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Essential knots: Bowline on the bight (first stab…)

I’m just playing around with trying to illustrate some essential knots for LCMLA, and kicked[…]

Tyrolean Training Day, Jan 2019

Here’s some photos and data from the Tyrolean training day from this week, January 2019.[…]

Drop tests on SRT foot loop lanyard

For some time now, and for those of us sad enough, there’s been over a[…]

2017 Guidance on Suspension Trauma (get people down quick!)

Here’s a segment from a piece delivered at the 2017 ICAR (International Commission for Alpine[…]

Static and Dynamic tests on Petzl Rig (by Petzl)

For those using Petzl Rigs in Tyrolleans (and other applications!) the following set of recent[…]

Knots

Just found this on Petzls website: https://www.petzl.com/GB/en/Sport/Knots?ActivityName=Caving  Pretty much covers the knots you’d need as a[…]

Few photos from this weeks LCMLA training courses

Thanks to all who came along to this years North Wales Panel LCMLA training course.[…]

North Wales Panel Courses; 11th-15th December 2017

This year the North Wales Cave and Mine Leader Trainer/Assessor Panel will be putting on[…]

Tyrolean Theory

4 years of work finally complete.  If you spot any typos, keep it to yourself…

More bad anchors in Aberllyn

Last weekend we checked out a few suspect anchors in Aberllyn:  The anchors are not[…]