Aerial Rescue Counterbalance Technique.

[ben-jammin]

Saw this at the show this weekend but cant quite remember how it was set up. The rescuer and casualty are on the same line on opposite sides of a pulley at the anchor point and the rescuer is able to lift the casualty eg. out of crotches, by transferring his weight somehow. There's slack generation and a couple of prussics involved but i cant quite remember it!!

 

any one able to help or got their camera out at the demo and has a couple of pics of the setup?

 

thanks.

[DrewB]

hitch on both sides of your rope. have about 1m between hitch and termination splice on your climbing line. clip the victim into the termination splice on your climbing line. climb up until the rope becomes tight then descend on the hitch above the victim to raise them. way easier with pics sorry bro

[Peter]

How about if the victim is significantly heavier than rescuer, and unconscious/unable to assist?

[DrewB]

still works pete. if your not running a rope guide though its bloody hard.

[skyhuck]

How about if the victim is significantly heavier than rescuer, and unconscious/unable to assist?

 

Get fat groundie to pull tail of rope.

[Peter]

Or use the GRCS....

[skyhuck]

Should the rescue climber always be heavier than the guy in the tree??

 

Maybe we need some more legislation??

[Johny Walker]

Should the rescue climber always be heavier than the guy in the tree??

 

Maybe we need some more legislation??

 

no we dont ,

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Originally Posted by skyhuck

Should the rescue climber always be heavier than the guy in the tree??

 

Maybe we need some more legislation??

 

 

Hear hear Skyhuck

But first they should set up a government funded 'think tank' to see if we need more legislation. Costs about £15million to tell us what we already know and to fabricate some nonsense in order to justify their jobs!

Bring on the beloved paper work, we love it!!!

[Jamie]

rescuing someone froma croll is similar to how you described.

 

how about this.

 

get to casualty,

attach jammer / prussic abovecasualty on rope.

attach carabiner to bottom of jammer (ascender), thread footloop / rope / tat through carabiner and attach to casualty,

step on the footloop / loop tied in the rope

this should balance you and casualty then haul them over with a minor amount of brute strength.

 

or acsend on ascenders, clip casualty to harness then keep climbing, then change over into your decending gear (stop / rig/ fig. 8) and go down (it does work, just drink your can of 'man the **** up' first)

 

those are IRATA style rescues.