tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post252573432982689807..comments2024-02-20T08:25:06.177-08:00Comments on Confessions of ignorance: spelunkingseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-46140056264331159552011-10-13T21:45:50.000-07:002011-10-13T21:45:50.000-07:00I think not.I think not.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-57678407057712748312011-10-13T21:27:19.282-07:002011-10-13T21:27:19.282-07:00Ah, go crawl in a hole. You'll feel betterAh, go crawl in a hole. You'll feel betterPeter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-57981311092539388172011-10-13T21:11:34.731-07:002011-10-13T21:11:34.731-07:00Oddly, it has been a bitterly contested issue that...Oddly, it has been a bitterly contested issue that there is no real convention center here. <br /><br />As it would undoubtedly be immensely popular, I really could do it with no less. <br /><br />Also, I would probably have to go in a cave.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-12973416347833576542011-10-13T21:02:14.311-07:002011-10-13T21:02:14.311-07:00You could offer to host the convention, given wher...You could offer to host the convention, given where you live.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-35244515430696926342011-10-13T20:54:24.080-07:002011-10-13T20:54:24.080-07:00I regret to say that they are apparently keeping t...I regret to say that they are apparently keeping that information from me.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-88246590785852157322011-10-13T20:52:03.890-07:002011-10-13T20:52:03.890-07:00Start small. MArket your idea at spelunkers' c...Start small. MArket your idea at spelunkers' convention. Where is Spelunkcon 2012 being held, anyhow?Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-73160624022567285782011-10-13T20:43:23.151-07:002011-10-13T20:43:23.151-07:00Too lazy. Story of my life, really.Too lazy. Story of my life, really.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-82222594037391036362011-10-13T20:39:33.087-07:002011-10-13T20:39:33.087-07:00Copyright that!Copyright that!Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-18496346284689398772011-10-13T20:32:12.279-07:002011-10-13T20:32:12.279-07:00Right, Peter. Americans never cave.
That should ...Right, Peter. Americans <i>never</i> cave. <br /><br />That should be the spelunker's bumper sticker.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-88036140906527224242011-10-13T20:03:50.673-07:002011-10-13T20:03:50.673-07:00"Caving." That sounds so weak, so unmanl..."Caving." That sounds so weak, so unmanly, so un-American.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-60233534835196640332011-10-13T19:56:12.935-07:002011-10-13T19:56:12.935-07:00Yes, it's one of those rare instances where we...Yes, it's one of those rare instances where we've apparently aligned with the French against the British.<br /><br />"Cavers rescue spelunkers" could be read as just another sign of British condescension toward the Yanks.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-66608075181892383922011-10-13T19:51:56.929-07:002011-10-13T19:51:56.929-07:00Seana
Its also an American word. In Britain peopl...Seana<br /><br />Its also an American word. In Britain people just say "caving".adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-15033205929860589102011-10-13T19:33:48.225-07:002011-10-13T19:33:48.225-07:00Then someone could debunk the (pseudo)spelunkers.Then someone could debunk the (pseudo)spelunkers.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-54868798874550081392011-10-13T18:47:54.794-07:002011-10-13T18:47:54.794-07:00Sucharita, yes, though I actually came across the ...Sucharita, yes, though I actually came across the Urban Dictionary definition in my initial research, I have had reason to look things up in the Urban Ditionary before, so I wasn't entirely what you might call surprised.<br /><br />Glad to see you had a blog post up again recently, though I don't think I commented there.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-5768302018573244752011-10-13T18:45:34.358-07:002011-10-13T18:45:34.358-07:00Peter, psuedospelunking sounds like it could open ...Peter, psuedospelunking sounds like it could open up a whole new field of academic study.<br /><br />One of my friends and coworkers read this blog and told me she had actually spelunked the Porter caves here on campus. She thought "I could show Seana where the Porter caves are!" <br /><br />Then she thought about it a bit longer. "Uh, no," she amended.<br /><br />I have to say I entirely concur.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-66274961747148464782011-10-13T05:37:50.918-07:002011-10-13T05:37:50.918-07:00Checked out the Urban Dictionary. When I had first...Checked out the Urban Dictionary. When I had first heard 'spelunking' I had thought it would be about some frenetic activity like 'slamdunking'. So, maybe the Urban Dict meaning was closer to what I expected than the more patient and assiduous activity of cave-exploring.Sucharita Sarkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802171314546508539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-20058072745966848762011-10-11T14:22:59.254-07:002011-10-11T14:22:59.254-07:00I'd have spelunked somewhere in the Laurentian...I'd have spelunked somewhere in the Laurentian Mountains of Gatineau Hills of Quebec. The underground venture happened when when I was either a counselor or a camper in summer camp. The cave was not large, but I was nonehteless elated to have conquered my fear by going down the damn thing.<br /><br />I have also visited the replica of the Lascaux cave in France. Maybe I should thinking of that as simulated or pseudo-spelunking.<br />======================<br />Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-5598397773337669492011-10-11T13:54:04.151-07:002011-10-11T13:54:04.151-07:00Mines. Excellent.
So where did you spelunk?
I do...Mines. Excellent.<br /><br />So where did you spelunk?<br /><br />I don't know if anyone is actually going to watch the little film I've provided, but although I don't have a big fear of caves, I amn not crazy about tight little entrances to places that you then have to get back out of somehow.<br /><br />I went on a few old gold mine trips when we we lived in Colorado, and I remember taking people to some place called Cave of the Winds. For some reason there was a part of the tour where they turn out all of the lights and that did not go down well with the youngest member of my family, who shall remain otherwise unidentified.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-66935147154533738842011-10-11T13:08:54.469-07:002011-10-11T13:08:54.469-07:00I went back to the post to check the box that will...I went back to the post to check the box that will let me be notified by e-mail when a new comment is posted, and I have to tell you about the appropriate v-word that turned up: minesPeter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-24725552786735151352011-10-11T13:05:01.600-07:002011-10-11T13:05:01.600-07:00I have long loved the word spelunking. and I have ...I have long loved the word <i>spelunking</i>. and I have even spelunked once!<br />======================<br />Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-55536972949452109722011-10-11T09:31:45.319-07:002011-10-11T09:31:45.319-07:00The student film could do witha bit of editing but...The student film could do witha bit of editing but about midway through you will see a member of the supporting cast--a Santa Cruz banana slug, mascot of UCSC. It's that big yellow thing on the ground.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-15343796805609985932011-10-11T09:30:18.556-07:002011-10-11T09:30:18.556-07:00Glenna, yes it does.Glenna, yes it does.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-37467723156089761782011-10-11T09:29:57.185-07:002011-10-11T09:29:57.185-07:00Maria, yes, there are speliologists here too, thou...Maria, yes, there are speliologists here too, though the interest in caves as sites of serious study apparently was started with one man in France, Édouard-Alfred Martel. The guys who get to look down on both the spelunkers <i>and</i> the cavers are the speliologists.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-25546716773611815052011-10-11T07:53:26.644-07:002011-10-11T07:53:26.644-07:00I've always wanted to go spelunking. Probably...I've always wanted to go spelunking. Probably at this point, the closest I'll get is taking a paid tour of the caves in San Antonio on a family trip though, does that count?Glennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107558482848466735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-52114410533404663042011-10-11T07:41:06.947-07:002011-10-11T07:41:06.947-07:00Linked, I suppose, to "speleologue"... t...Linked, I suppose, to "speleologue"... the French word for a cave explorer.<br /><br />A very interesting new word to add to conversation.<br /><br />As ever, many thanks.Tales from the Birch Wood.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15427603252937311851noreply@blogger.com