Essential Guide: Caving (Essential Guides (Stackpole)) - Softcover

Swart, Dr Peter; Swart, P K

 
9780811720526: Essential Guide: Caving (Essential Guides (Stackpole))

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This beginner's guide to speleology emphasizes safety and protection of fragile ecosystems. Learn how to plan a caving trip from start to finish. Instructions show how to maneuver through small areas and vertical caves using ropes and how to rig a pitch for ascending and descending a vertical climb. Knot-tying diagrams aid the first-time spelunker. The book gives background on the two main types of cave passages, vadose and phreatic, and tips on spotting rock formations and cave decorations such as flowstone, stalagmites, helicites, and rimstone pools. Sections on cave surveying and photography describe how more advanced cavers augment their experiences underground.

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ISBN 10:  1859749089 ISBN 13:  9781859749081
Verlag: New Holland Publishers Ltd, 2002
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