Slack Line Walking...?

[Cobweb]

So us bushcrafters are a crazy lot, what do you think about this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb7J6vtddcI

I scent a competition in the wind for next years moot...

 

[BIG_emu]

did some slacklining the week before the moot, it's a good laugh. you need staberlisers (i.e. other people) for a while though its a very odd feeling walking along a piece of thin seatbelt

Ben

 

[John Fenna]

Tried it in France one year - didn't like the taste of mud and the feeling that I may have broken bones at the start of the canoeing season......

 

[Andyre]

I know several climbers who use it as a training aid to improve their balance.
I have tried it but spent more time laying on my back looking up at the webbing thinking
" something isnt quite right here"

 

[Mikey P]

I fear the thought of slipping and landing with a leg either side....

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

When I was in Climbers camp sites in Provence and Ailfroide this summer, there were a few setup. Most use a truckers webbing with the tensioner. I have done it barefoot, can bash yer toes a bit though.

Nick

 

[Andyre]

I fear the thought of slipping and landing with a leg either side....

Yep done that as welluppy_dog , its amazing how quickly you learn to get your hands in the way just in case

 

[Cobweb]

Apparently it's not the fall that get's you it's the rebound

 

[Andyre]

Apparently it's not the fall that get's you it's the rebound

No its the sudden stop with webbing in contact with where you dont want it

 

[Toddy]

Cobweb, we are going to look ridiculous trying to do that
Can we find somewhere where there's no one watching and I'll bring the big blow up airbed and we could have a play ? The twiglets would love it though

Just had a thought, it doesn't need to be that high off the ground, just enough that the dip of the line won't touch

cheers,
M

 

[Andyre]

Just had a thought, it doesn't need to be that high off the ground, just enough that the dip of the line won't touch

cheers,
M

Even at about 18 inches its amazing how often you fall off.
Really good fun though.
Me thinks i might need to practice by next year's moot

 

[Toddy]

Aye, but you'll be alright, you've got legs to your armpits me and cobweb are only about 5'2"

Wonder if we could rig up a jungle gym next year. Not just for the kids either

cheers,
Toddy.................Tony's gonna kill me, isn't he ?

 

[drewdunnrespect]

yes tony probably will kill you but hey thats means we would have to go through with it cos it would be in your honour

 

[bramble]

Hay Toddy, me thinks the twiglets would like it just fine, and no doubt they will put you and Cobweb to shame Note I have not put myself forward, I will be on standby with the first aid kit

 

[Toddy]

If I'm getting up on that line with Cobweb there's no way you're not having a go too ??

I watch the Twiglets running around and I want to be ten again
Remember when muscles were like rubber bands ? we were light enough to jump off trees and walls and bounce ? (without needing shock absorber bras! ) and we could run all day without our throats burning on fire gasping for air ? or our faces scarlet with exertion I used to be able to do back flips on the beam, I don't think I could even turn a somersault on the floor now

Still I think it could be fun to try the line.......maybe. I do fancy an adult safe jungle gym though


Mary

 

[Andyre]

Toddy you are so going to be in trouble with the boss now, slack roping @ the moot and it will all be your fault:You_Rock_

 

[BIG_emu]

don't worry, throw a bouldering mat under it and you'll be fine... or miss the mat completly and faceplant the tree its attached to