SEE PHOTOS OF THE ARIZONA VORTEX:
Designed by Reed Thorne of Ropes That Rescue and Rock Thompson of Rock Exotica
ARIZONA VORTEX

WHAT IS THE ARIZONA VORTEX?
The ARIZONA VORTEX (or AZV) is so named from its development in the rugged highlands of northern Arizona’s Oak Creek Canyon through the rigging and rescue school, Ropes That Rescue. Reed Thorne, the school’s owner developed the AZV with the help of Rock Thompson at Rock Exotica, in Utah. The AZV was created from years of trial and error and of having worked with crude but functional lashed wood frames at RTR. It represents the essence of at-the-edge frames which no standard tripod can match today.
The ARIZONA VORTEX is manufactured from T-6 aluminum by Thompson Manufacturing Inc. (Rock Exotica) in Clearfield, Utah and is one of the most versatile and state of the art artificial high directional (AHD) available to rescue and rope access in industry. With training from Ropes That Rescue (the "Arizona" designer), you may use this frame in a variety of ways and in any number of environments from industry to wilderness. It is ideal for confined space rescue, mine rescue, cliff rescue and industrial rescue. It is also well suited to bridge inspectors, rope access, the construction trades and the movie industry.
SEE PHOTOS OF ARIZONA VORTEX: (all photos are copyrighted)
STANDARD SETUP OF THE AZV - PAGE #1
ADVANCED SETUP OF THE AZV - PAGE #2
To view MANY MORE PHOTOS of the ARIZONA VORTEX in Ropes That Rescue workshops arouind the world, go to our TRAINING VENUES. Click on each venue.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON:
- RTR description of the training on the ARIZONA VORTEX
- RTR coming to your agency and training YOUR AGENCY
- See Open Enrollment SCHEDULE for next Artificial High Directional Program (Arizona Vortex training)
- Contact RTR