How to create a Rope Highline

[@Trevor-ps2oe]

Great introduction to high lines. Looking forward to more...

[@perryfire3006]

Thanks!

[@FurTip]

Fantastic video, thank you.

[@perryfire3006]

You are welcome. Thanks for the support.

[@talltomrich1]

3:1 is within the WLL of G rated gear even with 6 people pulling on it. (Or 2 with a 9:1) Assuming bomber anchors it still maintains a 10-1 safety factor. Testing with load cells is interesting because even after pulling all that tension on twin lines and adding a 180lb person load, the anchors still only saw about 2kn even at about 150 degrees. What’s more interesting, when we did a pickoff increasing the load to about 380lbs, the load cell only read about 2.4kn. The added weight had deviated the angle down. Static safety factors aside. Even a fall factor 2 from a 1kn load wouldn’t be enough to slip a single clutch or I’D let alone two. When done properly highlines are nothing to be afraid of and are a great tool. Love your videos btw.

[@perryfire3006]

Your post reminds me of the great "Hownot2" channel, which I am sure you are familiar. It comes down to safety factors, doesn't it? In the fire service we were always under a 15:1 standard which still influences me today although I know just as you have pointed out we can easily and safely push that arbitrary boundary. I am also under the constraint that a lot of people that watch my videos are new to this kind of stuff and I want to make sure they stay in the safe zone until they become more experienced such as yourself. I love this kind of feedback so feel free to contribute again. Cheers

[@talltomrich1]

@@perryfire3006 I am familiar with Hownot2 but his “super good enough” stuff is recreation oriented and my/our business is rescue/professional. What I appreciate about your videos is that you clearly demonstrate the fundamental knowledge and “rope theory” showing what can be done with minimal gear instead of selling the latest equipment. It amazes me how different tech rescue standards are. Even with adjacent mutual aid partners. My understanding is that NFPA currently holds a 10-1 SF. Our department follows that for the general/ops level personnel but is flexible at the technician level such as yourself. So I can definitely appreciate your constraint to stay in the safe zone to avoid the monkey see monkey do tendencies. In my area at least, the rescue and rope access industry seems to be moving away from static system safety factors and towards calculating the potential dynamic events, designing systems that can accommodate it safely and then making them redundant.