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no-brakes
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With all the slacklining posts I just couldn't keep myself from posting one...
Can anyone recommend something to use to protect the trees I'm setting my line up on? Will an old t-shirt or two work as well as anything else? The lines I've used before weren't set up on trees and I'm noticing a bit of collateral damage on the trees even after just a few uses.
Thanks, yo.
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declinebass
Aug 15, 2004, 4:23 AM
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ive seen a guy use a length of fire hose...like the big arse stuff...it seemed to get the job done well.
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coldclimb
Aug 15, 2004, 4:55 AM
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I used my shoes and a shirt once. It worked. I've heard that carpet pieces work nicely, though I've never tried that method. :D
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krustyklimber
Aug 15, 2004, 5:48 AM
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I use several sticks place upright around the tree, this way the rigging only touches the sticks, and the tree's circulation is not cut off.
No matter how much padding you use, if you damage the cambium (sic?) layer of the tree all the way around it (girdling the tree) it will die. It might take a year or two, but it will.
I have had my home slackline rigged on the same tree for 18 months now... the tree is fine. ;)
Krusty http://pages.prodigy.net/.../emoticons/wave1.gif
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coldclimb
Aug 15, 2004, 6:12 AM
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In reply to: No matter how much padding you use, if you damage the cambium (sic?) layer of the tree all the way around it (girdling the tree) it will die. It might take a year or two, but it will.
:shock: Hmmm... Ominous. Maybe I should rethink mine then... lol
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Aug 15, 2004, 6:40 AM
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Hmmm, a tree girdle... Thanks all!
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coldclimb
Aug 15, 2004, 7:01 AM
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coldclimb moved this thread from Sport Climbing to Slacklining.
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actionfigure
Aug 21, 2004, 5:55 PM
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burlap sack, carpet, cardboard.
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wiscoclimbiner
Aug 21, 2004, 6:30 PM
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we have used some towels around the trees. i have heard or people using old garden hose and bike inter tubes to reduce the wear.
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theturtle
Aug 24, 2004, 12:19 AM
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Take a cardboard box and cut it into long strips about 6" wide. Slip them under the anchor webbing after you rig the line, just before you tighten it.
I have been using the same pieces of cardboard for almost 2 years. The're starting to wear out, but still useable.
Not only do they protect the tree, they protect your anchor.
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healyje
Aug 24, 2004, 12:46 AM
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All of these are good suggestions, I've used 8" x 36" canvas strips over the years and sometimes add vertical sticks or bark strips from the ground as well.
Please though, always use something; you should be able to improvise something or else consider skipping it all if you can't figure out how to protect a tree you want to use.
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