As noted in other literature, the most overlooked challenge of setting up any AHD is controlling the vector forces or resultants. Now, we have a bunch of training videos through Rigging Lab Academy that talk about this in depth, but for this short snippet, I am simply making this a point of reference. And […]
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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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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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CSR2 Pulley System for Confined Space Rescue In this video we review the features and efficiencies of the CSR2 Pulley System from CMC. Ideal for confined space rescues, the patented locking mechanism in the CSR2 Pulley is easy to release under load, creating much greater efficiency with lowering and raising. The patented locking mechanism in
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Thank you so much for hanging out with me today. We hope you have enjoined our featured presentation…. sounds like the movies right? Anyway, there is a lot of talk as to what are the most important ingredients in making a dual trackline highline. In Pat Rhodes’, Horizontal Systems, he include 3 major divisions… Taglines Dynamic
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Arizona Vortex Workshop Highlights… Rescue Response Gear, in concert with Rigging Lab Academy, is in the process of building a Arizona Vortex AHD video workshop. This quick clip visually describes an overview of a course we film a few years ago. The covered Easel A Frames with litter scoops using the AZTEK four to
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Often, Gin Poles (aka monopods) are considered pretty unstable. I mean,… really? However, when considering the entirety of how “guying” a monopod works, the stability moves up in scale considerably. Gin Poles have begun to get a lot of attention as of late and this will continue to happen in the coming months and years,
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Today, we are at Deschutes Brewery in Bend Oregon. The scenario is an industrial rescue and access context and we are needing to perform rope access work over the railing on an industrial cat-walk. Anchor considerations are the prime focus at this point and truly, any “roped” activity. We have looked at top rope scenarios
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In this system, a Mirrored Skate Block, there are two independent anchor straps from two separate parts of the vehicle. We have not equalized tension between the anchors to allow for proper readings from the ENforcer to record the peak force being exerted on the skate block. Moving past the ENforcer, is the V-Anchor system,
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This Video Series is Sponsored by We are looking at a Mirrored Skate Block system. Communication workers and other tower “type” workers are the normal benefactors of this type of system. One large benefit of stake blocks is the lack of high tension on the system… however, it can be difficult to learn and execute.However,
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