Omelet wrote:
>
> In article >,
> "Pete C." > wrote:
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> > Omelet wrote:
> > >
> > <snip>
> > > >
> > > > A lot of caves around, many not open to the general public.
> > >
> > > "Mine" would not be.
> >
> > Might be tough to keep that way, since the caves typically pass under a
> > lot of people, you just get to be keeper of your entrance.
>
> Entrance on private property. I could not keep out spelunkers tho'.
> They are generally respectful tho' so that is cool.
>
> It's still a pipe dream at the moment. ;-)

A lot of work to drill an entrance into a cave, not the least of which
is locating the surface point above the cave.

>
> >
> > >
> > <snip>
> > > >
> > > > Drill a shaft down from your living room eh?
> > >
> > > That's the general idea. ;-)
> > > IIRC the WW cave system is shallower than most.
> > >
> > > And dryer.
> >
> > Make a nice root cellar.
>
> No kidding!
> Caverns here tend to be a bit damp tho.
> Shallower ones are dryer.

The one I was at in NB certainly was wet, another couple a fair distance
to the west were quite dry.

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> >
> > <snip>
> > > > Caving certainly isn't for the claustrophobic, it isn't for the
> > > > inflexible either as you sometimes have to do some interesting
> > > > contortions to get through an area.
> > >
> > > Yes. Spelunking is a specialized art.
> >
> > For whatever reason, in the US at least spelunking has come to refer to
> > the untrained folks who typically get themselves lost and/or hurt in
> > caves, while caver has come to refer to those with the skills and
> > training to not get lost or kill themselves on the vertical sections.
> > This information came from one of the NSS News issues BTW.
>
> Ok, that's odd. The local cavers seem to be pretty responsible for the
> most part.

The "Cavers" are the "pros" and the ones affiliated with the NSS
generally.