SRT Rescue

[DrewB]

If you climb predominantly on srt (wrench, uni) and had to do an aerial rescue which involved lifting the casualty, what technique would be the best? apart from just brute strength of course:001_smile:

[Ewan Murray]

Saw a simple system from Scott Forest when you tie a prussick to your spliced end of your line then the prussick to your hitchclimber leaving the eye free taking up the slack with the prussick side and on your standard climbing hitch e.g VT,Knut etc then when the casualty is reached connect the splice to them and release the prussick which will lift them up hopefully! sorry didnt take any photos Drew. Its pretty simple. Some sort of progress capture set up maybe utilizing a pro traxion would work?

[onelab]

I think Drew was referring to rescuing someone who needs lifting, when the rescuer is on a SRT system.

 

I may be wrong though.

[Ewan Murray]

Ahh yeah just re read that sorry for wasting space haha! Maybe you could attach them above you on your srt line then move off your line get groundies to set up some sort of progress capture set up at the base when lifted out of trouble the casualty can be lowered down on your srt line.

[DrewB]

the complicatedness of that explnation is what has prompted the question! interested to hear of different scenarios. i reckon this could be interesting. cheers ewan (and onelab)

[Dan Curtis]

Tie the casualty to yourself however you normally would. Ascender on their line above them with a micro pulley and cord with big splice.tie one end to casualty, splice on your foot, stand up on it to lift them. Sit down (slowly!) to take their weight onto your gear. Then disconnect whatever system they're using. If that makes sense?!i think there is a version like this on the vtio website, though only covers static access lines, not srt as work positioning

[Dak]

Imagine the tachyon is Casuaties line .

Set above climber drop down attach casualty to you and/or new system, use 3:1 advantage to raise casualty.

 

Just something I chucked together quickly! Hardware could be varied and achieve same result but I don't need to tell you that...

 

think 3:1 would help with fatties!

[Dak]

Better pic

[Will Ayers]

saw a similar rescue set up at a comp in the new forest a few years back, never saw a rescue though, i was up the work climb tree being a tech. anyone remember that one? what did they do?

[DrewB]

cheers dave, forgot about that way!