Ultimate – the best achievable or imaginable of its kind. Can we have The Ultimate Gear List for anything? Probably not, but we can put some thought into what that might look like. Before we get to the list, let us outline where this gear cache came from. In building this course with Jason Ilowite …
The Gear Used In Artificial Highlines and Two Tension Rope Systems Read More »
To understand rigging is to understand at least some aspects of trigonometry and vector physics. The knowledge of angles, components, and resultants is synonymous with quality rope rigging. To study vectors is to study the physical qualities of force that has both direction and magnitude. There are two important distinctions we make in quantifying attributes …
Ice Breaker: The goal of “thinking beyond our thoughts” or metacognitive strategies is to help us become comfortable with developing strategy. Why is this so vitally important to us as humans, riggers, and rescuers? We as people, especially in today’s world, tend to take the easy way out and “believe” what we are told and this …
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 …
Pulley system efficiency tests with Petzl Maestro, I’d S, Pro Traxion and RollClip Read More »
This is a really quick look at one of the many ways a tracking skate-block can be built and run. We often hear of folks looking for a easy way to get people from “top to bottom” without having to deal with the headaches of “the math”. And so while you’ll never be able to …
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Obviously anchoring as a concept is a huge topic. The variations in any given anchoring course can range wildly depending on the vision, scope, knowledge and imagination a give team or person has. Here is what a typical anchoring course would look like. I have rounded them out to 10 topics. Anchor Points Selection and …
Question: Two or More Vectors Added Together = Applied Force = Resultant I think we all want the best. We want a stellar life. But when you get past things like Marriage? Kids? Friends? You might think of cars, houses and jobs… then what? If we are honest with ourselves, we are struggling with at …
The Story For a long time you were the lone wolf. Making decisions about life and your team’s future and basing the decisions off of what you thought would be best… without much input from others. We’ve all been in that place and now… we need to rethink how we are making decisions and planning …
Working on the Horizon Line: Seeing What Lurks Below Requires a Higher Vantage Point Read More »
As Torrey and I travel around the country filming and managing a very large amount of footage, it has become very apparent to me that one product has become, what I would call… an “emerging product”. While in days past, the AZTEK was (and still is to some degree) the work horse for rigging systems… …
The Petzl Jag System Has Become A Go To Tool For At Height Workers and Rescuers Read More »
