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Summary: Cavers must take care of carbide lights with water and can find more water in caves; learn to cave safely in this free video on caving (spelunking) and recreation.
Laszlo Turi is a caving expert who resides in Budapest, Hungary and has explored a variety of caves for many years.read more
"Before you go in a cave don't go alone and don't go without any guide. It is very very important, it is dangerous. Carbide is a kind of material which is produced by some companies. It is a chemical material and it does a very bad thing. Let's get some water and it is getting very very hot. This is a carbide light so you put some carbide in it and there is water in it you see as you use it, a little water, maybe one drop. This way I will just put it here. It takes time for the oxygen to come out from this tank but if you do it three or four times the light is coming out soon. Now the oxygen is coming up. It is getting less and less oxygen is the flame is getting lighter and lighter, more and more cleaner. It is also good to take a small tube like this because if you find the water in the cave you maybe you cannot be close to it and if you are thirsty you just take this in your mouth and you get some. It is also possible to take water for your carbide light to go in it."
eHow Article: Carbide Lights & Water