A-frame

A-frame, originally uploaded by clivenutton.

This weekend I was out with Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue team, in the Stump Cross Caverns area, to practice hauling casualties from shafts using tripods and A-frames. Some useful learning points emerged particularly when using the A frame. The degree to which the A-frame can be rotated around its base in order for it to be used to "crane" a casualty away from a cliff edge, while the structure maintained sufficient working stability, was especially handy to try out. Also measures to redirect the load and the application of pulley/rope capture systems were good to try out.

As always. it was fun to spend time with good people in beautiful surroundings. A Red Kite flew over, at one point, and on the drive home a female Sparrowhawk swooped across the road in front of the car. The weather was also very kind to us.