Mad props for taking what looks like zero whippers as a result of flying frozen objects; their focus level is over 9000! As always enjoy the videos man.
Glad you like it! Talking about it in a garage only helps so much, these examples don't cover everything as I'd like them too but they do give a good big picture idea.
Hey! Sorry for the late, sure it could help, but at least here in Brazil english is pretty well known. Best regards and thank you again for the great job!
Cool videos as always. Maybe you can somewhen go over drilling for the anchoring points and how (not) to choose a adequat place like judging the rock for a god sopt that likely holds the forces. And for the Video. Didn´t you tell us not to use softshakles on other cords like dynamic rope because of abrasion? @7:01
Thanks. I will be making a drilling, hand drilling and bolt guide like non before! Coming soon. Soft shackles are typically used on master points to connect weblocks instead of the heavier option of a hard bow shackle. It is very very good to know that other cords can cut through this stuff but the master point is always fixed and not moving. But what about if anchor extends, especially under load? Well, Slack Science did a great test and it passed with flying colors th-cam.com/video/n2AhcsECsQc/w-d-xo.html .... Also please note: We use whoopie slings to prevent anchor from ever extending! It's good to know what they are not for... don't rappel with them & don't use them as a highline ring! When ropes are rubbing ropes it is bad, especially with Amsteel because it has such a low melting point. Good question!
Nick Farah yes. They are good bolts in good rock. Each bolt is stronger than the webbing itself. And each anchor has 4 bolts and we backed those up to other 3 bolt anchors or 3 bolt rappel stations. Its bomber! :)
So you put soft shackles directly into your master point? Does that not cause abrasion issues with the amsteel rubbing on the rope? I thought rope on rope was bad, especially with the low melting point of amsteel and at the master point :|
Amsteel does have a low melting point BUT in order to create heat you have to have rope MOVING on rope. You don't rappel with a rope inside of a sling because it will be moving over it. However your personal anchor is attached to your harness with a girth hitch because nothing is moving. Your rope is attached to your harness because it really isn't see sawing it. See the tests Balance Community has done in this video th-cam.com/video/n2AhcsECsQc/w-d-xo.html. I also was there when a main anchor failed and everything extended... with a soft shackle. 1 quick jolt doesn't cut it or even abraid it, and it wasn't even padded. I've had mine for years now without padding and there is basically no abraision whatsoever on them and I put them on the master point every time. That is what they are for. I plan on doing a video with what it takes to cut through amsteel soon.
HowNOTtoHIGHLINE hmm alright sweet. I was thinking just the oscillations of walking and bouncing or taking whippers (under tension) was enough but I'm glad to hear it's not!
Hey Ryan, is it ok to tight the whoopies directly on the hangers? If it`s not how would be the best way? Is it possible to tight 2 quick links in the same hanger?
In a perfect world, 2 quicklinks. Redundant. In a super good enough world, the same quicklink or directly to the hanger (which is the way I do it). The compromised way either doesn't give you redundancy or reduces strength significantly. Sooooo, good luck with that decision! :)
Thanks. I'm doing more styles of episodes this coming year but I will try to stay on top of the educational side of things too! Glad you like them. The longer answer to your question is, on mid lines, you could deck if you take a fall onto the backup. If you are walking longer lines, the backup flips on top and you step on a round backup rather than a flat one. It is also heavier than most webbings so it can make your line wobble rather than dampen the wiggles. I have done it and will continue every once in a while but unless it is less than 130 feet, I just prefer to use webbing. The positive side is that it will hurt less to fall on as it absorbs more energy and it is more abrasion resistant in case you have a tendency to not pad highlines properly ;).
HowNOTtoHIGHLINE Sorry I wasn't specific, I meant change the whoopied as backup anchors to dynamic ropes. Thank you again! Man how long did you take to lose the fear of highlining? I'm longlining pretty much but tried few midlines and it was terrifying o.o
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Mad props for taking what looks like zero whippers as a result of flying frozen objects; their focus level is over 9000! As always enjoy the videos man.
I splice out failure :). Marco on the other hand crushed it and never fell!
HowNOTtoHIGHLINE Proper.
with these videos you're saving so many lives! good job!
Thanks, if we can help people from making major mistakes hopefully the margin of error we allow for in highlining will do the rest! :)
haha snowball in the face. Thanks for this series I've been wondering how people rig highlines.
Glad you like it! Talking about it in a garage only helps so much, these examples don't cover everything as I'd like them too but they do give a good big picture idea.
Amazing dude! Greetings from Brazil, our slack community is needing more of these videos!
