Joker

Guy at work was asking me about going caving somewhere in the US for vacation later this year. Its one of the topics I know zero about, so any of my fellow punks have any info I can pass along?

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TheJake

dude i wish i was a spelunker. There are not very many cave caves around here but it's on my todo list. I already have all the equipment from rock climbing, i just need to locate a cave-ola

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louse

Haha I totally read the topic title as "Spanking?"
Unfortunately I know nothing about spelunking. Spanking, on the other hand...or with the first hand... or maybe this is a really terrible joke...um...yeah... sorry.

Rozza

Caving is Wicked! its fucking awesome, i love it, its one of those things where you'll love it, feel slightly uncomfortable but glad that you did it, or your totally terrified.

Its totally different from anything else you might have done, and if you do it take a packet of polos with you

what do you want to know about it?

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MolsonGirl

I've always wanted to get into Caving!!! I just wish there were more cert programs around here.

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blinkchick2134

For you guys interested in the topic Wikipedia has a good description of it (I've recently became a wiki-pedia addict): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelunking

Does this guy want a package trip thing or a do-it yourself deal? If he wants the package "day-trip" type thing then there's a place in North Carolina here. If he's already an experienced caver than where is he looking at going. I can look up some places from my old backpacker issues if you want. I think there's a few for old west and probably in VA, TN or NC.

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Joker

Whatever you got, Amber. He told me it was him and 2-3 friends, though I dunno their experience level...

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