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Equipment for caving and mountaineering

FOR SLEEPING

	Article	Large	Length	Weight	Storage sack	Material	Note particular
131	Microfibre bivouac sack	76 cm	215 cm	250	21 x 8 Ø cm	Microfiber breathable	Mummy-shaped bivouac sack with tanka closing.
132	Polar fleece sleeping blanket	76 cm	215 cm	1300	43 x 23 Ø cm	Polar 500 gr.	Squared sleeping bag. With zip on the two sides. Jointable to get a marriagly bag.
133	Polar fleece sleeping bag	76 cm	215 cm	810	34 x 18 Ø cm	Polar 400 gr.	Mummy-shaped sleeping bag, with tanka closing..
134	Hammock	150 cm	300 cm	850	30 x 10 Ø cm	Nylon	A nylon tape is sewed to the extremities to hang the hammock. The hammock can be used also as a nylon cover because it is completely openable
160	Single blanket	145 cm	235 cm	1100		Polar	Bed blanquet made with 30 x 30 cm squares.
161	Matrimonial blanket	235 cm	235 cm	2000		Polar	Bed blanquet made with 30 x 30 cm squares.

137

Cave Tent-hammock. With this “Floating” tent I jointed the advantage to sleep far from the ground (hammock) and sleep inside an air bubble (tent). For a hammock the floor is not so important, whereas a tent needs a flat place. In a hammock you are closed inside a “cocoon”, in a tent there is a warm space around you.

With the tent-hammock you can sleep above the ground but it is like to be in a tent, because the tissue where you sleep is kept open by two bars and you can sleep free and not squeezed between two sides like in a normal hammock.

The distance from the ceiling of the tent and the sleeping plan is of 40-50 cm, so the air volume inside the tent is small and easy to warm.

The person lays on a rectangle of Cordura 300 fabric (212 cm long, 86 cm wide at head and 50 cm at feet), kept open by two aluminum bars. There are two small pockets to get cigarettes, towels and so on.

The cover is made with a breathable microfiber fabric that is kept stretched with an adjustable nylon tape fixed at the suspension points of hammock. You need to adjust the inner tape to get lateral walls at least 10 cm below the base-plane. At the height of shoulders the cover is kept stretched by an aluminum bar (40 cm). There are two velcro strips to close the four corner of the basal plane and on the ceiling there is a velcro ring to hang a light.

Minimum distance between the suspension poits: 3.5 meters. A tight mattress can contribute to keep the back isolated.

You have to use the sleeping bag.

Weight: 1800 g. Packed size: Ø 20 cm, h 14 cm. Alu bars: Ø 4 cm, h 51 cm.

The hammock has been engineered and tested with the collaboration of G. S. Fiorentino.

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Cave warmed hammock. The natural evolution of tent-hammock. In this hammock you can sleep without a sleeping bag, wearing only the under-suit. The hammock is warmed by a gas lamp, hanged beneath the hammock in a pocket not in communication with the space where you sleep, so there is no contamination by the gas made by combustion. Consume: 7/15 g/h depending on the cave temperature. ATTENTION: without a font of heat you can “freeze”.

ATTENTION, DANGER! The head must be kept out of the inner cover, The oxygen could lack inside.

Below the base plane there are two chamber, one inside the other, to get the heat. The gas-lamp must be hanged as near as possible to the base-plane.

Minimum distance between the suspension points: 3.5 meters. A tight mattress can contribute to keep the back isolated.

You have to use the sleeping bag.

Weight: 2500 g. Packed size: Ø 20 cm, h 18 cm. Alu bars: Ø 4 cm, h 51 cm.

The hammock has been engineered and tested with the collaboration of G. S. Fiorentino.

INSTRUCTION: hang the hammock to the iron rings at the end of tapes and then insert the bars. The hammock must be well stretched to get a comfortable sleep. Light on the gas-lamp, let it warmed and then regulate to minimum level or a little more if the cave is really cold. Put the lamp inside the hammock. You can adjust the gas flow when you are inside the hammock.

You can enter the both side of the hammock. You have to adjust the cover, which must be first fixed at the feet, paying attention that it does not touch the inner cover. Close the cover at the head. Either at the head or at the feet, the cover must be closed maintaining the bars outside.

Attention, danger: the head must be kept in the external chamber. In the inner chamber the oxygen could lack!!! Good night.

150

Poncho for cave rest, to be always carried in cave bag, made with microfiber fabric, breathable and waterproof. Very low encumbrance and weight (14 x 21 x 3 cm, 250 gr). The poncho has a zip with two runners, with allow to put together two of them making a larger sheet. The poncho can be used to protect yourself from the cold, keeping the hands free. It's possible, for example, to wear the poncho while you make assurance to your companion. The poncho can be used to protect yourself from water drops in caves and from the rain outside (the poncho has no a hood!). The poncho has been designed with the collaboration of Giovanni Badino.

540

Cave tent made with microfiber fabric, breathable and waterproof. Rectangular shape, without floor. To erect the tent you must hang the four corner strings on the walls of the cave. There are 6 further fastens along the roof rim. Suitable for cave camp and for cave-rescue. With a carbide lamp inside the temperature raises quickly and the wetness decreases. The tent allow 5/6 persons to seat or 3 persons to sleep inside. Remember to carry some mattress or a nylon cloth to put on the floor. Four pockets, where you can put small stones, allow to tension the tent. Dimension: 150 x 200 x 150 cm, in the compression-bag h 18 cm, Ø cm 20. Weight: 1550 gr. On order, the tent can be requested with different dimensions. The tent has been designed with the collaboration of the Italian National Alpine and Cave Rescue and of Giovanni Badino