A Good Holdfast

A ship needs a good anchor and so does a Coastguard rope rescue team! Over the last weekend the team came together to start training on some new rope rescue equipment, whilst based on the traditional set up we have some new pieces of equipment which will make life easier for us and all the other teams around the country. Once we have finished training on these new bits (which will be around March) the team will change from a cliff rescue team to a ROPE rescue team which means incidents inland can be considered. The picture above is the standard double stake hold fast which is the anchor point for the rest of the equipment to be attached to. For those about to engage in cliff activities, please don't worry you will be used as test bed should you have an accident, we are using the standard equipment until we have passed our assessments