Artificial High Directional – RTR

Recognizing the need for advanced-level train-the-trainer instruction on the use of any “artificial high directional” (AHD) or high-angle rescue system, Ropes That Rescue is now offering the 7-day ARTIFICIAL HIGH DIRECTIONAL WORKSHOP, suitable for fire emergency and rope access professionals. Reed Thorne, co-designer of the Arizona Vortex, developed this AHDW. It aims to assist rope rescue instructors. The workshop provides information on using manufactured high directionals. This workshop suits any manufactured or improvised high directional. It excludes wood frames. However, this includes devices like the Larkin Frame, SMC Terradaptor, or Ferno Aracnipod. Students must bring these specific AHDs if they want training on them.

This program concentrates generally on constructed frames. Therefore, it does not intend to teach highlines, advanced pulley systems, or offsets, although it touches on some of these. Physics, as it relates to high directionals, is covered in an extensive manual and several lectures. This high-angle rescue course is a hands-on workshop on the use and correct implementation of AHDs for industry and wilderness settings. The Artificial High Directional Workshop also effectively teaches rope access professionals the benefits of constructed frames in their work.

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