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Looking
for an adventure in a different part of the world is not always
easy. Having
as our guide gave us the opportunity not only to do ,
& , but we also got a real sense of Malaysia as
a culture.
Richard
Huntley
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Basic
Equipment for Caving
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Your
Caving Companion |
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Tempurung Cave ""
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 The list below
are guideline only and most
Helmet
(Caving or Rock-Climbing Helmet or Construction Helmet).
Head
Lights & Spare Torchlight's (minimum 2 spare torchlight's)
(preferable waterproof Torchlight's).
Spare
Bulbs & Spare Batteries wrap them up in a plastic bag.
Shoes, Tennis Shoes,
Jogging Shoes or Wellington Boots. (while Caving participants are not allowed to wear sandals nor
slippers).
Overall,
Long Sleeved T-shirt & Long Pants or shorts for .
(To protect one from cuts, scratches, insect bites, dirt &
etc.) - No Jeans please.
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Do's
and Don'ts While Caving (for Tourist)
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Take
Nothing but Photographs
Leave Nothing but
Footprints
Kill Nothing but Time
Basic
Equipment for tourist
while Caving
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Helmet
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Shoes
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Lighting
(headlamp would be
better choice), with a
spare torchlight and
spare batteries.
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Drinking
water (min. 0.5L),
some snack, even you
are going for 1 hour
caving.
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Impact
on Tempurung
Cave with
Irresponsible tourists and
irresponsible/illiterate
cave guides.
Noise
pollutions, Noise
Pollution, if and when possible,
please avoid it. Human noise (voice)
are the most dangerous pollutions
inside the cave, where it will effect
the cave Ecology & Eco-system
Impacts
and danger,
goodbye to
all the leaving creature inside the
cave, such as Bats, cave crickets,
cave centrepite, cave racer (cave
snake), trap door spider (living
fossil) and etc
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Jumping
in the Cave, one
have to be really careful as some cave
floor are holeloh underneath, most of
the time it will cave in with you.
Breaking
of Formations, .........
Rubbish, ........
(Leave
Nothing but Footprints ,
what ever you take in, must take it
out, cave is NOT the place for
littering nor it's a garbage dump)
Used
Batteries, ..........
Loud
Speakers,
were bro in to the Tempurung Cave by
travel agent to control the crowd
(tourist), which was supported by the
Cave Management of Tempurung Cave.
Impacts
and danger,
goodbye to all the leaving creature
inside the cave, such as Bats, cave
Crickets, cave Centrepite, cave
Spider, cave racer (cave snake), trap
door spider (living fossil) and
etc.
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Cave
Exploration (That's Basic)
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Candles
& Lighters or Matches for emergency lighting and them up
in a dry bag.
Personal
to your
requirements.
Whistle.
Water
1L (minimum) & Some Snacks. (take extra food & water even
if you are going for day trip)
Change
of clothes.
Plastic
Bags for garbage & waste.
Toiletries.
Reflector
(2" x 3") 3 pcs per person, for those who are going for
"exploration only".
Car
or Small Lorry inner tube & Valve opener for "exploration
only", useful for water caves.
There are plenty of caves in
Malaysia, where you or your group can do. If you didn't find
the caving trip listed in our site, please let us know so
that we can arrange something for you or your group ().
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