SoCal Grotto SRT Gear and Technique Resources

Caving Resources

• SoCal Grotto has an actual giant Library of caving books and periodicals. It’s at Rich’s house, all members are welcome by appointment.
• Derek Bristol's YouTube channel
• Caving podcast
• Cave Chat
• NSS Vertical Section Basic SRT training
• NSS Vertical Section Intermediate SRT training
• American Caving Accidents
• National Cave Rescue Commission

Resources for Instructors

• Socal and Texas SRT Instruction thoughts

Rescue, Materials Research, Knots, Canyons, Misc

• SAR^3 - Compendium of rope knowledge
• International Technical Rope Symposium - Research publisher and
• SRT Techniques for caving, canyoneering, and vertical rescue

Well known, Cave Specific, Gear Retailers

• PMI
• Inner Mountain Outfitters
• Elevated Climbing
• OnRope1
• Karst Sports
• Gonzo Guano Gear
• WV Underground

Grottos

• List of Grottos from the NSS