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The ASM International Geodesic Dome is a surprise venue that RTR uses for its Structural Tower Rescue Workshop when that program is offered in the yearly Cleveland schedule. Probably one of the most amazing structures to do climbing and rope operations off of one could ever imagine. ASM stands for "American Society for Metals"
See more photos of this dome in this slider.
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A litter scoop below the bridge truss work of the Hope Memorial Bridge (Lorain-Carnegie Bridge) from a deflected offset above.
This bridge is used for thePSRW (Personal Skills Rescue Workshop), TSRW (Team Skills Rescue Workshop), ASRW (Advanced Skills Rescue Workshop), OHRW (Offset/Highline Rescue Workshop), STRW (Structural Tower Rescue Workshop) andthe IRW (Industrial Rescue Workshop) -
Brian Harting, here climbing on the ASM International Geodesic Dome during the 2018 Structural Tower Rescue Workshop in Cleveland, is the main driving force behind all of the spectacular venues used by RTR during all of the various workshops offered. Without him, we would not be having the wide diversity of programs offered. Brian has done stellar work in getting these venues organized. That is NO small task!
Brian is Lieutenant at Bedford Fire Department in Ohio outside of Cleveland. Also, he is Team Leader for the Ohio Region 2 Urban Search and Rescue and Rescue Squad Officer for the Ohio Task Force 1 FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Team.
Thank you very much, Brian, for making the Cleveland RTR programs such a huge success!
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Students during the
Artificial High Directional Workshop in 2019 perform a tracking line offset working off the Progressive Field light tower high above the scoreboard. -
The light tower is over 250' high above the bleachers and foyer of Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland. Here students perform a tracking line lower off of the structure during the 2019
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Working inside the food court foyer at Progressive Field with a pick-and-skate operation with students during the 2019 Artificial High Directional Workshop in Cleveland.
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A litter scoop below the bridge truss work of the Hope Memorial Bridge (Lorain-Carnegie Bridge) from a deflected offset above. This bridge is used for the PSRW (Personal Skills Rescue Workshop), TSRW (Team Skills Rescue Workshop), ASRW (Advanced Skills Rescue Workshop), OHRW (Offset/Highline Rescue Workshop), STRW (Structural Tower Rescue Workshop) andthe IRW (Industrial Rescue Workshop) -
A unique anchoring arrangement dubbed by the students "The Cleveland T Bar" due to its shape, was used for a twin trackline English Reeve Highline on the Hope Memorial Bridge in downtown Cleveland during the Offset Highline Rescue Workshop in 2018. Several AZ Vortex parts (and AZORP heads) where used along with a capstan winch for tensioning.
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The Holden Arboretum in Kirtland near Cleveland has a wooden structure called the Kalberer Family Emergent Tower which is 120' high taking 220 steps to reach the summit. It is the classic venue for rope operations in a seemingly wilderness environment. RTR has used the structure for past programs including the Team Skills Rescue Workshop, and the Offset Highline Rescue Workshop.
See other photos of this tower in this slide show.
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Working within the Cleveland NASA Glen Research Center is a real privilege for the students and Ropes That Rescue. You can only be admitted if you are an American citizen (with a background check).
Here we are showing an Arizona Vortex capstan winch stand inside the offices for a multi-floor rope rescue operation.
See other photos of this venue on this slide show.
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Students working inside the food court foyer at Progressive Field with a pick-and-skate operation with students during the 2019 Artificial High Directional Workshop in Cleveland. This operation was a pick-and-skate litter scoop with plenty of sophistication for the rigging enthusiast. Notice the hanging upside down rigging pod using the AZORP head. See other photos of Progressive Field in this slide show.
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The ASM International Geodesic Dome is a surprise venue that RTR uses for its Structural Tower Rescue Workshop when that program is offered in the yearly Cleveland schedule. Probably one of the most amazing structures to do climbing and rope operations off of one could ever imagine. ASM stands for "American Society for Metals"
See more photos of this dome in this slider.
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The Holden Arboretum in Kirtland near Cleveland has a wooden structure called the Kalberer Family Emergent Tower which is 120' high taking 220 steps to reach the summit. It is the classic venue for rope operations in a seemingly wilderness environment. RTR has used the structure for past programs including the Team Skills Rescue Workshop, and the Offset Highline Rescue Workshop.
