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slacklinejoe
Jul 13, 2005, 6:30 PM
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In reply to: Any knot in rope or webbing reduces strength by about a third (sometimes more, sometimes less). So it will not be as strong as the intact rope. Best not to get in the habit of using patched together gear. To Slackline Joe: Are you going to stitch or splice the rope? Tell me more about this.
This is a old thread, but here's your answer:
Nothing wrong with a knot on lowlines, it's not life critical and it's not going to be a big deal since most never see loads half of what it's capable of. It will however have extra weight, feel funky, throw semi-twists in the line and counter balance you a bit.
The OP decided to replace rather than have it fixed. As for splicing it, all I have to do is throw in some beefy bar tacks like your climbing harness has to sew it together. With the right equipment it only takes a few minutes if that, and we sew dozens of slacklines each week so it's no big deal.
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cintune
Jul 13, 2005, 6:39 PM
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Yeah, the grounds crew at Miskatonic is known for doing stuff like that. You could blast the guy's mind with a dose of telekinetic fury, but then they'll just hire another fish-face from Innsmouth for minimum wage and you'll be back where you started. Can I borrow your library card? Nagl fhtagn, peace, out.
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jumaringjeff
Jul 13, 2005, 6:39 PM
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Just get daddy to buy you more gear.
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climbingkidd
Aug 21, 2005, 11:20 PM
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You should know better than to leave it setup like that tho.
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cadaverchris
Aug 21, 2005, 11:31 PM
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i'm a dork cuz i picked up on the miskatonic reference.
thanks cintune
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goclimbarock514
Aug 28, 2005, 2:22 AM
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It's better to be pissed off than to be pissed on!
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dontmaytagme
Aug 28, 2005, 4:15 AM
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[quote="cthulu"]Here's the situation. I go to boarding school and just brought out my slackline a few days ago. I set it up and it quickly became a popular activity. It was not unusual for there to be twenty people gathered around it after dinner. Everyone was getting better and I was finally getting some tricks down, then disaster struck. I left the line up for a couple days straight because it was beautiful weather, and some asshole mowing the lawn decided that the grass under the line really needed to be cut. So what did they do? They simply sliced the line with a knife. I came back to find everything in a ball at the base of one of the trees. And it wasn't enough to just cut the line they also cut one of the runners.
I'm pissed and people are pissed at me beacause they wanna walk. Bummer.
Are people truly pissed at you because they wanna walk? Tell them to lighten up perhaps.. just my two cents.
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cthulu
Aug 30, 2005, 11:13 PM
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I never thanked the people (albiet few) who offered advice. Thanks.
I ended up just making slings (only for slacklining) out of the old cut webbing. It worked out.
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Climbhigh1123
Mar 9, 2009, 5:46 PM
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[quote "greenketch"]cthulu, bummer about the gear. I imagine there is more to the story but it's not good to leave stuff like that up.
I probably don't have the same size grounds crew as your school to deal with, but. After my last move I checked in with the grounds folks at my place. I told them I like to do this stuff and I'll try to not leave it in your way. Then said this is not stuff to screw around with as slicing webbing under tension can be bad. So, If I do leave it up look for this and pull here (I started using a munter hich with a half hitch for one end) everything comes down easy and nobody gets hurt. They were very appreciative and a couple times I have come back and found everything neatly coiled by one of the trees. One guy has since started joining me when he sees it up.
My suggestion is take your lumps and be cool to the folks.[/quote]
That right there man, is an awesome idea, to help keep us slackers on the university's good side!
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durangoclimber
Mar 9, 2009, 5:56 PM
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[quote "angry"]Well I don't really slackline, but I'm usually pissed.
I hope that helps.[/quote]
Sweet...I'm pissed to...just because Angry is pissed. Piss on them all..bastards.
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reg
Mar 9, 2009, 6:54 PM
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[quote "boulderkid17"]Grass movers piss me off too. I don't know why though[/quote]
i'm afraid of clowns
hey ya got 20 peeps who should help ya buy new
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