Set up a treeline
A treeline is a highline between 2 trees. Here are some advice to set up treeline in a safe way. Choose the right trees: A treeline is no more than a highline. You have to cope with leashfalls and possible backup fall, if the main line breaks. The chosen trees depend on those parameters: The...
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...
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...
Know the Safety Factor
The Safety Factor is an empirical notion that shows how a system holds a use overload. While highlining, the overload is obviously a force overload, during an overshoot, or a fall. Empirically again, a highline with a safety factor greater than 2 will be considered as safe. The greater the safety factor, the less system...
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