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Gear Required for Caving
All caving-specific gear can be borrowed from CUCC, but there are a few less technical items that you'll need to bring on meets.
If you become a regular caver with CUCC you'll eventually want to purchase your own set of gear; the Club can help you to get something decent. After doing this you need to look at the gear tape colours list to get a colour combination with which to mark your own stuff.
Information regarding the operation of the tackle store, and the club inventory are also available online.
Essentials
- Warm clothes for normal wear
- Raincoat
- Robust trainers/boots for normal wear
- Old underwear and socks for wearing in the cave
- Old T-shirt/vest for underneath a furrysuit
- Gear set (can borrow from CUCC): undersuit, oversuit, wellies, helmet, belt or harness, karabiner, survival bag, whistle
- Lamp (can borrow from CUCC)
- Cave food (e.g. a few Snickers bars, for when you need a sugar fix)
- Towel
- Sleeping bag (CUCC have a few sleeping bags that can be borrowed)
- Money for food when travelling & more chocolate supplies
- Experience: have climbed a ladder on the surface if possible.
- Knowledge: what's the plan for this meet?
- Communication: tell meet leaders of medical things, ask if unsure of anything, be briefed before going underground.
Should have...
- Wash kit: toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, etc. (Or just don't wash!)
- Spare underwear & socks for wearing in the cave the next day (dry...)
- Cave gloves (e.g. washing-up gloves). Although some people claim it's warmer to not wear gloves...
Nice to have...
- Thermal top
- Head torch (e.g. Petzl Tikka)
The Tackle Store
Location
The CUCC tackle store is located on Grange road; it is a garage with blue doors, next to the building number 6. It is shown on this map, marked with a red arrow: CUCC tackle store location.
Access to the tackle store requires a set of keys, so borrowed gear is best returned at ropewashes or pubmeets (when the chosen pub is near the tackle store!)
Contact the President or Tacklemaster if you need to access the tackle store at a different time, or if you feel you require a set of keys.
Gear return
Borrowed gear should be returned as soon as possible, and before the next training session or meet. Gear should be washed before it is returned and not left in a muddy pile to accumulate rust and mould. Upon returning any gear, please tick the gear off in the gear logbook (usually on top pf the filing cabinet in the tackle store).
Gear Tape Colours
To avoid confusion it is best to tape all of your gear with a unique conmbination of colours. Pick a combination and add yourself to the list!
Please avoid combinations using purple - purple is reserved for club equipment.
CUCC gear
| Purple, Red | CUCC SRT Kit 1 |
| Purple, Black | CUCC SRT Kit 2 |
| Purple, Orange | CUCC SRT Kit 3 |
| Purple, White | CUCC SRT Kit 4 |
| Purple, Blue | CUCC SRT Kit 5 |
| Purple, Yellow | CUCC SRT Kit 6 |
Individuals
| Colour | Name | Often seen? |
| Black, Blue, Black | Edvin Deadman | Current Member |
| White, Black, Blue | Kathryn Hopkins | Current member |
| Red, White, Black | Adam Kessler | Current member |
| Orange, Blue | Richard Mundy | Current member |
| Red, Black, Blue | Ollie Stevens | Current member |
| Red, White, Green | Serena Povia | Current member |
| Brown, Grey, Earth | Tom Handford | Current member |
| Red, Earth* | Pete Harley | Current member |
| Red, Orange | Peter Clifton | Current member |
| Blue, White | Stuart Bennett | Current member |
| Red, Orange | Peter Clifton | Current member |
| Red, Green | Aaron Curtis | Current member |
| Blue | James Hickson | Current member |
| White, Earth | Olly Madge | Current member |
| Red, White, Blue | Chantalle Mouwer | Current member |
| Red, Green, Blue | John Billings | Current member |
| Yellow, Green | Nial Peters | Current member |
| Red, White | Simon Redhead | Current member |
| Black, Brown | Tony Rooke | Current member |
| Purple, Yellow | Mark Shinwell | Current member |
| Black, Blue, Yellow | Mark Shinwell | Current member |
| Black, Yellow, Black | Toby Speight | Current member |
| Orange, Yellow | Djuke Veldhuis | Current member |
| Green, Grey | Sarah White | Current member |
| Red, Brown | Emma Wilson | Current member |
| Green, Brown | Wookey & Tess | Current members |
| Red, White, Green | Serena Povia | Frequently |
| Orange, Green | Olly Betts | Frequently |
| Earth | Jenny Black | Frequently |
| Green, White | Julia Bradshaw | Frequently |
| Yellow, Black | Anthony Day | Frequently |
| Orange, Orange | Martin Green | Frequently |
| Blue, Green | Letty ten Harkel | Frequently |
| Blue, Yellow | Becka Lawson | Frequently |
| Yellow, White | David Loeffler | Frequently |
| Earth, Earth | Earl Merson | Frequently |
| Red, Blue, Red | Julian Todd | Frequently |
| Earth | Frank Tully | Frequently |
| Red, Earth* | Brian Outram | Sometimes |
| Black, Blue | Chris Densham | Sometimes |
| Grey | Sam Lieberman | Sometimes |
| Red, Black | Steve Bishop | Rarely |
| Purple, Earth | Duncan Collis | Rarely |
| Red, Purple | Julian Haines | Rarely |
| Black, Red, Black | Erin Lynch | Rarely |
| Grey, Black | Alex Cheesman | Ever? |
| Yellow, White, Yellow | Dave Fearon | Ever? |
| Red, Yellow | Mark Fearon | Ever? |
| Red, Yellow, Blue | Ally Graff-Fearon | Ever? |
| Black, Yellow | Penny Reeves | Ever? |
| Blue | Mike Richardson | Ever? |
| Red, Black, Blue | Jeremy Rodgers | Ever? |
| Blue, Green | Tanya Savage | Ever? |
| Yellow | Andy Waddington | Ever? |
*Pete Harley's colors currently conflict with Brian Outram's, but he will change them if it becomes an issue or there are complaints.