How to AID CLIMB with a CASUALTY - IRATA level 2 training

How to aid climb with a casualty!
This has been requested quite a few times. Of course there are several ways to aid climb with a casualty. This is one I really like because it is not very difficult and not as heavy as other options. And the best part is you actually dont need any extra gear. If we assume that we always aid climb in something like a Grillon. I am taking one extra Grillon here because I need to be easily "rescuable" if something would happen to me.
It is 2023, there is no reason to stick to outdated techniques. Just make sure you techs stay in a position they can be lowered from instead of something like cowstail in a croll typ setup...

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0:00 Intro
0:15 Why would you aid climb with a casualty
1:28 Use a Grillon
3:30 The aid climb with a casualty technique
5:45 My actual method when I aid climb
10:30 Solving a little problem
13:00 Out the aid climb, onto the ropes
16:42 Get your gear with a DISCOUNT

[TheRopeAccessChannel]

If you had to do an aid climb with a casualty like this, how would you do it?

[christopherramsawak]

Love ur work. As a level 1 i learn alot of stuff from u. Keep up the good work. From trinidad

[Kehua]

This is great just what I was looking for

[jimpanse]

Amazing, in my view the best way for a spontaneous aid climb rescue👌

[jennywhite]

Great video Alex - you don't know what you don't know, so now that I know how to do it, I can use it if I ever need to. I hope I explained that clearly!

[danielgray]

Awesome way of moving casualty, smooth method. A little bit faster than the ''cheat string method'' and also a little cleaner, thanks for putting this vid up.

[Dunstenchecksin]

Brilliant content as always. Nice and simple yet very effective. Thanks 👍

[romangarcia]

Good to see you again, good coordination and technique Greetings

[joellumanglas]

nice one mate, clearly explained all steps by step.

[zahirulsujon]

I watch all your videos become very helpful

[stephanvallare]

Great content thank you for explaining everything in detail and walking us through every little step it definitely helps with learning. One rescue I can’t seem to find much of is the mid rope to rope transfer rescue. Could you possibly demonstrate this rescue for us with and without a grillon?

[richardeduardomaldonadogilio]

I really like your videos. In May 2024 I'm going to do my assessment for level 3, and watching your videos are helping me a lot. I see them and then I start practicing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Greetings from Ecuador.

[blakeberry]

Thank you so much for the video 📹, this is very easy to understand thank you for your work 😊

[정신차려-qb]

Thank you for the video.
It helped me learn a lot

[pnxelectrical]

Love the content, could we get a basic rescue bag teardown? I get every rescue will be different but what staples should you always have? Let's say you need to stow it all on a single crab, what's your bare minimums etc?

[scottysmaschinistenchannel]

Thank you for the good explanation. Can you also show how to make a rescue on a cableway?

[michaelneumann]

Very clearly explenation and easy movement. I 've got on question: the outer right karabiner seems not to be in an optimal direction, isn't it?

[toolsreviewsandmore]

I'm a level 3 for 10 years now and since then i got to do my reassessments in different countries Last time, which was last year i did in Germany and we did a lot with the grillons...aid climbing rescue, cross hauling of a victim, vertical aid climbing, etc.
I see things change all the time, in other assessments i had, the assessor insisted that as a level 3 you should only perform the rescues with the basic gear you have on you.Maybe a pulley, or two, but that's it..

[igormeister]

Why don't you use only 2 Grillon and use one of his cowstails attached to you? wouldn't be easier moving one point less of the casualty having one permanent point on you assuming that you are always on 2?

[Mirotvorecx]

Hello Alex! You have a very informative channel on mountaineering. I saw that you are testing devices, have you tried the Sparrow 200 r CT device? Your opinion on this device is very interesting!