Sideways Easel A-Frame Resultant Insight (Taken from our A Guide to Artificial High Directionals & Two Tension Rope Systems online course… ) We’ve added this compression member with a tension element added to it. The reason we did this is because we previously had to keep our resultant between our two legs. As you’ll see …
Building Your Own Anti-Gravity Machine: AHD Using the TerrAdaptor Part 2 Read More »
I have been sharing about my sojourns… which are really about your journeys and your journeys are about your vision for the future. Everything I have taken on has been anchored into something all y’all have gone through… I know this because you told me so. Early on I in my career I was embarrassed …
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The use of elevated anchors, i.e. high directional anchor systems, is a mandatory requirement of NFPA 1670 for rope technicians. Having said this, it is impossible to discuss one facet of rope rigging and not address all the many other aspects at the same time. A rope system is like a living breathing thing; like …
Basic Highline System with Pulleys, Rope and Pulley Systems for High Angle Technical Rescue Highline operations are one of the most dangerous and most difficult vertical rescues. Highline rescues invoke the use of advanced rigging skills, performed by advanced technicians. Under no circumstances should a highline be attempted solely on the instruction of this …
The TerrAdaptor™ is a great portable anchor system available for use in rescue, industrial, and wilderness environments. This system is the result of the combined years of experience in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of equipment by Seattle Manufacturing Corporation (SMC). The TerrAdaptor system has been tested extensively in both lab and field environments. As …
Excerpt from “A Guide to Artificial High Directionals & Two Tension Rope Systems” Defining a resultant is what determines if your high directional is going to be stable or not. So when we say resultant, the full term is a resultant vector. A vector is a measure of force and direction. Here, we’re talking about resultants through the …
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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 …
If you’ve been following Rigging Lab Academy at all for the last year or so, it is clear there has been a large emphasis placed on the Artificial High Directional. There are so many reasons why this is, and if you haven’t quite been brought up to speed yet, check out some previous blogs and …
Planning Your Artificial High Directional: What to Use and When Read More »
We have been saying for years… “it doesn’t take 6 people to do a rescue”. Really! Two strong, smart and logical riggers (certainly no more than three) can do a raise and lower from just about any place. I think over the years, a near sided perspective and a lack of vision has kept thousands …
Winch Power, Artificial High Directionals and Human Curiosity Read More »
There is no secret that the Artificial High Directional has become, and is currently all the craze in the rescue world. These systems can be somewhat costly, and undoubtedly entail a good amount of specialized training; so the question is why have so many teams across the world turned to these tools as a must-have …
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