Rigging for Rescue Blog
58th RQS Ice Climbing & Rescue Workshop
San Juan Pickoff: a lowering based pickoff with a self-managed belay Approaching a station on a multi-pitch lower Vertical litter orientation is commonly utilized for patient safety on waterfall ice [...]
Khumbu Climbing Center – Advanced Rescue Course
Rigging for Rescue instructors are in Nepal, training the Sherpa climbing guides at the Khumbu Climbing Center (KCC). The KCC is located in the village of Phortse. Rigging for Rescue instructors have been volunteering time [...]
Stairway to Heaven SAR exercise
This past weekend, a multi-agency SAR training exercise convened on the classic SW Colorado multi-pitch ice climb, Stairway to Heaven. The scenario was designed as a pre-plan training for what would be a very challenging [...]
Remote San Juan Ice Climbing
The early season ice climbing in the San Juan's continues to deliver in spades! What a start to our winter. Frank and I visited an old stomping ground of mine and found just about perfect [...]
Ouray Ice Park – encouraging start to winter
Winter has arrived early in our home base of Ouray, Colorado. The Ouray Ice Park Ice Farmers turned on the water system during the first week of November. The temps have been very favorable for [...]
2019 Calendar Now Live
Rigging for Rescue is preparing for another great year in 2019! Our program calendar is now live on the Programs section of our website with open registration. Some notable changes to our lineup include a number of [...]
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