Excerpt from “A Guide to Artificial High Directionals & Two Tension Rope Systems” To review, this simplest way to make sure it’s stable is to visualize your resultants and make sure they’re landing within the footprint of your system. Then provide some guying for stability and the insurance that in the event that someone should […]
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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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There can be a big difference between the theoretical efficiency of a pulley system and its actual efficiency. Here are test results from the Petzl lab. 1. Efficiency depending on the device used at the head of the system. The force required to raise a 100 kg mass was tested under several configurations with different
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Over the last year or so I have been trying to up my rigging game with the main focus being “rigging light, rigging quick, rigging solid and rigging efficient”. I will be the first to admit that all for all of this to happen at the same time it is a special day. I will
The Purpose (Vision) We have always encouraged experimentation and creativity when learning. I do my best to take the advice of people I respect. The other day I sat in the studio thinking about some unused space we have and decided to build a test piece… a small slot canyon where a hiker needed to
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
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What to learning something well?… “Do it yourself “. Well, this isn’t always the case, but for me (right now) it is. While not obsessed, I am really curious as to what a true minimally viable raise and lower system looks and feels like. Remember the 3 types of learning?….. Vision, Auditory and Kinesthetic. Well,
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Skate blocks are aerial track systems that are considered by many to be simpler to rig than a traditional highline system… and often much more effective. Enjoy this training video There are numerous variations to the “skate block” Often a skate block only requires one rescuer to climb the structure and anchor the change of
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Skate blocks are aerial track systems that are considered by many to be simpler to rig than a traditional highline system… and often much more effective. Enjoy this training video from Coming Soon release of Confined Space Rescue from Ronin Safety and Rescue. There are numerous variations to the “skate block” Often a skate block
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