Rigger Courtney J Andersen shares lifetime experience of natural & synthetic ropes, & Nigel Sharp gives a guide for products ...

Geoscience experts have used their specialist rope access skills and inflatable boats to extract concrete samples from inside Sheffield’s Megatron culvert.

It was entangled in ropes, some of them trailing up to 20m (66ft) behind it. Volunteers from wildlife charity British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) managed to reach the whale in a small boat ...