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camhead
Mar 14, 2008, 2:19 PM
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in the video section of today's New York Times http://nytimes.com/.
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socalbolter
Mar 14, 2008, 2:48 PM
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As a former "jumper" and an amateur slackliner, this seems like a logical combination to me.
Seems the most dangerous parts would be leaving the base and approaching the far side. Once you got in the middle 1/2 of the line you'd be relatively safe.
The cool thing about this is that I could see some really high lines being walked this way. They'd be harder to rig, but once you had them rigged, the taller the line - the safer the walk (and if needed take-off) would be.
And how about some really long spans? I could just picture a 200-300 foot spongy line with someone doing swings and tricks in the middle with nothing but the chute as a backup. Maybe some complicated flip dismount / take off? Could be pretty cool.
He may be on to something here...
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areyoumydude
Mar 14, 2008, 11:53 PM
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As far as I know that's the longest highline (180') walked so far.
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macherry
Mar 15, 2008, 1:27 AM
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a non climber friend pointed me to the nyt today. interesting story/video.
like dean or hate 'em, he's pushing the limits
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