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link to A Beginner’s Guide: How to Get Into Caving

A Beginner’s Guide: How to Get Into Caving

I'm just getting into caving myself, and I remember typing into Google 'How to get started caving?' that first time. What to expect? It's a fascinating sport and a bit mysterious, and it sure isn't...

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link to Everything You Need to Know to Become a Speleologist

Everything You Need to Know to Become a Speleologist

Do you want to get paid for caving? Me too: so badly that I've done the research and created this guide. It takes some effort to build your cave exploring career, but it can be done. You need to...

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link to How to Read a Cave Map: Illustrated guide to all symbols

How to Read a Cave Map: Illustrated guide to all symbols

Creating and reading cave maps is one of the most important skills for cavers and speleologists. But how to read one? In this article, I'll explain how to do it step by step. How to read a cave...

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link to How Dangerous Is Caving Really? – Facts, not opinions

How Dangerous Is Caving Really? – Facts, not opinions

The first question many people ask me when I say I'm a caver: "isn't that dangerous?" I've never particularly felt at risk, but I guess it depends on how responsible you are, and how well you're...

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link to How to Escape a Cave?

How to Escape a Cave?

I've never gotten lost, fortunately, but many have, and they have a lot of tricks to get out and stay safe. Want to find out how to do it? You're in the right place. The short version: So how to...

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link to Types of Cave Passages: Advanced illustrated guide

Types of Cave Passages: Advanced illustrated guide

Phreatic tube, rifts, drain shaft - if you're interested in how cave passages come to shape, this article is for you. For each type of passage, I'll briefly discuss how it's formed and what it looks...

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