Two Sketchiest ways to tag a highline - with Sketchy Andy Lewis

[@liam_hurlburt]

when the open biner in your system isn't the most sketchy part of your system, your system might need some re-evaluating!

[@probablyinconsistent4756]

Not only that but it's hard to tell what part actually is the sketchiest

[@thebearded4427]

Scuffed 3 mm line with poor inspection on an open carabiner connected to a drone while its starting to go dark and scooting over a certain death fall, AND THEN sky dive onto a 100 feet long platform surrounded by certain death falls. Yea that sounds completely safe. You've sucessfully convinced me to start highlining. Just hang on a second, ill be right back. (Sneaks out of the toilet window and runs away through the back alleys.)

[@jamies7451]

He ain't called Careful Andy

[@vertikalohigh9583]

I mean, yea, i guess that´s why he´s called Sketchy Andy and not bomber solid Andy

[@matc87]

When the channel actually becomes "how not to high line"...for real

[@sebastianloessl7982]

I mean, it could have been safeish

[@JWoodcock]

Glad you got that piece of cord away from Andy dude haha 😂

[@balazra]

For future reference fishing drones are cheap and have wireless releases ;) You could use them to clip a line and then release it so the drone isn’t in the system. Fly across a U double fishing line. Tag it. Use the fishing drones wireless release so it’s free from the system. Then pull across larger lines until you can safely cross the system.

[@SalemRaggaRiddim]

that 3mm line was some of the sketchiest shit i have hard of :D

[@Sometimes_Always]

Why is there no footage of him giving himself a death defying, 200 yard wedgie?!? Lols. That guy is a crazy man..!

[@JF231]

Translation for normal people: "Two suicidal ways to tag a highline"

[@ironfront9573]

Damn, I scored some brand new KT3 in 16mm and have been too scared to use it for life support because knots and Kevlar don't mix. I had also been doubting the efficacy of splicing it, thinking it still wouldnt be safe enough. But traversing those towers on beat up old 3mm cord! With horrible knots, not even carefully thought out knots. Total death wish stuff.

[@BM-tk1cn]

also yes keep putting sketchy stuff up. It shows people whats wrong. People always say "look what i did". They never post "hey i died doing this"

[@PhilGillisDoctor]

I wonder why?

[@bloodbushcraft2467]

These guys are fuckin CRAZY! I love that I found this channel it makes me feel more confident in my equipment and rigging but man it freaks me out lol

[@SuperPointlessFilms]

How is Andy Lewis still alive?

[@dragoscoco2173]

A 1.5 safety factor. Airplanes have less.

[@LocalConArtist]

@@dragoscoco21731.5 is the lowest acceptable safety factor in aviation and it is important to note that a failure in an aircraft would result in a very different outcome, than a system failure whilst climbing or high lining

[@geometerfpv2804]

@@dragoscoco2173 It is definitely, definitely not the case that airplanes have 1.5 safety factor on instant-death-causing equipment....it should be super, super, super obvious that going out to sure-death heights on a 4kN cord is dumb.

[@richardsmith9918]

Drones, and parachuted to a tiny plateau marvelous

[@bulcsuv]

Nice vid about crazy stuff! Tagging that tower is an Interesting problem, it starts me thinking. Usually I have easy access to the other anchor when rigging highlines, not like in Moab... Maybe the drone could carry the biner with two strands of fishing line. Keep both ends on Your side and the line should turn around the biner. You can also tape it to the biner using less sticky tape for the flight. After the biner is hooked pull one end and replace it to thicker cords gradually. The harder part is to get the connecting knots of thicker ropes across the biner. You can shake the ropes (carefully) to send waves and have it jump a bit at the far end while pulling. There are also techniques to close the biner after successfully hooking it. For example wrap the fishing line around the tape which locks the gate. You can cut it by pulling the line.

[@williamallred4711]

Man I gotta say I really enjoy your videos super underrated man ! Deserve so much more views an Credit

[@pfscanna]

Hah! That guy is a trip. One of my favorite episodes. How do more people not enjoy this stuff. So crazy

[@fhaddad3]

Amazingly this paracord was almost at its weight limit because this guys balls are massive and made of steel

[@natetronn]

Maybe something like a Mad Rock Trigger Wire could come in handy. It's 23kN closed, major access. Of course, I'm assuming it would stay open in flight and then close as intended upon connecting to the chain/hanger. Much lighter than a steel carabiner too, with around 175g savings; not a lot but, I assume every bit counts for the drone.

[@natetronn]

Oh, there is also the KONG Frog or Frog Cable (no dogbone.) Just thinking out load here, everything would need to be tested with the drone before hand (as if these guys care either way lol.)

[@notlandyn7677]

awesome vid! I love these sketchy ones the most, it makes me feel better about my ventures ;)

[@BackcountryCamWA]

Felt like I just watched a man get violated by a thin rope.... the lengths he'll go for you to buy the coffee...

