Direct Action Vertical

Just a couple of short clips partially explaining the rig you saw in the last reel. In the 2nd clip, I spaced and referred to the Munter hitch as a bowline...(sorry...I was tired) but it is obvious what it is. Very powerful techniques using SPAR skills...counterweight...closed loop rigging, Munter hitches, etc. to perform a complex task with high forces using minimal gear. Again, this system is the basis for the PMR lightweight TTRS and our fumarole rescue system.

DAV held an ITRA qualification course for Tactical Rope Operations level 2 in April 2024. We had operators from several agencies in Idaho and 2 from our comrades in the north... Toronto Police. This was also an ITRA reassessment for several Troopers from Oregon State Police. Venues included the DAV training center, Bend Fire Department tower (THANK YOU!), Mt Bachelor Pine Marten Lodge, and the High Bridge at Ogden State Park. As always, these operators executed the course with enthusiasm and achieved their qualification. Thanks also to Mt Bachelor security for the snow cat ride up and down the mountain and role players. As always, our courses include night operational, live fire drills, and reality based training with role players. Look for more courses coming soon!
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Direct Action Vertical just completed a 6 day SPAR (Small Party Assisted Rescue) cave rescue course for cavers from around the region. Class was small due to wildfires pulling several students with fire duties away, but this gave those that attended extra time on rope! Students included expedition cavers and project cavers from around the country.

This is the unique curriculum developed by our instructors with several modules of pick offs, converting static systems to dynamic ones, using vertical kit for horizontal movement, shelter in place and survival candle making, blind folded SRT (single rope technique) courses, water problems in our unique wet-cave prop, patient movement drills in our pipe (cave) complex, as well as medical, expedition planning, and decision making. Caves in the local US Forest made for great in-cave experiences.

More advanced SPAR and MSPAR courses (level 2) will be coming up in 2024, so stay tuned. These will allow graduates of SPAR or MSPAR to get into the next level of minimal gear small party / team extrications. Vertical caving courses for beginner and advanced cavers will be forthcoming as well based on regional NSS grotto demand.
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