Members: Rope Protection and Falls
It is common for rope technicians to work with two ropes. The secondary rope serves as fall protection if the primary rope is severed. This initiates a sudden load over contact points and places significant forces on the anchors, the rope, and any rope protection device in use.
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Richard Delaney
Richard Delaney has worked professionally with ropes since 1992 as a multi-pitch rock-climbing instructor, technical rescue instructor and rope access technician. Understanding and teaching the Physics of Rigging is a core passion of Richard’s, one based on his experience, and his prior professional life as a qualified engineer.