Just finished up the third day of presentations at the 2009 International Technical Rescue Symposium. Highlight presentations include Mike Gibbs (Rigging for Rescue); Parallel Plaquettes (lightweight rescue systems, Greg Churchman (Rescue Consulting Canada); “looking for the best descent and lowering devices”; Jim Kovach (All About Ropes); Fall Factors: Do Not Apply to Rope Rescue and Rope Access. Also, Multipoint Rescue Anchor Systems, The Broader Impacts of rope Rescue: Rescuing Fossils and Geologists and How To Build a [Zap] Line.
More to come, but have a look at some of the ITRS papers. Check it out for 2010 in Golden Colorado.
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