Caving
Here is a guide on the essential kit for every Caver.
If you're looking to put together your own SRT kit, here is a handy guide on what you'll need.
Petzl Torse
The Petzl Torse clips securely onto the back of your sit harness and loops up over your shoulders and holds the Croll in position. It offers a little more back support than "bra style" chest harnesses. It is easily adjustable before a pitch or to fit different sizes of caver.
Petzl Secur
The Petzl Secur is a shoulder strap system for positioning the Croll chest rope clamp and attach to Avao Sit, Falcon, Falcon Ascent and Sequoia SRT harnesses.
Petzl Boltbag
The Petzl Bolt Bag is great for organising your hammer, bolting gear and other equipment that you may be using. A large buckled pocket allows for secure storage and a small internal pocket helps organise smaller bits. The bolt bag also has an external holster for easy storage and axes to your hammer.
Petzl Rocpec Compact Adaptor
The Petzl adapter for Petzl Rocpec hand drill Increases the Ropec's versatility and provides greater comfort and efficiency for placing 12 mm self-drilling expansion anchors.
Warmbac Round Base Bag
The Warmbac Round Base bag is a small, compact and simple caving tackle bag. Its great to stuff things into, but it also works really well for the transportation and protection of a Daren Jar. Warmbac has designed the round base bag to feature a tough and durable heavy duty PVC construction. This is a cylinder style bag and therefore it fits the Daren jar perfectly.
Petzl Anchor Driver with Pivot Handle for P12
Petzl's Perfo Spe Anchor Driver is a hand drill for use with 8mm self drilling anchors such as the Petzl Cheville. It is compact and lightweight, with a pivoting handle to assist with grip in damp cave conditions. Petzl have instructions for use with the Cheville expansion bolts here
Fenix Dual Channel Smart Charger ARE-A2
The Fenix Dual Channel Smart Charger ARE-A2 is the latest premium Fenix 2 channel mains charger, capable of charging a large range of Li-ion and Ni-mH batteries in any combination. Two independent charging channels each feature their own display of battery type / battery voltage / battery level. A single press on any channel's button will then display battery voltage / charging current / charging time. You can also turn off the display completely with a long press on any channel button.
Raumer Handy
The Raumer Handy allows the user to vary the descent simply by moving the rope into the narrow section of the karabiner, eliminating almost all downwards force. It is equipped with a stainless steel twisted ring which can be clipped into the semi-circular maillon on a harness, this ring makes this karabiner suitable for all speeds of descent on any type of rope.
Fenix 21700 Rechargeable Battery + USB
The Fenix 21700 Rechargeable Battery + USB (ARB-L21-5000U) is a Premium Quality High Capacity 21700, 5000mAh USB-C rechargeable Lithium - ion battery specifically designed for high intensity flashlight use and is the perfect companion for Fenix 21700 powered lights.
Alp Design Bunny Chest Harness
The Alp Design Bunny Chest Harness is a figure of 8 chest-strap harness that's been designed for use during speleological activities. It is fully adjustable and features a handy side gear loop, a Velcro tab on the shoulder for fixing excess webbing and nylon webbing with a cam buckle, for connecting shoulder straps and a ventral rope clamp.
Petzl Freino Z
The Petzl Freino Z is an automatic locking karabiner with friction spur for use with the Stop and Simple caving descenders. It allows the user to increase or control the braking action of the descent, as well as facilitating the creation of a tie-off. The Freino Z can be rotated in order to make the descender loss-proof when transferred from gear loop to semi-circular karabiner.
Warmbac Cavers Adjustable Knee Pads
The Warmbac cavers adjustable knee pads are a great way of adding comfort and enjoyment to your caving trip. These caving knee pads feature a full neoprene construction. The front pad is 6mm thick and is finished with a tough and durable nylon face fabric. This will also offer great protection to your knees and also your caving suit. They are then easy to get on and off and also secure to your legs. This ease of fitting and adjustment is down to the Velcro adjustment straps. These adjustable knee pads are sold in pairs.
Fenix ARE-A4 Premium Main Multi-Charger
The Fenix ARE-A4 Premium Main Multi-Charger is a premium 4 channel mains charger, capable of charging a large range of Li-ion and Ni-mH batteries in any combination. Four independent charging channels each feature their own display of battery type / battery voltage / battery level. A single press on any channel's button will then display battery voltage / charging current / charging time. You can also turn off the display completely with a long press on any channel button.
Warmbac Kevlar Cavers Adjustable Knee Pads
Hard wearing Kevlar laminated to 6mm hard compound double lined neoprene. For extra durability we use heavy duty SD nylon on the back of the pads. 3mm back straps for flexability and adjustable straps.
Petzl Personnel 15L
The Petzl Personnel 15L is a rugged and lightweight 15 liter backpack. It is made of PVC-free material, and its welded construction provides great strength. It is made for use under difficult conditions, and also has an ID card pocket.