
Caving
POC Caving Guides:
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Caving Tips: What to bring, how to dress, what to eat, and everything else. |
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Safe Caving: (an NSS guide) | |
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Bad Air and Other Hazardous Gases In Caves | |
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Raccoon Roundworm-You Don’t Want It | |
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The Cave Airflow Bible-Find More Cave! | |
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Cave Camping Gear | |
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Cave Photography Guide | |
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Pay For Gear By Finding Gold In Indiana! | |
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GOOP-A Caver’s Best Friend | |
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You’re Not Caving Unless You’re Hypothermic | |
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Make your own LED headlamp | |
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Don’t Drown In Low Airspace | |
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A Message from Rural Midwest People | |
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Effective Ridgewalking Techniques | |
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Safe Caving Practices | |
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On Rope - Single Rope Technique Notes | |
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Survey Stations-Nasty Surveying, The Easy Way | |
| NSS Audio-Visual Library: caving programs |
Places to go:
Indiana:
- Commercial Caves:
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Bloomington, Indiana:
- Buckner's Cave
- Trapdoor Cave
- Queen Blair Cave
- Small Dull Cave
- Wayne's Cave
- Doghill-Donnehue System - Bedford, IN
- Sullivan Cave - Lawrence Co, IN
- Cave River Valley - Campbellsburg, IN
- Harrison-Crawford State Forest, Southern Indiana
- Mammoth Cave
- Fisher Ridge
- Carter Caves State Park
Caves to find:
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Cave associated with Harrison Spring
- Harrison Spring is Indiana's largest spring.
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Cave associated with Orangeville Rise
- Indiana's second largest spring.
- Huge drainage area!
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Cave associated with Avoca Spring
- Huge sinkhole drainage area.
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Cave associated with Big Spring
- Puts out A LOT of water.
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Lost River Cave System
- Part of the Lost River Cave System has been found. There's miles of undiscovered passage though.
Cool Gear:
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Swaygo Gear: Bomber cave packs
Sealskinz: Waterproof gloves/socks
Petzl Pantin: Petzl Pantin (frog-walking)
Minex: Carbide Lamp
Beanie: Underwear for your head!
AniSafety: Ultimate caving boots
OtterBoxes: Dry Boxes
Petzl Tibloc: World's smallest ascender
Kong Slyde: Easily adjust a safety (QAS)
SpareAir: For quick sumps/low airspace
HeaterMeals: The Self-Heating Meal
Divelight: Wet caving and lead checking
Petzl Explorer: Helmet/Duo/Aceto Lighting
Nalgene: Nalgene Products
Bomber: Long knee pads
Caving Links:
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National Speleological Society
Indiana Karst Conservancy
Bat Conservation International
National Cave Rescue Commission
Indiana Cave Survey
Inner Moutain Outfitters
Karst Sports
Brian's Adventures
NSS Publications:
(Learn more about caves, caving and techniques)
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On Rope
On Station
On Call
Caving Basics
Cave Minerals of the World
Cave Conservation and Restoration
Speleogenesis-Evolution of Karst Aquifers
Trip Reports
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