AY Honors/Caving - Advanced/Answer Key
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1. Have the Caving Honor.
2. Obtain geological survey maps of the area where you go caving. Map out on them the location of all known caves you have explored.
Maps of your local area may be bought at an outdoor sporting goods store, and in some cases, at book store. You can also order them from the USGS if the area you want a map of is in the United States. The USGS also provides free downloads of digitally scanned topographical maps.
(Never post exact cave locations, (i.e. GPS coordinates) or directions to caves in public places, such as the internet.)
3. Be able to give an explanation for how these caves were formed; what they have in common; what can be expected in them in the way of physical characteristics such as types and extent of formations, effects of prior water activity, presence and nature of fossils, presence and nature of life forms including bats.
4. Obtain proper rappelling equipment and learn how to use it either by studying a book or mountain climbing techniques or locating a person or club group already experienced who are willing to instruct you. Plan and execute a cave trip where it is necessary to rappel at least forty feet (12 meters) and climb back out.
5. Conduct a biological survey of a cave entrance, the cave twilight zone, the deep cave floor, the deep cave wall and the deep cave ceiling. Photograph single specimens of, and identify every form of plant and animal life in each of these troglodytic zones. Compare pictures with nearest natural history museum for help in identification. Publications on cave flora and fauna of the National Speleological Society will help also. Remember slogan, "Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints."
6. Log 100 hours of caving experience. Keep accurate records of each caving trip.
- A good cave log will contain
- Cave Name
- Type of Cave (Horizontal or Vertical)
- Group Size
- Hours Spent in the Cave
- Comments about the Cave
7. Conduct a caving course, to be climaxed by several field trips for a group of young people in your community or church.
Teaching the Caving Honor would be a great way to fulfill this requirement.
8. Make friends with at least one cave owner. Determine what he expects of cavers exploring his cave, and do more than he expects you to do in following these directions.
Develop a good relationship by respecting his cave and his property. Also try to give them a gift each time you go to their cave, if you give them the same thing each time, they will remember you better and give you more access to their cave.
