Confined Space Rope Rigging Rescue Equipment

ARIZONA VORTEX v.1.0 during Advanced Skills Rescue Workshop in Oak Creek Canyon, AZ in 1998. Here, the AZV is being used as a modified easel A Frame to support a highline around a precipice of rock. The easel leg is very short in this case and the A frame is parallel to the highline.

A Frame

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ARIZONA VORTEX v.1.0 set up on sloping 900' highline during 2002 Canyon Rescue Workshop "Skunk Camp" in Grand Staircase Nat. Monument. Notice that this A Frame is held exclusively by the highline itself and requires no guying.

A Frame

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ARIZONA VORTEX v.1.0 used as a twin-guyed A Frame high directional during steep angle evacuation in Duluth, MN Team Skills Rescue Workshop in 2002.

SA Frame

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ARIZONA VORTEX v.1.0 used as a twin-guyed SA Frame above a confined space. All three legs were used on each side to facilitate the vertical-to-horizontal removal of full litter. A dynamic butt block was used (bottom left) to direct forces down on the bipod.
Duluth, MN Team Skills Rescue SemWorkshopinar

Lazy Leg SA Frame

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ARIZONA VORTEX v.1.0 used at the Grand Canyon in a modified "Lazy Leg" SA Frame application. The easel leg is used as the lazy leg to balance the SA Frame, hence, no guying is needed.