The 1,076' tall Auckland Sky Tower was the venue we used for a massive top to bottom tracking line offset with litter scoop in 2004.  

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Here is a view straight down out of the "bat cave" opening (see photo to left for this opening on the tower) where we suspended out victim in preparation for a litte scoop. Joe Settles of White River Township Fire in Indiana is out Amercian "victim". 

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See left explaination. Bottom team on this long tracking line is on roof of adjacent structure. 

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Cathedral Rock Formation in Oak Creek Canyon.

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Doug Clark of Wenatchee Fire (Washington) rides a super long 100M Kootenay Highline above Oak Creek Canyon.

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Photo of 2,115' long Kootenay Highline from Bell Rock up to Courthouse Butte in distance. Burchamp Photo. 2007.

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A famous icon of the Seattle skyline is the Seattle Space Needle wich is 605' high. 

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Litter operation using the Arizona Vortex off side of Space Needle over 500' to ground.

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It is final day seven so it is Hawaiian Shirt Day at Prescott's Granite Dells during the 2014 AHDW (Artificial High Directional Workshop). This day we set up a combo A frame/SA frame AHD a the "High Rappel Dell" climbing area. Senior RTR Instructor, Reed Thorne, top left (with the long hair). Senior RTR instructor, Reed Thorne is top left and RTR Assistant RTR Instructor, Keith Thorne, fourth from right.

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Lowering the litter into the Prescott Fire rescue boat after a tracking line extrication from the downstream side of Watson Lake Dam. Photo by Bill Brookins of Central Yavapai Fire

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 A tracking line operation above Granite Creek below Watson Dam at Prescott's Granite Dells during the 2014 Prescott, AZ Industrial Rescue Workshop. RTR Assistant Instructor, Keith Thorne operates opposite side from dam.

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The Holden Arboretum in Kirtland near Cleveland has a wooden structure called the Kalberer Family Emergent Tower which is 120' high taking 220 steps to reach the summit. It is the classic venue for rope operations in a seemingly wilderness environment. RTR has used the structure for past programs including the Team Skills Rescue Workshop, and the Offset Highline Rescue Workshop. 

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A deflection line offset (also with separate belay line) at the Mount Roberts Tram. Here the litter and attendant approach the main line side which uses an Arizona Vortex high directional. The offset was operated from the same side as the main line, however the belay for the deflection was operated at the anchor bipod (opposite side from main). 

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Western Area Power Administration power transmission training yard at Elverta, CA outside Sacramento, CA

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Western Area Power Administration power transmission training yard at Elverta, CA outside Sacramento, CA. RTR's, Keith Thorne on top conductor coaching students.

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Los Angeles Department of Water and Power power transmission training yard at Valley Steam Plant, Burbank, California. Luke thorne teaching rescue  from man basket.

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The abandoned Jerome Hotel upper floors are a perfect place to practice with the Arzona Vortex Doortex. There is a four floor elevator shaft and a dumb waiter chute wich are perfect for this rigging. Jamb poles and many uses of the AZORP from ROCK EXOTICA are utilized here. Here the added "Sedona Penetrator" is used with the AZORP during the 2014 Industrial Rescue Workshop.

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The Forest Hill Bridge outside of Auburn, CA which is 730' high above the North Fork of the American River and is California's HIGHEST BRIDGE! (and the forth highest in the USA). This bridge is normally open to RTR students for all courses in central Califonia. The bridge is subject to availablity. Nothing can surpass the Forest Hill Bridge for structural rescue and personal or team skill. The FHB is used in ALL programs taught in Central California: (subject to availability by CALTRANS) 

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A very long tracking line offset with litter and attendant being used in the California, TSRW (Team Skills Rescue Workshop) in 2008.

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Working a large reeving highline above the raging Athabasca Fall along the Icefield Parkway between Banff and Jasper, Alberta in 2017.  

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Melbourne Fire Brigade's, Bill Rouse, in his Hawaiian Shirt of course, makes the 100 meter journey to Hanging Rock in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales in Australia. RTR Australia (Senior Instructor, Len Batley's mob) has offered varied wilderness-related programs with Reed Thorne in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales above Sydney

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RTR Australia (Senior Instructor, Len Batley's mob) has offered varied wilderness-related programs with Reed Thorne in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales above Sydney where during Hawaiian Shirt Day (seventh day) the group performs an awesome two rope offset across the high gap to Hanging Rock. 

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More rigging and a nicely done SA-Frame over the scenic and breathtaking Aratiatia Rapids on the North Island of New Zealand. These rapids are caused by timed dam releases at certain times of the day. They were used during the Lord of the Rings "barrel scene" in The Hobbit. 

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Working within the Cleveland NASA Glen Research Center is a real privilege for the students and Ropes That Rescue. You can only be admitted if you are an American citizen (with a background check).

Here we are showing a three frame Arizona Vortex elaborate operation during the Industrial Rescue Workshop and Artificial High Directional Workshop with a tracking line offset and capstan winch stand inside the wind generator at the GRC. 

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The ASM International Geodesic Dome is a surprise venue that RTR uses for its Structural Tower Rescue Workshop when that program is offered in the yearly Cleveland schedule. Probably one of the most amazing structures to do climbing and rope operations off of one could ever imagine. ASM stands for "American Society for Metals"

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Day seven Hawaiian Shirt Day at Progressive Field, home of the Clevaland Indians (now the Gaurdians). What an amazing playgournd this stadium is! There is so much to do here. 

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The beautiful Crescent Falls on the Bighorm River, in Alberta was the venue for this deflection line offset with students in a 2016 Team Skills Rescue Workshop. The classes are all hosted by Turn Around Rescue of Edmonton, Alberta. Photo by TIKA Photography. 

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he Athabasca Falls along the famous "Ice Field Parkway" between Banff and Jasper, Alberta. Here parks Canada allowed permission for RTR and Turn Around Rescue (Edmonton) to do multiple rope evolutions across the chasm during the 2018 Offset Highline Rescue Workshop. This photo is from TIKA Photography. 

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The beautiful Crescent Falls on the Bighorm River, in Alberta was the venue for this deflection line offset with students in a 2016 Team Skills Rescue Workshop. The classes are all hosted by Turn Around Rescue of Edmonton, Alberta. Photo by TIKA Photography. 

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Litter scoop operation below the Hope Memorial Bridge in downtown Cleveland.

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Ropes That Rescue "Adopt-A-Highway" on Hwy 89A in OAK CREEK CANYON

RTR has been 'sponsoring' (Adopt-A-Highway) a two mile section of Arizona scenic highway 89-A in Oak Creek Canyon since 1993. This beautiful scenic section is just above Midgley Bridge and includes a spectacular vista of the red rock Mitten Ridge and famous Teapot Rock (just behind the right sign post). 

This John William Waterhouse painting illustrates Alfred Tennyson's poem The Lady of Shalott. Draped over the boat is the fabric the lady wove in a tower near Camelot. But she brought a curse on herself by looking directly at Sir Lancelot. With her right hand she lets go of the chain mooring the boat. Her mouth is slightly open, as she sings 'her last song'. She stares at a crucifix lying in front of her. Beside it are three candles, often used to symbolize life. Two have blown out. This suggests her life will end soon, as she floats down the river.

From Reed Thorne: The classic Brittish Pre-Raphaelite style John William Waterhouse painting of The Lady of Shalott from the Tenneyson Poem. The painting is my favorite classical piece found in the Tate Museum in London. I stood in awe of it when I visited the Tate in 1974.