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Actions Displays	Manual of Caving Techniques Remove from selection Add to selection TitleManual of Caving Techniques Author Cecil Cullingford (editor)‎ Corporate author The Cave Research Group Place of publicationLondon PublisherRoutledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd Year of publication1969 Paginationxii, 416 p. IllustrationsIllus., black and white drawings and diagrams, black and white photographs Dimensions16 x 25.3 cm Materialbook Class numberGB602 .C8 1969 Subjectknots and splices, ropes, caving This book leads through from the elementary principles of the right way to move through the various passages and obstacles, route-finding, personal equipment and clothing, to the use of ropes and ladders and their construction, mechanical aids, digging for and exploring new caves, underground bivouacs, signalling underground, the hazards of water, cave diving and the medical aspects involved, leadership, training, planning and managing expeditions, and how to preserve caves and maintain access to them.

TitleManual of Caving Techniques

Author

Corporate author

Place of publicationLondon

Year of publication1969

Paginationxii, 416 p.

IllustrationsIllus., black and white drawings and diagrams, black and white photographs

Dimensions16 x 25.3 cm

Materialbook

Class numberGB602 .C8 1969

This book leads through from the elementary principles of the right way to move through the various passages and obstacles, route-finding, personal equipment and clothing, to the use of ropes and ladders and their construction, mechanical aids, digging for and exploring new caves, underground bivouacs, signalling underground, the hazards of water, cave diving and the medical aspects involved, leadership, training, planning and managing expeditions, and how to preserve caves and maintain access to them.