Advanced High Angle Rescue: 
High angle rescues are dangerous and demanding.
Even climbers experienced in meeting the challenges of steep and glaciated terrain get confused when dealing with the added complications of an injured partner.
We offer this advanced course for skilled leaders of multi-pitch rock routes, experienced alpinists, those on mountain search and rescue teams, and any professional who may need to work on a high angle rescue. This course will increase your resourcefulness in accident response and help you develop the technical skills necessary to solve difficult rescue problems.
This course is designed to complement the life-saving skills of the WFR program. Together they provide the necessary foundation for technical proficiency and excellence in wilderness leadership.
We cover anchors and fixed lines, tension release mechanisms, lowering and compound hauling systems, and special techniques used in leader-fall rescues. You'll practice improvising and managing litters and discuss issues in incident command and helicopter support. By the end of the program, you should be very resourceful when directing high angle rescues, be familiar with "state-of-the-art" hardware, and understand the differences between operating from within a search and rescue group and the tight parameters of a small, self-contained climbing team.
In this program we will spend two days at a cragging area working on skills, then will move on to the one-day optional practicum, in which we will utilize our new found skills in a real-life scenario on a multi-pitch alpine climb.
Feel free to contact us with any questions or comments. We'd love to hear from you!
tony@nwwilderness.com