Get your tickets at www.ggbygathering.org
12 nets, 5 miles of paracord, 500 hours of weaving and $5000 in materials and we have what we believe is world record 1600 square foot net with a 400 square foot hole so big that we rigged a slackline inside of it.
Thank you to Charlie Sand, Michael T Vanderburg, Tati Gaia, Lorenzo DeMuro, Jason Man, TJ Gillick, &...
2019-10-16 13:20:41 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons. Here is our new plan. I'm creating so much content and have people helping me edit that I have to release more episodes than 1x a week. I have enough content for 3 or 4 times a week but that is not sustainable. So every saturday we will be releasing a BoltBuster episode and if that is sustainable-ish, then we will post a SlackSnap episode every monday. ...
2019-10-12 15:07:00 +0000 UTC View Post
GGBY is getting a new net. It's going to be 1600 square feet and the hole is so big in the middle that we will rig a highline INSIDE of it. It will have almost 5 miles of paracord and over 300 hours of weaving. Watch the learning and building process in this episode with Lorenzo DeMuro, Jason Man, and Nick McPherson.
Learn highlining A to Z with our onl...
2019-10-09 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
SlackSnap's sister has been born! BoltBusters's first climbing bolt break tests are in this video. We are just warming up as we plan on breaking hundreds of bolts in all sorts of configurations, some normal and some unconventional. What do you want to see tested?
PLEASE READ THE BOLTING BIBLE BEFORE YOU BOLT: 2019-10-02 13:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We rope swing at the Rostrum in Yosemite National Park off the 100 meter highline stabilizing the ring with additional soft shackles attached to one of the connector joints on our highline. We are also experimenting with arborist ascending methods to eliminate the need to pull people up as that can save a lot of gear and work for the team. This was the first time I held onto a super...
2019-09-25 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Dan Walsh and I discuss the details it takes to plan and operate a several hundred person highline festival like GGBY. A large team and lots of time! Check it out and get your tickets!
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How on earth does a 2km long highline get rigged? Watch the process on this episode. The world record long slackline was in Asbestos, Canada set up by Les Funambules Modernes.
Thank you Michael Madsen (@magicmikeadventures) for the drone footage and Nick McPhearson (@nickgoeswild) for editing.
Dany Bouchard (@danybchard), Heidi Blais (@heidibl...
2019-09-11 13:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Christian Black (@_christian_black_) shows us how to do big walls better! I did a video a few weeks back where I show logistics and anchors found at https://youtu.be/wjPMS7uZpmE but it is my system that I taught myself. Christian shows us a better system that he has used when climbing El Capitan and other big walls...
2019-09-04 13:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Is it safe to stabilize highline rings ON TOP OF an Inov Split for a rope swing. We pull test a simulated rope jump rig in the park and filmed it slow motion. This "Jenks Stabilizer" with 2 additional soft shackles could be all we need for the most efficient yet redundant rope swing configuration on a highline. Thank you Lorenzo Demuro, Brandon Hibler and Nick McPherson for he...
2019-08-28 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
What’s it like to walk a 2KM long WORLD RECORD highline? 9 Testimonies!
Here are 9 people sharing what it was like to walk the world record long slackline in Asbestos, Canada set up by Les Funambules Modernes.
Thank you Michael Madsen (@magicmikeadventures) for the drone footage!
Thank you Dany Bouchard (@danybchard), Heidi Blais (@heid...
2019-08-21 13:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
BOLTING BIBLE! Read it! It's free for bolts sake. There is a hole lot of good stuff in there! Have a contribution to make to it, message me.
https://www.slackademics.com/boltingbible
Thank you Kieran Blood for helping with this episode and Nick McPherson for editing....
2019-08-14 13:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Is Plasma just as good as Amsteel? They are both dyneema so we tested them with button knot soft shackles on the slack snap machine and filmed it in slow motion. We also test different configurations to see strength comparisons depending how you use them. Thank you Matt Stolling and Lorenzo Demuro (@thezenlunatics) for helping break stuff. Thank you Sean Simmons (@seansi...
2019-08-07 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We broke brand new Black diamond oval wiregate and Rocklock screwgates and 15 year old carabiners in slow motion break tests.
My favorite locker https://amzn.to/2wJ8DG8
Rocklock biner https://amzn.to/2EXnO31
Oval wire gate 2019-07-31 13:28:37 +0000 UTC View Post
And we interrupt this highline channel to blast you with climbing logistics. This video shares as much as i could think up on the fly about big walling. Climbing tricks, anchor organization, hauling, sleeping, belaying and general logistics when you climb El Capitan or other big walls. Thank you Marco Fontana for helping me film and Daniel Ristow for editing.
