Rescue Training with the ESEE crew
The ESEE crew spent a week in North Carolina as assistant instructors for Haywood Community College’s Wilderness Week. Wilderness Week brings together search and rescue personnel from all over the state to train in advanced techniques during the week long exercise. It rained on us for four out of the 6 days while training and […]
A day at the ESEE Office
In the interest of honing our skills and testing some new outdoor gear, Jeff Randall, Patrick Rollins and Shane Adams spent the day bouncing a 185′ cliff known as “Weaver” in Little River Canyon (Northeast Alabama). We wanted to test out a new 8mm Grand rope from Atwood that features a Dyneema core encased in a Polyester sheath to see how […]
BladeHQ Grand Opening
Patrick Rollins, Shane Adams, and Bruce Bramlett of the ESEE crew made the trip out to Salt Lake City to celebrate the grand opening of BladeHQ’s new location. The new location at 564 W 700S #102, Pleasant Grove UT boasts a larger retail space and nearly 40,000 sq ft of warehouse, office space, and an […]
New Adventures Coming Soon
Patrick Rollins and I have been burning up the roads in 2018 and our most recent trip to Utah and Colorado was a highly anticipated trip that did not disappoint. We flew into Salt Lake City to participate in the grand opening of Blade HQ’s new facility. The Utah weather was awesome and Blade HQ put together a high […]
The Nylon Highway
The ESEE Team and the RAT SAR team recetly spent a weekend working on single rope rescues, as well as having a little fun exploring Varnedo Cave in North Alabama.
Overland Expo East 2018
Every now and then Mother Nature throws you a curve ball, but on rare occasions, she throws a nasty knuckle ball and you just have make the best of it. This was the case with this year’s Overland Expo East at the Oscar Reeb Ranch. We watched the shifting forecast for days and when it was time […]
2018 Randall’s Adventure Bushcraft Class
With three full days of instruction and hands-on skills application, James Gibson and Patrick Rollins never fail to make these classes over the top. Check out Randall’s Adventure to sign up for the next class.
Always In Design Mode
The ESEE / Randall’s Adventure crew is constantly in the design mindset, whether it’s for the knife industry, hiking/climbing/caving markets, or the rescue world. With our own machine shop, fabrication, and sew shops, we can take an idea from a sketch on a bar room napkin to a fully functioning product with actual testing and […]
It’s the journey, not the product
With our own prototyping shop and tensile test facility, we’ve started down the R&D road of lighter, stronger, and more compact equipment for lightweight mountain rescue and single rope technique aficionados. From mechanical advantage systems and portable high directionals to anchorage and new connectors, we have a few projects in the works that will eventually […]
Wrat Wrench
If you missed this year’s SHOT show then you missed a new product that’s outside the norm for ESEE: the Wrat Wrench. Straight from the mind of Jeff Randall and born out of our time spent dangling on rope in caves and off cliffs, the WRAT Wrench is built to fit popular SAE sized climbing […]