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Active |
Wet. |
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Aven |
Big hole in floor or roof of cave.
Renowned for eating cavers. |
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Bat |
Cute and furry cave
dweller that craps everywhere. Protected by law, but rather
cute, all the same. Shame about the crap, though. |
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Bear |
Original inhabitant of many caves.
Apparently evicted by tourists. |
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Below! |
Shouted if something is dislodged from
above. If heard, don't look up. Keep your head down and run
away! |
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Bobbin |
Nutters descending device offering bugger
all control. Hilarious. |
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Bolt |
Dubious means of
attaching hangers to the cave wall. |
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Carbide |
Old method of producing
light by generating acetylene gas. Smells like old farts. Used
by old farts. |
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Cave |
A dark hole in the ground, inherently
dark. |
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Cave Diver |
See lunatic. Nuttier than squirrel shit. |
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Chair |
See Table. |
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Choke |
Impassable area of boulders, gravel,
cavers etc. |
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Choke |
Result of breaking wind in confined area. |
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Chunder |
See Purge. |
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Cowsh |
Polite term for cow turd, often found in
extraordinary quantities. |
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Cowstails |
Rope safety line. Used to prevent fall.
Contains no animal products. |
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Crawl |
Low section of passages, renowned for
reducing kneecaps to tears. |
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Crawl |
Most stable method of
returning from pub. |
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Dig |
Lengths cavers will go
to in the name of sport. If no cave exists, make one. Diggers
will tell you it is an art and science. Yeah, right. |
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Fall |
Whatever, don't do it.
It hurts. Lots. |
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Flat Out |
A crawl that is very
low, i.e. one ear to the roof, one to the floor. |
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Freeclimb |
Climb without the aid of rope or safety
net (see insurance). |
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Furry Suit |
Adult size baby grow, designed to ensure
caver is kept warm whilst looking like a fleece fetishist. |
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Helictite |
Bizarre little formations, often found in
small groups, not common, don't mess. Looks like pissed
beansprouts. |
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Helmet |
Wear one, if you don't,
it hurts, lots. |
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Jump |
Whatever, don't do it.
It hurts. Lots. See fall. |
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Keyhole |
Keyhole shaped passage. |
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Keyhole |
Vital part of door
impossible to locate when rat arsed. |
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Krab |
Short for Karabiner, shiny metal clip
thing. Don't confuse with crabs, they bite (and itch). |
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Ladder |
Dubious looking metal ladder for climbing
pitches, used with a lifeline. Marginally safer than climbing
the wall (only joking!). |
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Landowner |
Owns land around cave.
Most unstable species known to man. |
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Lifeline |
Rope used to stop you
falling a huge distance down a hole. |
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Lunatic |
Someone who uses scuba
gear in a cave for pleasure. |
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Mountaineer |
Caver friendly, potential caver, prone to
jumping. |
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Mud |
Often found in caves, often thrown at
freshers. Tastes like Cowsh. |
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Ooooo Factor |
How much people go "oooo" and "wow" when
they see something shiny and/or expensive. Caver affliction. |
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Oversuit |
Protects caver from
being torn to pieces and from getting to soggy. |
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Plummet |
Term of endearment for
the Petzl Stop. |
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Pot |
A hole in the floor. |
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Pot |
Not so legal filler for ciggies. |
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Pretties |
Formations and stuff
that are nice to look at. |
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Punch |
What you get if you
damage Pretties, usually to a part of the body that doesn't
mark, i.e. kidneys etc. |
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Punch |
Demonic concoction of alcohol and nitro
made by the President on the Christmas trip. Be afraid, be very
afraid. |
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Purge |
Oral ejection that usually follows
consuming Punch. |
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Showcave |
Inherently not dark
hole in the ground. Inhabited by tourists. |
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Spreader |
Means of tying ladder to cave. |
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Spreader |
Bondage accessory not
used in SRT. |
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SRT |
Single Rope Technique. Using a collection
of bondage accessories, you can ascend and descend a single
rope. Fun. |
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Stalagmite |
A cave formation that stands up. |
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Stalagtite |
A cave formation that
hangs down (just remember lads, tites come down!). |
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Stop |
Descending device based on two bobbins,
one fixed, one attached to a handle. Blue in colour. |
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Stop! |
Whoa! No more! Desist!......er.. Stop! |
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Sump |
Submerged section of cave passage. |
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Sump |
Lowest part of car, often torn off on
track to Bull Pot Farm. |
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Table |
Item used for bizarre post - pub rituals
and challenges. Cheaper than virgins. |
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Tackle |
Shiny metal stuff taken underground to do
with, often dropped down big holes by mistake. |
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Tackle Sack |
Contains the Tackle
dropped down the big hole. |
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Tackle Saviour |
Berk that has to
rescues the above from big holes. |
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Traverse |
Means of straddling
passage when floor disappears. |
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Walk in Walk out |
beware, much danger ahead, walk in to
location, descend mile deep squeezy, rat-filled, flooded,
collapsing pot to face certain peril and possible loss of life,
ascend through same on failing rope. Get through that and walk
out of location. |
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Water |
What knees are reduced to after Crawl. |
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Weils Disease |
Rare but very unpleasant gut - rot caught
from rats piddle. |
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Wetsocks |
Worn to stop your wellies falling off (and
to keep your feet warm). |
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Wetsuit |
Worn in really wet caves by soft cavers. |