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2019-07-24 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Over 50 samples in the last 8 months on SlackSnap we have explored different sewing patterns on slackline webbing so we get the highest strength out of something that isn't redundant when we highline. If you put in a thick enough thread in often enough, it will hold but watch what we learn in this episode. The chart can be found at 2019-07-17 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Daniel Ristow flies by me within 3 meters at 105mph! Check out our logistics on how we coordinated the project on this episode of HowNOTtoHighline. See Daniel at www.youtube.com/c/danielristowbase and @danielristow and www.facebook.com/DanielRistowOfficial.
Thank you Lorenzo DeMuro, Nick McPherson, Rachel Bakin, and Brandon Hibler for helping this hot tub idea come to fruition...
2019-07-10 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We did 36 break tests to see how strong the Inov Split system is with 5mm and 6mm soft shackle connectors.
Find the chart at https://www.slackademics.com/hnth/slacksnap
The official Inov Split is found at https://...
2019-07-03 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Lorenzo DeMuro donated his 3.5 year old Arc'teryx 395a climbing harness to SlackSnap and we tested the belay loop, waist belt and leg loops. Arc'teryx did NOT sponsor this video but they are popular among us highliners and you can purchase them at https://amzn.to/2M5biEj
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Give us your tips and tricks for rescues. We start the conversation in this episode with Kyle Lovett, Madeleine Mckenzie, and Cam Peters!
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SLACKLINE GROUPS
Thank you Rob Smith from Slimb Soap for prepping and breaking 100 samples to be SlackSnapped to help us understand dirt and webbing a little bit more. Thank you Dan Walsh, President of SlacklineUS and owner of Concord Analytics for creating this chart for us found at https://public.tableau.com/profile/dan...
2019-06-12 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I tested my 60lb fishing line and my 200lb fishing line and I discovered I now need 120lb fishing line ( https://amzn.to/2Xt59mG ) for my Penn Squall Reel.
( https://amzn.to/2XoNZXf ) Check out why on this episode! Thank you @kylelovett for helping me with ...
2019-06-05 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This video is in response to a video demonstrating that soft shackles reduced the strength of webbing sewn loops too much to be safe on a highline. We did over 10 break tests to demonstrate that they are super good enough. We even broke a 12mm quicklink with a super old 8mm soft shackle.
Thank you Lorenzo DeMuro and Kyle Lovett for helping make this video. 2019-05-29 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
When we rigged our CRG 200m experiment (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0ZJjZ9ybkc ) our 50 meter section of pink tube had no backup loops. So @Matthew_McMillan and I set up the same highline configuration in the park and play with different lengths for extenders.
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2019-05-22 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Meet Matheus Stoco VIDAL (@vidalhighline) with this interview we did while we were at Gravatation Festival (https://www.gravatation.com.br/). Thank you Danilo Galvani Cardoso (@dan_galvani) for being our translator. Thank you Leonardo Lima (@leolima_78) for the drone footage.
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2019-05-15 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We use and break test the Coloz Souz Slackline leash protector found at https://souzslackline.com/product/leasring/. (They did not sponsor this video).
ChooseLife festival in Chapada Dos Veadeiros, Brazil is in June and you can sign up at 2019-05-08 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a throwback episode from 2011 from pre-Youtube Ryan. The Yosemite culture is to do epic projects in a day and doing an ultra day hike sounded like fun, mostly because people said I shouldn't do it! :) I trained for the Rim to Rim to Rim Grand Canyon hike by hiking Half Dome 2x in one day. Just as I thought I was pretty special half way up the 2nd lap on Half Dome...
2019-05-01 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We break test 2 new highline leashes and 3 old ones on our SlackSnap machine plus static ropes of all sizes. Elliot Kirk (@elliotisanoodle) and I also whip for science at Kirby Cove in San Francisco so we know how strong slackline leashes need to be.
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The charts from this episode can be found at 2019-04-24 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We cut the main line on a 200 meter line! Both a continuous setup AND with an Inov Split highline. Thank you Matthew McMillan, Matt Stolling, Travis Phillips, Levi Lowe, Rob Smith (Slimb soap) for helping with this experiment.
Our results were the following:
Highline was 210 meters long
Bag weighs 107lbs or 48kgs
Bag was approxima...
2019-04-17 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Jeremiah Morgan (@jeramayan) has been studying ground anchors for some time so he can safely rig some difficult to rig slacklines in Hawaii. We spent an afternoon testing ground anchors in horrible volcanic rock. 15:1 pullies and 5 friends and a dynamometer can be more fun than you think. Don't try this at home, unless you live in Hawaii next to a Volcano!
Tha...
2019-04-10 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
David Keller (@ddawgdavid) and Ben Black (@benblackii) did a ton of highline bolt homework and is developing their local crag (Buckskin Crags in Canon City, CO) with great bolting technique. David put together this video showing his process so you can learn from a real life example.
Read the Bolting Bible at 2019-04-03 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post