Then step off. It might appear easy in the field manual, but tough in practice when you consider you're now standing 60 feet above ground wearing a seat harness and holding a rope. It's time to ...

You'll also need a safety belt, a high-end harness and tether, and descent-control L4 Nylon Type 4 rope. Because helicopter rappelling is conducted in a noisy environment, you have to know the ...

practiced their rappelling skills off the back edge of the flight deck of USS Peleliu, March 5. The main training objective was keeping the 14 BLT Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique masters ...

The instructors teach air assault, rappel master and Fast Rope Insertion/Extraction System ... Jason Jones from the 503rd Military Police Battalion, 65th MP Company. “I am here to provide ...

We attached a standard climbing harness to the device for our ascent. An additional rappelling rope was used as a backup ... that will be evaluated by the military. In service, a squad would ...

The Youth Service Bureau says that volunteers will help with harnesses and ... will have experience in rope safety systems, such as rock climbing, ropes courses, military training and industrial ...

JROTC cadets from Permian High School and Odessa High School spent part of their Friday on the wall of the Odessa College Fire/EMS Technology Training Rappel Tower as they trained in basic ...

Since MIT spinout Atlas Devices’ flagship product, the Atlas Powered Rope Ascender (APA), first ... scaling (or “power ascension”) in the military and other fields. Photo credits courtesy ...