CAMERA SPOTLIGHT
The Place to View all the Various RTR Venues
Contact RRG: Lance Piatt, Chris Tosello or Matt Adams for information regarding area lodging. Click HERE for camping or things to do in the area surrounding Smith Rocks.
This years MRW held here at Smith Rocks between June 16 and 22, is preceeding the 50th anniversary of the MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATIONS Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon on June 23 and 24. For more information on this MRA meeting contact Rocky Henderson or go to the Portland Mountain Rescue web site. This year, RTR is offering a 25% discount to MRA Teams for the Smith Rocks MRW.
Students at Smith Rocks during the RTR Mountain Rescue Workshop with RTR Lead Insrustor Doug Clark teaching. The Tumallo Falls near Bend is a fantastic spot for rope rescue exercises. Here Luke Thorne attends a litter in front of the falls during the 2004 Mountain Rescue Workshop Above, night operations at Smith Rocks where mountain rescuers are challenged by an operation using the Arizona Vortex Multipod The ominoius gap between the main wall and the Monkeys Face spire. You can see rescuers have arrived at the cave in the center of the photo. From here, a two rope offset will be used to evacuate an injured climber. A litter scoop operation at Smith Rocks during 2004 MRW. The workshop has no shortage of intricate rigging! Photo by Reed Thorne during 2004 MRW Rescuers during 2007 MRW rigging the "Monkeys Face" at Smith Rocks, getting ready for a two rope offset between the formations. All photos by Doug Clark. Rigging required a 5th class climb up the spire for the operation. Climbers on the long haul up to the Monkeys Face during the MRW at Smith Rocks in 2007. The final two rope offset litter evacuation of the injured party during Monkeys Face operation in 2007 MRW. The Arizona Vortex Multipod is on the rim of the canyon at left. A view of the valley below from the top of the Smith Rocks formation where rescuers set up the Arizona Voirtex Multipod Doug Clark, the lead instructor for RTR's Mountain Rescue Workshop in Oregon.
