A new, revised version/edition of
"A Guide to Responsible Caving" has gone to press.
In it I say (pg 19)
"Finally, investigate and learn. Visit the NSS website, join the NSS discussion forum (CaveChat.org), read books on techniques and speleology, and attend NSS conventions and regional caver events to meet and learn from experienced cavers."
This booklet and Fbook are probably our best avenues to introduce new cavers to CaveChat. For example, in less than a month after being uploaded to the NSS Website, the booklet had been downloaded almost a thousand times. Last year it was far and away the most visited web page on the NSS site, so the message is being distributed. The NSS distributes over 3,000 hard copies a year.
So I'd like to think there are a lot of new cavers who are CaveChat readers rather than participants, learning from all the good info in so many topics.
Cheryl