I am pretty excited about the future of our community. Folks are talking more about what is important and designers, builders, techies, manufacturers, and instructors are all listening to each other… for the most part. 🙂 We are surrounded by amazing people. I have long desired to have a playground to build and adventure into things […]
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Almost all rope rescue systems used could be considered a “two rope system”. Traditional mainline / slack belay systems and twin tension rope systems (TTRS) both use two (2) ropes. However, the similarities stop there. I won’t get into the biopsy of the mainline-belay line system because, well… they have been around forever. The “relatively”
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The ‘T-system’ for calculating Mechanical Advantage At their simplest, pulleys can be viewed as levers. This becomes more obvious if you consider the static system (where everything is at rest). To understand the ‘T-system’ for calculating Mechanical Advantage always start with the input (the effort end of the system) and assume that force of
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Fall Factor 2 Richard Delaney November 17, 2017 Free Articles 2 Comments In early 2016, I wrote a short piece on Fall Factors. It is published as the article, Fall Factor. It was a brief article with a standard definition and a discussion of each of the following scenarios. I am not certain when the term “Fall Factor”
A Petzl Croll is an ascending device used in caving and industrial rope access made by the French company Petzl. Its name comes from the town Crolles where Petzl’s company headquarters are located but might also be a reference to the nearby cave system of the Dent de Crolles, the exploration of which triggered a
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The Following Article is provided to you by Richard Delaney of RopeTest Lab and who is an Outstanding Course Instructor for Rigging Lab Academy. Rig-For-Rescue Richard Delaney April 1, 2018 Free Articles, Free content 1 Comment Suspension Trauma There has been some new research looking at the onset of suspension trauma. This was presented at the International Commission for
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As we all know… a single person can’t win the world. Well, one person did, but other than he, we need a ton of help to shift things. In rescue, culture plays a huge roll as to how systems and techniques play out. Not sure about that statement? Compare climbing, with mountain rescue. Fire service
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