Caves Exploring or caving is one of the branches of activity that are now starting much-loved in most countries. The landscape in the area and have various types of the geography of the land make areas our country has many natural caves. "The cave is any room under the ground that can be entered by people" according to the IUS (International Union of Speleology) about the definition of a cave. Whereas the study of caves and their environment is called speleology, which was from the Greek word that is spalion (cave) and logos (science).
The History Of Caving
According to the note that was ever written, search the cave first started by an expert mining and geological amateur British named John Beaumont (1674). While in development, there is someone who is very meritorious to the search field of this cave, he visited 70 of the cave, make a description in the form of maps, sketches and a thick book 2800 page, he is named Johan Valsavor of Slovenia.
Type of Cave for Caving
The cave itself is generally divided into 2 types, namely a vertical cave with the shape of the hole is perpendicular, and a horizontal cave-shaped hole is flat and elongated. While the zone in the cave, among others, is a zone of light, dusk, dark with the temperature change, and the dark with the temperature fixed (eternal dark ).
On the brightest area (usually the mouth of the cave) of light is still the same with the outside of the cave, the twilight zone is the part of the cave where light still exists but is somewhat dim as the light in the dusk, in the twilight zone, this plant can still be alive.
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In the dark zone with the temperature to change the situation is already completely dark, but the temperature here is still changing-change influenced weather and the state of the outside of the cave, while the dark zone is the deepest part of the mouth of the cave where the temperature here is always the same and does not change.
Equipment and Technique of Caving
In the cave exploring, required a variety of clothing and special equipment as well as techniques for the preservation of the safety and security of yourself when you do a search of the cave. For a discussion of equipment and techniques a search of the cave, this will be discussed in more detail in the discussion about the equipment and techniques of the cave exploring.
One of the techniques that must mastered especially for vertical caving is a technique SRT or Single Rope Technique. The SRT is very useful to be able to rise to the top of the surface using a rope and equipment to the ascending form of the ascender or zumar.
The rules and Ethics of caving
Last, the cave exploring has ethics that cannot be violated by the explorer of the cave. Ethics are :
That's some information about one of the outdoor activities that are quite popular in most countries at this time, namely the cave exploring. Since the start of this activity in the decade of the 1980s has much caves - new cave which has its own uniqueness in different areas.
This makes the enthusiasts and fans of this sport began to increase rapidly. The purpose of the search of the cave is also very varied ranging from travel, adventure, research, or mapping of the cave. If you are interested in trying caving? Just go out, and get your adventure!
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The History Of Caving
According to the note that was ever written, search the cave first started by an expert mining and geological amateur British named John Beaumont (1674). While in development, there is someone who is very meritorious to the search field of this cave, he visited 70 of the cave, make a description in the form of maps, sketches and a thick book 2800 page, he is named Johan Valsavor of Slovenia.
Type of Cave for Caving
The cave itself is generally divided into 2 types, namely a vertical cave with the shape of the hole is perpendicular, and a horizontal cave-shaped hole is flat and elongated. While the zone in the cave, among others, is a zone of light, dusk, dark with the temperature change, and the dark with the temperature fixed (eternal dark ).
On the brightest area (usually the mouth of the cave) of light is still the same with the outside of the cave, the twilight zone is the part of the cave where light still exists but is somewhat dim as the light in the dusk, in the twilight zone, this plant can still be alive.
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In the dark zone with the temperature to change the situation is already completely dark, but the temperature here is still changing-change influenced weather and the state of the outside of the cave, while the dark zone is the deepest part of the mouth of the cave where the temperature here is always the same and does not change.
Equipment and Technique of Caving
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| Images by Google |
In the cave exploring, required a variety of clothing and special equipment as well as techniques for the preservation of the safety and security of yourself when you do a search of the cave. For a discussion of equipment and techniques a search of the cave, this will be discussed in more detail in the discussion about the equipment and techniques of the cave exploring.
One of the techniques that must mastered especially for vertical caving is a technique SRT or Single Rope Technique. The SRT is very useful to be able to rise to the top of the surface using a rope and equipment to the ascending form of the ascender or zumar.
The rules and Ethics of caving
Last, the cave exploring has ethics that cannot be violated by the explorer of the cave. Ethics are :
Take Nothing but Picture (Not to take anything except the image)Leave Nothing but Footprints (don't leave anything behind except footprints)Kill Nothing but Time (does Not kill anything except time)
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That's some information about one of the outdoor activities that are quite popular in most countries at this time, namely the cave exploring. Since the start of this activity in the decade of the 1980s has much caves - new cave which has its own uniqueness in different areas.
This makes the enthusiasts and fans of this sport began to increase rapidly. The purpose of the search of the cave is also very varied ranging from travel, adventure, research, or mapping of the cave. If you are interested in trying caving? Just go out, and get your adventure!
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