I thought I would talk about one of my favorite website for finding deals on caving supplies. SlickDeals.net is an forum where people post…slick deals. If you can think of an item, it probably has been posted on there. After you make an account, you can create “deal alerts” that are triggered by key words, such as, carabiner, water bottle, freeze dried food, rite-in-the-rain paper, Petzl, etc. Alerts are available by email or through your account.

Last week, Amazon.com was selling HDPE 1 Qt water bottles for $3.39 each! That’s less than my wholesale cost.

Slickdealers (the name for people that post deals) routinely post deals on gift cards, too. If you are going to buy something from Target or Home Depot, might as well buy a gift card for say 15% off the face value.