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Collaborative Precision: Mastering High-Angle Rescues with Dual Rope Systems

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Designing Your Processes, Dynamic Directional, Offset Track Line, Online Training Education, Portable Anchors, Skate Blocks

Collaborative Precision: Mastering High-Angle Rescues with Dual Rope Systems In the intricate dance of technical rescue, team-based scenarios serve as both a challenge and a vital learning opportunity, unfolding in the complex terrain of high-angle environments. This particular operation delves deep into the nuances of executing a two-rope lower that transitions seamlessly into a trackline …

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Confined Space Rescue Split 4:1 Raise

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Confined Space Rescue, Mainline Systems and Operations, Mechanical Advantage, Portable Anchors / 11 Comments

Excerpt Taken From Rigging Lab Academy’s ~ Confined Space Rescue: Technician course Confined Space Rescue Split 4:1 Introduction With the introduction of Petzl Grillons, AZTEKs, and other small mechanical advantage devices, a lot of people don’t use a rig split 4:1 anymore. If you don’t have access to a Grillon or small mechanical advantage systems …

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Dynamic Directional Offset System Using an A-Frame and Natural High Directional

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Dynamic Directional, Elevated Anchor Systems, General Rigging, Highline Rigging, Horizontal Rigging, Offset Track Line, Pulley Systems, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage, Twin Tension Rope System, Twin Tension Rope System Clutch, Two (Twin) Tension Rope Systems, Two Rope Offsets, Two Tensioned Rope Rescue Systems / 10 Comments

Over time, we’ve found this style of deflection offset to be really fun. They have their limits, as with any system, but strength (when properly rigged and run) comes easy and we appreciate the versatility it offers. Large gaps or spans are typically the MO for dynamic directionals. We used a standard A-Frame configuration on …

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Floating the Litter Using an A-Frame and Gin Pole Trackline

By Lance Piatt / Anchors, Arizona Vortex, Artificial High Directional AHD, Elevated Anchor Systems, Litter Operations, Mainline Systems and Operations, Minimalist Mountain and Climber Rescue, Portable Anchors, Twin Tension Rope System, Twin Tension Rope System Clutch, Two (Twin) Tension Rope Systems / 253 Comments

Steep angle litter work can be about as difficult as any high angle rescue. The main reason is that the litter attendants will have to pick and choose the terrain while still maintaining patient contact and visual. This isn’t always doable and often teams are working with minimal personnel so choosing a system that works …

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How can rescue trainers use computers to find hidden treasures?

By Lance Piatt / Arizona Vortex, Artificial High Directional AHD, Portable Anchors, Principles of Learning, TerrAdaptor, Twin Tension Rope System, Twin Tension Rope System Clutch, Two (Twin) Tension Rope Systems, Two Rope Offsets, Two Tensioned Rope Rescue Systems / 13 Comments

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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What are some myths team leaders believe about hidden treasures that simply aren’t true?

By Lance Piatt / Arizona Vortex, Artificial High Directional AHD, How-To Concepts, Leadership, Principles of Learning, Twin Tension Rope System, Twin Tension Rope System Clutch, Two (Twin) Tension Rope Systems, Two Tensioned Rope Rescue Systems / 19 Comments

So, “the game is afoot”… Like Sherlock Holmes I was looking for something, anything that would get me closer to solving “the mystery of the missing retention”. I approached 3 people I knew could help me in this… Reed Thorne, who literally changed the scope and trajection of technical rope rescue and is a true …

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“You grow by putting yourself in an uncomfortable position. And I think we’ve done a lot of that in the last three days.”

By Lance Piatt / Arizona Vortex, Artificial High Directional AHD, Horizontal Rigging, How-To Concepts, Portable Anchors, Principles of Learning, Safe Practices, Twin Tension Rope System, Twin Tension Rope System Clutch, Two (Twin) Tension Rope Systems, Two Rope Offsets, Two Tensioned Rope Rescue Systems / 17 Comments

Hey friend! Are you a rope rescue professional that wants an easy to understand framework that explains how two tension systems and high directionals work? Are you working with the your team and wanting them to understand two tension systems and high directionals, but don’t know how to go about retraining your individual team members or even the entire …

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The Cost of Doing Business with a Dynamic Directional Between Gin-pole and A-Frame

By Lance Piatt / Artificial High Directional AHD, Blog, Confined Space Rescue, Dynamic Directional, RRG Gear Review / 50 Comments

The cost of rope rescue rigging and training, much less a rescue, has some inherent expenditures. There is the direct cost of the gear, which to some might seem like a lot, but in reality it pales in comparison to the costs of personnel and training. These can easily be broken down into professionals who …

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Elements of Rigging – Bombproof Anchors – Anchor Considerations in Rope Rigging Systems

By Lance Piatt / Anchoring, Anchors, General Rigging / 112 Comments

So what is a bombproof anchor much less one using an artificial high directional such as the Arizona Vortex Multipod? This question appears to stump, confuse and even frustrate many a rescuer and rigger. When it comes to high directionals, the complexity is even more concerning. It really shouldn’t though. Bombproof anchors have really two …

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How to calculate mechanical advantage within a progression!

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Petzl, Principles of Learning / 6,134 Comments

A mechanical advantage haul system reduces the effort required to raise a load. The mechanical advantage obtained is based on the pulley effect. 1. The pulley effect If we consider a load suspended on a rope, the rope passing through a pulley above the user, with the user’s hand holding the rope on …

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