Here’s a few photos from the 2 day course, including a few of the evenings SRT training. Hope they help!
Keeping safe rigging a traverse for group
Setting the ladder for group (note high anchor point, near the traverse line)
Rigging pitch head for group
Preparing to self lower with ladder dropped
Self lower with ladder dropped
Packing a bag for a pitch, with enough rope and gear for that pitch
Putting it into practice
Spot the rope sling?
See it yet?
Managing a stance
Self lowering having dropped the ladder
Rigging a pitch head, abseil for group
Managing the pitch head (note high rigging)
Managing abseil for group
Managing abseil for group
Rigging at the top of the pitch ready for ladder with group
The joys of ladders…
Easy access from ladder to pitch traverse thanks to high rigging, and ladder hanging from the nearest bolt to the traverse
Belaying ladder for group
Pretties…
…even in tha mine!
Wildlife
SRT training
SRT training
Ladder practice
Rigging pull through traverse
Rigging pull through traverse
Rigging pull through traverse
Pull through (releasable) abseil rigged with pull through traverse all set
Managing the pitch head
Setting up for pull through abseil
Preparing for pull through abseil
Yipeeee
Belaying through BOTH loops of a double bowline (bowline on a bite)
Remembering to tie off the stop if you need to go hands free
They joys of hauling
and hauing
and hauling
and hauling
and hauling
and hauling
and hauling
and hauling
Preparing a pull through releasable abseil
Italian hitch tied off
Italian hitch tied off
Italian hitch tied off
Italian hitch tied off
Italian hitch tied off
Italian hitch tied off
Pull through good to go
Pull through stance