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Australian Senior RTR instructor, Len Batley and USA Senior RTR Instructor, Reed Thorne at Glencoe in Scotland
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A massive two rope offset between the bluffs of Cheddar Gorge. Here, a specially constructed Sideways A-frame Arizona Vortex is used to manage the edge. You can see the opposite side Vortex gin pole set up if you look closely. 2018 Team Skills Rescue Workshop for Devon Somerset Fire & Rescue Brigade.
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The abutment of the long abandoned railroad bridge leading to the Meldon Quarry is the perfect venue for multiple rope operations in the 2018 Team Skills Rescue Workshop for Devon Somerset Fire & Rescue Brigade.
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Photo by Chris Onion of R3 Access and Rescue UK taken of a litter operation near The Lower Falls on the River Nevis. This was the 2018 Mountain Rescue Workshop in Scotland near Fort William.
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This Lower Falls is on the River Nevis and was the perfect venue for a multi-frame deflection line offset using the Arizona Vortex. Photo by Chris Onion during the 2018 Mountain Rescue Workshop in Fort William, Scotland
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Jonathan Hart of the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team leads the way up to the base of Ben Nevis from the Charles Inglis Clark Memorial Hut to search for a missing Polish climber who died (disappeared during snow storm) on the mountain several months earlier. Jonathan trained with RTR in a Team Skills Rescue Workshop in Duluth, MN over a decade ago. During the 2018 Scotland Mountain Rescue Workshop.
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Jonathan Hart of the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team goes over some of the equipment they use on rope rescues on Ben Nevis. Keith Thorne, kneeling, listens in. -
The upper station AZ Vortex gin pole setup by students for a long Cheddar Gorge two rope offset during the
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The 2018 Scotland Mountain Rescue Workshop students in 2018 working with a small tree as a "bombproof" anchor near an old rock quarry near Glencoe, Scotland.
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Members of the Devon/Somerset Fire and Rescue Services attended the
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An Arizona Vortex SA-Frame with "bombproof" rigging pod just behind at famous Somerset area Haytor Rocks during the
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Keith Thorne going over the components of a "bombproof" focused floating rigging pod at the long abandoned Meldon Quarry Railroad abutment near Okehampton.
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Students get creative with the use of Vortex parts to form an elaborate jamb pole anchoring system at the abandoned Meldon Quarry railroad abutment near Okehampton.
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The upper station AZ Vortex gin pole setup by students for a long Cheddar Gorge two rope offset during the 2018 Team Skills Rescue Workshop for Devon Somerset Fire & Rescue Brigade. -
Waldo Etherington of REMOTE ROPES LTD came and helped out at Haytor Rocks in Somerset during the
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Waldo Etherington of REMOTE ROPES LTD with Senior RTR Instructor, Len Batley, at the lower station of the Cheddar Gorge two rope offset in the
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Keith Thorne (accompanied also by Reed Thorne) on the Vertical Descents Via Ferrata in Kinlochleven, Scotland. It is Scotland's first via ferrata and Ropes That Rescue did a portion of the Mountain Rescue Workshop on the walls surrounding the gorge. It is a wonderful side adventure for those seeking a thrilling climb above a raging river and waterfalls!
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A massive long litter lower off the bluffs of Cheddar Gorge during the 2018 Team Skills Rescue Workshop for Devon Somerset Fire & Rescue Brigade. -
Keith Thorne going over the first 8 uses of the AZTEK kit with students at the long abandoned Meldon Quarry Railroad abutment near Okehampton. The abutment of the long abandoned railroad bridge leading to the Meldon Quarry is the perfect venue for multiple rope operations in the 2018 Team Skills Rescue Workshop for Devon Somerset Fire & Rescue Brigade. -
Using the abandoned Meldon Quarry bridge abutment venue. Here a student is practicing a single part rappel (use #5) on their personal AZTEK while being belayed from above by another student using AZTEK (use #4) during the Somerset Team Skills Rescue Workshop in 2018.
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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).
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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.
