Rigging Tyrolean’s – The Fundamentals
Venue North Wales and The Peak District
MTA CPD Workshop
Rigging Tyrolean’s– The Fundamentals
Tyrolean traverses are often used as either part of an adventurous activity such as gorge scrambling, underground mine exploration or as a stand-alone fun activity. It is not just MCI holders that can deliver this exciting activity, but can include RCI, ML, cave and mine leaders etc with appropraite training.
Training, guidance, CPD, sharing of knowledge and hands on experience can be difficult to obtain for many MTA members. Therefore, MTA have addressed this by providing a workshop that gives an insight, serves as a training package and provides a great opportunity to share knowledge, play with kit , have a fun day out and up skill, Perfect CPD. You do not need to know anything ref tyroelans to attend, Just come along and learn at your own pace.
This day will look at the fundamentals of rigging Tyrolean’s, core principles, the equipment used, loads subjected to that equipment, safe working loads, 1 rope and 2 rope systems, different ways of tensioning systems and simple rescues.
We will also rig some postmans walks ( which is now called post people walks or postman and post female walks )
After an initial discussion based session it will be a hands on workshop. It is an ideal workshop for those that have never rigged Tyrolean’s to those that have a basic / intermediate understanding and would like to learn more or refresh and be up to date with current thinking within an outdoor adventure setting. All techncial equipment is provided.
The workshop will not cover zip wire systems complex Tyrolean’s or Tyrolean’s used for rescue situations such as mountain rescue.
It might just be that you wish to tick some interesting and out of the box CPD, if so come along, as you will learn and have have good time.
I have been involved in rigging Tyrolean’s for over 25 years, mainly in gorges, canyons, over rivers, underground in mines and on the coast of North Wales whilst sea level traversing. Some of my favourites are over the entrance to Wen Zawn at Gogarth, to access certain Scottish sea cliffs and a whilst worksing for The BBC and ITV.
As part of my role as centre manager for an outdoor education centre and operating as a techncial expert I regularly train and assesses instructors in the rigging and operation of Tyrolean’s at a variety of venues.
I have taken a keen interest in the principles of rigging, modern thoughts on equipment choice and its application. I have also been involved in running similar workshops for the Association of Mountaineering instructors (AMI). The courses are great as I will pick up some top tips and lets face it no one knows everything.
To book, please contact me on 360oudoors.co.uk
One exciting project was rigging postman’s walk for the ITV series Don’t Rock The Boat which was aired on ITV in November 2020. ( see below )
Cost £40.00 per person. – You DO NOT need to be an MTA member to attend.
CMS- This course is also advertised on the Mountain Training CMS site
Duration 1 day – 9.00am- 4.30pm
Venue – These are run in North Wales and The Peak District
Dates and venues
Peak District
Saturday 28th October 2023
North Wales
Monday 25th Sep 2023
Saturday December 2nd 2023
Max Ratio 1:6/8