<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf8" /> <title> CUCC Expo Rescue Handbook: Moving a stretcher by Tyrolean </title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/main2.css" /> </head> <body> <h2 id="tophead"> CUCC Expo Rescue Handbook</h2> <h1>Moving a stretcher by Tyrolean</h1> <div style="text-align: center"><img alt="Stretcher on a Tyrolean traverse" src="../i/rltyrl.jpg" width="600" height="400" /></div> <p>Rebecca Lawson in the Austrian CRO stretcher being tyroleaned across loose boulders in the upper part of Kaninchenhöhle on her rescue in 1989. Quality photography was <b>not</b> a major aim of the trip at this point, but this picture does illustrate the technique. Note two points of attachment to the traverse rope to keep the stretcher near level.</p> <p class="caption">Photo © Mark Dougherty, 1989</p> <!-- Photo scanned on Coolscan 900x600 at 675 dpi, 1997.08.12, AERW --> <hr /> <ul id="links"> <li><a href="../index.htm">Expedition Handbook</a> - Intro <ul> <li><a href="../rescue.htm">Rescue guide</a> <ul> <li>Rescue guide - <a href="../rescue.htm#s443">moving the stretcher</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="../../years/1989/rescue.htm">The 1989 rescues</a></li> <li><a href="../../index.htm">Back to Expedition Intro page</a></li> <li><a href="../../../index.htm">Back to CUCC Home page</a></li> </ul> </body> </html>