The helmet that saved Blake was an Ultimate, heavy but quite sturdy and saved
me and others from some hard knocks. I once had a carabiner fall from about 60
ft and hit me square on the top of the helmet. Knocked me to my knees but no
other damage other than ringing in the ears.
Jerry Atkinson.
Diana,
Thanks for pointing this out. I was traveling which delayed me from replying. I
contacted other members of the Karst Information Portal team and we discovered
there was some confusion about who was responsible for registering the domain,
which happened about 14 years ago. This problem ha
I have several authentic Coal Miner "soft hats/helmets" for mounting a carbide
light and minor head protection. Those are probably worn prior to 1940. Now I
also have my original caving helmet, black hard shell with a small bill only on
the front that I wore in 1960, 8th grade. A few years ago a
