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The Pit

The "Pit,"as the ROC equipment room in the basement of the Armory is known, houses an
excellent selection of gear that members can sign out for personal use.
Rules for signing out gear are as follows:
  • Most equipment can be signed out for up to two weeks.
     
  • Each ROC member may take gear for themselves and one other person.
     
  • Technical equipment such as ropes, climbing hardware, ice tools, and rafts are restricted for use only with permission from the acting Pit Chair and an approved ROC leader in the activity of the desired equipment.
     
  • Equipment may be borrowed over winter, spring, and summer breaks by special permission.
     
  • ROC members are responsible for the equipment signed out under their name and must return it clean and intact. Lost or damaged equipment will be billed at repair or replacement cost to the borrower.
     
  • Club trips have precedance over gear, so equipment signed out for personal use may be recalled at any time if needed for official ROC trips.

Pit Open Hours: Fall 2007/Spring 2006: Monday 6:00-8:00pm, Friday 4:00-6:00pm.
Pit Chair: Andrew Calcutt, calcua@rpi.edu
   
          Available equipment includes:
(* denotes technical gear, see above)          
   
     
  • internal and external frame backpacks
  • sleeping bags and ground pads
  • 2 person, 3 and 4 season tents
  • stoves, fuel, and cooksets
  • water purifiers
  • mouse boots (for cold weather hiking)
  
  • showshoes
  • hiking crampons (not shown)
  • mountaineering ice axes
  • avalanche shovels
     
  • wax and waxless skiis in both NNN and 3 pin bindings
  • NNN XC boots, 3 pin XC/Backcountry boots
  • XC ski poles
  • climbing skins
  
  • ice climbing boots*
  • ice hammers*
  • ice climbing crampons* (not shown)
  • dry ropes* (not shown)
  • books, magazines, newsletters
  • maps and guidebooks for outdoor activities
     
  • whitewater drysuits*
  • whitewater rafts and kayaks* (not shown)
  • whitewater helmets (not shown)
  • kayak and canoe air bags
  • paddles
  • canoes
  • life vests (not shown)
  • neoprene gloves and booties
  • vertical caving systems* (frog and mitchell)
  • mechanical ascenders*
  • static caving rope*
  • caving headlamps (electric and carbide)
  • caving helmets (not shown)
  • rock climbing helmets (not shown)
  • rock climbing shoes (at the climbing wall)
  • bouldering crash pad (not shown)
  • assorted webbing, carabiners, and belay devices*
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