Comments on: Spelunking! – The Art of Caving http://www.blogut.ca/2009/10/20/spelunking-the-art-of-caving/ A blog about University of Toronto events, news, university groups, clubs, campus life, and toronto student life: written by U of T students. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:17:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: winna http://www.blogut.ca/2009/10/20/spelunking-the-art-of-caving/comment-page-1/#comment-167559 winna Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:08:57 +0000 http://www.blogut.ca/?p=3392#comment-167559 hmm could be hmm could be

]]> By: Lily http://www.blogut.ca/2009/10/20/spelunking-the-art-of-caving/comment-page-1/#comment-167555 Lily Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:02:50 +0000 http://www.blogut.ca/?p=3392#comment-167555 o i actually had thought maybe it had something to do w/ the german word "speil" for fast. o i actually had thought maybe it had something to do w/ the german word “speil” for fast.

]]> By: winna http://www.blogut.ca/2009/10/20/spelunking-the-art-of-caving/comment-page-1/#comment-167409 winna Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:23:42 +0000 http://www.blogut.ca/?p=3392#comment-167409 I actually didn't know that myself when I wrote this article but I found this definition after googling it: "If you ask people who actually go caving, spelunking is the derogatory term for stupid or unprepared cave trips. Origin: "spelunk" is the sound a clumsy caver makes when he slips and falls in a cave and lands in water. If you don't take a helmet, more than one source of light, and a few friends into the cave with you, then you're not caving. You're spelunking." Source: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spelunking Hehe, I definitely went spelunking then according to this definition. I actually didn’t know that myself when I wrote this article but I found this definition after googling it:

“If you ask people who actually go caving, spelunking is the derogatory term for stupid or unprepared cave trips. Origin: “spelunk” is the sound a clumsy caver makes when he slips and falls in a cave and lands in water.
If you don’t take a helmet, more than one source of light, and a few friends into the cave with you, then you’re not caving. You’re spelunking.”

Source: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spelunking

Hehe, I definitely went spelunking then according to this definition.

]]> By: Guest http://www.blogut.ca/2009/10/20/spelunking-the-art-of-caving/comment-page-1/#comment-167395 Guest Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:38:17 +0000 http://www.blogut.ca/?p=3392#comment-167395 Why is it called spelunking? Why is it called spelunking?

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