I have had quite a few people asking me lately about slack-lining, among the many questions being thrown around the most frequent two I hear are. What do you need to slack line and how do you set one up. Well i figured that i might give a little guide to what you need and setting one up.
First thing to tackle is, what do i need? Well simple
Gear needed
-4 Carabiners(locking or non locking, Obviously the locking being a safer, more sound method)
-2 Aluminum rings(Used as line lockers(I will explain later))
-2 Ten to fifteen foot lengths of 1″ tubular webbing
-1 Fifty to a Hundred feet of 1″ tubular webbing(This is the main line, so however long your line to be)
So now you know what you need, just a few things to note here. I use a 80 FT length main line, i like it within ten feet give or take of that length.
Now down to the nitty gritty, I am just going to give a general overview of how to set it up, nothing to heavy. I know this is easier to understand in person, thats why we have the shop, you come in and i show you exactly what you need to do. Nonetheless im just going to give a simple overview.
#1 In each of the 10 FT lines tie a water knot, really simple knot to tie Heres a link if you need to learn how(http://www.animatedknots.com/waterknot/index.php) Those two lines become your anchors.
#2 Now you find a suitable place to set your line up. Lets say between to trees at the park for instance.
#3 You wrap one of your anchors around the tree and set up a line locker with one carabiner and a aluminum ring and clip it to the anchors. To tie a line locker(http://www.slackline.com/?p=106)
Still following? I hope so, because we are almost done, and again, come in and i would love to show everyone in person. We can even get you the gear needed to set one up.
#4 Now you walk about 80% of the distance to your second anchor (your second tree) it doesn’t have to be to exact and tie another line locker, just like the one above but don’t clip it to anything.
#5 Walk the rest of the way to your anchor and set up your second ten foot webbing line around the tree again just like before, this time put your remaining two carabiners in the loop of webbing.
#6 Now you take your main line and pass through one of the carabiners.(picture above)
#7 Now walk it back to the line locker that you set somewhere close to your second anchor, run your line through that.
#8 And back to the tree we go run your line through second carabiner on the tree.
#9 Now run it back to the line loker once more and put it through again, making sure to put you second run through under your first, so when you tighten it down friction will hold the line taught.
#10 Hardest step, PULL!
Just a side note, in the bottom read the description of the pictures by clicking on them, they will explain a little more in depth of what you need to do.
BAM! We’re done, we made it I hope this was at all useful or intriguing for you. Slack lining is super fun, and really cheap. Me and my friends love going out and just passing some time together like this. Cool thing is you dont need any special place to go, you can almost always find a place to slack line close to you. I have been using thi method for a few years now and it has served me great, seriously. It has worked awesome. Thanks to adam for letting me use some of his pictures.
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