[@HowNOT2]

that is funnier than you think if you have seen videos i no longer have on this channel. Anyone else know what i'm talking about??? :)

[@thomasr1051]

@@HowNOT2 damnit! I was looking for that recently. For those not in the know he did a free solo with a butt plug leash. Because there was an inside joke in his circle about some shitty equipment that they saw being "as good as a butt plug leash"

[@thomasr1051]

Oh and a keen eye will notice references to this on his gear wall

[@chrisran24]

That's gonna be a hard nope for me on that one. Lol That tag line.

[@79obrien]

This channel is going to make it to a million subscribers by 2021

[@virtualvirtual2362]

wrong lol

[@dsa20081997]

when you said something about floating in water i got really curious wether salty/Seawater does something to ropes etc., would be interesting for waterlines. great content as always!

[@TheGrundigg]

He made a video about that already, look it up :)

[@stefanfeickert1994]

Safety first... or third... gotta be Top 5 though😜🤣🙃😁

[@bication8265]

Pulling myself over on a tagline wouldn't be an option for me. Even if that would have been a steel cable - hanging on just 3mm would scare the crap out of me😂

[@berryreading4809]

Haha you must mean 3cm?! 🙆‍♂️ 😄 I would hate to cross a 3 foot diameter cable like that!

[@Folsomdsf2]

@@berryreading4809 no they mean 3mm, millimeteres

[@TheGrundigg]

Did he put a leash or a roller on, or did he literally just crawl all the way on a cord? Can't believe there is no footage of that :P

[@HowNOT2]

he scooted

[@MrJhchrist]

onsite free scooto

[@thomasr1051]

The leash is only useful if you trust the cable to take the dynamic load of a whip

[@armedbear529]

“Some people pay extra for that kind of action, Cotton.”

[@geoninja8971]

Am I missing something? If you have a parachutist over there, why not pass the tagline with the drone, then use it to pull the proper line?

[@CharlieTrevaskis]

The first time something wasn’t “super good enough”.

[@kylej7593]

“barely good enough” haha

[@BM-tk1cn]

8:05.... ok that landing is sketchy af. you could easily...easily be pulled off by wind and ragged doll down the side

[@hatiroth7919]

Agreed

[@Relic_of_You]

Beautiful view! Who has contact around here that can bring me here?

[@guyanaredbone5996]

Did you share your results with Andy? Pretty terrifying

[@HowNOT2]

He was stoked to know the safety margin was low. It does suck to think you're a bad ass then realize you're not haha.

[@Beliefisthedeathofintellect]

I was climbing in el chorro 🇪🇸 amazing place. But there was a broken link. Which had a plaque above in memory of a man that fell. But had not been fixed. Omg like 🥴 . On the wall to the right looking at the bridge. But some brilliant climbing.

[@charlesculverhouse6336]

Look up crazy, and this should be the pic! I would also add ; winner of the largest nuts AWARD!

[@superbiennico]

@sketchyandylewis can you post a video with your reaction to the break test?

[@Kackspack0815]

0:55→ Could someone explain that rigging process with the taped open carabiner and the drone, please? I didn’t fully understand that… 😇🙃☺️ Maybe it’s because English isn’t my first language and/or I don’t highline/climb. 🤓

[@andybaldman]

No. Because you shouldn't be doing any of this shit.

[@magnetohidrodinamika]

Hey! Have you ever try notch throwline dynema from treecare induatry? 2.2mm and have a good breaking strength.

[@jackberdine]

This might be the sketchiest thing someone has survived

[@Shagley87]

I've seen some pretty knarly stuff before but this is out the park. Haha I'd rather take a factor 2 on my sling than do that😆

[@wesleyanderson3587]

Would a Mad Rock Trigger Wire work better then the open steel carabiner?

[@JWoodcock]

There may be several things that would 🤣

[@mainemade300]

What do u connect to ,u would have to bolt the tower first to have somthing connect to ,,,

[@jlondon1441]

I made it 2:28 and I can’t watch anymore. My stomach is trying to crawl out of my mouth and my head is spinning. Props to ya and all, but I get sewing machine foot on a 100’ft climb.

[@Tobi-zd9zp]

Its Not the rope what makes it sketchy for me, its the Open Biner at the end placed by a drone!

[@sendit2873]

that dude is out there big time hello someone help that dude

[@tylerm124]

Something like a u15II 100kv motor x 6 at 700$ a peice and 200ish a peice for esc's, a few hundred for a frame, a like 800ish for good 14-16 inch props, and a whole bunch for the brains you can carry an actual slack line across those large gaps. Then fit it with a super nice dslr and get some super professional shots also. But you'd been carrying tons a weight in drone to any spot.

