961), called Clay Perry, was an American writer and outdoorsman.
Clothing
Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on the body.
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca, or simply Cluj (Kolozsvár, Klausenburg), is a city in northwestern Romania.
Cordura
Cordura is a collection of synthetic fiber-based fabrics used in a variety of products including luggage, backpacks, trousers, military wear, and performance apparel.
Cueva del Viento
Cueva del Viento ("Wind Cave") is the largest lava tube system in Europe, and the sixth largest in the world, behind a series of lava tubes in Hawaii.
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Dent de Crolles
The Dent de Crolles is a karstic mountain (2,062 m) of the Chartreuse Mountains range, north east of Grenoble, Isère, France.
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Drowning
Drowning is a type of suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid.
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.
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Elbow
The elbow is the region between the upper arm and the forearm that surrounds the elbow joint.
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Emil Racoviță
Emil Gheorghe Racoviță (15 November 1868 – 19 November 1947) was a Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist, and Antarctic explorer.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Extreme sport
Action sports, adventure sports or extreme sports are activities perceived as involving a high degree of risk of injury or death.
Falling (accident)
Falling is the action of a person or animal losing stability and ending up in a lower position, often on the ground.
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Fatigue
Fatigue describes a state of tiredness (which is not sleepiness), exhaustion or loss of energy.
Feces
Feces (or faeces;: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.
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Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988
The Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988 or FCRPA is a United States federal law that aims "to secure, protect, and preserve significant caves on Federal lands for the perpetual use, enjoyment, and benefit of all people; and to foster increased cooperation and exchange of information between governmental authorities and those who utilize caves located on Federal lands for scientific, education, or recreational purposes." The law was approved on November 18, 1988.
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Fernand Petzl
Fernand Petzl (April 7, 1913 – May 31, 2003) was a caver and manufacturer of outdoor equipment under the brand name Petzl.
Figure-eight loop
Figure-eight loop (also figure-eight on a bight, figure-eight follow-through, figure-eight retrace, Flemish loop, or Flemish eight) is a type of knot created by a loop on the bight.
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Figure-of-nine loop
The figure-of-nine loop is a type of knot to form a fixed loop in a rope.
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First aid
First aid is the first and immediate assistance given to any person with either a minor or serious illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, or to promote recovery until medical services arrive.
Flagging (tape)
Flagging is a coloured non-adhesive tape used in marking objects.
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Flood
A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry.
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Flowstone
Flowstones are sheetlike deposits of calcite or other carbonate minerals, formed where water flows down the walls or along the floors of a cave.
Floyd Collins
William Floyd Collins (July 20, 1887 – February 13, 1925) was an American cave explorer, principally in a region of Kentucky that houses hundreds of miles of interconnected caves, today a part of Mammoth Cave National Park, the longest known cave system in the world.
French Federation of Speleology
The French Federation of Speleology (Fédération Française de Spéléologie, FFS), is a French organisation that represents all persons practicing or studying caving and canyoning and promotes the study and conservation of caves.
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Gaping Gill
Gaping Gill (also known as Gaping Ghyll) is a natural cave in North Yorkshire, England.
Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Grenoble
Grenoble (or Grainóvol; Graçanòbol) is the prefecture and largest city of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France.
Hard hat
A hard hat is a type of helmet predominantly used in workplace environments such as industrial or construction sites to protect the head from injury due to falling objects, impact with other objects, debris, rain, and electric shock.
Harwoods Hole
Harwoods Hole is a cave system located in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand, in the Abel Tasman National Park.
Headlamp (outdoor)
A headlamp, headlight, or head torch (UK) is a light source affixed to the head typically for outdoor activities at night or in dark conditions such as caving, orienteering, hiking, skiing, backpacking, camping, mountaineering or mountain biking.
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Helmet
A helmet is a form of protective gear worn to protect the head.
Herbert E. Balch
Herbert Ernest Balch (4 November 1869 – 27 May 1958) MA FSA was an English archaeologist, naturalist, caver and geologist who explored the caves of the Mendip Hills and pioneered many of the techniques used by modern cavers.
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Hibernation
Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species.
Histoplasmosis
Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum.
Hobby
A hobby is considered to be a regular activity that is done for enjoyment, typically during one's leisure time.
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Hypothermia
Hypothermia is defined as a body core temperature below in humans.
International Union of Speleology
International Union of Speleology (Union Internationale de Spéléologie, UIS) is a scientific non-governmental organization dedicated to the international promotion and coordination of cave and karst research.
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John Birkbeck
John Birkbeck (6 July 1817 – 31 July 1890) was a Yorkshireman, banker, alpinist, and pioneer potholer.
Kentucky
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Knee
In humans and other primates, the knee joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two joints: one between the femur and tibia (tibiofemoral joint), and one between the femur and patella (patellofemoral joint).
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Knot
A knot is an intentional complication in cordage which may be practical or decorative, or both.
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Ladder
A ladder is a vertical or inclined set of rungs or steps commonly used for climbing or descending.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Lava River Cave
The Lava River Cave near Bend, Oregon, is part of the Newberry National Volcanic Monument, which is managed by the United States Forest Service.
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Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis is a blood infection caused by the bacteria Leptospira that can infect humans, dogs, rodents and many other wild and domesticated animals.
