What are your options for highline backups and how tight should you make them??? Check out our midline drop test to see if low & loose highlines are dangerous!!!
Thank you Marco Fontana for your snow angel example.

What kind of tape should you use on a highline and how do you do it? Check it out!

Here is a case study of us rigging our last highline. It doesn’t dive into a lot detail but gives a big picture of how we rig and derig. Please let us know in comments how you want future rigging examples to look.
This line was at Consumnes River Gorge (CRG) in Placerville, CA. This was the 700 foot line 200(ish) meters that Jerry Miszewski broke the world record on (when it was a world record). It was rigged the new feather pro from balance community for the main and backup. We had less than 1000lbf or 4kn on the line (not measured but guessed) on the main line and the backup was taped every 15 feet with an average of a foot of sag between each tape (so less than 0 tension). Sewn loops on static side and Weblock 4.0s on the tension side.
Thank you team: Kim Weglin, Garrison Rowland, Nick Honnold, Tim Hawkins.

How do you get the line over there??? It’s the #1 question onlookers ask us!!! We use Yosemite highlines as examples!!!

This is probably the missing puzzle piece for so many folks. Many people know how to rig a slackline and know to tape a backup webbing underneath, but this episode can really help fill in the “void” in highlining…. get it???

Borrowed footage from the following with permission:
Highline California – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evkUK…
Zac Timmons on his arizona highliner film
Thank you to Amir Khashabi and Sawyer Hartman for getting great footage of us highlining.

Confused by highline lingo? We explain the basics in this video! DON’T MISS THE BLOOPERS AT THE END!

Thank you to Michael Melner, Garrison Rowland and Scott Hong for helping me fine tune this list. And of course thank you to my hot fiance for lower herself to be objectified for the purpose of making this video interesting :).

Here is a list of terms we cover in this episode:
Line slide
Line grip
Line lock
Multiplier
Pulleys
Whoopies
Shackles
Soft shackles
Quicklinks
Delta quick links
Square quick links
Tag line
Leash
Rings
Weblock
Dyneema
Spansets
Rope grab
Brake
Master point
Main line
Backup line
Bomber
Whipper
Death triangle
Equalized
Rap
Mid line
Highline
Backup loops
Bite
Stoke
Tight
Loose
Static
Dynamic
#SagisSwag
Walk off
Sit start
Chongo
Slider tapes
Full man
Half man
Walk on
Direct Exposure
Perceived Exposure
Exposure turn
Mounting a line
Slack life

Here is a case study of us rigging our last highline. It doesn’t dive into a lot detail but gives a big picture of how we rig and derig. Please let us know in comments how you want future rigging examples to look.
Thank you SlacklifeBC for the Lion Webbing. Get yours here: http://slacklifebc.com/products/webbi…
Thank you team: Kim Weglin, Garrison Rowland, Michael Melner, Sara Wilson, Marco Fontana, and Xavier Staggs

What is the best way to catch a highline and should you even do it?
Don’t put yourself in a position where you HAVE TO catch but sometimes catching can be advantageous. And careful with the ninja catches, I’ve hyper-extended my arm several times in the last year doing so!

How do you manage a leash on a highline and what is the best way to whip off of it?

Video credits to König Flaffi in his video… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KedLE…

Video credit also for Amir Khashabi and Sawyer Hartman for footage of us walking and whipping.

How to install your leash and how to tie into it. Don’t use a carabiner to connect yourself to a highline!

Check out the Accident and Injury Report from the ISA.