[@asgerbahnsennielsen711]

if you used a "kong panic" carabiner you would have a closed carabiner on the end of your line :)

[@shanebartram7378]

couldn't you use the kong from carabiner instead of the taped open steel carabiner, so you have an actual closed connection. This way you could then try to use a kamikaze knot (modified sheep shank where middle stand is cut so when tension is released the knot comes in two separate sections). So this way you can release the drone from the system. If this was to work you could do the same with a second line and have a redundant system for you to slide across meaning you could actually tie in with a tether so if you fell both lines would catch you and if one snapped the other would be their as a back up.

[@garagelifetv1332]

i can build a drone powerful enough for that 8:50 lets do it!

[@brenthartline4417]

Holy shit. I wonder what he said when u told him lmao.

[@Wade970]

Impressive for sure... but for me personally “so much nope”!

[@kap8495]

absolute mad lad

[@m81632]

Holy shit that was sketchy. Wouldn't have expected it to break that low with knots either.

[@MikeDCWeld]

I would use full-size helicopters on both sides with regular rope pinned under the landing skids on either side.

[@dragade101]

A different kind of crazy lol

[@purple0burtle]

In-feckin-sane!!! To HowNOTtoHIGHLINE - Would this work ??? >>Send the drone over with the carabiner already looped with enough return length of the thin cord. Connect the carabiner to the chain. Bring drone back to you with the return end of the cord. Tie your CORRECT size highline cord to an end of the thin cord. Pull it over (via the return) through the carabiner and back to you. (Like they did in "olden-days" firing an arrow with thin cord then tied to thicker cord etc)

[@ilakma]

haha I do not slackline but I would NOT accept that safety ratio at best. cool video

[@adventureswithfrodo2721]

Technora has a much higher melting point. That is why it is use for autoblocjs.

[@Danger.Dan.4269]

I like the style. Would of spliced, or padded the Knotts with some rocketry tubular I have a bunch of for random stuff like this

[@berryreading4809]

Does Andy death spin all his first time tandem customers like that or just his friends 🤣👍

[@HowNOT2]

Only the people he likes :)

[@BurkeLCH]

I want to use a pulley auto locker on my quad to mitigate ware while top roping. Can't find anyone doing it online. Thoughts? Thank you for all you do!!

[@prophetictimes1968]

Costco wench??.What did you pay. No, don't answer that. So funny.

[@niklassvensson9119]

Would it be stronger with a clove hitch? Feels like it wont pinch the fibers as hard as in a "normal" knot..

[@FallLineJP]

Would love to see you guys do a collab with Trent Palmer using one of his pro drones.

[@EvanWisheropp]

We did Skydive Moab with Andy a few months ago. It was an epic good time. Highly recommend!!!

[@HowNOT2]

Awesome!

[@maxgotts5895]

WOW

[@Profixt]

What did you glue your hat on with for that 300m?

[@mxcollin95]

Holyshit! Something tells me homie is not an engineer... 😳😂

[@SuperPointlessFilms]

I know asking a question on youtube is like pissing in the wind but... Is it possible to splice chord that has a core. Eg. to create prussics with out a double fishermens knots in them?

[@notlandyn7677]

no, they have to be hollow as far as I know. though, you don't have to have a rope with a core for a prusik. You can actually buy some spliced prusiks pre-made with safety ratings so I'm sure you could make some yourself but I do think they are also sewn to prevent working loose over time, so I would recommend that on a homemade one as well. p.s. I use a prusik that is 6mm cordlet that I sewed myself with some very thick thread and many stitches and no knot so the stitching itself is what holds me. So far it has been great I do keep a back up knotted prusik with me most of the time but that's more for if I drop my sewn prusik. I use it a lot in rope soloing which is why I opted to make a clean sewn one and I don't think I'll ever go t back to a knotted one. hope this helps

[@SuperPointlessFilms]

NotLandyn thanks it does a lot. That may become a lockdown project. I may experiment with some of those. One of my pet peeves is that I always get the knot in the wrong place when I tie them. Small annoyance but always wastes just that little bit of time.

[@dragoscoco2173]

This thing? kzbin.info/www/bejne/roKmnXSspMqLhZY

[@Lazybiker60]

It all depends if its a braided core or loose strand, I believe its am-steel and stable braid (rigging rope for tree work) those are splicable due to braided cores while other brands like atlas are non braid-able due to stiff inner fibers and loose strands

[@dragoscoco2173]

@@Lazybiker60 Honestly there are braids for both. But some stiffer ropes require specialty equipment and jigs. Premium Ropes have lots of videos of various ropes and splices including the OP requested one. And searching on YT "rope type" + "splice type" gets you almost everything.