Light-emitting diode
A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it.
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List of UK caving fatalities
This is a list of recreational caving fatalities in the United Kingdom.
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Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave National Park is a national park in south-central Kentucky, US.
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Medical glove
Medical gloves are disposable gloves used during medical examinations and procedures to help prevent cross-contamination between caregivers and patients.
Mine exploration
Mine exploration is a hobby in which people visit abandoned mines, quarries, and sometimes operational mines.
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Mountaineering
Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains.
Munter hitch
The Munter hitch, also known as the Italian hitch, mezzo barcaiolo or the crossing hitch, is a simple adjustable knot, commonly used by climbers, cavers, and rescuers to control friction in a life-lining or belay system.
National Speleological Society
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.
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Neoprene
Neoprene (also polychloroprene) is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene.
New England
New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Norbert Casteret
Norbert Casteret (19 August 1897 – 20 July 1987) was a famous French caver, adventurer and writer, and is one of the most recognisable names in caving worldwide.
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Organic matter
Organic matter, organic material, or natural organic matter refers to the large source of carbon-based compounds found within natural and engineered, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.
Outdoor recreation
Outdoor recreation or outdoor activity refers to recreation done outside, most commonly in natural settings.
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Padirac Cave
The Padirac Chasm (French: Gouffre de Padirac) is a cave located near Gramat, in the Lot department, Occitanie region, France.
Petzl
Petzl is a French manufacturer of climbing gear, caving gear, work-at-height equipment, and headlamps based in Crolles (near Grenoble), France.
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Petzl Croll
A Petzl Croll is an ascending device used in caving and industrial rope access made by the French company Petzl.
Pierre Chevalier (caver)
Pierre Chevalier (24 April 1905 – 4 December 2001) was a well-known caver and mountaineer from France, with many alpine ascents and cave explorations to his credit.
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Pit cave
A pit cave, shaft cave or vertical cave—or often simply called a pit (in the US) and pothole or pot (in the UK); jama in Slavic languages scientific and colloquial vocabulary (borrowed since early research in the Western Balkan Dinaric Alpine karst)—is a type of cave which contains one or more significant vertical shafts rather than being predominantly a conventional horizontal cave passage.
Pitch (climbing)
In climbing, a pitch is a section of a climbing route between two belay points (or belay stations), and is most commonly related to the task of lead climbing (going up), but is also related to abseiling (going down).
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Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli.
Polypropylene
Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications.
Polyvinyl chloride
Polyvinyl chloride (alternatively: poly(vinyl chloride), colloquial: vinyl or polyvinyl; abbreviated: PVC) is the world's third-most widely produced synthetic polymer of plastic (after polyethylene and polypropylene).
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Public utility
A public utility company (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure).
Pyrenees
The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain.
Robert de Joly
Robert-Jacques de Joly (Paris –, Montpellier) was a famous French caver and speleologist.
Sand
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles.
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Show cave
A show cave—also called tourist cave, public cave, and, in the United States, commercial cave—is a cave which has been made accessible to the public for guided visits.
Silt
Silt is granular material of a size between sand and clay and composed mostly of broken grains of quartz.
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Single-rope technique
Single-rope technique (SRT) is a set of methods used to descend and ascend on the same single rope.
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Sling (climbing)
A sling or runner is an item of climbing equipment consisting of a tied or sewn loop of webbing.
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Speleology
Speleology is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, as well as their composition, structure, physical properties, history, ecology, and the processes by which they form (speleogenesis) and change over time (speleomorphology).
Speleothem
A speleothem is a geological formation by mineral deposits that accumulate over time in natural caves.
Suction excavator
A suction excavator, or vacuum excavator, is a construction vehicle that removes heavy debris or other materials from a hole on land using vacuuming.
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Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand is an online encyclopedia established in 2001 by the New Zealand Government's Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
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Underwater diving
Underwater diving, as a human activity, is the practice of descending below the water's surface to interact with the environment.
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Urban exploration
Urban exploration (often shortened as UE, urbex, and sometimes known as roof and tunnel hacking) is the exploration of manmade structures, usually abandoned ruins or hidden components of the manmade environment.
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Urine
Urine is a liquid by-product of metabolism in humans and in many other animals.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
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Wellington boot
A Wellington boot, often shortened to welly, and also known as a gumboot, rubber boot, or rain boot, is a type of waterproof boot made of rubber.
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Wetsuit
A wetsuit is a garment worn to provide thermal protection while wet.
White-nose syndrome
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a fungal disease in North American bats which has resulted in the dramatic decrease of the bat population in the United States and Canada, reportedly killing millions as of 2018.
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Wookey Hole Caves
Wookey Hole Caves are a series of limestone caverns, a show cave and tourist attraction in the village of Wookey Hole on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills near Wells in Somerset, England.
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Wool
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Yorkshire Ramblers' Club
The Yorkshire Ramblers' Club (YRC) is the second-oldest mountaineering club in England, the oldest being the Alpine Club.
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References
Also known as Cave exploration, Caver, Cavers, Potholer, Potholers, Potholing, Spellunking, Spelunk, Spelunkers, Spelunking, Sperlunking, Spilunking, Splunking, Wild Caving.