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Rebecca wrote:Thanks for the replies, everyone!
I'll look into the Petzl Elios/Elia. That's really more than I was looking to spend (broke full-time student...) but I may just have to re-evaluate my budget and wait on better lights and pads. The floating is definitely good...this weekend in one place I just ditched the hard hat and floated it in front of me during one of the crawls. (and kept my shoulders up and my head down...for safety)
I may well cut the bill off the hardhat. Where do you get your chinstraps? This cave is NOT easily accessible, and I ended up having to carry my hard hat 3 miles up the (very slippery) side of a mountain because branches kept knocking it around/off. The people in skate/BMX helmets clipped theirs to belt loops.
Yep, usually if the hard had doesn't fit, we don't attempt, but I get it wedged in a lot when I hit something (crawling) or straighten up too fast (climbing)("Thank you, hard hat!"). A chin strap would also help when I do get it stuck, because currently (no chin strap) I pull myself backwards (or down) and then have to get in front of (or above) the hat and knock it out. Which gets really old about the 10th (20th...30th only on the army crawl) time, esp. if I have to ask someone else to kick/knock it out.
BenS wrote:The Elia is low profile and made for women. It is the women's equivalent of the Elios.
Rebecca wrote:Would this type of caving suggest/mandate a climbing helmet? (We're also looking into a trip to Tumbling Rock (North AL) later this year, if any of you are familiar with it; according to my sister, it's a lot of scrambling/climbing.)
GroundquestMSA wrote:Also, buying a helmet based on the nature of one or two caves is, hopefully, a bit nearsighted. You'll likely branch out to other caves and these will have different characteristics. You will want a climbing helmet eventually. Hard hats should usually be viewed as a temporary money-saving measure.
How big is your noggin? It isn't the most comfortable (to me) in the world, and it isn't exactly low-profile, but I have a Petzl Ecrin that you can have for the cost of shipping if you or any of your friends want it.
trogman wrote:GroundquestMSA wrote:Also, buying a helmet based on the nature of one or two caves is, hopefully, a bit nearsighted. You'll likely branch out to other caves and these will have different characteristics. You will want a climbing helmet eventually. Hard hats should usually be viewed as a temporary money-saving measure.
How big is your noggin? It isn't the most comfortable (to me) in the world, and it isn't exactly low-profile, but I have a Petzl Ecrin that you can have for the cost of shipping if you or any of your friends want it.
If she doesn't want that Ecrin, my wife is interested!
Trogman
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