How to Dress for Caving
The clothing material that you should try to avoid or limit when caving
What is cotton?
The item you should bring to carry out your human waste
What is pee bottle?
The type of cave formed by waves eroding rock over time
What are sea caves?
Your favorite cave movement technique
What is...?
The most interesting thing you learned about caving today
What is...?
The two items besides clothing that are essential to wear while caving
What are helmet and headlamp?
The number of sources of light you should bring caving
What is 3?
The most common type of rock in which solution caves form
What is limestone?
The exception to going headfirst (we typically move headfirst, except when...)
What is going downhill into an unknown passage?
The term for tight passages in a cave
What are squeezes?
The type of layer that you should carry an extra of in your drag bag
What is insulating layer?
The item that you should bring as an emergency rain jacket or hypo kit
What is garbage bag?
The type of cave formed when layers of more soluble minerals dissolve between layers of less soluble rock, which then fracture and collapse
What are fracture caves?
The common saying about cave movement
What is slow is smooth and smooth is fast?
Cave formation that grows from the bottom
What is stalagmite?
The optional "extras" for your caving outfit (hint: there are two)
What are gloves and kneepads?
An example of a light source that is not considered reliable or adequate for caving
What is candle or glowstick?
The term for a region characterized by soluble rock types in which caves generally form
What is karst?
Two reasons why it is important to use proper movement technique
What is maximize safety, conserve energy, and minimize impact to the cave?
The approximate temperature of caves in this area
What is 50 degrees?
The acronym for how to dress for caving and what it stands for
What is WISE: Wicking, Insulating, Shell, Extras?
Eight items that you should carry in your drag bag (we discussed nine; name eight)
What are extra layer, map, garbage bag, three sources of light, extra batteries, food/snack, first aid kit, water, and pee bottle?
The type of cave formed by falling boulders that stack up into a heap, leaving a network of openings
What are talus caves?
Seven different ways to move in a cave (name and demonstrate them)
What are walking, stooping, crouching, bear walking, duck walking, crawling, log rolling, belly crawling, and superman?
Cave formation that hangs from the top of caves
What is stalactite?