As with any form of technical rescue, the potential for success begins with a solid foundation. For example, working within a collapsed building, most shoring starts with a sole plate; Trench ...

This month’s article continues our focus on an advanced skill in the world of rope rescue; that skill being tensioned highlines. Tensioned highlines can be a useful skill in the wilderness and even an ...

We still use belay lines when raising or lowering our personnel distances of 12 feet or more. There are many ways to accomplish this task, but when multiple rescuers must enter a space in which ...