Rock Exotica’s Omni-Block swivel pulleys combine a swivel with a pulley in a patented design that saves vertical height and lets you remove and install the rope while keeping the pulley attached to the anchor. These patented devices revolutionized pulley use when they were introduced in 2005. The Omni-Block combines a pulley with a swivel […]
Vision, training and rehearsing are purposeful events. Rarely can someone envision future events without understanding the past as there is no understanding or interpretation without history. Training involves coaching, education, drills, guidance, discipline and a host of other “things”… in short, “training” can be disastrous if done inappropriately. Rehearsing however is something different. Rehearsing involves
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
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So before I jump into this, let’s get the definition correct here. Knowing there are deflected meanings to words these days, I am not referring to people or a person as a “tool” ( The Urban Dictionary has it this way… A guy with a hugely over-inflated ego, who in an attempt to get un-due
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Most people, at the end of each year, stand back and reflect on what was, what is and what should have been. An epoch season and epic events both apply to myself, our company and those around us. To date, we have produced somewhere between 600 and 700 technical rigging and rescue videos and has
I thought this was a super quick illustration to show how observation and proximity make a difference. The question, here is what is the mechanical advantage difference between a “ground hauler” or that of the “load hauler”. The significance is found in the frame of reference… the applied force to the input is what defines
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Thank you Rigging Lab Academy for this article… Tasty Tools and Sweet Tricks – By Marcel Rodriguez Every so often I encounter a tip, trick or tool that makes me wonder how I got along prior to learning of its existence. In this series of articles, I will share a few of the tricks and
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