KungFu Totem
Some friends in Hong Kong finding a new use for the Totem … and having way too much fun.
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One of many uses for the Totem CRT … As a rigging plate for lowering a heavy load. For example, lowering two people; rescuer and patient. A Rapid Access Team traveling light with GriGri2, a tube device and a Totem CRT has all the gear they need for an efficient lowering system. The GriGri2, by…
Mexico
Arrived in Monterrey, Mexico on the 7th of March. Here training 19 aspiring canyon guides. Four days on, three days off, four days on. From here on to Guadalajara for another seven days of training another group of guides. Home on the 27th. I have been coming to Mexico since 2003 – Monterrey, Guadalajara and…
Nature’s Temple
The soundtrack to my personal experiences in canyons is almost always Native American flute music. Surrounded by silence I hear the music in my head. I am at peace. Recently that silence was broken by the yelling and screaming of someone’s children. I back-tracked until I met six kids; guessing their ages ranged from six…
Totem turns 15
Time flies when you are having fun. It has been 15 years already since the Totem was introduced. I have especially enjoyed all the different ways users have come up with to use the Totem to solve rigging problems. Rewarding indeed. In honor of the 15th anniversary, we are updating the instruction sheets to reveal…
Thierry Achmetoff
I only met Thierry in person once. He attended a rendezvous in Arizona with his girlfriend, Enrica and my friend, Koen. He didn’t speak any English and I didn’t speak any French, but we communicated well nonetheless. I liked him a lot. He was a gendarme and had a good chuckle listening to me try…
