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Caving with youth can a highly rewarding and enjoyable experience.
However, if done improperly, caving with youth can turn into an
emotional and financial nightmare. This website contains information
that will help adult youth group leaders and cave trip leaders plan
and execute the best and safest trip possible.
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Take your time and explore all of the information within this website.
Look at the pages that have been designed for other organized youth
groups as well as the ones for the group to which you belong. There
may be some information that pertains to special circumstances that
you may encounter. Another organization may have a method of dealing
with a situation that you may find useful.
If you are a youth group leader with little or no caving experience,
you are highly encouraged to find an experienced caver to lead you and
your group into a cave. However, be aware that not all experienced
cavers are safe cavers. Please read the information in offered in all the brochures published by the NSS before allowing anybody to lead your group into a
cave. Read the caving accident reports to learn about what has gone
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Consider taking your group to a wild cave trip in a show cave before
venturing off into a truly wild cave. Often these tours will satisfy
the "caving urge" of many in your group and this is an easy way to
arrange a caving trip. Several show caves have badge and patch
activities that teach about speleology and geology. Find this information on the
Wild Cave Tours and Sightseeing Trips button.
The NSS has volunteer regional coordinators who assist youth
group leaders in developing appropriate caving programs. Consider
contacting the regional coordinator for your area.
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