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Doc:
Gary,
I promise, I won't say anything about rubber suits, tight places, etc.  I've learned never to insult crazy people, never know what 'those' people will do...  'Spelunking' just doesn't appeal to me.  If I need a 'rush' that bad there are too many light sockets I can stick a finger into.
 - 'Doc

chromedome:
I will stick to hillwalking...cant stand being underground.

d-jnana:
Do they take wheelchairs

I believe that there are parts of Dan-yr-Ogof show caves that are wheel chair accessable. It is only 25 mins up the Swansea valley from the M4. Hope that might be of some help. I think they have a web site. Dan-Yr-Ogof is a show cave, but only the first 3/4 mile or so is open to the general public, the other 9 3/4 miles is only accessible to serious cavers.
Now I don't mind show caves, but prefer mine a bit more on the "raw" side. There is even a chance that by moving a pile of stones or mud choke you are exploring "where no man has gone before." The thrill of doing just that is what got me into it, and within 3 trips of my first I, with a friend, had a "dig" going in a cave somewhere in South Wales. I won't say where because we never did finish getting all the mud out of that passage, but it had/has potential to open a whole new network in a cave which is little known by the caving fraternity round here. Its a bit like the "missing link" between Dan-yr-Ogof (10 miles), and Ogof Fynon Ddu (34 miles). If any body ever discovers that it will make the system one of the longest in europe. It could be one of the greatest discoveries of the century, or just another dead end.

Hi Doc, Spielunking!
That is not caving............its suicide.
When I started caving in 1991 the statistics were very scary:-
ONE IN FIVE CAVE DIVERS CAN EXPECT TO DIE CAVE DIVING.
ONE IN TWENTY CAVE DIVING EXPEDITIONS ENDS IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION (DEATH).
One fellow caver gave me this advice, "Don't cave dive with your friends. If you go missing they time you out of air before looking for you. Why? Becuse in some rescues the rescuee has emerged, but not the rescuer. The rescuee was carrying the rescuers tanks."
I'm not sure if I believe that, but the statistics alone are more than enough to put me right off that particular rush.

OneBladeMissing:
I used to go underground for money, I wouldn't want to do it for nowt!
There was one seam where I worked where there were no roof supports, the strata was very solid rock.
Some people didn't like that part of the pit. It didn't bother me at all.
Why is it that some cavers/potholers feel the urge to go underground when there have been periods of heavy rain? Then some poor sods have to go down and hook them out.

Colin Bishop:

--- Quote ---Why is it that some cavers/potholers feel the urge to go underground when there have been periods of heavy rain? Then some poor sods have to go down and hook them out.
--- End quote ---

'cos they're hygroscopic..  ;D

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