[LibWhacker]

Caving = Mountain climbing in the dark

[ScreamingFist]

Caving = Mountain climbing in the dark

Intense. The only thing I know that's more awesome is underwater cave exploration. Wear your buddy on your back.

[stainlessbanner]

Spelunk you very much

[r9etb]

Yeah, but they used dynamite to clear their way through. That makes this little more than glorified mining.

[One Proud Dad]

Spelunking = stupid in the dark.

[chainsaw]

Cave dwelling is not really for someone with claustrophobia.

[txkev]

When asked about the size of the cave, a Ukranian replied "I haven't seen a crater this big since the GOP cratered to the demorats on the Bolton nomination!"

[CasearianDaoist]

guess they have not heard of our GOP.

[BenLurkin]

Well . . . until you get deep enough . . .

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[Mount Athos]

I did caving once, the kind where at certain points you squeeze through tight areas going down.. I was somewhat ok with it at the time, but shortly after finishing I became progressively more freaked out about what I had been doing, and the possibilities of what could have happened. I never thought about trying it again.

The most dangerous part of this trip though, was probably being in Abkazia at all. :)

[doug from upland]

They still haven't gotten as low as the Clintons. They have a long, long way to go.

[Mr. Jazzy]

"During an expedition from August to September 2004, a team of 56 cavers (45 men and 11 women) representing seven countries explored Kubera, deep below the Arabika mountain massif of the western Caucasus."





A group of proctologists , no doubt.

Any truth to the rumor that they are going to call any deeper caverns "Schiavos"?

(Sarcasm off)

[Buzwardo]

Caving is no big deal, I've done a lot of it. The biggest thing to surmount are your own fears. If you are into exploring and want to be the first person to encounter a portion of the planet caving is about the only cost effective way left. Get a hard hat, put on the clothes your wife won't let you wear anymore, and start crawling.

In most caving circles explosives are considered bad form. Instant cave, we call 'em. What's the point of exploring when you can just blow a big hole in your own backyard?

[US_MilitaryRules]

My heart is racing just reading this!!