Today, we are at Deschutes Brewery in Bend Oregon. The scenario is an industrial rescue and access context and we are needing to perform rope access work over the railing on an industrial cat-walk. Anchor considerations are the prime focus at this point and truly, any “roped” activity. We have looked at top rope scenarios …
Industrial Rope Access Anchor Considerations Part 1 Read More »
Three-way loading of carabiners. This issue is often presented as black-and-white and is rarely given much consideration. Most users know that manufacturers warn against certain loadings but what does this really mean? Carabiner manufacturers show that is acceptable to clip a “basket sling” however there must be a relationship between the sling angle and the …
This Video Series is Sponsored by Anchoring underpins all of our rope based activities and each of these will have varying requirements overlaid with restrictions dictated by the site. The V-Anchor is a simple a versatile approach to anchoring which can be readily applied to a range of roping contexts: abseiling, rappelling, top-rope top-belay climbing, …
This Video Series is Sponsored by Part of the V-Anchor Series V-Anchors Anchoring underpins all of our rope based activities and each of these will have varying requirements overlaid with restrictions dictated by the site. The V-Anchor is a simple a versatile approach to anchoring which can be readily applied to a range of roping …
This Video Series is Sponsored by V-Anchors Anchoring underpins all of our rope based activities and each of these will have varying requirements overlaid with restrictions dictated by the site. The V-Anchor is a simple a versatile approach to anchoring which can be readily applied to a range of roping contexts: abseiling, rappelling, top-rope top-belay …
This Video Series is Sponsored by Friction is something I’ve known a bit about for a long time however I have only come to understand its application to rope based activities recently. In rock-climbing rope friction can be a friend and a foe. All of our belays function because of friction. We can hold falls …
V Anchor System: Friction Top Rope Top Belay, Climber Rescue GriGri Read More »
This Video Series is Sponsored by Friction is something I’ve known a bit about for a long time however I have only come to understand its application to rope based activities recently. In rock-climbing rope friction can be a friend and a foe. All of our belays function because of friction. We can hold falls …
V Anchor System: Friction Top Rope Top Belay, Climber Rescue Tubular Belay Device Read More »
This video shows only a brief encounter with “suspect material” and that not every placement is a good one. No camming units were hurt in this making of this video. Building anchors with camming units (also know as cams or SLCDs) is not nearly as easy as it may appear. Each cam is rated for …
Building Anchors with Spring Loaded Cams: Pull Test Using Metolius Camming Units. Read More »
