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strunghigh_santacruz
May 12, 2005, 4:05 AM
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Can you slackline on a climbing rope? Thinking about getting into slacklining. I got a mammut 10.5 rope and I was wondering if i can use that and if it would damage it.
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musicman
May 12, 2005, 4:22 AM
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i know nothing about it, i've tried slacking once so i'm no expert. i wouldn't though, just go by 50 feet of webbing, its super cheap, just 1 inch tubular and you're good to go.
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fiend
May 12, 2005, 4:26 AM
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I can only imagine how tight you'd need to crank this in order to get it tight enough to walk on. You'd need a static line or a dynamic rope that you're willing to pull the stretch out of... meaning that you wouldn't want to take falls on it in the future.
Lead lines are not for slacklining.
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scottquig
May 12, 2005, 4:49 AM
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Can you use your computer monitor as a footstool? Well, I guess you could...
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jamaica
May 12, 2005, 4:59 AM
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In reply to: Can you use your computer monitor as a footstool? Well, I guess you could...
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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phaedrus
May 12, 2005, 1:18 PM
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phaedrus moved this thread from General to Slacklining.
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davidorchard
May 12, 2005, 1:49 PM
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i did it on a retired rope once, but i don't think i would do it on one that i wanted to climb on again.
it was really wicked (it would scrape skin off you leg or smack you in the ribs) when you fell off also, but that might just be a feature of slacklining. I just wanted to try it out and didn't want to shell out any cash.
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overlord
May 12, 2005, 2:02 PM
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not a good idea for three reasons:
1. its a dynamic rope meaning lots and lots of retightening
2. its round
3. it would really destroy the rope
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overlord
May 12, 2005, 2:04 PM
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not a good idea for three reasons:
1. its a dynamic rope meaning lots and lots of retightening
2. its round
3. it would really destroy the rope
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lehanen
May 12, 2005, 3:11 PM
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In reply to: not a good idea for three reasons: 1. its a dynamic rope meaning lots and lots of retightening 2. its round 3. it would really destroy the rope
Thats it in a nut shell, get your hands on some webbing, its very cheap as opposed to buying a new rope after you destroy the old one!
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organic
May 12, 2005, 3:24 PM
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Webbing cost like $0.60 a meter, come on, people are saying they don't have enough money?
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azblazer18
May 12, 2005, 4:49 PM
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I bought my slackline at REI last night and spent less than 20 for webbing and biners
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ginshun
May 12, 2005, 7:31 PM
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You can get 70 feet of webbing and 4 biners from acmeclimbing.com for $40.
Thats what I did.
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strunghigh_santacruz
May 13, 2005, 12:21 AM
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So is webbing used more often then 11mm static rope?
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boulderkid17
May 13, 2005, 12:29 AM
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I think it might damage it but i am not sure. As i am trying to get into slacklining too.
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drector
May 13, 2005, 12:36 AM
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Nevermind my dumb questions.
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coldclimb
May 13, 2005, 12:55 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: Dynamic tubular webbing Having never looked into slack lining, I've never heard such a thing. Is this standard climb-spec webbing? I was always under the impression that webbing was used because it was cheaper than static rope. I'm sure that a tight-rope is not tight because it is a static rope. It's tight because it's got a few more thousand pounds of pull on it. And it's usually steel cable. Circ-de-solei twenty years ago had a guy on a rope that was an inch wide and hung down about three feet in the middle of a fifteen foot span. Now that's slack. Also, what keeps the webbing from just rotating when you stand on it? Is it fixed at the ends in such a way as to resist rotation so that it acts like a balance beam giving you the ability to press harder on one side of it than the other? I'm sure the wide allows for less accurate foot placement but counter rotation?? I've seen lots of slack-line stuff go by and some of this seems a little strange. I'll go do a search now since I'm sure to be cussed at. Dave
Yes, it's standard climb-spec webbing. Or mil-spec, they'll both do. :)
Webbing is not only cheaper, but more dynamic and lighter. I've walked a rope or two, and they're kinda heavy. Just a little difference that I didn't like much. :) Static rope doesn't stretch like dynamic webbing, so you won't get the trampoline-like bounce and movement in a line. That is, if you pull it tight...
If you DON'T pull it tight, then OK, I'll let you say you're slacklining, even though you're not really sticking with the real definition of the sport. :lol: According to the history book, it all started with two guys walking a loose chain. Similar stuff, I suppose.
I guess it would be the pressure of your foot against the flat webbing that stops it from rolling.
If you're interested at all in slacklining, I really recommend purchasing slackdaddy's book "Walk the Line: The Art of Balance and the Craft of Slackline." It not only shows detailed instructions on many different ways to set up a slackline, but also has a ton of information on the sport in general, including an investigation of the various different materials you can walk. Definitely a worthy investment. Check it out at www.slackdaddytools.com
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dontfall
May 13, 2005, 1:24 AM
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Why don't you send your rope to me once your done with it. I need a good towing rope for my jeep.
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