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RedRoxx
Joined: 07 Jan 2007
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Location: Tucson Az
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:19 pm Post subject: French cavers on Utube |
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Vertical fun and caving set to music---crank it up---
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deathcricket
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
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Location: St George
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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wow good find. thanks for sharing.
I cant believe how fast they were hauling ass though. I would be going all slow with my jaw dragging on the floor, hehe. |
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jman
Joined: 16 Mar 2006
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Location: Kaysville, UT
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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| this is a newb question - but why is there flames coming out of the headlamps? i have never heard of doing that before. anyone care to explain? |
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Jaxx
Joined: 16 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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jman wrote: this is a newb question - but why is there flames coming out of the headlamps? i have never heard of doing that before. anyone care to explain?
I'm not a caver per se but I have looked through my share of climbing catalogs. The flame acts as a light. Easy to refill the fuel and you don't have to carry heavy batteries. The bigger the flame the more light you have, or mabey theirs is broken. They also can help with knowing if there is enough oxygen, I may be wrong on the last thing though. |
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RedRoxx
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| They are using carbide lamps, the cavers standby, first used by miners due to long burning, good quality of light, and in some cases, warmth. Plenty of the alpine caves in France are in the 30's for temps, and wet, thus the rubber suits also seen in the videos. LED's are the thing now in lights, but the carbide/halogen/LED is still in vogue. |
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