Training

When you start caving with MUSC your training begins. Initially your trips will be fairly easy with simple climbs, short squeezes and slow flowing rivers. As you become more experienced caves with much harsher environments will become in your grasp. This will include needing to learn SRT (Single Rope Technique), this is the technique used by cavers to abseil and climb ropes within caves. MUSC organises two weekends a year where the basics of these skills are specifically taught to all who want to learn.

These skills will initially be taught above ground and then you will put what you have learnt to the test when on the same day you are taken underground for your first underground abseil!

However, training does not stop there. Every time you cave you will become a more confident and experienced caver. At the start of your training you will be given a guideline as to the different levels of experience and you will instantly be able to start ticking things off.