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backtreeone
Dec 26, 2005, 4:41 PM
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i recently slacked with a nols instructor, he set up a line with 4 beaners and a a stick!? it was aswome, you could tigten the line and it would stay, there were no knots (besides the anchors). dose anyone know how he set that up? i didnt pay close enought attention to notice what he did
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veganboyjosh
Dec 26, 2005, 5:22 PM
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this is how i do it, and i don't use a stick.
you anchor one end of the line to one tree.
then you have a loop of webbing tied around the other tree. i usually girth hitch this one. one biner goes on the end of this loop, the other goes on the loop that's next to the tree, but pulled away by the girth hitch action.
now, clove hitch a biner into the main line, about 2/3 of the way from the anchored end. you set up an ellington, which coldclimb explains here.. then, with the end coming off the ellington, you set up another 3 to 1 system, using the biner that's next to the tree, and a 4th biner that you connect to the end of the ellington using a kleimheist knot.
as you pull on the end of this line, you have 9 to 1 theoretical advantage. when you've maxed out the second 3 to 1 system, the ellington locks, allowing you to slide the kleimheist back up to the other biner.
make sense?
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chalkfree
Dec 26, 2005, 6:37 PM
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Try the slackline section in the website in my sig. The way I do it requires six biners, but you could modify it to use four by removing the far anchor and replacing it with the line girth hitched through opposed slip knots
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coldclimb
Dec 27, 2005, 6:46 AM
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There's practically as many ways to do this as there are slackers, but the most common and perhaps neatest and easiest is the Ellington Josh mentions. You might check out this article which outlines several simple setups, including the Ellington, if you need more info than just Josh's post. You should be able to manage it though. Here's a pic to help.
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...p.cgi?Detailed=37994
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veganboyjosh
Dec 27, 2005, 6:51 AM
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the newest issue of climbing magazine has a tech tip that features a 5 to 1 hauling pulley system, but it involves several pieces of gear more than 4 biners and some webbing, but i'd be willing to try it out and see how it does on the slackline, if i can remember to get the damn thing copied...
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