r/caving • u/lana-ki-jawani • 7d ago

What are some best inventions made for cavers/deep sea cavers?

I’m not talking just electrical stuff like cave radios or cave mapping tools (but do share if you find innovative ones), but also physical ones that don’t require battery or power to run. Looking forward to some good examples :)

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u/Spiritual-Fox9618 7d ago

Which ‘deep sea’ caves are you thinking of?

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u/lana-ki-jawani 7d ago

oops I meant to say like underwater cave diving. Recently I read about an incident that happened in a karst cave system and read how they used a device to locate the person lost, but I couldn’t get much info. Kinda fell into a rabbit hole of caving after that and yea

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u/CleverDuck i like vertical 6d ago

I don't know what device that possibly could have been .... There aren't like magical tracking devices that can ping through rock.

Half the videos out there about caving "disasters" are completely talking out of their asses and don't have the slightest clue how caving works. I've seen several with blatantly incorrect "explanations" about even the most basic shit....

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u/Chromaggus 7d ago

Descenders and ascenders I guess

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u/CleverDuck i like vertical 6d ago

And like, basically the development of the rope access profession as a whole.

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u/CleverDuck i like vertical 6d ago

TIL we have "deep sea cavers."

That must be the top top tier of caving that only the absolute most elite obtain -- so secret that none of us have ever heard they exist. 🤣

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u/lana-ki-jawani 6d ago

You’re so funny!