Caving/Spelunking

Caving or Spelunking is the adventure sport of exploring caves for fun or entertainment and the activity usually involves a lot of challenges and physical exercises. The caves being visited most of the time bring to the fore new challenges and these include the nature of its pitches, squeezes and the water of the site. The sizes of the caves also sometimes force the explorers to crawl or climb into the unexplored and alien regions of the caves. There are still a lot of caves where men are yet to reach, most of them being in the third world countries. These are waiting to be accessed and some of these caves need digging or diving to be entered. The sport involves a few risks which have been a reason behind the development of the safety equipments associated with the sport like the attires and helmet-mounted lights . The attires are usually made to weather different types of rough surroundings in the caves which can be dry as well as hard to explore due to its wet nature.

Man has been doing caving or spelunking since the prehistoric times for different necessities of life. But since the last few centuries, the activity has developed into quite a sophisticated sport and pastime. The sport also helps to conserve the caves and the species dwelling there.

Keeping in mind the importance of saving and conserving the caves and the rare species dwelling there, the sport of caving or spelunking is gaining ground in different countries. Nations like Australia, Canada, Bulgaria, China, Portugal and many more have developed their own Caving Organizations and are undertaking several activities in the field making the sport extremely popular.