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Cave Trip

(annotated for Greg)

In cave

  • Frog (borrow from Tom)
  • Cave suit in Hefty bag:
    • Kneepads (volleyball)
    • Coverall (tough clothing, ideally non-cotton but jeans and a flannel are okay, poly long underwear & poly top underneath)
    • Boots
    • Helmet
  • Cave pack (borrow from Tom)
    • Light (3x lights, Tom has 1)
    • Batteries (at least 1 change of batteries for EACH light, 2-3 changes for main light; the following is what I bring)
      • 12x AA
      • plus camera/flash?
      • AAAs for spares
    • Food (high calorie density cave food, I usu. bring about 600 calories' worth of energy bar type food)
    • Water (I bring one Nalgene)
    • Haul biner & cord (ideally you have a 4-5' loop of cord to hang your pack below you while frogging but you can just wear the pack instead)

Out of cave

  • Personals pack w/
    • Street clothes
    • Extra socks & undies
    • Toiletries
  • Rigging pack w/ (don't worry about bringing rigging, all these caves are already rigged)
    • Static
    • Webbing
    • Lockers
  • In car:
    • Extra water, camp food, etc.
    • Sleeping bag & pad