I s'pose I'll do my usual job of contrariety
... or at least modulation.
It can be quite frustrating to "smell the whisky," as they say, "through the jailhouse door." Talking to a group of (often justifiably) distant and occasionally condescending people, with all the knowledge and power, can result in some pretty crummy feelings. There are several ways to deal with this. One has been well-outlined in the previous responses; Meet cavers, go caving with them, learn stuff. This way is easiest. However, there is an alternate and potentially equally rewarding way... the opposite. That is; learn stuff, go caving, then, if you want to, meet cavers. This way isn't for everyone. It's slower, harder work, could be dangerous, could be lonesome and scary. I only mention it since there are people for whom such an approach is valuable. I, for example, would never have become a "caver" (if that's what I am) if I could only do so through the popularly sanctioned means. I, after several years of reasonably regular and intensely enjoyable and mildly productive caving, have still been underground with cavers only five times.
This doesn't mean that you should alienate yourself from other cavers. When I started to go underground in earnest, I used, from a bit of a distance, the NSS and Cavechat and grotto newsletters for as much as I could get out of them. You might need to search and scrape and hustle and beg for tiny scraps of information for a while, but you can get
lots of such scraps on the internet and from friendly cavers.
Whatever you do, your responsibilities are the same. Be careful, prepare, learn, and respect your surroundings and fellow man. And have fun.