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Rigging Issues 27-Dec-2011 At 6:14:01 PM Dranoweb

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Hi,
I'm not a climber as such, but I have a related problem to solve that I figured a climbing community might be able to help me solve.

I have been recently employed to perform fire spotting duties atop a 30 meter fire tower.

Apart from some very basic equipment, I have to hoist everything up by rope.
This creates two problems.
First and most importantly, My gear is expensive and not exactly shock proof, so I am looking for a way to prevent accidental slipping, and of course the ensuing mayhem at ground level.

The other half of this is getting it down again. I noticed some carbiner rappel methods listed on this site somewhere that looked like a contender.

The solution needs to be simple and small, as I'm climbing up caged ladders that were not designe for someone with shoulders as wide as mine.

My second issue is less important. How to get multiple loads of gear up the tower without climbing back down again. My curent contingency is to string each load 30meters apart and pull it up one after the other.

Any ideas welcome, or if this is one of these anal retentive forums where I'll get abused for not being aware of the rightful place for this post, I hope admin will be patient.