Cascadia Highline - 7/24/2010

Thought I'd add a few pictures from our "highline" training from last weekend... Highlines are one of the more complicated rigging tasks that we do in our mountain rescue operation. In general, they require a lot of gear and a lot of people to operate efficiently, but when you REALLY need to transport a rescuer and subject across a span, it's one of the best ways to do so. Anyway, enjoy the pics! :)


Scott attaching himself to the rigging as the "patient" attendent


The operating crew deep in rigging related though! :)


And we have lift off!


For this exercise, our "span" was the S. Santiam river at Cascadia State Park.


Certianly one of the more scenic locations for this training! :)


In this picture, a Norwegian reeve is added to the highline to lower Mike to a "subject".


This rig allows the rescuer to move both horizontally and vertically without having to adjust the tension in the track-line (ie, it's easier).