Best Caving Advice?

[Wayne Harrison]

What's the best caving advice you ever got? I'm looking for great quotes and got the idea from a quote board I frequent. I'm sure there are some memorable ones out there. Let's hear them!

[mgmills]

What's the best caving advice you ever got? I'm looking for great quotes and got the idea from a quote board I frequent. I'm sure there are some memorable ones out there. Let's hear them!

On vertical caving. . . Sevaral years ago I was at a drop with an awkward lip. Several members of the group when nearing the top stopped climbing the rope and started climbing the rock. This led them to a the "wrong side of a boulder" where they then had to downclimb and come up the rope on the "right side of the boulder". One person on the trip commented after seveal folks had done that . . . "How many times do I have to tell you people?. . . just follow the string!"

Another good piece of advice on tight spots. "Think yourself small."

[Casper]

while traveling though a small passage with a significant number of bats....

"Don't look up with your mouth open...."

[paoconnell]

"Never climb or descend in a cave if it's not necessary." Saves time and energy, of course, but doesn't apply if you're looking for new leads...

[Scott McCrea]

"Never jump in a cave." A twisted ankle can be a very big deal in a cave. I was told that very early in my caving career and usually tell it to new cavers that go with me.

[wendy]

Always have 3 points of contact, like when going over breakdown.

[Phil Winkler]

I agree with Wendy for that being most valuable advice I ever received.

It is also used as sound advice to instruct new sailors when moving about on deck, along with never jump.

[Tlaloc]

Don't forget to put on your sunscreen.

[Teresa]

When someone tells you it is a dry cave, ask, "How deep is the water (or mud)?"

[STLCaver]

#1 Expect nothing and accept everything (survey advice)
#2 Its not the length, its how you rig it! ;)

[speloman]

ROCK!!!!!

[NZcaver]

"Careful! There's a nub on the floor at just the right place in that squeeze..."
(While negotiating a piece of passage aptly named "The Organ Grinder")

[Lynn]

" A bad day caving still beats a good day at work! " ~ Don Lance

" Better Lucky Than Good " ~ HR3 Motto

[cob]

"Don't go."

Unfortunately, I didn't listen.

[steelwool]

1. Caving is dangerous. Don't do it.
2. Cave with the best! Cave alone!
3. No belay. No delay.

*Not good advise