Commercial caving

[cooleycr]

The answer is to use the technology available to us and get all the caves re-surveyed and scanned and then block up all the entrances.
We can then get the 3-D cave surveys downloaded to our 3-D printers to make a model and 3-D video streams to our VR headsets then no-one would ever need to go caving again and thus no issues!  :-\

 

[adam]

Indeed, it would be perfectly possible to create a replica cave Lascaux style including formations, water features, ropework and squeezes. This way people could get a close-to-nature caving experience without doing any damage to real caves. I could certainly be tempted to check out such an attraction, now that I'm retired.

 

[Roger W]

It could be an alternative occupation to digging, building your own artificial caves.  I'm sure some of those abandoned quarries with piles of stone and rubble just waiting to be cemented into place would be ideal. Horizontal passages could be built along the quarry floor and vertical pitches up the rock face.  Water could be fed in as required from a hosepipe, and I'm sure local farmers could be relied upon to provide cowsh** and dead sheep whenever needed.  Emergency exit hatches (suitably gated, of course) could be provided at intervals. A suitable Committee could be arranged to control access, with an easily replaceable padlock on the main entrance to accommodate those who don't totally agree with controlled access.  Loose rocks could be provided to topple without warning on those who enjoy that sort of excitement, and everyone could have a wonderful time.

But could it really be called caving...?

 

[NewStuff]

Why are we still feeding the troll?

He wants attention, *and you're all giving him what he wants*.

I'll happily chat, debate and argue with people that ultimately have a genuine interest, no matter if they have opposing views (See Droid's post above). This guy does not have a genuine interest, and he's started multiple thread's that span from rambling to trolling.

 

[royfellows]

It could be an alternative occupation to digging, building your own artificial caves.  I'm sure some of those abandoned quarries with piles of stone and rubble just waiting to be cemented into place would be ideal. Horizontal passages could be built along the quarry floor and vertical pitches up the rock face.  Water could be fed in as required from a hosepipe, and I'm sure local farmers could be relied upon to provide cowsh** and dead sheep whenever needed.  Emergency exit hatches (suitably gated, of course) could be provided at intervals. A suitable Committee could be arranged to control access, with an easily replaceable padlock on the main entrance to accommodate those who don't totally agree with controlled access.  Loose rocks could be provided to topple without warning on those who enjoy that sort of excitement, and everyone could have a wonderful time.

But could it really be called caving...?

The padlock sounds authentic
:-\

 

[HardenClimber3]

There could be a range of different ways of securing entrances...from just a hinged door (grade 1) to something needing angle grinders and jacks (grade 5).....