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Personal Equipment Requirements
All personal equipment must be in safe, usable condition and marked to identify the
owner. Equipment deemed unsafe or unacceptable during check-in must be replaced
prior to the student’s continued participation in the course.
- CLIMBING HELMET
UIAA or CE approved mountaineering style helmet with a three or four
point suspension and a quick-release, non-elastic chinstrap.
- THREE SOURCES OF LIGHT
All must be capable of allowing you to exit the cave. At least two
should be electric and two should be helmet-mountable.
- BOOTS
Sturdy, rubber soled
- RUGGED CLOTHING (see clothing note below)
- SIX LOCKING CARABINERS
These must be independent of your ascending or descending systems
- DESCENT DEVICE
Any of the following four devices are acceptable:
1. A standard rack
2. A three-bar Micro rack with a hyper-bar (4 bars total)
3. A Bobbin-type descender with off-set or safety carabiner
4. A “Rescue Eight” with ears
- SEWN SEAT HARNESS
- ASCENDING SYSTEM
Must be a complete working system with at least two points of gripping
attachment above user’s center of gravity
1. An additional mechanical ascender or prusik must be available
for crossing knots, etc.
2. One of the system’s mechanical ascenders must be functional
as a Quick Attachment Safety (QAS)
3. Frog system users must incorporate a cow’s tail
- GLOVES
Must have leather palms and full fingers
- WATER BOTTLES
Two quarts recommended
- SMALL, PERSONAL FIRST AID KIT
Optional, but recommended
- SMALL, HEAVY-DUTY PACK
Used to carry personal gear around underground
- 2 – 20 FT PIECES OF 1-INCH TUBULAR WEBBING
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