Here a Norwegian Reeve Highline with pick off is used off the top of the Emergent Tower.
See other photos of this tower in this slide show.
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The Holden Arboretum in Kirtland near Cleveland offers some unique possibilities for rigging steep tracking line offsets and highlines off the wooden structure called the Kalberer Family Emergent Tower. Here, the need to improvise a bottom station anchor in the middle of the access road to avoid the tree canopy produced a new Vortex setup which we called "The Holden Kickstand". RTR has used the structure for past programs including the Team Skills Rescue Workshop, and the Offset Highline Rescue Workshop.
See other photos of Holden Arboretum in this slide show.
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Working inside the food court foyer at Progressive Field with a pick-and-skate operation with students during the 2019 Artificial High Directional Workshop in Cleveland. Here, a litter scoop of a hanging student from a deflection offset is being used with a high angle rope rescue operation.
See additional photos of this venue in this slide show.
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One of the beautiful wilderness venues offered to us in the Cleveland area where we get to use natural anchors, including rock pro. This particular site is called the Euclid Creek Reservation and involved the crossing of a river which makes it ideal for offsets and highlines during the Offset Highline Rescue Workshop.
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Working within the Cleveland NASA Glen Research Center is a real privilege for the students and Ropes That Rescue. You can only be admitted if you are an American citizen (with a background check).
Here we are showing a three frame
Arizona Vortex elaborate operation during the Industrial Rescue Workshop and Artificial High Directional Workshop with a tracking line offset and capstan winch stand inside the wind generator at the GRC. See other photos of this venue on this slide show.
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Hawaiian Shirt Day! Certificates and students of the Industrial Rescue Workshop at Progressive Field in 2018.
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An A-Frame using the Arizona Vortex is our top station for a steep highline on the Hope Memorial Bridge (Lorain-Carnegie Bridge). This bridge is used for the Industrial Rescue Workshop, Team Skills Rescue Workshop, Personal Skills Rescue Workshop, Structural Tower Rescue Workshop and the Offset Highline Rescue Workshop when RTR teaches its yearly programs in Cleveland, Ohio. Hawaiian Shirt Day! See other photos of this venue on this slide show.
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We have found that the ASM International Geodesic Dome is a surprise venue that RTR uses for its Structural Tower Rescue Workshop when that program is offered in the yearly Cleveland schedule. Probably one of the most amazing structures to do climbing and rope operations off of one could ever imagine. ASM stands for "American Society for Metals"
Here, an elaborate litter pass operations where the rescuer and adjunct are passed through numerous intermediate anchor points and then skated to the bottom. Brian Harting is the litter attendant.
See more photos of this dome in this slider.
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The ASM International Geodesic Dome is a surprise venue that RTR uses for its Structural Tower Rescue Workshop when that program is offered in the yearly Cleveland schedule. Probably one of the most amazing structures to do climbing and rope operations off of one could ever imagine. ASM stands for "American Society for Metals"
See more photos of this dome in this slider.
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Students during the Structural Tower Rescue Workshop using the truss structure of the Hope Memorial Bridge (Lorain-Carnegie Bridge). See other photos of this venue on this slide show.
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RTR has been 'sponsoring' (Adopt-A-Highway) a two mile section of Arizona scenic highway 89-A in Oak Creek Canyon since 1993. This beautiful scenic section is just above Midgley Bridge and includes a spectacular vista of the red rock Mitten Ridge and famous Teapot Rock (just behind the right sign post). -
This John William Waterhouse painting illustrates Alfred Tennyson's poem The Lady of Shalott. Draped over the boat is the fabric the lady wove in a tower near Camelot. But she brought a curse on herself by looking directly at Sir Lancelot. With her right hand she lets go of the chain mooring the boat. Her mouth is slightly open, as she sings 'her last song'. She stares at a crucifix lying in front of her. Beside it are three candles, often used to symbolize life. Two have blown out. This suggests her life will end soon, as she floats down the river.
From Reed Thorne: The classic Brittish Pre-Raphaelite style John William Waterhouse painting of The Lady of Shalott from the Tenneyson Poem. The painting is my favorite classical piece found in the Tate Museum in London. I stood in awe of it when I visited the Tate in 1974.
