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USnavy
Mar 26, 2012, 4:05 AM
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I rigged a highline up last week and we had a few non-climber / highliners come out to give it a try. The first two falls and last fall in this video are pretty hilarious. This is a textbook example as to why one should not keep the rope behind their leg while leading. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH8AL6oRwbY
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healyje
Mar 26, 2012, 10:26 AM
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How much slackline experience did they have?
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USnavy
Mar 26, 2012, 1:02 PM
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They all had a reasonable amount of slacking experience, they could walk a line the length of the highline.
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USnavy
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majid_sabet wrote: USnavy wrote: I rigged a highline up last week and we had a few non-climber / highliners come out to give it a try. The first two falls and last fall in this video are pretty hilarious. This is a textbook example as to why one should not keep the rope behind their leg while leading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH8AL6oRwbYthis is called slackline and not highline so use the proper terminology
j_ung wrote: USnavy wrote: I rigged a highline up last week and we had a few non-climber / highliners come out to give it a try. The first two falls and last fall in this video are pretty hilarious. This is a textbook example as to why one should not keep the rope behind their leg while leading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH8AL6oRwbYI don't know squat about highlining—are the leashes supposed to be that long?
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majid_sabet
Mar 27, 2012, 8:45 PM
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USnavy wrote: majid_sabet wrote: USnavy wrote: I rigged a highline up last week and we had a few non-climber / highliners come out to give it a try. The first two falls and last fall in this video are pretty hilarious. This is a textbook example as to why one should not keep the rope behind their leg while leading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH8AL6oRwbYthis is called slackline and not highline so use the proper terminology Umm no, actually its not. Pretty sure its highlining. Come walk the line and jump off without a leash, that should make it clear whether its a highline or slackline. j_ung wrote: USnavy wrote: I rigged a highline up last week and we had a few non-climber / highliners come out to give it a try. The first two falls and last fall in this video are pretty hilarious. This is a textbook example as to why one should not keep the rope behind their leg while leading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH8AL6oRwbYI don't know squat about highlining—are the leashes supposed to be that long? Eh, yea, but it is kind of a shoulder shruger. You can make it any length you want, the main problem with longer leashes is that its really hard to get back on once you fall off. The up side is everyone seemed to be falling at the beginning, so they just had to have someone throw them a piece of rope to get back over.
what you got is a slackline and not highline
here is a educational midjet copyrighted image for you
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USnavy
Mar 28, 2012, 12:21 AM
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majid_sabet wrote: USnavy wrote: majid_sabet wrote: USnavy wrote: I rigged a highline up last week and we had a few non-climber / highliners come out to give it a try. The first two falls and last fall in this video are pretty hilarious. This is a textbook example as to why one should not keep the rope behind their leg while leading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH8AL6oRwbYthis is called slackline and not highline so use the proper terminology Umm no, actually its not. Pretty sure its highlining. Come walk the line and jump off without a leash, that should make it clear whether its a highline or slackline. j_ung wrote: USnavy wrote: I rigged a highline up last week and we had a few non-climber / highliners come out to give it a try. The first two falls and last fall in this video are pretty hilarious. This is a textbook example as to why one should not keep the rope behind their leg while leading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH8AL6oRwbYI don't know squat about highlining—are the leashes supposed to be that long? Eh, yea, but it is kind of a shoulder shruger. You can make it any length you want, the main problem with longer leashes is that its really hard to get back on once you fall off. The up side is everyone seemed to be falling at the beginning, so they just had to have someone throw them a piece of rope to get back over. what you got is a slackline and not highline here is a educational midjet copyrighted image for you [IMG]http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/7056/highline.jpg[/IMG]
As stated by Wikidpedia, a highline is "slacklining at elevation above the ground or water".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlining
More reading for you: http://forum.slackline.com/
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j_ung wrote: USnavy wrote: I rigged a highline up last week and we had a few non-climber / highliners come out to give it a try. The first two falls and last fall in this video are pretty hilarious. This is a textbook example as to why one should not keep the rope behind their leg while leading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH8AL6oRwbYI don't know squat about highlining—are the leashes supposed to be that long?
Funny video, though.
