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Rope Rescue
Grant Prattley

Let’s lighten the load

Let’s lighten the load After a particularly arduous 24hrs underground and 1000m of hauling on a deep cave SAREX(Search And Rescue EXercise) we started our

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Abseiling
Grant Prattley

Sheet Bend vs Bowline Knot

A knot that drives you around the bend! On a cave excursion through Bulmer cave system (New Zealand) I noticed, on two occasions, a single

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Canyoning
Grant Prattley

Rig a big canyon pitch

Rig a big canyon pitch Over the past few years, we have been descending some bigger canyon pitches. By this I mean the pitch is longer

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Risk management
Grant Prattley

What is your risk priority?

Or risk management in the real world. For the past few months, I have started to use the term ‘risk priority’ to describe how to

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Pulley Systems
Grant Prattley

Pulley versus carabiner efficiency

Pulley versus carabiner efficiency. It’s always a good idea to be prepared for self-rescue when you are out and about climbing, caving, canyoning, or mountaineering.

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Instruction
Grant Prattley

6 Training Tools for Instructors

6 Training Tools for Instructors. This article was originally written for the training of SAR volunteers however, the principles here I think are universally applicable to

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Canyoning
Grant Prattley

Which bends for joining ropes?

This article has been updated in 2020 with all the bends retested and lots more information on variations including small and large diameters. Check it

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