WCG Hire Equipment and Rates
Wellington Caving Group has various gear available for use by, or hire to, members. This includes a first aid kit, helmets, electric and carbide lights, survey equipment, SRT kit, ladders, SaREx kit (being built up), and a GPS.
| Item | Daily / Weekend | Non Members |
|---|
Petzl generator set (carbide) and helmet
hirer supplies carbide and belt, a waste carbide bag is included | 12.00 | 12.00 |
Caving helmet and Petzl electric light
hirer supplies AA or C (recommended) batteries, lamp uses 3 at a time,
recommendation 3C per weekend plus 3C spare, or 3AA per day plus 3AA spare, eg 9AA for a weekend, one spare bulb is included | 10.00 6.00 children | 10.00 6.00 children |
| SRT kit | 15.00 | Members only |
| Ladder and rigging (as a set only) | 5.00 | Members only |
| Belay rope and Stich plate | 10.00 | Members only |
Survey gear (surveys to be deposited with NZSS)
Compass, clino, tape, pad of waterproof paper and pencil, and survey poles in a satchel,
hirer should provide extra pencils and sharpener | No charge | Members only |
| Slide projector & screen | 2.00 | Members only |
| GPS (supply own new batteries) | 10.00 | Members only |
| Caving videos | 1.00 | Members only |
| Snow chains | 2.00 | Members only |
Overalls
Limited variety of sizes available | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Carbide large coffee tin (approximately 2kg) | 10.00 | 20.00 |
||Carbide smaller soup tin ||8.00 ||15.00||
- Prices for longer periods on application.
- Email the gear officer for more information.
Rental gear is to be returned cleaned by the weekend following that it is hired for.
- Charges will be made for any extra weekends gear is kept.
- Charges will be made for lost or damaged gear.
