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Adventure Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the adventure facet of life. Adventure Blog: Dark-Adventure News 1 Dark adventure: 21 Jan, 2007 by John Sarkar
This activity is not for those who are claustrophobic. Once you are inside you might never come out, at least not alive. Breathing is sometimes restricted and bats are not good company. Not known to many, India is home to some of the most famous caves in the world. Though international cavers have been active on Indian soil for the past several years, caving as such is a relatively new adventure activity that is attracting greater number of tourists to India's northeastern state, specifically Meghalaya. Every year, expert cavers from all over the world explore the hills of Meghalaya, to find new caves and map them. Adventure Blog: Dark Adventure News 1 (Continued) Some very large caves with beautiful formations are well mapped and are easily accessible. These caves, with mainly stalactite and stalagmite formations, are truly nature's gift and wonder. The deepest and longest of the caves in South Asia are located in Meghalaya. Neil Sootinck is a pro caver who has been to Meghalaya to explore caves. He says, “When I was introduced to caving by my friend Raphael six years ago, I was hesitant. I did want to know what it was like from inside, though. Like a true friend, he refused to tell me more. Eventually my curiosity got the better of me and that was it. I was hooked to caving that's when I met up with Herr Gebauer, a German caver, with 35-40 years of experience.” Adventure Blog: Dark Adventure News 1 (Continued) He further says, “I once made the mistake to ask him a personal question: “Are you married?” His reply was: “Yes, and I have many wives!” It took me some time to fathom his reply. Gebauer meant he was married to the caves. That is how serious these cavers are.” Says Gaurav Kataria, a seasoned caver, “Caving is a mixture of a lot of activities. It involves a bit of free hand rock climbing, plenty of crawling, going through tight squeezes, walking and, if one is lucky, some swimming. Of course, there are the more technical caves, but they are not for amateur cavers. Exploration of the more difficult ones would need hundreds of hours of experience and a lot of rope work knowledge, which only experts might possess.” Adventure Blog: Dark Adventure News 1 (Continued) Though dark and mysterious, strangely some of the caves in Meghalaya have large halls, huge pools of crystal clear waters and formations that are absolutely indescribable. A significant feature of the caves in Meghalaya is that it supports an active life. Deprived of the sun's rays, the creatures inhabiting the caves have evolved in time to adapt to the surroundings. A fine example would be of the cavefish, which has no eyes, spiders with fist-sized bodies and legs, which when spread out would match a dinner plate's circumference. Then there are centipedes, millipedes, crabs, prawns and even albino fish. This variety of ‘blind’ fish found only in a few caves in the state has even developed ‘special antennae’ to navigate through some of the river systems existing inside the caves. Caves are frightening and mysterious but exploring them can be fun too. Specialist teams from all over the world have been enjoying the adventure long enough. It is time for you to snatch the advantage now. Adventure Blog Comment: We create an entirely new cozy corner of our whole new adventure world as different from the world of our daily routine; be it a dark adventure or be it a great adventure. Thus goes the story of action adventure as well as the history of adventure sports on earth! Adventure quest means the quest of living life on edge. Why does living life on edge fill it with unprecedented energy, bubbling passion, wordless joy, and a total alert & aware, but relaxed discipline through every single moment of it? 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