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- How do you join a caving club?

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- Oh and that is a good followup,

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because Am-chat joined
us as a caving clubs.

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(big sigh) (laughing)

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But the National Speleological Society

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which is one of our four service partners

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has keeping clubs across
the country grottos

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that welcome new members,
teach them how to go caving,

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teach them about caving
conservation, and ethics.

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And often, they lead trips for new cavers

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so that they can explore in caves.

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Also, you can always go out to one of our

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national caves association
partner caves such as this cave,

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here at Luray Caverns and one
of their great tour guides

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will take you on a trip so
that you can experience a cave

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for yourself without any of
that gear we talked about,

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like helmets and elbow pads,
boots, those sorts of things.

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So, there's lots of different
ways depending on what

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your interest level is and
how adventuresome you are.

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- Do you wanna share the website?

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Oh, yes the website for the
National Speleological Society

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is www.caves.org.

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- That's easy.