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The Caving Alphabet

Caver Keith

Caver Keith

Well-known member
I've had an idea for a new film.
It's at the conceptual stage, and whether it gets made or nor depends on finding caving related words beginning with each letter of the alphabet.
I've had a go but I'm really struggling with some letters.
Just for fun over the next 26 days, starting with A today, B tomorrow and so on, can forum members suggest caving related words beginning with each letter of the alphabet please?

I'll kick it off with A is for Abseil. How many more As can you come up with?

 
andys

andys

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The "Caving Alphabet Song" springs to mind, but since it begins with "A is for Ar***hole...." I'm not sure it would make for a great film sequence!
 
Graigwen

Graigwen

Active member
The I'r de o Ddraenen project will be well set up for this. Although most of our work in the past three years has, by chance, been at Site A, we also have a Site Z and almost all the other letters in between.

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yrammy

yrammy

Member
Adit, aquifer, aven, artichoke (Ok I made the last one up).

One of my 'cant go to sleep' games is to go through the alphabet naming a cave that starts with each letter. Sometimes I make restrictions - so caves in one regions, caves that I have been down etc.

M
 
Roger W

Roger W

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andys said:
The "Caving Alphabet Song" springs to mind, but since it begins with "A is for Ar***hole...." I'm not sure it would make for a great film sequence!
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Well, there's always the Ar** (Devil's) in Castleton.
 
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nearlywhite

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Joe Duxbury said:
mikem said:
There is already: https://youtu.be/r2sqyG9mB1c
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That's a jolly little film. Where, and who, was it?
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Shot in Spain in 1978 and Yorkshire in 1979. I know Colin Boothroyd is in it (and first sent it to me after a singing session we had in mulu a couple months before the pandemic).
 
paul

paul

Moderator
From http://www.cancaver.ca/music/Lyrics_KarstFever.pdf (Dangerous Dick and the Duckbusters). Was available on CD in Bernies a few years ago.

The Caver?s Alphabet

Words and music ? 2003 by Adrian C. Duncan
(with a tip o? the helmet to Boomer for the last line!!)

A for ascender which we use to climb
B for the bullshit we hear all the time!
C is for crawlway, to make us all sweat
And D for the ducks that we?d rather forget!!
E for the expert whose theories sound swell
F for the facts that blow theory to hell !
G for the granite at which we all scoff
And H for the Hens that we all love to quaff!!
I is for insult, to exchange with yer mates
J for the jokes when they catch yer mistakes!
K is for karst, where the caves can be found
And L for the lights which we need underground
M is for manky, the state of our gear
N is for nervous, the first stage of fear
O for the ouigee, so timid and slow
And P for the Power Bars we eat on the go
Q for the quorum, the AGM?s goal
R for the ropes that we rig down the hole
S for the surveys that get us confused
And T for the time that they cause us to lose!!
U for the underground, we?re all its pals
V for the vandals who bust all the stals
W for water, so wet and so cold
And X marks the spot if yer digging for gold!!
Y for the yell that we give when we?re stuck
There?s no rhyme for Z, b?yes, but who gives a !?@#!$?!
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langcliffe

langcliffe

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nearlywhite said:
Shot in Spain in 1978 and Yorkshire in 1979. I know Colin Boothroyd is in it (and first sent it to me after a singing session we had in mulu a couple months before the pandemic).
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I-spy Colin getting on the ladder at the beginning, and emerging from the sump. I suspect that it was filmed by Chris Baxter.
 
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