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1. Rock Rescue Academy Part 1: Learning to Rappel I'm no fan of heights, but somehow I wasn't (too) afraid as I backed up off the edge of a long way down under the watchful eyes of my Search & Rescue teammates, some from above, others with the lovely view from below ... thinking to mysel...
2. Rock Rescue Academy Part 3: Raising Systems Much of the time, technical rescues involve falls, with the rescuers descending to the victim and then raising that person back up in a litter. In this next phase of our Rock Rescue Academy training, new technical team members learned how to package...
3. Rock Rescue Academy Part 4: Learning To Belay If something goes wrong after you've gone over the edge, it sure is nice to have a belay to keep you from going down, fast. In this article, as with the others in my Rock Rescue Academy series, I'm writing from the perspective of one who'...
4. Rock Rescue Academy Part 2: Learning To Ascend & Rig Anchors That's what they told us in Search & Rescue training. Our instructors--my teammates--told those of us who are new to high-angle rescue that we should never, ever go over a cliff that we can't get back up on our own. They said we can never...