An Excerpt From One of RLA's Anchor Building Courses Selecting an Anchor Anchor Selection Anchor selection is a vast topic and could go on for hours, days, and even weeks.  Excellent judgment, experience, practice, and insight all play a part in quality built anchors.  I used the word successful because,…

A super quick update on Petzl Professional 2021 gear. Most of the new products for 2021 are in stock and shipping. The RAY 11 mm static rope, designed for work at height and technical rescue, will be available for purchase starting June 16th and comes in four colors and four…

  A mechanical advantage haul system reduces the effort required to raise a load. The mechanical advantage obtained is based on the pulley effect.   1. The pulley effect If we consider a load suspended on a rope, the rope passing through a pulley above the user, with the user’s…

Tower Control Systems Tower Control relies on 1 or 2 rescuers climbing the structure with everything they need to facilitate the rescue up top. Team Selection: Tower rescue is not for everyone. It is both physically and mentally demanding. Being on top of a 200 foot tall rooftop is a completely…

Basic Highline System with Pulleys, Rope and Pulley Systems for High Angle Technical Rescue   We have the tensioning system. This part of the track line. The track line is a rope that our carriage is going to be going on. It’s the highway for the same one across the…

Force Vectors In general, the greater the angle between two anchor points, the greater the stress will be on those anchors. It must be the goal of the technician to minimize all angles in a manner that will still accomplish the job at hand. The kind of stress that will…