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The Anchor Point

Ideas that hold up under load by Grant Prattley

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Preview of the CUS Field Card: Concerned. Uncomfortable. Stop. A graded approach to raising a safety problem.
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Tech Tuesday: Concerned, Uncomfortable, Stop

The Anchor Point Ideas that hold up under load Hey Reader The second time I walked back to that anchor, nothing had changed. It was a rescue course, and a participant had built their system off a single marginal anchor, not enough on its own to carry the load it was about to take. They had looked at it, decided it was fine, and moved on. I didn't agree. I didn't stop the job. I started a conversation. I said I was concerned about the anchor and asked whether they saw it as marginal or...

16 days ago

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Tech Tuesday: SOH CAH TOA and two-point anchor angles

about 1 month ago

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Tech Tuesday: What quick wins actually are

about 1 month ago

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The four jobs hiding inside situational awareness

about 1 month ago

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What my Antarctic month taught me

about 1 month ago

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5:1 Simple vs 5:1 Complex: which one actually wins?

about 1 month ago

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Tech Tuesday: The triple whammy

about 2 months ago

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How do you train leaders without waiting ten years for it to sink in?

about 2 months ago

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The rescue hierarchy: where are your gaps?

about 2 months ago

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Tech Tuesday: Constraint changes everything

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