Tower rescue is a specialized discipline within the rope rescue industry, focusing on safely evacuating individuals from tall structures such as communication towers, wind turbines, and other elevated platforms. This type of rescue demands advanced skills, specific equipment, and a thorough understanding of various rescue techniques due to the unique challenges posed by these structures. […]
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Using removable Anchors for rescue and rigging are great… they really are. Why? As you’ll see in the video, sometimes options are thin and there is never a time when compromising anchors is part of the solution. These anchors (Removable Anchors by ClimbTech and PMI) can be removed and reused at any desired location. These
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This piece is from the RLA course Highline Sections with Tom Woods What we’re going to look at next is the actual anchoring system for the Highline that we’ve just done. It’s a little bit unique setup in that we’ve done all of our anchoring for everything off of removable bolts. Given the area where
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Most people, at the end of each year, stand back and reflect on what was, what is and what should have been. An epoch season and epic events both apply to myself, our company and those around us. To date, we have produced somewhere between 600 and 700 technical rigging and rescue videos and has
I want to say that I am extremely excited to say… “hey!… I know these guys!” Brent McGregor, Eddy Cartaya and Tom Wood. Brent (climber, explorer and photog) lives here in Sisters and was a huge help in bringing Eddy Cartaya‘s Rigging Lab Academy course (Cave Rescue (Small Party Assisted) Single Rope Pickoffs) to prominence
I am going to guess, that while most rescue professionals (paid and unpaid) know “what” a gin pole or monopod is, few understand “why” and “how”. 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
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Tom Wood PMI-VRS Interview Part: The gears behind the training In this first of a two part series, we are spending some time with Tom Wood, Director of Training at PMI VRS. Tom shares a lot of his life, both private and public, with us. The first half of our interview looks through his life
