Palvolgyi Cave in Budapest, Hungary

Series Summary

Caving is a popular recreational sport offering a close look at some of nature's most interesting geological formations. For many years "spelunking" was the favored term for describing those who explored caves with or without ropes and climbing equipment. Now, however, "cavers" are identified as experienced and knowledgeable cave explorers, while "spelunkers" are hobbyists who do not know as much about the dangers or techniques of caving. "Potholing" is a term catching on for using ropes to climb vertical caves or holes.

In this free video series, expert caver Laszlo Turi teaches you some things about caving. You will learn facts about caves and techniques for staying safe and having fun exploring saves. Turi lets you know how thermal and cold water caves form, what dangers lie in cold water caving, and how the geology affects the caver's experience. You will learn what can be done in caves and how to get through standard types of formations, like bridges, corridors, tight spots, and bat homes.

Video Transcript

"Hello my name is Laszlo. We are going in this matteous cave which is under the Buda hills and I will teach you about caving. Some people know that Budapest is the capital of Terminus and Hot Springs because there is no other capital in the world where so many terminuses are but it can be linking in the name of the caves, capital of the caves because there is no other capital in the world where so many caves are. So under the Buda Hill there are some caves and like six or seven of them are longer than one kilometer long so there is no other capital in the world where there are so many and so long caves. This cave is very big already but when we go through a small hole you can imagine that it used to be the end of the cave and someone has put away the stones from it and they formed another part of the cave. When we go through a small hole you can imagine that it used to be the end of the cave or the bottom of the cave or something like that. It means that it is about 20 kilometers long."