September 22, 2026

Technical Operational Rigging: Seeing the Entire System

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Sign Up for Free E-Book Technical Operational Rigging: Seeing the Entire System Technical Operational Rigging brings together skills that are often learned separately. Anchors, mechanical advantage, twin tension systems, directionals, highlines, Artificial High Directionals, system transitions, and contingency planning all have their own techniques and terminology, but an advanced rescue operation requires them to function

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Two Tensioned Rope Systems and Mainline Operations

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Sign Up for Free E-Book A rope rescue system can be built with strong anchors, rated hardware, familiar devices and the correct mechanical advantage—and still contain a problem that does not become obvious until the load starts moving. Mainline operations live in that space. The real question is no longer whether each component was assembled

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Horizontal Rigging in Rope Rescue | Highlines, Taglines & Offsets

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Sign Up for Free E-Book Horizontal rigging introduces a different set of problems than a straightforward vertical raise or lower. Once the rescue package has to move away from a primarily vertical path, the relationship between the load, rope, anchors, directionals, and terrain begins to change. Sag becomes important. Span becomes important. Rope angles begin

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