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mendou
Oct 3, 2005, 7:14 PM
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Hello everybody!
recently, i watched a climbing-slackline film that let me some doubt...
the movie is "The Center of the universe" at Yosemite... somebody have watched it?
in the film, Shawn Sneider put a little tape around the slackline every 2 mts (6 feets) more or less...
what is the reason for that? :?: :roll:
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iltripp
Oct 3, 2005, 7:16 PM
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I may be completely wrong, but...
He was probably taping multiple lines together. If I'm not mistaken, highlines are usually 2 or 3 lines taped together for redundancy.
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keinangst
Oct 3, 2005, 7:29 PM
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Good call...
I always thought it was for depth perception. Seems like a 1" or smaller line would tend to blend into the background, plus you wouldn't have a real sense of forward movement over a huge chasm without some markers.
Not that I'd ever do it, but that was what I though about the tape.
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misanthropic_nihilist
Oct 3, 2005, 7:56 PM
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Yea, it's for redundancy.
Whenever you're completely trusting your life to something, you want it to be redundant. Taping 2-3 lines together is the best/easiest way to get a redundant highline while still maintaining the feel/look of low slackline.
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mendou
Oct 3, 2005, 8:13 PM
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well...
the thing is that i revised the film, and others slackline photos too, and i didnt see 2 or 3 lines together, actually i saw just one line, but the tape are present...
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