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.
Camp Rockstar Helmet
The Camp Rockstar is a tough and durable helmet that's perfect for use in the commercial environment. Whether you're on a high ropes course, a climbing wall or out at a crag, the Camp Rockstar wont let you down. It features a tough and durable injection moulded polypropylene shell and moulded in vents to aid airflow. This will make it more pleasant for use in sunny conditions.
Lyon Bits Bag
The Lyon Bits Bag is a harness-mounted caving transport bag with a 4-litre capacity, making it suitable for carrying essentials such as food, emergency kit and survey notes. It has a reinforced base with drainage holes and a draw-cord closure system. The Bits Bag is big enough to be useful, but small enough to not get in your way when things get tight.
Climbing Technology Quick Step A
The Climbing Technology Quick Step A is an ascender for the right or left foot, when used in conjunction with an ascender handle (e.g. QUICK’UP+ or QUICK’ARBOR H) or a chest ascender (e.g. CHEST ASCENDER HC), makes it easier and speeds up the ascent of a rope.
Petzl Vertex Vent
The Petzl Vertex Vent has the same excellent features as the standard Vertex but with adjustable ventilation around the sides of the head.
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Abbey Silicone Grease
The Abbey Silicone Grease is a high-viscosity silicone lubricant that's perfect for reducing the friction between plastic to plastic, plastic to rubber, plastic to metal and rubber to metal moving parts.
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.
Alp Design Classic Bag
The Alp Design Classic Bag is a water and tear resistant tubular PVC bag that's been designed specifically for caving use. It features padded and adjustable shoulder straps, various handles for different carry options and a drawstring closure with cord. The handles are on the top, rear and base of the bag and have been attached with internal anti-tear reinforcement for added durability. This is a high quality bag that's perfect for cave exploration.
Petzl Explo
The Petzl Explo is a caving chest harness with an X-shaped construction that provides a good shoulder position, the chest strap then allows for precise adjustment of tension on the ventral ascender. The Explo shoulder straps allow the Croll ventral ascender to remain correctly positioned, in order to optimize efficiency and comfort during rope ascents when caving. Each strap is equipped with two HMPE gear loops and two slots for carrying equipment.
Up and Under Waterproof Battery Case
The Up and Under Waterproof Battery Case holds 2 x 18650 or 4 x CR123 sized batteries or combinations of the two.
Raumer Minox Hanger
The newest iteration of the Raumer Minox hanger is lighter, and has a larger hole for accommodating carabiners and attachments, all while maintaining the previous breaking strength. The polished finish allows for easy removal of mud and dirt (specific for caving), differentiating itself from matt grey hangers needed to mitigate visual pollution in outdoor areas.
Fenix Helmet Attachment
The Fenix Helmet attachment bracket is a simple and cost effective way of securing either your Fenix Headlamp to your new caving helmet. Fenix has designed the helmet bracket to feature a very easy to use system.