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Re: Edinburgh International Climbing Arena (EICA) at Ratho

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From: Sean
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:27
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Chris Malcolm wrote:

> From the viewpoint of an amateur student of rope access technology
> the whole thing looks to be of the highest professional standards.

I wasn't suggesting otherwise for a moment.  I was commenting on the Bourg
St.Maurice installation Sam mentioned, which does depend on a degree of
competence from the user.  (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

> As to getting into difficulties, there's a parallel free track
> for use by staff on which staff can move very rapidly to someone 
> in trouble.

Cool, I wondered what the arrangements were for rescue.  (Which in this case
I guess covers a spectrum from a full-on medical emergency down to a bit of
a gentle chivvy and some reassurance.)

Sean
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From: Sean <sean@nospamtaverymuch.com>
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Subject: Re: Edinburgh International Climbing Arena (EICA) at Ratho
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