Ajust the spansets length
Industrial spansets are the best tools to make a highline equalization. Particularly, for a treeline, or for a highline set up on trees next to a cliff, the anchor is easy to set as you only have to circle the tree with the spanset. Sometimes though, it happens that we face an adjustment of the...
The leash, the rings, the harness
A highline is not only made by a webbing, a backup and 2 anchors. The link between you and the highline is as important as the rest. The impressive leashfall should not be feared because of the gear, but only because of your fear. For a 80kg highliner, we measured that a “static” leashfall generates...
Carabiners, Quick links, Shackles
You need a lot of connectors to install a highline. Those connectors may hold a lot of force, and must be used with a particular care. Several connectors: Most of the time, the gear used on a highline are: the carabiners the quick links the shackles. It’s useful to know which type of gear is...
Taping the line
A small stage on the setup of a highline that seems needless to explain but where you can gain or loose time is taping. For a long time considered as the last thing to do before walking, it is also possible to do it before doing the approach. Why taping? To link the safety rope...
Building equalizations
The part that will need all your imagination is undoubtedly the building of anchors, on which you will attach the webbing and backup. We will not speak here about bolting, which is described in an other post, but “only” about how to equalize correctly to make a safe highline anchor. What criteria for a nice...
Webbings and Ropes
The setup on which we walk on a highline is most of the time composed of : one or several rigged webbings a safety rope In some other cases, there is not even a webbing, and ropes only, as Dean Potter does using 3 Amsteel ropes taped. Is it still slacklining or highlining ? This...
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