AFalconGuide Cave Exploring
The Definitive Guide to Caving Technique, Safety, Gear, and Trip Leadership
Burger, Paul
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BOOK SUMMARY
This intructional guide to cave exploring will help readers select the right gear for a caving expedition and understand the proper techniques for exploring safely and with minimal impact. Cave Exploring also discusses the very important topic of trip lea
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Paul Burger has explored and mapped extensions of caves in Colorado, South Dakota, and New Mexico, most notably at Lechuguilla Cave in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. He serves as that parks official geologist-hydrologist and is also the co-author of Deep Secrets, a book on the discovery and early exploration of Lechuguilla Cave.
BOOK EXCERPTS
Caving, like any other athletic activity is best learned through practice. The purpose of this book is to teach you basic caving skills in an easy-to-follow manner, and to keep you from making some of the mistakes almost all of us made as novice cavers. The information in this book will help you select the right gear, from cave packs, helmets, and lights, to choosing the right clothes. This book covers many different types of caves from dry, horizontal maze caves to deep, vertical, wet caves. It will teach you techniques to explore them safely and with minimal impact. Hopefully, you will also come away from this book with an understanding of this unique underground world, and what makes caves excellent resources for recreation, exploration, and science.
BACK COVER
If you haven't seen gypsum flowers, cave crickets, or stalactites made of ice, you don't know what you're missing. Cave Exploring shines a light on the unique underground world of rock formations, flowing rivers, and crawling critters. In this definitive guide, veteran caver Paul Burger clearly and carefully describes the techniques needed to safely climb, crawl, tread softly, and swim in the quest for underground discovery. Learn how to: Get into horizontal caving, vertical caving, wet caving, and cave campingSelect the right gear for a caving expeditionSidestep common hazards and navigate safely undergroundInvestigate caves with minimal impact on the environmentConnect with established cavers in your communityOrganize and lead a caving trip - or simply be a good team member
AUTHOR BIO
Paul Burger has explored and mapped extensions of caves in Colorado, South Dakota, and New Mexico, most notably at Lechuguilla Cave in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. He serves as that parks official geologist-hydrologist and is also the co-author of Deep Secrets, a book on the discovery and early exploration of Lechuguilla Cave.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(1) An Introduction to Caving (2) Caving Basics (3) Horizontal Caving (4) Caving Hazards (5) Wet Caving (6) Trip Organization and Leadership (7) Advanced Caving (8) Glossary of Caving Terms (9) Additional Resources (10) Index
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0762725605
ISBN(13-digit): 9780762725601
Dewey Decimal: 796.52/5
Library of Congress: 2005035913
Book Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 119
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