Tag:Rope Rescue
Vertical Rescue – Level 02 10 April 2024 The Introduction to Rope Responder course run by Bill Proctor was so good that I signed up for the next level: Introduction to Rope Technician, a four-day training course. On day one, we entered the world of artificial high directionals in earnest! We practiced rigging a gin pole in the “lab” and in the afternoon we crossed the road and set up a system that would allow us to move a litter […]
Vertical Rescue – Level 01 WRITE 7 April 2024 I attended the Introduction to Rope Responder course, a three-day training course delivered by the always excellent Bill Proctor from Safety Access & Rescue in Lawson. A group of keen and like-minded participants spent time revising and learning new knots, constructing single and multi point anchors, constructing lowering and raising systems and of course rapelling and ascending. Day one was all about the law and standards, risk management, safety systems and […]
