Blue Mountains guiding community refresh their rigging and rescue skills

By Dan Lewis
Updated February 18 2016 - 5:08pm, first published February 5 2016 - 9:55am
Rigging work: Blue Mountains Adventure Company's Marty Doolan (with rope) gives tips to fellow guides, Nick Byczkov, Hugh Ward and Ashlee Bull.
Rigging work: Blue Mountains Adventure Company's Marty Doolan (with rope) gives tips to fellow guides, Nick Byczkov, Hugh Ward and Ashlee Bull.

The z-drag, klemheist prusik, munter hitch, releasable top belay system, alpine butterfly, lark's foot? This was the technical terminology being employed by the Blue Mountains guiding community on Monday (February 1) as they practised their rigging and rescue skills on the cliffs of Narrow Neck at Katoomba.

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