Where Do Spelunkers Explore?
Caving – Also Known as Spelunking in the United States and Canada and Potholing in the United Kingdom and Ireland – Is the Recreational Pastime of Exploring...
Caving – also known as spelunking in the United States and Canada and potholing in the United Kingdom and Ireland – is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems (as distinguished from show caves). In contrast, speleology is the scientific study of caves and the cave environment.
Where can I go cave exploring?
- Mammoth Cave (Kentucky)
- Meramec Caverns (Missouri)
- Carlsbad Caverns (New Mexico)
- Ruby Falls (Tennessee)
- Wind Cave (South Dakota)
- Kartchner Caverns (Arizona)
- Luray Caverns (Virginia)
- Niagara Cave (Minnesota)
Does a Spelunker explore?
A spelunker is an explorer of caves. ... This word may seem to have German written all over it but it's actually Latinate: from spelunk, meaning "cave." The word designates an explorer of caves and is used mostly in American English, in preference to the more technical and refined speleologist.
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