HELMET WITH FOUR POINTS OF ATTACHMENT
So it does not fall off if you get hit on the head or you look down.

BOOTS WITH GOOD TREAD

OVERALLS OR ADEQUATE CLOTHING FOR THE CAVE ATTEMPTED

THREE LIGHT SOURCES

SPARE BULBS FOR EACH OF THE LIGHT SOURCES
ack them in a smash proof container, such as a film canister or a tobacco tin.

WAIST TAPE, 5 METRES LONG
Made from 50mm rated seat belt tape. Yep, the same stuff as is in your car. Waist tapes come in handy to use as handlines: you can make up foot loops to help people climb up or down. Wrap the tape around your waist or carry it in your caving pack.

TRIANGULAR BANDAGE
You can make these from an old sheet or the leftover protest banner from the last demo you went to. Carry it in your helmet or a pocket.

A BAG TO CARRY THINGS IN
A day pack or a bum bag.

SPACE BLANKET (or a large tough garbage bag)
You can carry this in the top of your helmet. Space blankets are designed to keep the body heat in, thus helping to prevent hypothermia.

FIRST AID KIT
This should contain any personal medication that you are taking. Plus cotton buds, a compression bandage, non stick wound dressing, cloth bandaids, tweezers, some pain killers, a small container of Betadine or Betadine swabs or equivalent, a note pad and pen and a small plastic bag to put any rubbish in. I also carry Saline solution, to get the dust out of my eyes. Matches/cigarette lighter. Pocket knife.

DRINKING WATER

SOMETHING TO MUNCH ON
Chocolate, or some energy giving food.

FOX FOURTYWHISTLE
You use less energy blowing a whistle than yelling for help if lost.

GLOVES
Fingerless or gloves suitable for the cave attempted.

AN EMPTY WINE BLADDER
To piss into. Women will need a small funnel.

A SHIT BAG
You know what for.

Based on the ASF Safety guidelines