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v_nuthin_ace
Mar 29, 2006, 3:05 AM
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There are alot of highline and slackline pics from this past week in Red Rocks on this forum thread link below:
http://forum.slackline.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=281
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coldclimb
Mar 30, 2006, 11:16 PM
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I've got a ton of my own up here:
http://www.gourp.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=235
I'll post up in the slackline.com thread too. ;)
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v_nuthin_ace
Apr 5, 2006, 3:36 PM
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Cool, coldclimb, lots of pics for everyone.
Here is a good one of the Stonewall Gap.
Areyoumydude is the highliner in this pic, sans cowboy hat.
http://i26.photobucket.com/.../greatshot30foot.jpg
our new friend and aspiring highliner "notasarhab" clicked this photo.
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v_nuthin_ace
Apr 6, 2006, 4:26 PM
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Here are a couple pics from ChiliDog, who was around the highlines helping all week. and we do appreciate your experience and guidance.
Seth and yourself stepped up nicely and put some great finishing touches on our rigs.
If you haven't seen this guy highline, make it a priority. This is the 17 year old Corbdawg, catching air on the 100 foot long highline over Gravity Gap, after he onsighted it. SICK, puke, puke, puke. He is one of seven of the nine Gravity Highliners that were there.
And ladies, he's lumpy like a moose! (not sure what that means but his bro kept telling me that)
http://i26.photobucket.com/...a/bettersickness.jpg
This, I think is Damian, but the rocks frame the short 30 footer nicely, ovbiously the line is a bit longer than it appears. ChiliDog always gets these cool pics.
http://i26.photobucket.com/...tota/cracklining.jpg
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hillbillywannabe
Apr 6, 2006, 4:52 PM
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does a high line feel any different than a normal low one? or is it all mental?
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v_nuthin_ace
Apr 6, 2006, 4:57 PM
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they are usually alot tighter than lowlines, and weightier since there are several lines taped together.
You can rig lowlines to mimic the feel of highlines but it is alot of extra work
Then there is the big mental hurdle in addition.
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hillbillywannabe
Apr 6, 2006, 5:43 PM
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and the extra lines are just for redundancy?
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badger44
Apr 6, 2006, 6:05 PM
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Yes they are, and i think they were less tensioned than the walking line on top, to keep their strength.
I tried the 100 footer which they said was really tight, it was my first try at a highline.
Budda wasn't kidding, it was supertight and i didn't get more than a few steps.
It felt ALOT differet to me.
I whippered once, then Budda showed me how to catch the line, and i was able to catch myself after that. It was cool seeing a dude that big hanging off the edge of a highline to show me the technique.
The line was about 50 or 60 feet up, and they said it was really low. Some of those guys like to be thousands of feet up. Nutso.
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v_nuthin_ace
Apr 6, 2006, 6:13 PM
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Yep, for redundancy, redundancy, redundancy.
The less tense, the more strength and stretch they retain.
Badger picked up alot of beta in his short time at the highlines, cool.
Good to see our new friends posting.
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oasis27alh
May 7, 2006, 8:46 PM
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Hey coldclimb, in that link you had with the dozens of red rock pics, what camera were you using? I'm looking at purchasing one and like the quality of your pics :)
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coldclimb
May 8, 2006, 2:48 AM
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In reply to: Hey coldclimb, in that link you had with the dozens of red rock pics, what camera were you using? I'm looking at purchasing one and like the quality of your pics :)
Hey, thanks, I appreciate the compliment. I use a Fuji F700 6mp digital, but actually I wouldn't recommend it. It has a "fake" six megapixels, where half the sensors on the CCD are lower sensitivity, so you get a six megapixel picture with only slightly over three megapixel quality. Found that one out after I bought it... oops. :lol:
I haven't used enough point-and-shoots to know what to recommend, but I will say don't go for the cheapest one with a certain feature like I did. And if you're looking for something really nice, get a DSLR like a Canon Rebel or one of the even MORE expensive models. :)
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