Speleofish
Active member
If you go on a trip with someone you don't know (and know nothing about), consider doing something easier than they suggest that's well within your capabilities. If it goes well, you can do something more ambitious the next time. I discovered this to my cost when I was a very naive 18 year old. I found myself hauling a gibbering, overweight incompetent up an 80 foot ladder pitch more-or-less singlehanded many years ago. Turned out he'd never been down a ladder pitch longer than 20 feet before (but had read several books on caving techniques and spoke very convincingly of his 'experience'). I would guess that SRT offers even more opportunities for incompetence....