The best cave rescue manuals/sites

[mr conners]

I was just wondering if anyone can recommend me a decent manual/book/website on good rescue techniques. Primarily getting someone off the rope in either ascent or descent and also setting up rigs for hauling etc etc.

I did my IRATA level 1 years ago and worked on the ropes for a few years but have forgotten most of the basic rescue stuff I learnt. I need a memory jogger. A friend of mine who is a level 3 said he would give a few of us a workshop in rescue techniques but i would like a bit of reading material to keep my brain ticking over.

Cheers.
mr conners

 

[Les W]

http://www.thecavingandclimbingshop.com/epages/BT3421.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT3421/Products/%22speleo%20vertical%22

 

[r_walklate@hotmail.com]

Ralph Johnson has done a DVD on rescues. He is part of Crewe caving club but I think you can get it from caving supplies. He has dine others too and I have literally had the DVD on my laptop whilst practicing the techniques!!! If you forget just press back!!!!!!

 

[Amy]

On Call http://www.amazon.com/On-Call-Complete-Reference-Rescue/dp/1879961164

There are a lot of resources on NCRC especially if you look at the student resource section http://www.caves.org/commission/ncrc/national/

 

[cap n chris]

What LesW said. 

NB: An excellent feature of the reference DVD is the ability to select a specific indexed subject, i.e. hauling a tired caver, and zap straight to it - the whole thing is a catalogue of visual/narrated techniques and is presently the best thing out there.

 

[Antwan]

I have a Life on the Line Vol 2 for sale, ?8 inc post..... PM me if you or any other forum vulture is intersted 

 

[SamT]

I'd say Life on a Line (I had the volume one free PDF download).  Very very comprehensive 'bible'

 

[Leclused]

The english version of the rescue book (2005) of SSF.

http://ssf.ffspeleo.fr/index.php?orderby=product_cdate&DescOrderBy=ASC&Itemid=183&option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=1&manufacturer_id=0&keyword=&keyword1=&keyword2=

Or

This recent book (2012) of speleo secours belge (in French)

http://www.librairiespeleo.be/achat/produit_details.php?id=4831


And many other

BR

Dagobert

 

[Glenn]

The english version of the rescue book (2005) of SSF.

http://ssf.ffspeleo.fr/index.php?orderby=product_cdate&DescOrderBy=ASC&Itemid=183&option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=1&manufacturer_id=0&keyword=&keyword1=&keyword2=

http://www.cncc.org.uk/home.html

 

[Mike Hopley]

For getting someone off ascenders and down to the ground, the best technique is shown in Alpine Caving Techniques (they call it the "cut the rope" method). The rope-cutting technique in Speleo Vertical and its companion book, The Complete Caving Manual, is also viable; but the ACT technique is clearly better.

I still think Speleo Vertical & The Complete Caving Manual are worth buying, but I would buy ACT first; although a bit dated, it's still the best technical book on caving. And don't forget Al Warild's Vertical, which is also available online for free.

 

[mr conners]

Wow. Loads to go at here. Cheers people.