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Private Bloggins Puts The Raptor Buckle To The Test

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

CTOMS posted an interesting look at the Raptor buckle on their Private Bloggins site. Their intent was to decide whether to take a look at replacing the Austrialpin Cobra buckles used on their X-Belts and M-Harnesses with the Raptor. To do this, they pull tested two Raptor buckles to compare their measurements with the manufacturer’s. here’s one example.

CTOMS is very up front about how they obtained their samples, what they did with the buckles and the limitations of how they evaluated the buckles. I like that kind of honesty and the story is worth looking at if you want to see how buckles are pull tested and the whole “behind the scenes” on how and what they did. You’ll also find out if CTOMS decided to take a further look at these buckles.

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Private Bloggins Asks, “What Color is Your Rack?”

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013

A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the TRACE Systems Green Kit from Canada’s CTOMS. We were impressed that someone had produced a great rack setup for military mountaineers but some readers complained about the tactical color of the gear.

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On CTOMS’ Private Bloggins site, they addressed some of the issues raised on SSD in a post entitled, “What Color is Your Rack?” What we love about their piece is that they went out and demonstrated the reason they developed the green kit in the first place by sharing photos of climbers with commercial climbing gear. It’s definitely worth a read whether you are a military mountaineer or just interested in camouflage.

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TRACE Systems Green Kit

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

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CTOMS presents their new GREEN Kit (Assault Lead Climbers Rack) as part of their TRACE Systems colored kits series. This is purpose built mountaineering equipment for military/para-military climbing operations, solving problems that aren’t an issue in sport climbing, like sound and visual signature as well as armor, weapon and radio integration. It is compatible with both traditional and CTOMS’ TRACE rope systems.

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It can be worn alone or attached to an armor vest and incorporates PALS compatible climber’s dump pouches with rear mounted compression straps to help manage the load.

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This thing is freakin’ amazing! Check out the full specs in this brochure.

CTOMS™ TRACE™ Systems GREEN Kit by CTOMS Inc.

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Happy Holidays from Our Friends at CTOMS

Friday, December 21st, 2012

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CTOMS and Kili-Climbing Collaborating to Provide Unique Training Opportunities

Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

It was inevitable. Canadian companies CTOMS and Kili-Climbing are collaborating. When Chris Kopp of CTOMS started developing the TRACE Systems (micro rope systems) unveiled last year, he realized it could be used in more and more diverse applications. Then, he and his business partner used it as an ultra-light weight system climbing in Uganda for glacier travel and rappelling. This past summer they did their first lead climbs on it. Along with CTOMS’ Tactical Assault Climbers Course (TAC-C) that they’ve been running for two years now, the natural evolution was to take the CTOMS rope access and complex terrain programs to the next level. Kili-Climbing has been that enabler.

CTOMS is now partnering with Kili-Climbing, which provides logistical planning and support in Africa to their Complex-terrain & High Altitude Seminars (CHAOS, as in their slogan, “Control the Chaos”), it enables them to provide experience based training at high altitude and in foreign countries. The diversity of location options provides a broad spectrum of terrain, latitude and altitude options, beyond what is available in the continental US. The client’s specific capability requirements/desires will determine the venue. Current venues include Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Mt. Stanley and Speke in Uganda, Mt. Kenya in Kenya and Mt. Logan in Canada. While the African locations provide milder equatorial high altitude options with very diverse terrain and foreign travel experience, Mt. Logan in Canada provides a significantly lower traffic option than Mt. McKinley in Alaska, and provides a great Arctic, high latitude, high altitude, extreme cold weather training environment.

The difference between training with the CTOMS/Kili-Climbing team and hiring another African tour provider or civilian guide company is that the CTOMS/Kili-Climbing team understands and caters specifically to the military, and in particular SOF applications. They speak your language. These aren’t tourist vacations and they aren’t going to put their clients on busy, standard tourist routes, and most of all, they aren’t going to teach them civilian practices that contradict or conflict with tactical requirements. Instead, they cater the instruction, routes, objectives and activities specifically to the tactical training objectives. These are customized training programs built specifically to military SOF personnel and taught by instructors with military backgrounds and certified guides with experience instructing SOF.

For US units that require a contract with a US company, they work with The Peak out of Butte, Montana. CTOMS can also be contracted directly. For personal trips in Africa, contact Kili-Climbing directly.


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Kili-Climbing

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

Kili Climbing is a new business venture for Chris Kopp who founded CTOMS after retiring as a PJ from the Canadian military. Chris is an avid climber and he’s been working on developing Kili-Climbing for about a year now.

