When Kathy Gill came up with the idea last year of staging a tower rodeo in her own backyard at her Tower Safety® training facility in the middle of a pandemic, some might have raised an eyebrow or two. Who would travel to participate in some tower ninja-warrior type events much less watch them, judge them or sponsor them? Turns out, Gill read the room correctly; people wanted to bust out of the shadow COVID had thrown across the industry and show off their skills…and even have some fun doing it, once all safety measures were met. The second annual Towerrodeo.com takes place December 3-4, at Gill’s training compound on 3212 S. 36th Street in Phoenix, AZ.
The goals of the event haven’t changed since last year: create realistic problem-solving situations with challenging rescue and rigging scenarios. The Tower Rodeo™ Challenge meets the annual rescue practice requirements of OSHA CFR 1910 and OSHA CFR 1926, ANSI 10.48, and ANSI z359. And, once again, the teams will come from a cross-section of the climbing industry from tower “dawgs” to first responders. Gill purposely wanted to create an atmosphere of sharing knowledge and techniques across professions…
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