Whats the difference between a cave and a pothole?
Caves generally go across, and potholes generally go down more. Nothing more complicated than that. Caves and potholes can be found next to each other and the club explores both. Q: Will I like it? A: There’s only one way to find out: try it! No one’s going to force you to do anything thats unsafe or you really don’t want to do, and if you really want to head out after 5 minutes on your first trip then thats not a major problem. Q: What do you do underground? A: Mostly exploring, though sometimes (and mostly on foreign trips) people will be digging (or blasting) out new passageways, surveying or doing some scientific research. One of the great things about cave exploration is that you never know whats round the next corner – on the surface you don’t find sudden changes from sand dunes to moorland, but you can get this sort of variety underground. Some trips require frequent ladder or rope ascents and descents whereas in other you’ll just need to walk (or crawl). Q: Is it safe? A: Gener
