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Giant space net for GGBY is done!

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...

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HowNOTtoHighline 3.0

Hey 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...

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The making of GGBY 2019's NEW HUGE SPACENET. 1600 square feet!

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 o...

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Bolt Busters 1st break tests - climbing and highline BOLTS tested

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 config...

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How NOT to Rope Jump. Extreme rope swinging off highlines with the Inov Split Stabilizer

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.  W...

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How NOT to Organize a highline festival with GGBY leader Dan Walsh

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 to rig a 2km long highline with 30 people in Asbestos Quebec Canada

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.

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How NOT to Big Wall 2.0 - Better climbing beta when climbing El Capitan in Yosemite

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 View Post

Rope Swing Break Test Slow Motion - How strong is the "Jenks Stabilizer" on highlines

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" wi...

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What’s it like to walk a 2KM long WORLD RECORD highline? 9 Testimonies!

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,  Cana...

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Climbing and Highlining BOLT holes. How NOT to drill wedge anchors and glue in epoxy bolts

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.  

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Soft shackle break tests in slow motion! Plasma vs Amsteel (Dyneema) button knot soft shackles

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 ...

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Black diamond carabiner break tests in slow motion

We broke brand new Black diamond oval wiregate and Rocklock screwgates and 15 year old carabiners in slow motion break tests.  


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How NOT to Big Wall - Climbing logistics when big walling

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 organiza...

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Sewn Loop Patterns on webbing - what is the strongest pattern to sew loops on your slacklines?

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 highli...

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Wingsuit flies by me on a highline!

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/danie...

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Inov Split break tests. Are segmented highline connections safe?

We did 36 break tests to see how strong the Inov Split system is with 5mm and 6mm soft shackle connectors.

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Arc'teryx 395A Harness Break Test! How strong is the most expensive harness highliners use?

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 ...

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How NOT to do HIGHLINE rescues!

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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How does dirt affect your slackline webbing. 100 break tests on SlackSnap!

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 Slackl...

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ACTUAL Fishing Line Strength - What do you need to tag your highlines?

I tested my 60lb fishing line and my 200lb fishing line and I discovered I now need 120lb fishing line ( https://amzn.to/2Xt59mG ) fo...

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Soft shackles on slackline sewn loops. Are they safe to use on a highline?

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 t...

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Slackline Extenders. How long do your highline extenders need to be for your Inov Splits?

When we rigged our CRG 200m experiment (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0ZJjZ9ybkc ) our 50 meter section of pin...

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Highline interview with Vidal at Gravatation Festival in Florianopolis Brazil

Meet Matheus Stoco VIDAL (@vidalhighline) with this interview we did while we were at Gravatation Festival (https://www.gravata...

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Highline leash ring TESTED in Chapada, Brazil. Break testing the Souz Slackline leash protector.

We use and break test the Coloz Souz Slackline leash protector found at https://souzslackline.com/product/leasring/....

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Ultra day hike - Grand Canyon R2R2R

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 sh...

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Highline leashes break super weird! SLACKSNAP!

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 Fr...

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We cut a 200 meter long highline. TWICE. Inov Split Slackline experiment at Cosumnes River Gorge

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 (Slim...

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Volcano ground anchors for highlining are stronger than you think! Volcano National Park, Hawaii

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 ho...

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Glue in bolt example for highlines and climbing

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.  ...

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