Spelunking Books


On Rope: North American Vertical Rope Techniques for Caving ... RappellersOn Rope: North American Vertical Rope Techniques for Caving ... Rappellers
Best Price: $31.04
if you are into ropes , climbing this is the book to get. Detailed pictures, very informative....
Beyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent Into the World's Most Treacherous CaveBeyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent Into the World's Most Treacherous Cave
Best Price: $35.00
I still recommend this book highly. The story of these explorers is simply amazing. As someone...
Cave Exploring: The Definitive Guide to Caving Technique, Safety, Gear, and Trip Leadership (Falconguides)Cave Exploring: The Definitive Guide to Caving Technique, Safety, Gear, and Trip Leadership (Falconguides)
Best Price: $8.69
This intructional guide to cave exploring will help readers select the right gear for a caving...
Caves: Exploring Hidden Realms (Imax)Caves: Exploring Hidden Realms (Imax)
Best Price: $12.93
CAVES: EXPLORING HIDDEN REALMS by Michael Ray Taylor (0792279042, $35.00) provides some...
Caving Basics 3EDCaving Basics 3ED
Best Price: $19.00
Cave Exploring by Burger and Caving Basics make a nice duo if you're new to the sport.


Trapped!: The Story of Floyd CollinsTrapped!: The Story of Floyd Collins
Best Price: $12.90
After my first trip through one of the sections of Mammoth Cave, I was addicted to this world. ...
Entering the Stone: On Caves and Feeling Through the DarkEntering the Stone: On Caves and Feeling Through the Dark
Best Price: $3.00
Very seldom do I read a book twice. ENTERING THE STONE is one of those books. Barbara Hurd's...
Caving (Essential Guides (Stackpole))Caving (Essential Guides (Stackpole))
Best Price: $3.98
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Dark Life: Martian Nanobacteria, Rock-Eating Cave Bugs, and Other Extreme Organisms of Inner Earth and Outer SpaceDark Life: Martian Nanobacteria, Rock-Eating Cave Bugs, and Other Extreme Organisms of Inner Earth and Outer Space
Best Price: $13.43
_Dark Life_ by Michael Ray Taylor was a very interesting book. The author began it writing as a...
Caves Of The Canadian Rockies And Columbia MountainsCaves Of The Canadian Rockies And Columbia Mountains
Best Price: $48.37
I have not yet had the chance to visit the area this book covers. From reading it: This is...


The Underground Atlas: A Gazetteer of the World's Cave RegionsThe Underground Atlas: A Gazetteer of the World's Cave Regions
Best Price: $186.89
As an armchair explorer/enthusiast, finding this book at the local used bookstore was like...
Spelology Caves & the Cave EnvironmentSpelology Caves & the Cave Environment
Best Price: $3.31
If you want to know what it is that makes up a cave, get this guide. Included in this book are...
CavingCaving
Best Price: $3.85
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Beyond Mammoth Cave: A Tale of Obsession in the World's Longest CaveBeyond Mammoth Cave: A Tale of Obsession in the World's Longest Cave
Best Price: $20.11
Everyone who thinks cavers are crazy will be very happy to know that Jim Borden and Roger...
Labyrinth: A NovelLabyrinth: A Novel
Best Price: $2.19
The first rule in Book Club, you must grab my attention within the first 10 pages or your...

Texas Caves (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series)Texas Caves (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series)
Best Price: $24.20
The content of the book was wonderful, as were the pictures. I felt as though I was in the...
Cave Passages: Roaming the Underground WildernessCave Passages: Roaming the Underground Wilderness
Best Price: $19.99
After reading this and realizing I live within minutes of some of the places mentioned it makes...
A Scouting Approach to Wild Caves (VHS TAPE)A Scouting Approach to Wild Caves (VHS TAPE)
A SCOUTING APPROACH TO WILD CAVES The NSS has long wished it had a good video introduction to...
On StationOn Station
Best Price: $16.00
I'll have to ditto the previous review. As a caver (also one that knows George), the book is...
History of Cave ScienceHistory of Cave Science
The book was an interesting book to look at and the perpuse was to figure out the history of the...

