Also used in Caving but equally or more relevant to Vertical Rope, Access and Rescue are the following:

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Caving

Please note that items of P.P.E. cannot be returned (P.P.E. is Personal Protection Equipment and applies to caving, climbing and industrial equipment including helmets, harnesses, ropes, and accessories intended to link a person to a structure / face such as camming devices, karabiners, slings, ascenders, etc.). For more information see our returns info page.

We carry a full range of equipment to satisfy all your caving requirements from heinous grovels in Mendip, to challenging vertical rope work in Yorkshire, or long forays into the mega systems of South Wales.

With gear from manufacturers such as Lyon (ladders), Petzl (harnesses, helmets, ascender, bolts and much more), Speleotechnics (lighting), Edelrid (ropes) and Warmbac (oversuits and undersuits, elbow and knee pads) we can't fail to fulfill all your speleological needs.

Check out the Lighting section for the latest LED headtorches as well.

Ben's Recommended SRT (Single Rope Technique) Kit

For a full SRT kit you will need:

• a harness,
• one 10mm steel central Maillon,
• a Petzl Croll chest ascender (jammer),
• a chest tape to attach to the top of the Croll in order to tow it up the rope.

Then either

• a handled or standard ascender
• a Petzl Stop or Rack descender,
• 8m of 11mm dynamic rope for cows tails and a foot-loop/safety cord.

Two snap link or screw gate karabiners should be carried in addition to the above, and it is highly advisable to have a third spare jammer of some variety.

Click here or go to the Caving Resources section to hear about Ben's antics in Uzbekistan and the thoughts about expedition caving gear that the trip provoked.