CUCC Expedition Handbook - Gear Tape

Gear tape colours for Expo 2023

Adam Aldridge
gray
black
 
Adam Baldock      
Adam Erskine-Jones      
Alice Kirby
red
green
blue
Amelia Oliver      
Ash Gregg      
Becka Lawson
blue
yellow
 
Ben Chaddock      
Buck Blake
purple
green
orange
Charlie Crossley
yellow
black
yellow
Charlotte Payne      
Chris Densham
black
blue
 
Christian Kuhlmann      
David Botcherby
purple
yellow
 
Ely Brookes-Hefetz      
Emily Mabbett      
Emma Caspers      
Frank Tully
earth
   
Hannah Collings      
Harry Kettle
blue
orange
 
Honorata Bogusz
blue
white
blue
James Waite
earth
pink
 
Jana Podbelsek
orange
   
Janis Huns      
Joe Stell
black
white
 
Joel Stobbart
white
yellow
orange
Jono Lester
green
yellow
green
Jonty Pine      
Kai Trusson      
Lea Giguere-Richards      
Lizzie Caisley      
Luke Stangroom
black
red
 
Mark Shinwell
purple
yellow
 
Martin Green
orange
orange
 
Merryn Matthews
green
   
Mike Butcher
red
white
 
Nadia Raeburn-Cherradi      
Nat Dalton      
Nathan Walker
rainbow
   
Oakem Kyne
red
white
red
Philip Balister
blue
green
red
Philip Sargent
white
red
 
Radost Waszkiewicz
blue
white
blue
Rob Watson
brown
   
Ruairidh Macleod
blue
brown
 
Sam Lee      
Sarah Parker      
Tom Phillips      
Wassil Janssen
black
white
black
Will Kay      
Zac Woodford      

Gear-tape - labelling

It is almost essential (for caving generally, but particularly for Expo) to settle on a particular combination of colours of electrical insulation tape, and label absolutely everything you own with the stuff. The table above shows combinations already taken. For other CUCC colour combinations already in use see CUCC current colours and, if you are really keen on being unique, also check out older cavers' gear colours.

Tape everything, not just your caving gear; while one karabiner looks much like another, it's equally true that one karrimat looks much like another. And especially your phone, phone cable, charger, charger-cable, laptop, mouse, mug/plate/cutlery - essentially anything you want to be reasonably sure to get back.


Geartape lists for CUCC and previous expo years: CUCC, 2019, 2018, 2022.