Rock and Moor - Technical Rigging

2 Days

Advanced

South Devon

Ratio: Up to 6 clients to 1 instructor:

1:1 £400
1:2 £220
1:4 £110
1:6 £75

About the Technical Rigging course:

This technical rigging course is aimed at experienced outdoor rock climbers and outdoor instructors and professionals looking to develop and grow a personal understanding of the safety factors and redundancy required in tensioned line rigging systems.

With years of experience in Industrial Rope Access as an IRATA Level 3 supervisor and a decade of experience training the Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team in technical rigging, your instructor Mike Roberts can help you develop the principals and techniques of safe systems for hauling and lowering as well as multi-directional rigging and Tyrolean high lines.

Day one of this two day course will look at equipment inspection, strength ratings and some theoretical loadings of tensioned lined systems as well as building in safety factors and redundancy. We will put this into practice and rig some tensioned lines with a digital load cell observe the real forces applied in practice.

Day two will be a full day of practical rigging including team work and lots of safety chain analysis along the way.

The technical rigging course will take place in South Devon (we will discuss which venue will be best for you).

Objectives of the technical rigging course:

Gain a good understanding of the Theory and Practical elements below:

  • Understanding equipment requirements limitations.
  • The Three Principals of Rigging for Rescue:
    1. Safe System Static Factor (SSSF10:1) – some big sums!
    2. System redundancy
    3. Whistle stop hold up test
  • Anchor selection, natural anchors, placed protection, in-situ gear
  • Building full strength belays
  • Multi directional rigging
  • Mechanical advantage pulley systems
  • Load sharing while hauling and lowering loads
  • Releasable Tyrolean rigging (Kootenay Highline)
  • Rope management

Included:

  • Highly qualified and experienced technical rope specialist rock climbing instructor
  • Use of all essential rock climbing equipment such as climbing harness, helmet, belay device, ropes

All you will need to bring:

  • Warm, comfortable clothing appropriate to the day. It is always worth packing waterproofs.
  • Packed lunch and a drink
  • Comfy trainers to climb in (or climbing shoes if you have some).
  • A ‘Go for it’ mental attitude

If you have your own personal climbing equipment, such as harness, helmet, belay device, screw gate karabiner etc. do please bring them along.

Previous experience:

Experienced outdoor rock climbers and outdoor instructors and professionals with a good understanding of standard rope skills.