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dono169
Jul 3, 2004, 3:57 PM
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Does anyone have a way to slackline at home, just for a few feet or so?
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jerrygarcia
Jul 3, 2004, 4:39 PM
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plant 2 trees in your backyard if you dont already have some and wait 20 years.
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seidon
Jul 3, 2004, 4:57 PM
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Anchor into a tree (something like an eye bolt). Slackline attached to the anchor. Slackline attached to another anchor on a truck. Pull truck forward to tighten.
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psych
Jul 3, 2004, 5:26 PM
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Gah! Don't anchor INTO a tree, spend the $0.50 and buy 6 feet of webbing so you can sling the tree and easily remove it later with a clove hitch type knot. No sense in needlessly screwing metal into a tree when the eye-bolt would cost just as much as the webbing. The truck = good idea. Just don't pull too hard, we actually snapped my webbing a month or so ago...
Mike...
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wearyourtruth
Jul 3, 2004, 7:50 PM
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there are plenty of ways, one of the easiest (if you don't have trees) that i've heard of is to use 2 sawhorses and just run it over them and anchor it down on either side. that or just 2 triangles... as seen here
http://www.rockclimbing.com/photos.php?Action=Show&PhotoID=34564
(credit due to rawboulderer)
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seidon
Jul 7, 2004, 5:27 PM
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Well, see, i already had the eyebolt sittin around w/nothin better to do w/it. And concidering i have SOO much money... (yea right) ...i couldnt afford to go get another peice of webbing. So ya know, thats what i did.
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corpse
Jul 7, 2004, 5:43 PM
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In reply to: Well, see, i already had the eyebolt sittin around w/nothin better to do w/it. And concidering i have SOO much money... (yea right) ...i couldnt afford to go get another peice of webbing. So ya know, thats what i did.
In reply to: Never argue with an idiot (like me)...I will bring you down to my level and beat you with experience.
sounds like a bolt waiting to pop out and hit you in the eye.. I'm not much of a tree hugger, but that is such blatant tree abuse.. plus, with weathering, it won't last very long - worst idea I've ever heard regarding using a tree as an anchor. but I'm not arguing! :-D
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bouldereldo
Jul 7, 2004, 6:35 PM
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I have an old post in my yard left over from a huge sattelite dish the previous owner had. I need another anchor on the other side of the yard for a slackline. I looked on slackline.com and didn't find much about setting one up. Anyone know of a place to get good set up info?
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spiderwomann
Jul 7, 2004, 6:43 PM
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http://slacklineexpress.com
this site has a lot of good information and pics. personally, i would try the sawhorse idea, or you could just put a pole in the ground with cement, if you really want something that permanent.
peace
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bouldereldo
Jul 7, 2004, 11:05 PM
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Sweet, thanks for the beta Spiderwomann!
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alvchen
Jul 8, 2004, 12:27 AM
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How bout indoor slacklining?? Is there a way to setup anchors indoors?
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alvchen
Jul 8, 2004, 9:26 PM
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^Like what could you anchor that would hold? Slacklines put a damn good amount of force on the anchors so I don't want to put it on an structural feature.
I only ask in regards to those rainy days where I may want to slackline :D
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coldclimb
Jul 9, 2004, 2:23 AM
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You'd have to have something seriously solid. In my case, my basement is unfinished, so there's a good chance that I could anchor a few things to the concrete floor with bolts of some sort and use sawhorses to hold up the line. The ceiling is low though... it'd have to be a tight low line. My parents would never let me do this, but that's probably the only thing here structurally strong enough to support a slackline. ;) Might also be possible bolted straight into the concrete walls of the basement with several bolts on each end.
Of course, this is all theoretical. I have no idea of the forces involved, except that they are BIG. ;) I also have no experience setting up a line indoors, so I'd advise you to think before taking anything I say as gospel. ;) Good luck!
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seidon
Jul 9, 2004, 5:12 PM
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In reply to: sounds like a bolt waiting to pop out and hit you in the eye.. I'm not much of a tree hugger, but that is such blatant tree abuse.. plus, with weathering, it won't last very long - worst idea I've ever heard regarding using a tree as an anchor. but I'm not arguing! :-D
I dont know...the anchor goes in the tree pretty good. And i dont leave the line out there to be worn away on, so i think im ok. But in any case, im really stuborn so ill just leave it in there and continue to use it until it comes out and hits me or my truck and royally pisses me off. But yes, i agree about anchoring to trees for climbing...BAD IDEA...but i think when it comes to slacklining where your not really putting your life on the line (lol...life...line...) that it wouldnt really be a HUGE problem to anchor into a tree.
Again...not arguing...
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