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Caving

Requirements

1. Know at least three light sources for caving and the importance of having extra light supplies and backup lights. Have an experienced person in caving show you how a carbide light works.

2. List all equipment needed for a successful caving trip excluding vertical equipment and start putting together your own set of equipment.

3. Locate an experienced caver and join that person in exploring at least three relatively easy caves accumulating a total of ten hours of actual caving time.

4. Keep a log of these explorations, noting date, cave locations, conditions, features, hours spent in each, names of other members in your party and trip leader’s name.

5. Learn, know well and practice caving safety rules.

6. Practice walking yourself up a steep slope by pulling yourself along a rope.

7. Describe several ways caves were used in Bible times.

8. Participate in the mapping process of a small cave you have explored.

9. Know the names of at least five different speleothems and three cave-dwelling animals. Include in your report those you have observed while caving.

10. Write a report of at least 500 words on ten or more hours of your caving experience and include all you have learned while carrying out the previous nine requirements.

Answer key & resources

Master awards

This honor counts toward:

Investiture Achievement

This honor is required, suggested or listed as an option in:

Patch history

Earlier designs of this patch. See all outdated insignia.

Old Caving patch

Caving

Changed in 1997

Caving originally had an image of a cave from the perspective on the outside. The design was changed to show from inside the cave looking out, as the requirements are about being inside caves, not outside.

See also

Adapted from AY Honors/Caving on the Pathfinder Wiki, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. See the original page's history for its authors.
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