LoL. I do have a lot of respect for those SCUBA cavers. I had a friend in school who was so disappointed when I didn’t say sphygmomanometer, and I love words so much that I try to use the longer/ less used ones when I can get away with it. :-D
You can use the words you want, although in most situations people will understand you better if you say “blood pressure monitor” – unless you’re in the medical field and need to be more specific.
The caving one bothers me because people talk about a sport they don’t do or their friends don’t do with a word only outsiders use. It shows you don’t want any connection to the actual people who do it and who sometimes die in accidents.
Sorry if that wasn’t clear. I’m honestly curious how “spelunking” got to be such a popular word.
If you want to see some fun caving content, and also the world’s first proto-creepypasta, check out Ted’s Caving Page. https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/
I have gone to a couple lava flow caves and went to one in Central Oregon that I had to crawl through a tiny hole for about 5-6 feet not too bad but it opened up to this amazing little geode room thing…out of the ten of us only 4 of us went in there it was terrifying but worth it…turning off your flashlights in caves is something else!!!
Dude that sounds awesome!! I’ve explored one small cave in NY with some coworkers – was sort of tricky to get into, you had to go in sideways leading on your back, but it opened up into a big room with a way to climb further down a bit. I have some friends who were way more into it, had the gear, made maps, researched living things they found inside, etc, but I didn’t get into it at the time.
That thing about going further when others stay back-- or the feeling of turning off the lights and waiting for your eyes to adjust but still you can’t see anything – pretty cool!
Someday I’d like to go to Mammoth in KY or one of those caves in NZ with the glow worms!
No one calls it spelunking who actually does it, at least in USA
Good thing we aren’t in the USA then.
Do they call it spelunking where you are? I’m curious if any caving communities actually call it that
I thought the USA was where it was called Spelunking. In the UK it’s called Potholing because of the small entrances to vertical caves, or caving.
I don’t know anywhere it’s called by spelunking by the people who actually do it.
The bougie name
what do they call it, “Get stuck in impossibly tiny hole upside down and die”?
No they call it caving.
I won’t cave to peer pressure, and will always call it spelunking.
Best way to show you don’t care about the actual sport imo
You ruined racing and rugby already. Not letting you americans ruin spelunking. Youre propably gonna turn it into a gender reveal thing somehow.
LoL. I do have a lot of respect for those SCUBA cavers. I had a friend in school who was so disappointed when I didn’t say sphygmomanometer, and I love words so much that I try to use the longer/ less used ones when I can get away with it. :-D
You can use the words you want, although in most situations people will understand you better if you say “blood pressure monitor” – unless you’re in the medical field and need to be more specific.
The caving one bothers me because people talk about a sport they don’t do or their friends don’t do with a word only outsiders use. It shows you don’t want any connection to the actual people who do it and who sometimes die in accidents.
You do this whole thing and never once tell us the super secret proper word for spelunking…
Disregard saw your other post…it’s called caving…
Sorry if that wasn’t clear. I’m honestly curious how “spelunking” got to be such a popular word.
If you want to see some fun caving content, and also the world’s first proto-creepypasta, check out Ted’s Caving Page. https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/
I have gone to a couple lava flow caves and went to one in Central Oregon that I had to crawl through a tiny hole for about 5-6 feet not too bad but it opened up to this amazing little geode room thing…out of the ten of us only 4 of us went in there it was terrifying but worth it…turning off your flashlights in caves is something else!!!
Dude that sounds awesome!! I’ve explored one small cave in NY with some coworkers – was sort of tricky to get into, you had to go in sideways leading on your back, but it opened up into a big room with a way to climb further down a bit. I have some friends who were way more into it, had the gear, made maps, researched living things they found inside, etc, but I didn’t get into it at the time.
That thing about going further when others stay back-- or the feeling of turning off the lights and waiting for your eyes to adjust but still you can’t see anything – pretty cool!
Someday I’d like to go to Mammoth in KY or one of those caves in NZ with the glow worms!