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Supplies to Bring

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.

• Helmet - UIAA or CE approved mountaineering style helmet with three (or more) point suspension, and non-elastic chinstrap.
• Three locking carabiners - independent of your ascending or descending system.
• Descent device - any of the types of device are acceptable:
  1. Standard rack
  2. Four-bar Micro rack with a hyper-bar (4 bars total)
  3. Bobbin with safety carabiner (Bobbin is a generic term for devices like the Petzl Stop. You can use any of the commercially available brands/models.)
  4. "Rescue Eight" with ears
• Sewn Seat Harness
• Leather Gloves
• Ascending System - complete working system with at least two points of gripping attachment to the seat harness.
  1. An additional ascender or prusik must be available for crossing knots, etc.
  2. One of the system's ascenders must be functional as a Quick Attachment Safety (QAS).
  3. Frog system must have a link (e.g. long cowstail) from their upper ascender to their harness.



Note: we strongly encourage use of a caving ascending system that employs mechanical ascenders. Frog, Mitchell, Texas, and Rope Walker systems are common examples. While you might be able to get by with an improvised system, a well-tuned caving system will be better suited to class activities.