This week we look at a safety bulletin on strains while working on the ropes.
We hope this helps anyone from avoiding injury.
we look back on  some  tips from Charles Cooper back in our chat last year. check that out in Ep 61.

This week we are looking at an IRATA safety bulletin about slings slipping on an anchorage.

If you are rigging ropes around round or square structure this episode is for you. We include some great lessons learnt and how to avoid a similar situation.

This week we do some basic maths to work out how to best set up a 3-1 pulley system with some basic rope access gear.
Using an ID and karabiners is surprisingly inefficient, but how bad is it? 

The gear i use everyday has changed a bit this year.
I do a rundown on how my harness is set up. How i use a some new gear and changing the way some gear is used.
Also a bonus fast way to pass knots.

This week we chat about working on the ropes and undertaking hot works, cutting, grinding,welding. All of these tasks that introduce a new hazard to our work environment.
We chat about what we have seen used and not used on site.
As always a few tips for products that might work for you. 

This week we chat about retrievable rigging or pull throughs. We look at the plus sides and down sides of various systems and how we could do it safer.
Let us know  your preferred system and why you like it.

This week we take a look at the Skylotec Spark, this may have answered the question I have heard a lot since the Sirius came out, ' can we get one without the panic feature?' well the Spark is exactly that.
Have a listen as we run through the features.

This week we chat about the chest ascender, is it half a point or one point? 
we discuss the story behind the this urban myth.
What about if you attach to a casualty on an ascender, can they be used as a point of attachment?

This week we have a look at rescues on two descenders.
Why do we not teach this to Level 1's?
Should we be work on two descenders more?

Is the standard of technicians dropping? Do we need technicians to get more hours between levels? Is it more experience that's needed or more hours on ropes? Sound we get more training for each level?
We ask these and more questions this week.