| ARIZONA VORTEX MULTIPOD Version 2.0 This is Page #2 of 2 ADVANCED SET UP PHOTOGRAPHS (click to enlarge) LAZY LEG and GUYED "S A" FRAMES used in HIGHLINES or OFFSETS GIN POLES "V" FRAMES DOUBLE "A" FRAME TANDEM GIN POLE AND "A" FRAMES Go to Page #1 of 2 |
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| Left: Photos at far left and far right are courtesy of John Burcham Photography, Flagstaff, AZ. Rescuers using AZVM as a Lazy Leg S A Frame on top of Bell Rock during 2,115' long extreme highline in November, 2007. Middle photo by Reed Thorne: RTR Instructor, Mike Green readies litter rigging for riders, Victor Walco or Coconino County Sheriff's SAR (middle) and Sedona Fire Department Captain, Tim Lefler (right) See this venue. |
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| Lazy Leg S A Frame used at Wilson Canyon and Midgley Bridge during English reeve highline in Advanced Skills Rescue Workshop in 2007. All photos this row by Reed Thorne | Top left: A guyed S A Frame used at Mt. Arapiles, Victoria, Australia during English reeve highline in Advanced Skills Rescue Workshop in 2007. Top right: See caption at far right. Below:An S A Frame used as a high directional for a mid span litter bypass on a twin trackline highline English reeve at Mt. Arapiles. Note, two AZTEKs used to guy the S A Frame to left. Highline provides tension to the right. | Above, Auzzie Steve Bennett attends to a pseudo "Lazy" Leg S A Frame used at Mt. Arapiles, Victoria, Australia during simple transportation highline in Advanced Skills Rescue Workshop in 2007. Technically, the leg has quite a bit of force on it. | |
| GIN POLES used in HIGH ANGLE |
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Zion National Park SAR team member descending with litter into narrow slot canyon. Arizona Vortex Multipod delta guyed gin pole used as high directional. Right AZTEK guy is held by rock pro in sandstone crack.
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2008 Industrail Rescue Workshop in Biloela, Queensland, Austalia. Rescuers from all over Australia construct the AZVM gin pole using quad guying for litter evolutions over a hand rail at the Callide A Power House. Below right: I gin pole used for a deflection line offset. The pulley system here is a compound 6:1 notated (3:1cd) x (1:1) x (1:1 at gin pole) x (2:1) at left blue carriage. All photos by Reed Thorne |
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| Above two photos: New Zealand Team Skills Rescue Workshop course in 2006 showing an almost textbook gin pole set up with quad guying. | |||
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A delta guyed gin pole at the 2008 Wenatchee, WA Team Skills Rescue Workshop
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Clode up of AZVM gin pole with delta guying and high directional pulley
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| Gin pole for Seattle Fire custom RTR workshop in 2007 showing 4 AZTEK set of fours used for tandem AHD set up on Seattle Port Cranes. See more PICS of this venue with Seattle Fire. See more pics this page | During the Roseville , Team Skills Rescue Workshop rescuers used a gin pole to keep rigging off of ground in clever arrangement. See more PICS of this venue with Roseville Fire | Gin pole used in Sedona, Arizona Advanced Skills Rescue Workshop in 2008. Top carriage is holding twin trackline highline. Bottom two pulleys are (1) tagline, and (2) reeve line. | New Zealand Team Skills Rescue Workshop course in 2006 showing an almost textbook gin pole set up with quad guying. |
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| During the Roseville , Team Skills Rescue Workshop rescuers used square lashing to mount a sideways gin pole to keep main line oriented on the Forest Hill Bridge. See more PICS of this venue with Roseville Fire | |||
| "V" FRAMES used in HIGH ANGLE |
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| "V" Frame used in Sedona, Arizona Advanced Skills Rescue Workshop in 2008. This is virtually an upside down A Frame with quad guying; 2 guys off of each leg (total 4) and a tensioning element in between the two legs on top (AZTEK seto fo fours). Right, the V Frame foot consisting of 2 Raptor feet and the blue A Frame Joiner from the AZVM. All photos by Reed Thorne | |||
| DOUBLE "A" FRAMES used in HIGH ANGLE |
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| Double "A" Frame used in Sedona, Arizona Advanced Skills Rescue Workshop in 2007. A second head assembly is needed for this set up. Quad guying is being used (as with the "V" Frame) to secure this artificial high directional on a rock precipice. | |||
| TANDEM GIN POLE and "A" FRAMES used in HIGH ANGLE |
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| Tandem AHD for Seattle Fire custom RTR workshop in 2007 showing several AZTEKs used for tandem AHD set up on Seattle Port Cranes. See more PICS of this venue with Seattle Fire. | Tandem A frame and Gin pole from just one complete AZVM during 2008 Advanced Skills Rescue Workshop | ||
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| V Frame set up at left from 2008 Advanced Skills Rescue Workshop Right, Tandem A frame and Gin pole from just one complete AZVM during 2008 Advanced Skills Rescue Workshop | Tandem A Frame and Gin Pole set up in New Zealand 2005 Advanced Skills Rescue Workshop A total of seven AZTEKs were used to guy the lot in place atop the Auckland Fire Brigade fire training tower in Auckland, NZ | ||
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