I use petzl superavanti but it does not have any ball room. It hurts like hell while ascending. It squeezes my testicles so much. How can i fix that without changing my harness ? I do not use any underwear in caves btw. (Should i wear to help this problem ?) I wear just thermal suit and caving suit. And i am pretty new to caving.

Hey TAG fam!

Got a permit to climb Topless Dome soon and have good descriptions of the rebelays and rope work required. Had anyone in this sub been up there yet? We’re stoked!

Never seen so many beautiful formations in my life. This place was like Mars.

https://preview.redd.it/thg8098dtzae1.jpg?width=1642&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d315b51b6f96c37d493246b9aa99153fb12d75b0

I forever will be mesmerized underground

Forever grateful I get to go caving and get paid for it

I plan to create a YouTube series called "Formation Friday" to explore the processes behind different cave formations. I'll post a episode every Friday.

I’m curious about what causes the stacked appearance of this stalagmite, I know it's likely influenced by flow rate / cave temperature or air flow, but I was wondering about a more in depth explanation.

i have tried searching in google, tried to use ai like chatgpt to answer the question but it just says it's the krubera cave, but that doesn't make sense because the elevation of the krubera cave is 2256 meters above sea level, depth is 2224 meters below the entrance and that would make it 32 meters above sea level. any help would be appreciated.

So I got a karst sports gift card for Christmas. I initially planned on purchasing some good ol pmi pit rope, but then remembered how much I actually hate it because I weigh like 120 lbs and even when I spread the bars on my micro I have to feed rope and bounce up and down to move at all. Which feels dangerous and less than ideal.

So I went for this edelrid 10mm performance static rope instead. Since it is both thinner and less abrasion resistant, I wanted to get some opinions on rigging style and limits. I'll use a rope pad if I'm just rigging around a tree to do an easy drop, but under what circumstances would you all NOT use this rope.

Crevasse Passage, PettyJohn Cave

Past year I've been shooting film underground learning all the unique challenges it presents, I've found with film the depth and texture of the photos are a lot more personal than on digital, though way more tricky to get a steady shot with out an enormous flash or long exposure. Also recommended to have a detached flash otherwise most pictures look pretty flat .

Caving has never been something I thought I would be interested in; however, I found out that there is a cave system in an area near me that I thought was a beyond boring place. I have only found an old map of it and its entrances and have a general idea of where it would be. How do I get permission to go, how do I prepare to go caving, how many people should I bring, I really just need to know as much as possible because It is so amazing to know something like that exists near me and I feel the need to explore. Thank you.

Found in a park in North Ga. There’s a secret side trail to an old mining location for iron, however I’m pretty sure the iron was just mined open pit style (surface mining technique). So now I’m confused, is this hole in the earth part of a closed mine system or did they run into a cave while digging into the side of the hill. I didn’t go in the mine/cave because I was alone, however based on dirt patterns it looks like people have entered or atleast walked up to this thing.

Does anyone know if this appears like a mine/ cave/ or some sort of sinkhole. Found another similar hole about 100 feet away from this one right after. The location of this is literally right on the edge of limestone geology deposit stuff. So like maybe its a natural cave??