incursion75
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Hi my name is Adam.
I am a rock climber and have been for about 5 or 6 years now and on a recent climbing holiday to kalymnos (Greece). I stumble across a cave. Having never been in a cave before I done some asking about amongst the locals and was assured the cave was a walk in the park and had ladders insitu where needed. So I went for a look I took some basic climbing gear just in case my helmet and plenty of batteries for my head torch and a spare torch itself. (Have no idea if this is been paranoid but thought it best to be over prepared). Any way long story short my mind was blown loved every minute of it and before I knew it I had widdled away the best part of 4 hours.
since returning home I have been looking for places I could visit I'm not interested in anything that has floodlighting or tourist rubbish. What equipment will I need not covered by a climbing rack? how is the best way to start? Are there any websites detailing caving techniques and jargon busting. I am a very competent climber I have good knowledge of rigging vertical ropes and placing protection are these skills transferable or are there differences I need to be made aware of?
Thanks for reading and I have every faith that you lot are just as helpful as the climbing community.
I am a rock climber and have been for about 5 or 6 years now and on a recent climbing holiday to kalymnos (Greece). I stumble across a cave. Having never been in a cave before I done some asking about amongst the locals and was assured the cave was a walk in the park and had ladders insitu where needed. So I went for a look I took some basic climbing gear just in case my helmet and plenty of batteries for my head torch and a spare torch itself. (Have no idea if this is been paranoid but thought it best to be over prepared). Any way long story short my mind was blown loved every minute of it and before I knew it I had widdled away the best part of 4 hours.
since returning home I have been looking for places I could visit I'm not interested in anything that has floodlighting or tourist rubbish. What equipment will I need not covered by a climbing rack? how is the best way to start? Are there any websites detailing caving techniques and jargon busting. I am a very competent climber I have good knowledge of rigging vertical ropes and placing protection are these skills transferable or are there differences I need to be made aware of?
Thanks for reading and I have every faith that you lot are just as helpful as the climbing community.