Semi-technical Rescue Testing Fail Points
Trainees must RE-TEST if they DO NOT do the following:
General:
Use correct command order
Voice commands LOUDLY and CLEARLY
Rotate through rope positions in correct order
Belaying:
Have correct belay stance and technique
Wrap tree correctly
Communicate 1-0 and 2-0 in the correct direction
To Uphill rope handler if going up-hill
To downhill rope handler if going down-hill
Preload
Fix tree wrap if preload fails
Unwrap self and tree completely from rope before calling “off-belay”
Uphill Rope Handler:
Going Uphill
Pick appropriate belay site (tree size, dead/alive)
Account for penduluming and passage of litter uphill (not just one person but whole litter
team)
Responsive to Belayer’s calls of 2-0 and 1-0
Going Downhill
Pad rope
Check litter connection to belay line- biners opposite and opposed, figure-8 and back-up
knots on the belay line attachment
Relay commands between LC and Belayer if necessary
Downhill Rope Handler:
Going Uphill
Plucking, w/o getting in belayer’s way
Quickly removing hands from the system if the belayer has to brake
Going Downhill
Pick appropriate belay site (tree size, dead/alive)
Account for penduluming and passage of litter downhill
Clear path for litter team