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Content on this page is published for information purposes only and some of the techniques may be experimental in nature. All required safety equipment may not be illustrated or shown. Randall's Adventure and Training does not guarantee the safety of any technique. We do not certify the accuracy of any test data. If you decide to use any of this information, you do so at your own risk.

STUDY GUIDES:

• Randall's Adventure SAR Land Navigation PowerPoint (RAT classroom instruction guide)
• Randall's Adventure Wilderness Rope Operations (RAT classroom instruction guide)
• National Park Service Technical Rescue Manual (Guidelines for technical rescue)

CALCULATORS:

• Land Nav Calculator (Excel calculator to quickly measure distance and azimuth)
• Coordinate Conversion Calculators (.zip file for quickly converting LAT/LONG to UTM and UTM to LAT/LONG)
• Anchor Tension Calculator (Excel calculator for measuring anchor forces in various configurations)
• Angle / Force Formula (Formula to calculate forces on redirects and anchors)
• Friction Calculator (Excel calculator for measuring holding force of friction in a rope system)
• Fall Tension Calculator (Excel calculator for measuring maximum rope tension during a fall)
• 3 Sigma Calculator (Excel calculator for 3 Sigma rating in destructive testing)

MISC. TECHNICAL ROPE INFO:

• 3σ (3 Sigma Testing)  (Used by many technical gear manufacturers for quality control testing)
• Capstan Equation (How to calculate friction holding forces in a rope system)
• Friction Considerations (Friction influence on a system)
• Frog System (Basic frog ascending system for single rope)
• Vertical Gear Loadout  What we carry in our vertical adventure and rescue packs)
• Destructive Testing (Non-certified testing in the RAT shop)
• GriGri+ Testing (Destructive testing on a Petzl GriGri+)

RAT RESCUE ILLUSTRATIONS:

• Mechanical Advantage (Illustrations of various systems)
• Hauling Efficiency (Effects of angles / vector forces in a raising system)
• Highline Vector Forces (Effects of anchor loading due to vector forces)
• Compound Anchor Forces (Effects of vector forces on compound anchors)
• High Directional Forces (Effects of vector forces on high directionals)
• Guided Rappels (Getting your team down and around obstacles)
• Buddy Rappel (Single rope, one descender, two people)
• Traveling Haul (Raising a load from the bottom)
• Counterbalance Raise (Raising on single rope with climbers)
• Twin Trackline w/ Single Rope (Twin trackline using limited gear for short spans)
• Inline Break-In (Using a set of 4s to break into a loaded line)
• Single Rope Anchor (Build an anchor, lower and raise on the same rope)
• Quick Tensioning Systems (How to build the Voodoo  and Poldo)

MISCELLANEOUS INFO:

• Calculating Distance (Methods to determine unknown distance in the field)