“Technical rope rescue is a calling. The technician should find satisfaction through practice alone. When the opportunity to perform a vertical rescue does come along, the technician who knows his craft will be rewarded with a job well done.”
-from “Rigging in the Vertical Realm”, Rhodes and Thorne

Friday, October 23, 2009

Snohomish County Rope Rescue Manual

Representitives from departments in Zones 9, 11, and 12 are meeting to establish a standard set of operating procedures for rope rescue.

If you have any input or ideas, please contact your team coordinator and have them forward these ideas to the committee.

Monday, February 2, 2009



For anyone not familiar with the GRIGRI device in our bottom up lead climbing kit, this is an video is interesting.