5/8/2023 0 Comments Highline spacenet![]() ![]() Cara from Alpha took a buggy out on a 20m, then headed to the Burnlands. ![]() Excitable Cary was jittery on the 20m, although managing a big first step on the 65m, whoohoo!! Seb got the 20m first send of the weekend. Tensioning done, a leash added late in true highline traditions, a combination of sliding X, cascading, and natural anchors for the variety of lines up. More taping of lines, then a slide across String Theory, to carefully walk the longer webbing lengths the rest of the way to the Rock Garden anchor. Next morning, Andy Court arrived with Rich and the colorful SpaceNet, also Sean aka Yeti, and Seb&Michelle joining to offer help. Ladies taking the lead on the deck anchors Cary, Burghen, Azino on the island side. Then with a first throw tagline ticked, it set the scene for the rigging, as smoothly as that. So much willing help up at the highline deck. ![]() Superstar Tara measuring perfect tape lengths, and Lowry jumping in to learn about sliders, best so the backup doesn’t stick to the mainline, for different tensions. Taping, taping and more taping, on over 350m of webbing. All of us encouraged by their psyche extreme! Most highliners hike up and down twice a day, with a swim and lunch in between, or to fit in a climbing mission too! Not Cary, determined to make the most of his time highlining. Cary and Azino spent the entire day at the highlines, which might be a first in the event’s history. The real early birds enjoyed a peaceful Friday morning highline session. Stellies Ryan set up his own 35m SlackGear kit, much appreciated, thanks! A Chongo’ing line set up, slanted from higher to lower to accommodate shorter vs taller people, a rodeo line for shock value, and a variety of other closer-to-land lines. Wednesday afternoon saw the first two 20m highlines up, Thursday morning, the next 3 more complicated, longer ones, and Thursday afternoon, Burghen’s sophisticated hang-frames lifted the SpaceNet out the water, over the dam, for sunset pow-wows!įriday morning, the camp area was rigged, with Andy and Tara warming up for the day’s activities with a little AcroYoga. Within 24 hours from Wednesday to Thursday, we had 5 highlines rigged and a SpaceNet suspended 3m above the Pakhuys dam. Tricky then to stick to fixed plans, but with most of us dedicated to arrive a few days ahead of the event, we had enough hands to prepare in remarkable time. A go-with-the-flow attitude to life helps a lot. Some of the crew were delayed by about a day, but it seems the very nature of slackllning is to move with instability under the feet, and embrace wobbles. Surprised though at how the city’s clutches hold on and won’t let us leave when we like. Riggers unite and SlackGear galore is packed in the trailer, all ready to roll its way out to the mountains. A unique set of circumstances enables this Rocklands Highline classic to happen each year. ![]()
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