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squamishdirtbag
Jan 3, 2008, 8:23 PM
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Just wondering where to get professional advice on rigging highlines? Im sure your all informed people but I more into like a book or movie. Surely this exists somewhere?
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areyoumydude
Jan 3, 2008, 8:38 PM
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squamishdirtbag wrote: Just wondering where to get professional advice on rigging highlines? Im sure your all informed people but I more into like a book or movie. Surely this exists somewhere?
I haven't heard of one. Learning to rig a highline is usually best learned hands-on with an experienced rigger.
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majid_sabet
Jan 3, 2008, 8:54 PM
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Highlines may look simple to build but they are consider as one of the most dangerous in rope rigging. If you have to build a short distance highline then that should be so hard as long as your anchors are solid. If you need to build a highline to cover a wide distance then you need to some basic math and physic calculation to figure out where things may end up.
(This post was edited by majid_sabet on Jan 3, 2008, 9:00 PM)
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live2climb
Jan 3, 2008, 11:40 PM
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i have not seen a book YET but think it would be pritty hard to write cauz their is not really a set way to do this sort of thing.
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areyoumydude
Jan 3, 2008, 11:53 PM
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slacklinejoe wrote: Larry, what do you think? You willing to be hired out as a rigging guide if people make it to Moab with cash in hand? You certainly have the location for it.
Hank Williams Jr. said it best. "If you got the money, honey. I got the time"
Except for the "honey" part.
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squamishdirtbag
Jan 6, 2008, 11:02 PM
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slacklinejoe wrote: squamishdirtbag wrote: Just wondering where to get professional advice on rigging highlines? Im sure your all informed people but I more into like a book or movie. Surely this exists somewhere? I think the closest advice to what you are seeking is something I put togther on my site. Highline Rigging is flat out dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. More so than any other common recreational rigging that I can think of due to the physics and inherent dangers involved. Learning from a book, video or webpage simply will not cut it. You need hands on field experience with someone who knows what they are doing. My best suggestion, post up trying to find highliners in your area or travel to highline events to see if you can learn the ropes. I know the Ouray ice festival next week is having a highline there but I don't know if the riggers there want to mentor for you. ... Larry, what do you think? You willing to be hired out as a rigging guide if people make it to Moab with cash in hand? You certainly have the location for it. For the life of me I still don't want to step in the teaching shoes yet, I've rigged 3 locations to date (all on new bolts or big trees) so I don't feel qualified and I still haven't got new locations setup since my last move.
Good point this isn't the kinda teach yourself activity. I think I'll hang out at the rostrum and watch the riggers.
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