Book List
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| This is not taken from an Amazon search; this is an ongoing list of books we have found to be interesting or useful. | ||
| Cave Diving | ||
| Sheck Exley, Cave Diving: A Blueprint for Survival | A short, classic brochure/book which analyzes cave diving accidents. | |
| Dry Caving | ||
| Bruce Smith and Allen Padgett, On Rope: North American Vertical Rope Techniques | Excellent resource for rope work | |
| Survey | ||
| George Dasher, On Station: a Complete Handbook for Survey and Mapping Caves | Resource for dry cave survey and cartography | |
| Reference | ||
| John Gunn, Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science | Information on all aspects of caves | |
Carol Hill and Paolo Forti, Cave Minerals of the World |
An encyclopedia of cave minerals and speleothems | |
| Arthur N. Palmer, Cave Geology | Reference on numerous areas of cave-related geology | |
| Literature | ||
| Tim Cahill, Jaguars Ripped My Flesh | Various true stories Cahill wrote for Outside magazine; only a few are caving/cave diving tales, but all are quite entertaining. | |
| Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air | This is about a paid expedition to Everest. It has nothing at all to do with cave diving, but parallels can certainly be drawn between these two, seemingly unrelated hobbies. | |
| Michael Ray Taylor, Cave Passages | Well-written book about the author's caving endeavors around the world. | |
| Coffee Table Books | ||
| Lalo Fiorelli, Splendors of the Yucatan | Stunning photos of underwater caves | |
| C.C. Lockwood, The Yucatan Peninsula | Not a caving book (though there is a section on the cenotes), this contains beautiful, varied photos of the Peninsula. Published in 1989, it is interesting to see how the area has changed. | |
| Michael Ray Taylor, Caves: Exploring Hidden Realms | From the Imax movie, the book has more information on regions and caves that one might expect. It is divided into three sections: Ice, Water, and Earth; lovely photographs illustrate each section. | |
| Gustavo Vela Turcott, Mexico Profundo | (In Spanish) This provides an overview of caving in Mexico. Photos and illustrations should interest even those who do not read Spanish. | |