Chris gave us the low down on this new undertaking…”While CTOMS remains my main focus, Kili-Climbing is my pet project. As some know, I dabble in climbing so when my friend approached me to be his business partner in a new venture, it was hard to say no. It is an African, specifically Tanzanian climbing and safari company offering climbs on Kilimanjaro, Meru and Ol Doinyo Lengai as well as safari and diving packages. We arrange the bookings from North America and my business partner manages operations on the ground in Tanzania. Being retired military, catering to that demographic is something important to me from the perspective of adventure training and high altitude familiarization training for operational applications as well as facilitating wounded veterans climbs. What we don’t offer is cookie cutter packages, but rather custom tailored ones where we can plan and book as little or as much as the clients desires. This includes fully supported climbs and trips, or facilitating self-supported climbs that meet the minimal legal guide requirements.

All-in-all it sounds like a great way for our kinds of folks to arrange a climbing trip to Africa.

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CTOMS Granted US Patent for M-Harness

Sunday, September 9th, 2012

CTOMS just announced that they have been granted a US patent for their M-Harnes. The M-Harness is a class 2 harness built to ASTM Standards. The uniqueness of the system is that it allows the ‘riggers’ style belt to be worn in a pair of pants, or a padded MOLLE belt, to maintain the convenience of a quick release (Cobra) buckle, yet convert quickly into a sit harness without having the leg loops hard sewn to the belt and without compromising the integrity of the main belt in harness mode by capturing the quick release buckle. Even with the main buckle completely undone, in harness mode, it is still completely safe.

Multiple accessories are available for the M-Harness including armor inserts for the padding system as well as the Turtle’s Harness, which is a chest harness that incorporates into a MOLLE based armor/plate carrier without interfering with the attached pouches, and creates a second main tie in point, for vertical operations where packs or working dogs are worn on the back raising the center of gravity. CTOMS is also working on a number of other accessories and products to support their new Tactical Assault Climbing Programs and TRACE Micro Rope Systems.

The M-Harness is currently manufactured under license by CMC Rescue and sold worldwide by CTOMS and under license in the US by North American Rescue and The Peak Inc as well as other international distributors.

To learn more about the M-Harness and accessories at www.ctoms.ca.

TacJobs – CTOMS Director of Research, Development and Standards

Friday, August 17th, 2012

Canadian Tactical and Operational Medical Solutions Inc. is seeking candidates for a new position. It’s as Director of Research, Development and Standards at their headquarters in Edmonton, AB, Canada. They are a dynamic business and they’re looking someone with the right mix of innovation grounded in experience.

CTOMS Inc. is a leader in the tactical medical industry providing high quality training and equipment manufacturing and distribution. In order to continue our growth and success, we are seeking a highly motivated and qualified professional Director of Research, Development and Standards to join our team in Edmonton, AB, Canada in a full-time position.

General overview of the position:
• Course curriculum creation, maintenance and updating;
• Training standards creation, assessment and enforcement; and
• Product research, development, trials and evaluations.

A more detailed responsibilities/job description of the position will be provided during the interview. Position selection process will include:
• Submission of a resume/CV in MS Word format, showing appropriate experience, qualifications and reference contacts;
• Invitation for an interview based on resume/CV, background and reference checks and phone interview;
• Completed aptitude testing; and
• Signing of a non-disclosure agreement.

Required Qualifications and Traits:
• Experienced in adult education, specifically instructing and curriculum development.
• Experience in quality standards assessment and enforcement.
• Military experience preferred.
• Experience in pre-hospital medical care, preferably in a tactical/combat environment and preferably with an advanced scope of practice.
• Experience in, and an intimate knowledge of Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Independent and confident with a very high degree of initiative.
• Leadership experience (preferably military).
• Ability to handle confidential materials and information with the utmost integrity and discretion.
• Ability to work unsupervised, self-direct and independently seek additional responsibilities.
• Detailed familiarity with the tactical medical industry.
• Ability to travel.
• Above average knowledge in operating Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook (2010) and Adobe Professional.

Interested candidates can email their Cover Letter and Resume/CV in MS Word format to information@ctoms.ca citing the position they are applying for. Only those selected for interview will be contacted.

Crye Precision Designates CTOMS as its Official Associate and Distributor in Canada

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

CTOMS has informed us that Crye Precision has officially designated them as Crye’s official associate and distributor in Canada. Congrats guys!

To see a list of Crye products that CTOMS currently carries visit www.CTOMS.ca.

CTOMs Is Giving Away Trauma Shears

Saturday, March 31st, 2012

According to Pvt. Bloggins, CTOMS is giving away a free pair of Trauma Shears with every $50 you spend through the month of April. If you spend $150, you get 3 pairs of Trauma Shears on the house. Now that’s a deal!

 Check it out.

 

-DR