Improvised Rescue and Film Safety Work

Had a really intersting couple of days, after what seemed like months not working at Plas Y Brenin, I got a call on thursday evening, asking if I could make it in the next day, as they may need me, but they would have to call me back in the morning. It made my day, and on friday I was at the centre doing some great working keeping a camera crew safe at tremadog. I can’t say what the work was, as the TV company involved want to keep a lid on it until the programme comes out. I will however endeavour to point you to the right channel when the time comes.

I was funny as off the back of my coaching blog I was asked some questions about a year ago for one of the programmes initial researchers, unfortunately I was about to head to south america so passed the work on, glad to see that programme is going to make it to air. It is always fun working on TV and Film Safety Work, as the challenge to work together to get the images they need in the can is different to the run of the mill guiding and instructing work.

I was back to another great course today though, as I am running a Rope Rescue Course for climbers, well, climber. We covered loads of stuff today, gradually starting from the most basic of skills and building up chunk by chunk to make more and more complex rescues. Ady who is on the course, as well as with me for another three weekends this month, as well as a weekend at Plas Y Brenin, has lapped up the skills.

However at about 2pm we reached saturation, so we went over the same rescue a few more times and decided to leave it at that, as it is better to learn the few skills we have covered well, rather than just kepp throwing stuff at him till he’d forgotten how to tie his shoelaces.

Anyway, we are consolidating all the skills from locking off belay plates and italien hitches, to basic hoists and escaping the system, through to abseiling rescues. We wrote down a lot of teh skills, and Ady wanted a few pictures, so we might try and take some photos and video tomorrow, and work on a PDF workbook for him.

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