Subterranean ClimbersSubterranean Climbers
extraordinary and unprecedented account in a colloquial and easy style of the exploration of the...
Caves and caving: A guide to the exploration, geology and biology of caves (A little guide in colour)Caves and caving: A guide to the exploration, geology and biology of caves (A little guide in colour)Manual of U. S. Cave Rescue TechniquesManual of U. S. Cave Rescue TechniquesThe Complete Caving ManualThe Complete Caving Manual
Best Price: $22.76
I have had personal experience with Mr. Sparrow and find him to be a very competent caving...
Jenolan, The Golden Ages of CavingJenolan, The Golden Ages of Caving

Karst Hydrology and Physical SpeleologyKarst Hydrology and Physical SpeleologyPerdidos En LA Cueva (Dos Mas Una/Lost in the Cave)Perdidos En LA Cueva (Dos Mas Una/Lost in the Cave)
Best Price: $4.25
The 6th International Symposium on VulcanospeleologyThe 6th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology
Best Price: $15.60
Fifty years with the Pittsburgh Grotto, a chapter of the National Speleological Society, 1947 to 1997Fifty years with the Pittsburgh Grotto, a chapter of the National Speleological Society, 1947 to 1997Spelunking guide to Central Oregon: The exploration of cavesSpelunking guide to Central Oregon: The exploration of caves

The Wilderness Underground: Caves of the Ozark PlateauThe Wilderness Underground: Caves of the Ozark Plateau
Best Price: $11.96
Adventure of CavingAdventure of Caving
Best Price: $15.00
This is a good practical book about caving. It is well-written and thorough. A beginner could...
An introduction to the caves of east-central West Virginia (NSS Convention guidebook)An introduction to the caves of east-central West Virginia (NSS Convention guidebook)The history of Mendip cavingThe history of Mendip cavingA partial guidebook to the caves of the Berkshires: 1993 spring N.R.O. hosted by the Berkshire Hills GrottoA partial guidebook to the caves of the Berkshires: 1993 spring N.R.O. hosted by the Berkshire Hills Grotto

Introduction to Cave SurveyingIntroduction to Cave SurveyingThe Longest CaveThe Longest Cave
The Longest Cave is a book which will hold you spellbound and wishing it would never end! ...
Southern Indiana Karst field trip guide, March 11 & 12, 1972Southern Indiana Karst field trip guide, March 11 & 12, 1972The Art of Cave MappingThe Art of Cave MappingAnnotated bibliography of North Carolina speleologyAnnotated bibliography of North Carolina speleology

Caving BasicsCaving Basics
Caving Basics is a compellation of essays for the beginning caver. The essays comprise the...
Vertical cavingVertical cavingNEW ENGLAND'S BURIED TREASURENEW ENGLAND'S BURIED TREASURECaves of the San Juan Plateau (Bulletin / Association for Mexican Cave Studies)Caves of the San Juan Plateau (Bulletin / Association for Mexican Cave Studies)Caving handbook: "a guide to the underworld"Caving handbook: "a guide to the underworld"

The way back (Palaemon broadside)The way back (Palaemon broadside)A Man Deep in Mendip: The Caving Diaries of Harry Savory 1910-1921A Man Deep in Mendip: The Caving Diaries of Harry Savory 1910-1921
Harry Savory is considered by many to be the finest photographer to have taken his camera...
Himalaya underground: 1976 speleological expedition to the HimalayaHimalaya underground: 1976 speleological expedition to the HimalayaGuatemala: Dans les gouffres du pays maya (Connaissance du monde)Guatemala: Dans les gouffres du pays maya (Connaissance du monde)Bramabiau, l'aventure souterraine en Cevennes au 19e siecle: Recueil de textes inedits ou parus das les annees 1888-1889Bramabiau, l'aventure souterraine en Cevennes au 19e siecle: Recueil de textes inedits ou parus das les annees 1888-1889

Danger in the Endless CaveDanger in the Endless CaveChroniques d'une caverne en Languedoc: Le traouc del Calel a SorezeChroniques d'une caverne en Languedoc: Le traouc del Calel a SorezeCathedral Cave: A Biological Study (Missouri Speleology: Journal of the Missouri Speleological Survey, Volume 16, Number 4)Cathedral Cave: A Biological Study (Missouri Speleology: Journal of the Missouri Speleological Survey, Volume 16, Number 4)
This edition focuses on A Biological Study of Cathedral Cave, in Crawford County, Missouri by...
Caving Safety & Health Guidelines (US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare/Public Health Service, Center for Disease Control, Bureau of State Services, Environmental Health Services Division, Publication No. 98-239)Caving Safety & Health Guidelines (US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare/Public Health Service, Center for Disease Control, Bureau of State Services, Environmental Health Services Division, Publication No. 98-239)Guidebook of the 1984 NSS ConventionGuidebook of the 1984 NSS Convention

Cave Minerals of the WorldCave Minerals of the World
Cave Minerals of the World (Second edition) is a must read for spelunkers, and amateur and...
Mountain Rescue and Cave RescueMountain Rescue and Cave Rescue   
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