Spar Aerial Rescue

That's a classic!

The big lesson to learn there is to not let your training session turn into a real life emergency.

Our local FD Rescue squad was recently training for lowering a victim on a stretcher - they have a healthy fireman all rigged up and they start lowering him over the side of a bridge when he discovers a badass hornet nest in one of the lower girders. Since they were totally committed to the drop all they could do was continue letting him down as fast as possible then had to get him to the ER to treat for the multitude of hornet stings.

When training for spar rescue the rescuer should be on belay, or just do it like two feet off the ground so everyone can easily observe and discuss.

Linemen chime in here but I believe the video in question was of a rescue done as part of a sort of linemen's rodeo, speed being an essential component.
 
[quoteDoes anybody have a real spar rescue technique?

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I have a designated 'pick off' strap for a spar or footlocking rescue.
The attachment shows it with a double microcender. I have a single too. It's a 4 to 1 MA system. It could be rigged as a 5 to 1, but then the rescuer would be pulling up. I find it easier to pull down while sitting in a harness. When rigged in a 4 to 1, the rescuer can use a Pantin if needed. I was able to pull my 220 lb. son up by using my arms.
If rescuing off a spar, I would install a 2nd climbing system using an adjustable FS. I have 6' and 20' adjustable friction savers.
 

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I agree with Norm's technique if you had to rescue someone and you had enough spar above them to set up MA. But what are your options if someone had just dropped a chunk and there is nothing above them to lift them? And to complicate things even more, what if their attachment was only a bowline around the spar with a friction hitch (Which many people still use)? What options do you have of getting them out of that system without cutting them out and putting them in another system?
Just a thought, and a very possible scenario.
 
pulley saver and hitch climber: 1)pulley saver below the block 2) hitch climber to climber 3) tail from hitch climber to a revolver on the becket of the pinto 4)lift enough to free the climbing system 5) lower yourself down enough to pull out spikes 6) release flip line 7) lower vic to ground.
 
Does the pinto on the pulley saver allow you to connect the revolver directly to the becket?
I have the pinto rig and the gate on the auto lock revolver doesn't pass between the becket and the pulley. You need to incorporate a loop of webbing on the becket to install the revolver.
I thought I've seen a revolver directly on the becket before.
 
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