A “stash of cavers” because people and other cavers are especially secretive. We keep our cave locations hidden in file drawers and we don’t widely broadcast caving as a sport or speleology as a science until this International Year of Caves and Karst. We stash ourselves into crevices and passages to find out where these holes lead. So that’s my noun for the day. Linda Starr
On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 6:28 PM Lee H. Skinner <skin...@thuntek.net> wrote: > Mike, > > > We already have that for wolves and cigarettes. It should be unique among > plural nouns, and easy to remember for public adoption. When we get enough > suggestions, we'll take a poll among the New Mexico and Texas cavers. > > > Lee > > > > On 4/23/2021 6:00 PM, 'Michael Mansur' via Southwestern Cavers of the > National Speleological Society wrote: > > Perhaps a "pack" of cavers? > > > > ---- On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:54:56 -0600 *'Jerry' via Southwestern Cavers > of the National Speleological Society <swrcav...@googlegroups.com> > <swrcav...@googlegroups.com>* wrote ---- > > I think it depends on the group. > > A group of expedition cavers would likely be a *column of cavers* as they > have a purpose and a mission, well regimented and disciplined. Marching off > into the unknown karst for fame and fortune. > > A group of recreational cavers would more likely be a *giggle of cavers* > as they're out to have fun and see what they will see, looking forward to > their apres caving party and drink. Marching off to have a laid back > adventure. > > A group of spelunking cavers (boy scouts and other non-grotto affiliated > spelunkers) would more likely be a *clunk of cavers* as they may leave > trash and other mementos of their adventures. These folks have no idea what > they're marching off to. > > Jerry. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Brooks <john.brooks.archit...@gmail.com> > To: texascavers@texascavers.com > Cc: SWR >> New Mexico Cavers <swrcav...@googlegroups.com>; Sandia Grotto > <sandia-grotto-of-the-national-speleological-soci...@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Fri, Apr 23, 2021 5:35 pm > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Cavers > > Karsty’s > > > On Apr 23, 2021, at 6:34 PM, Lee H. Skinner <skin...@thuntek.net> wrote: > > > What do you call a collection of cavers? There are gaggles of geese, pods > of whales and murders of crows. What term would do justice to the special > nature of cavers? I once suggested a *column of cavers*, as cave teams > usually go single-file when traversing (especially well protected) cave > passages. Does anyone have a better idea? > > Lee Skinner > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to swrcavers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/1822180988.30370.1619222096252%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/1822180988.30370.1619222096252%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to swrcavers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/179012ddb7f.10588e7e812366.7243536496953380904%40zoho.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/179012ddb7f.10588e7e812366.7243536496953380904%40zoho.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to swrcavers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/b6186c61-3d07-d582-2743-35f9a5a1b8e0%40thuntek.net > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/b6186c61-3d07-d582-2743-35f9a5a1b8e0%40thuntek.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . >
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