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05-02-2007, 09:45 AM #1
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[color=darkblue]Extra batteries are a must! Strap on your headlamp and don
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05-02-2007 09:45 AM # ADS
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05-02-2007, 03:03 PM #2Note: most sweatshirts are cotton or poly/cotton blend.
Caves are hard on clothing and gear and no way I would wear some new gortex jacket through.
Cotton is perfect for many caves, but not all. It is especially appropriate in warm caves of which many are common in AZ, UT, and CO. In warmer places (tropical) cotton is the only material of choice.Utah is a very special and unique place. There is no where else like it on earth. Please take care of it and keep the remaining wild areas in pristine condition. The world will be a better place if you do.
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05-02-2007, 03:32 PM #3Originally Posted by Scott Patterson
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05-02-2007, 04:55 PM #4only a few geothermally heated caves are "warm" here in Utah.
Wet or dry is more important than cold or warm. Unless you are wet, cotton does fine in warm caves and in fact, what else would you wear? Other than a wetsuit, what could you wear that either would hold up or that you don't mind ripping up?
Sythetics would be ripped to shreds. All cavers I know wear cotton in dry caves and I know quite a few (in fact I aided in the mapping of several caves). Old levis and old clothes is what they wear.
Unless you are in a wet cave, hypothemia is not a common problem in any cave in Utah.
Cotton is never recommended, even for the warm ones, as it absorbs too much water.Utah is a very special and unique place. There is no where else like it on earth. Please take care of it and keep the remaining wild areas in pristine condition. The world will be a better place if you do.
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05-02-2007, 05:26 PM #5
I made the suggestions from a "best practices" standpoint. One may be able to "get away" with cotton in a few select heated caves here in Utah, but in general, cotton is not a wise choice for caving attire.
Besides, hypothermia is a real risk even in the warm ones - especially Nutty which used to trap unsuspecting adventurers for hours on a regular basis before it was gated. The majority of Utah caves are cold and wet. I would not venture far beyond the entrance without some warm synthetic clothing in my pack. But I'm a wuss...and frequently pine for the warmer (~55
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05-02-2007, 08:29 PM #6
How'd I do and do I have a future in politics?
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05-03-2007, 06:39 AM #7
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05-05-2007, 04:37 AM #8
Southern Az caves some of us are in shorts and tank top!! Take a long sleeve if we end up sitting around on survey. We have a 50+ Lechuguilla trip vet in our group that turned us on to "shorts" caving.
Caves on the Rim are usually "sewer pipe" like caves, so jeans and sweat shirts, bag your clothes and swim thru in undies or nothing. Some folks will schlep a wet suit, or in a cave with no too many sharpies in the water a dry suit. Those caves are chilly.
Whatever you wear in a cave, plan on it being shredded eventually. Make sure you wear nice underwear for everyone to see when you blow out the seat of your pants.You can rest when you're dead
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05-05-2007, 05:43 AM #9Make sure you wear nice underwear for everyone to see when you blow out the seat of your pants.
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