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Peak Rescue Institute: Team Based Lower, Pick-Off, to Raise | Block and Tackle

Team Based Lower Pick-Off With adequate personnel for rigging and good communication, the team based lower pick-off is the method of choice for extricating and uninjured victim. The team based pick-off method is for patients… •Stranded without a rope on ledges or platforms •Suspended from climbing rope or safety tethers. •Patients needing extrication •Overly aggressive …

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Peak Rescue Institute: Team Based Lower Pick Off: Top Side Working Lines

By Lance Piatt / General Rigging, Personal Competencies, Team Competencies / 9 Comments

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Peak Rescue Institute: Twin Tension Rope System 1 | Block and Tackle

By Lance Piatt / Pulley Systems, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage, Team Competencies / 140 Comments

Two Rope System The Two Rope System is used as an alternative to deflection lines or Tyrolean traverses when spanning large gaps. It incorporates two main lines and two belay lines that work together. While one system lowers, the other raises. When the haul becomes to difficult for the hauling team, the lowering team simply …

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The AZTEK Elite Pulley System Kit

By Lance Piatt / 5th Class Litter Raise, AZTEK ELITE, General Rigging, Mechanical Advantage, Pulley Systems, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage / 16 Comments

AZTEK Elite Pulley System Kit Includes 1 ea. Rock Exotica Omni AZTEK Elite blue pulley 1 ea. Rock Exotica Omni AZTEK Elite system has become the ultimate Personal Mechanical Advantage kit that can be configured as a 5:1, or 4:1 mechanical advantage with a re-direct by just rotating the system. The AZTEK can be used as a …

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Rock Exotica Machined Pulleys: An RRG Signet Series Presentation | Block and Tackle

By Lance Piatt / Pulley Systems, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage / 6 Comments

Sometimes the simplest products are the easiest to cut corners on, such is not the case with Rock Exotica’s machined pulleys. Rock Exotica has reinvented the machined pulley. Their machined pulleys are milled from solid 7075 aluminum so they can take material away where it’s not needed and leave it where it is. The axle …

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Pulleys & Systems for Rescue & Industrial Rope Access

By Lance Piatt / Pulley Systems, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage / 17,091 Comments

Pulley Systems Introduction Victims in the field of rescue often times find themselves stranded somewhere well above head level on cliffs, mountains, bridges, buildings and other structures. The obvious challenge of importance to the rescue attempt is the need to get the victim down. Any ultimate benefit from the rescue maneuver hinges upon …

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Caving Rescue and Confined Spaces, PART 2 | Block and Tackle

By Lance Piatt / Anchoring, General Rigging, Pulley Systems, Scene Management, Team Competencies / 6 Comments

Part 2 of this High Definition video of two boys exploring a cave is sure to grab your attention. Be sure to watch Part 1. One boy falls into a cave. The Rescue Response Team responds and employs rope rescue gear and rescue techniques to successfully lower a medic to attend to the injured …

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Caving Rescue & Confined Spaces, PART 1 | Block and Tackle

By Lance Piatt / General Rigging, Pulley Systems, Scene Management / 7 Comments

Part 1 of this High Definition video of two boys exploring a cave is sure to grab your attention. One boy falls into a cave. The Rescue Response Team responds and employs rope rescue gear and rescue techniques to successfully lower a medic to attend to the injured boy. They then raise the boy …

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High Angle Raise with Vortex Side A-Frame, PART 2 FILE N.015 RESCUE RESPONSE TEAM | Block and Tackle

By Lance Piatt / General Rigging, Portable Anchors, Team Competencies / 3 Comments

Part 2 of this High Definition video features a climbing outing gone awry with a climber falling 60′ while checking the route at the edge before roping up. The Rescue Response Team responds employing a high angle raise with the Arizona Vortex side A-frame in tandem with a backboard immobilization lifting harness and litter …

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High Angle Raise with Vortex Side A-Frame, PART 1 FILE N.015 RESCUE RESPONSE TEAM | Block and Tackle

By Lance Piatt / General Rigging, Portable Anchors, Team Competencies / 3 Comments

Part 1 of this High Definition video features a climbing outing gone awry with a climber falling 60′ while checking the route at the edge before roping up. The Rescue Response Team responds employing a high angle raise with the Arizona Vortex side A-frame in tandem with a backboard immobilization lifting harness and litter …

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