For a typical trip with ASS, you should bring the following:
- Clothes that you can get very dirty
- Clean clothes to change into after the caving is through
- Garbage bag to put dirty clothes into for the ride home
- Two AA batteries for your headlamp
- Two other sources of light (small flashlights, lighters, glosticks, etc)
- Soft volleyball-style kneepads, elbowpads, and gloves (you can have as much or as little padding as you wish)
- Water to drink
- A snack if you want one
- Several dollars for food and gas
If the trip will be overnight (camping), consider bringing the following:
- A tent to sleep in
- Sleeping bag / pad / pillow / stuffed animal
- Food to cook for yourself
- A stove if you have one (if not, you can share with someone who does)
- Change of clothes
- Rain gear (just in case)
- Toilet paper
- Soap, toothbrush, etc.
- Water if there won't be any at the campsite
Your membership dues grant you access to this gear:
- Helmet with headlamp
- Rope
- Chest and seat harness
- Rappelling rack
- Chest and hand ascenders