“IF THERE’S A LOT OF GOOD PLANNING AHEAD OF TIME, YOU’RE REALLY ABLE TO EMBRACE THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND NOT KNOWING WHAT YOU’RE DOING.” Jimmy Chin I would like to impart several lessons about managing a practice rigging exercise (session) that are applicable to all riggers. By …
Obviously anchoring as a concept is a huge topic. The variations in any given anchoring course can range wildly depending on the vision, scope, knowledge and imagination a give team or person has. Here is what a typical anchoring course would look like. I have rounded them out to 10 topics. Anchor Points Selection and …
Time for transparency here. Highlines versus Offsets. Which is one of these accomplishes the goal of moving the person or load from one side to the other in the most effective and efficient manner? Well, at this point I wasn’t thinking about either one… I really didn’t care. I hadn’t ever set up a true …
The Less Than 10 Percent Solution Just Got Easier: Highlines Read More »
As Torrey and I travel around the country filming and managing a very large amount of footage, it has become very apparent to me that one product has become, what I would call… an “emerging product”. While in days past, the AZTEK was (and still is to some degree) the work horse for rigging systems… …
The Petzl Jag System Has Become A Go To Tool For At Height Workers and Rescuers Read More »
Easy to use, self-braking descenders adapt to any situation encountered during work at height, rope access work, or technical rescue: descending, work positioning, short rope ascents, belaying with climbing techniques. Easy to use AUTO-LOCK system The AUTO-LOCK system allows users to easily position themselves at a workstation without having to manipulate the handle or tie …
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Hey all, I wanted to give a quick run down of some niche comparisons. Most pulley manufactures today make amazing gear. When I say most, I mean those within the centric conformity of standards, safety and accountability. We’ll be looking at CMC, Rock Exotica, and Petzl … and then, only a niched down subset of …
Thank you Mark Pfeifer of Ronin Safety and Rescue… In this video, we are looking at the control side of an English Reeve. The video shows four control descent devices and our riggers putting them into use to both have tension, the tension line and to be operating the English Reeve system. Now starting from …
Insights Into Gear: English Reeve System Control Side Read More »
The Omni Of The Rope Rescue and Rigging Pulley World: Rock Exotica Omni-Block Swivel Pulleys So what exactly does “Omni” mean? The designers of the Omni Block pulley have some very elevated claims about their product. Here are a few definitions of the word “omni”. Combining Form Without Limits In All Ways and Places …
So lately, I have been going through a type of transformation of sorts. I will be honest… not all of the process has been fun and pushing through bias demons can be difficult, but with friends like Craig McClure, Jason Ilowite and Rich Delaney… the sojourn has been rewarding. Bear in mind that a sojourn …
For Two Tension Dual Capacity Rope Systems Savvy Technicians: The Efficiency Schematic Read More »
The other day I walked into the studio (Neverland) armed with one goal for the morning… build a system that is Functionality Efficient in Gear Efficient in People Efficient in Physics AHD Based Small Team Based One Person Load Very Reproducible Raise Only Based (but with a margin of error that allows for downward adjustments… …
