Caving?

**bryony** · 17-10-2006, 03:09 AM

It might be a long shot but...
Anyone else into caving/potholing?

**Gizmo says -** · 17-10-2006, 10:34 PM

yee

**jmclean** · 18-04-2007, 07:02 PM

Hi Bryony,

I am an X member of the cambridge university caving club (graduated 1991). The club was still going strong when last I heard about it when I met some other members in China.

They have a website. Search CUCC, cambridge, with photos from meets and even a meets list for September and a list of contacts.

I even remember one of our members was a medic on the 'Fast course', so it is possible to cave and to study medicine.

It's not a big club, but is very active, friendly and non elitist. People lend gear and are very pleased to recieve beginners or experienced folk. (I started a complete beginner)

Happy caving!!

Julie

**Marc16uk** · 16-06-2007, 06:59 PM

Hey,

I have done a lot of caving myself during the last past years and I really enjoyed it, I tend to do most of the caving in Spain

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Bye,

Marc

**leecian** · 26-06-2007, 10:06 AM

caving is good

**Gizmo says -** · 26-06-2007, 04:11 PM

but not in sheffield at the mo, macca.

**Iceman** · 28-06-2007, 12:49 AM

Done a bit with NUCC, more to do with the fact the fact that a good friend was president, but good fun none the less, quite a few medics involved too. http://www.su.nottingham.ac.uk/~caving/

As an interesting aside, I was reading about caving medicine (in the RGS Expedition Medicine book) and it said that in cave rescue situations generally by the time a doctor (etc) arrives the patient is either stable or dead as it takes so long to get help inside...

**Gizmo says -** · 09-12-2007, 05:04 AM

i am a dormant member of me caving soc, aye (hehehe)

**Dr Noodle** · 09-12-2007, 05:06 AM

Potholing? *shudder*

**smilingbeinghappy** · 22-12-2007, 03:50 AM

I concur noodle... Being claustrophobic, and having my greatest fear as drowning/suffocation, caving is soooooooo not for me.. I have tried it... And it was not pretty... I spazzed out in the middle of the cheese slice in the Lake district... Had to be coaxed out.... V. embarrassing.