Innovation in safety is a never ending quest, and Petzl often leads the way with new products. New solutions for old problems. They have recently come up with one that should make many the helicopter pilot happy. LEZARD Developed in partnership with the Peloton de Gendarmerie de...
Our training facility offers fall protection and tower climbing and safety rescue courses year round and we use a lot of rope. We tie it, play with it, work with it, cut it, stretch it, test it and break it. One of the brands we use...
You may not be familiar with CAMP USA, but you should be. This is the exclusive US importer and distributor of CAMP Technical Adventure Equipment, the 120 year-old Italian climbing and mountaineering brand. With offices near Boulder, CO they are making a stronger name for themselves throughout climbing, for both recreational and industrial applications.
Once in a while a product comes along that is truly better that the competition. The TurboChest by CAMP is, IMO, by far the best chest ascender on the market today.
Rescue plans We talk a lot about rescue plans and their importance. Some of our clients don’t seem to prioritize them, and some have ones that just are not quite what they should be. Part of what we do here is help people come together and...
History of Harnesses Fall protection harnesses have come a long way from the leather belts the tower industry started with. They come in all different colors and designs. The big daddy Cadillacs of the fall protection industry have knobs and buckles and all sorts of bells...
Practice [caption id="attachment_2526" align="alignnone" width="200"] Photo by Jason Shivers, ©ARISTOTLE INC[/caption] “Tomorrow’s battle is won during today’s practice.” – Old samurai proverb In today’s modern, productivity driven market it is easy to forget or marginalize the statistically unlikely. Deadly accidents don’t happen often enough to be a daily...
In conversations recently in training with clients, instructors and other safety professionals, the issue of a good rescue plan has come up consistently. There are still people out there climbing alone, driving alone, and relying on 911 as their sole plan for a rescue. Especially...
Two hikers rescued, two others missing after 'huge storm' dumps snow in Washington Search-and-rescue officials planned to renew their efforts Wednesday to locate a man and a woman missing in separate, remote parts of southwest Washington after a helicopter rescued two other hikers from waist-deep snow. Read...
Attention: Climbers and Safety Managers This needs to be taken as a serious point of discussion for both climbers and safety managers alike. How long has it been since you (or your employees) practiced a rescue? I regularly ask students in my classes this question and...