About Vector

Who We Are

Johnny Hunt

Johnny is an L3 IRATA qualified geotechnical, industrial specialist and a rope safety expert.
He has 15 years + working at height experience, primarily developing and installing geotechnical rock and slope safety systems. He has overseen and delivered a variety of technical rock stabilisation projects in extremely challenging locations for some of the UK’s biggest companies.
Before he began rigging professionally, he spent 10 years in the military working within multi-national tri service teams in high-pressure environments. He has developed his passion for the extreme within rope access and before that as an adventure sports instructor, whenever he’s not hanging from cliff faces he can be found surfing the many breaks around the west country.

Waldo Etherington

Waldo is an IRATA qualified rigging expert specialising in remote location and a pioneering expert in this field, having made significant achievements in this field. To include first ascents of some of the tallest and most remote trees in the world; and first ascents of some of the highest remote cliffs in the world. His experience with the technical climbing of trees and cliff faces and the constant focus upon evolving technical rescue has equipped him well in the industry, to lead a variety of technical rigging operations for industrial and arboricultural rock safety and geotechnical projects. His love of rope access and geotechnical work was greatly inspired by working with Johnny.

Founded by Johnny and Waldo, Vector has built an incredible team of hard working individuals who’s collective skill set is second to none.

We pride ourselves on our amazing people, their team spirit and brilliant work ethos. 

All of our operatives are fully IRATA trained, highly qualified technicians with extensive skills, qualifications and experience in a variety of construction and rope access areas. They are experts in their field, which means every client receives the best quality work.