Sheldon Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Why isn’t there one. This seems like the perfect subject to include in a merit badge. Our troop just spent a weekend camping in the Morengo Cave in Indiana and can tell you it was a great experience watching these young men stretch and learn about cave preservation and exploration. They completed a 3 mile cave hike which included several “crawls” most interesting was a crawl called the “Masher”. They then spent the night in absolute darkness in the cave which was as much of a learning opportunity as the crawls. Few people have ever experienced absolute darkness, absolute silence with no air movement and can be very disorienting. Ps: the kids did better than this grown man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberSchiff Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Welcome to scouter.com Don't know myself. As you likely already know, the program refers scouts to existing merit badges: Exploration and/or Geology. https://troopleader.scouting.org/program-features/caving/information/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwazse Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 The simple reason: a reputable caving association has not put forward a coherent set of requirements and waited for the roughly five year process of comment, testing and revision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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