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Cave Exploring Training Essentials
from: Maxx Adventure TravelCaving is a terrific adventure by it's also a dangerous but challenging sport. When you enter a cave, you're entering a world of physically and mentally fit individuals who are eager to explore their "personal discovery".
This discovery is certainly undesirable for anyone who isn't prepared, incapacitated, or wounded. You must understand that even though there is medical support available, it could take hours to move a casualty to the surface. Attending to the needs of a wounded friend is just the start of your difficult personal discovery.
Training is an important to reduce the risks and be better prepared for whatever you may encounter. You'll get the most from your caving adventure if you have lots of training and knowledge of what cave exploration requires of you, both physicall and mentally. Of course, you can never eliminate the risk. However, this makes it even more important to attend cave exploration training.
Here are some tips you'll need to know if you attend cave exploration training:
* Have a group of a minimum of four members. You may conduct self-rescue operations properly if you're four or more in the group.
* You should have at least one member who holds a first-aid certification. However, all cavers must know first-aid medical procedures.
* Prior to the start of caving, you should be aware of the calling procedures in case of an accident.
* Do some reasearch to find out all the potential risks inside and outside your target cave.
* Seek the assistance of any speleologist who can provide you information on your target cave.
* Determine the equipments you should bring with you and also find out if special equipments is required.
* Check the physical, mental, and emotional capabilities of your team before going into the cave.
* Have an assigned secondary leader or leaders in case you have to split the group.
* Establish reasons or scenarios that may call for group splitting.
* Discuss with your group the potential factors that may cause the group to abandon the trip, such as weather conditions.
* Inform your team about the particular stages of your trip, when to back-out or when to continue the trip.
* Form your calling procedures for underground communications.
* Set a specific time for the completion of your trip as well as for rescue operations. Also, provide factors for delays.
* Put together a detailed description of your trip to any authority assigned to the vicinity of the cave.
In addition, your personal equipments and first-aid kits should never be forgotten when moving underground. Along with your equipment, the type of food you should bring must give you extra strength and power. Remember, you can only bring a few items. So don't overestimate your capability to bring what you can't, especially if you'll be doing vertical caving.
Always be responsible for your own safety. If you have to face a danger, remember the calling procedures you've learned in your training. They're going to be a big help during this time.
You should also consider your equipments to be used outside the cave. It doesn't mean upon your arrival in the region you'll immediately enter the cave.
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