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Key Takeaways:Belay Devices in Climbing Gyms: The choice of belay devices in your gym significantly impacts the safety and experience of climbers. Variety of Belay Devices: Different Belay devices, including manual and automatic systems, cater to various climbing scenarios and skill levels. ...

Key TakeawaysZipline Safety: There is a critical balance between thrill and safety, underscoring the necessity for zipline parks to prioritize rigorous safety standards and regular maintenance. Zipline Training and Certification: Comprehensive training and certification for zipline operators is ...

Key Takeaways:Essential Fall Protection: Self-Retracting Lifelines (SRLs) provide critical safety measures for a variety of industrial training applications, balancing security with realistic training exercises. Advanced Braking Mechanism: SRLs are equipped with sophisticated systems that ...

The Olympic record for men’s speed climbing was set by Bassa Mawem in the sport’s inaugural event in 2021. That mark currently stands at 5.45 seconds. Less than three years later, Samuel Watson set the men’s speed climbing world record time of 4.798 -- a whopping 13.6% improvement on the ...

Key Takeaways:Speed Climbing: Speed climbing blends the physical demands of climbing with the pulse-pounding excitement of racing head-to-head against another climber, highlighting the evolving landscape of international sports. Olympic Impact: The sport's inclusion in the Olympics has spurred ...

Training tips from three of the world’s best speed climbers on how to get started, get better, and get insanely good at speed climbing.It’s no coincidence that the two most dominant athletes in the history of US men’s speed climbing are both from the same youth program. Samuel Watson, the ...

My name is Wyatt Koeniger. I'm a 23-year veteran with Arvada Fire Department here in Arvada, Colorado. I’m just going over a couple things with the TRUBLUE system and what we use it for. It's a cool product that's really revolutionized our rope rescue training and firefighter survival ...

The QuickFlight Series combines the thrill of bungee jumping with the safety and reliability of Head Rush Technology’s patented magnetic braking system. This is the same advanced braking technology that we use across our full family of adventure devices. Our braking system is trusted to protect ...

Once you know the process, replacing the webbing on your TRUBLUE iQ or iQ+ Auto Belay is quick and easy. TRUBLUE iQ webbing is field replaceable, meaning that you do not have to wait until your next annual service appointment to change out the webbing. You can do it yourself! The process does not ...

At Head Rush Technologies, we engineer and manufacture three different models of auto belays for climbing facilities to choose from: the TRUBLUE iQ, the TRUBLUE iQ+, and the TRUBLUE SPEED. All three TRUBLUEs come with our patented magnetic braking technology and are certified for a user weight ...