Let me explain...
My daughter is, as of 2022, a High School Freshman. She has introduced me to her wonderful Human Geography teacher, who happened to learn about my Hobbies! He said, "Boy, I sure would love to take kids caving!" [Did you see that. HE used the phrase Take Kids Caving!] I piggy-backed off his turn-of-phrase and designed this GoFundMe project to provide students with the necessary essentials.
Now, in case you may think I'm crazy, I have NO intention of tying kids to ropes and having then suddenly descend into caves. Rather, there are many Horizontal caves, with easy access entrances, that will still allow these urban/rural kids to take their classroom learning and apply it "in the field", per say. Maybe that one trip will feed a future passion. They will want the training to pursue the more challenging aspects that come with caving. I don't know. But, this gives them a first glance into those subterranean worlds that I feel they would otherwise miss the chance to experience. I hope you will support THIS idea, because this is what my project is all about.
Now, in case you may think I'm crazy, I have NO intention of tying kids to ropes and having then suddenly descend into caves. Rather, there are many Horizontal caves, with easy access entrances, that will still allow these urban/rural kids to take their classroom learning and apply it "in the field", per say. Maybe that one trip will feed a future passion. They will want the training to pursue the more challenging aspects that come with caving. I don't know. But, this gives them a first glance into those subterranean worlds that I feel they would otherwise miss the chance to experience. I hope you will support THIS idea, because this is what my project is all about.
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Testimonial from one of our first "Take Kids Caving sponsors". The story shared is a perfect example of exactly why "Take Kids Caving" was created. To properly equip students! To keep them safe!
No problem on donating for the kids caving supplies. I think that it's awesome that someone is willing to get some kids into that type of activity.
I always loved caving as a kid, but we never had adult supervision, and probably took some risks we shouldn’t have, but didn’t know any better.
I will never forget the time that me and a couple friends went into a cave on [CONFIDENTIAL]. The first time, we explored everything we could! Besides having a domed room that felt just like standing, when at the center, like being inside a +70ft silo. We were looking into it from 3/4 the way up in the silo. And, there was steady stream of water, coming out of top of the dome, falling to the bottom below.
I’m guessing that my dad's 50ft rope is still hanging on the wall of the silo. It is probably hanging where, three of us went back the next weekend. We scaled down the wall, 50ft or so, to the bottom. What we didn’t realize, when we all went down, is that none of us could climb back up the rope. It was slick with mud! The mud made it nearly impossible to make an ascent back up. So, would were stuck!
Luckily for us, we just kept on navigating through the cave. We popped out of a hole on the other side of the hill from the main entrance! While we were trying to find a way out, I remember coming across another promising vertical descent. It looked to be at least 30-40ft down. We planned to go back and try to go down, but never made it back to that cave.
I don’t think, to this day, that dad realizes where his nice rope wandered off to!
I always loved caving as a kid, but we never had adult supervision, and probably took some risks we shouldn’t have, but didn’t know any better.
I will never forget the time that me and a couple friends went into a cave on [CONFIDENTIAL]. The first time, we explored everything we could! Besides having a domed room that felt just like standing, when at the center, like being inside a +70ft silo. We were looking into it from 3/4 the way up in the silo. And, there was steady stream of water, coming out of top of the dome, falling to the bottom below.
I’m guessing that my dad's 50ft rope is still hanging on the wall of the silo. It is probably hanging where, three of us went back the next weekend. We scaled down the wall, 50ft or so, to the bottom. What we didn’t realize, when we all went down, is that none of us could climb back up the rope. It was slick with mud! The mud made it nearly impossible to make an ascent back up. So, would were stuck!
Luckily for us, we just kept on navigating through the cave. We popped out of a hole on the other side of the hill from the main entrance! While we were trying to find a way out, I remember coming across another promising vertical descent. It looked to be at least 30-40ft down. We planned to go back and try to go down, but never made it back to that cave.
I don’t think, to this day, that dad realizes where his nice rope wandered off to!