[@andrewsnow7386]

I seems like you wouldn't need to fly over a loop to get a loop. If you have the drone skills to hook the chain with the carabiner, then how about this: Bend a small scrap of wire into a loop. Tape the wire loop to the carabiner. Suspend the carabiner from the drone with a short line. This line would hook onto the small wire loop you taped to the carabiner. Run the tag line through the carabiner and tie it to the drone. After you hook the chain with the carabiner, you would then work the drone to pull the short line free from the wire hook on the carabiner. Then, with the tag line still attached, you fly the drone back creating a full loop with the tag line. You could experiment with different wire loop shapes to get a good compromise between the carabiner staying connected long enough to hook the chain, and the short line releasing easily from the wire hook when needed. PS, the strength of that line with knots is way to little. I hate to say it, but I wouldn't bet on your friends making it to old age.

[@flyinryanfpv8763]

This is so sick!!! I'm a commercial drone pilot and build my own FPV drones. Let me know if you still want to break the world record for the longest highline set by a drone! I'd love to build something custom for the application, that can carry a safer rope/slackline across. Oh btw I'm also an avid slackliner and climber, albeit in MI, so no highlining yet sadly.

[@HowNOT2]

That would be cool! Hit me up on [e-mail] please

[@joedillier7113]

Holy shitsnacks batman. Even knowing how strong that shit is I wouldn't trust anything that skinny

[@ironfront9573]

Were there some sort of bolts already installed at anchor points?

[@timonix2]

Yes

[@daryljohnson3626]

Is that Kevin Jorgensen

[@tomenright9]

Did you end up telling Andy Lewis what it ended up breaking at? And if so, what did he say and would he do it again? lol

[@HowNOT2]

he was stoked that he still holds the sketchiest record yet again haha

[@YannCamusBlissClimbing]

I like, follow and subscribe! Nice one Ryan ;-)

[@Squids_Vlogs]

Where you guys get the money to do this all the time?

[@HowNOT2]

I paint houses for a living. www.brewjuno.com is a new business so it hasn't returned any money yet. We run lean.

[@PhilCyr]

I'm not a highliner, but if you can drone over one, can't you drone over a backup the same way?

[@Mike-oz4cv]

Apparently the drone was tied to the karabiner (I assume it dangled down from the drone) and they only had one.

[@HowNOT2]

That would require planning. No planning was planned in the making of this stunt haha. None!

[@glennalexon1530]

That looks like 3/16 Tech12 to me, which is 4.75mm.

[@billf7585]

This looks awesome and fun, but do you guys take the lines down when you're done? It kinda ruins the natural scenery.

[@GT-ce9ic]

you can send a rope or webbing across a single fixed line of cord using a moving pulley system on the cord. ill make a vid and show u

[@Rosettawang]

Who's on silks!

[@ThrushSnowboarding8]

Holy shit.

[@david-pb4bi]

In the sixties cool people flower power, seventies rock music, nineties wall Street greed, twenty ten computers, twenty twenty climbing?

[@fwhawkins]

Next step... AFF

[@samheasmanwhite]

Don't forget that putting weight in the middle of a longer span will produce a higher force at the ends, so this was even sketchier since the force was lower when you did it.

[@professorbellorum]

No, I would not whip on that, lol

[@zacharyrodenbucher9977]

Could maybe use a Kong Panic instead of a taped open carabiner

[@updownleftrightasdw8423]

I thought I had a death wish when I climbed without screwing my benier all the way but holy fuck!

[@justinsnyder6256]

Hope ur buddy sees this and knows how close to death he was. Yikes!

[@jannieuwenhuis3721]

Just leave a tagline behind for the next time.

[@Gunbudder]

dude has a legit death wish. he knew how unsafe that was too when he said it was maybe 3 to 1 safety ratio. makes me think he did it BECAUSE it was unsafe

[@christopherstawisky8537]

I'm voting Andy and Ryan 2020

[@HowNOT2]

Making America Dangerous Again!

[@smedoz]

Wow, u guys are fucking crazy. Mad props

[@cornishlad97]

A drone powerful enough to fly the highline across? Is this not called a helicopter? definetly right tho in these methods being called sketchy!

[@billhickswasgreat3421]

This was one of the sketchiest shit I've ever seen!

[@justinmckibben4534]

Yes, a lot of luck they didn't die there!!!!

[@eyescreamcake]

So you pronounce "Jenks" as "Jinks", and "winch" as "wench"?

[@sebastianloessl7982]

Well it could have been actually kinda safe with the right gear

[@zmonty09]

more sketchy shit please

[@geometerfpv2804]

Unreal that you were painting houses 4 years ago. Incredible how rude modern folks can be to blue collar workers...it's obvious that you're very sharp, and you do your science as well as any scientist (and better than some...). I am an "official" scientist, so I suppose I can bestow that compliment on you. Just goes to show ya...don't look down your nose at the house painter.