Caving Equipment and Vendors

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Category: Equipment and Vendors

This a list of manufacturers and stores I have some experience with. There are many other great places to get equipment; this simply lists some reputable places to compare with if you start shopping.

Black Diamond

Several kinds of outdoor equipment. Climbing and vertical equipment are the items commonly used by cavers. They also manufacture quite a few items here in Utah.

Princeton Tech

Their LED headlamps have become the most commonly used lights among Utah cavers the last few years, but this is a category subject to ongoing refinement and rapid change.

Karst Sports

Great resource for a variety of outdoor products, with a focus on caving related items.

Bob & Bob

Various caving gear

CMI

Vertical Gear 

Gonzo Guano Gear

Caving gear

Inner Mountain Outfitters

Variety of caving and other outdoor gear

Kong

Vertical equipment and accessories.

NSS Bookstore

Books, calendars, and various other items direct from the NSS.

On Rope 1

Vertical Training and Gear.

Pelican

Camera cases, lights, etc.

Petzl

Outdoors and technical equipment. One of the "gold standard" brands in the sport, but you typically pay more for the quality and brand name.

PMI

PMI makes rope and accessories.  PMI Pit Rope is the single static rope that the online caving discussions and forums use as a baseline comparison for any other rope.

REI

All things outdoors. Brick and mortar store, as well as online presence. Great if you want to go look at something and hold it before you make a purchase.

Hansen Mountaineering

Provides the Timpanogos Grotto with their downstairs meeting room for monthly meetings. Brick and mortar store in Orem, UT. Variety of climbing and outdoors gear, including a small climbing wall area. In years past there have been discounts for Timp Grotto members.

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