Speedlining self

[Al Baker]

That's me riding one we built for a laugh in Ontario last year.

1000ft of nylon kernmantle rope with a pre-tensioned core.

4" pulley and steel carabiners for brakes.

 

Edited January 14, 2012 by Al Baker

[atree]

Awesome!

[DrewB]

hell of a shot with the throwline there bro!

[Paul Smith]

Nice! How did you install and how did you brake at the end?

[timtree81]

im going to say with a boat ?

[Al Baker]

Nice! How did you install and how did you brake at the end?

 

Two steel carabiners act as brakes one in each hand, you can see them, one in each hand , right at the beginning of the film.

 

The rear carabiner is on a lanyard in order to prevent you losing them. The carabiners also assist with positioning so you don't get sideways on which causes you to slow down.

The brakes require a bit of backyard practice before going and biting off such large bits of landscape.

[Al Baker]

im going to say with a boat ?

 

Yep, that involved a lot of reversing in a tin boat with a heavy spool of line.

 

Of course the line brutally heavy to haul the slack out once it's been in the water for 10 minutes.

[Al Baker]

Sorry, I completely forgot to mention that braking is achieved by twisting the two carabiners against the rope in opposing directions.

It doesn't sound like much of a brake but it's surprisingly effective.

 

Two steel carabiners act as brakes one in each hand, you can see them, one in each hand , right at the beginning of the film.

 

The rear carabiner is on a lanyard in order to prevent you losing them. The carabiners also assist with positioning so you don't get sideways on which causes you to slow down.

The brakes require a bit of backyard practice before going and biting off such large bits of landscape.

[slack ma girdle]

Yee haa

[arbogrunt]

we had a bit of fun doing aerial rescue training with a speedline years ago. Right over a lake, what a giggle that was!