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New Technician Courses Just Released for Rigging Lab Academy

/ Anchoring, Ascend - Descend, Ascending and Descending Systems, Belaying, Blog, General Rigging, Highline Rigging, Horizontal Rigging, Mechanical Advantage, Portable Anchors, Pulley Systems, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage

Hey all We just completed another 4 high level training courses within the Technician Level Cornerstone course curriculum. Force Multipliers Elevated Anchor Systems Horizontal Systems Midwall Pickoffs Midwall Pickoffs Midwall rescues can run the full gamut of rescue complexities. It can include almost everything from one or two people coming to the rescue of a […]

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Elevated High Directional Mini Series Part 1-The AHD Overview

/ Anchoring, Arizona Vortex, CMC Rescue, General Rigging, Highline Rigging, How-To Concepts, Portable Anchors

Mitigating “edge trauma”, as many call it… is likely the most arduous job of any rigger or rope rescue team.  Edge trauma is all about the transition vertical to horizontal terrain (or visa versa).  It is difficult and can be dangerous.  So it is here the vision and strategy of anchoring and positioning the working

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Rescue Response Team CASE FILE N.013-A Plan takes Action

/ General Rigging, Highline Rigging, Mechanical Advantage, Organizing, Pulley Systems, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage

Two boys exploring a cave and one falls in. Our heros respond and deploy rope rescue gear and rescue techniques to successfully lower a medic to attend to the injured boy. They then raise the boy up out of the cave and transport him to an ambulance.  Now whether this is or isn’t what a

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Horizontal Systems and the Gear Used Part 1

/ Arizona Vortex, Blog, CMC Rescue, General Rigging, Highline Rigging, Mechanical Advantage, Portable Anchors, Pulley Systems, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage, Rescue Baskets

Hey All! I wanted to drop in some thoughts about the equipment used when rigging highlines and other horizontal systems for the purposes of work and rescue. Your anchors are the key… the greater the angle between two anchor points, the greater the stress will be on those anchors. It must be the goal of

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