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Private Instruction and Coaching
If our course schedule or objectives do not align with yours, consider private instruction and mentoring. You will receive the utmost in personal attention and have the ability to progress at your own pace. BENEFITS TO YOU
Dec
8
Mechanical Advantage – Las Vegas
December 8 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm MST
$45.00
In this classroom workshop you will increase your understanding of mechanical advantage and its applications. Not just for rescue; you will learn practical applications for tensioning rope systems and how mechanical advantage can either increase or decrease the loads we put on our anchors.
Topics covered will include:
- simple, compound and complex mechanical advantage
- the difference between theoretical and actual mechanical advantage
- understanding the T method for calculating mechanical advantage
- when friction works for us and when it works against us
- simple math to understand the affect of mechanical advantage on an anchor
- how to create an improvised progress capture device
- how to rig a piggy back “set of fours” on the fly
- simple progressions when more mechanical advantage is needed
- improvisation with gear you already carry
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