Best regards
Rafael Alexandre Navas Dias thanks! Glad these are helping. Do you think spanish or spanish subtitles could help? Im considering it for future videos.
Hey! Sorry for the late, sure it could help, but at least here in Brazil english is pretty well known. Best regards and thank you again for the great job!
Cool videos as always. Maybe you can somewhen go over drilling for the anchoring points and how (not) to choose a adequat place like judging the rock for a god sopt that likely holds the forces.
And for the Video. Didn´t you tell us not to use softshakles on other cords like dynamic rope because of abrasion? @7:01
Thanks. I will be making a drilling, hand drilling and bolt guide like non before! Coming soon.
Soft shackles are typically used on master points to connect weblocks instead of the heavier option of a hard bow shackle. It is very very good to know that other cords can cut through this stuff but the master point is always fixed and not moving. But what about if anchor extends, especially under load? Well, Slack Science did a great test and it passed with flying colors th-cam.com/video/n2AhcsECsQc/w-d-xo.html .... Also please note: We use whoopie slings to prevent anchor from ever extending! It's good to know what they are not for... don't rappel with them & don't use them as a highline ring! When ropes are rubbing ropes it is bad, especially with Amsteel because it has such a low melting point. Good question!
Well done ^^
Looking forward to more
Thank you for this brother!
amazing video!
I was always wondering this - could you tie your line to a drone and fly it across? or would it weigh too much. Not exactly looking to test this.
Definitely fishing line but you could test it in a safe environment. The wind may blow your drone away with the rope
Very cool
So I’m guessing you guys use 3 expansion bolts in this video on each side to make an anchor for you high line
looks like all of this ends up solely relying on the bolts in the rock...is that the case? how safe is that?
Nick Farah yes. They are good bolts in good rock. Each bolt is stronger than the webbing itself. And each anchor has 4 bolts and we backed those up to other 3 bolt anchors or 3 bolt rappel stations. Its bomber! :)
So you put soft shackles directly into your master point? Does that not cause abrasion issues with the amsteel rubbing on the rope? I thought rope on rope was bad, especially with the low melting point of amsteel and at the master point :|
Amsteel does have a low melting point BUT in order to create heat you have to have rope MOVING on rope. You don't rappel with a rope inside of a sling because it will be moving over it. However your personal anchor is attached to your harness with a girth hitch because nothing is moving. Your rope is attached to your harness because it really isn't see sawing it. See the tests Balance Community has done in this video th-cam.com/video/n2AhcsECsQc/w-d-xo.html. I also was there when a main anchor failed and everything extended... with a soft shackle. 1 quick jolt doesn't cut it or even abraid it, and it wasn't even padded. I've had mine for years now without padding and there is basically no abraision whatsoever on them and I put them on the master point every time. That is what they are for. I plan on doing a video with what it takes to cut through amsteel soon.
HowNOTtoHIGHLINE hmm alright sweet. I was thinking just the oscillations of walking and bouncing or taking whippers (under tension) was enough but I'm glad to hear it's not!
Hey Ryan, is it ok to tight the whoopies directly on the hangers? If it`s not how would be the best way? Is it possible to tight 2 quick links in the same hanger?
In a perfect world, 2 quicklinks. Redundant. In a super good enough world, the same quicklink or directly to the hanger (which is the way I do it). The compromised way either doesn't give you redundancy or reduces strength significantly. Sooooo, good luck with that decision! :)
Thank you bro! Congratz for the awesome content! Just another question, don`t you like dynamic ropes as backups for the main achor?
Because they only come in 60 meters :)
Thanks. I'm doing more styles of episodes this coming year but I will try to stay on top of the educational side of things too! Glad you like them. The longer answer to your question is, on mid lines, you could deck if you take a fall onto the backup. If you are walking longer lines, the backup flips on top and you step on a round backup rather than a flat one. It is also heavier than most webbings so it can make your line wobble rather than dampen the wiggles. I have done it and will continue every once in a while but unless it is less than 130 feet, I just prefer to use webbing. The positive side is that it will hurt less to fall on as it absorbs more energy and it is more abrasion resistant in case you have a tendency to not pad highlines properly ;).
HowNOTtoHIGHLINE Sorry I wasn't specific, I meant change the whoopied as backup anchors to dynamic ropes. Thank you again! Man how long did you take to lose the fear of highlining? I'm longlining pretty much but tried few midlines and it was terrifying o.o
Your mom jokes are in a lot of your old videos.
More Kim she's funny and a babe
Please use a Granite stone tied to the fishing line. Im tired of finding LEAD poison on my trails.
ZZP Zing Pheonix do you criticize me on every video or just select ones? Haha