Taping Highlines

[@HowNOT2]

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[@stephenevans2518]

Super late comment for the video so not necessarily expecting a response... but I was reading recently that some manufacturers of dyneema slings advise to keep tape away in case the tape degrades the fibres at all - have you break tested anything having been subjected to electrical tape for any time? thanks!

[@patob3363]

I've heard 5-10 percent longer for the backup. Thoughts?

[@ericman3234]

sick video.thanks maaan!

[@AlxSupreme]

Tension systems next?

[@HowNOT2]

What are tension systems? haha Line grip and hangover! :) With the loose fad, it will be one of my later videos. Next are two videos about tag lines and then everything about backup lines and then I dare dabble in how not to bolt!

[@timycic]

u can also make slider tapes starting taping from top. for me is much easier than putting lose tape in between webbings first, but its cool if you tear tape first, especially good on highline where u have fixed tape cause u don't wanna lose it. and you forgot about reverse slider taping. sticky on backup, sliding on main line.

[@HowNOT2]

*I had to try taping just now the way you described because I couldn't picture it haha. So you just put 2(ish)" past the top and then wrap it under the main webbing then finish wrapping with the tape still on roll? It seems pretty efficient. I will have to try that on my next project *I tried reverse slider tapes once before and wasn't impressed. Maybe I just missed the benefit when I did it. I also forgot when I was filming too ;). In theory, one could just flip their line upside down when installing and give it a try, right? What is benefit?

[@racsofischer7601]

​@@HowNOT2 the benefit of reverse slider taping with the sticky on the backup and the main sliding, is that you will never have to readjust the slack on the loops from the backup sliding all into the same loop. The weight of the backup evenly spaces the loops automatically

[@arthurski95]

Hi, thanks for all your vids ! The 700ft line doesn't seem really high, myabe your backups were too lose on that one. Just saying.

[@HowNOT2]

The 700 foot is plenty high (all shots were zoomed quite a bit) except during a mainline failure, the webbing would rub on the 50 foot no fall zone. That's the problem with that line since the backup would literally have to be the same exact tension as main in order to limit rub risk. Our solution is to pad the crap out of the edge and the webbing haha

[@arthurski95]

Ok. That's just personal preference but I always rig quite tight backups. I've never tried a line longer than 200ft though. Maybe you should read this recent post by Slack.fr : blog.slack.fr/2017/03/fractionner-une-highline-split-highline.html

[@HowNOT2]

I like their idea but that is an extensive process and possibly may become standard when buying a line. If you are high enough, loose backups are not as much of a safety concern. Also, I don't know of any or many who can walk longer than 200 with a tight line and/or a tight backup. I do believe some go overboard with massively ridiculous backups and I think that is where the concern comes from. I haven't published this video yet, but check out a test we did for loose backups on a midline we have. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIfRZXWAlt2AfMk

[@HowNOT2]

I also couldn't get past 170 feet for 2 years as a PR then slowly slowly crept up to 200 feet. It wasn't until we rigged loose lines with loose backups can I onsight what use to be my PR and now I very close to walking 700. It makes such a difference and that is why it has become widely popular today.

[@zacharytorbet1482]

i have insaely tall trees all around me and i need a mentor, louisiana tho...