Rigging for Rescue Blog
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 [...]
Khumbu Climbing Center – Advanced Rescue Course
Rigging for Rescue instructors Dave Shuman and Philippe Wheelock recently returned from a month in Nepal, having volunteered their time to instruct the advanced rope rescue course for the Khumbu Climbing Center (KCC) in the [...]
SAR Tech Training in Quebec
This past week we have been instructing a Rigging for Rescue Waterfall Ice Climbing & Rescue Workshop for a SAR Tech Squadron in Quebec, Canada. The SAR Techs have a similar mission profile to a [...]
Waterfall Ice Workshop – Ouray
Basic principles of rope rescue follow the LAST components of Locate, Access, Stabilize, and Transport. Waterfall Ice is no different on the big picture sequence of events; but the techniques, strategies, and terrain challenges certainly [...]
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