Intro Class

[parabuzzle]

One word of advice as you proceed beyond intro, learn a bit about caves. I wish someone had told me that. It really makes a difference later.

This is so true! Its a lot more interesting when you know what you're looking at. Not that wet rocks aren't interesting in themselves.. I have been obsessed with caves since I was like 6 years old so I don't know what its like to not know what you're looking at in this case but I can relate to it from other endeavors...

-Mike

[ScubaRob]

One word of advice as you proceed beyond intro, learn a bit about caves. I wish someone had told me that. It really makes a difference later.

Do you have any recomended sources for learning about caves? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Rob,

[MORGAN]

Do you have any recomended sources for learning about caves? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Rob,

"Geomorphology and Hydrology of Karst Terrains", 1988 by William B. White, published by Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504444-4. Still in print.

Pretty high density reading - everything you want to know and more. Even though my background is in biology, I was able to read and understand it with no problems, which is not the case with everything written by geologists!

Mike

[Herbie]

Do you have any recomended sources for learning about caves? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Rob,

...public library, NSS website, internet searches, Amazon books, field research aka go caving
and enjoy , be safe and take care of the caves

[Webmaster]

I would recommend doing at least a little 'dry' caving. You can spend far more time in the cave, and learn a lot more while discussing things. You have the luxury of time to stop and examine things, get used to navigating through the cave without a line to follow, etc... .

White's book is a really good one, but it might be better to start out with Speleology (Moore & Sullivan). It covers a wide range of disciplines, and provides a broader look at the science of caves, without overloading you right out of the gate.

http://nssbookstore.org/index.php?mo...number=01-0393

There are plenty of other good publications there in the NSS bookstore about any number of cave related topics if you decide you'd like to get into something in more depth.

[OLDDIVER9929]

I found this book on the NACD website: Speleological and Karst Glossary of Florida and the Caribbean

Has anyone read this? And being an aviation guy will I understand it?