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Their degree of difficulty of the cave you choose depends on 3 sets of factors:
1) The number and character of any given cave and its natural obstacles.
2) The choice, quality and condition of the caver's clothing and equipment, and the choice of techniques-safety also enters here.
3) Last but not least the mental and physical condition of YOU on the day, your ability and experience, andy your self-control of any fears you may have of heights, deep water, tight crawls etc. Though if you lack caution as well as fear you are a danger to yourself and your team-mates!
Some caves are intrinsically very easy indeed.
Others are moderately hard but still reasonable for an appropriately-equippednovice under proper supervision.
While yet more caves really are hard, presentingsustained physical and mental challenges even to very able, very experienced cavers. Ithink - but stand to be corrected - that the remote series linking Mammoth Cave to Flint RidgeCave to give the world'slongest system, are in this category.
I wonder if Mark Twain had a particular, real cave in mind when he wrote that scene in Tom Sawyer - a dry cave that was easy enoughto negotiate but veryconfusing to navigate.
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What do you call a person who likes to explore caves?
A person who likes to explore caves is called a "caver" - if he or she is studying caves' scientific aspects, a "speleologist". Caving is the amateur activity or sport of exploring caves. It was once known as 'spelunking' in the United States and Canada and 'potholing' (from the old Northern English term "pothole" for a cave whose entrance is a shaft open to the surface) in the United Kingdom and Ireland. A person doing this activity is now generally a Caver: Spelunker and Potholer have fallen out of use though "Pothole" survives in a few Northern English caving-club names.. Speleology is the term for the study of caves, whether by amateur or professional scientists.
Why are the Qumran caves hard to reach?
Some of the Qumran caves, such as Q4, are located along cliff faces, making them very difficult to reach.
Is it hard for miners going out of the caves?
Yes, if they enter the dark zone. No, if they don't enter the dark zone.
What are the different types of caves?
granite caves sea caves sandstone caves . stay in school
How lime- stones caves formed?
they are formed when animals in the caves are trying to get to shelter and the limestone in the caves melt and eventually form lime-stones caves
What do spelunkers explore?
caves
Can you give me an example sentence for the word explore?
Spelunkers like to explore caves.
Are there mountains and caves to explore?
yes - lots
What kind of vehicles explore caves?
robots
How can caves best be protected?
We can let them just be there, and not explore in them.
Why can't a stalagmite form before a stalactite?
Why can't it not? There are caves, and places within individual caves, with stalagmites but no stalactites above them, and vice-versa; and caves devoid of either formation except in a few beautiful grottoes. Caves don't obey hard-and-fast rules like that implied by the question - that's one aspect that make them so fascinating to explore, admire and study!
What do you call a person who likes to explore caves with the letters spelunke and r?
A 'spelunker'
Why do spelunkers explore caves?
Because the caves are there. If you're asking about the etymology of "spelunker," it comes from the Latin "spelunca," meaning "cave." +++ Please see Discussion for a caver's answer! :-)
What do you call a person who likes to explore caves?
A person who likes to explore caves is called a "caver" - if he or she is studying caves' scientific aspects, a "speleologist". Caving is the amateur activity or sport of exploring caves. It was once known as 'spelunking' in the United States and Canada and 'potholing' (from the old Northern English term "pothole" for a cave whose entrance is a shaft open to the surface) in the United Kingdom and Ireland. A person doing this activity is now generally a Caver: Spelunker and Potholer have fallen out of use though "Pothole" survives in a few Northern English caving-club names.. Speleology is the term for the study of caves, whether by amateur or professional scientists.
What technology is used to explore caves?
many technologies, surveying and mapping, via instruments. development of materials such as ropes, wet suits, lights. and for wet caves, diving techniques and equipment.
Why is it hard to be THE first person to explore a land no one knows abaut?
It is hard because lost people explore to find their way back.
Why are the Qumran caves hard to reach?
Some of the Qumran caves, such as Q4, are located along cliff faces, making them very difficult to reach.
