What is project caving?

Project caving is the long game of underground exploration.

Project caving is about commitment — returning to the same cave system over and over, not for the thrill of novelty, but to push the boundaries of what’s known. It’s slow, hard, and often uncomfortable work, but it’s where real discovery happens.

Unlike casual or one-off expeditions, project caving demands long-term investment. Our crew spends months — sometimes years — mapping leads, dye tracing springs, climbing domes, diving sumps, and piecing together how systems connect. It’s not about bagging the big pit or checking a cave off a list. It’s about showing up again and again to chip away at the unknown.

Trips often involve underground camps where we haul in food, survey gear, sleeping setups, and technical equipment — sometimes through tight crawls, long crawls, or vertical drops. We bolt and aid climb pit walls, scale domes, and pack in drills, rope, and hardware to reach the next lead. Some trips require delicate rope work or sketchy rigging; others involve long days of surveying, digging, or gearing up divers to push flooded tunnels.

Throughout it all, we’re building maps — one sketch at a time. Every crawl, dome, sump, and pit becomes part of a bigger picture. And between the gear, the gas, the tools, and the inevitable replacement of the gear you lost or broke… project caving is, without a doubt, a literal money pit.

The projects below represent the systems our team is actively working on. Each one is a shared effort — not just a place we’ve passed through, but something we’ve invested in together. This isn’t just a record of where we’ve been.

It’s our shared resume — a reflection of the team, not just the brand.