Let’s take a look at the Petzl REEVE carriage pulley and some of its common uses. The REEVE is made from two high-efficiency pulleys mounted onto a rigging plate. This design simplifies setting up rescue systems on a highline by reducing the amount of equipment needed as well as reducing the overall height of …
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So as most of our community knows… we incredibly excited about the Two (Twin) Tension Rope System. Technically, it isn’t new, but newer. The system, like most paradigm shifts, need some time to acclimate. Not the system mind you… the teams, individuals and thus expectations, goals and SOPs. Rather than try to create “new” information …
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 …
Today at Rigging Lab Academy, we’re going to bust this myth that parallel mechanical advantage systems somehow add together and double mechanical advantage. There are arguments out there that two 3:1s side by side pulled on the same load are a 6:1, or two 5:1s are a 10:1. It’s not true, and we’re going to …
Parallel Hauls, Doubled Mechanical Advantage or Not? Read More »
All right, this is the rescue scenario we’re doing right now is called a twin-tension skate block. We have a victim up top, once again, he is a compliant climber. He’s either fallen on his fall arrest device or sitting in his work positioning device, unable to get out of it, and he’s unable to …
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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, …
So the operation that we ran here is a tracking line offset in conjunction with a two tension rope system. So the whole purpose of the tracking line offset is to be able to take the rescue package negotiate difficult obstacles that may be encountered while they travel down the cliff face. Outcroppings of rocks, …
I am pretty excited about the future of our community. Folks are talking more about what is important and designers, builders, techies, manufacturers, and instructors are all listening to each other… for the most part. 🙂 We are surrounded by amazing people. I have long desired to have a playground to build and adventure into things …
You Will Never Look at Small Gear Small Team Rescue the Same Again Read More »
You know how excruciatingly hard it is to negotiate any sort of edge without some sort of “blood bath”. You have given your life and soul to a purpose… to save lives and mitigate the challenges that would put you in the same sort of predicament your patient is in. An “edge” is going from …
Concepts in Thought: The Direction is Up and Off! Read More »
Two Tension Rope Systems Background: As a rescue community, it is accepted as best practice to employ a two-rope system in order to best protect life safety. Most traditionally up to this point the dedicated main dedicated belay (DMDB) has been common practice. This employs a technique in which the full amount of the load …
