Cave Commands and Buzzwords

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Across
  1. 3. DO NOT LOOK UP when this is yelled (yell if you drop something)
  2. 5. how to get through a cave without a floor (putting yourself between a rock and a hard place, which is another rock)
  3. 7. what you need to be "fully" attached to the rope (i.e. croll and ascender)
  4. 8. when six bars are engaged on the rappel rack. No downward movement possible
  5. 12. ascending without the croll
  6. 13. when you are in an area where it is possible for a rock that’s knocked off above you to hit you below
  7. 14. taking adventure at your own pace
Down
  1. 1. what you yell when you remove yourself from the rope and out of the rock fall zone
  2. 2. to limit your exposure to slips and falls by having backups to your surroundings
  3. 4. A cave with multiple successive drops
  4. 5. supporting a fellow caver in their time of possible slippage
  5. 6. what you yell before you attach yourself to a rope
  6. 9. a way of climbing rope in which you resemble the movement of this animal
  7. 10. a way to move a rope away from something through rigging this
  8. 11. a person aboveground who knows who’s on the trip, where they’re going, the plan for the trip, and know the procedure to follow if something goes wrong