Most of people look to the skies and wonder, what is up there? We look to mountains and think what if we ever went to the top, where few have ever gone, besides the view would we be closer to …? The skills required to climb the mountain can be translated to another quest. In various parts of the world, the water has made caves and there is an active group of people who are fascinated and well-trained to go into caves. Over the years, the author has gone into very small caves, ones with big openings and gone underground as a tourist to look at mines; however they had lots of light and were very well-regulated. The caving that Blind Descent written by James Tabor published by Random House, NY, 2011 is the journey to the deepest cave on earth. There are two very deep caves and the ones that go the furthest in the ground are to found in Mexico and in Uzbekistan. The book is very interesting to read, because to go caving is to be able to solve problems generally in the dark. While some openings have greater light, much of the work is in the dark. Besides that aspect, water made the cave, which means the cave is going to be wet, with some areas lake size water, and some glorious waterfalls, however the water does provide clues to where the openings to be found in order to go deeper. One can imagine that dealing with the dark, the wet, if something goes wrong it is hard to fix, but the feeling of going deeper than any person has before is a driver. In caving, not all openings are walkable, sometimes there are tunnels, sometimes there are tunnels that will be blocked with rocks and the caver will have to back up. The physical and emotional abilities are very much at work inside the cave.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, the caves the dividend payers like are the well established, with lots of light type. Discovering new depths is for others. One can very much appreciate the training, the mapping of new knowledge, the adaptability and the desire to go under, it is generally not something one wants to do. With your dividends you can enjoy the sunshine or be a sponsor or admire the approach and preparation needed to do the caving.

There are more questions than answers, till the next time – to raising questions.