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j_ung
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majid_sabet wrote: USnavy wrote: I rigged a highline up last week and we had a few non-climber / highliners come out to give it a try. The first two falls and last fall in this video are pretty hilarious. This is a textbook example as to why one should not keep the rope behind their leg while leading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH8AL6oRwbYthis is called slackline and not highline so use the proper terminology
It depends on the context, Majid. In the the world of mountaineering, you're right, a highline is something else. In the world of line walking, however, it is correctly called a highline.
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j_ung wrote: majid_sabet wrote: USnavy wrote: I rigged a highline up last week and we had a few non-climber / highliners come out to give it a try. The first two falls and last fall in this video are pretty hilarious. This is a textbook example as to why one should not keep the rope behind their leg while leading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH8AL6oRwbYthis is called slackline and not highline so use the proper terminology It depends on the context, Majid. In the the world of mountaineering, you're right, a highline is something else. In the world of line walking, however, it is correctly called a highline.
Mountaineers and riggers had used term "highline" for a long time , much longer than any of slacker were even born so now we got a group of fresh slackliners calling their rig " highline" which makes things little confusing and I bet, many mountaineers and riggers will agree that slackliners should call it slackline and not a highline.
edit; I wonder what rope walkers on the circus will call it
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shimanilami
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Not leading. Not textbook. Not hilarious.
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j_ung
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majid_sabet wrote: j_ung wrote: majid_sabet wrote: USnavy wrote: I rigged a highline up last week and we had a few non-climber / highliners come out to give it a try. The first two falls and last fall in this video are pretty hilarious. This is a textbook example as to why one should not keep the rope behind their leg while leading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH8AL6oRwbYthis is called slackline and not highline so use the proper terminology It depends on the context, Majid. In the the world of mountaineering, you're right, a highline is something else. In the world of line walking, however, it is correctly called a highline. Mountaineers and riggers had used term "highline" for a long time , much longer than any of slacker were even born so now we got a group of fresh slackliners calling their rig " highline" which makes things little confusing and I bet, many mountaineers and riggers will agree that slackliners should call it slackline and not a highline. edit; I wonder what rope walkers on the circus will call it
Uh, right. I said as much in my post. Slacklining is not mountaineering.
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j_ung wrote: majid_sabet wrote: j_ung wrote: majid_sabet wrote: USnavy wrote: I rigged a highline up last week and we had a few non-climber / highliners come out to give it a try. The first two falls and last fall in this video are pretty hilarious. This is a textbook example as to why one should not keep the rope behind their leg while leading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH8AL6oRwbYthis is called slackline and not highline so use the proper terminology It depends on the context, Majid. In the the world of mountaineering, you're right, a highline is something else. In the world of line walking, however, it is correctly called a highline. Mountaineers and riggers had used term "highline" for a long time , much longer than any of slacker were even born so now we got a group of fresh slackliners calling their rig " highline" which makes things little confusing and I bet, many mountaineers and riggers will agree that slackliners should call it slackline and not a highline. edit; I wonder what rope walkers on the circus will call it Uh, right. I said as much in my post. Slacklining is not mountaineering.
next time I see dean potter I'll ask him if slacklining is consider as mountaineering or not
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majid_sabet wrote: j_ung wrote: majid_sabet wrote: j_ung wrote: majid_sabet wrote: USnavy wrote: I rigged a highline up last week and we had a few non-climber / highliners come out to give it a try. The first two falls and last fall in this video are pretty hilarious. This is a textbook example as to why one should not keep the rope behind their leg while leading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH8AL6oRwbYthis is called slackline and not highline so use the proper terminology It depends on the context, Majid. In the the world of mountaineering, you're right, a highline is something else. In the world of line walking, however, it is correctly called a highline. Mountaineers and riggers had used term "highline" for a long time , much longer than any of slacker were even born so now we got a group of fresh slackliners calling their rig " highline" which makes things little confusing and I bet, many mountaineers and riggers will agree that slackliners should call it slackline and not a highline. edit; I wonder what rope walkers on the circus will call it Uh, right. I said as much in my post. Slacklining is not mountaineering. next time I see dean potter I'll ask him if slacklining is consider as mountaineering or not
While your at it, cup his balls and ask him what he calls a slack line 100 feet off the deck.
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