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Double CLUTCH | Using the CLUTCH In a Twin Tension Rope System (TTRS)
I always appreciate great video. Video (to me) is either aesthetic or technical and trying to bridge both is tough. This video from CMC is clearly technical, but I really appreciate the angles of perspective. So often the “clarifying message” of “the how” can get completely lost if the angles…
A-Frame and Gin Pole Trackline with Steep Angle Litter Raise: An Overview of a Dual AHD and Steep Angle Litter Work
Vision, training and rehearsing are purposeful events. Rarely can someone envision future events without understanding the past as there is no understanding or interpretation without history. Training involves coaching, education, drills, guidance, discipline and a host of other “things”… in short, “training” can be disastrous if done inappropriately. Rehearsing however…
The Cost of Doing Business with a Dynamic Directional Between Gin-pole and A-Frame
The cost of rope rescue rigging and training, much less a rescue, has some inherent expenditures. There is the direct cost of the gear, which to some might seem like a lot, but in reality it pales in comparison to the costs of personnel and training. These can easily be…
A Quick Look at Two Tension Rope System and a Dynamic Directional Offset using Two Artificial High Directionals
The Purpose (Vision) We have always encouraged experimentation and creativity when learning. I do my best to take the advice of people I respect. The other day I sat in the studio thinking about some unused space we have and decided to build a test piece… a small slot canyon…
No Implementation Means Flushing Your Strategy and Tactics Down The Drain
The following information is tilted towards building a solid rope rescue and rigging team, but I would be remiss to say that it applies to thousands of other “purposes”, but also to the inanimacy of a “rigging system” as a whole or in part. By viewing your rigging systems as…
Equipment Overview: Petzl I’D
Equipment Overview: Petzl I'D (Excerpt and transcription From RLA 5 Day Advance Online Course) We just showed the other end of the haul system where we had the RollClip and the Tibloc. At the progress capture anchor end, we decided to use the Petzl I’D. There are lighter options…
