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Discussion thread: Speleology (CAVES) with Dr. Gina Moseley is published! (Patreon)

Published:
2024-08-22 01:15:54
Imported:
2026-06

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It’s ready for your ears: caves, caverns, grottos, rescues, speleothems, ancient climate data, crystal caves, the deepest descents, cave camping, show caves, mapping techniques, safety tips, flim flam debunking and so much more!

Have you listened? What did you think? Let us discuss in the comments.

Creeped out but giddy,

Your Father of Wardpod Alie

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Speleology (CAVES) with Dr. Gina Moseley - alie ward

Caves! Caverns! Grottos! Crystals! Let's get down and dirty with Speleology with explorer, researcher, professor, and paleoclimatologist Dr. Gina Moseley. She shares what it's like to spend a week straight in a cave, safety tips, climate research breakthroughs, and the deepest and darkest caves. Als

Comments

wicker bitch

"Caves are pretty frickin great." -my husband

Evan Wilkoff

2nd TQA: What are some really cool cave tours that are fairly accessible to population centers in the US that aren't too cheesy or mega-tourist traps?

Kyle

A great way to remember the diference between stalagtight and stalagmight. The T in stalagTight look like a stalagtight and its holding on TIGHT to the ceiling.

Katie Hammond

I got to explore Rat's Nest Cave near Banff in Canada for my birthday one year. Absolutely incredible. Mammoth Caves is also great, despite the tourism. The history of human cave exploration is so interesting; we've just been drawn to them since time immemorial.

Kailyn Joviak

What kind of biome would a cave be classified as?

Pacheecha

Are those giant crystal caves in Mexico real? I've seen photos and wondered if they're photoshopped!

Lizzy Martinez

Love this episode. So I went down a rabbit hole learning about the Devil's Hole in NV because of a r/geography post on Reddit last year. Boy howdy is that an interesting place and yay for protecting the rarest fish! I was so stoked to hear you and Dr. Moseley talk about her work on it.

SJ Rantzen

Every time i listen to a new episode I rethink my entire career path, today I've decided I actually would really like to be a speleologist

Alli B

That’s a good tip! I learned that ceiling formations are spelled stalactites (with a C for ceiling) and stalagmites are from the floor (with a G for ground), although no idea if that has anything to do with the etymology.

Alli B

And literally just heard it on the episode at 32 minutes 😆

Kyle

I didn't realize it has a C in it. That would explain why my autocorrect was not liking the way I spelt it.

Alie Ward

She also seemed to say it was not big deal to squeeze into tiny tunnels and live in caves for days at a time, so it was a good sell

Alie Ward

Oh good! And yes those fishies are so rare and the photos are beautiful! How about those boob speleothems??

Alie Ward

Yes! In Chihuahua! The Naica caves -- the real deal but VERY warm and moist.

Alie Ward

We already took the questions and this is the post for the published episode to chat about it!

Alie Ward

Yeah -- anthrospeleology would make an amazing follow up, right??

Alie Ward

Turns out there are a few ways to remember it!

Alie Ward

We took the questions already and this is the discussion thread for the published episode, but I hope you liked the it! Where are you traveling?

Lizzy Martinez

Only the best ones out there I'd say!!

Erin Burbidge

I loved the episode! It reminded me of one of my favorite parts of my 2018 trip to Iceland. I took a guided tour of a lava tube cave called Gjábakkahellir. I'd been in some shallow sea caves near my home in Nova Scotia and a few cenotes in Mexico, but it was my first time being so deep underground. (I missed the window to ask a question, but I'm so glad Dr. Moseley talked about how lava tube caves were formed, because I'd forgotten what the guide told us.) When we were at the deepest part of the cave, we did exactly what Dr. Moseley talked about 'freshies' doing. We turned off our headlamps and sat in silence holding our hands centimetres from our faces. The blackness was something else. Normally, the dark just feels like the absence of light. But in the cave it was so all-encompassing that it felt almost tangible. But not in a creepy way; I remember feeling awed and grinning like a goof sitting on my rock. Highly recommend anyone who has a chance to do a tour like that to give it a try.

Zuleika Pevec

I really appreciated Gina’s attitude of “oh, caving is no big deal” combined with her obvious love and interest. She made it seem very approachable. Also, The Rescue may have been the most intense film I’ve ever watched. Even though I knew that everyone was going to be ok, I bawled through it. Those cave divers are heroes (and everyone else who made it possible to get those kids out of there).

Adam Godet

Dude! I have those dreams about opening doors in my house and discovering whole new places! It’s like my favorite thing—loved that analogy

rebekah

Caves are something that I am both fascinated by and terrified of. Love learning about them, hate the idea of squeezing into them - I don’t know how many documentaries I’ve watched about them while saying out loud ‘humans aren’t supposed to be down there’. A perfect episode for me!

Evan Wilkoff

My bad, didn't notice this was the post-discussion thread. Not going anywhere in particular but would be great to know of cool cave spots/guided tours near cities that would be worthy of a visit. Maybe next time!

Olga Kolesnikova

My only experience with caving was when I was about 13 I went on a weirdly intense school trip where first we put on wetsuits and walked down a river and jumped off waterfalls??? And then we got changed and we climbed down into this cave system and there was a large chamber inside with rocks where the guide made us all sit down and turn off our lights!!! And I had no friends so I sat by myself on a rock in the middle of the chamber away from everyone else and endured a minute of utter and complete darkness. It is such a confusing memory and I dont know how I feel about it! But I'm glad it is actually a thing they do to newbies and the guide we had wasn't just a madman lol

Carolin Humpal

Was supposed to go on the 4 hour beginner caving tour at Mystery Cave State Park in MN for my birthday. Five inches of rain the night before flooded the road to the park and the cave. This episode made me even more excited to try again!!

Alessandra Kempson

When you were discussing the cave vs. cavern etymology. I got really excited because my husband and I got married inside a cavern in Sudbury. I always assumed that the cavern was more open and possibly even man-made. If only I had seen the call for questions in time!