Dome vertical (cliff) rescue practice, then & now

Training March 20, 2022 & 50 years earlier. Same cliff, modern gear in use today:

Lowering / brake station at the top of the cliff

Lowering litter and attendents

Litter packaging includes a vacuum mattress which is molded around the patient, evacuated to rigidity & secures the patient in the litter

Passing the litter over the patient

“Third man” assisting with protecting patient

Patient secured in litter

“Third man” on separate line, above litter. Brake station will lower the litter born patient to the ground from here.

Passing the litter over the patient, 1970

Military steel stokes litter with leg divider. RMRG customization to split litter into packable half pieces, turn buckles welded to litter for re-assembly in the field. Then standard litter rigging attachment to lowering ropes. ~Same location as 2022

Patient secured in litter, 1970

Improvised litter rigging using a short Goldine rope to attach litter to lowering ropes. ~Same location as 2022